https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/9a6c8a15955269b15932dd4ce4fc574e.pdf 18972dc4b08ee1bd17b1410df2cf5b51 PDF Text Text ' . ,.., . '·'.• Holiba11 Gr'-!~ti115s irts~c to~a11 Thursday December 23, 1999 Sports Our lt7iew: Exercise the franchise·, Page A4 High court reverses course, Page A5 Community Calendar, Page A6 :Today: Cloudy High: 30s; Low: 10s friday: Cloudy High: 20s; Low: 10s CoUege hoops: Buckeyes fend off Toledo scare -Page 81 • Meigs County's Hometown Newspaper Mi ddl eport· Pomeroy, Ohio Vo lume 50, Number 139 Single Copy- 35 Cents . . SOCCo's mine closing to sock Meigs Local By JIM FREEMAN Sentinel News Staff POMEROY - Citing the anlicipated closing of the Meigs Mines and cessation of state aid to poor school distric~. the Meigs Local SchQOI District is projecting a deficit in i!S general fund beginning fiscal year 2002. The Meigs Local Board of Education, meeting in regular session Monday night, reviewed the five-year financial forecast prepared by Treasurer Cindy Rhonemus. In her forecast, Rhonemus predicted a $153,000 deficit will exist on June 30, 2002, which will increase to a $2.2 million deficit a year later. While !he amount the district receives from taxes paid by the min-e changes from year to year, given a worst-case scenario the school district will Jose about $500,000 a year. "It will be a gradual decrease," Rhonemus said. The other problem. she explained, is that the state is phasing out equity money paid to poorer districts, also worth about $500,000 to the district "By 2002, we'll have lost over a million dollars," she said. The Southern Ohio Coal Co.'s Meigs MineS, located in the western end of the county and in eastern Vooton County, are anticipated to close by · Dec. 31, 2001, according to a SOCCo spokesman. )J }"{ _[~ r: f '\. . T) I. f' . ~ ,-, The Meigs Local School District receives a large sum of personal property tax revenue and general property tax reve nue from the mines. The anticipated closing of the mine will not affect Eastern or Southern Local school districts because there is no mining in those dislric!S. SOCCo is a subsidiary of American Electric Power, and the Meigs Mines are currently used to fuel AEP's General Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire. · Rhonemus said the five-year financial forecast is used by the dis!rict as a tool for making good financial decisions. A copy of the forecast is also submitted to the state so officials there are aware of the situation, she said. The board hired Danny Davis as assistant "We need to make good, financially sound decisions now to avoid probl ems wrestling coach and approved David Shuler later," Rhonemus said. "Thai's what the five-. as a vol un teer assistant wrestling coach . Glori a VanReeth was hired as a tutor for four year forecast is all about" "We have a year and a half, two years at health handicapped students at a rate of $ 15 the most to try to figure out what to do," she per hour, not to exceed five hours per stusaid. dent per week. Rhonemus said the mine's closing should The following were hired as substi tute have very little impact on the district's educational aides: Charlene Chaney, Debbie school construction issue and !hat it is hoped Cundiff, Mert Kerns, Melissa Mullins, · thai the new buildings, when constructed, Madeline "Pat" Neece, Ruth Shain and Darwill redua: operating costs compared to the lene Yonker. existing buildings. The board also accepted the retirement of In personnel matters, the board agreed to Paul Kauff, effective Dec. 27. pay Gary Walker an additional $103 per day for six days of service in December as inter· Pleasa see Mine, A3 im technology coordinator. Rock Springs group takes Christmas to shut-ins •.. By CHARLENE HOEFUCH Sentinel News Staff POMEROY - Every year at Christmas time, members of the Rock Springs Better Health Club gel together and prepare (!ap of cookies and candies for the elderly and shut:ins of the community. They've been doing it for more than 50 The good cookie bakers and candy makers met at the home of Frances Goeglein to carry out their project Once packed, the 27 trays, along with a fruit basket for someone who can't eat sweets, and a few gifts for those