https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/bd5bbbf263c9bcea6eed7e9b206111cb.pdf 2764545f9ac75156e5e1c269dfd7c03c PDF Text Text ' Monday Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, OH. • Point Pleasant, WV '~!'!!.!im~.. ~r~ !. !~,~ther, everybody needs a lawyer . . DEAR BRUCE: 1 wonder what understanding a non-legal. non-financial person really has in the areas of wills, living trusts, living will s. etc. All of these documents seem 10 be prepared in legal/financial jargon. 1 received an admonition to "read a od prospectus carefully ... Th 1 . advice, but from the ~tand;oi~t ~~an average person, these people might as ·w ell be writing in Sanskrit. - N.D.. Covington, Ky. DEAR N D · You are absolutely .ght . .rl ' an d th·.ts ...1s why 1 constant 1y advise . o le that whe I I .· pe p . . n ega C l~ Cum sIances anse. usmg an attorney 1s your life andnecessity. firstb orn child that the itn absolute You· can bet documents you are reviewing - and perhaps have to sign - were wriuen by an attorney, and without appro'.priate help, you could find yourse lf in very deep water. DEAR BRUj:E: I am a single woman who has been out of hi gh ;;chool for 14 years. I went· right to work and have no college education. I currently rent an apartment. I ha ve ·one credit card without a balance and 'lwo life-insura~ce policies. My car is flubbermaid plans ·'distribution outlets WOOSTER (AP) - Rubbermaid ·Co. plans to build four distribution cCenters in the United States to consolidate its shipping operations. · One of the centers will be built in its headquarters city of Wooster, a move_ that will probably give job securuy to workers nervous about an ongoing merger. The company hasn' t announced the sites of the other cenrers. · The di stribution centers are a ·piece of a larger plan that Rubbermaid had in the works before the announcement last October that the Ne_well Co., of Freeport, m:, was gomg to buy Rubbermaid in a $5.8 billion stock swap. Newell shareholders will vote on the merger in March. Newell executives have approved the distribution centers, Rubbermaid spokeswoman Lome Paul Crum said Friday. Rubberma1d, maker of a wide J'ange of housewares, hopes to save $200 million annually and i\"prove serv1ce to customers, such as Target , Wal-Mart and Kmart. · Those retailers now have to pick up products at nine plants scattered throughout the country. $24,000 over thGyears. 1don't know SMART MONEY essary to read these pubhcauons anythi ng about in vesting. Can you every day- o~ all the way through tell me what type of class 1could take - but after SIX ~onths or . so_of 10 learn how 10 handle my money?BRUCE steady read1ng, I th1nk, you Will h_nd C.G., Lowell , Mass. you are much more comfortable wtth · DEAR C. G.: The fact that you WILLIAMS the language and world of investing. un.dcrstand that th1s IS somcthmg you You ha~e .worked h~d for your monneed to learn about is a major step in ey, and It IS 1mpera11ve that you work the right direction. Check yo ur local equally hard to learn how to invest it. 1 community college or adult classes Good luck. offered by the high school. I am sure and also spend some time at the · DEAR BRUCE: 1 have read your ·you wi ll find an elementary inve s~- library, reading the financial publi- thoughts abou.t puttmg ~locks or ment course. There are many sem1- cations that are directed to people like Rmutual funds '" children s names. ecognizing the pitfalls, what is the nars held by brokerage f1'rms to yourself: Barron's, The Wall Street be .t . attract new customers. Auend them, J I . s way to 1ea.ve educauonal funds ourna' Money, Forbes. It isn't nee- to our grandchildren? - B D Lex· ., mgton, Ky. . DEAR B.D.: The solutwn that deserves the most.,attention IS ~n JrTevocable educau on~l trust. Th1s way, the money goes mto the trust, and the trustees determin~ who gets what-- there 1~ no 1mperauve to share and share ahke. If one youngster needs more money for whatever reason - say, a ~nvat~ college rather than a st~te; unlvemty :- then that child gets more. 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Join us Hard . this week for transportation needs! coffee.and See our 1950 Buick Super Convertible on Showroom Register. to win Free Oil changes and Golf Caps! Tomorrow: Cloudy High: 308; Low: 308 Gallla -Page4 • ' - • Meigs County's Hometown Newspaper Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohi o Volume 49. Number 203 PropertY owners file Bv BRIAN J. REED . . l~gal Single Copy · 35 Cents action against Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District The first month's billing for sewer service, which were SeniiMI New8 Slatf mailed in early February, charges customers $35.50, $21.75 An cingoing -dispute between the board of the Tuppers . of which goes toward debt retirement (Customers were Plains Regional Sewer District and.over 100 angry pr,opcrty given the option of paying their share of debt retirement in ... "Once a regional sewer district is formed, it is an indepenpolitical subdivision, not subject to the control or veto p6wer of any other subdivision." ''The proposition set forth (by the board) is not to suggest . that a board or llustees could never be subject to legal action, · if a specific cause of action were set forth in an appropriate tiling with the Court, but the broad-based, open-ended request for some type of comprehensive 'review' filed by (Hunter) has no basis in law," Lavelle wrote. "Decisions have already been made by the board and acte4 upon, binding agreements have already been entered . into, and the sewer system is already in the g1011nd. The remaining original board members provide the continuity necessary to begin operations, because they are familiar.with all the requirements of the funding agencies and the engineering decisions made along the way." .. "Nothing can be gained by conlinuing the fight the TPRSD project," Lavelle said in his conclusiOn. ''The board has complied with numerous and """'tenting requests for · documentation and information from those few who have questioned their decisions. The board members have· been subjected to all manner of innuendo, rumor and false information. Despite everything, the number of customers who have connected to the system is approaching one-half, even during these winter months." . Oow was unavailable to comment on Monday. term expired on February 8, 1998; Joe Boyles, who took aver John Karschnik's term, which expired on Febniary 8, 1995 and was never swam into office." Randy Klclder, who helped organize the citizens' protest, owitets in the district has mOved into the court. . ', one lump sum.) " . was appointed by Crow to serve on the board last fall. An Athem altoritey, reJXesenting the ProPertY owners, has Hunter's motion also requests' that Crow consider the At the TI'RSD board's most recent meeting, the board's 61ed a motion with the Coort'of Common Pleas, asking the "appropriateness of borrowing ritoney from the Ohio Wabor auomey, Frank Lavelle, said that the current board members' ~rt to revieW the oJlCI:IIliO!l of lite district, and the board's DcYelopment Authority for· laterals and taps, and then terms .were continued until the project was completed to attom~y has filed a respoiiSC: ·' expending the funds for oonstruction of the main sewer lines, ensure "oontinuily," and in his response to Hunter's motion, : · 'Thepoiittsofthepropertyowners'motion,tiledbyt::iarTy the appopriateness of deals made with the Community tiled on Friday, !...4velle said that the.bylaws approved by the flunter, ane the same as those set liirlh in a petitiQII signed by lmpmvement Corporation, a review of the services rendered board call for the board to be elected by the customers in the (he residents last month. ~tOsidents, who have been meet- · and fees charged by the project engineer,.URS Greiner, fail- district. ing on a monthly basis to discuSs their complaints with the un: to repair damage to private property as a result of main The election of board , Lavelle said last week, will take dperation of the sewer district and fees connCc:tcd to the sys- sewer lines, and an audit of the financial books of the dis- plaoe sometime in the fall. tern's opeialion, retained Hunter late last year. ·. trict." · Among,the 14 points in his motion, Hunter also alleges 'The motion asks that Common Pleas Coort Judge Fred · 'Jbe citizens group has 9uestioned the qualifications of · . that the board's financial ~ "are difficult to understand W: Crow IJI, who appoin1s members to the district's board of • two of the board's·members, Malvin Keebaugh and Homer and reconcile, that residents have been denied "adequate tntStces, examine the qualifiCIIions of members of the board, Cole.·who were appointed to the bow at the time of its for- · oppoltttnity tO acldrl!os the board ... or to be informed of the the financial records and recond keeping, compliance with . mation in 1990, but who have sinee sold their property in the business of the district, and that easements were improperly Ohio's Sunshine Law, the method in which right-of-way district. . · executed and, in some cases, not obtained at all prior to cone 11 llaill were obtained, and the establishment of service . 'l1lc residents catted for their resignations at last week's struction." 'feea. · . meeting of the sewer district board. In his response, Lavelle said that the citizens' group is ... ne motion also requests that.Crow require the board "to "The following board members do not have valid teims attempting to ''micro-manage" the district's .operations; and hO!!ol' i1s commitment to residents that there would be no of office," Hunter's motion.states. "Marvin Keebaugh, term that the court does not have the power to review the system's '!rist to residents for sewer service except for a monthly bill expired on Fellruary 8, i995; Homer Cole, term expired on operation now that the board is in place and the sy~m has llctween $20 and $25." Fdlruary 8, 1996 and moved oul of the district; Sue Maison, been constructed. de~t Plan paves way for southern Ohio road ·projects Report: More COLUMBUS, Qhio (AP) - The Appalachian cothe and Richmond Dale in southern Ross County. allegations ReJiionai·Commission has given Ohio the OK to shuffle Federal funding for those two projects will free state . Groun state and federal fundiqg for six southern Ohio road pro- money for four other projects: the Chesapeake bypass in ag·ainst v.. jects. Lawrence County, the Ravenswood connector in Meigs I' The commission's meeting in Washington on Sunday County, U.S.33 between Athens and Da..Win, and U.S.50 COLUMBUS (AP)- A compaVOIUnteerS at church restaurant durinJl the National Governors' Association winter between Athens and Coolville, the Taft administration ny owned by u.s. Sen. George meetmg was reported by The Columbus said. Voinovich's brother faces new aileAKRON '( AP)- 111e U.S. Department of Labor is determining whether Dispatch today. All but the Portsmouth bypass should gat ions of fraud and cover-up the Rev. Ernest Angley's Cathedral Buffet improperly used volunteer labor. The panel made up of 13 governors, be under construction by 2003, and the involving construction of the Jeffer- · The' Akron Beacon Jo4mal reported toda~ that the federal agency including Ohio's Bob Taft, approved the Portsmouth project sho.uld be under way a son County jail, The Columbus Dis~:~:~ concerned following the death of a 15-year-old volunteer last proposal 10 win $320 million in state and couple years after tha~ according to state patch reported today. ' federal money for the six projects. and federal officials. Attorneys for Jefferson County On Jan. 31, Cassandra Blondheim was stabbed to death allegedly by a The commission's federal director, Jesse Originally, Republican former Lt. filed the civil accusations after read- · 27-year-old volunteer. White, also gave his OK; which was crucial Gov. Nancy Hollister proposed shifting the ing hundreds of once-confidential · • Both Cassandra an~ Shane Partin, who was charged with aggravated because he can veto gubernatorial deciAppalachian miles during her unsuccessful communications from the V Group, · murder, wene working in the kitchen area at the.restaurant. sions. · bid last year to, unseat Democratic u.s. made available tHrough U.S. District : , ·aarry Haber, dis~rict director of the U.S. Department of Labor in CleveThe road projects already are includedln Rep. Ted Strickland in !he 6th Congression- Court onders, the newspaper said. . Gov. Bob T•ft said a profit-making business run by a church that d6es $500,000 or Obio's $1. 6 billion construction schedule al District. The new allegations . have been · in business ti has to pay all workeis the minimum wage. for 2000-0J. However, the Appalachian part Strickland attacked Hollister's plan as added to a 1997 lawsuit which : ~=;~E~~~:~in~~·;.bu~s:in~feas~~~n.!he..restaurant, they can be sub, of the .IJII!I plan .was contingent on 'the commission's regionally divisive because it stripped too many accused the Cleveland-based archi- : tjeCfll.ll and overtime for over-40bours apptoV~~toftlfe ·conidorr~deilignation. . . Appalachian ·miles _ 16 instead 'of 1o _ from the tectural and construction managegoing to coinJ>ete with other businesses, "'Jbis is a·major step of tremendous importance for Portsmouth bypass. · ment business of negligence and · tth~;,lh'ey,~~l ;t~~~~:::'::,i;~~:::·" thc "ecohomic development and transportation needs of Strickland persuaded President Clinton to yank it breach of contract, the Dispatch · )i ' ' ' · ' m~nager for Emest Angley Ministries, sa.id southern Ohio,!' Taft told lhe Dispatch. · from a catchall sp<nding bill weeks before the election reported. .. the volunteers Cjtn be used and said that the church's attorUnder the plan, the ,proposed Portsmouth bypass . but then helped engineer the revised initiative approved The lawsuit now asks for up to . ney, Michael B. Hencil~r, has researched the question and feels there is no loses federal money for 10 of its 25 corridor miles, but Sunday. $20 million in punitive damages, " problem using volunteers. . receives $50 million in state and federal money .for ini- · Taft, a Republican, .gave Hollister and Strickland plus unspecified compensatory dam- · "We aren't in violation of any tial design and construction work. credit, adding "the success of this plan is a model for ages and attorney fees, the newsparules," Spangler said. The Portsmouth money is shifted to help complete a how communities in other regions can work together to per said. Spangler said the buffet. uses regproposed four-lane expansio~ of U.S.35 between Chilli- overcome challenges." · The V Group, headed by Paul · ular paid staff on weekdays and volVoinovich, has filed a countersuit, · unteers primarily on Saturday and contending Jefferson County owes Sunday. He said profits made at the the company $1.47 million for . ~tlons • 12 Pages AKRON (AP) - Unions that want to recover money has settled with the plaintiffs, as.it has done in a number of unpaid work and other damages. , restaurant go to mission work. Executive named tO spent on treating smoking-related illnesses of members other cases. Bcnnen Lebow, chief ~xecutive of the Brook The v Group denies doing any- . Calendar 8 will get to·make their case in court this week. Group, which . owns Liggett, is expected to testify on thing wrong and blames many of the : Classiftcc!s 9&10 head Inventors hall More than 100 Ohio union health and welfare plans behalf of the unions. jail's problems on political dispuies. : Comics AKRON (AP) _ David Fink, join'ed together to file a $2 billion lawsuit-against tobaceo Lawyers from firms in I 1 states are representing the two The latest allegations are in addi- . 11 . wlto has developed entertainment companies. Jury selection started this morning in U.S. Dis- sides, 29 for the plaintiffs and 78 for the tobacco compa- tion to others hist year that George concepts with Sony Corp. and Walt trict Court. · nies. Fourteen aeveland law finns are involved in the case. Voinovich, then Ohio's governor, I.ocat 3 At least 14 similar suits by union trust funds are pend.Since May 1997, they have made 691 filings and and his brother tried to hide a · Disney World, was appointed presSoorts 4&5 ident of the National Inventors Hall ing nationally. This wDuld be the first to reach trial. motions for the court, many of them !50 or more pages $60,000· campaign expenditure by - I of Fame on Satur~ay. "The fact that this case is going to trial and will be . long. illegally laundering it through the V .Fink, 54, will become president heard by a jury is a big victory for working men and OJurt clerks said the documents took up more than 20 Group and a lobbyist's company. Lotteries •nd chief executive officer on women of Ohio," Kate Hubben wrote on behalf of the feet of filing space. The Voinoviches deny the allega- · QUIO March 1, succeeding Richard Tobacco Litigation Group. The defense-ltas almost 9,000 pieces of evidence, the lions, but the Ohio Elections ComPick 3: 8-0-1; Pick 4: 8-7- 4_6 Nichols, who came out of retire"A victory in this case would force tobacco companies · plaintiffs more than 1,000. Almost all of it· has been mission has hired an attorney to · Super Lotto: 2-6_ 7_16_3043 menl in 1996 to help the hall to disgorge .their profits and compensate the trust funds for entered on compact discs or into computer hard drives to investigate. Kicker: 5•9•1-6-4-0 fame with its. financial problems. illnesses attributable to smoking," she said. permit viewing from almost anywhere in the courtroom on The V Group also has denied ·: w.yA. The hall has attracted more than Philip Morris Inc., one of the defendants, responded the multimedia setup done by lnVu Corp. of lndepen- being responsible for delays and Dally 3 , 9 _2_7; Dally 4, 5 •9•9_1 that nine other district courts have dismissed similar dence. · cost overruns in the $12.2 million 500,000 visitors since opening in 1995 but was plagued by' years claims brought by union trust funds.. . . The sides are splitting the cost, which could total more renovation of the Franklin County · C 1999 Ohio VIlify Publiabins Co.. !!:===========~~~-~~-----:.---_j One of the tobacco companies, the Liggett Group Inc., than Si million if the trial runs its full·course. . Jail, and of profiteering on a project 'AII'nment ··c o USe ~ Body shop .....,ger Glen Lawson (10 yars) watches te<hnldan Henry Gibbs (35 yars) replace ftont. lfttt Epllilg, Sll<1 Rtptacntatlve (7 yars) md l<chlnc~ Raady Jolutsoa admlte 19SO Buick Super Commlble. ~ ~ Sr. (3S yc:on), Bnd WaiSOtl (3 fl'IIS), md Jimmie. Queea (30 .,....) iDspcct Dew above grouad hoist Joe l>ma {I yr), ~eeds r~m o ved from under the vines Jeff Oiler (4 years) md Ron O!DcU (S yea"') P.llallag and refinishing Is a very Important procris New employees Stew Wamsley md Raady Oller p<rformlng hall damage repairs. Lot manager Bob Cook (S yra"') and General for body shop repairs. Here Dave White (3 yran) "spllllng-up" ln..,tory of used 'CIJS. Monager Greg Smith (16 yrars) lnsp«t vehicles oa and Rk:k WOC!rner (IZ yars) mask·ofheblcle prior display. to polnlillg. IJ'Iianfi.s to all our Sales and ServiCe customers-You liave made it possible! AEP Grea Smlth (Z6 years), Finance Manager Jim BOdy Shop Ttchnlcians Bill Lemley (Z3 yean) and Ports maaager Loren Be..er Jr. (17 yean) and Cochran (8 yea"') ,and Sales RCprcsenlatiYe Don Doug Foglestrom (IS years) analyze frame SerYlce maaager Lury Culo (18 years) use Caner (11 years) cb""'lng options and <olo"' for stralgbtenlng procedure. computer lo research part1. new Pontlacs. ·- Good Afternoon Lawsuit against tobaCCQ companies heads to trial "•"'• Sentinel .(3-4 foot wide area) as they steal nt.ttnents away from rhe grape vines and hide potential pest problems. Grapes tlo best where the soil pH is between 5.0 and 6.0. Fertilize vines about April I at 1-1/2 pound of 10l0-10 fertilizer per vine. river unit (Continued from 01j ~nd Monongahela ri vers. He was . named ass istant port captain in 1997. : Recentl y, he earned Ins Master of Steam or Motor Vesse l lice nse on the · inland waters. Taylor. works wit h lhc di vision's ~ommuni'cal io n s eng ineer in prov id· . ~.ng ra~or operation tra inin g and mstructton to RTD and AEP affiliat ~d operations marine li ce nsed ·per~ onnel. In add it ion, he has been qualified 'through the Hunt ington Marine' Safely Office, U.S. Coast Guard to prov ide company vesse l inspections in the Coast Guard 's P,hase II Cooperati ve Tm•~("l~s!;i­ l;xamination Program . He has served n cm111t·m~w ~oint Pleasant Sternwheel " "1!3tta, coordinatin g a 44-mem ber comm ittee. He is also a boar<\ member on the Point Pleasant Ri"er Front Park Committee . Taylor partk ipatcs in industry groups such as Huntin gton Waterways Advisory Group, Big Sandy Improvement .Committee and Hunt ington Propeller Club. He was recently appointed Region 1!-Ice Coll) mit tee Lhamnan . . Southern-girls lose in sectional, Page 4 Chaperoning mammograms, Page 7 Painting Washington, Page 6 Today: P; Cloudy High: 308; Low: 10. l Proper pruning : (Continued from 01) and increase fruit size. Excessive , pruntng (leaving only two or three nodes per vme) removes the flower b~ds and only vegetative growth Will be produc~d during the growing _year. Twenty pounds of Concord -grapes and even more for newer grape varieties like Canadi ce Reliance and Niagara may be pro: ·. ~uced each year per pi ant. Remember to keep grass and Potential Pepper Growers! M~ody . Dunbar Inc.. a pepper proces~or 1n Limestone, Tenn ., is co ntracting for 'red bell peppers for the 1999 season. . Contracts will be given out on Feb< 24 at thetr annual meeting being held at Buckeye Hills Caree r Ce nter. Buckeye Hill Road. Ri o Grande , from 7-9 p.m. The meeting will Include d1sc ussJons on how to raise .Peppers and which pepper varieti es .are best the processing market. For 'furth er i~fo rm at ion , call Dave Ruggles, stauon manager, at 1-800-9887908. . (Hal Kneen Is Meigs County's extension agent lor agriculture 'nd natural resources, Ohio State :University.) Sports Eastern girls defeat South F•ru•ry 22, 111011 Weather Sunday, February 21,1999 ~mergency officials compare Y2K preparations to winter storm survival . l;ly JIM FREEMAN that next January, if there are electric failures during the computer-related breakdowns before the start of business s.ntlnel News Stllff first 72 hours, you would need to be able to prepare your- on Monday. : Meigs Coimtians wanting to prepare for the so-called self and your family." As far as Byer is concerned, fear and panic are the real YiK crisis should take precautions similar to those for a Representatives of some 54 state agencies will begin threats. big winter storm, seconding to Robert Byer, ·director of staffing the state's Emergency Operations Center in "This is not a panic situation," he said. Meigs County Emergency Services. . Columbus on Dec. 29, Williams said. Around-the-clock My concern is the scams, particularly involving older . However, with 312 days left until the year 2000, Byer operations will begin on New Year's Eve. people wholmay have lived through the Great Depression is also encouraging local residents to exercise discretion in A cadre of Ohio National Guard officials will monitor who don 't nFssarily trust banks, Bye.rs explained, adding their preparations, and to not get excited by all the hype. · the situation on New Year's Eve, but the current plan is that banks are, for the most part, ready for the Y2K prob. "Don't get scaml)led," he said. "Just use your head... that units will not be called unless they are needed. lem . i)'s only going to be short lived, you won't lose yout, Byers said the county's emergency oper--.IE"'l He also harbors fire and safety concerns money." . ations center in Pomeroy will probably will over residents stockpiling gasoline, heating The year 2000, or Y2K, problem stems from the antic- not be put into operation on New Year's ~ 7 oil and kerosene. ipation that computers, which control most aspects of Eve, but can be opened quickly should the ~ J ~"They are putting themselves and othl)lOdern life including electrical transmission, telecommu- need arise. ers in more danger that way,"· he said, "To nications. and business, will malfunction when the year Byer pointed out previous natural disas~e that's a 'no-no'." cltanges from 1999 to 2000. The reason: most older com- ters that have isolated areas of the county. as DAYS RE ~: Byers said the Local Emergency Planpulers, many of which are still in operation, will read 2000 examples that Meigs Countians can overning Committee has briefly discussed Y2K as' "()()" or .J900 causing them to believe it is 1900, not come adversity. and plans to hold future meetings with local gov2000. · "We survived then," he said. emment officials as the year progresses. ; · State emergency management officials say Ohioans But one differenCe, according to state and local He said he is currendy gathering information and should prepare to get along without .outside help for as officials like Byer, is that problems might be looking at the generator capacity of fire departfang as 72 hours after the start of the year 2000. · statewide, nationwide, or even global in ·scale, compared ments throughout the county. · · "We're telling IO!Oal governments that you need to be to local emergencies like storms which are generally limOne of the county's biggest assets are battery-powered prerared for up loa 72-hour delay before state government ited to one region. . communiCations for emergency squads and fire departwil be able to,get there to help out," said James Williams, "The only difference then (in January, !994, and June, ments. Sheriff's cruisers, too, hlive battery-powered com -. acting director of the Ohio Emergency Management 1998) ·was that there was outside help." Byer said. "If munication as does the emergency operations center. ~gency. · worse comes to worse, Meigs County will be on its own." "People are smart enough to take care of themselves. State officials are trying to promote self reliance among "Our goal is to make it 72 hours or better on our own," We've a hardy bunch of people ~ere in Meigs County," Ohio residents without stirring up panic, Williams said. he said. "It will be a big job, a little different than a snow Byer said. ''They're going to survive." : '"The key message people have to understand is the 72 or flood in that our volunteer workers will have to take "Prepare just like you are going to have a winter hours," said Nancy Dragani, a spokeswo)llan for the Emer- care of their families first." storm," he said.' "You're going to survive. Any power confency "Management Agency. However, since Jan. I falls on a Saturday, when most cerns are going to be short-lived." · . "Prepare as you would for a winter storm. Fill up your businesses ·are closed and people ·are at home, companies . Meanwhile, state officials say Oov. Bob Taft has ~ar. make sure you· have a manual can opener. It's obvious and government officials will have two days to deal with announced a campaign to alert citizens to potential prob- lems ·and to state plans. Details of the program are not final, but will include advisories on precautions to make at home, Dragini said. · "We're not oppcsed to any level of family preparation," . Williams said. "It's what every family thinks they need." ,..-,:-,.--:--:-::-:::----=--:--::----::--:-- Sentinel Super Bo'wl winner: 1 J1 I 1 , C·R U N C H 2 ' SUPER BOWL WINNER-Rog81' of Mlddl8p0rt was the winner In the Dally SantiMI'• · . Super Bowl contut. Roger and anoth81'loclll ,.... .. ldent both tied by ml•lng the correct 8001'8 by : two polntll. William• WIS dlcl•red th• Winner by ·: luck ot the d.-.w •nd won the $50 ftm prize. PJo. : tured on the l•ft •• Wl111•ma 111Celvlng his ChiiCk : from O.V. Harris of th• Dally S.Otlnel Adwrtlllng :. Oep8rtment · ·' \ I,, ' .. .. ,I .I • �Co1nmentary , ...... 2 Monday, l"tlbrll8rJ 22, 1118 •• The Daily Sentinel Is the USDA's inspection system too lax? lly Jack Andereon end J1111llloller A little over two months ago, armed with surgical gloves and digital thermometers, parishioners and a handful of food-safety experts gath· ered at Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Chaptico, Md., to serve the church's annual dinner 'Esul(iWtf In 1948 .I ' 111 Court St., Pomeroy, Ohio 740-aii241S8 • FIX: all2·2157 t •t • Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. ROB~RT L WINGETT (" Publisher "There were a few CHARLENE HOEFLICH General Men~~ger DIANE HILL Controller n.. Sentinel ••;IC.,...• ,.,.,. to lite . . . , ,_, ,...,_ .., • biNd IWISJif et tclpIN. Shoff ,.,_,. ~ ..,.,.. or #Hal hew , . w c~aMot or l»>ng putr'•'*'· .' • '/)'pOd--,.,.,.,.,_..,.,,.._,-•-............ .,.If.,.,.'• addrfiN, •nd d•yflme phoM tMMflriNr. s,.ctry • . - .,~"' • -· ,.U 10: IMittw 10 .,. - · ,..,.,_,, Olllo .ffl'lll, or, FAll' .. 7--.ZIS7. ~.,to~ n.. Sentinel, to • pr-. 111 C<HIIf St., Welfare changes mean new roles for counties, private agencies over salmonella. Nestor made several diskoveries. Sl!e found, for example, that the new system allowed inspectors to approve astonishingly high levels of saiJllonella-contaminated meat for consumption: 57 percent contamination in ground turkey, 51 percent in ground chicken, and 36 percent in fresh pork sausages. To make matters worse, government inspectors neither inform the plant of failure or require any action until a ful l sample set is taken, which takes between 53 and 82 days. As a result, Nestor concludes m a soon to be released report, "millions of pounds of contaminated product... (arc) labeled with~ seal of government approval, purchased and consumed by millions of unsuspecting consumers." If a meatpacker fails the first lest penod, the USDA requires the plant "take immediate action" to meet the standard, and a second test period will beg1n withm 60 days. nervous jokes among ourselves, but no one really brought it up," said Mary Farr, who had co• chaired previous year's dinner. "It" was what happened at last year's dinner Stuffed ham, tainted with salmonella, made nearly 750 people sick and killed one woman. Farr and the church learned a pamful lesson. For this dmner, food safely officials began working with the pansh1oners five months beforehand. "(We) really ~nted to make sure we did things nght," Farr said. The precautions paid off No one went home sick from salmonella. Nationwide, salmonella struck over 40,000 people in 1997. But what the church-goers and other victims could not have known was that their Sickness was in large .part the result of a federal inspection system that was soon to take a turn for the worse. Smce the 1960s, scientists had been urging government offii ials to supplement their "poke and sniff" inspection system for meat and poultry with microbial testing But it was not untJithe early 1990s that epidemIC levels of food'borne 1llness forced the USDA to act. In January 1998, USDA began microbial testing. Implementation would take three years. The nation's 300 largest slaughterhouses came under the new system first, followed by 3,000 mid-size plants a year later, and the remaining "mom and pops" in January 2000 USDA was quick to declare vJclory. In her "State of the Umon " speech l~l';ill before the Association of Food and ~::::~~Drug Officials, Catherine Woteki, L!