with eating disorders, were personally delivered. Getting together to prepare the goodie trays is. a happy time of "remembering when" for the club members. It's also a time for nolirlg that one or two there last year weren't,able to participate this year, and, in fac~ this year will be a recipient of a holiday gift from the group. Among· those missing was Helen Blackston, a faithful 44-year member, who last year talked as she packed about REMEMBE;RING OTiiERS - Packing goodie tnlyt for shut-Ina and the elderly era Rock Springe Better Health accompanying her mother, Beuna Club members, from, the left, Susie Mash, Frances Goagleln, Nancy Morris, Dorothy Jeffers and Barbara Fry. Grueser, to the health club meetings when she was a child. Mrs. Grueser was a char· health nurse in the county and since Bing chest of sheets, pillowcases and towels to first aid supplies, served can\eens at ter member. The Rock Springs Better Health Club had experience in the field, the Meig'l be loaned to families who might have bloodmobiles, raised money for fire and emergency units, donated toys for chilwas organized in May 1936, !he out- County Public Health Association sickness in their homes. It soon became apparent that families dren at the hospital, contributed to health growth of a class in hygiene and care of arranged for her lo teach several classes in the county. were t(/0 proud to use supplies belonging organizations, and remembered shutins the sick taught by the late Nellie Bing, A course was offm:d at Rock Springs to the club. The linens were sold and the and the elderly, not only at Christmas R.N. The Great Depression was in full and held at the home of the late Nellie money placed in the treasury. Durable time but other times of the year. Membership has declined over the swing. jobs and money were scarce, a Collins. Sixteen women enrolled, and equipment was retained and is still avail· years and the projects are fewer now, but after completing a written test given at the able for use by anyone who needs it. WPA program was being organi zed and for those stil l active, the enthusiasm has local school, were awarded certificates. Members of the club have been real Bing, a registered nurse, saw the need for not diminished, parlicularly for this speWhen !he 'health club first organized, contributors to health and help programs better health education in Meigs County. cial Christmas project. AI that time, there was no public the dues collected went to equip a linen in their CIJilmunily. They have provided 01 ·from ohn R. Lentes I j l l l ! 1 Good Afternoon! i . I It's not to late to fireproof tree· Today's . Sentinel 2 Sedions • 24 Pages l A6 A9-10 Calendar Clasalfteds All Comitll Editorials Obituaries SPOrtS Mei~s ! ~ t;~mtt}t~~Nbseeutin~' ; A ttor~ey .. OIIIQ Pick 3: 9-1-2; Pick 4: 1-3-2-6 LoHo: 5-6-17-29-36-38 Kicker: 1·8·8-0-44 ' l!.YA. Daily 3: 9-7-7; DaUy 4: 4-9-2-2 -· - l-871~•01fiMES . . • A3 A7-8,A12 A3 ' For ·h elp -or information c~ 992-637i · A4 Lotteries "' . -' ·; , _t tirldrtStaff • Weather ... PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - Officials at a federal ura- ;: nium processing plant covertly tracked suspicious cases of cancer among employees while claiming the workers ;: were safe, according to published reports. .. In the early 1980s, managers al the Energy Depart- • ment 's Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in western .. Kentucky counted 13 current and former workers who suffered from leukemia and other cancers. Some names and initials were listed on a confiden. tial DOE document, The Courier Journal of Louisville _ r~~:~:tod:ay. All but three had died by 1984, but med- : . jl,.,.;ic~.