~~!!:!!:z undersecretary for food safely, sa1d If a plant fails a second test period, USDA reg"we are (also) finding that the large majonty of plants are meeting the salmonella performance ulatmns require that someone mvolved WJih the standards." Woteki then cited data showmg a 30 company's safety plan fix the problem, after percent drop in salmonella contamination on wh1ch a third test penod may be set. If a plant fails a thlfd 11me, USDA will "withhold inspecchicken carcasses. But not everyone went, along with the cheery tion," effectiYely shutting down the plant But declaration. Felec1a Nestor, an attorney for the even this is not as bad as it seems Inspectors are Government Accountability Project, asked to see sent back to work once the company provides the data on which USDA was claiming victory "satisfactory written assurances" that thmgs w1ll Changes m Ohio's welfare laws have meant new roles for the county agencies that admimster the programs and private groups closest to the needy, the state welfare department says. 'TWo years ago,.the Legislature 1mposed new rules for welfare reCipients that limit them tO three years of benefits over a fiVe-year penod. The State also left much of the day-to-day work to county human services agencies. The new rules are intended to case recipients - even the hardest to employ - mto the work force, said Jon Allen, spokesman for tfte Ohio Department of Human Services "Counties are preaching welfare reform and the message thal1l's not an entitlement anymore ... It's 'What help does someone need to get a job?' Maybe someone doesn't even have to come on the (welfare) rolls," Allen said last week Welfare rolls in the state have dropped from an all-t1me h1gh of 748,717 in March 1992 to 284,482 as of Jan 1, the lowest level in Oh10 since 1970. F1gures from December show that 12,978 cases were closed, while 9,340 new cases were added. . The demographics also have changed. Blacks now outnumber wh1tes on welfare rolls statewide. In March of 1995, 54.3 percent of those on welfare were white while 41 6 percent were black. In January, blacks made up 53 1 percent of those getting benefits and whites made up 42.4 percent. Allen said contributing to that reversal were higher dropout rates among blacks, the greater likelihood of black mothers to be smgle and a lack of JOb opportunities. "If minority recipients are more likely to be more concentrated in an 1nner c1ty-area, where jobs are less plentiful, 1! would follow that it would be harder to transJllon," Allen said. He said the state has been urging nonprofit groups and churches to help out in the b1g cit1es. Some churches, for example, pair a member family w1th " a welfare family for counseling, job training lips and other help. "When we get down to the people who need the most help getting off (welfare), that's where those groups can come in," Allen said Of the cases that were closed, 5,040 were dropped because they " fa1led to comply w1th the procedure," Allen sa1d. That could mean someone didn't show up for an appointment or they s1mply got a job that paid more than the By Sere Eckel benefits and d1dn 't tell the county, he said. Jerry Falwell recently proved that The dropped ca'scs also include 2,843 in wh1ch the recipient didn't work anti -gay hystena can be very funny the required 30 hours each week. The first time that happens, the recipient The TV preacher prompted a surreal loses a month's benefits; the third time, up to six months' benefits. debate recently when he suggested As for what has happened to people who get off welfare, the department that Tmky Winky, a character on the is trying to get the money for two studies on the subJeCt. However, Allen said children's televiSIOn show "Teletubthat's difficult to gauge because once they leave, they arc not likely to stay blcs," 1s gay -- pointing out that he is in touch. purple, the color of gay pride, has a " It's not like a college alumni magazme," he said gay-pride-symbol triangle on his head and carries a purse. A spokesman for the ltsy Bitsy Entertainment Company, which licenses the Teletubbies, refuted the •• By The Auocllltltd Pr..a • The best interest of the • Today is Monday, Feb. 22, the 53nd day of 1999 There are 312 days left in the year. child? If this is truly Today's H1ghhght in H1story. what we believe as a On Feb. 22, 1732, the first U.S. pres1dent, George Washington, was born at his parents' plantation in the Virginia Colony. nation, then ou.r kids On this date: have a lot nwre to fear In 1784, a U.S. merchant ship, the "Empress of China," left New York .Today In History ~b~~~ r ~ c~;:;:;-;J~;-jl!J~;j;j-----, jl'lo GLOAnNG I In 1819, Spain ceded Florida to the United States In 1865, Tennessee adopted a new constitution abolishing slav- er~n 1879, Frank Winfield Wool- worth opened a five-cent store in Utica, NY. In 1889, President Cleveland signed a b11l to admit the Dakotas, Montana and Washmgton slate to the Union In 1892, "Lady Windermere's Fa n" by Oscar Wilde was first performed, at London's St. James's Theater In 1924, Calv in Coolidge delivered the first presJdenual rad1o broadcast from the Wh1te House. In 1973, the United States and Commumst Chma agreed to L-~~~=-~~-=-~~~:....~J cstabhsh ha1son offices. In 1980, m a stunning upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Sov1ets at Lake Placid, N.Y., 4·3 In 1987, pop artist Andy Warhol died at a New York City hospital at age 58. Ten years ago: Iran's Ayatollah Khomeim, who had sentenced author ' Salman Rushdic to death, said economic sanctions would not change his stance, and that publication of Rusbdie's "The Satanic Verses" was a sign from God that Iran should not reach out to the West Five years ago. The Justice Department charged 31-year CIA veteran Aldnch Ames and h1s wife, Rosario, with selling national security secrets to the Soviet Union (Ames was later sentenced to life in prison; his wife received a 5-year term.) One year ago: Abraham A. Ribicoff, the former Connecticut governor and senator who served as President Kennedy's secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, died in Riverdale, N.Y., at age 87 The Czech Republic defeated Russia 1-0 to win men's hockey as the Nagano Winter Olympics came to a close Today's Birthdays: Actor Sir John Mills is 91. Announcer Don Pardo is · 81. Actor Paul Dooley 1s 71. Sen Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., is 67. Singer Ern1e K·Doe is 63. Movie director Jonathan Demme is 55. Actress Ellen Greene is 49 Actress Miou-M'1ou 1s 49. Actress Julie Walters is 49. Basketball Hall-of·Famcr Julius Ervmg 1s 49. Actor Kyle MacLachlan is 40. Actress-singer Lea SaiP.n&a 1s 28. Actor Jose Solano ("Baywatch") is 28. ~ni•player Mlchaol Olug 'is 27. Actress Drew Barrymore is 24. Thought for Today: "Authority Without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than pohsh." - Anne Bradstreet, American poet (1612-1672). than bouncing creatures and magic bags. claim, po1n11ng out, for example, that Tinky Winky doesn't carry a purse. Actually, 1t's a "magic bag " Th1s meeting of truth and parody prov1ded excellent matenal for latemght comedians, water-cooler conversahonalists and hberal op-ed writers ahke. Tinky's bouncing purple image was everywhere -·a sym· bol not so much of gay pride but of just how paranoid the anti-gay movement can be. But the same week we all chuckled over Tinky's part in the demise of Western Civilization, there was another story of intolerance that didn't rece1ve nearly as much attention And th1s one was no joke. Early'th1s month, the Mississippi Supreme Court demed a gay father custody of h1s son, mstead ordenog that the 15· year-old boy rema1n in the home of h1s abusive stepfather. David Weigand, the boy's father, hves in California in a home he o [columb.. scathing d1ssent. "The chancellor and the majonty behcvc a mmor is best served by living in an explosive environment in which the unemployed stepfather 1s a convicted felon, drinker, drug-taker, adulterer, wife -beater and child-threatener, and despite the fact that (the child's) father has a good JOb, a stable home and does all Wlthm his power to care for his son," Justice McRae wrote. The best interest of the child? If lh1s JS truly what we believe as a nat10n, then our k1ds have a lot more to fear than bouncing creatures and mag1c bags. Copyrtghl1 eve NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN. Send commenta to tiM euthor In elll't of thle newapeper or - d hill' • . .a""-\...,) .. .....,; - .. - • Alarmist chemical campaigns don't ring true And smce 1995, when serv1ce debate But Oxybusters and their confederates' on ~State prosecutors to·meet to :_discuss sweepstakes gimmicks By MI!<E SMITH ·· 'Anoblataid Prilati W'rller INDIANAPOUS (AP) - Opposi. lion to gimmicks used in mail-in · . sweepstakes may get a boost this week when altorneys general from nine states and representatives from 16 others gather here to discuss the mdustry. - States have battled sweepstakes . ·companies using lawsuits, but that ·approach JS often costly. The multi.. state meeting is geared toward seeking further agreements WJth the industry and new laws that might help consumers. "Right now the only tool we have to deal with deception and fraud in the sweepstakes mdustry IS to' file a lawsuit, and that 's a very meffic1ent way of dcahng with the problem," Ind1ana Attorney General Jeff Mod1sett said last week. lnd1ana has lawsuits pending the envJtonmental left would not give up. Since the courts wouldn't allow EPA to do their bidding -- that is, to ban MTBE .• they turned to Capital H1ll And last month, Cali forma's senior senator, D1anne Femstein, obligingly proposed a bill that would effechvely ban the use of MTBE in Callforma. Meanwhile, a si milar measure was proposed m the House by Rep Brian Bilbray, Rlmpenal Beach. Femstem and BJ!bray obviously haven't examined th1s 1ssue carefully Otherwise it would be clear to them that the campaign against MTBE is JUSt as scientlflc,ally unso und, as contrary to the public interest, as the aforementioned alarmist campa~gn s against dioxm and radon. Indeed, a mere two months ago, a scientific panel commissioned by the California Office of EnvJtonmental Health Hazard Assessment concluded that there was no evidence that MTBE poses a cancer threat to human belilgs. As to the problem of MTBE leeching into mun1cipal water supplies, that has nothing whatsoever to do with the chemical's properties and everyth mg to do with the failure of oil companies to keep thw underground storage facilities properly ma1ntamed It should also be mentioned that, when these underground gas tlmks leak, the biggest danger to the water supply is not MTBE, . but benzene and toluene, two indisputable cancercausmg chemicals MTBE has done much to improve air quality m Southern California and other smoggy, car· mfested regions of the country. It would be lud1 · crous for lawmakers 'to accede to the wishes of scare-mongeri ng envJtonmcntalist crusaders who seek to ban the oxygenate, not because it poses a SCientifically proven threat to human health, but Simply because these latter-day Luddites never met a chemJcalthey liked. • Copy~ghttm NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN. Jo.. ph Perklna Ia • columnllt for The Sen Diego Union·Tribune. The Daily Sentinel (USPS ll3·960) Communlly Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Pubhshed everv · afternoon, Monday th.rmtgh Fmiav Ill Co urt St, Pomeroy, Oh1 o, by the Ohto Vall e~ Publ1shmg Company Second class po.~tage p111d at Pomeroy, Oh 1o Member. The Assocmted Pre.u and the Oh10 Newspaper Assoc lat 1on Postmaster: Send address corn:chons to 1 he Da1ly Senttnel, 11 1 Court St, Pomeroy, Oh10 45769 SUBSCRIPTI ON RATES By Carrier or Motor Roule One Week. .. • •..•. $2 00 One Moot h....... . ... . .... , .S8 70 One Year.... . .. , .. S104 ® SINGLE CO PY PRICE Oa• ly •• ...,•• 3.5 Cents' Subscnbers n~ de:rmmg to pay the cn rnr:r may rt-m ll m advance difCll to 111e Da1ly Sent mel on a three. SIX or 12 month basis Crcd1t w11l be • I against Arnencan Family Publishers and Publishers Cleanng House, two of the giants in the industry, claiming they usc deceptive mailings to trick people mto purchasing magazines and other products to help their chances at winmng. Both compames say they promote the If disclaimers prommently and have pa1d out m1lhons of dollars to wmners, mcluding many who d1dn't purchase a thing. Other states have filed Similar lawsuits agamst sweepstakes companies and settlements have been reached m some cases. Other attorneys general planning to altend the meetmg, which starts Wednesday, are from Oklahoma, Flonda, M1ssiss1ppi, M1ssouri, New MeXJco, Oh1o, Pennsylvania and Wis· consm Pat Rames, of Willard, Mo , is commg to Indmnapohs for the meetmg to share the story of her father Neli Han· cock, who d1ed mApnlal age 80. After takmg control of his finances m 1997, Ra1nes d1scovered he had wntten dozens of checks totahng $102,000 to contest promoters over a four-year penod. She begged h1m to stop sendmg money. 1 "Of course he wasn't about •to because he thought he was in the final stages of wmnmg $12 m1lhon or $35 million or whatever," Rames sa1d Thursday. 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Circulatio n.......... • Ronald R. 'Cowboy' Zerkle Sr. More frigid conditions are predicted for Ohio tonight and Tuesday. • The National Weather Service said the mercury tonight will dip into the single digits in the north and the low teens in t~e south. , On Tuesday, temperatures most places in the state won't climb above freezmg. Snow will start falling on southern Ohio Tuesday afternoon and spread ' north across the state that night. · ' The record-h1gh temperature for this date at the Columbus weather station was 70 degrees in 1930 while the record low was 8 below zero in 963 Sunset tonight Will be at 6:15 p m. and sunrise Tuesday at 7:14a.m. Weather forecast: Tonight...Clear. Lows near 10 above. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday... Increasmg cloudiness. H1ghs in the mid 30s. Tuesday mght...Light snow likely. Lows in the mid 20s Extended forecast: Wedncsday ...L1ght snow likely. Highs in the mid 30s. Thursday... Partly cloudy w1th a chance of snow or rain showers Lows near 30 and h1ghs near 40. Friday... Mostly cloud)( and cold w1th a chance of snow showers. Lows in the m1d 20s and highs in the m1d 30s. · mall at aaraeumaol.com. ' ... H1'133::J By The Associated Press ClaS51n..t Ad•.. - Clarence Robert "Bob" Burkett, 75, of Charleston, W.Va., died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999, at his home. ' He was retired from Conrail Railroad, Charlh ton, and was a member of the Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral . He was a graduate of Pomeroy High School and attended Charleston Business College. He was a WOrld War 11 Army veteran and a volunteer at St Franc1s Hospital. He is survived by two daughters, Mary Mcintosh of Charleston and Bar· bara Sm1th of Winston-Salem, N.C.; two sons, Dave Burkett of Lawrenceville, Va., and Tony Burkett of Cape Coral, Fla.; and f1ve grandchildren. , Mass of Chnshan Bunal will be held TueSday, 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral with Father P. Edward Sadie officiating. Entombment will follow at Mount Ohvet Cathohc Cemetery in Charleston, Friends may call Monday, 6-8 p.m. at Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home in Charleston. A prayer service will be held at 7:30p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Charleston Catholic Needy Student Fund. gid temps,'l~ght snow ikely for area Tuesday owns with his partner of eight years H1s ex·wJfe, Machelle, hves 10 Mis· sissipp1 with her third husband, Jeff Houghton, a man who has repeatedly beaten his wife in front of her son and who has a history of substance abuse. Fearing for his son's safety, Weigand sued to obtain custody of the boy. But Chancellor Percy Lee Lynchard ruled against W1egand, citing his sexual orientation and lack of religious training for the boy as th~ reason for the denial of custody, The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld that decision, adding that since the boy expressed no preference as to in which home he hved, it was in the best mterest of the child to remain w1th his mother and step· father. In MISSISSippi, apparently, an abusive father IS better than a homo· sexual one. This point was not lost on Just1ce Charles McRae, who wrote a By Joseph Perkins Remember the dmxm scare? Back in the early stations throughout Cahfornia began selhng gasoline refor· 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency promulated with MTBE, the oxynounced 11 the deadliest chemical known to genate IS credited with reduchumamty By 1991, however, the federal govern· menl was forced to adm1t that 11 was wrong; that mg carbon monoxide pollutJon dioxin was VIrtually harmless by roughly 10 percent in Los "If 1t (dioxm) IS a carcmogen, 1t's a very weak Angeles and San D1ego, much carc1nogen," conceded Dr. Vernon Houk, the fed· to the better health of the 10 eral official who needlessly ordered the evacuamilli on or so Inhabitants of tion of an entire town in 1983 that was supposed· Southern California's two largest metropolises. ly contaminated by the chemical. Alas, this does not sit well with the env~ron­ How about the radon scare? In the early 1990s, mental left. Not because they are against cleaner the EPA calculated that the radmactJve gas -- to all. But because they simply don't hke chemicals, wh1ch an unsuspecting individual may be exposed like MTBE, no matter how benefic1al they may be when he or she takes his or her da1ly shower, the They beheve, as an art•cle of fa1th, that chem1cals pubhc was warned -· was responsible for as many are bad; they are InJurious to health. And that the as 30,000 lung cancer deaths each year. chemical industry is unholy and Jts executJves ev1l. Yet, as it turns out, none of the Cities or states An outfit that calls Jtself Oxybusters is trymg or regi ons of the country w1th high readings of to get MTBE banned by any and all means possiradon (which is produced by decaying natural ble. It claims that the gasoline add itive is a can· deposits of uran1um) have higher-than-normal cer-causing carci nogen . And they direly warn that rates of lung cancer Moreover, not one lung can- not only is th1s killer chemi cal being disgorged cer pat1ent has ever been identified whose illness mto the air by millions of cars and trucks. it also has been positively attributed to radon IS leechmg into the underground water supply Qf Now we have the MTBE scare. Methyl ter· a number of municipalities, imperiling the health t1ary-butyl ether Js a gasoline addit1ve. The chem- of their unsuspectmg residents. Oxybusters would ical has been around smce 1979, when it was im - have the Shells and Texacos and ARCOs and tJally added to fuel to mcreasc octane, but the Amocos stop usmg MTBE in favor of corn-basea Exxons and Moi)ils and ARCOs and Chevrons ethanol (wh1ch places them in an eycbrow-rrusing have greatly mcreased its usc ov~r the past alhance with the powerful corporate interest decade Archer Daniels Midland). However, the oil comThat's because MTBE is what is known as an panies prefer MTBE to ethanol because u's "oxygenate. " Cars and trucks fueled by oxy- cheaper and eas1er to produce and ,transport genated gas emit less smog-producmg comAnd though the EPA tried to force the oil com· pounds from their tailpipes than those usmg the panies to use ethanol anyway to oxygenate the11 old-fashioned non-oxygenated gas. gasoline, the US. Court of Appeals for the DisIt is for that reason that a 1990 amendment of tnct of Columb1a ruled four years ago that, while the Clean Air Act requited oxygenated gas to be the regulatory agency had " th() authority to set a used in smoggy Los Angeles, San Diego and eight standard" for cleaner gas, 11 could not '' malidate other metropolitan areas throughout the coun try the manner of compliance or the precise formula" which, at the time, were suffermg from poor air for the fuel. quality. This should have been the end of the MTBE ' 0 Tinky Winky masks a sinister problem Death Notices Clarence . Robert 'Bob' Burkett be better. Nestor also found serious problems with the USDA's database. After a three- month wait for information, USDA sent her a disk with missing data. When a second disk was sent three weeks later, it was also missmg data. Finally, a third disk with all the relevant information arnved. But when Nestor matched data between the disks, she found dozens of incon)listcncies. Dates, sample s1zes and failure rates simply didn't tnatch up. Nestor also found large gaps in sample sets, mstances where too few samples were taken and missmg sample results. USDA officials told our associate Ashley Baker that problems with Nestor 's data were 'the result of human error · "The spec1fic database is fed by three systems. There's a checking and edihng process that 'the information normally goes ,through, and it's my understandm& that the data (Nestor) got had not gone through that, " said Beth Gaston, a spokesperson. Finally, Nestor found that 10 1998, USDA had collected salmonella data in less than 30 percent cif their plants. Bottom line? USDA claims of safer food were based on inconsistent data gathered at less than one-third of Jts plants under a lax inspection system. Copy~ght1vvt, United Fllturo Syndtc.to, Inc. The Dally Sentinel • Page 3 Pomeroy • Middleport, Ohio .. .... .......Ext. 1104 . . . ....... .Exl. 1103 .. .... ...Exl. 1100 art .................... ................ 16\ Kroger .................................. eo·~. Lands End .............. ............ ... 31 % Limited ,.................................36'lo Oak Hill Fln1 ..................:....... 18l, OVB ...... ................................ 42), One Valley ............. ............... 31 '!. Peoples ................................. 257. Prem Flnl ...............................14'o Rockwell ............ .... ........... 45'!t RD/Shell ............................... .42'o 3 Sears ...................... ..... ....... 40 / . Shoney's ........... ....... .... ....... ...2~ First Star .............................. 87 ). Wendy's ................................ 24'1. Worthlngton ......................... .13l'. -·-·- Stock reports are the 10:30 a.m. quotes provided by Advest of Gallipolis. Ronald R. "Cowboy" Zerkle Sr., 80, utart, W.Va., died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999 '" the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Point Pleasant, W.Va. Born June 19, 1918 '"New Haven, W.Va., son of the late Frank H. and Daisy Cundiff Zerkle, he was a retired pamler at Marietta Manufacturing A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was the recipient of the AsmnPacifJc Theater Ribbon, the Bronze Star, the Amencan Theater Ribbon, the Amencan Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal and the World War II V1ctory Medal. He was a member of the Smith-Capehart Post 140 of the American Leg10n'" New Haven, and VFW Post 9926 in Mason, W.Va. He was also preceded 1n death by his wife, Jessetta Roush Zerkle, in 1996, and by an infant grandson, Matthew Ray Zerkle. Surv1vmg are two daughters, Angela G (Harry Joe) Sm1th and Nora L. (Timothy W.) Fields, both of utart; two sons, Ronme R (Cmdy L.) Zerkle Jr. of Point Pleasant, and Timothy Joe Zerkle of utart; eight grandchildren and a great-granddaughter; a brother, Ray Zerkle of Pans, Pa.; and a sister, lila M, Roush of New Haven. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Foglesong Funeral !lome, Mason, with the Rev Steve Atlkinson officiatmg Burial will be 1n the Sunnse Memonal Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 tonight. M1htary graveside ntes will be conducted by the m1litary. Legisl·a tor lining up support for trauma bill COLUMBUS (AP) -The Ohio Hospital Association is ready to endorse a trauma care bill, just not the one that is pending in the ugislature. A bill introduced by Rep . William Shuck, R-Columbus, would match critically injured people with hospitals best staffed and equipped to treat them Proponents say a statewide trauma system could help save 1,200 hves in Oh10 every year. "Some kind of legislation should be cons1dered, but we 're not ready to Jump on board with House Bill 138 as mtroduced," said Mary Yost, an association spokeswoman. Yost said the association 's EMSTrauma Committee cons1ders Schuck's bill too rig1d. "There needs to be more flexibility for hospitals to provide the care they are capable of," Yost said. Shuck said he had expected a fight from the association. "I just hopo OHA w1ll come around and do what's right for Injured pallents," he saJd "Pallents ·Lo·c al Citations Issued In one-car accident A Columbus woman was cited for driving under the influence and failure to control by the Gallia-Meigs Post of the State Highway Patrol following a one-car accident early Sunday on State Route 7 ncar Chester. Troopers sa1d Trena S. Swetnam, 42, was northbound at 2:20 a.m when she failed to navigate a curve, slid off the left side of the road and struck an embankment. The car then came to rest sideways in the highway 's southbound lane, and the driver allegedly fled the scene immediately after the crash, accordmg to the patrol. The car was severely damaged. Announcements: Hospice training offered Hospice spring volunteer assistant trainmg will begin on Friday, March 5 and run from 6:30 to 9 p.m., then contmue on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Both sessions will be held at the Nelsonville Public Library located at 95 W Washington St., just off the public square. The final session Will be held the following Saturday, March 13, from 9 a.m. to 5 p m. at the TriCounty Adu]t Career Center. Participants are required to attend all services S!nce they ~eal w1th a wide vanety of end-of-life issues presented by staff nurses, counselors and other volunteers with exJl"rience. Residents may register with Christine Chandler, hospice volunteer coordinator, Appalachian Community Hospice, at 1·800-783-4673. Riverview Garden Club R1ve rv1ew Garden Club will meet Thursday, 7·30 p.m at the Hickory Hills Church of Chnst, Tuppers Plains, with Craig Matheny of Flowers by Cra1g g1ving the program. Post to meet The Tuppers Plains VFW Post 9053 w1ll meet at 7.30 p.m. Thursday. Meeting set Tlie Meigs County Board of Elections w1ll meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday to cert1ly the validity of candidates' petitions for inclusion on the May primary ballot Former Air Force base takes on new mission By DAVID JACOBS should come before profits and mar- Associated Press Writer COLUMBUS (AP) - When ket share. " Licking County residents received Last year, Schuck's bill d1 ed in word m 1993 that their largest committee w1th httle support from employer may dose, some hkened it major players, includmg the hosp1tal to Toledo losing Jeep or Akron losassociatJon . ing Goodyear. This year, with 13 addJ!J onal Newark Air Force Base, with no sponsors and several controversial act1ve airplanes , or runways, had items removed, the b1ll has gained prov1ded a livelihood to thousands support from some former foe s, of local workers for more than 30 including the Ohio Firefighters years. Association, Oh10 State Med1cal But >rilh the Cold War's end, the Association and the Ohio chapter of base's spec1ahzed workload of fixthe American College of Emergency mg submanne and aircraft nav•gaPhysicians tJonal systems and m1sslle guidance "Rep. Schuck was really changsystems had decreased. That led the ing the system qu1te dramatically last year," said Marla Bump,' a lob- mJiitary to target the base for closure to cut c.osts. byist w1th the state medical.-sociaSix years later, the base is hiStory. tJon. "Now he's not taking qmte a But its nearly 60-acre site 30 miles drastJc approach, and this bill has a east of Columbus is ,thriv1ng m a much better chance of passing." new form - the Central Ohio AeroThe assocJallon opposed space and Technology Center. Schuck 's bill last year m part Most w6rk performed at the sJte because 11 would have stnpped Js being handled at the center. It's emergency room physicians of legal part of an expenmenl of lurmng the immumty 1n giving instructions to mihtary workload over to pnvate emergency workers in the field . contractors that employ local workers at the former base . Lee Fisher takes job running Cleveland social service agency CLEVELAND (AP) - Former candidate for Oh10 governor Lee Fisher sa1d he Will become pres1dent of a Cleveland-area soc1al service agency, Center for Fam1lles and Chli · dren. The organizatiOn's nonprofit status precludes Fisher, last year 's Democratic nominee for governor, from taking part in partisan pohtical activities He lost the governor's race last year to R~publican Bob Taft M~igs "At a minimum, I will not be a candidate for anything in the year 2000," Fisher told The Plain Dealer IS a story pubhshed today. "I have no plans to run for any office at any time " He sa1d he would not rule out eventually seekmg elected office "It JS poss1ble I Will run for pubhc office again," he said "Th1s 1s a hmc for me to focus on the 1ssues that ceoter on the reasons why I entered publie office to begin With." EMS logs ~ 6 calls Umts of the Me1gs County 7:35 p.m. Sunday, Overbrook Med1cal Service Nursing Center, Middleport, Emergoncy recorded 16 calls for assi stance Sat- Dorothy Young, Pleasant Valley urday and Sunday. Units respond- Hosp1tal ing included· MIDDLEPORT CENTRAL DISPATCH I ·OS p.m. Saturday, OBNC, 5.24 a.m. Saturday, Ash Street, George Brothers, VMH, tentral Middleport, Mildred DeWees, Dispatch sq uad asststed. Holzer Medical Center; RACINE 9.50 p.m. Saturday, Peach Or7·10 p.m. Saturday, Portl and cle, Middleport , Ruben Colhns, Road , Marylyne Cooper, treated at treated at the scene; the scene; 11 :05 p.m. Saturday, Beech 12:44 p m Sunday, Cant er Street, Middleport, Rhonda Stover, Road, Thomas Tucker, PVH. Veterans Memonal Hosp1tal , RUTLAND 12·28 a.m. Sunday, Rockspnngs 8.11 a.m. Sunday, Happy Hoi Rehabilitati on Center, Pomeroy, low Road , James Smith, PVH; Wilham O' Donnell, VMH; 6 50 p.m. Sunday, Hill St reet, 2· 10 a m. Sunday, Maples Apart· Marvm Denmson, HMC. ments, Pomeroy, Jan e Teaford, TUPPERS PLAINS VMH; 1.46 p.m. Saturday, state Route 3:23a.m. Sunday, Beech Street, 124, motor-veh1 cle ac~ Jdont Middleport, Troy Todd, VMH ; Christoph er DuKllch, Camden : 7:27 a.m. Sunday, Third Street, Clark Memonal Hospital , Joh n Syracuse, Kathy Allm an, HMC, Douglas, treated at the scene, Syracuse squad ass1sted, Reodsv11le and Central Dispatch 1:36 p.m. Sunday, Cole Street, squads ass1sted, Middlepo rt, Joyce Blevms, VMH, 9:15 p.m. Sunday, state Route Middlepo rt sq uad asSisted, 681 , Jean Hawk, PVH. .LMll· VnERANS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CLINIC 'C5l FREE Diabetic Screening Wednesday, February 24, 1999 8:30A.M.- 11:00 A.M. Sc~ening Test, Nutrition and Medication Educational lnformt~tion Call (740) 992·3632 to Pre-register . briefs:~ "Thmgs have hved up to the h1ghest of expectatiOns," said Dave Cook, executive d~tector of the Heath-Newark-L1ckmg County Port Authonty responsible for the facili ty. "All of th1s was kmd of a grand experiment," said Cook, a rehred Air Force maJor. "But this was the right place and right hme to do it," Hospital news Veterans Memorial Saturday admissions- George Brot hers, Middleport; Sheila Patterson, Rac1 ne. Saturday d1scharges - none. Sunday admiSSIOns - WJlham O'D onnell, Pomeroy. Sunday d1scharges - none. Holzer Medical Center Discharges Feb. 19- Mrs . Dame! Craycraft and son, Bonnie Meade, Mrs. John Dabney and son, Bruce Fi zer, Mrs Eric White and son, Carl W 1lhams. Discharges Feb. 20 - none . Discharges Feb. 21 - James Churc h. (Published with permission) · MY FAVORITE MARTIAN (PG) 7:20 & e.:zo DAILY MESSAGE 7 00& I 30 DAILY IATIIUN I 10 AI 3D MATlN~EI BLAST FROM THE PAST (P013) 7001111DAILV MATINEES lAlii UN 1 00 & 3:11 OCTOBER SKY (PO) 7 10 6 t:JO DAILY IIIATIN!UIATIIUN110&320 SHE'S ALL THAT (PQ) 7:00 l I :10 DAILY MAnNED SATIIUN 1:00 i 3110 The American Legion FeeneyBennett Post 128 Middleport, Ohio will hold a Ceremonial Post E-yerlasting Service to Honor All Deceased Members this past year: 1998. All immediate family members of the deceased are invited to attend this Solemn Service. Feb. 24, 1999 at 6:00p.m. A dinner provided by ~he Ladies Auxiliary will he served prior to the ceremony. Any Questions should he directed To: Max Boring 949.:.3410 or Henry Clatworthy 992-2434 �• • Commentary P-..e . Monday, February 22, 1999 • • The Daily Sentinel Is the USDA's inspection systetJJ too lax By Jack Ander8on tmcl Jan Moll•r 'Lsta6lisMtf tn 1948 111 Court St, Pomeroy, Ohio 7411-11V2.Z1!111 • F1x: 11112·2157 Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. ROBERT L WINGETT Publllher CHARLENE HOEFLICH G•ner•l ll•n•r • ' ' n. Sentinel _,...,..,.,.,. ro ' "There were a few o- DIANE HILL Controller lila-'"""....,. on • -d,..,. .,,..,.. IN. - ...,.,. ,.,.,.. - _o r- , , ""' ot l»lng publlo/J«<. TYJ»d - ,(3011 ._ ., . ]. . . --£""" oiHtuldlllllludo•.,...... ,.u add,_, and day!/,.,.,.-. SpGolty • dMa/11"-'• • ,..,.,_to • ~ Mtlcl• or,.,.,_ 10: L.ellwN fG ttr. «<ltor, TM Sentinel, 111 Court St, ""'"-roy, Ohio of!r., or, FAX to 7~157. Welfare changes mean new roles for counties, private agencies " A Iittle over two months ago, armed w1th surgical gloves and digital thermometers, parishloners and a handful of food-safety experts gathered at Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Chaptico, Md., to serve the church's annual dinner. nervous jokes among ourselves, but no one really brought it up," said Mary Farr, who had co' chaired previous year's dinner. "It" was what happened at last year's dinner. Stuffed ham, tainted with salmonella, made nearly 750 people sick and killed one woman Farr and the church learned a pamful Jesson. For this dinner, food safety officials began working w1th the parishioners five months beforehand. "(We) really wanted to make sure we did thmgs right," Farr said. The precautions paid off. No one went home sick from salmonella. Nationwide, salmonella struck over 40,000 people in 1997 But what the church-goers and other victims could not have known was that their sickness was in large.pllfl the result of a federal mspection system that was soon to tQke a turn for the worse. Since the 1960s, scientiSts had been urging government offi ials to supplement their " poke and sniff" inspection system for meat and poultry with m1crobial testing. But it was not until the early 1990s that epidemic levels of food' borne illness forced the USDA to act. In January I 998, USDA began microbial testing. Implementation would take three years The nation's 300 largest slaughterhouses came under the new system first, followed by 3,000 mid-size plants a year later, and the remaining " mom and pops" in January 2000. USDA was quick to declare victory. lrt her " State of the Union" speech before the Association of Food and Drug Officials, Catherine Woteki, undersecretary for food safety, said "we are (also) finding that the large majority of plants are meeting the salmonella performance standards." Woteki then cited data showing a 30 percent drop in salmonella contamination on chicken carcasses. But not everyone went, along with the cheery declaration. Felecia Nestor, an attorney for the Government Accountability Project, asked to see the data on which USDA was claimmg VICtory over salmonella. Nestor made several diskovcries She "round, for example, that the new system allowed inspectors to approve astonishmgly high levels of salmonella-contaminated meat for consumption: 57 percent contamination in ground turkey, 51 percent in ground chicken, and 36 percent in fresh pork sausages To make matters worse, government inspectors neither mform the plant of failure or require any action until a full sample set IS taken, which takes between 53 and 82 days. As a result, Nestor concludes in a soon to be released reporl, 1'millions of pounds of contaminated product... (are) labeled with the seal of government approval, purchased and consumed by millions of unsuspecting consumers." If a meatpacker fails the first test period, the USDA requires the plant "take immediate action" to meet the standard, and a second test period will begin within 60 days. -· ~istory :Today In • , • I Alarmist chemical campaigns don't ring true I Ronal~ - ·- )...0.\o. . . . . .. - .. - • • • • 1999Ac:cuW-..,Jnc W. VA. gid temps,' light snow ikely for area Tuesday 9y The Associated Press More fng1d cond1t1ons are pred1cted for Oh1o tonight and Tuesday. The National Weath er Service sa1d the mercury tonight will dip mto the -l~iinglle digits in the north and the low teens m the south. . , Tuesday, temperatures most places m the state won't climb above freezing. Snow will start falling on southern Ohio Tuesday afternoon and spread ' d1m~lhacross the' state that night. The record-high temperature for this date at the Columbus weather stawas 70 degrees in 1930 wh1le the record low was 8 below zero in .-1:1196:3. Sunset tonight will be at6:15 p.m. and sunrise Tuesday at 7:14a.m. Weather forecast: Tonight ...Ciear. Lows near 10 above. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday.. .Increasing cloudiness. Highs in the mid 30s. Tuesday night ... Light snow likely. Lows in the mid 20s. Extended forecast: Wednesday... Light snow likely. Highs in the mid 30s. Thursday... Partly cloudy with a chance of snow or rain showers. Lows near 30 and h1ghs near 40. Fnday... Mostly cloudy and cold with ~chance of snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s and highs in the mid 30s. _State prosecutQrs to meet to :·Cliscuss sweepstakes gimmicks ·By MI!<E SM!Tij • " 'Associated Press Writer . , INDIANAPOUS (AP)- Opposition to gimm1cks used in mail-in · .sweepstakes may get a boost this week when attorneys general from nine states and representatives from 16 olhers gather here to discuss the mdustry. - States have battled sweepstakes . ' companies usmg lawsUitS, but that ·approach is often costly. The multi-.state meeting is geared toward seeking ·further agreements With ' the industry . ·and new laws that might help consumers. "Right now the only tool we have to deal with deception and fraud in the sweepstakes industry IS to file a lawSUit, and that's a very meffic1ent way of dealing with the problem," lnd1ana Attorney General Jeff Mod1sett srud last week. Indiana has lawsuits pendmg The Daily Sentinel {USPS liJ.%0) Community Newspaper Holdmgs, Inc-. Pl.Jbhshed c\lery afternoon, Monday through Fnday, Il l Court St , Pomero) , Ohto, by the Ohto Valley Pubh ~hmg Company Second ciJW postage p1ud at Pomeroy, Ohto Member: The Assoctatcd Press and the Ohm Newspaper AMoctatton Postmaster: Send address correctiOns to The Oatly Sentmel I l l Court St, Pomeroy, Ohm 45769 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 8)' t.rrler or Motor Routt One Week . . $2 00 g:: ~~~ !h. .. ........ '.Q''""' :~~~000 SINGLE COPY PRICE Da•l y . .35 Cents Subsc11bers 1101 desmng to pay the earner may remit m advRnce d•rtctto l11e Dally Se ntme l un a three Sill or 12 month basts Cre d1t Will be g•ve n amer each week No subscnpt10n by mall penmtted m areas where home ca rru:r ~en. tee IS av;ulablc Pubhsher reserves the nght to adjust rates dur 1ng the subscnptmn ptnod Sub§Cfipl•on rate changes may be •mplemented by changmg !he _ L - KY Tinky Winky masks a sinister problem Noti.ces Clarence Robert "Bob" Burkett, 75, of Charleston, W.Va., died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999, at his home • . He was retired from Conra1l Railroad, Charlbton, and was a member of th~ Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral. He was a graduate of Pomeroy High School and attended Charleston Business College. He was a World War 11 Army veteran and a volunteer at St. Francis Hosp1tal. He is survived by two daughters, Mary Mcintosh of Charleston and Bar- · bara Smith of Winston-Salem, N.C.; two sons, Dave Burkett of Lawrenceville, Va., and Tony Burkett of Cape Coral, Fla.; and five grand· . children. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, II a.m. at Sacred Heart Co.Cathedral with Father P. Edward Sadie officiating. Entombment will follow at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Charleston. Friends may call Monday, 6-8 p m. at Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home in Charleston. A prayer serv1ce w1ll be held at 7·30 p.m. In lieu of fl owers donations may be made to the Charleston Catholic Needy Student Fund. 0 Changes in Ohio's welfare laws have meant new roles for the county agencies that administer the programs and pr~vate groups closest to the needy, the state welfare department says. TWo years ago, .the Leg1slature imposed new rules for welfare rec1p1cnts that limit them to three years of benefits over a five-year period. The state also left much of the day-to-day work to county human services agencies. The new rules are Intended to ease recipients - even the hardest to employ - into the work force, said Jon Allen, spokesman for t~e Ohio Department of Human Services ' "Counties are preaching welfare reform and the message that 1t's not an entitlement anymore .... It's 'What help does someone need to get a job?' Maybe someone doesn't even have to come on the (welfare) rolls, " Allen sa~d last week Welfare rolls m the stale have dropped from an all-time h1gh of 748,717 m March 1992 to 284,482 as of Jan. I, the lowest level m Ohio since 1970. Figures from December show that 12,978 cases were closed, while 9,340 new cases were added. . The demographiCS also have changed Blacks now outnumber whites on welfare rolls statew1de In March of 1995, 54 3 percent of those on welfare were white while 41.6 percent were black. In January, blacks made up 53 I percent of those getting benefits and whites made up 42 4 percent Allen said contnbuting to that reversal were h1gher dropout rates among If a plant falls a second test period, USDA reg- spokesperson. blacks, the greater hkehhood of black mothers to be single and a lack of JOb Finally, Nestor found that in 1998, USDA had ulations require that someone involved with the opportumties. ' company's safety plan fix the problem, after collected salmonella data in less than 30 percent "If mmonty rec1p1ents are more hkely to be more concentrated in an . which a third test period may be set. If a plant of thelf plants mner c1ty-area, where JObs are less plentiful, it would follow that it would be Bottom line? USDA claims of safer food were fails a third time, usqA will "w1thhold mspecharder to transition," Allen said tion," effechvely shuttmg down the plant. But based on inconsistent data gathered at less than He said the state has been urgmg nonprofit groups and churches 10 help even th1s is not as bad as it seems. Inspectors are one-third of its plants under a lax inspection sysout in the b1g cities. Some churches, for example, pa1r a member family with sent back to work once the company proVIdes tem. a welfare family for counseling, JOb trainmg tips and other help. "satisfactory written assurances " that things will Copyrlght1tllt, United Feature Syndl.-te, lne. "When we get down to the people who need the most help gettmg off (welfare), that's where those groups can come in," Allen said. Of the cases that were closed, 5,040 were dropped because they "failed to comply with the procedure," Allen said. That could mean someone didn't show up for an appointment or they simply got a job that paid more than the scathing d1ssent. claim, pointing put, for example, owns with his partner of eight years. By Sare Eckel benefits and didn 't leiiJhe county, he said "The chancellor Jerry Falwell recently proved thai that Tinky Winky doesn't carry a His ex-wife, Machelle, lives in MisThe dropped cases also mclude 2,843 in which the recipient didn't work and the majonty anti-gay hysteria can be very funny. purse. Actually, it's a "magic bag." sissippi with her third husband, Jeff the requ~red 30 hours each week The first t1me that happens, the rec1pient This meeting of truth and parody Houghton, a man who has repeatedbelieve a minor The TV preacher prompted a surreal loses a month's benefits, the lhird lime, up to s1x months' benefits provided excellent material for lately beaten h1s wife m front of her son is best served by debate recently when he suggested As for what has happened to people who get off wei fare, the department living in an that Tinky Winky, a character on the night comedians, water-cooler cen- and who has a h1story of substance is trying to get the money for two stud1es on the subject. However, Allen sa1d explosive envichildren's televisiOn show "Teletub- versatlonahsts and liberal op-ed abuse. that's difficult to gauge because once they leave, they arc not hkely to stay bies," is gay -- pointmg out that he is wnters alike. Tmky's bouncmg purFeanng for his son's safety, ronment in in touch. which the unem· purple, the color of gay pride, has a pie 1mage was everywhere-- a sym- We,gand sued to obtam custody of "It's not like a college alumni magazme," he sa1d. gay -pnde-sy mbol tnangle on h1s bol not so much of gay pnde but of the boy. But Chancellor Petey Lee played stepfather is a convicted JUSt how paranoid the anll-gay Lynchard ruled agamst Wiegand, felon, drinker, drug-taker, adulterer, head and carnes a purse Citing his sexual orienta11on and lack wife-beater and child-threatener, A spokesman for the Itsy Bitsy movement can be. But the same week we all chuck- of relig1ous training fo r the boy as and despite the fact that (the child's) Entertamment Company. which licenses the Teletubb1es, refuted the led over Tinky 's part in the demise the reason for the denial of custody. father has a good job, a stable home of Western Civilization, there was The MisSISSippi Supreme Court and does all within his power to care By The Auoclllted Press The best interest of the another story of intolerance that did- upheld that decision, adding that for his son," Justice McRae wrote. Today is Monday, Feb. 22, the 53nd day of 1999 There are 312 days left in the year. The best mterest of· the child? If n't recc;ive nearly as much attentiOn. smce the boy expressed no preferchild? If this is truly And this one was no JOke Early th1s ence as to in wh1ch home he lived, 1! thiS 1s truly what we believe as a Today 's Highlight m H1story what we believe as a mon th , the MISSISSippi Supreme was m the best mterest of the ch1ld nation, then our k1ds have a lot more On Feb. 22, 1732, the first U.S. presidenl, George Washington, was born at his parents' plantation in Jhe Virginia Colony Court den1ed a gay falher custody of to 'femam w1th his mother and step- to fear than bouncit~g creatures and nation, then our kids On th1s date. his son, mstead ordenng that the 15- father. In MiSsissippi, apparently, an mag1c bags. have a lot more to fear year-old boy rema1n m the home of abusive father IS better than a homoNEWSPAPER Copyrlghl1888 In 1784, a U.S. merchant ship, the "Empress of China," left New York hiS abUSIVe stepfat her. sex ual one. ENTERPRISE ASSN. City for the Far East. than bouncing creatures · d, 1he boy •s father, Th'IS pomt · was not 1ost on Just1ce . eommenta to or !heaonct author Dav1'd '" In 1819, Spain ceded Aorida ne1gan eareSend olthta newspaper her •In and ITUJgic bags. to the Un1ted States. lives in California m a home he Charles McRae, who wrote a mallotaar10umaot.eom. Berry's World In 1865, Tennessee adopted a new constitution abolishing slavery. MO GlO,t,TING In 1879, Frank Winfield Wool And smce 1995, when serVIce debate But Oxybusters and their confCl!erates on worth opened a five-cent store in By Joseph Perkins statmns throughout Califorma the environmental left would not give up. Smce Remember the d1 ox in scare? Back In lhe early Ut1ca, N.Y began selling gasoline refor- the courts wouldn't allow EPA to do their bidding 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency proIn 1889, President Cleveland mulated w1th MTBE, the oxy- -- lhat 1s, to ban MTBE -- they turned to Capital nounced 11 the deadliest chemical known to Signed a bill to admit the Dakogenate 1s cred1ted w1th reduc- Hill. And last month, California's senior senator, human1ty By 1991 , however, the federal governtas, Montana and Washington ment was forced to admit that it was wrong, that ing carbon monoXIde pollut1on Dianne Fems1e1n, obligingly proposed a bill that state lo the Union dioxin was virtually harmless. by roughly tO percent 1n Los would effeclively ban the use of MTBE m CallIn 1892, "Lady Windermere's " If 11 (dioxin) IS a carcinogen, 1t's a very weak Angeles and San Diego, much forma. Meanwh1le, a similar measure' was pro· Fan" by Oscar Wilde was first carcmogen," conceded Dr Vernon Houk,the fedto the better health of the I 0 posed m the House by Rep. Brian Bilbray, Rperformed, at London's St. eral official who needless I y ordered the evacuamillion or so inhabitants of 1mperial Beach James's Theater tiOn of an entire town in 1983 Jhat was supposedSouthern California's two largest metropolises. Feinstem and Bllbray obviously haven't examIn 1924, Calvin Coolidge Alas, this docs not sit well With the environ- ined this issue carefully. Otherwise it would be delivered the first presidential ly contaminated by the che mical , How aboullhe radon scare? In the early 1990s, mental left. Not because they are against cleaner clear to Ihem that the campa1gn against MTBE is rad1o broadcast from the White the EPA calculated that the rad1oactive gas -- to alf. But because they simply don't like chemicals, just as scientifically unsound, as contrary to the House. In 1973, the United States and wh1ch an unsuspecting mdiv1dual may be exposed hke MTBE, no matter how benefic1al they may be public mterest, as the aforementioned alarmiSt when he or she takes his or her dally shower, the They believe, as an article of faith, that chemicals -~=~~~~::::~~~::. _j Com munist China agreed to public was warned -- was responsible for as many are bad, they are injunous to health. And that the campa1gns against dioxin and radon. • ........... establish I iaison offices. Indeed, a mere two months ago, a scient1fic as 30,000 lung cancer deaths each year. chemical induslry IS unholy and its executives evil. panel commiSSioned by the Cali fornia Office of In 1980, in a sJunning upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated !he Yet, as it turns out, none of the cities or states An outfit that calls itself Oxybusters is trying Env11onmental Health Hazard Assessment con· Soviets at Lake Placid, N. Y, 4-3 In 1987, pop artist Andy Warhol died at a New York City hospital at age 58 or reg10ns of the cou ntry with high readi ngs of to get MTBE banned by any and all means possi- cluded that there was no evidence that MTBE Ten years ago: Iran's Ayatollah Khomeim, who had sentenced autho? radon (wh1ch IS produced by decaymg natural ble. It cla1ms that the gasoline additive is a can- poses a cancer threat to human beings. As to the problem of MTBE leeching into Salman Rushdie to death, said economic sanctions would not change his depos1ts of uranium) have h1gher-than-normal cer-causmg carcmogen And they direly warn that stance, and that publication of Rus~die's "The Satanic Verses" was a sign rates of lung cancer Moreover, not one lung can- not only is lh1s k1ller chemical bemg disgorged munic1pal water supplies, that has nothing whatcer pat1ent has ever been 1dent1hed whose Illness mto the air by m1llions of cars and trucks, it also soever to do w1th the chemical's properties and from God that Iran should not reach out to the West IS leechmg into the underground water su pply of everythmg to do w1th the failure of oil compames FIVe years ago: The Justice Department charged 31 -year CIA veteran has been positively attributed to radon. Now we have the MTBE scare. Melhyl ter- a number of munic1pahties, impenling the health to keep their underground storage facilities propAldnch Ames and his wife, Rosario, with selling national security secrets to the SoVIet Umon (Ames was later sentenced to hfe m prison; his wife tiary-butyl ether IS a gasoline additiVe. The chem- of their unsuspecting reSidents Oxybusters would erly mamtamed. It should also be mentioned that, ical has been around since 1979, when it was ini- have the Shells and Texacos and ARCOs and when these underground gas tanks leak, the received a 5-year term ) , tially added to fuel to increase octane, but the Amocos stop using MTBE m favor of com-based biggest danger to the water supply is not MTBE, One year ago: Abraham A. Ribicoff, the former Connecticut governor Exxons and Mobils and ARCOs and Chevrons ethanol (wh1ch places them man eyebrow-raising but benzene and toluene, two mdisputable cancerand senator who served as President Kennedy's secretary of Health, Educahave greatly increased its use over the past alliance wilh the powerful corporate interest causing chemicals. tion and Welfare, d1ed m Riverdale, N Y., at age 87. The Czech Republic Archer Daniels Midland). However, Jhe o1 l comdefeated Russia 1-0 to wm men's hockey as the Nagano Winter Olympics decade. M,TBE has done much lo improve air quality That's because MTBE is what is known as an panies prefer MTBE to ethanol because it's in Southern California and other smoggy, carcame to a close. infested regions of the country. It would be ludiToday's Birthdays: Actor Sir John Mills is 91. Announcer Don Pardo is "oxygenate." Cars and trucks fueled by oxy- cheaper and easier Jo produce and transport. And though the EPA tried to force the oil com- crous for lawmakers to accede to the wishes of 81. Actor Paul Dooley is 71 Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., is 67 genaled gas emit less smog-producing comSinger Em1e K-Doe 1s 63. Movie duector Jonathan Demme is 55. Actress JlOUnds from thclf tailpipes than those using the panies to use ethanol anyway to oxygenate their scare-mongering environmentalist crusaders who gasoline, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Dis- seek to ban the oxygenate, not because it poses a Ellen Greene is 49. Actress Miou-Miou is 49. Actress Julie Walters is 49 ' old-fashioned non-oxygenated gas. It 1s for that reason that a 1990 amendment of Jrict of Columbia ruled four years ago that, while scientifically proven threat to human health, but Basketball Hall-of-Farner Juhus Erving is 49. Actor Kyle MacLachlan is 40 the Oean Air Act required oxygena, t ed gas to be the regulatory agency had "the authonty to set a simply because these latter-day Ludd1tes never Actress-singer Lea Sa1Df1i8 IS 28. Actor Jose Solano ("Baywatch") 1s 28 used in smoggy Los Angeles, San Diego and eighl standard" for cleaner gas, it could not "mandate met a chemical they liked. ' 'lbni1tplayer Micltaol ti!Ug is 27. Actress Drew Barrymore is 24. other metropolitan areas throughout the country the manner of compliance or the precise formula" Copyrtghl1tllt NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN. Thought for Today: " Authonty without wisdom is like a heavy ax withJo..ph Perklna Ia • columnlat lor The S•n out an edge, fitter to bruise than polish."- Anne Bradstreet, American poet which, at the time, were suffering from poor air for the fuel Diego Union-Tribune. quality. This should have been the end of the MTBE (1612-1672). J)~ath Clarence Robert 'Bob' Burkett be better. Nestor also found serious problems with the USDA's database. After a three- month wait for informatmn, USDA sen.t her a disk with missing data. When a second d1sk was sent three weeks later it was also missing data. Finally, a third d1sk with all the relevant information arnved. But when Nestor matched data between the d1sks, she found dozens of incon,sistcncies Dates, sample sizes and failure rates simply d1dn'tP1atch up Nestor also found large gaps in sample sets, instances where too few samples were taken and missing sample results. USDA officials told our associate Ashley Baker (hat problems with N~stor's data were the result of human ef(or. "The specific database is fed by three systems. 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ClassiRtd Ads.. .Ext II 04 .Ext. 1103 .ExL It 00 The Dally Sentinel • Page 3 Pomeroy • Mlddleport, Ohio against American Family Publishem and Publishers Oearing House, two of the giants in the industry, claiming they use deceptive mailings to trick people into purchasing magazines and other products to help their chances at winmng Both co"'"mes say they promote thelf disclaimers prommentfy and have paid out millions of dollars to wmners, mcludmg many who d1dn 't purchase a thing. Other states have filed s1milar lawsuits against sweepstakes compames and settlements have been reached in some cases Other attorneys general planning to altend the meetmg, which starts Wednesday, are from Oklahoma, Flonda, Miss1ss1pp1, M1ssoun, New Mextco, Ohio, Pennsylvama and Wtsconsm R. 'Cowboy' Zerkle Sr. Ronald R. "Cowboy" Zerkle Sr., 80, Letart, W.Va., died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999 m the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Point Pleasant, W.Va Born June 19, 191S m New Haven, W.Va., son of the late Frank H. and Daisy Cundiff Zerkle, he was a retired pai nter at Marietta Manufactunng A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was the recipient of the AsianPacific Theater R1bbon, the Bronze Star, the Amencan Theater Ribbon, the American Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. He was a member of the Smith-Capehart Post 140 of the American Legion in New Haven, and VFW Post 9926 in Mason, W.Va. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Jessetta Roush Zerkle, in 1996, and by an mfant grandson, Matthew Ray Zerkle. SurviVing are two daughters, Angela G. (Harry Joe) Smith and Nora L. (Timothy W.) F1elds, both of Letart; two sons, Ronme R. (Cmdy L.) Zerkle Jr. of Point Pleasant, and Timothy Joe Zerkle of Letart; eight grandchildren and a great-granddaughter; a brother, Ray Zerkle of Paris, Pa.; and a Sister, lila M. Roush of New Haven. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, with the Rev. Steve Atlkinson officiating. !3urial Will be m the Sunnse Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 tonight. Mllitaryg~avesideriteswmbecon~u~te~bythemilitary. Legislator hn•ng up . support for trauma bill COLUMBUS (AP) -The Ohio should come before profits and marHospital Association is ready to ket share." endorse a trauma care bill, just not Last year, Schuck's bill d1ed in the one that is pending in the Legis- committee w1th little support from lature. major players, includmg the hosp1tal A bill introduced by Rep. assoc~ation. Wilham Shuck, R-Columbus, would This year, with 13 additiOnal match cntically inJured people with sponsors and several controversial hospitals best staffed and equipped items removed, the bill has gamed to treat them. Proponents say a support from some former fo es, statewide trauma system could help mcluding the Ohio Firefighters save 1,200 Jives m Ohm every year. Association, Ohio State Medi cal "Some kind of legislation should Association and the Ohio chapter of be cons1dered, but we're not ready the American College of Emergency to JUmp on board with House Bill Phys1c1ans. 138 as introduced," said Mary Yost, "Rep. Schuck was really changan association spokeswoman. mg the system quite dram~llcally Yost said the ' association's EMS- last year," sa1d Marl a Bump, a lobTrauma Committee considers byist with the state med1cal associaSchuck's bill too rigid. tion. "Now he 's not takmg qu1te a "There needs to be more flexibii- drastic approach, and th1s bill has a ' Y for hospitals to provide the care much better chance of passmg." they are capable of," Yost said. The association opposed Shuck said he had expected a Schuck's bill last year in part f1ght from the assoc~ahon. because it would have stripped " I JUSt hope OHA will come emergency room phys1cians of legal around and do what 's nght for 1mmumty in givmg mstructions to inJured patients," he sa1d. "Pahents emergency workers in Jhe field. Lee Fisher takes job running Cleveland social service agency CLEVELAND (AP) - Former candidate for Oh1o governor Lee Fisher said he will become president of a Cleveland-area social serv1ce agency, Center for Families and Children. The organization's nonprofit status precludes Fisher, last year's Democratic nominee for governor, from taking part m partisan political achv1ties. He lost lhe governor's race last year to Republican Bob Taft. Pat Raines, of Willard, Mo., IScommg to lnd1anapohs for the meeting to share the story of her father Ned Hancock, who died mApnl at age 80. After takmg control of h1s finances m 1997, Raines discovered he had wntten dozens of checks totaling $102,000 to contest promoters over a four-year Units of the Meigs County period. Emergoncy Med1cal SerVIce She begged h1m to stop sending recorded 16 calls for asSistance Satmoney. f Urday and Sunday. Un1ts respond"Of coume he wasn 'I about to because he thought he was in the final "'ng included: CENTRAL DISPATCH stages of winning $12 m1llion or $35 5:24 a.m. Saturday, Ash SJreet, m1llion or whatever," Raines sa1d Middleport, Mildred DeWees, Thursday Holzer Medical Center, 9·50 p.m. Saturday, Peach C1rclc, Middleport, Ruben Colhns, treated at the scene; 11·05 p.m. Saturday, Beech Am Efe Power ............ ...........42 ~ Street, Middleport, Rhonda Stover, Akzo ...................................... 38), Veterans Memonal Hospital; AmrTech ...............................64~ 12.28 a.m. Sunday, Rockspnngs Asl)land 011 .........................44')• AT&T .....................................86'!. Rehabilitation Cent er, Pomeroy, Bank One .............................. 51 ), W1lham O'Donnell, VMH; Bob Evans ............................21 \ 2:10a.m. Sunday, Maples ApartBorg-Warner ..................... ... 43'· ments, Pomeroy, Jane Teaford, Broughton ........................... 16'~. VMH; Champion ............................ e). 3:23am. Sunday, Beech Street, Charm Shps ,........................... 3'!o Middleporl, Troy Todd, VMH, City Holdlng .......................... 26), Federal Mogul ......................50). 7:27 a.m. Sunday, Third Slreet, Gannett ............................ ..65~ Syracuse, J(athy Allman, HMC, Kmart .....................................16\ Syracuse squad ass isted: Kroger ..................................so·~. 1:36 p m. Sunday, Colo Street;Lands End ..................;:;-:-....... 31 '.> Middleport, Joyce Blev1ns, VMH, Limited .................................. 36'1. Middleport squad ass1sled; Oak Hill Flnl .......................... 187, OVB ...................................... 427. One Valley ............................ 31 'I• Peoples ................................. 257. Prem Flnl ...............................14'1. Aockwell ........................... 45'.1 AD/Shell ................................ 42'1. ~ Sears ....................................40'1• "At a mimmum, I w1ll not be a cand1date for anything m the year 2000," FISher told The Plam Dealer IS a story published today. "I have no plans to run for any office at any time." He sa1d he would not rule out eventually seeking elected office. " It is possible I w1ll run for public off1ce again," he sa1d. "This is a time for me to focus on the issues that center on the reasons why I entered pubhe office to begin with." Meigs EMS logs 16 calls Stocks 7:35 p m. Sunday, Overbrook Nursmg Center, Middl eport, Dorothy Young, Pl easant Valley Hospital. MIDDLEPORT 1:08 p.m Saturday, OBNC, George Brothers, VMH, Central D1spatch squ ad assisted. RACINE 7:10 p.m . Saturday, Portl and Road, Maryl yne Cooper, trealed at the scene, 12:44 p.m. Sunday, Canter Road, Thomas Tucker, PVH. RUTLAND 8:11 a.m. Sunday, Happy Hoilow Road, James Smit~ . PVH; 6:50 p.m Sunday, Hill Street, Marvm Dennison, HMC. TUPPERS PLAINS I :46 p m Saturday, state Route 124, motor-ve h1cl e accident, Chnstopher DuK1tch, CamdcnClark Memonal Hosp1tal , John Douglas, treated at the scene , Reedsville and Central D1spatch squads assisted; 9:15 p m. Sunday, state Route 681-, Jean Hawk, PVH. LMll·VETERANS MEMORIAL MfDICAL CLINIC First Star ..............................87). Wendy's ................................ 24'.1 Worthlngton .......................... 13'1. FREE Diabetic Screening Wednesday, February 24, 1999 8:30A.M. · 11:00 A.M. Stock reports are the 10:30 a.m. quotes provided by Advest of Gallipolis. Screening Test, Nutrition and Medication Educational Information Call (740) 992-3632 to Pre-register Shoney•s •..••.•..•.•.••.....••..•.•.••... 2\ _._w_ Local briefs: Citations Issued In one-car accident A Columbus woman WB;S cited for driving under the influence and failure to control by the Gallia-Meigs Post of the State Highway Patrol following a one-car accident early Sunday on State Route 7 near Chester. Troopers said Trena S. Swetnam, 42, was northbound at 2:20 a.m. when she failed to navigate a curve, slid off the left side of the road and struck an embankment. The car then came to rest sideways m the highway's southbound lane, and the dnver allegedly fled the scene immediately after the crash, accordmg to the patrol. The car was severely damaged. Announcements: Hospice training offered Hosp1ce spring volunteer assistant training will begin on Friday, March 5 and run from 6:30 to 9 p.m., then contmue on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bolh sessions w11I be held at the Nelsonville Public Library located at 95 W Washington St., just off the public square. The final session will be held the followmg Saturday, March 13, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the TriCounty Adult Career Center. Participants are required to attend all services since they .deal· with a Wide variety of end-of-hfe issues presented by staff nurses, counselors and other volunteers with experience. Residents may register with Chnstine Chandler, hospice volunteer coordinator, Appalachian Community Hosp1ce, at 1-800-783-4673 Riverview Garden Club Rive!VIew Garden Club will meet Thursday, 7:30 p.m. at the Hickory Hills Church of Christ, Tuppers Plains, with Craig Matheny of Flowers by Cra1g giVmg the program. Post to meet The Tuppers Plains VFW Post 9053 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Meeting set The Meigs County Board of Elections will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday to cert1fy the valid1ty of candidates' petitions for inclusion on the May pnmary ballot former Air Force base takes on new mission ByOAVIOJACOBS , Associated Press Writer COLUMBUS (AP) - When L1cking County residents received word in 1993 that theu largest employer may close, some likened 11 to Toledo losmg Jeep or Akron losing Goodyear. Newark Air Force Base, with no active a~rplanes , or runways, had prov1ded a livelihood to thousands of local workers for more than 30 years. But with the Cold War's end, the base's specialized workload of fixmg submanne and aircraft navigatiOnal systems and miSSile gUidance systems had decreased. That led the military to target the base for closure to cut q:>sts. Six years later, the base is history. But 1ts nearly 60-acre site 30 miles east of Columbus IS ,thrivmg m a new form - the Central Oh1o Aerospace and Technology Center. Most w6rk performed at the site IS being handled at the center. It's part of an experiment of turning the military workload over to private contractors that employ local workers at the former base "Thmgs have lived uPr.o the h1ghest of expectahons," sa1d Dave Cook, executive d1rector of the Heath-Newark-Lickmg County Port Authority respons1ble for the faclhty. "All of thiS was kind of a grand experiment," sa1d Cook, a rellred Air Force maJOr. "Bul th1s was the right place and right time to do 1!," Hospital news Veterans Memorial Saturday admissions- George Brot hers, Middleport; Sheila Patterson, Racine. Saturday discharges - none Sunday admissions - W1lliam O'D onnell, Pomeroy. Sunday discharges - none. Holzer Medical Center Discharges Feb. 19- Mrs. Damel Craycraft and son, Bonnie Meade, Mrs. John Dabney and son, Bruce Fi zer, Mrs. Enc Wh1te and son, Carl W ilhams. Discharges Feb. 20 - none. _Discharges Feb. 21 - James Churc h. (Published with permission) MV FAVORITE MARTIAN tPOI 720 &IZIDAILY 1:20 01 A BOTTLE 11'0131 7' 1111 1130 DAILY MATINI!H SAT/IUN 1 10 II :JD BLAST FROM THE PAST {PQ13) 1'0011150AllY OCTOBER SKY (PG) 71GI I'IODAILY ~llNll!li IAT/1Ufl1 10 I 3 '10 SHE'S ALL THAT (PG) 100 II '10 DAILY MATINEI!JS $AT/SUN 1 00 I 1:211 The American Legion FeeneyBennett Post 128 Middleport, Ohio will hold a Ceremonial Post Everlasting Service to Honor All Deceased Members this past year: 1998. All immediate family members of the deceased are invited to attend this ·Solemn Service. Feb. 24, 1999 at 6:00p.m. A dinner provided by ~he Ladies Auxiliary will be served prior to the ceremony. Any Questions should be directed To: Max Boring 949-3410 or Henry Clatworthy 992-2434 �.... :Sports ...... ~ Pomeroy • Middleport, Ohio -T~e ~a:ily Sentin~l : .,. '' Tiffin beats Redwomen 81-77 • Monday, February 22,1988 : ' Led by Matt Woods 26 point the Trimble Tomcats outscored Southern 24-6 in the third frame and went on to defeat the Tornadoes 75-61 Saturday night at Southern High School. Nick Bolin had a 17 point, 17rebound effon to lead Southern. Woods led the romcats with 26 points, including four tluee pointers in the ftrst quarter that pushed the Trimble lead to 19- 15. Trimble had seven three-pointers in the game, but six of those came in the first quarter. The only point, not lied· to a three was a Trent Patton foul shot to start the game. sophomore Jeremy Behind Fisher's eight points in the second frame, Southern rallied to ue the game at 30-30. The tying shot from Southern came on a Fisher threepointer with two second s left in the half. Behind twel ve points from Woods and eight from Brady Trace, Trimble outscored Southern 24-6. Sout~ern came out with absolutely no intensity on defense and was Jacklu ster on offense with ten third peri od turn overs: Trailing 54-36, Southern came back with a 24-point fourth quarter . and once cut the Trimble lead to II before bowing 75 60. Southern hit 22-62 for 35 percent, but hit just 2-11 in the third round. Southern had 16-47 two-pomters and 6-J5three-pointers with 11 - 19 at the line and 35 rebounds (Bolin 17). Southern had 19 turnovers , II steal~. eight assists, four blocks, six charges and 25 fouls. Trimble was 25-47 .overall for 53 percent, 17-36 twopointers, 6- 10 three-pointers, and was 22-35 at the' line. Trimble had 28 rebounds (Locke 8), 14 turnovers, seven steals (Woods 3); seven assists, and 21 fouls. Southern grabbed a share of the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking reserve title with a dramatic 61 -55 ~ffort. DRIVING TO THE BASKET - Eastern's Jessica Brannon (right) drives past an unidentified Soutl1 Gallla player on her way to the ,basket during Saturday's Division IV sectional title game at ·Alexander High School, where the Eagles won 60-29. (Photo by ~cottWoHe) Eastern girls win Division IV sectional ~Eagles cruise past .South Gallia 60-29 . . ,lily SCOTT WOLFE Sentinel Correspondent ,.. Flexing their muscles to the tune ,pf a 45-18 second half, the Eastern Lady Eagles overcame a 15-11 half\i_me score . to claim the Division IV ;Alexander sectional title, 60-29, 'S aturday afternoon at Alexander J:(igh School. ,. Eastern, now 19-2, won its 15th straight game and plays again Monday, March 2 at 6:15 p.m. at the JJmversity of Rio Grande. South Gallia bows out at5- 16. This marked the ninth straight year that Eastern has advanced to the sectional champ1onsh•p m g~rls basketball, estabhshmg uself as one of the strongest powers in southeastern Ohw basketball. That tournament tension was in the "''early, as both teams struggled to gam an upper hand. Usually runnmg a wide-open offense, the Eagles were mired in a half court game, highlighted by turnovers and missed shots. Still, Eastern blitzed to a 6-0 lead . Jessica Brannon took the openmg ttp and drove n m for .a lay-up, followed by a Becky DavtsJumper at ti)e . 6:40 mark. Valerie Karr hit a turnaround JUmper from the paint near the ftve mmute mark, and that was .the end ~f the scoring for the Eagles '".the ftrst quarter. The noose s.urrqundmg the nerves of tenSion ttghtened. South Galha was sttll scoreless as the penod approached a close. W1th the sc?re parallelmg pncher Davtd Wells perfect game , the Rebels rallied m the bottom of the ninth for a 6-2 as Stacy White hit a jumper with eight seconds left. South Gallia's Angi Johnson pulled her club close at 6-4 at the 7:20 mark. Then Jessica Brannon's intuition sparked two steals for scores, and in a similar fashion Brannon cashed m on a Baker steal just seconds later. Eastern led 12-4. At tlie three minute mark, Brannon hit a free throw, then Holly Haner hit a safety for South Galha's first score since the opening minute. Johnson and · Waugh hit back-to-back -jumpers, then Danielle Spencer nailed a huge bucket at the 1: 14 mark . Not to be outdone, Jessica Clary hit a bucket for the Rebels at the bu~zer for a 15-ll halftime score. Eastern tried to piok up the pace in' the third quarter, but the Rebels matched bucket for bucket to the 3:30 mark when Eastern led 24-20. 1be last three minutes of the frame South Galli a ran o ut of ·steam: 'Eastern went on a 9-0 run to lead comfortably, 33-20 after three. With e1ght more points early in the final round, Eastern extended its run -to 17-0, throw ing the game well out of reach. 42 -20. At the 5:47 mark, Haner >cored Gallia's first bucket in a live minute span. Brannon and Karr rallied the Eastern troops 10 the comeback with Brannon making some great ass1sts with adm~rable unselfish play. In the last ftve minutes. sophomore Juli Bailey saw her (Se~· EAGLES on PageS) S.Gallia-Eastern statistics Quarter tl!t3.b South Gallia (5 - 17) ..................... 2 Eastern (19-2) ....... ............................. 6 9 9 9 18 South Gallia Rebels Player £IlL J:ru. Jessica Clary .................................. ..... .... .3 ·I Angte Johnson ......... ...... ................. .... .... .2 0 Rachel Waugh ............................ .. ........... ! 0 Stacy White ............. ................. ............. ..2 0 Holly Haner ............................... ..... .. ....... I 0 Tanya Haner .. .. :.............. ......................... ! 0 Robyn Harrison .. .... .... ... :........................ I 0 Totals 1146 1-5 9= 27 = .IT 1-2 0-0 2-4 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-1 4-10 29 60 ~ 10 4 4 4 3 .2 2 29 Assists- 5 (Clary 3) Blocked shots- 3 (by Harrison) ' Fouls- 20 Rebounds- 25 (Johnson 6) Steals- 7 (Harrison 3) Tol!ll FG- 12-5 1 Thrnovers - 20 -·- Eastern Eagles Player ~ Jessica Brannon .......... ........................ .. ... 8 Valerie Karr. .......................................... .6 lull Bailey ............................................. 2 lull Hayman .............. . ........ ·...... .. .2 Becky Davis ................................ ............ 2 Amber Baker ........................................... I Kristen Chevalier .................................... 0 Whitney Karr............... ..... .. .................. 1 Danielle Spencer ........................ ............. I · Amber Vansickle .............................. :...... 0 Totals 23 Assists - 3 (by Bmnnon ) Blocked shots - 2 (by Karr) Fouls- 15 Rebounds - 25 ( Karr 12) Stel!ls- 5 (Brannon 2) Total FG - N/ A Thmovers - 16 J:ru. o. 0 ·o 0 0 0 0 0 o· 0 0 .liT 5-6 H 2-3 2-6 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 14-25 & 21 15 6 6 4 2 2 2 2 ·o 60 . NBA standiligs EASTERN CONFERENCE ' Att..Oc Df.!""": •~ liJI . Doll lit L ....., . Orllllclo .................................8 Miuni .................................... 6 New York ..............................6 • Wubin&\Ofl ............................. · Plllladetphto ........................... •BOIIOfl ................................... ] New Jersey .......... .................. 2 overtime win over Trimble. Southern; coached by Jonathan Rees, is 15-5 overall and 12-4 in the league. Trailing by · five points with 16 seconds left on the'clock, 52-47, Matt Warner drilled a three pointer, tben a trap in the corner forced a Trimble turnover. Warner pumped another three but missed as time ran down. Garret Kiser picked up the loose ball and drilled a 10-foot jumper to tie the game. Warner, who led all scorers with 23 points, went 88 down the stretch at the line in overtime and Kiser went 1-2 . Kiser had 14 points, Brandon Hill eight, and Chad Hubbard 14. For Trimble, Justin Guinther and Sean Gille>pie each had 13, Phil Faires had nine, and Rolland Chalfant eight. Earlier 1'!-st week, a clerical error listed. Southern's Mitchell Walker as leading Southern with 14 points in the Eastern victory. Actually, Walker had 18 points. Southern plays Friday in the Division IV sectional tournament at LOOKING TO PASS ~ This unidentified Southern player (left) Alexander High School at 6:15 p.m .. Tickets are on sale at Southern High lookS for an open teammata to Whom she can pass the basketball while an unidentified Oak Hill player defends on the play during School. Saturday's Division IV ·sectional finals at Alexander High SChool, where the Tornadoes lost'61-25 and ended their season. (Photo by Quarter 1D.tU Scott Wolfe) · Trimble ............... .... J9-Il-24-21=75 Southern ................... IS-15-6-25=61 Southern: Chris Randolph 1-01/2=3, Mitchell Walker 2--i-315=13, Benji Manuel 1-1-0=5, Kyle Norris 0-0/1=0, Josh Davis 0-1/2= I, Adam Williams 1-0-0=2, Adam Cumings 10·112=3, Nick Bolin 8-0- 113=17 .Jeremy Fisher 1-3-2/2=13, Jerrod Mills 1-0-2/2=4. Totals: 16-6- Lady Oaks win .Division IV.sectional Oak Hill defeats · Southern 61-25 Trimble: Trent Patton 1-0- By SCOTT WOLFE Lawson each had four. Oak Htll 7/15=9, Matt Woods 5-5-112=26, Sentinel Correspondent placed f9ur gtrls in double figures . Southern spotted Oak Hill 0-15 , Marisa Davis had I 0, Ashley Morgan Bobby Trace 0-2/2=2, Brady Trace 5-2-4/5=20, Justin Guinther 0, Dave then never really had a charrce as the had 14, Anna · Ramey 14, and Brown 1-0-0=2, E<ic Coffman 0, Lady Oaks rolled to a 61-25 win over Stephanie Ruth 13. Jesse Exline 0, Keith Locke 2-0- the lady Tornadoes Saturday· -afterOak Hill ripped to a 37-13 lead at 5/8=9, Jesse Richmond 2-0-3/4=7. noon ·in the Division IV sectional the half, then outscored Southern 24championship game at Alexander 12 in the second half ·to ·secure the Totals: 16-7-22136=75 Hi2h School ll 1-25 leAn 1 Oak Hill is now 15-'7 11 and· Southerl' hit 5-27 two-pointers, 1advances to the district tournament at 6 three-pointers, and had 26 the University of Rio Grande . rebounds (Sayre 14). Southern had Southern bows out at 6- 15. 79 turnovers, one steal: three assists, Southern's Kim Sayre playe.d her and fouls . Oak Hill hit 19-51 overlast game . and scored nine points to all, -18 Jhree-pointers h.~~ •.•. 23 lead the team. Kim Ihle, · Sarah rebounds, 12 turnovers, nine steals·, 26 percent and had 31 rebounds (Will Brauer, Heather Dailey,, and Laraine and five, assists. , .. ~~ ..,',.1, •• 6). Eastern had 4 steals, six ' turnovers, eight assists (Casto 3, Bisel! 3); ahd had· J2 fouls , Playing · but not scoring for Eastern were Erron Aldridge; Beau Batley, Matr Boyles, Josh Broderick Quarter t9Jm and Matt Caldwell. Southern (6- 15) .................. _. ... ............... 9 4 25 5 7 Waterford hit 19-33 'two-pointers, Oak Hill(15-7) ........... ' ........ : .... .... ........ 19 18 II 13 = 61 3-14 three-pointers , and was 22-47 for 47 perce nt overall with 29 Southern Tornadoes rebounds (Waller 12). Waterford had Player ~ J:ru, IT & two steals, eight turnovers, 12 assists Kim Sayre .. ...... .... ........... ............. .. .. , ..... .3 I 0 9 (Skinner 7) , and 12 fouls . K1m lhle .... ....... ........ .... ........... ......... ....... ! 0 2-3 4 Eastern won the reserve.game,SOBrauer .... .. ........ .............. : ... 0 0 Sarah 2-4 4 40, to even its record at 10-10. Heather Dailey ........ ............... . . ........ 0 0 4-4 4 Commg off an mcredible 30-point Laraine Lawson .. .... .... .. ........... ................ ! 0 2-2 4 night at Trimble, Chad Nelson Jed .Tammy Fryar .. .. .... .................... ........ ....... O 0 2-4 2 Eastern with 14, Brad Willford had Totals 5-27 l -6 12-17 -25 · 11 , and Garrett Karr I0. Josh Arnold led Waterford with with 20. Oak Hill Oaks Quarter ~ Player kJtl, J:Rt. IT & Eastern ...................... ll - 12-9- 11 =43 Jenny Parker .. .. ... .. ........ ............ ............... I 0 0-0 2' Waterford ............... 11-10-18- 19=58 Marisa Davis ............... ............ .............. 2 2 0-0 10 Eastern: Matt Bissell 0-0-2/2=2, Ashley Morgan .............. :.. c... ................. 0 4 2-3 . 14 Joe Brow n 2-0-1/2=5, Jeremy Casto Ashley Maynard ........................ ...... :....... I 0 0-0 2 2- 1- 1/2=8, Josh Wtll 5-0-213= 12, Joe Stephanie Ruth ............. ........................... 3 2 1-2 13 Dillon 1-0-0=2, Eric Smith 4-0Anna Ral)ley .. .......... ..... c...... .. ...... . ........... 2 I 7-8 14 3/4= II , Steve Weeks 1 ~ 0-1/2=3. Beth Spurlock ........................... ............ l I 1-2 6 Totals: 15-1-10/15=43 Randi Gilli and ........ ......................... ........ O 0 0-3 0 Waterford: N1ck Pottmeyer 3-0Totals 10-33 10-18 11-18 61 6/6= 12, Casey Lang 0 - 1-212=5 , Josh Wagner 1-0-0=2, Thad Skinner 1-20=8, Mark Waller 7-0- 112= 15, Corey Adams 7-0-2/hl6. Totals: 19-311/12=58 . Southern-Oak Hill stats = . -·- Division II boys' sectionals start this week Marauders to face . South Point Tuesday SOUTHERN Boy• . ,. By DAVE HARRIS Drew Childers. Sentinel Correspondent Ferrel is the playmaker and is The seccind season starts Tuesday very quic k plus he can score evening, when the Meigs Marauders Childers is one of their top scoters travel to South Webster to play the and rebounders. South Point Pointers in boys Coming (jff the bench is 6-foot-2 Di vision II se·c tional tournament junior Josh Leighty, six-foot senior action . Jamal Smith and 6-foot-2 junior The Marauders are the defending Chris Conwell . The Pointers are coming o ff a 65-.' sectional champions, last year they defe ated Gallia Academy. A win on 50 Joss to Coal Grove in their last Tuesday will advance Meigs to the game Tuesday. sectional finals Friday even mg Meigs finished thei r season at 9agamst River Valley for a chance to 11 , after defeating Federal H.ockmg go to the district at the Convocat ion . on the road Th.ursday evening 56-52. Center. The Marauders have been biucn The Pointers go into the contest by the injury, and illness bug all seawith a 5-15 matk. Head coach Mark son. At one time or the other, almost LaFon's team likes to play up tempo all of. the top six players ha,v.e missed and run with the ban; The Pointers action for one reason or another. The probable starting line-up for will also likely press for most of the contest. . . . Meigs will have 5-foo t-7 junior Kyle .. The Pomters w11l go With a prob- Smiddie and 5-foot-11 senior ab le starti ng line-up of 5-foot -9 Angelo 'Rodriguez at the guards. JUDI or B.J. Ferrel. and Shane · Steve Beha a 6-foot-1 junior and Holsmger a 6-foot , freshman at' the Daniel Hannan a 6-3 senior will be at guards . At forward will be 6- foot- 1 the forwards . In the middle wi ll be fj: seni o r Kevm Dick, and 6-foot -2 foot-3 seniot J. T. Humphrey s. se mor Kevm Nester at the forward s. Smiddie ave/ages four points a At cen ter . will be 6-foot-7 junior (See FORECAST on Page Sl Girl. MEIGS Boya Girls EASTERN Boys . 'Girla'. 2/26- Waterford in Division IV Sectional Tournaments at Alexander 6:15 Complettd Season 2/23- vs South Point II Sectional Tournament at South Webster at 6: IS 2/25- vs Warren Local in Division II . District Toumamenl al Chillicothie at 2/26- vs Symmes Valley in Division IV Sectional Tournament at Alexander 8:00 3/3 vs Portsmouth Clay Winner in Districl Tournament at U11iversity of Rio Grande 6:15 Com~limenfl . I of: 949-2210 (RACINE) 992-6333 (SYRA€USE) 2 .800 J .667 t 112 J .667 t t/2 .. _jOO ) ~ .444 3 112 S .l7S o4 1 222 '112 Cenlnl Dlvlslon .Indiana .........~ ......... ............1 J ' Ailanta ................................6 3 CLEVELAND ... ._......... .-...... ~ .l : Milw~ukec .. .......................... S 3· Detroit ................................. .4 6 Toronto ....... :....................... ] .Charlotle ........................... ! •Chicago ........................... 1 -·- .700 .661 112 I I 3 Iii~ Stulliwcst Arlwuos 74. Ken"'"ky 70 Colorado 73, Bayl~ 56 Grarnblina;Jt 87, A:.rk.-Pine Bluff 69 Kansu 60, Oklahoma 50 Loui~iW Tech 85, Arbnsu St 8~ New Me:qco St. 84, ~orth Te11.u 82 Oklahoma. St. 84, Mi~uri 68 Oral Roberts 80, Oakfand. Mich. 68 SW Ttlas 73, Sam Houston S1 . 6S Texu 63, Texas A~ 54 Texas Tech 73. Ncb~ka 68 Texas-San Antonio 75 ~ Lamar 65 .625 .400 S .37.5 ] 7 .12.5 5 8 .111 $In WESTERN CONFERENCE 'Ibm Mkhrut IN.wiNon . lit L Ed. 1 889 lilt 2 4 778 1. 2 tn 3 112 5 6 l f2 7 Urah .................. ................... 8 "Minnesota ...................... ......1 Housron ...............................6 San Amonio .......................... .5 Vancouver ......... .................... ~ Dn1\as ........................... 2 Denver ............. I 6IX) 5 .SOO 6 JJ.'\ 8 8 Padlk Division . ... 7 l .. 6 l L A. Lakers ..... .6 4 Phoemx .. .... .. . .. . .5 • Sncramento . .. ...... . . 5 .. Golden State .. .. ... ... ...... .. 4 6 L.A. Clippers ................... 0 7 Seattle . Portland . . 200 .Ill far~tst Air Forte 81 , Tew Ch\utian 78 Arizona 92, Oregon 86 Arizona Sl : 87, Oregon $t. 66 CS NQfthridge 88, Penland St 79 Cal St -Fulle-rton 74, Lo~g Beach St. 6 Colorodo St 80. Wyoming 7S Denver 158, Ark -tittle Rock 64 Gonzaga 85, Loyola Mar:)'mount 1 1 ldnho 91 , NeYoda: 80 Idaho St. 71. Sacramen1o St. 66 New Mexaco 81. Texns-EJ'Paso 6S Pacific 61, UC Irvine .51 · PQnland $9, Pepperdine SJ S. U1ah 78, Chicago St . .5S San Diego .52, San frallCisco !II San Diego Sc. 78, Hawaii 72 San JOK St 76, Bngham Young 74 Suurhem Melh" 80, 1JNLV 78 St Mary 's, Cal. 61), Santa Clara 65 StanfOJd 64. Washinglon St 58 · UC Snnta Barbara 82, Cal Poly-SLO 74 Utah 88, Fresno St. 82 Utah St 153, Botse St 62 Washington 86, California 61 Weber St . 79, MontaM St 68 1 178 750 600 556 556 400 000 Ill I 1/2 2 1 J 112 6 Saturday's scores - Mtami 'SI . Iiouslon 71 Urah 110, Se11tde 80 Atlnma 76, Philadelphia 69 CLEVELAND 89. New Jersey 84 Indiana 81. Milwnuket: 80 Portland 90. Golde11 Stal e' 84 Dallas 10!1, l.A Otppen 90 Sunday's scores WashinGIOn 86, Boston 7~ New York 79. ctucago 63 San Antonio 85, Dctroir 64 Toronto 102, Vancouver 87 Orlando 109, Houston 83 Minnes01a 102. Sacramento 90 Indiana 80, New Jersey 79 Seatde 92; LA. takers 89 Sunday's action Eatt . Hartfcwd 86. Boston U. 78 Hofall'a 79, Drexel S9 lona 97, Siena 80 Laf1ye11e 93, Bucknell 84 Rhode bland 73, St JoSeph's 67 Seton Hall 51, Rutgera .5.5 Tonight's games Philadelphia at O.EVELAND, 7:JO p m. Oticago at Allanta. 7:JO p.m. Sacramefllo at Orlando, 7:30p.m. San Antomo at Minnesota, 8 p.m. L A Lakers at Denver, 8 p m LA Clippers at Urah, 9 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 9 p m ll/19=60 Waterford boys get past ·Eastern 58-43 The league champion Waterford Wildcats overcame a 23-21 halftime deficit to defeat the Eastern Eagles Saturday mght, 58-43, at Eastern High School. Eastern ends the season at 11-9 after fighting a nu bug that stiHed a one-time eight-game Eastern winning streak. Eastern hopes to recover for tournament time which begins next Friday, February 26 at Alexander High School. Eastern faces Symmes Valley in the 8 1p.m . contest. Pending a victory Eastern would then play e ither Waterford or Southern , who play the 6:15 game. Eastern was led by Josh Will with 12 points, Eric Smith II, and Jeremy Casto with e1ght. Waterford was led by Corey Adam s with 16, Mark Waller 15, and Nick Pottmeyer with 12. A great game developed early as the lead changed hands numerous times. Finally, in the second round Eastern gained a little momentum to lead 23-21 going mto the half. Eastern slowly let things slip away in the third frame and never really recovered. Waterford, meanwhile, assumed 1ts championship form and surged onward to a 58-43 win. Eastern hit 1-8 threes , 14-49 twopointers, and was 15-57 overall for BowUna Q,... 69. Miami, Ohio 5I a.o~o. lO, Wio.·GNen Boy ll Cmahon 7J, Droke 67 O.Poul64, Saini Loulo " Odrolt '78, Cleveland St. 66 lllinob St 79, EvaasYille 68 Kan1u S1. 64, Iowa S1. 58, OT Ken1 86, Ohio U. 77 Loyola, Ill 64, 111.-Chicaao 57 otuo St. ~9. NonhMSiml 49 Penn St. 78, Purdue 70 S. lllinats 66, N. Iowa 61 SE Mia10t.1ri 92, E. llhnoi1 70 SW Mluouri Sl 80, hdiana Sr 67 Toledo 88, Cent Mic , .gao 74 Valpll'liso 73, ln.4 ·Pur -lndpls.' S8 Wichita St 79, Bl"'dley 65 Wri&hi·St 71, Wi~ .-Mtlwaukce 69 YotJIIISiown St. 8~. MISSOUri · Kan~m City 152 R;1skct1Jall Trimble boys crack halftime tie, beat Tornadoes 75-61 The Dally Sentinel • Page 5 St. Peter's 68, Manhanan 66 Vcnnoat78, Nonheastern 69 South MaryiBild 91 : Georgia Tech 60 Memphis 81 , Marquette 79 N Carohna S1. 74, Tulane l'iO Va. Commof1wealth 61J, Jnmn Mnd11on 65 Vanderbilt81, Alabama 7S, 0T Thesday's games M1ami at Waslungton, 7 p m. Toronto at Der:ron. 7:30p.m New Jersey at New York, 7 30 p.m. Seanle Bl Houston, Allanta at Dallas, 8 3 p.m. Milwaukee Ill Chica&o. 8:30p.m L.A. Lakers at Vancou\'er, 10:30 P.m. Golden State at LA. Clippc:rs. 10·30 p.m. Midwest Cmciflnllli 91, Louisville 78 lndi1na. 73~ Mich1pn7l Iowa 78. lllinoi1 72 Michiaan St S6, Wisconsin S I Notre Dame 71 , West Virsinia 69 sg.m. FarWell UCLA 93, Syracuse 69 Top 25 men's college poll The top 2~ teams 1n The Assocaated Pn:u ' men's college basketball poll, wath first-place votes in paremheses, ·records through Feb. 21. total points based on 2~ polnts for a lim -place \'Ole through one poim for a 2Sch-place \'Ote alld pre\'ious rankina: Ibm t. o.ke no) Ohio H.S. boys' scores Saturday's acdon Leit lH. liL W1U ................... 21-1 1,774 1 2 Auburn ........................... 2~ - 1 1,685 l l Michi&llllSt(l) ............... 2!5-4 1,617 4 ...... 23-2 I ,572 2 4 Connecticut 5 Mlll')'land H-4 1,481 S 6 Stanford ... 22-5 UJ I 7 . 1. Ari.r:ona . . . 2Q..4 1,253 8 oil Sf. JOhn'L ....... "~ . . 22·6 1.20 10 • 9. CINCINNATI ....... . lJ-4 t,203 . 9 • 10. OHIO Sl: ............. .. 21·6 1 , 1 3 ~ II ~ II. Miami (Fla.) ................... 19-5 I,O!'i6 IS " 12. Utah ... . . .. .. ... .. . .. ..... 22~ 1,043 12 , lJ. Kentucky . ... .. ...... 21-7 1.016 6 . 14. NonhCarolina ............ 21 -7 821 14 · IS. UCLA .... .. ... 19-7 81~ t6 16. Wiscoram . ... .... . . .. .21 -6 772 IJ ' 17 Coil. of Charleston .. ...... 25-2 564 18 18 Iowa... . .. .. . , .... . 11-1 482 20 19 Aoridn . ·.. 18-6 392 23 10. Indiana ... 20...9 380 19 11 New Mexko .... 11-6 26J 24 22 Texas17-10 .158 B. Purdue 18-9 1 ~4 li 24. Syracuse 18-9 1J9 21 : tic.Tcmplc 18-8 139 . Othus rtcr:iving 'olu:: Tenneuee 127, ArkatlSns 118. Minnesota 80. W;l5 hmgton 48, Kansas · 4S, Loutsv11le 43. Gonzaga 20. MIAMI (OHIO) 18, ' Ml uounl8 , Detrott 16. Oklahoma 16, Oklnhoma St IS, Murtay St 14. Mt ssisstpp16. SW M1ssouri St ~ • : TOLEDO S. Tulsa S. X:AVIER {OHIO) ~. Mississippi St 3, Stenn J. Rutgers 2. Delaware I. , Evansville I, Kent I. N. Anronn 1. Nebraska 1 NCAA Division I men's scores Saturday 's action East Buffalo 57. N. Illinois 47 Cen t. Connecticut St 88, Qumnipinc 60 Columbia 71. Brow n 69 Cornell 77, Yale 65 Duquesllt: 86, La Salle 78 Fairfield 94, Mari st 78 Har"ard 87, Prince1on 79, OT Holy Cross 66, l,c=higb 62 Lung Island U 70, Mount St Mary's, Md. 66 Maine 70, Towson 68 Massachusell1 78. Xavier77. 