~~~~::~ didn't learn of the list for nearly · "" ileverdid .; "Workers should have been told the list was being kept and why they were being tracked," said Jim Key, a . representative for the workers' union. "'I was astounded : they had been tracking this and never told us." ,. The Washington Post reported today that its analysis : of plant rosters listing more than 200 employees found · that 10 died of blood and lymph system cancers, includ· .. ing six from leukemia. Government mortality rates ~ .show that only a single death would be expected in a. ·· group of adults !hal size. Three plant employees have filed a federal lawsuit alleging workers unwittingly were expesed to plutoni· urn and other highly toxic substances from 1953 to 1976. The suit is sealed. A recent DOE invesligation looking back to 1990 · found worker safety. and environmental problems ha\t persisted during federal efforts to clean up the plant. That report, released in October, said plant workers' had not been adequately informed of some risks and· that radioactive contamination from the site continues to spread through groundwater toward the Ohio River. · · Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has apologized (or ·: the failure to disclose plant hazards and promised coni· pensation for sick workers. Congress has provided a $16 million increase for the plant's cleanup in its fiscal • 2000 budget. · ' The DOE also is investigating whether workers at a sister uranium plant in Piketon, Ohio, should be compensated for illnesses workers say are linked to radiation exposure. AI the lime the cancer list was put together, in 1984, the federal government and plant officials reportedly were hiding the fact that highly radioactive metals such as plutonium and neptunium had contaminated some of the uranium processed at the plant. · years. • Paducah plant kept tabs on cancer cases I N' c·~J I-IOLIDAY SP1RI'r 0 1999 Oh6o Vallty Publishina ·c o. By Mllllasla Russell Then, immediately stand the trunk of the tree in OVP News Staff this solution and leave for 24 hours. Keep the remaining solution and plac-e the tree GALLIPOLIS- For many who haven't wail· ed until Chrisbnas Eve to put up and decorate their in a stand with a well into which liquid can be tree, they are finding the tree runs !he risk of dry· poured. . ing out and possibly becoming a fire hazard. When the tree is in its final resting place, use a If that's the case, the following tips can help plastic cup to pour solution from the bucket into make the tree safe in an c:nclosed atmosphere and the tree well. Fill the well. allow you to continue enjciying it into the new year. Every day without exception, the well o( the ·One method to keep· the .. . . tree must be "topped off" with tree moist is to obtain two Knro .'i_)'r tlp wlll provldt the· the solulion from the two-galcups of Kaw .syrup, t~o su<>ar TWCl~.'l.'ltlh' to allow the Jon bucket. . ounces of ltqutd chlorme . 0 • The Karo syrup wlil pro• . bleach, two pinches of Epsom tree .S ba,\ e (() take up Wtlft~r. vide the sugar necessary to salts, ~ne-half teaspoon of allow the base of the tree to Borax, one· teaspoon of chelated iron, and ho\ take up water. Up to 1.5 gallons of water can be water. taken up by a tree over a two-week period. The Karo syrup, Borax liquid chlorine bleach Boron in the Borax allows the~ to move the can be purchased :at a. superrnarke~ the Epsom water and sugar 10 all the branches and needles in salts from a drug store, and the chelaled iron at a your tree. Magnesium compounds in the Epsom garden shop or plant store. salts and iron from the chelated iron P,WVide essenWith a saw, make a fresh cut.at !he base of the lial components for the production chlorophyll, tree trunk. Cut an inch off the base of the tree, and w~ich will keep the tree green. The bl~ach prevents try to make it a level cu.t. mold from forming in your solution.) Immediately after cutting'the base off, mix fireSOme of the other beneficial side effects of this proofing ingredients as listed above. Fill a two-gal- procedure are that the needles will 1101 drop, and Jon bucket with hot water to within one inch of the homeownm will notice an increase in natural pine top and add the ingredients, and stir thoroughly. ' fra~ce. · ": ·• ~ Sponsored by... ~ or SMITH'S GMC TRUCK CENIII, IIIC. 135 PINE ST.JRlE.110 GAWPOUS,OH (740) 446·2532 • .,• ~ .II ·'" . -·a'•• t ,.