20T Md -BalliiTIOI't County 81 , St. Francis, N.Y. 66 Miami 73. Connecticut71 Navy 64, Colgate 58 Niagara 103, Loyola. Md 86 Penn 82, Dartmouth 41J ' Piusburgh 68, Bosron College 66 Prov tdenct 90, Villanova 84. OT Rider 86, CanisiUs 76 St Bonaventure 71 , Forlllam ~4 St John's 74, GeofgetoWn 66 Temple 72, George Washin gton 56 ' Wag!lef 78, Fairleigh Dickinson 56 Soulh Ala.-Bimungham 70, Southern Mi n . 61 Alabama A&M 79, Te:w Southern 68 • Alabama St. 88, Prairie V.ew 7!5 • ' Appalachian St. 71 , Davidson 64 Austin Pcay 80, Murray Sr. 72 Bethunc-Cookman 70, Hamplon 6\ Cenl. Florida 84. florida Atlantic S7 Coastal CBiolina 89, Cl!arleston SOuthern 82 Coli of Charles1on 8S, Furman 63 Coppin St 74, Dela-ware S1. 6.'\ Duke 92. O emson 65 · George Mason 81 , American U 69 Georgm "i9, LSU 37 Geors•a Soulhcrn 78, E. Tenlle3~ S1. 67 Georgta St 74. Mercer 44 ' Jackson St 71, M1 ss. Val~y St. 6] JacUonYIIk 62. Stersoo6 1. OT Middle Tenncss« 72, E. Kentucky 6!1 MISSISSippi SJ 72. MISSISSippi 69 Morehead St 78. Tennessee Tech 74 Morgan St 81 . Md -Eastern Shore 63 N Cnrol1na J\&T 7], Howard 6.5 N.C. Cltarlolle 79, South Aond.:~ 74 NE Loutsiana 67. Texas-Arlington 66 New Orleruu 6.' . SW Louisia na 61 Nicholls St. 91 . SE Loui siana 5~ Norfolk St 84, Aorida A&M 7.\ Nonh Carolina 67 . Virginia 66 Nonhwestcrn St. 97. Stephen F. Au ~ n n 70 Radford 97, Uberty 68 Ricluoond 81 Wtllmm & Mary M Samford 69 Ce nlenary 61 - Southern U 67. Alcorn S1 66 Tenneuee 6~ . South CarQima S<1 Ten nessee Sr 66. Tenn ·Mnrtln ~7 OT Troy Sl 12. Campbell 66 UNC-Grunsboro 61!. W. Carohnn 50 VMI 7J. Chananooga 57 Vil).lntn Tec h .58. Dayton ~.5 W. Kentucky SO. South Alnbnma 48 Wake FOJest 67. Florida St. 6!5 Winrhrop 82 N.C -AshevtUe 46 Mldwtst Akron 74. Ball St. 68 5~ Rqular-MMOn play Adl67. Vanlue 58 , Akron Fireatone 60. Tol S1 Francis 59 Akron Hoban 85. Clc. South 57 Akron St V-St M 78. Canton Timken !55 Allen E. 64. Delphos Jefferson 53 Ardlbold 69, Sherwood Fa~ rview 55 AShland 63, Amherst 57 Avon Lake 64, Vermilion .50 ,.aedford 92, Warrensville Hts. 64 Bellbrook 104, Dayton Chr. 101. 20T Bloomfield 47, Fanpon Harbor 4~ Bluffton 65, Wayne Trace 61 Canfield 47. Hickory, Pa. 42 Canton Cath. 60. Malvern 57 Canton GlenOak S9, Mauilloo Jackson 34 Clll'dington 64, Mansfield Chr. 58 Carey 69, Upper Sand~sky SJ Centerburg 91 . Marion Cnth 60 Chcsbnc ltiver Val. ~5. Proctorville Fairland ~3 Cm Purcell-Marian 54, Cin Seven Hills SJ Ctn St. Xa\'ler 7.5. Ctn We~tern Hills 61 Cin Wtthrow 65. Cm McNt cholas 63 OT Cin WyonunJ. 61. Georgetown 4~ · Claymont75, Oe. Collmwood 73 Cle Benedicune 8S. Tnwny 68 Cle Ease Tech 68, Orrvtllc !19 Cle UniYersity 65. Garfield Hts. ;\2 Cleveland Hn. BY, Cm Woodward 82. OT Climo~Massie 76, Cin. Summil7!1 Cot DeSa~s !§IJ, Newark Cath. 51 Col Hartley 6J . Col. Independence 56 Col, Welt 77, Col Brookhaven 6J ' Coldwater 83, Wapakonela 57 Colonel Crawford 7!1, Bucyrus 66 Col11mbio S8, Avon 56 Conlincntal .52, Tinora .H " Cory-Rnwson 110, Deus ville 86 Cndcmille Perry 52. Hardm Northern 48 Cuyahoga Falls 71, Bnrbenon 61 Cuyahoga Valley Otr .58, Medina Hishltmd 47 Dalton 74. E. Canton 5!5 Danbury Lakeside 62, Fostoria St Wendelin 47 Danville 62. Mt Gtlead 58 Day. JJelmont 76. Zanesvtlle 68 Day. White 76. Day. Jefferson 69 Do\'er 78. ae. Rhodes 37 E. Uverpool77, Indian Creek 44 Eaton 87, Franklin 65 Elida 62, Delphos St John's46 Euclid 89, Cle. St. IJnauus 55 Evergreen 88, Delli 79 Fairbanks 65, Waynesfteld·Goshen 45 Fairle116l , CaDBI Fulton NW 52 Fayene .S8, Hlllrop SO FiDdlay 60, Leltlagton 50 Fisher CM:h. 56, Granville 39 FosiOria 58, nmn ColumbiiUI 57 Fremonl Ron 93, Pon C!intOfl 50 Ft. Frye 84, BeallsYille 4.S Ft Jenninr;s 60. Pandora-Gilboa 46 Ft Loramie71, LimaCath. 55 Ft. Rec:overy 76, LincolnYieW !58 Galion 69, Marion Harding S4 Garaway 77, TUscarawu'Cath. -46 Garf.ekl Hts. Trinity 69. Elyria Calh. 61 . OT Genoa 80, Karuu Lakota 73 , Gilmour 53, Cu7ahoga Hts. 49 Goshen 90, Western Brown 54 Grandview 55, Hebron Lakewood 51, OT Greencwiew 65 , Day. Stc:bb1ns 60 Greenfield 51 , Gallipolis 3.S Heath 93, Johnstown Nonhridae Y2. OT H1cksville 64, Partway 59 Hillsdale 67, Ashland Crestview 61 , 20T Hubbard 60, Champion 54 Huber H11. Wayne 85, Fa~rbom 70 Hudson Wesrem Reserve 6], Hill School. Pa 49 Indian Lake 62, Benjamin Logan 48 Jonathan Alder 61, Bex ley 54 Kidron Chr. 74, Rinman 55 Liberty· Benlon 60, Tiffin Calvert .57 Ubeny Cen1er 61 , Swanton 31 Lima Shawnee 77, Van Wen 67 Lima Temple 64, Rtdgemom 54 Lockland 56, Cm. landmark 45 Lorain Clearview 71, Nor1h Coast Chr ~ I Lucas ~S Clear Fork 4S Mansfield St Pet«'s 66. Sou1h Centrul 59 Mtvtetlll 64.- Glen Dale (W Va .) John Marshall Mar10n Local .56. Sp.= ncC'rvtlle 55 MllSsillon Olr. 49. Mentor Chr 48 McMechen (W.Va.) Donahue 67, Bndgeport S8 M1ami T111ce :'i.'. Graham 36 MuJdle1own Fenw•ck 615. C•lule 46 Midpark 87. Akron Kenmore 52 Milan Edtson 7J . Collins Western ReKrvC' 49 Mille' City 62. Ayersville 49 M i nsterS~ . Anna J9 Mooroe Centrnl64, Buckeye Trml ~ I Mooroc"i\le 87, Maplelon 71 Napoleon 78, HoUnd Sprinslield 69. OT New Mtddlelown Sp,rngfield 63. Lowcll\•ille -'~ Newbury S9, Aurora 4' Newcomerstown 58. Indi an Val 45 Niles S8. Howland 46 Norwalk Sl. Paul 611. Plynklllih,6() Norwood 69. Wilmington -t9 Olmsted Fa.lb 65, Fairview Park 51 6nt:~no 67. Madison M. OT . Oregon Stnlch 78. N. Baltimort 7~ OliO\'ille 61 . Columbus Gro\·e ~~ Patrick Henry 81. Elmwood 45 l'luldl'l ·~ Aatwav. 38 Peebles 91 , Fa~V!Ur 61 PetcnburJ SJXingfield 63, Lowellville 35 Pettilvillc 64 , Wau~n 60 Pontmoulh 75. Amanda·Ciearcreek 4~ RidJedale 68, Fredericktown 61 Roseenns 72, Canton Hcntage 69 S. Ranae 78, Malhews61 Sandusky 82, Huron 68 Shaker Hn. 70, Mentor 49 Sparta Hiah1and 63, Col. Academy SO ~riflJ Val. Academy 71, Linc:oln Baptist 74 Spring. North 78, Tecumseh 63 Sprina. South 68, Cen\ervllle S4 Steubenville Cath. SS, Edison Local .53 Temple Chr. 68, Emmanuel Chr. 55 nppecanot 79, Piqua 76, OT TCJI. Bowsher 68, Anthon~ Wayne 64 Tol. Rogers 60, Lorain King 41 Tol Scott 78, Day. Dunbar 7~ Trimblt 75, Racme Sou1hern 61 Tuslaw 47, Chippewa 43 Uniontown Lake 7', Loui s~ ill e 60 Upper Scioto Val 66, Mohawk 58 Uuca .52, Madison Plams 48, OT Valley View 84. Tn-County N 41 VIUldl:tlia-Butler 66, Day Meadowda\r S5 Versa.JIIes 65. Brook \'tllc 49 W. Branch 7.5, Canton South 70. OT W. Holmes 6!1, SrruthYdle 47 WIU'TCn Harding 13, You. W1 lson 61 Wamn Kennedy 71. New Wilmtngton. Pa. 4S W11Shinzton CH 68, Ucking Val. 41 Waterford S8, Reedsville Eastern 48 Waterloo SS , OarretlsYille .52 Wellstoo 49, Jackson 46 Ohi.o H.S. girls' scores Saturday's action Division I tournaments Amherst 63, Cle. Marshall 31 Beavercreek 61 , Pipua 24 Breck!iville 77. Solon 65, 20T Centerville 94. Day. Belmom 11 Mt. Notre Dame 51 . Cin. Turpm 19 ' Oak Hills JJ. Cin. Northwest 17 Cin Princeton 64. Ct n Unuhne 52 C1n Sycamore 68 W Chester Lakota W 44 Clc. Hay 62, Cit Kennedy J7 Col. lndependt:nce 55. Westerville S 49 Col. Northland 61 . Mt Vernon 38 Col. Watterson 67. Groveport 48 Day. Pononon48.Green,lle 40 Delaware 34, Marion Harding 29 By ANDREW CARTER Trlbume Steff Writer The late season blues continued to haunt the University of Rio Grande Saturday as the Red women dropped their third consecutive game 81-77 to Tiffin University. The stunning upset may have cost R10 ·Grande the top seed in the American Mideast Conference tournament . . Tiffin (10-13, AMC 7-9), whtch ell:'ned a spot in the AMC tournament w1th the wm, led for most of the contest . The Lady Dr~gons were p~ced offe ns!vely by s tx - foot-three - ~n c h Melante Sears who scored 34j)otnts. Sears was nearly unstoppable tns1de, hitting 10-of- 17 fro m the . field and 14-of-15 at the foul hne. She haul ed in a gal!'e-high 13 rebo_unds. Kell!e Jakubowskt added 13 po in~ s and nine rebounds. Davin Berner ch1pped on IO.pomts. . Jtll Holland hot a cructal tn~le down the stretch and fim~hed w1th SIX pomts. Tonya Swtck and l11l Moldenhauer also had six poi nts. The Dragons shot 41.1 perce nt from the field and 82.6 percent at the foul line . Karley Mohler scored 24 points to lead Rio Grande (22-8, AMC I 0-6). She was 9-for-14 from the field and 6-of-6 at the charity stripe. Mohler finished with five rebounds. Mindy Pope had 12 points and six rebounds. Pope was just 2-.of- 11 from the field, but hit all eight foul shots she attempted . Renee Turley had II points and eight rebounds for Rio Grande. Misti Halley finished with I0 points, three rebounds and three assists. The Redwomen hit only 37.9 per· cent from the field , including shooting 35.1 percent in the second half. Ri o Grande had major dofficulties · co ntaining Tiffin's post players and were unable to mount any son of transition offense. Additionally, the Red women 's shooung woes from three-point range continued as Rio Grande hit only 1-of-6 attempts from outs ide the arc. Depending o n how the powerrat· ings pan out, Rio Grande will be the number two seed in the upcoming Amen can Mideast Conference tournament , which beg ins March 2. Rio Grande will try to break o ut its losing sk1d agamst Ohio Valley College tomorrow evenmg. T1p-off is set for 7 p.m. at the Newt Oliver Arena. Rio Grande .... .. ................. 37-40=7'7 Timn: Berrier 4-0-213=10, Swi~k 3-0-0/0=6, Moldenhauer 3-0-0/2=Jj, Jakubowski 5-0-3/3=13 , Holland 02-0/0=6, Weber 2-0-0/0=4, Filibeck 1·0-0/0=2. Sears 10-0- 14/1 5=34. Totals: 28-2-19123=81 Total FG : 30-73. ( .411) Rebounds: 40 (Sears 13) Assists: 8 (Holland 3) Thrnovers: 24 Blocked shots: 2 (Sears 2) Steals: 5 (Swick, Sears 2) " Fouls: 24 - •'' Rio Grande: Hall ey 3-0-4/4=Wl, Carson 2-0-2/2=6, Turley 2-l 417= 11 , Mohler 9-9-6/6=24, Pope 70-8/8= 12, Brown 2-0-1/2=5, Hopper 4-0- 1/2=9. Totals: 24-1-26/31=77 : . · Total FG: 25-66 (.379) • Rebounds: 3 1 (Turley 8) : Assists: 5 (Halley 3) Thrnovers: 18 • • Blocked shots: 2 Steals: 13 (Halley, Turi<:Y. Hopper 3) •. Ullll' .ll!lllb Fouls : 17 _T_if_fi_n_ ..._.._..._.._.. _...._.._.. ......_ .. ._ ...._.. ._ ......3;,;8;..·4._3;_=._8.;1_ _;,;.F;,;.ou;;;l;,;e,;;d,;o,;u;,;,t:;,;M;,;.;o,;;h;,;le;,;.r_ _ _..p. :: Eagles ... DMsioa II tournament! Akron Hoban SO. Orr\'tllc 28 Benjamin Logan 65. Kenton R1dgc ~.1 Canfield 77, W Bmnch 69. 3 OT Chardon ND-CL 51. Po.tnesvllle Hor;ey .~2 Col DeSales' 49, Watkins Memonal41 Col, Eost S5 , Col. Centenmlll 29 Col. Ullden·McK.lnley 47. Col. Briggs 24 Conneaut 54, Ashtllbula Harbor 27 Day Chaminade-Julienne 61 , Eaton 18 Da)l. Dunbar !55, Spring. Shawnee 40 Fairvtew Park Bay S5 Lake Ca1h. A:shlabula 39 London ~4. Big Walnur.4S I Medina Highland 48, crestwood 36 Olen1angy 69, Col. Walnut Ridge J5 Oran xe 49, Garfield H1s. Tnnity 36 Ra\'enna SE 57, You. Ch111ey 54 n 51, D'tV.IS.IOn II g'rls' tO urnamen . t t'ICket s to go on sale The tickets can be purchased for $4 each and can be purchased at the Meigs High School office during school hours. Tickets are available for the Meigs boys ' tournament game against South Point at South Webster on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The tickets are $4 each and also available at the school office. Sports brief NEW YORK CAP) Felix Trinidad Jr. retained the IBF welterweight title Saturday night, winning a one-sided decision over Pernell Whitaker. Trinidad improved to 34-0. Whitaker, a former champion in four classes, is 11-3-l. • • .· (Continued from Page 4) only action of the night, scoring eight points down the stretch, grabbing three. rebound s and blocking, a shot. Eastern was led by Brannon with 21 points, Karr 15 and Juli Bailey eight. Eastern was without starting forward Angi .Wolfe, who was out I with the nu. South Gallia was led by GalloWay Westland 74. Col. Manon-Franklin 41 · Jessica Clary with I0 and four each Genm54, Madison~l Hilliard Davidson 42. Thomas Wonhing1on .JO from Stacy Whne, Angte Johnson K'"' Roo..,...,lt64, Akron Cen-Hower )9 and Tanya Haner. Kencring Fairmom ~S , Day. Meadowdale 54 LnncDlitcr 43, Upper Arlinglon 40 · Easte~n coach Paul Brannon said, lebn11on 61. Middletown 25 , ''I'd like to thank all the girls for their Tickets are available at Meigs Maple Hts SS. Cle. Glen\ille 52 Mason SS, Hamilton 17 High School for the girls' Diviswn 11 effon . We had some that shouldn't Medma 79, Oe Rhodes 16 district tournament between Meigs at . even have been playing today, but Mentor 4~ . Mayfield Hu 40 the cream came to t~e tup. In the Warren local. Midpark !52, N. Royalton 40 Newark 76, Franklin Hts. 22 Normandy 56, Valley Fars:e 40 Northmonl 68, Day. White 155 PD.JnesYillc Riverside 43, Willoughby S .15 Pickcrinslon 103, Col. South 19 Reynoldsbu11 60, Col. Eastmoor 39 Wadiwonh 91, Akron Garfield 42 Xento 60. Tecumseh 41 .. tournament, you either suck it up aGiJ play or you go home. When it ca111¢ crunch time, the girls were rigln .-; lhere ." Eastern hit 23-47 overall , hittii.~ . 14-25 free throws and grabbing rebounds. Karr dominated the boa~ with 18 rebounds, while Baker doGIinated th e noor game with six of ili'e teams 16 steals . EHS had 16 turnove rs, 12 assists, (Brannon 7) and had 15 foul s. Karr had a block. South Gallia hit 11-40, was 4-10 at the h11e and had 29 rebounds, 6 steals. 20 turnovers and 16 fouls . _; -$6 -------------------------• (Continued from Page 4J • • contest, and Rodriguez who has scored I ,073 points for his career, is m1ssed about half of the year with an averaging 20 points and II rebou!Mis ankle injury, averages about .eight a per contest. :.. contest. . Beha scores at about I 0 The two teams· played each other points a clip, and can pull up and hit in the regular season last year wit)l the three for second year Marauder the Marauders posting an 84-69 vJ.in ' coach Cluis Stout. at South Point. Hannan led Meigs in Humphreys is quite a force in the that contest with 25 points, paint for the maroon and gold. He Humphreys added 17, Belia 12 and averages 12 points a game and II Rodriguez six. For the Pointer~. rebounds. Humphreys is also making Jamal Smith scored 12 and Nate a name for himself as a shot blocker. lester and Josh . Leighty scored 11 Hannan who missed the last game each m the game. . ·,': of the year because of a knee injury Game time for Tuesday evening's is the second leading scorer in Meigs contest is 6:15 from South Webster High history. Hannan, who has Higl) School. · Marauder forecast... " ' " .. .... ' ' .. ! • ( ..... .. .••. "" ,. ~ I• I I l, f �Pomeroy • Middleport, Ohio • Monday, February 22,1999 Administration proposes expanded effort to trace illegal gun transfers; 1!tJ IONYA ROSS lo•octetect Pre•• Wrltar :•. WASHINGTON (AP) - Saying they've identi• ftCd a potent new tool in fighting youth crime, Clin~ administration officials are ask1ng Congress for money to expand a program that traces guns routed lllcplly into the hands of young people. · ·- The call came as the Treasurfs Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms released an analysis Sunclay of its Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative. : The program traced guns used in 76,260 crimes in :1.7 cities over the past three years. : ATF found that one-third to one-half of the traced sims were purchased from licensed dealers by peo~le acting as . "straw" intermediaries for the real g"!Vners, and only··35 percent were stolen. The rest C:.me from private sellers not required to obtain tdentification ·or subject their customers to ·backaround checks. · : In a statement, President Clinton said the figures ao a long way toward helping authorities find and eunish those . responsible for providing guns for young criminals. " With more police on the stre.ets and tougher gun laws on the books, crime has dropped to its lowest level in a generation. But we must do more," he .said. ''Tracing crime guns to their source, and pulling gun traffickers out of business for good, will make our streets even safer." Clinton's budget request for fiscal 2000 includes an additional $11.2 million to ,expand the tracing program to 10 additional cities: Charlotte, N.C.; Dallas; Denver; Louisville, Ky.; New Orleans; Oak·land; Calif.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix; Portland, Ore.; and Tampa, Fla. That 25 percent of the guns moved quickly from sale to recovery by police indicates they were bought legally, then resold; officials said. Semiautomatic pistols were the most commonly recovered weapon in each city, making up 52 percent of all trace requests. As a result of the traces, 397 people have been referred to state and federal courts over the past year for prosecution as gun traffickers, the report said. "We can't stop them from buying the auns, but as soon as they turn those guns over to felons, we can prosecute that," ATF director John Magaw told reporters. Denise Dunleavy, an attorney for seven families who won a S4 million negligence verdict against gun manufacturers in a Brooklyn, N.Y., court last week, said, "If the manufacturers took more rigorous precautions up front, you wouldn't have the guns being trafficked." The Brooklyn case, brought in 1995 by a mother whose son was shot to death two years earlier, is being watched closely by cities anxious to sue man-. ufacturers to recover costs from gun violence. ATF's report "proves our evidence was certainly on the · right track," Dunleavy said. The study found·that new guns reaching the hands of young criminals from straw purchasers made up between 25 and 36 percent of all firearms .recovered from juveniles over the past three years, and between 32 percent and 49 percent of firearms recovered from offenders aged 18 to 24. The report identified five types of semiautomatic . pistols that move rapidly from dealers to young offenders: the Lorcin 9 mm, the .40-caliber Smith It Wesson, the Bryco 9 mm, the Hi-Point 9 mm and the .40-caliber Glock. · It said 11.3 percent of the offenders involved were under 17 years old, and 32 percent were: between 18 and 24. Thirty-one percent of the guns were used in drug offenses, 28 percent in assauiiS and 18 percent each in homicides and robberies. . The report was the result of Clinton's 1996 dire'c• tive that the Treasury and Justice departments estab~ !ish a program to identify and reduce the illegal transfer of firearms to young people. , The 27 cities involved in the report are Atlanta; Baltimore; Birmingham, Ala.; Boston ; Bridgeport, Conn.; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Detroit; Gary, Ind.; Houston; Inglewood, Calif.; Jersey City, N.J.; Los Angeles; Memphis, Tenn.; Miami; · Mil ~ waukee; Minneapolis; New York; Philadelphia; Richmond, Va.; Salinas, Calif.; San Antonio; St; Louis; Seattle; Tucson , Ariz.; ~nd Washington. federal officials want code to fight broadcast 8d bias Dy JEANNINE AVERSA Aasoclatad Press Wrher ~ WASHINGTON (AP) -.,. The advertising and broadcasting, industries should come up with a volun tary code designed to make sure that advertisers don't discriminate against radio stations owned by or geared to minorities, government officials said today. : Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard said the code would be based on a set of principles that include using accurate information !jbout consumer purchasing pradices, promoting fair . competition and expanding opportunities for all Americans. : "These principles are few in number but draw on !he many values which we cherish as a nation," Kennard said in a speech prepared for a conference of the A.merjcan Advertising Federation in New York. ·: Kennard 's proposal was endorsed by Vice President AI Gore, who said in remarks being delivered by sate I- ~issiles lite: "Diversity of voices and views is a pillar of our code. eihnic and racial stereotyping. In his prepared remarks, Gore called on advertisers democracy. That is why we must ensure that our airBut the report didn't pin down the reasons why waves provide opportunities for all Americans." and advertising agencies "to make voluntary commit- some minority stations were being passed up by adver, · The challenge responds to a report issued by the ments demonstrating that they understand the 'value of tisers. FCC last month that advertisers often bypass or pay diversity and the economic logic of serving minority Many factors, however, could be responsible, less money to minority-owned radio stations. or sta- consumers." including audience demographics, ratings or whether tions targeting black or Hispanic listeners. Gore also planned to announce the creation of an the radio station is owned by a company operating Clinton administration and commission officials interagency working group that will examine advertis- many stations, the report acknowledged. said it is intended to be a "starling point" for adver- ing practice and their impact on minority broadcastIn his speech, Kennard took note of the wider ecotisers and broadcasters to consider. ers' and minority advertising agencies' ability to com- nomic .effects of depriving minority-oriented stations of ad revenues. · The report, written by the Civil Rights Forum on pete and .thrive. The FCC, ihe Federal Trade Commission, the Jus- · "To s.uccced on· the Main Streets of tomorrow, Communications Policy, a Washington-based advocacy group, recommended that industry adopt a code of lice and Commerce departments and the Small Busi- Madison Aven~e must recognize the reality of minoriconduct that' requires decisions about buying ads to be ness Administration will be part of the working group. ty, consumers and the power of minority-formatted stabased on market research. · The group is likely to conduct additional research tions in reaching them," he said. as Kennard has called for· on why advertisers are Advertisers and broadcasters have been open to, But he said listeners also suffer when they "find but noncommittal about, developing such a code. bypassing minority iadio stations, officials said. themselves bypassed by some of our biggest compaThe American Advertising Federation, however, is Anecdotal data in the FCC's report suggested that, nies, on the outside looking in to our national marketassembling a panel to examine the .feasibility of a in some cases, the ad-buying process was guided by place." fly between .Congress, White House over defense shield By TOM RAUM Asaoclatad Press Writer • WASHINGTON (AP) - Cjlngressional Republicans, unwilling to yield ground to President Clinton in fulfill ing a longtime dream of building a national antimissile defense shield, are pressing for early votes on legislation to require a crash development.program. GOP leaders want to make it, along with a 4.8 percent military pay raise, among the first items of business when Congress meets this week for the first time since Clinton's Senate impeachment trial. · But the White House is threatening a veto - even t!lough the president earmarked $6.6 billion for a missile defense program in the budget he submitted only three weeks ago. . : Among other problems, the administration claims the measure before Congress would interfere with talks 1\eginning today in Moscow on modifications to the land: ritark 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty. "I cannot think of a worse way to begin a negotiation qn the ABM treaty," White House national security lidviser Sandy Berger said. : Republjcans are crying foul, suggesting Clinton's main motivation is political- to help Vice President AI Gore by undermining GOP attempts to usc missile defense as a 2000 campaign issue. At stake is a scaled-down version of the Strategic Defense Initiative ·that President Reagan proposed in 1983 to protect American cities from incoming ballistic missiles - a system that critics derided as "Star Wars" because it was originally i,nlended to be space-based. Essentially, the administration plan would set aside money for a missile defense program- but delay a presidential decision on actually building one until June 2000. The legislation before Congress would do away with the presidential decision part, making deployment official U.S. policy. "For the life of me, I can't understand the administration's position," said Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., the prime author of the House version. The threat to the U.S. mainland "is here today. and we have no defense against that threat, Why would you wail a year?" Weldon said it would take three or four years to build such a system anyway, so the administration position only puts off a go-ahead until the middle ilf a presidential campaign year. iWASHINGTON YESTERDAY: First ·president was pestered by portraitists :By lAWRENCE I.. KNUISON .. ;Associated Prt55 Wriler WASHINGTON (AP)- George Washington came to the presidency under .siege by artists who saw his character and their fortunes in the contours of his face. , •· The American Revolution's"comm31)der in chief found persistent artists more irritating than the crack' of British muskets; the lengthy sittings portrait painters .required were, he said, mind-numbing wastes of fleeting time. : Posterity, for whom these portraits were painted, can now judge the results for ilself. 1Wei11y-five Washington portraits, painted by a dozen artists during his two terms as president, are on view at the National Portrait Gallery here. The show is :one of many events marking 1999 as the 200th anniversary of the first president's death. . Sitting for an artist, Washingion was, at first, "as restive ... as a colt is of the saddle," he said in a letter. Then he simply endured. Finally, he rebelled, strictly limiting the artists he sat for. He was, he said, "heanily tired" of the demands of "these kinds of people." · · ' "George and Martha Washington: Portraits from the Presidential Years" offers a wide range of talent and formats, from intimate miniatures on ivory to full length portr.its laden with the gravity of state documents. One portrait bust in .marble shows the president as a noble Roman draped in a toga. , The show runs through Aug. 8. Ellen Miles, the Portrait Gallery's curator for painting and sculpture and author ·of the show's<:atalogue, notes that a group portrait of the Washington family by Edwald Savage is laced with symbolism. The Washingtons are examining a map ·of the new federal district soon to bear the president's name; .columns and red drapery frame a view of the Potomac River in the glow of a sunset, itself a symbol .of the approaching end of the president's long career. Gilbert Stuan, creator of the Washington image that graces the one-dollar bill ,and other well-known portraits of the president, has a prominent role in the show. But Martha Washington told at least one friend she did not consider Stuart's efforts a "true resemblance" of her husband. Indeed, one 19th century art critic said that if Washington should suddenly reappear on earth people who had seen Stuart's portraits would brand him an impostor. Stuart and the others turned out Washington portraits for an eager market and multiplied their profits by selling engravings of the works. "I expect to make a fortune by Washington," Stuart told an Irish painter in 1793. . . If Stuart and his colleagues hoped for money, they also searched for character. . Stuart found Washington's face "fierce," almost savage, and many of his features ullCOII)mon or unique. John Trumbull, who portrayed the president as the hem of the Battle ofTrenton, saw in his face "the high resolve to conquer or to perish." A Stuart portrait appeared as an illustration in a French book on physiognomy whose author pronounced: "Everything in this face announces the good man, a. . man upright, of simple manners, sincere, firm, reflecting and generous." One family of American artists took on Washington en l)llSSC, and earned a . pun for their pains. Patriarch CharlesWilson Peale, who had fought wiih Washington in the revolution and had painted the oommander more than 50 times, asked him to sit for his son, Rembrandt Peale. • Washington agreed, but Rembrandt ·Peale became "so agitated that I could scarcely mix my colours" and asked his father to set up his easel as well. The younger Peale calmed down and two portraits resulted, each from a dif.ferent angle. . Soon other Peales joined.in, including Rembrandt's uncle, 'James Peale, and hiS young brothers, Raphaelle and Titian Peale. Stuart reported to Martha Washington: "He is beset, Madam. No less than five upon him at once: One aims at his eye, another at his nose, another is busy with his hair, his mouth is anacked by a fourth and the fifth has him by tbe button." On encountering another artist, Stuart again described the scene of Washing- ton and the Pcales and unleashed his I'Jn. · "They were peeling him, Sir," he said. The b\11, cosponsored by Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., will be acted on this week by the House Armed Services C!lmmittee. The measure, which has 30 Republican and 28 Democratic sponsors, states simply "that it is the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense." The Senate version, by Sens. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and John Warner, R- Va., adds a phrase declaring that the system should be deployed "as soon as is technologically possible;" The measure was approved by the Senate Armed services Committee on a 12-7 vote and is on this week's Senate calendar. In the committee, Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut joined Republicans in voting for the plan. In 1998, Senate Republican leaders twice failed by one vote to win the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democratic filibuster against the measure. · Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, the ~~enior Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, ~owed a similar banle this year, claiming "there will be extensive debate" should Majority Leader Trent Lou, R-Miss., try to bring ·the bill up quickly. · Levin wants consideration delayed at least until after U.S. and Russian negotiators work on possible modifications in the ABM treaty - talks he acknowledges could stretch on for months. The treaty sharply restricts the kind of missile-defense system either nation can deploy. Congressional action now "will undermine our chances o~ modifying the treaty," Levin said. ·Since the technology to build such a system is at least three years off, "Why would we want to needlessly coinmit ourselves to a·deployment now?" he asked. · Even so, Levin conceded that North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile overlapan last year, and concern about nuclear progrl\ms in Iran and Iniq, have increased the stakes. "There is a real threat from North Korea that came a lot quicker than thi: intelligence community foresaw," he said. . .. . The argument that rushing ahead with a missile defense bill eould upset the delicate ABM talks is unlikell(. tO fin4 m~c;~ SY!l!PJ,Ihy in the Republican-run Sena.te" Many conservatives,. including Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.C., eontend the ABM treaty is no longer valid and should be ditched l!ecauac;;tho...Soviet.IJnion no longer exists. Helms saict recently it belongs "in lthe dustbin ofhistory." - ~~:::.