~ ';l a '. - - ·- -~ ·- -- ··- - - - - '· --- .. \ " ".... ~· �A 2 • The Dally Sentinel Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio ' Thursday, December 23, 1999 , A2~~~--r--~---~~~~----..:.:::;.:.:,;~~- • , I~ .;....;;;, Bradley blasts cr·i ticism by Gore ~ Authorities wise to drug packages sent through overnight delivery companies ' _,, ..1 Leroy Watson POMEROY- William Leroy Watson, 83, Pomeroy, died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1999, at the extended care unit of Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was born on Sept. 19, 1916 in Pomeroy, son of the late William "Peanul" and Jennie McCumber Watson. He was a graduate of Pomeroy High School,' was employed as a laxi dri ver, and attended the Church of I he Nazarene in Syracuse. Surviving are two daughters and a son, Deanna Summerfield of North Lewisburg, Darlene Kocher of Columbus, and Jim Watson of Columbus; and lwo grandchildren. · . He wa.s also preceded in death by his wife, Elladene Mae Watson, in 1996; and by a sister, Pauline. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday in the Fisher Funeral Home in Pomeroy, with lhe Rev. Frank Summerfield officiating. Burial will be in lhe Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 5-7 p.m., and an hour prior to service. ' '' ... By MIKE GLOVER Associated Press Writer " AMES , Iowa - In a final pre-holiday burst. Vice President AI Gore ripped rival Bill Bradle y's commitment to schoo ls and said the former U.S. senator from New Jersey can't "' .J bt! trusted on fann issues. Firing back immediately, Bradley derided a $50 billion preschool plan Gore unveiled. and said Gore must accept responsibility for economic woes in the heartland. ·· .' , . • · ._1 ·~ Setting the stage for a one- man •·debate" on fam1 policy at Iowa State Uni versity. Gore sa id Bradley had fought key fa rm proposals for years in the Se nate. conve rtin g only when he decided to run for president. Bradley retorted qu tckl y on the farm issue . <Ill Sonya Dawn Bush '• importa nt one in thi s agriculturc-tkpcndent state that holds the first nom inating L· au cuscs llll Jan . 24. As the Clin10n admini stration 's Nu. 2 man . hl! .; aid . Gore must shoul der some 'he blame for the current stagnant fann l't:onomy. ··After seven years . the vice president has o ffc r~.:d nothing more than negati ve attad.~ s and di storti ons." or Bradley said . "They have not pul furward a (Uillpn.:hcnsivc approach to farm policy. nor have they art iculated a vision for ru ral Amc r i c~l. ·· In Washington. meanwhile, Presid ent Clinton said in an interview Wedncsdav that he Wfl ~ ~nmri '\~rl hut intrigued by Gore's proposal that vice president and Bradley give up advertising and debate more often. Clinton also said that should one man choose the other as a running mate, "it'd be a good ticket. " "The more debates they have, the better," Clinton said in the interview taped forCNN's "Larry King Live," to be aired tonight. "I think we need to find out whether we can have elections without the kind of money that they cost today " because of advertising. For more than an hour Gore was quizzed on details of fanm policy by a panel of experts. He took note of Bradley's absence, butonly in a gentle way, describing him as "a man who has been my friend ." "But he 's not here, so I' II respond Time Is Running Out!! These Middleport Merchants Are Open Tonight Till Midnight For Your Shopping Convenience! Open Tonight 9pm·lZ Midnight For The Last Minute Shopper Midnight Shopping Spree Open Tonight Until 12 Midnight For Last Minute Gifts HARTFORD, W.Va. -Sonya ,Dawn Bush, 34, Hartford, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1999 in Pleasant Valley Hospital . Born March 19, 1965 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late John J. Bush, and Ruth K. McDaniel Bush of Hartford, she was a nurse's aide at Pleasant Val- · ley Hospital, and altended the Hartford Church of Chris! in Christian Union. Surviving in addition to her mother are two daughters, Desirhea Jad Mayes and Danielle R. Mayes, both of Hartford; a sun, Dalton R. Mayes of Hartford; a stepson, Clayton L. Mayes of Gallipolis; three brolheJS, Lenny Miller, Michael Miller and Vaughn Miller, all of Hartford; and three SISters, Sharon Edwards of Whitney, Texas, JoAnn King of Letart, W.Va., and Darlene Miller, both of Hartford. . Services, will be l p.m. Friday in the Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, W.Va., wilh Pastor James Hughes officiating. Burial will be in the Adamsville Cemetery. Friends may call at the' funeral home on Friday from 11 a.m. until the lime of the services. .