~ By ...... ·· - - ·· .. ·- ~ TJie Bend ) Page7 : )!, Monday, February 22, 1999 : Should male tecHhicians do unchape_roned breast e~ams?" Reader says no: ly did unchaperoned bre~st exams. . I am reasopably ~ertam the hospotal_~1!1 ~hange th1s pract1ce after rece!Vm~ tts fi_rst la;o.'SUII for ~exual 19Y'J. Ln• Anrclc.i Timet Sylldlnlt and CruLors harassment o~ Improper touchm.g. Syndica~e . I am a busy ,m.ale • gy~ecologlst and wpuld never do a brcll$1 exam Dear Ann Landers: I agree with . o~ any pal!ent, regardless of age_. ~our correspondent who was upset wnhout a female 8,'te~dant presc~t .· Jhat a male technician was,going to to pr?tect ,her dogmty and my do ·her breast exam without a · mtegnty.,Thl!nk you, Ann, for yo~t . l'~male attendant'being present. understanding. . BRIAN L. : 1 was also shocked that the hos- FINKEL, : • D.O., FACOG, • pita! was bold enough to state in a PHOENIX 1 ~euer that mafe technicians routineDEAR DR. FINKEL. 1 cannot ' . imagine a rmale technician who ; han~les w'?tnen's breasts all day gettmg h1s JOihes from the process. If there ts .such a person, he should find other work before someone thro~s a net over hom. You were good . to · wnte, Dr. Fonkel, and I thank you. .. '' . _Dear-Ann Landers: I have been ~.hmkmg ~.bout_' that letter fro~ Left- Brat~ed 1D Sout~ Ca~ohna. He complamed that h1s Wife and children were tembly absent-minded, constantly losmg keys, glasses and wallets. They put empt~ peanut butter Jars back'" the cabonet and c~ntao~ers m the fridge without the Ann Landers . tops,screwed.on. He once found hi s w1fe s purse m the freezer. My wife has the same probletn. She is not stupid, just forgetful. (I once found her handbag in the oven .) I have a few suggestions that could help families worldwide . avoid domestic strife: Keep a de~k with a drawer that lods. .Anythmg I don't want _my wofe to get her hands on goes mto th~t drawer. If lle~ve it unlocked,_ it Will be my fault of the glue, sc1ssors, pens and stamp~ disappear. Have · s~veral sets of extra keys. Every year, I take my wife's keys : The Ohio Valley Christian School in Gallipolis recently ~nniiunced (he names of honor roll students for the first semesier. The following studen1s have (llade the "A" Honor Roll for the first semesier, and those marked With an * indicates straights A's: : J:'irst grade: *'Seth Amos, *Carty 'Atkins, •Joseph Beaver, *Courtney . Campbell, *Alex Davis. *Rebecca Evans, *Heather ~ahan, •Lindsey Miller, *HanAah Smith, *Natalie Stone, •Melissa Stump, *Julie Tillis, *Grace Tyson, Brooke Bowie, Hali Burleson , Ashley Coughenour, Amanda Jarvis. · Chelsi Kearns, Ricardo Maldonado, Wesley Montgomery. Second Grade: *Joey Absten, ~Annee Carman, •Braunlyn Carter, .,.f, *Laurel Davis, · man, Kalee Edmonds , •carol •Grant .Foster, Jasmine Gibeau! , Fahrny, · Jaymes Haggerty, *Ciintory Greene, Melissa Hop- · *Siephanie Jarvi s, · *Megan kins, Adam Massie, •Jacob Mahan, Garrison Salisbury, McDonald, • Aubrey Mont- •prew Scouten, •Crystal gomery, Kaitlyn. Myers, *Quinton Thomas. Michael Williams . Nibert, • Jasmine Owens, Alex Fifth G~ade: •Sara Beckley, Pasquale, •Henry-Patrick, *Katie Vanessa Burris, Jacob Eldridge , Pederson ,- Koby Queen, •Kyle •-Joseph Esmaeili, Kelli Irwin, Scouten, *Andrea VanMeter, Tara *Cory Kelley, Richard Workman: McCreedy, Keith Peck. Third · Grade: Jonathan · ''. SIItth' G~ade: Ai 'me~ Agustin, Beaver, '*Richelle Blankenship , • Hallie Carter, Elizabeth Steve'DS . · •Lindsay Carr, Zachary . <;:arr, · ·. ' s~ ~~~tl\ . Grade: *Brody *Kari Evans, Tyler 'I<;earps • .. 'i!!,a)\~,g~~.~~p ~ ~s.hle,igh Greene , Heather Moran, *Jesse Robillsop ,'. 'Hea)li l "Massie,. 'Grant Tyson , Nichola~ Stevens, •Laurel slii~e ; ··: ··tj'nd~~( 'Y,/1\~elt;i: *Alyssa *Heather Wagner, *Christopher Zirkle. · · · · . Williams . · . Eighth Grade: Mittra Fourth Grade: *Whltnee Esmae!i ,' Jeremy' Evans, *Chelsea Caldwell, Sarah Cochran, •Bran- Gooch, Christina Taylor. don Coughenour, *Adriane EastNinth <,;rade: *Amit Agrawal, . •. NO RAINCHECKS Dr. Filozof, Dr. Cabaniss and their staff are ready to establish your family with a healthy future. in a can next to the t~lephone. :· Every three weeks, 1 go out and buy: new ones. 1 don't t know what my: wife does wiil1 the pens, and 1don't• ask because I don't care. • Buy duplicates of whatever item: keeps disappearing. In our house, it: was a corkscrew. 1 hope. these suggestions will: help others. I love my wife, and my: flexibility has made a big differ-· ence in our relationship. _ TED IN: CALIFORNIA • DEAR TED: Flexibility? I'd: say you are a candidate for saint-· hood: Your wife is one lucky lady : Andrew Blankenship, Demara Brown , Michael Jenks, Joseph Meyn , Ginny Miller', Rac'hel Tucker. · Tenth Grade: Brad Bowman, Kent Hal ey, Adam Hall , • Am anda Hopkins , •Erica Mass ie. ~ *Nathan Williams . Elev.e nth Grade: "'Abe Abtauns, •Meredith Clark, Courtney Gooch, *Dae Lee, Abby .Meyn . Suzanne Polcyn, Laura Pollard, *Miranda Simmons, • Jonathan Taylor, *Chrissy Zirkle . Twelfth Grade: Becky Birchfield , Gabrielle Blackwood, *Shannon Enright, *Dani Jenks, *Bryon Moss , Josh Rowland, and Andrew Williams. _ The following students have made the B Honor Roll for the third six weeks : First Grade: Chet Brown , Alisha Green, Jonathan VanMeter. Second Grade : Mary GoodeSheets. Third Grade: Megan GoodeSheets, Olivia Hanlon , Daniel Kleynen , Ashley Mitchell. Brooke Taylor. Fourth Grade: Nathan Brown, Kayla Frantom. Jad e Gibeau!. Fifth Gr.ade : Brandon Bartee , Kristi Davis , Logan . Gary, Michelle Green, Johanna Jarvi s, D.J. Montgomery, Mikayla Pasquale, Luke Stinson . Sixth Grade: Aaron Beaver, Annie Carter, Kerry Carter, Kaleb Eldridge, Kendra Queen, Sarah Smith. Seventh Grade: Joanna Bow• ersock, Nathan Bowman, Tessa Haggerty, ·Dianna Jarvis , Joshu ~ Jarvis, Jo.hn Moran. 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I put ours phio Valley Qhristi~n ;~chool announces honor roll students i Pentagon reverses again, wants look at RJitter book on Iraq WASHINGTON (AP) A Rigby said the book- titled "The - cl&'iliificd or unclassified - -from mination whether the book material Defense Department agency, coming Iraq Solution" and due out in April- Ritter's work for the agency. developed as part of this contract," full circle, is telling fonner U.N. requires a review if it contains material "Mr. Ritter has to make· the deter- Rigby said. weapons inspe<;tor Soott Ritter once again that he may need to submit for pre~publication review a book expected · to criticize the Ointon administration. Ritter's lawyer calls the latest Pentagon position an attempt at intimidation. David J. Rigby, spokesman for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, .said Sunday that a letter was sent Feb. 18to Ririer 's attorneys, telling ihe former .Marine intelligence officer that. under the contracts he signed with the agency, any publication discussing the work he did hunting for illegal weapons in Iraq must first be submitted for govemmen. tal review. ' That reverses last month's Pentagon position in which the agency stepped back from an initial request to review the book, saying that because Ritter no longer was under contract to the Defense Department he was not legally obligated to submit it for review. "Back in January, there was not as thorough a ·legal review of what the requirements of the contract were," Rigby said when asked abOut the new letter. · The latest letter states, "No prior statements or actions by D.T.R.A. shOuld be construed in any way as waving its rights under the contract or in permitting Mr. Ritter to ignore his responsibilities under his· contract." Ritter said' publication review clauses are standard in military oontracts. Ritter was technically under contract with the agency - the Pentagon office that deals with threats from · Dr. FUozof (seated second weapons of mass destruction -during '!rom left) wtth his family and Dr. Cabaniss the time he was working for the United (seated far rtght) wttb their office staff. . Nations Special Commission on Iraq. He resigned last fall and accused the 1 Ointon administration of undermining · the commission's job of rooting out Saddam Hussein's attempts to produce chemical and biological weapons; Ritter's lawyer, Matthew I.. UffianWhen looldng for an obstetrician, consider Dr. Filozof for your prenatal care. Dr. der, told The New York Times that "You could easily conclude that this is. Filozof and his staff provide.their patients with the latest technology in obstetrics a last-minute effort to delay publica- . combined with compassionate, personalized care. 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Each were presented a check for $75. . . • The other two students receiving superior ratings were Julie Spaun, "How :00 Power Plants Affect the Soil Around them?"; and "Kyle Smiddie, ~'Developing -a Gray-Blue-Green Pottery Glaze at Cone 6." They received :Checks for $50. · • The other 27 exhibits received excellents from the judg_es, George Haw:ley, Southern Ohio Coal Company; Bobbi Hill , medical. laboratory techni: :cian, Holzer Medical Center; Don Anderson, environmental specialist, •Gavin Power Plant; Ann Sisson, science teacher, Southern High School, and :Todd Ragan , optometrist, Gallipoli s. : Financial contributors to the program were PDK Construction, Pomeroy; . :John Strauss, orthodontist, Gallipolis ; Larry Kennedy, Middleport dentist; •and the office of the Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney John Lentes. ' Linda Smith, science teacher, was in charge of the scie nce fair. · There are always answers out there and I'm really pleased with the WI!-Y you readers come up with them. In a recent column, Bob Hartenbach requested photos of Pomeroy High School athletes,' Bob and Charlie Blackwell. Bob and his wife, Viola, received a numher of calls from people wanting to help and . · giving them tips on where they might locate the pictures. However, none of the leads worked out until they received a call from a Mrs. Dixon in Middlepon who said she had learned of the picture request and had contacted a Columbus women, Susan -Blanton , who is a sister of the· Blackwells. Bob called Mrs. Blanton and chatted a bit and sure enough, the needed photos arrived in the mail a few day s later. As the result of .the communication between Bob and Mrs. Blanton I ·can update you on Bob and Charlie Blackwell. Bob retired from the army after 20 years and worked for Job Care before his retirement there. He died in September, 1997. Charles retired from the postal service in Cincinnati and had served three years in the army. He died in 1973. And the good news is that Hanenbach has the much needed pictures to help round out his collection. He and Viola arc really pleased . Don't you like happy endings? Everyone has a story about the O~io River which in its way serves . as a source of fascination to a lot of us and I might add I doubt if we really appreciate it as much as we should. · Now here 's a request for information from Shirley Hunnell Miller pertaining to our river and perhaps, some of you have more information on the tragedy which occurred in 1926, sometime in the month of October. A ferry boat ran between Pomeroy and West Virginia and one day the weather turned especially bad. Due to the weather the boat stopped running leaving several people stranded in West Virginia. Those st randed were offered a ride back ·to Ohio in a sk iff. Unfortu nate ly, the skiff capsized and several people including men, women and children were drowned although some drd make it to shore. . Among those drowning was Dora Hysell Hunnell who was the mother of Shirl ey' s Dad . Shirley recalls that the name .of Schoonovei' was also mentioned when she heard about the incident over the years. H you have the specifics of the tragedy, Shirley would really appreciate the details . Her address lis 36345 Flatwoods Road , Pomeroy, and her phone number is 992-4025 . . By the way, speaking of the ri.ver, Shirley, who was born in 1937, remembers the river freezing over in 1947-48. She was li ving on Condor St. in Pomeroy at the time. And a couple of other residents have recollecti ons of a river freeze-over. Pauline Greathouse of Middleport says she remembers the river freezing over in 1936 and re4alls it so well because she was expecting at the time. She was livinw in the Point Ple asant area then . And Rich Crow recalls the free ze of/1936 and remembers that Mary Elizabeth Morris fell through the ice. Mina Swisher of Pomeroy recalls that incident also and says that the late Plugger Ncutzling of Pomeroy rescued Mary. I . Like I say, don ' t you just love ~appy endings? I' ll bet Mary does. You keep smiling. .. lruured • MONDAY · POMEROY - Veterans Service Commi ssion, Monday, 7:30 . p.m . :11 7 Memorial Drive, Pomeroy. : RACINE - RACO, 6:30 p.m. :Tuesday at Star Mill Park, Racine·. · RACINE Southern Juni or :Hi gh School Booster meeting, 6 :p.m Monday, Juni or Hi gh building. ;People in the news TUESDAY POMEROY - Drew Webster Post 39, American Legion Auxiliary, Tuesday, 2 p.m. concerning· membership. Free Estimates 740·742·3411 ft .JD CONitRUC,.IOI • RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE- Kristina Kennedy, Wesley Thoene, Amanda Miller, and Shawn Workman, pose before their science displays which were awarded superiors at Thursday's science fair at Meigs High School. The four tied for fair 's top award. SUPERIORS - Kyle Smlddle and Julie Spaun were two of the six students receiving superior ratings from the 33 entries in Meigs ' · High School's science fair. Before Adopting that cat .. By Alden Waijt, President Meigs County Humane Society last week 's column about address ing the needs of the allergic individual, who, although aware of a hi story of allergic reactions to cats, still wants one. If, having decided to employ methods to eliminate dander and perhaps limit the eat's range in the house , you still want to bring the cat in , then do so after thoroughl y investigating the literature available on cats. . Where to find this cat? Well , check out the Athens County Cat Shelter. The shelter is located at 8500 Hoon Drive in Athens, and the number is 592-6047. The shelter may have some of these breeds. Certainly they will have mixes, and the staff will be happy to help you select the best cat for you. Many of these cats have already been spayed or neutered, have been tested for feline leukemia, and have been given all their shots. In some cases, you may be given special directions; ,a declawed cat, for example, will have to spend her/his life indoors. Ask lots of ques- 'lions of the shelter staff, for that' s why they arc there. However, any new animal should be taken to your vel for a checkup. Pl ease remem ber that the young cat.s and kittens will a lways be adopted . Those o ther cats that you may overlook-the older cats, a year on up-are the o nes who wait the longest period for a new home, and they are the first to be euthanized when the shelter reaches its limit. Don't blame the sheltef staff for that. We are all responsible for pet overpopulation. If you decide on a kitten, then be prepared to sign a contract saying that you will have the kitten spayed or neutered . And when adopting a cat or kitten , be prepared to fill out paperwork. The shelter wi ll not adopt out unhealthy cats. But if the cat has something simple, such as an eye infection, the cat will be sent home with medication. In all cases, look for clean ears with no discharge and eyes that arc cl ear, bright, and free from discharge: The nose should be cool, damp, and velvety with no discharge. The mouth and gums should be a pale pink color and· without • odor. Check the coat, which s ho~ l d be glossy and without sign of fleas. ' I have grouped' first the shorthaired breeds of cats for those will probably suit the allergic individual · best. • The American Shorthair has a short, thick, even coat, and as all owners of these popular cats know, · they are even tempered, generally have good disposit ions , are adaptable, and very intelligent . They arc a hearty, sweet breed, easy 'to care for, med ium to large, and fairly re sistant to disease. The Domes tic Shorthair, with a short coal, also has a generally' good disposition, is even tern pered, and intelligent. These cats are · generally sturdy and less prone to disease. The foll owing cats have short, fine coats. The Abyssinian is an · inquisitive, \demanding_. and intelligent cat; it is agile, intelligent, a medium size with a lithe, graceful body and, best of all , these cats like to play in water. The Manx is affectionate, sweet-tempered, live ly, and good companion ; it has no tail , is large in tl\e hindquarter, and runs like a hare! Siamese, vocal, i~qui s i ­ '. tive, sociable, and demanding, love to "talk," snuggle in your lap, and can be trained; they are also very· good with children . . · The Cornish Rex has fine , vel vety fur, called the "greyhound or cats." It is afll!ctiilnate, high strung,: and very agile. Another cat with a short , dehse coat .is the Scottish: Fold. These are slow moving , very: adaptable cats with amazing ear~ that fold down when the kitten s are abput three weeks old. The Russia~ Blue has a shon, thick lustrous coat and is somewhat timid, affectionate; and quiet. These cats often attach them~ selves to only one person. The Maine Coon cat has a heavy, shaggy coat, is quiet, affectionate, a terrific · h~nter, and a good friend. Large arut long bodied, they ~ave wonderfljl personalities. But if you are not afraid of a long-haired cat, give some thought to the next batch. The Persian, witli a long, thick, fine coat, is easy ~ , going, even placid, and good tem~ pered. The Himalayan l lso has :a long coat which is thicJC and fine: These cats are placid, gentle, arid affectionate bin do require a lot of. attention. ' Daily Sentinel · C ... Galllpolll & VIcinity AlJ. Yord SliM- Owner: John Dean IJ..o!J -Complete Auto ServiceLooking Forward To Seeing My Friend. 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Dletrlct at th.a olliceloclllod March 1, 1999 and may be at '311581 Bar 30 Rood, mailed to the Mtlga county Readevltle, Ohio 45772, Melga · unlit 2:00 o'clock p.m. Oocol Commlaaloriere, County , Courthouse; time), March 2, 1999, and Pomeroy, Ohio 45789 , then aald omce publicly Janet Howard, Praatdem I ~~~';o~and read aloud. Meigs County I< th~ ap..lllclllona Commlaalonora obtained from our (2) 18, 22, 26 31c ollie• or by calling and aaktng uato fiX a copy: Public Notice TUppera Plalna-ch11tar Water Dlllrlct AOVERnSEMENT FOR . 311581 Bar 30 ROIId BIDS R-eville, OH 45772 . S•partle •••l•d Bide lor PhOne 740-9115-3315 the pointing ol orlalntl ~rt F.X 74D-985-3320 01 th• Treatment Plant The TUppera Plalne-chelltr located II 361125 Sand Hill . Water Dletrlct reaervea the Cemetery ROIId right to~ re1ec1 any and all Longbotlom, . Ohio will be &Ida or to Increase or reclaved by the Tuppera decreue or omit any lt•m Plaine-Cheater Water THE COUNTRY . CANDLE SHOP (Lime StoneLow Rates) President Geral~ Ford pardOned NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARING The M•lga County Commlaalonora will hold the llrat of two public hearlngt at the Molga County Commlstlonora Olllca, Courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio on March 1, 1999 at 1:00 P.M. lor th• purpo.. of pro; vldlng the public lnlormalion and receiving com· menta aa to the Notice of Available FY 1999 Community Houaln~ Improvement Progra Funda (CHIP) lor Iundin from the Ohio Department of Development, Office of Houatng and Community Dtv•lopment USOA Rural Development. The Community Housing lmprov•mant Program provided gram funding to qual· tn•d public agenclaa, lor Improvement and provision of affordable houalng lor low and moderato houtt· hold a. CHiuna are oncouragod to attend thlo moetlng on March 1, 1999 to make auggaatlona and to provide public Input on varloua actlvltlea which may be undertaken In thla program. II a participant will nttd auxiliary ot.da (lnt•rpreter, bralllod or ta~d motorial, IIIIIIIVI llllanlng d.Vlca, other) due to a dlaoblllty, plea•• contact Gloria Klou, Cl•rk, prl<;>r to March 1. 19911 et 740·992-2895 In order to tneure that your n"dt will be occommoclotod. Th• Melga County Courthouaa Ia handicapped ICCtltlblt, Written commenta will be All Yard Saltl Mutt Be Paid In Advance. Deadline: 1:OOpm the dey berore the ad 11 to run, Sunday a Monday tdiUon· 90 1/2(),199 1 ' Nelwnville ' Middletown 'Washington CH ·*West Union *Jamestown BIBBEE No Credit • Slow Credit-• Bankruptcy Repo ; ·blvorced . . Pomeroy, Middleport & VIcinity . 80 Near the 33~ & 124 split ;n the Great Bend ~ftftftCftft~fil"fiiS~ edtuon • 2:00 P·rl'!· Frldoy. llondoy -on ·10:00 o.m. Sotu(doy. 1:00pm Friday. a. :furniture Refinilhing SCIENCE FAIR JUDGING - Nearly 170 science projects created · by eighth greders were entered In the annual Meigs Middle School fair staged Thursday at the school. Here Brooke Bolin explains her proJect titled "Are Smokers and Non-Smokers Taste Buds Equal in Sensitivity" to Jeff Hubbard, American Electric Power Co. employee. Other ·Judges were Kenny Wiggins, Meigs Litter Control; Danny Robinson, Bill Cummings, and Bill llleutzllng, all AEP employees, and Janis Carnahan of the Meigs Soli and Water Conservation District. Krista Johnson heads Ufl the science fair for tiJe. school. Former-"Velvet Hammer" 529.54 State Rt. 124 Racine, Ohio Phone: 740-843-5572 FriHI Estimates WOODWDRKS Guaranteed No Busy Signals! 1-888-657-0977 Gar~ge Dave's - &.Poldln-. DfAQLINE: 2:00 p.m. · tho doy - , . od Ia to run. Sundoy Joe Wilson 992-4277 ~~n.. APPALACHIAN Web TV or Computers all at local calli UNLIMITED Personal Access, Personal E-Mail Account & 10 meg of Personal Web Space!·Regular rate is $16.95 per mo. ft ft (61 Phone 740-992-3987 ' $150 for 12 months a. 1998 Martin Street Pomeroy, Ohio 45789 ~ .. . Drag99 Internet . Full Unfimited Access as low as $12.50 per Mo. ~ New Homes & Remodeling ti!'J · Garages, Pole Buildings,_Roofing,· Sidlng.- 1\!!1 ~_ommerclar& Residential 27 yra. exp. Ucensed & Insured ;:.. II!!! the latest in sports news from the . RACINE Southern Local Board meeting, M onday, 7 ~.m. Yard Sale 70 "Bufld Your Dreamn oc~~fiftet~ftccer · n1ty , c a1en dar-:.__________ :- --------- Com mU The Community Calendar is pub· :lished as a free service to non-profit ;g'roups wi shing to announce meet·ings and special events. The calen:dar is not designed to promote sales :or fund raisers of any type. Items are ;printed as space permits a~d cannot ·be guaranteed to run a specrfic num:ber of days. 81 : Minor Repairs • Cabinets • Siding ~Roofs • Decks • Garages This column continues, in a way, By Bob Hoeflich Remodeling ~New Conlfruatlon & Remodeling • Beat of the Bend .... Custom Homes Loot 2120188: Buhl Morton Rd . .,.. (7-40).-9753: (740}· .... 0369: (7-40~31522 Hall pound Easter Eggs, Peanut· butter, Cherrynut. more. Will wei· come special orders . $2 .~$2 .7 !5 . TNT Arnsh . New To Vou Thrift Shoppe 9 West Stimson. Athens 740-!592·1842' Quality clothing and household Items . $1 .00 bag sale every Thursday. Monday thru Saturday 9;00-5;30. The Outreach Center 275 State Street Is IR need of Donations! (7401-446·7555 40 Giveaway Five black Lab Puppies. weened, (3041675·6148, eher 6PM. Good outside small mixed breed dog. Goo d with children, 13041675·1275/ti74·3075. ~· Mh;ed Br.eed Puppies o good Homesl Paper trained . Out side 10'111&.(740}·245·5104 Mother cat, off·whl te, 2 yrs. ald. 2 Tom ca ts, whlte/1iger color, 1 yr. otd.(304)675·2496 . ·. (Over 15 Words-20¢ Per Word, Per Day) NO REFUNDS! Offer good with coupon only. Photo Copies Not Accepted FEBRUARY OFFER EXPIRES • ' • - I T w 2 3 1999 F s 5 7 8 9 10 II 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 6 - . T 4 13 20 27 - - - - - - Cosmetologist Needed Full & Part Time Paid Vacation, Hourly Vs. COmmission Free CEU Hours. 740.446·7267. Day position 9am·7pm, adult care facility, housekeeping/care giver. 74o-992·50231or Interview. Eaay Wprk l Excallent Payl As· semble. Products At Home . Call Toll Free t-800 ·467·5566 Ext. 12170. Excellent opportunity 'to join the long term health care field . Seek·. lng part· l lme' LPN's rotating shifts. Intermediate care facil ity. West VIrginia license required . Point Pleasant Nursing & Reha · blll tatl on Center. State Rou te 62N , Route 1, Box 3.26, Po in t Pleasant, WV 25550. (A Genesis Eldercare Center)EOE. Experienced Small Engine Me· chanlc : Will Be Working With Lawn & Grounds Equipment Serv ice. Set Up And Delivery. Send Re sume To CLA 466 c/o Gallipolis Dally Tribune, 825 Third A\IEinue. Gallipolis, OH 4~31 . FREE Ntce Pups, 2 Male Chow Cross , 1 Male, Border Collie Crou , 1 ·Mixed Breed FemaKI. Pound Res· · Free Home Health Atde Training cuesl740·682-6519. Classes Will Be Co nducted At Health Managment Nursing ServThree . Shocks of Fodder, Ices, Inc.. If You Are Responsible, 13041675·1365. A Self Starter, And Want To Ent· er Into The Healt h Care Field 60 Lost and Found This Ia A Tremendous Opportun· lty. Interested Individuals Should Found~ canoe on Ohio River, bet· we·en Middleport a Cnesnlre, call Call Today To Reserve Your Spot In The COiss. to to. 740·992·5937. Csll740-446-3809 Or Found: Golden Re trlever" Type 74().886·9031 Puppy, Approx . 6 Mpnths Old, VI· Opportunities For Immediate clnlty: Clay Chapel & State Route Emptovment May Be AvaUabte. 218 , 11 Not Claimed Will Need A EOE Good Hamel 74().446--8832. , M - ® - - - Address---,.------------:---Phone!_ __..__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I · Classification: - - - - - - - 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 1··-------,----- 3 . - - - - -....:;..:.-5 _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 7._ _ ___;__ _ __ 9--~---------11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 13. _________;____ 6.-- - - - - - 8:_ _ _ _ _ _ __ I 10._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~--- II . 12.-....;..___________ I . I 14,___________;___ I : For Additional Warda PleaM Alllch A Separate Piece Of Pa~r. 15. Mail or bring this coupon with payment to: THE DAI~Y SENTINEL 111 COURT ST., POMEROY, OHIO 45769 MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE · I I I ·. I ·. I I I I I I. 1: I L------------------------~-----~ : • J s ' ' �• Page 10 • The Dally Sentinel February 22, 1999 Ohio OOP BRIDGE ALDER -Canol Opponuntty to Advance! Apply In Person f.Aonday·Thursday 307 lJpptf- Fld, GOIIpoHs Will dO all occasion cards, invlta· Uona, etc can do newsletters boarders• etc, 7o40-992·t489 ery Coli t·BOQ.69t.an7 FINANCIAL Compony Looking For A Serious. 210 Bo Able To Pasa The Ohio De cense Excellent Benefits Offered Co"" Into Olfjce Between The Hour0 Of 830 AM And 400 ~M To Fill Out Application Boggs Pilat Control, Inc - · Qak HHI, OH Noon 7o40-742-05t0 45656 LPN poaitlon available for the candidate Rocksprings Ae nabllltallon Cen ter Is a progres· slve ICF/SNF center wlln an a11 callent reputation lor delivering exceptional ca re to the geriatric population Th1s position 1& part time with excellent benefl1 pack· age If you're Interested In joining our Nursing stall call740 992 eeo6 or send your resume to Rocksprlnga Rehabilitation Can· ter 38759 Rockoprlngs Rood, flo. mercy OH 45769 ATIENTION "Carol Greening, DON MOTHERS l DTHERSI Earn $500 ·$4 500 PIT Or FIT Per Month Training Pro\llded Uttlma· 18SUcce&8 com Or 8()0-228 3661 Need 5 Ladles To Sell A\IQn 740. 446-3358 OUTOOOR CAREERS •Pilei On ·Till .Job Tnllnlng OC<HnjiMIU,. Pay • llenollla INOTICEI OHIO VALLEY PUBLISHING CO recommends that you do busl· ness with people you know. and NOT to send money through the mall until you have Investigated the olloring AVIIIeble VENDING Rtt • Uult 100% Finance Available 1·800· 380-3t38' 835 Do You Think About Increasi ng Your Income? Developing Your Own Business? Call Income Specialists Now 740 446·06471 Hlghyiy (lotivaied Sell Starters Only Depr 22 VENDING For Sole Highly Prol· liable And Very Simple Call For FriO Brochure BOO 820-4353 Opportunltleo Must Be A Team Leader EnjOy RigOrOus OUtdoor Work, Haw A Good Driving Rooord, And Be Flexitlle To TlllWI To Y2K TIMEBOIIB! While Creating FAIT incomei Free Report 1 800 410 2612 113131 Have You Been Disappointed By Your MLM COmpany? Not EiCpBrl anced Prosperity For Your Hard Work? Rnally, An MLM Company That Delivers! No Hoops To Jump Through Upllne Puts Reps Below You! Call Income Specialist NOW, 740.446 0647 Depi 38 Professional Services 465, c/o Gallipolis Daily Tribuna ol563t Resumes are being accepted •or a parHime janitorial job at the Coun House and County owned annexes The position will begin at ssooo per year for approx· lmataly 20 houra per week Some basic knowledge of heating and cooling systems and plumbing are preterred Anyone Interested can tum In resumes at the Com· missioners• office, Court House 100 East Second Slreat, Pamer· oy, OhiO 45769 Salesperson Needed Furntlure Store Full· Time, Immediate Opening Apply Lifestyle Furnl· tura, 856 Th ird Avenue, Galhpolls, t0To2, No Phcre CaHs Pleesei Seeking Registered Long Term Care Nursing Assistants Part· Time, rotating shifts High school diploma or equivalent and West VIrginia certification required Apply Point Pleasant Nursing & Rehabilitation Cenfer State Ro· uta 62, Point Pleasant WV 25550 A Genesis Eldercare Facility EOE Surveying COmpany Seeking Sur· vey Party Chief. Prior E~~:perlence Preferred, Competitive Salary & Banellts Send Resume To Exline Surveying 10356 State Route 1:l9, JaclcSOn, OH 456AO Taking Applications For Fuel Drivers With Class B And Haz mat Ucensa Paid Time Off Bene· !Ita And Pay Baaed On Experl~ ence Burllle 0!1 Co , Jet Ate 35 And 7 Galipoiis Wanted Mobile Crane Operator With Class A COL s Position Located In Nelsonville, Ohio Mini mum Of Two Years Experience Necessary Call 1·800·339·6518 Mon·Fr1800AM ·SOOPM 130 lneurancs Crop Insurance Burley To· matoes Corn Ken Bass In surance 1·80Q-29 1·6319 180 Wanted To Do Cakes lor all Occasions, Birth· days, Weddings Ect , for more lnlormatlon call (740)-441·1681 ask for Delores Eldorado Adult Home Long Or Short Term Care, Pnvate Room $1 400 Semi Private Room $1,100, Syracuse Ohio 74Q-992- 4410 Electric maintenance serv ice Wiring breaker bOll!& light fix · ture heating systems and Re ~ modeling 304·674-0tl!e Furniture repair reatoratton & refinishing custom built reproduc· Ilona lit & Bennett Roush, 740. 