• ' ,,) :·· •.A ._._. , .' Carol E. Higginbotham HENDERSON, W.Va. - Carol E. Higginbotham, 82, Henderson, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1999 in Pleasant Valley Hospital. . Born Oct. 4, 1917 in Mason County, W.Va., son of lhe late Floyd W. and Gracie Marie Cornell Higginbotham, he was a farmer, and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of lhe First Church of lhe Nazarene in Gallipolis. Surviving arc his wife, Rulh Higginbotham; a son, Carol E. (Carol Y.) AEP -32% Higginbotham of Letart, W.Va.; a daughter, Shirley V. Higginbotham; five Akzo-50 grandchildren and a great-grandchild; lwo brothers, Charles (Joann) H1ggm- AmTech/SBC- 50fli• botham and Ray (Joann) Higginbotham, both of Southside, W.Va.; and three Ashland 011 - 32Y. sisters, Zora (Emmel!) Rawson of Middleport, Linda (Handley) Dunn of AT&T-53}, Pomeroy, and Maggie (Eugene) Sheppard of Southside. . · · Bank One - 33'1. She was also preceded in dealh oy three brothers and three sisters. Bob Evans - 15 Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 27, 1999 in lhe Deal Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, W.Va., with the Rev. Emmell Rawson and the Rev. BorgWarner - 39~.. HandleyJ)unn officiating. Burial will be in the Concord ~emetery, Hender- Champlon-4 son. Friends may call al lhe funeral home from 6-9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26, Charming Shops- 6"/,. 1999. City Holding -14\ Full military graveside rites will be conducted by American Legion Post Federal Mogul-187!. 23, Point Pleasant. Flrstar - 207/o the fanm industry. Gore urged Congress to act soon " We cannot wait until the current fann bill expires in 2002," Gore said. " The nature of the safety net is unacceptable." Gore went to an elementary school to talk about his plan. to be phased in over 10 years, to make preschool pr.ograms available to all 4year-olds. Stales would get grants of roughly $2,700 per student fur guaranteeing pre school programs would be available. It is part of a $115 billion plan on education Gore has proposed that would also give $5,000 raises lo most teachers in poor and rural areas, mandate testing of new teachers and seek , to establish more charter schools. The money would come from the nation's budget surplus, Gore said. "If kids get off to a great start before they ever get to kindergarten: the chances for them to succeed in life. to have good jobs, to lead fulfilling lives is greatly enhanced," he said. In an interview, he said that Bradley "continues to be fascinated" with school vouchers , which Gore said would drain money from public schools. And he said the fanner New Jersey senator has not offered sweeping proposals on schools. .' ..-· r~e ~~oe 'la(e Fred C. Beaver POMEROY - Fred C. Beaver, 66, Pomeroy, died Thursday, Dec. 23, in St. Mary 's Hospital, Huntington, W.Va. . . • Born Dec. 27, 1932 in Gallia County, son of the late Homer and Delma Harrison Beaver, he was the owner and operator of I he Pomeroy Food Shop, arid a former member of the Eagles Club in Pomeroy. •He was also preceded in dealh by a brother, Harold Beaver; and a sister, Anita Brown. : Surviving are lwo daughters, Rhonda Fish of Pomeroy, and Sandra Lea Beaver; a son, Fred C. Beaver Jr. of Springfield, Mo.; three grandchildren anillwo great-grandchildren; and a brother, Gerald Beaver of Gallipolis. : Services will be I p.m. Monday in the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, Gallipolis, wilh the Rev. Ralph Workman officiating. Burial will be in:Ihe Macedonia Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.in. Sunday. Bradley also shot back on that issue, accusing Gore of a " ~reach of faith " and arguing the budget numbers don't add up. Gore rejected any suggestion that he was resorting to attack politics. "When I point out these shortcomings, I think that's what democracy ought to be all about," he said. In addition, Gore 'was seeking contrast with Bradley on farm issues. Liberal farm groups had invited both Democratic candidates to the Wednesday night debate . Bradley declined, and Gore set the one-sided debate to make the argument thai Bradley isn'rsolid