992· 1100 Appalachian Wood· works Furniture rep81r refinish and res· toretlon also custom orders Oh10 Valley Refinishmg Shop,"' Larry PhiMips, 7-40-992-6576 Georges Portable Sawm1ll don t haul your ~our logs to a mill just call 304-675- t 957 1 Have 2 Openings For 24 Hour In Home Care Ot Elderly Or Handl· capped, 7o40-44t t536 Professional Tree Service, Stump Aemovdl. Free Estimates! Insurance Bidwell Ohio 740-388· 9648 7.0.367-7010 All real estate advertising In per load anywhere In Meigs Co , 0 cal 7-40-1149-t 022 ask lor Jim. Mobile Home, 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths Enclosed waaher & Dryer Area Garden Sub, Large Deck With 2 Storage Areas, A Great BuyAt lt7500 740-44t.Qt&7 Good selection of uaed homes w1th 2 or 3 bedrooms Starting at $3995 Oulck delivery Cali 740· 365-9621 knowingly accept opportunity b..ls trlc furnace wfcentral 11ir, single Vagabond Motorhofna 11187 On Where Ia• Without Expressed Or Implied Warranty And May Be Sean By Calling Merion Wilson AI 740 446 4060 OVB Reserves The Alght To Accep t Or Aajecl Any And All Bids And Withdraw Property From Sale Prior To Sale Pleasant (740)44t.Q618 By owner, 725 Page Street Middleport house & 3 Iota must to appreciate wlll sell house with· out lots lor $89 000 740·992 2704, 740-992 5696 House, lot, five rooms, bath, laundry, In Middleport close to schOolt town 740-992 5503 • In Town Living • 4-42 First Ave Large 2 Story, Formal LA Formal DA, 4 BA, 2 t/2 Baths Wail Equipped Kitchen Lg Basement, In Ground Po ol W/Haater, lg Family Room, Off Stroet Parking Serious Person s Only 740·592 5 t 36 (Athens) After 5 OOPM Restored VIctorian home situated on 12 acres, Village Middleport secluded and private appoint ment call740-992 5696 Two Bedroom, 1 Bath 1 86 Acre, Electric Heal. Fireplace covered Porch F!atrock $45 000 (304)675-2327 320 Mobile Homes for Sale HWCWII Only S199 down large Jtlection or 2·3-4 bedrooms free delivery& setup owner financing available, only at Oak wood Mobile homes 41 0 Houaas for Rent mont in Middleport, also one bedroom furnished house In upper t Bedroom House Furnlat'led, GeiilpOio, 740-992-9t 9t Gallipolis, Good Location, Refer· ences /Deposit No Pet&, 740· 446-1162 Renters Cream Come True! Call •• 1 Bedroom House, Close To Rio Grande College $280/Mo , Water Sewage, Garbage, Paid, 740-44t· From Holzer $325/Mo Deposit, 3 BR, 2 full baths, basement, Hv· lng, family, dining rooms, kllch· en Central Air, gas furnace, 2 car garage, big yard garden spot, sateiiila dish lor TV Located bot wean Pt Pleasant & Butl,lo $500 month call after 6PM, (304)458·t997 ~t2 Wetzgai Sr Pomaroy 3 ~ House, $350 oo Month , Deposit 304· 736 7295 Small Furnished Cottage Close To Downtown Gallipolis, References And Deposit 740·4-4&~ Limited offer 1999 double wide 3 br , 2 Da $1 799 down , $275 00 per mon delivered and set up celi1·800-948-5678 We Finance Land & Home Wllh .350 Lata & Acreage • Beautiful 2 4cras, Centenary Rd , Deed Restricted Surrou'nded by Beautiful Homes 7:11)-446-2927 22 5 Acres Aoad Frontage Cleared, On Neighborhood Road $35,000 740-4411-0785 I 5 Acres Blacktop Frontage & lake VIew Gallla County $32,000 Mora Acreage Available 740.386-&176 BRUNER LAND 7411-44H4t2 Gatlla Co Just Off SR 218 FneM1y Ridge Ad 15 Acres $14 500 Great Homesite & Hunt• lng Public Water City Schools! Teens Run Ad , 10 Acre• ltO,OOO Meigs Co Danville Briar Rk:lge Ad , 7 Acres With Pond Or 5 Acres With Stream $12,000 Or On SR 325, Nice Wooded 17 Acres $18 000 Public Water Carpenter Very Remote 11 + Acr· es, Nice Field $10 500 Rutland Whites Hill Rd , 11 Acres $14,000 Or 9 Acres $12,000, Public Wa ter Call NOW For Free Maps + Owner Financing Info Take 10% Off Ust Price On Cash Buys! Gaiiipoiitlano? Gaillpoiitlans? Ail Those People Wh o Live In Or Around Gallipolis, OH We Now Have large Restricted ReaiCitn· lla! Building Lot• Just Past Ru· 446-346t, 7o00-448.Qt01 Twin Rivera ToW'er now accepting applications for 1br HUD aubskl· lzed apt for elderly and handl· cappad EOH 304-675-6679 460 Space for Rent 470 Wanted to Rent Smail wooded lot Letart/New Ha· ven area tor small camper tor Will elean It needed (304)875-t327, 2 & 3 bedroom mobile homos, a< conditioned, $280·$300, sewer, water and trash Included, 740· pos~ Newly Remodeled Building For Laaos 3 200 Sq Feat, Great Lo· cation, t Milo Wast Holzer Hospi· tal, Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio 740-446·nB7. ME RC HAN DISE 51 o Household 2 Bedrooms Trailer In Gallipolis, 74().446.()893 2 Bedroom• 2 Bath Trailer In Green Terrace, $350/Mo In· eludes Lot Rent, Water, Sswer Appllancea Reconditioned Washers, Dryers, Ranges, Refrl· gratora 90 Day Guarantee! French City Maytag, 740·448· 7795 GOOD ,US!D APPLIANCES Washers dryers. refrigerators, ranges Skaggs Appliances 76 And Trash, $250 Deposit And VIne Street, Call 740-.t46·7398. References Required, No Pets, t.aatl 8tiJ.Ot28 Excellent Condition 740·441· t9t3 2 Bedrooms 2 Baths, CIA, Stove, Refrigerator Water, Trash Paid , No Pets, $350/Mo , $350 Deposit 7-40-386·9686 2 Bedrooms, Deposit And Re~ lrenoa Required 7o40-387-o632 2 BR Trailer, private location, near school, good condition, air, porches, nice Hartford S275 (304)882·2369 2BR Trailer, located on BroBd Run Road New Haven, $270 mo + uliiilies & deposit (304)773 588t 3 Bedrooms In Addison Area, Must Have Rent + Deposit. GoOd Aeferacea To Be Checked\ 740· 367·7866 Three BA trailer on Pleasant Ridge Road $300 deposit, $300 Matching sofa & loveseat with end tables & cotfea table also separa1a sora & end tables very good condition 741l-992·70t4 al· lar5pm New And used Furniture Store ll<liow Holiday Inn Kanegue Stop And See Us 740-446-4782 530 Pius Chifforobe E•cellenl Condl· lion (740)-446-3745 Buy or sell Riverine Antlqull , 1124 E Main Street, on At 124, Pomeroy Hours M TW 10~0 a m to 6 OD p.m , SUnday t oo to Apartments for Rent I and 2 bedroom apartments, fur· nlshed and unfurnished security deposit required, no pets 740 992·2216 7~0-992·~528 , 6 oo p m Russ Moore owner 540 Mlacellaneous Merchandlae bad or no credit (304)5jl2 5840 Land, 7·8 (304)875-3t58 acr11 with wall , Regulation size Mansfield slata poOl table, leather drop pockets, $800, 740-843-5565 Wanted and need- Scamp Lawn Boy illwhmowar. cal( 740·9 65· ootoct 3967 W1111t~~ li!iY· ~roll) dross, must be small size prlfC~rably black longor'\ltyta catr 740·982·5053 eft014pm • Waterline Spacial 3/4 200 PSI $2t 95 1Por tOO, t• 200 PSI $37 00 Par 100, All Brass Com· prssslon Fllllnosln Stock RON EVANS ENTeRPRISES Jackson, Ohio, t-800·537·9529 White Whirlpool Refrigerator Washer& Dryer, $200 oo, Other Dryero $75 oo Each Call Alter 5 OOPM , Sal Before Noon 740· 4411-9066 vardman 52" Cut $2,000, 20 HP Cub 46" Cl!l $t 200, t8 HP, 740· 446-78,24 2957 2 Bedroom Apartment Adjacent To University 01 Rio Grande c·~· 740·245-5858 2 Bedroom Apartment 1 1f2 Batha, Graatlocauonl 15 Court Street, Gallipolis, Kitchen With Stove & Refrigerator S4951Mo Piuo Ulililies, Deposit, Relerenc· os No Pats, 7-40-446-9580 2bdrm apts, total electric, ap· pllancea furnished laundry room facilities, close to school In town Applications available at VIllage Green Apts 149 or call 740·992 37tt EOH Gracloua living 1 and 2 bedroom apartments at Village Manor and Riverside Apartments In Middle pori From $249·$373 Call740 Rio Grande, OH Call 740·245· 5t2t Steel Buildings: New 1Must Sell 4011601114 Was $17,430 Now $tO 87t 50•120•16 Was $33,!180 Now $231185, 80•t50•t6 Was $48,830 Now $32,350 t00xt75x20 Was $98,650 Now $78 650, t.BOQ.406-5t26 Pete for Sale 4 Rat Terrier Puppies For Saia 7-40-258-6829 AKC chatnpion bloodline Mini Schnsuztro. ail ohols and paper· work Included, 4 mates 3 females ready to go mid March, 740·992· 6700, laavtt message II no an· swer AKC female bour, S2DO pur· ebred tamale bulldog $500 or METABOLISM Braakthrougn!ll Lose 10·200 Pounds easy, Quick, Fast Dramatic Retulta, 100% Natural Doctor Recommended Free Sam AKC Registered miniature Dachshund long haired puppies two pair of breeding Cockatells B V. Southalde Aquarium 2008 Camden A..nue Parlcar&burg, WV 26t01 uch Van a & 4-WDa Loaders Carmichael a Farm & :.2045:..:.;."--~~-~-~-­ 630 , Llveatock 1997 Chav Blazer Truck, LS , Push Button·, 4WD, •o6or, Cu· "' fist, Power lock/windows, Ex· tendad Warranty 56 000 milll, Sta.ooo. (304)882 3897 a1t4r 6PM 1 livoslock Sales 740· 592·2322, 740·698·35~1 For Sale. Bantams .Chlcklnl, $5 oo each Chuker Partridge $3 00 each (304J895·:l972 Orchard Qrasa S1 50 bale, 740.1$2-20~0 r Round ballrs of hay per square - ·tor sale 7.. 0. 1Wo t979 Jeep Chorokaos, $500 lor bOIIl t 979 Dodge Power wagon 4WD truck, $500, 740·7~2· 2050 r ~J•l J 570 740 For·Sale or Trade ' Two 12 Ft Semi V'l, Motors-& oars (304)675-1070 610 Farm Equlpme!)t 1020 John Oeere Tractor, 300 & 4000 DieHl 8N 885 lnter.rauonal liactor, 7..0.2:96-852:1: 1 1 ForG New Holland February Trac· tor Sale 3930 4WD, 4~ PTO H P t 92 Turbo, Symcho 8•8 Trans F and R Shuttle, Large t8,500 1 remote Keeters Service Center, St At 87 PI Pleasant & Ripley Ad (3041895·3874 THE BORN LOSER W~fi.INGT0!-1'5 Bltc::l"f\01\'(, ~~ I r v.tf\0 c.N-1 TW. IAf. wf\'( fit. '~ ('U.i'oiOI;lt£.\X:£.DTO &.U\EF~ OF ~t5CD.JKID r BIG NATE TO A~ MY OWN LITTL.E TII.ISUTE To THE F ....THER OF OUt>. COUNT1>."<" 1 t986 Honda Foreman, 350, • WO, Good Condition (304)875~ .:."::7.:6:__ _ _ _ _~.;_.._ Honda 350X throe whoe~r goOd condition $700, 740-247·2961 ~ Auto Parta & (, 760 age Runs Good $ t 000 Firm 740-367·0t87 • t 984 ~onte Cario·SS, It 9,000 mlles,,'Qood condiUon new Uree $2,400, call anytime, leave mas· sage 740.992 9339 New gas tanks & body parts WI-IAT HAPPENED WAS THE PONI{ EXPRESS LOST TI-IEIR BEST I'ONI(,ANDlliEN THERE WAS A ROBBERI{, AND 790 Bunks, Full Balh, Kitchen, Living Room, AIC. Furn , Awnings, Load· td lots of Extras lmmacula"' $3500, 7-40-992-4066 1998 Chevy Cavalier 5 Spud, AC AMIFM Cassette High Milt· age, 19 999,7-40-256-1094 93 Chevy Suburban 1!500 -4x~ Showroom Condition Completely toaded Low Mllaage one Owner, Rare vehicle Hard to find Call (740)·441·1724 II no anowor leave meuagal CELEBRITY CIPHER by Lula Campos Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are craa1ed from qi.IOfalionl by fam!MI people past and present Each lener In the cipher atanot for anoltier Tociays clue A equals U R L L DG 0 R B F 8323 l..lvlngaton 1 B111ment Weter· Proofing, all baaemant repairs done, lret eatlmatea, lifetime guarantee. 12yra on job experl· 3817. Profasalonal 20yre experlencl with an maoonory, b~ck block & atone Aleo room addltlona, ga.· rages, etc FrH eatlmataa 304· n:J-9550 840 Electrical and Refrigeration Aelldential or commercial wiring, new service or repairs Master tl· censed elacrrlclan Ridenour Electrical WV000308 304·&75· 1786 JaB v HARMOBT ZF RMDWF DB KDDN D U X F ,W ZFBBFI OL ow BYRW GDXSRWT . ' BD ZRN KFDIKF JRLYQWKBDW IJ PREVIOUS SOLUTION "He's 1h9 fellow who, when Esther Wllloams jllmpa Into the pool, geta .plashed'- Ed.Wynn of Keenan Wynn r~~:~~' ~@\\~lA-c!&t-~Se l~lto4 ~y Rearrang1 letter• of 0 four Krambltd wordo WOIO OAMI CLAY I POUAN the b.J. low to form four words ASCCER I I' I I I ULDAO ... ,-S-P_E_R_S-.., ...'"~,' ,. "As far as I can see," granny 4 I .I .I 1 . . announced "there has never , . . . . . - - - - - - - - . been enough mature people m U p T I ME the nght. ---.- ' I Q Compleoe the chuckle quoted PRINT NUMBERED LETTERS iN THESE SQUARES IMONDAY ROBOTMAN ASTRO-ORAPH Thesday, Feb. 23, 1999 People who care about you wrll be wllhng and ready to asstsl you tn the year ahead The assurance of tbetr support will enable you to acr rn a more confident and purposeful man· ner PISCES (Feb 20.March 20) Some stabllizmg influences could begm to enter the ptcture for you today where your finaoctal trends are concerned So tf thtngs have been ti&ht, you should be able to alleviate those fears you"ve been harbonng Trytnl to patch up a broken , romance? The Astro·Oraph Matchmaker can help you unde111and what to do 10 make the relatlonshtp work Mail $2 7~ 10 Matchmaker, clo thts newspaper, P.O Box 17~8. Murray Hill Station, New York, NY IOIS6 ARIES (March 21·Apnl 19) nus may be one of those rare days when yo11-could be luckier than usual wtth your naturalabtlny to ongrn,ate enter· prises or per.;onally direct them Put your talents to good use' TAURUS (Apnl 20-May 20) Lucky your You'll have alltes gotng out of theJF way tollay to help you tn ways you couldn't for yourself Thetr effnns might bnng about an rnterest· mg harvesl OEMIN~(May 21-June 20) Even <mall setbacks won't be able to upset the apple can today Whatever you env1s10n can be worked ou1 to satis· fy all of your hish hopes and expec:· FEBRUARY 22 I tauons CANCER (June 21-July 22) The scope of somethma you've been workmg dilipntly on could be far arandcr than you first expecred You could gel the fir.;l mkhng of rhts today. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Today IS the day to pen somelhmg you've been wanting to pubhsh or promote to 1nfluence pubhc oprnron on a IIIJer scale Li&hl the fuse to your rocket LIBRA (Sept 23·0cl 23) There ts a srrong posstbthly thai someone whose mtluence you cons1der to be far above your own could approach you today concernmg an alhance or pannershtp of some k1nd You'll be flattered. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 22) Per· form in ways that will rmpress your supenon today, and thar r.use or promouon you've been h.mkcnns for could be yours The eyes of the pow· ers that be are on you at th1s tame. SAGITIARIUS (Nov 23·Dec. 21) A nse tn populanly could bern store for you today You're fun to be around, but your chansma mtghl be more outstandrng •• drawrng people ofalllevels ro you CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19) Even •f surface mdacators don't appear to be supponive, rhat innately lucky feelmg you sense today ts a now. rather VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept. 22) Trans· formatrons that are controlled by out· side factors could be developmg for you today They mrght have a bene· fic1al effect on your finances or sta· thrng good ts on the horiZon AQUARIUS (Jan 20 Feb. 19) Expand on those spectal odea.• or pions you would hke !o develop ,!oday Now IS the ltme for yo u to lhmk and operate on a grand scale tus m some manner accurate barometer Some· ' {, • II I SCRAM·LETS ANSWERS Emerge ·Ranch· Chord· Zenrth ·GET DONE 'If 1t were as Simple to arouse enthusiasm as 1t 1s suspiCion," the comm1ttee chairman Sighed "tmagtne what one m1ght GET DONE ' WATERPROOFINCl 1992 Goo ~rism, Autom, Air1 It 650 GOod Condition 740.446· 4782 ence. lOt • 11192 Gao Storm · 5 apoad, atoroo, aJr, very ntca Interior, looks new, COllar • 4& Plec.for Jack end Jill 47 Chip In a chip 4&CompoStravllllky 50 Pat gently 52 Sund'-1 nunm,t 53 loy :. Home Maintenance Painting, vinyl siding carpentry, doors, wlhdows, batha, mobile home repair and more For tree estimate call Chef, 740..992· _ ~'Pretty SERVICE S Name Brands Over 25 Years Experience All Work Guaranteed, amorouely 6 UNSCRAMBLE ABOVE LETTERS TO GET ANSWER Don't get stung by hogh proces I Shop the closstfitd sectton < Woman" Hitch Naedsl D&L Family AY Canter 740-446-o800 Home Improvements aornetlma 23 Eye ....... bly 22 Sale alii, 44 Roberhl' Hornet Starlight & Campiight lrav~l Trailers & Tent Trailers ~ Salas & Sar\llce, We Also Car~ TrUck Accesaorlea & All Voufi 1990 Thunderbird L~' loaded, t C&C General 304-675 2722 Paae not answer leave Meaaagel teblished )975 can 24 Hrs (740) 446·0870, 1·800·297·0576 Aog t968 Z·24 Ca•aller, block, au·• ars Waterprcoftng toll)Ojlc, air, real sharp good ml~s lor "l~et, Mark's, Pomeroy, 740· Appliance Parts And Service Ail m-oun I 1•91 Cadillac Saville 4 door se~ dan, loaded With accesaorlaa gleat gas mileage car phone 3NT Condition Cali" (7401·44t ·17421f 810 12 Helra" conc.rna 13 Sc0111ah river 18 Had aomo hem 25 OM oppoaad , 27 Soli cerpel aurlace 2S Unknown author'• lbbr 29 30 Acroea kin 31 Cheracllrletlc : 33 Notoplcy 38 RRIIOp 40 Bloke! willOW ; 41 Conetructlon blltm 42 Tennlo shot 43 Adtlm'e ,. grondoon e & 93 Dutchman Classic 35ft Travel Trai ler Front Bedroom, 3 Rear 20 Arm bone 21 General East Pass Pass SOME BAD WEATio!ER,AND.. Whlta alu,,num topper, tits Chl, Unconditional lifetime guarantee Local references turnl11had Es· p&'/ off must seR, 740·94H22t ,DbI TI-IANKS, C~UCK ... I'M I-IANGING UP MINUTES vy 8-10 long bed truck lair condi· *7 ;:tlo::;n.:_:T't:.:::s•.:::ce::H~7;:40.:;:9:::115-444::::::::::;9.;__, Campers 8 Prong 11 P111 of BPQE ~ • • " ~ • bv hllmg 10 the ltiiSSing word1 L..-I.....;:..L~.L..-I.....;:..L.....J you develop from step No 3 below MTO on Ford Wheels {4eA)Full --~-------~IASEIIEHT ;: 84 Q00 miles. all powar. must see, ~~- . o& 1968 Plymouth Reliant, 4 door, newer motor, lots of new parts 19i0 Chevy Cavalier, Auto, 4 =~~= 24 Brad ~-..~.:::..:..l"s,..:..TI:....:.;I:...:::..,.,,G,......j A AUIO, Ripley WV 304·372• :l933 or t-80().273-9329 Open 7 Cloys a week Aaking $700 DBO (304)874· 0007 North It Pass ___ 1985 Honda 5 pauenger Mini Van, AIC, run& great, body In ax· cellent condition, 4 good tires, BITV'fm casset1e $995 080 740·742-4510 M&J Auto • • =pa 40 ~"!.. 10 ·-·• l'unchnd 42 Trou-. p11rta _,... 4IJ Fn>nt of 1 trvck (~tent movie) 411 "a.tl -" ' 12 It mary gel 4V New V011t lake -vy 111 night 51 In Ill -~~~~ t4 Gtoeer 54 Northern 15 Trenqul 55 ~ dletrlct 11 Gottovether 58 ltlg..17 Krozy - of the mkllnt comfce 57 Luybonee 19 -fixe (ob1111lon) DOWN 20 Ollllhlne the 1 New1pap11r 118r? article 23 --lourt (crawling) 2 Planetary complement 2B G'"k vowel 27 Butter ttiYing 3 Thin bollrd 4 New Haven 30 Lllrge ...bird lnlll ·32 Luxurloue fur 34 Recttel 5 Dead heat 6 Kind of bread 35 Popeye, lor OM 7 Un11rthlv 36 Actor Wallach 8 Arctic volllcle~ I Motor Homsa Autoa for Sale West Acceaaorlea • •~ Doors, 80 000 Mlles ,l Excellent 1 French City Maytag , 740·448· n95 CorldhiOn, St,650 740...46 9552 FARM SUPPLI ES & LIV ES TOCK •• Motorcyclea Wheel Covers 011 t 986 Ford/ 4WD $t20 (304)675·113t , Mualcal Instrument& Tl* L.OISTf~ TOPAY? WlliAI'S Mer1<S Auto5, 740-992·3011 Round bales, 650 ills. good mixed hay, 74Q.698·238B ' retriever puppies first shots. wormed, males & females $200 each 740.992·765 t I Want a nice Ford Ellplorer? We !'lava several In stock Let'l deal, Tires(4aa) P235175At5, M&S, 1975 Pfymouth Duster 6 Cylinder Automl\tlc Minor Front End Dam· Adorable AKC Rajjlotered golden FRANK & EARNEST 'Tool\'( I=>~ ..------, llaalh By Phillip Alder We have been cons1denng what to ' do when you hold 5 3·3·2 shape wtth a fi ve-card maJOr afrer your n ght· hand opponent has opened one of the doubleton sutt Now 'suppose the long sutt iS a mmor Does that change mat· ters' Yes, tt does ·• wtth a capttal Y m bold type' Normally, you would overcall one no-trump , II that t> lea sible, or make a takeo ut double You should no! overcall rn the mmor unless 11 rs very strong and the only worthwhtle feature of your hand Why ts thts' Because we hate to play m five of a mmor On any gtv· en deal , It ts rare that on~ s1de can wm II tncks, whereas nme or 10 IS nor· mal So, we try to get mlo three no· tt ump or four of a maJor And 1f you have three cards tn any unbtd m aJor, you can always hope your partne. has a! least ftve By doubhng, you leave all your opuons open by o~crcalhng , you put (almosr) all your eggs m !hat one basker Today's deal ts last Thursday's wtth the black sutts sw ttched (and rotated through 180 degrees to keep South the declarer) Wh1ch game would you prefer to be m' West would probably double ftve clubs and lake hts three aces Three no-trump most ltkely escapes a double and 1f West 1s dozmg , rhe contract wtll make After wmnmg rhe ftrst rrrck wtth your dtamond Jack, you lead a low spade toward dummy True, West should tly m wtth the ace and establish htS dramonds Bur tf he sleeptly ducks, you wm wtth dummy's Jack and 1mmedtately sw1tch to clubs , takmg ntne trtcks v1a one spade, two hearts, two dtamo nds and four clubs winch, excellent shape, run.• gnsa~ $3,900, 7.0.992-6849 I 689·8211 • ~ • Who cares about minors? 78 GMC, t ton, dual Wheel 4x4, 350 engine standard wilh 4 ton Hay & Grain 710 4WD 42 PTO H P $10 00 730 $3700, 740-992·7476 or 740-949· coma, Hauling Available, Athens GIT !1 1 1 Finish Mowers, Cutters, And February 27, 1 PM Spec~I Brod Cow /Cow Call Sale, Callie May Be Broughr In Aller 4 P.M On Friday All1:onsignments Wei· 1 Clly mep, 37 FHEII competitor H Oldeet marn In Opening lead: • 10 j 1888 Blazer 4WO, 6 cylinder aU· IOmallc PC., PS, PB great &h8Pf, Cockatiel And Tho Cage $t25 .(304)882·34n PTO H P Same Spec $22 908 Our 45 end 55 HP Tractor• weigh t 3001 more lhsn JD 52 tO and 53t0 30t2 2WD 113 500 30t 0 pawa st 3,000 7-40-992-5,532 Your oaalar For Dixie Chopper commercial And Residential zero Turn Mowers Buah Hog Tillers, Go, Will Haul To Butcher Shop, 1'40 258-e510 JUGHAID = 1965, S·tO Biatar, $t5,01l,~ (304)675-1925,- • • ... 3 Year Old Mare, 112 Slsodard Brsd, t/2 Draft Horse, Broke Single And Double Road Safe, Dan Hershberger, 4789 PJitrlot Road, Patrto~ Ohio 45656 Black & red Umousin buns & hell· ers 7-40-992-8040. I'LL NEED ALL I CAN ~~~I sizeutohor~ 9~1Mr'rtF· t:o~ .. ~~.~ralr, v-el :9 Prices W Also Now Have All The t988 odels in Stock Lawn Inc •, Lootil John Dtore "' ill 0 1 MIU u 11<1 ea or, wa, twaen .,a polis ~nd Rio 'Grande On Jackeon Pika 740·~46·2412 or 1·800· 594·tttt LOTS OF LUCK ON YORE TEST TODAY, .. 1997 Chev. Blazer ·Ls 42K Mile~' s B o ~ t985 Foid 4X4 Ranger, 2 34 oyi l ~ epeOd One _ ,,"good conrllj lion 11,800, (304~·t997, aftol ePM j 1 Free D•i"~~ery Compare Our BARNEY $14,500 00 7o&0-256- 968 Wa Hava !< Few t998 Modal John 0001• Lawn Tractors Loll Rebates ~ To $300 Thru March TR ANSPOR TATION For lilt, refrigerator & electric stove, new bicycle parta & sarv· ICe 740-992-61"1 church WanltC norm Of....,_ !o rent lorhun~~pg 1ooto500...., with limber and pallure Pllle"ed. AHponOtro P.O Box 223, SCOtt liooot wv 25fll!ll, or cal . (004)757.00 ACROSS Dealer: West truek1 runs excellent, Mark's, ~ meroy, 740-992-3011 ' • 1894 Chevy Silverado V· 8, p p 'Air, c Player oOWin Pkg, 12t,500 7-40-446-9364 And Rio Grande On Jackson Bichon Fllso Whitt Puppies, 9" to It" AKC Toy Yorklos AKC Wormed~ Shots (740}379-906t pump, 2 remotes 4 outlets 2 yr full warranty $20,900 4830 55 (304)675-3988 ~ Square Or Round Bales Delano Jackson Farms 740-446-tt04 Electric scooters Wheelchal,.., New And u•ed, Stairway Eleva tors Wheelchair And Scooter Lifts Bowman a Homecare 740· 448-7283 tunitiel f Lawn Mldwey ll<ltwoon Gallipolis Pike, 740·448·24t2, Or t-800· 594·tltt , ' ----~~------~~==~----~• Vulnerable: Neither Needs Clutch work, Rune GoMI Loaded, immaculate, COndition, Garage ~opt, ••71000 Milo•, r ' Fun Nne of pets supplies Blue & White Lovosoal For $30 992·5084 Equal Hou&lf'lg Oppor 19811 Foftf Ranger (DIESEL), nd, ruot, runs ~ diopendable, ~~ S30000BO 7o40-992-7077 ~ t 986 Ford Ranger 2 9 standanl Mos 4 5% Moo 5.5% · 60 Mo Used Hay·48 Equipment Aa Low 2412 Puppies & Kittens Or Trade For Color TV 740·446 2454 Restaurant Boothl, ~ tKQJ • J tO 8 3 2723. Service Cantor, St Rl 87, PI t988 Dodge 4X4<A~tom, A/C, Pleasant & RIPIIIY Rd (304)8951 3t6, Bedliner, Hitch, Alumlnu"' 3874 • Wh,IIS. J.2, 750' Mliu, Shar»l $11,1QO 00 7!1Cl-'379o2746 New 5QIO, IGtO, 70t0 Serlol Tractor0 In Stock 7 75% Fixed t9U Jeep Cherokee, 82,00Q Rate John 0et11 CII<IH Anlnctng miles. reel pretty, while, goO<t Square Bales 01 Good Green Mixed Hay $2 oo Each, 740·448· 304·465-t293 590 For Sela t 982 Chevy 1 Ton Duly, Many your popular Be 1 Salere, NH, Verm~ter, JO Heaston Kaefers " • • Q 6 5 • A 7 4 New Parts, Nsw Paint, Clean ~ Sharp Truck $4;mcl 00 740.379• 50%, lliss moving parte 4X4 $800, Nogo- ~4().367.0187. 7001 $9,900 4X5 tOOOI $12,opo, E•cetlant Siioagt Sal· til87 S·to Good C:Vndlllonl Some or CHock those crlcll ogainot hj"iii~al Allar 4 l'.M 740·445- ,Available New 4000 Sirles Gom· pacta In Stock New John Deere MoCos And Round Balers 0% • t2 M00 t 75w 24 M0 3 s~· 36 South 720 Trucka for Sell 740.245-56n :..:.::..::.::...:.:.:..:.:._ pi18 Cei74Cl-44t t982 seats t6·18 poopte $200 alSo 2 i 7o00-992-30tt • Wrtokod 1994 Muolang GT En·J gino intact $2,000 OBO (304)615-2004 I 740·367.0583 Cali 304·773-SOtt, Or 304·n3· 5841 For More Information, Pa· pers Available Blonde Console Plan o With Bench Acrosonlc By Baldwin, $300 740.388·8482 College Student has Baseball Cards for Sale! (740)-«8-2927 wrap, no bello, oolld bar typo 3 automatic, air, real good~ caf.,~ Mark't Auto Salee, Pomeroy, 1 Budget Priced Transmlulonl and Engines All Types, Access To Over 10,000 Tranamluions, Lab Pups AKC, 8 Weeks t st Shots & Wormed, Call Aller 5 00 P.M (740) 4411-2480 AMAZINCl this area Fhced chamber, auto Shorp 11194 Z·24 cav;lt<, btac;,f, Hay For Sale Square Balas, $1 75 A Bale 740~245·5872 Or 11" DlrtcTV Selalllte Syalema· gain ~11304·752·2970 Baier Celio\ lor Ol'th 022299 K J 9 • K 6 2 • 7 2 AKQ974 East West • 8 7 4 2 • A 10 3 • 8 53 • Q J 10 9 t A 10 9 8 4 • 6 5 3 AAS • 6 2 a EEK&MEEK t 972, $3,000 Or bOll Oll't, (304)675-3t511 AKC Golden Retriever 23 Months Old, For Stud Service, Wormed, Femoie·$250 00 Male· $200 00 (740)·379·2524 or (740) 379 2961 Adult vldeoa, :1: hra , the vary bast, still In bOll must sell, bar· w Round Sale: Volkeswagon, Baby Blue 640 1 Crypt & Plate $2 000 00 Mem· ory Gardena, Subject To Offer limo oiler, caii1·IJOO.nut 94 M• • I"''"' trade lor AKC male Maltase, 740· 843-5285 Golden Retriever AKC, Shota, $69 00 purchase price with one month tree programming Limited Qualifying Tractors Carmichael• Farm & Lawn, Your local John Deere Dealer Midway Between GaiJIQolls •And Rio Grande On Jaekion Pike 7"0·446-2412 Or t .80Q.594-It 11 Butcher Hogs For Sale, Reedy To 740.446-6306, 1·800-29t·0098 Unit 48 000 BTU Will Accom· modale 28•50 Home Or Larvor, Chrioty'o Family Living, apart· 740-388·1056. U&-1&19 ' Block brick, oawer pipes, wind· Full Blooded Dalmatian Puppies I Opportunity Furnished Upstalra 2 Rooms & Bath, Clean, References, & De- BulldlnQ Suppllu lor solo, $50 00 oaclli Call (740)· 388·8922 _::._.....;c;...::..:.:.::.:....:.c.::..._~.-1 rnents & home rentals, 740-992· 4514, apartments available now furnished & unlurnlahed • "WAAMUPI" 740.367-7664 1 Bedroom Ground Floor Eco nomlcal Gaa Heat Near Holzer WID Hook Up, Quiet Location $279fMo , Plus Utilities 740·«6· We Have From 25 To 30 Uaad Tractors In Stock Financing AI As 3 9%..-0armtchael's Farm & Furnace, Heat Pumps, & Air Con· dltlon!ng Free Estimates! If You Don't Call Us, We Both Lose I posit Requited, UHIIIIes Paid, 74(). $~9,500 80Q.263-2640 740.992 9989 Antique Bad Room Set Headf Foot Board, Drauer with mirror, per month (304)576-224t 440 Antlquea Electric Furnace 77,000 BTU CA Financing available with good, Prlmtatar 5"9 ln~tallallon, with value special f',..e bonus gill, 560 Good a & Relarences Raquirecl You from $279 to $358 Walle to shop & movies Call 740·446· 2.568 2 BR and t aero land Bar Booths Singles /Doubles For Sale, 1886 2!50 4 )'lhoolar, $700, ~porlment For Rent $250/Mo , Second Aloenue, 74Cl-367.Q2t9 ows. lintels, etc ClaUde, Winters For Lease Dressing table, bsbybod stroller cor ses t walker & swing (304)675 4548 nenclng I!Vaoiablt 304 755-5885 Walker t 'jlrar Old t/2 Morgan tl 2 Cuert,r Horse $900 For Both: 490 for Rent $3.3,000 MSO Steel Belmt, Trent Box $3200 00 2,000 Gal. Water Tal)k $800. (740)-&43-2911 yr warranty on Sara & Bearings, One 11 MOnth Old Tennasea 420 Mobile Homes BEAUTIFUL APARTMENTS AT BUDGET PRICES AT JACKSON ESTATES 52 Westwood Drive Hurricane, corner of Hurricane Ck and Cow Ck , Mobile Home, (304)675-1431 Haven (304)675-8766 Two BR House for rent In New For Rant 740 31J8...tt00 (304)562·5840 Nordic Track Manuel 4000 Treadmill, $250 Aluminum short bed truck topper black S65 550 5236 7-40-985-4218 Brackets overh1nga, 315 Hoe " 74~22tiS Wanted 2 Bedroom House, Country, 3 Adults, & Bally cue in July, Rouoi\abio Rent, Gaiiia COun~ 740-367"0492 • Beautlrul Meigs County County Wllter Is Available 5% Land Contracts Poeslbte On Lots Up To 10 Acres Call 1·800·213· 8365, For Details And F'111 Maps. Amazing only $999 down on large 111ect1on of double wldes, free delivery & setup owner fl· Mixed seasoned firewood , cu1, spiH ond deiivared, 100 load 740. er, $86.00, Almond Kenmore Domallc refrigerator for aale, 52•22 electric propane or 12 volt 740-742·3805 after 6pm Milton Exit. t aero land, 3 BR, 2 Bath , 89 Brandywine Mobile LOSE WEIGHTI Call Alia t-888·449 3756 Halbllf. lie independent DislribU!Of 740-385-4367 ApartmeniS Cottage & Trailer Near Ashton Ad 17 muaalrom JET AERATION MOTORS Repa<ed, NOw & Aibultt In Stock CoHRon E,.ns t·IJ00.537 9528 $tOO oo, Whitt Konmort Wash· !land 011 01 SR t 24 At SR 325 In Glenwood, AI 2, Apple Grove, t8xt6x26 8x5x25, Foam 51 t81hs, ~x80 txl41127, 740·44623511 Mobile home site available btl· ween Athena and Pomeroy, call ltles Deposit & References Required, t-1100·9411-5678 Security Deposit Required, 740· lamliy camping, witlllwithout util· Pay Utlilti&J, $250/Mo, 740 38119t62 Factory goo! !II Save thousands, Floors. CA, t t/2 Bath, FuJiy Car· peted, Pallo, No Pats, Lease p,l~s Three bedroom house, two car garage, no pets $200 deposit, references, $300 month, 1-40·843- Rent Buster, new 1999 , 4x70 2or 5678 ' 992-5226 2 Bedrooms In Porter Area, Oe· Nitro Wv 304· 755-5885 IllY Coil 1·800-eDHn7 One bedroOm furnished apart· Aetrance 7~·1104 Home City warar, low down-pay· ment $35,000 Financing avail· able with good bad or no credit S500 Down on any 14x70 In stoc:k, limited number free dallv· RENTALS No Problem I 1125-2126199 t 800· 251-5070 740·387-!l45t ANer6 PM Brick Ranch, 38Af2 baths 2 c:ar garage/Additional 2 car gara ge Acre lot Sandhi ll Road Pt Pakl, No Pall, Deposit And Reltr ences Aequiroct 740-446-1370. 2 Bedroom Trailer Deposit And Drive, (304)675-2363 Alta Log House On 1 Acre 3 Bedrooms, Central NC New Fur nace, Cust9m Oak Kitchen CaDI· nets, 24x30 Garage $92 500 One Bedroom Apartment, UtMilles DoWn Payment AeloceUng? Take Over Pay· menta 304·736-7295 865·2962 arter 3 30pm Monday thru Friday anytime weekends EHO (304)8112-3718 Anthony Lend Co 992·2t67 3 BR Large Family Room 2 baths beautifully landscaped Many edras 2944 Meadowbrook fiCO. $70 000 oeo must seu 740 Family environment Wt Pay Cash t·600·2t3·8365 Terms 01 Sale CASH OR CER· TIFIED CHECK. As Lillie As $500 Down t-606· 9211-3426 5 bedroom home porch /deck, close to school store & post of eteculc quiet ,dep. & rat required $300 00, 304-675·t550 Oakwood Homes, Barboursville, qulries, 7o40-388-Qt36 740-367-7401 Old Ash Village Accaptlng ap· piicatlons, Rtnt $225 and up All One bedroom apartment for rent One bedroom, large LA kitchen WID hOokup, $300/rno plus deposit, SA 7 near Cheshire, 740· Used single wide, around $100 per mon t-800-948-5678 4 Bedroom Home In Cheshire, 2 Car Garage Work Shop 1 1/2 Acre Land Orcha rd Balh & 112. Sewage, l'run, $295/Mo 740· 446 pootl We Buy land 30 ·500 Acres Required t-888·1J40.052t 3 4 Bedrooms, Full Dry Base dry Room LA Kitchen Anached Garage Apartment 1 3 Acres, 2 Trailer Lots $65 000 Serious In· West 2 Bedroom Townhouse Apartmentt, tncludea Water On Lend Contract 7-40-367.Q280 69t 6n7 call 3 Bedrooms, 2 FuH Baths Laun Now Toklnlf Applications- 35 New 14wlda, 3br/2 bath $500, car garage, dock 134,900 740 949-3037 ment Fireplace, Forced Air/Gas Furnace. A/C Fenced Corner Lot 36 Windsor Court, 30ot 67~7285 Wanting To Buy 15 To 20 Acres Prefer Something With Buildings & Barn, & Some Usable Acres Heavy Duty Bo11es, 16dx41, 553' Cat Shoop Foot Roller, $34,000. Top Con Tranolont $4,500 00, GMC Flatbed Dilltl Truck· 15,200 45 Ft Parts Tnllier St900, 2,000 Lb Headache Bell, VlbraHng Plato lor a 416- 200 L010 AS 8 99% Fixed Roll On 740-386 99411 New bank repos, only two left, never ll\led In call 1·800·948· 112 acre lot, 2·3 bedrooms alec· wanted 2 3 A.cras Secluded Land With Accau, Must ,Be Buildable Or t..4 H Accessible Grubb's Plano· tuning & repairs Problema? NHd 1\Jnad? Cah the plano D< 740-448-4525 7o00-4411-9611 Tara Townhouse Apartments, Very Spacious. 2 Bedrooms, 2 and aet up can 1·800-948-5678 310 Homes for Sale Washer /Dryer Hook·Up, Water, 3 Bedrooms, Big Yard, Private Driveway, Garden, 2 112 Miles 3 bedrooms , only $995 00 down ,lt95 00 per mon, lrea delivery HEAL ESTATE trlc One Bedrooru Apartments. Taking Appllcatlona, On 3 Bed· room Repo, Pre·Approvalln 10 Mlnutesi800-38U862. 2127/99 AI tO 00 AM At MJW Moving & Towing, 506 St At 7 N , Gallipolis OH. fho Above WIN 11<1 Sold To Highos! Bidder 'As Is .. advertisements for real estate which Is In violation of the law Our readers are hereby Informed that all dwellings advertised In this newspaper are available on an equal Apt1, Are" now Ac· ctpHng Appiicatloll6 For Ali Eltc· 1005 to advertise "any preference, This newspaper Will not Cali (740P446·3302 lor appoint· ment. 1 tt58 Ohio Valley Bank Will Oiler For Sale By Public Auction A t973 limitation or dlsc~mlnation Real Estate Wanted ing IJ00.383-61182 lhla novtSPBper Ia subject to the -1111 Fair Housing Act ot t 968 which mak01 ~Illegal based on race color reiJgion, sex famMial status or national origin, or any Intention to make any such preference, Ymttatlon ar dlscrlmlnatlon • 360 Doublewide Repo, Call For VIew· WV Tired Of No? 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Net income Mlcreased 28 percent to $14.3 million, Or 3S cents per share (34 cents on a ~iluted basis), from $11 .1 million, or ~7 cents per share (basic and diluted). ['or the nine months, ~et sales were 0~ IOpercent to $730.2 million, and !let income rose 32 percent to $43 .8 inillion, or $1.06 per share ($1.05 on .-diluted basis). · • Oespite challenging weather con- December and the remainder of Janditions i~ most markets during Janu- uary have been among the strongest ary, the restaurant segment achieved · we have seen in several years," he its ninth consecutive quarter o f same added. s10re sales increases, with a 5 percent "Our intensified foc us on store ga in (excluding the extra week). level operations which enhance cusWhile the additional week boosted tomer serVice continues to set our sales for the quar1er, a concurrent restaurants apart from the competicharge in account ing as well as tion ," Evans said. severe weather, offset a portion of the positi ve impact on profits. Nevertheless, the segment's operating margin improved from a year 'ago, its operating income rose 16 per-· cent on a 14 percent sales increase. "We are pleased with the continued positive momentum at Bob Evans Restaurants," said Daniel E. Evans, chairman of the board and chief executive officer. "Although sever winter weather ncgativeiy impacted same store sales in early January, weekly same store sales increases during November, ' The pace of the new restaurant openings is expected to accelerate in the fourth quarter and in fiscal 2000. During the third quarter, Bob Evans opened five new restaurants, for a year-to-date total of seven, The com· pany plans to open approximately 13 restaurants in the fo.urth quarter, and at least another 2S in fiscal 2000. Quarterly operating profits in the food products segment were up 46 percent, which reflected favorable raw material costs, strong volume growth and the extra week of operations. Hog costs in the company's '• sausage ~usiness ave,..ed $21 per 1999," he added. "We believe with declared a quuterly cash dividendo~ hundred weiglll•.compared with $37 ·our improved store level perfor- 9 cents per share on the company'S' a year ago. ~ mance, plans for accelet"ating ex pan· ·outstanding common stock. The div~ Driven in pan ·by incre.ased pro! sion in the restaurant business, and idend is payable March I to stock:' motional activity, volume from com· our successful new product program holders of record at the close of busi~ parable products (principally in the food products segment, we ness on Feb 19. sausage) rose 9 percent (excluding have laid the foundatioq for susiJiined Bob Evans Farms, Inc. owns and the extra week). New products also earnings growth over the long term.': operates 414 full service, familY.: . · contributed to the segment's overall During the third quaner, the com- restaurants in 20 states, principally iq sales and profit increases for the qUlll"· pany repurchased 358,000 Bob Evans the Midwestern, mid Atlantic and ter. common shares, to raise the year to southeastern United States, as well Ill· "While our hog costs may have date total to 1,279,728 shares. At the Texas. The company also is a leading' bottomed out, and probably will he end 0 the quarter, there were producer of pork sausage under the. closer to year earlier .levels in the 40,998,705 shares outstanding. The Bob Evans and Owens brand names.' quarters immediately a head, we balance sheet remains strong; as of Other operations include Mrs. Giles: believe they will remain relatively Jan 29, stockholders' equity was Country Kitchens, a· producer of. moderate as we move into fiscal· $473.1 million compared to total debt . fresh deli salads, and Hickory Spe2000," Evans said. of $27.8 million. cialties, which manufactures charcoal "Both of our businesses .have per- · On Peb 11, the board of directors and smoke flavoring products. formed very well so far in fiscal . . ,~ Grueser, Racine, speed, $70; Rodney Grucse r, Middleport, DUI, $395·, FRA suspension, fictitious tags, $83, left of center, $63; Stephan Hysel.l, Pomeroy, unsafe vehicle, $83 ; Stephanie Keyes, Portland, speed, · $68, fictitious tags, $83. · Aaron Knopp, Racine, public intoxication, $1 33, disorderly conduct, $83; Judith Lee, Pomeroy, speed , $64, obstructed license plate, $63 ; Christy MaTlin, Pomeroy, litter, ordered to clean up by February 27: Sabrina Morris, Pomeroy, FRA suspension, $120, defective exhaust, suspended fine ; Monte Riffle, Pomeroy, speed, $70. .J\III"ddleport mayor's court . ' ; Middleport Mayor Dewey Horton processed 15 cases in mayor's court last fuesday. . ~ Forfeiting bonds were: Alana J. Grimm, Middlepon, $150, disorderly con. (luct; Charles.M. Miller, Middlepon, $51 , speed; Angela Ly.nn Edwards. New }Iaven, W.Va., $49, speed; Andrew T. Bauer, Cheshire, $51 , speed; Jeremi· l'h Bentley, Pomeroy, $55, speed; John.W. Barcus, Jr., Middleport, $60, running a stop sign; Steven R. Pullen, Mason, W.Va., $60. expired tags: Jerry ~ · Hubbard, Pomeroy, $60, running a stop sign ; Christine Palmer, Cheshire, )49, speed. • Fined '!'ere: Jonathan A Dickens, Pomeroy, $13 and costs, speed; Joshua :S. Hartsough, Marysville, $100 and costs; underage consumpt(tm, $100 and ~osts, destruction of property, $100 and costs, jail disorderly; David J. Holt:omb, Racme, $100 and costs, jail disorderly; James Blackwell, Racine, $100 <~nd costs, dis~rderly conduct after warning, $100, underage consumption, $100, trcspassmg; Randall L. Kimes, Long Bouom, $100 and costs, falsifi·, ~attOn ; John W. DaviS, Syracuse, $100 and costs, consuming alcohol in a ~otor vehicle, $100, disorderly conduct, $100, open co~tainer, $100, proVIdmg alcohol to an underage person; $100, jail disorderly; Arthur Petrie, Middleport,$ \00 and costs, possession of a controlled substance, $100, posseSSion .of drug paraphernalia, $100, disorderly conduct by fighting . Kathryn Pullins, Pomeroy, open container in a motor vehicle, $83; Misty Rhodes, Racine, driving under supsension, $20 suspended, unlighted license plate, $83; Kevin Sharp, Reedsville, open container, $83. James Stover, Gallipolis, left of center, $20 suspended, excessive window tint, $63 : Harold Will, Pomeroy, FRA suspension, $170, seat belt violation, $45, driving under suspension, $83, defective exhaust, $63 : Lean~ Young, Pomeroy, unsafe vehicle, $83. Forfeiting bonds were: Michael Bright, Gallipolis, open container in a motor vehicle, $83; Wayne Brig~t, Gallipolis, opencontainerinamotor vehicle, $83; Nicholas Bobo, Albany, spe.ed, $68; Virgil Brogan, Southside, W.Va., left of center, $63; Mark Ellioll, Pomeroy, assault, $333; Patrick Grueser, Rutland, fictitious tags, $83; Donna Hartsook, Lancaster, failure to comply, $83 ; Toby Hudson, Bidwell, improper backing, $63; Marsha Keams, Long Bottom, speed, $68; Paul Miller, Gahanna, speed, $67; Todd Thomas, Athens, open container in a motor . vehicle, $83; Debra Ann Tygrett, Evans, W.Va., expired tags, $83; Clint Stew" art, Rutland, underage consumption, $108, open container, $83; Hannah Ungaro, running red light, $83; Christine Riser, Columbus, no child restraint, $120, FRA suspension , $170; Rebecca Ward, Pomeroy, speed, $68; Byron Branham, Champaign, Mich ., $63. February 23, 1eee Meigs girls district tourney preview, Page 5 Marital discord, Page 10 . Beat of the Bend, ·Page 10 "High: 301; Low: 20s .' :Tomorrow: Cloudy :High: 308; Low: 30a Republican House leader under~ .. fire for veracity.of statements By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT Aaaoclated Preas Writer WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom DeLay, the House Republican leader who led the drive to impeach President Clinton for statements he made under oath, now finds himself at the center of his own controversy over. truthfulness. . DeL~y got a lot of media attention as he kept up a steady ·stream of invective against Clinton. But now the spotlight has turned and ·js focused on the Texan. Delay is being asked about discrepancies . between statements he made in a legal proceeding and in financial disclosure forms he is required to file as a member of Congress. "Frankly, it's my opinion he lied to me under oath," said Gerald DeNisco, the Houston lawyer who questioned DeLay for a 1994 depo- · sition in a civil lawsuit filed against · the congressman by a business partner. The former pest exterminator, · whose profile rose after the former speaker, Rep. Newt Gingrich, · resigned, blames Democrats for critical media coverage. "I am the most investigated man in America. They're trying to bring me down," DeLay, the No. 3 GOP House leader, said this month. Yet the man who repeatedly . exhorted Clinton to provide facts isn't rushing to talk. ' Generally loquacious, the major· ity whip is brushing off inqui(ies regarding the lawsuit filed against him by . a business partner who claimed DeLay and a third partner were trying to oust him from a pest control firm. "We have answers to all of that," Delay said in a brief hallway encounter. " It ain'.t worth talking, about." Aides have been equally tightlipped. Questions about Delay's business dealings were first raised by an alternative Houston 'li.fekly in 1995 and were resurrected}i"ecently by The New Republic, a liberal-oriented magazine. "These stories are being forwarded by political;;enemies ofTom Delay, and we choo'Je not to fight them out in the press," said spokesman Michael Scanlon. The roots of DeLay's current trou• bles reach back to that 1994 deposition, taken 10 months .before he got the GOP leadership post .. DeLay, who owned a third of Albo Pest Control, testified that he had not been an officer of the company for two or three years. But on congres~ sional financial disclosure forms filed for several years preceding the deposition- and one filed three months afterward - he listed himself as chairman of Albo's board of direc· tors. He dropped the title on his 1995 repoTI. DeNisco, the hiwyer, said he b~lieves DeLay was attempting to limit financiillliability by denying he was a corporate officer. DeLay later retreated somewhat from his claim, saying he couldn't remember when he resigned. ' The spat with former Albo partne( Robert BlanJ,enship, ultimately set• tied with an undisclosed payment to Blankenship, wasn't Delay's firsf . business dispute. · :. A <;Purt imposed a $32,000 judg• ment againsi DeLay in 1984 a[Jer he stopped making payments to Robclrt · ·Bannett for the purchase ofBartnett'$ pest control company. DeLay, elect> ed to Congress in 1984, didn't·repori· that debt on his disclosure form. ~ Business isn't the only arena where the 51-year-old DeLay has come under·scrutiny. ' .. ·Meigs County's I You're telling . me ALLTEL Is simplifying telecommunlcatfons? I'm telling you we're simplifying telecommunlcollons. By JIM FREEMAN to increase the ~lassroom size to 900 square feet each, requiring some minor redesign, he e~plained. 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"It's no longer realistic to believe the building will . . · The elementary school was to have been completed he open at the beginning of the 2000-2001 school by" the beginning of the 2000-2001· school year, but . year," Pottmeyer said: The board should consider a architect Jack Pottmcyer with Marr•Knapp-Crawfis move into the new building during Christmas break of Associates Inc. of New Philadelphia said that was now that school year, depending upon the weather. He said ihe construction manager was working on a unlikely. . . The project was · delayed for about four months' revised lime schedule. Tom Weaver updated the board t'ln· its school tech· while the., district awaited a decision .bY the OSP<;. "We are where we were in . October,"· Pottmeyer nology and SchooiNct programs ~¥~d remarked that the said. elementary sch\)ols are now equipped fQr internet With the additional OSFC funding came mandates access. Ha ... Ha ... you•re killing me. ·, ' ' Wireless, paging, and long distance on one bill. Isn't that simple? No sir. I wouldn't do that. Trial of 13-year-old boy put on hold - NEW PHILADELPHIA (AP)- The judge hearing the trial of a 13-year-old boy accused of killing a 5-year-old neighbor should be removed from the case, his defense lawyers said. Lawyer Tarin Hate said Monday the defense has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to remove Tuscarawas County "Juvenile Court Judge Ljnda Kate from hearing the case of Anthony Harris. •. The trial was put on hold Monday because of that motion. . Harris is accused of stabbing Devan Duniver to death last June. : They lived in the same apartment complex in this city 7Q miles $Outh of Cleveland. Harris could be imprisoned until age 21 if he is convicted. . . , Kate, who is to decide Harris' fate because there is no jury in juve· nile court, has been hearing evidence in the case. · But Hale said the jud&e made prejudicial comments a&ainst Harris a conversation Wednesday. . Hale, .•nother defense attorney and Harris' mother, Cyndi Harris, have sen·t affidavits to the Supreme Court detailing lhei.r charges. . Cou"!Y · Pro~cutor Amanda Spies ' Bornhorst an~ Kate ea~h d~c,ibea·to comment. ·. • ·. ' The slate's highest court in December reiected a separate attempt by Hale to have Kate remo:ved from the case .. The Akron Beacon Journal reported today the defense lawyers believe that the judge suggested that t.he defense may want to have its . client take a guilty plea. "We felt that it showed bias and prejudice," Hale said. Cyndi Harris wrote in her affidavit: "I am outraged that t~e .court· would initiate a plea bargain against my son before she (Kate) has heard any evidence in his defense. I feel that she has obviously made up her mind against Anthony and not given him a fair trial," Only the pros,ecution has presented its side of the case during the two-week-old hearing, which is similar to a trial in adult court. If Kate were to be disqualified from the case, the hearing would likely be declared a mistrial. . Defense attorneys again renewed a motion for a mistrial, which Kate refused to grant. Crowd supports Good Afternoon religious monuments Cajendar 10 Cllwlneds 7&8 2 Editorials 2 3 ' Comlg 'Local • Soorls 4&5 Weather 3 Lotteries · The power to simplify IJfH.t > Call 1- BOO-ALLTEL3 • www .alltel.com C 1999 AllTEL Corporation. Certain servtoes nat available In alllocalioos. Pick 3: 1·2·8; Pick 4: 9-4-4-6 Jlgckeye 5: 7-15-18-29-36 W.\'A. D•lly 3: 8-8-4; DaUy 4: 3-4-9-0 · 0 JW¥ OWo Vlllcy PW:Jiilhirr.a l:o. , ' say the district's furnaces are not year 2000 compliant, and that it will cost the cjistrict about stoo per control panel, about $4,800 total, to ma~ them complaint. He said he is investigating other. options. In other business, the.board: . -Approved a sixth-grade TAG field trip to Washington, D.C. on June 7, 8 and 9 at no cost to the district; -Adopted languagearts textbooks as recommend· ed by the textbook committee comprised of teachers from all three school districts in the county; - Set high school graduation for Sunday, May 23,. ~8~m . ; · · - Accepted Michael Todd Collins as a tuition student for the remainder of the school year; - Approved Tuesday, April 6 as a make·up snow day. Present were Superiniendent James Lawrence, Treasurer Dennie Hill, board Vice president Ron Cammara· ta and board members Marty Morarity, David Kucsma and Doug Little. Rutland development to begin this spring PAINESVILLE (AP)- An official of the utility running the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in northeast Ohio said that although there are small leaks in fuel rods the plant is safe. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md., on Monday conducted a public hearing via telecon· ferencing with groups in .Painesville and Cleveland. The session was prompted by a petition by the Union of Cohcerned Scientists, a Washington, D.C., nuclear watchdog group that contends that pinhole leaks in the fuel rods at Perry and at a Louisiana plant jeopardize safety. David Lochbaum, a nuclear sc;ientist who works for UCS, said Mon<jay during the session that allowing the plants to continue to operate with damaged fuel rods is a violation of the agency's own rules. - • But Lew Myers, vice president of Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy ·Corp., which operates the Perry plant, assured NRC officials that the plant is safe. . The small leaks are less ·than I percent of the amount that Perry's · · l·l>1"'"'tin11! license allows. "The plant continues tQ run near capacity - and is operating .;.,.ell within NRC regulations," he said. "If there were any potential for ·these pinhole leaks to impact our safe or reliable operations, I would · shut this plant down." · ·. Myers also said that when the Perry plant undergoes scheduled maintenance on March 27, operators will inspect and test all the (uel rods for leaks. It's true. Coach Dave Barr gave an update on the planned wrestling program and said approximately 20 boys and one girl are interested in participating in the sport. Start up costs arc approximately $7,500.to $15,000 with the biggest cost being a wrestling mat, he said. The .board took no action on approving the program preferrin·g to wait until next month to insure funding is available. Southern High School Principal Gordon Fisher addressed concerns about new math and science requirements for graduation. · In personnel matters, the board approved Joy Beth Neal and Kimberly Roush as substitute teachers, approved Ryan Lemley as reserve pays baseball coach, approved Elaine Congo as substitute cook and custodian, Jennie Hayman and Redenith Mills as substitute cooks and Ruth Shain as'il substitute secretary/aide. The board also approved the retirement of long-time kindergarten teacher Suzanne Sayre. . Superintendent James Lawrence said in talking to Siemens Building Technologies (Landis & Gyr) they CAA completes first homeowner course flrstEnergy official assures NRC Perry plant fuel rods are safe That's funny. Hometown Newspaper pon The blunt-spoken· Texan, known as "The Hammer," has had ethical scrapes since joining Congress. · Among them: · -In an affidavit gi.ven to House Democrats last year, a Republican donor said DeLay urged him to evade campaign finance law.s and funnel more money · than legally allowed to a GOP congressional candidate in East Texas. DeLay denied the accusation by Orange, Texas, businessman Peter F. Cloeren, who pleaded guilty to funneling $37,000 in corporate contributions to the.Bri· an Babin campaign'. Cloeren and his company paid $400,000 in fines . - The House ethics commiitee investigated complaints accusing DeLay of granting favors to his lobbyist brother .and demanding cam: paign contributions for Republican J causes from mher lobbyists. n claims Laker signing near -Page4 • .. .' .. '{ Cases ended in Pomeroy mayor's court • Pomeroy Mayor Frank Vaughan oonducted Mayor's CouTI last week. Fines include court costs. ; Fined · were : Terry Mayes , Pomeroy, DUI, $395, left of center, S63; Dean Hankla, Rutland, wrong!ul enu'llstment, $170; Harry Ray, ~alhpohs, DUI, $395, FRA suspen· sian, $170, seat belt violation, $45, olocked intersection, $83, failure to ~ntiol, $83. · • Sandra Bolin, Pomeroy, co.ntributing (2 counts), $233, one year probation; Rae Lyn Basham , Coolville, excessive window tint, $1l3; J.eanna Connolly, Racine,DUI. J395, left of center, $63; Andrew thir~· quarter,. ~ Tuesday . WEST UNION (AP)- About 1,500 people jammed the West Union High School gym to urge school board members to keep the stone monuments bearin~ the Ten Commandments at four. Adams County school sites. Speakers at Monday night's meeting wanted the board to fight a lawsuit by the American Civil Lib·. erties Union that would force removal of the monuments. "Let them take their bigotry and foolishness elsewhere,'' said Danny Bubp of West Union. "Are the Ten Commandments to be made illegal simply because of the ACLU?" Bubp was spokesman for the newly formed Adams County for the Ten Commandments Commit· tee;-which he said raised $5,500 to help the board fight the lawsuit; which was filed Feb. 9. ~~:o~::d~.i~es~ut~~:!~\~:C~~:'m~ By BRIAN J. REED The group included single and divorced people, will be responsible for paying more toward their Sentinel N - Staff working parents, and even a grandmother. home purchase . The first group of potential homeowners partici· In order to be considered for the program, appli· Houdasheltsaid that funds were also made avail· paling in a homeowner .education program through cants must first be determined income-eligible, but able from the Federal Home Loan Bank,·which will Gallia-Meigs Community Action Agency has com- must also go through a standard bank credit check allow OVB to offer a 3.38-percent interest rate. pleted the course, and some may now qualify to buy through Ohio Valley Bank, the lender for the pro"This is a really great program,'' Houdashelt said. a home in a Rutland subdivision. gram. "For what some people are paying for ren~ or even Julia Houdashelt, housing director for the Loans are subsidized through grant funds from less than than, they will be able to own their own agency, said Monday that the five two-hour training the Ohio Housing and Community Paitn.erships pro- home." sessions were completed last week, and that Ohio gram. All homes will be appraised at $86,000, and Qualified buyers will be responsible for closing Valley .Bank, t.he lender for the CAA-subsi· oosts and insurance. dized housing program, will noW begin proThe three-bedroom, two-bathroom houses cessing loan applicalions for those who qualwill be equipped with appliances through the ified. · Star Bank Foundation, and will include twoThe course is a requirement for those who car garages, finished driveways and landare interested in purchasing one of the homes, scaping, and heat pumps with air conditionto be built in Rutland beginning this spring. . ers. Houdashelt said that sbict subdivision . A variety of subjects relating to home regulations will apply to the communities. ownenhip are included in the course. MOSI of In addition to the Rutland property, CAA the courtleWOr~ in~olves financial educatiOn, will also develop.sites 011 Bullaville Pi~ (llld sudj'.ill · mO!tgige .appli~ and financial · at Cleanljew E"ates in 6ii!HI ·County, ·ind budgeting, but it also included information will consider a similar program in Syracu8C, about decorating, home maintenance and Houdashelt said. other issues directly relating to home .owner· Houdashelt said the program will not only ship. . · benefit those interested in buying tlteir first The course is based on the Fannie Mae home, but will also benefit the communities Homeowners Guide, and a second course where the homes are being built. will begin Thursday at Bossard Memorial COURSE - The ftrat gro~p of potential Houdashelt said that residents . in some Library in Gallipolis. homebuyere through a Community Action Agency pro- communities have expressed concern about According to Houdashelt, panicipants gram completed a homebuyera education courae last the developments, but said that the areas will included several from Meigs County, as well week. Plptured, front, are Rhonda Flah, Amy Clark, Ser· be well-maintained and a)lractive, and will as Galli a. Athen.S and Fairfield counties. Mos! ena Robinson and Cindy Park: back, Bred Bumgarner, benefit the communities in whi~h they are participants were interested in purchasing a reprenntlng the Ohio Valley Bank, Trleh McCollough, located. . home through the prognun, but others took executive director of the CAA, Tracy Cundiff, Robert The Village of Rutland, for example, will the course for informational purposes only, Clark, Chartae Booth, Elva Kelly, Rod Slddona of COAD · receive funds for its water and sewer opera· becal~S!l they planned to purchase a home and Julia Houdaahelt, who Ia overseeing the program lions, as well as inside millage on real estate through a bank loan. end the courae., taxes. Youth recognized for fire safety skills BY CHARLENE HOEFUCH Sentinel Nawe Staff Scott Taylor was recognized last week by the Pomeroy Fire Department for using fire safety skills he had learned to escape from a burning building. · ".That probably saved his life," said Pomeroy .Acting 1/jre Chief Chris Shank. "He had a plan, there was a smoke detector to alert him to the dan· .ser, and he had practiced getting out. And he :-"as able to think well enough under those conditions to use what he had learned." The 14-year-old was asleep on the second floor of his home on Second . Sireet in Pomeroy on the morning of Feb. 9 when the fire started in a downstairs room. There was no one else at home. He was awakened by .the ·sound of a smoke detector, opened the door to his bedroom to see what was happening, was faced with heavy smoke, and immediately realized that using the stairs to escape was not an option. . "The fire was working itself upstairs," said the Meigs High School freshman;"and I knew I couldn't get out that way so it was either out a window or onto the roof." found himself in aburning building", and stressed the importance of learn· ing fire safety techniques. . Stored in an exercise room across the smoke-filled hall was a chain ladder and he knew. he had to get it. He said he opened the door, made a dash for the other room, got the !.adder and used it to go out a window. The teenager said it wasn't his first trip out the window using the ladder. A year before "he had practiced going down from the second floor to the ground, and.several times sin~e had left the house that way when he was "just playing around." On he half of the Poineroy Fire Department, Shank presented Taylor, son · of Dale Taylor, with aplaque. ·lt reads: "In recognition of Scott Taylor for his efforis in using the fire safety skills he has learned." The chief commended the teenager for "knowing what to do when he · PLAQUE PRESENTED- On behalf of the Pomeroy Fire Depart· m8nt, Acting Chief Chrll Shank preaented .Scott Taylor with 1 plaque In recognition of hla fire aafaty akllla. Preservationists p~rsevere at farm auction By JAMES HANNAH . A IIOCiated Preaa Writer SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Pears that developers would destroy the identity of the village of Yellow Springs by snapping up 930 acres of farmland have evaporated. A local couple who wanted the farm p~eSCrved sweetened the pot of money raised by residents l!lld purchased Whitehall Parm with a winning bid of $3.275 million to cap a frenzied two-hour auction Monday night in a motel ballroom packed with supporters. ."I think an angel has come through for us today," said Cory Slavitt, among supporters who erupted into cheers when the winning bid was announced. The "angel" came in the form of David and Sharen Neuhardt, two attorneys whose home adjoins the·farm. The Neuhardts added $2.275 million to the $1 . million raised by other Yellow Springs residents to come up with the winning bid. "Originally, all we were interested in was pro- among residents. They feared that shopping malls tecting our own backyard," said David Neuhard~ and condominiums would swallow up the cornfields son of a dairy farmer. But he said th·e property and woods that shield Yellow Springs from urban became a symbol of farmland preservation. sprawl. Judith Hempfling, of Yellow Springs, said the "We just think it's the right thing to do," he said. The auction settled the estate of Martha Kelly village is old-fashioned, neighborly and would lose Rankin left to her seven grown grandchildren. The its identity if the farm fell into the hands of developers. farm had been in the family for 100 years. "We've seen what has happened to other com· Neuhard~ said the couple will see that the proper. ty continues to he farmed. Conservation easements munities," Hempfling said. Outside the motel prior to the auction, residents will prevent any developmen~ he said. Yellow Springs, a village of 4,000 fl!'Ople 20 held a small rally, carrying signs with slogans such miles east of Dayton, is home to Antioch College .as "Save the Farm" and "Stop Sprawl." A singer and has a history of being a liberal, free-thinking belted ou~ "Save paradise; we don't want more oommunity. For many, .its image still conjuries up parking lots," drawing cheers from supporters. Inside, the ballroom was thick with bidders. Yel· hippies and protests of the 196&, and its casual atmosphere coupled with gourmet restaurants, craft low Springs residents and spectators stood five-deep in the back. ' shops and bookstores draw tourists from all over. Before the bidding began one )().acre parcel of The announcement last month ·that Whitehall Farm just of the village would he auct\o~ed off the 940-acre farm was withdrawn, ·leaving prospectouched off protests, rallies and fund-raising efforts tive buyers to bid on 35 parcels totaling 930 acres. north � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 02. February Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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