on farm issues . "I know fanmers are paying attention," Gore :said . "Many of them are fee ling desperate ." He criticized Bradley 's opposition to federal subsidies for ethanol, and he said the former senator had a poor 1~99 50% 30% 30% 40% 50% OFF . All Baby Gifts OFF All Candles OFF All Dinnerware OFF All Framed Prints OFF - All Christmas . Decorations Col, Ralph Fizer of the Clinton County aharllf'a office. ayoid any kind of consistency," Ervin said. . While postal inspectors have no authont y to mspect packages sent through private overnight delivery com panies, they are helping coordinate efforts by law enforcement officials to do I hat. Fizer said his deputies look for packages shipped from certain geographic areas wilh certain suspect addresses . The telltale reek of marijuana as well as odors such as coffee, mustard, perfume or clothes dryer sheets thai mask drug smells are also tipoffs. " They try to squirt them with mustard or something to confuse our dogs," Fizer said. The deputie s work at Airborne two nights a week. Fizer hopes to expand lhe team to eight or nine deputies and increase th e time spenllhere. , Camille Pitre, spokeswoman for Airborne Express, said the company supports the deputies' efforts and always has lried to be helpful in spotting drug packages . "If an employee notices something that is odoriferous .. ., they do not play around," Pitre said. "They will immediately contact local authorities for an investigation." . · · Emery Worldwide uses its own security learn al its sorting facility at Dayton International Airport to check for such things as drugs, said spokesman Jim Allen. U.S. Customs officials are also on site. However, Allen said he doubts thai drug traffickers try to ship through the company much. He said smaller packages would be more conspicuous because Emery ships mostly heavy freight Norman Black, spokesman for lhe Atlanta-based United Parcel Service, said no one regularly monitors packages that come through UPS for drugs. • from Page A1 In other business, the board ·: approved the adoption of a policy ·.: prohibiting students from carrying '· pagers, cellular telephones and other-:; electronic communication devi ces in ·"' school buildings and on sc hool grounds without writt en permission · from school official s. Students arc also prohibited from carryin g personal radios, electronic toys and .ol hcr non-educational electronic items. The board also: • Approved I he Ohi o Read; classroom grant for $107,465, with $60,000 disbursed to Pomeroy Elementary and the balance distributed lo remaining buildings; • Renewed the district li ability in surance coverage for three years with Nationwide for an annual premium of $7,034; • Authorize<) the treasu rer to advertise for bjds to purchase a replacement handicapped bus: • Approved a contract with ACCESS to Human Resource Dcvc lopmenl to provide space for I he Head Start program at Rutland Element ary School through January 2000; • Set the January 2000 organizational meeting for Jan. 12 at 7 p.m., with the regular meeting to foll ow. Board President John Ho od was. ' elected to serve as president pro tempore of thai meeting. .' Flurries-, chilly temps forecast in area Friday Gannett - 78-"I• K mart -10"1. Kroger- 18}, Lands End- 35Y. Ltd: . . Q.; '4 n. , " . 992-5205 On The "T" ." Oak Hill Flnanclal-15~. OVB- 33";,. One Valley - 31 ~.. Peoples-21 Premier - 9'1• Rockwell - 48'• RD Shell -soY. GOLD CHAINS AND BRACELETS-10KAND 14 K Sears-30~. Shoney's -1'!. Wendy's - 20}. Worthington - 15~.. SAVE 50% TO 70% the ground there by tonight Elsewhere around lhe state, only . The National Weather Service isSued a lake-effecl snow warning for flurries are forecast. · II will be very cold again tonight, e~lreme northeast Ohio, saying up lo ei~ht inches of new snow could be on with lows 5-15. Partly cloudy skies with highs in the 20s were forecasl for Friday. The record-high temperature for (USPS 11'·9110) lhis date all he Columbus weather sta' Commualr, Ne..,.pcr Holdlnp. Inc. · tion was 62 degrees in 1933 while lhe 1 Publlshed every 1ftcmoon. Monday lhrough - record low was -14 in 1989. Sunset :Friday, til Coun St., Pt"w roy, Ohio, by lhe tonight will be at 4:58 and sunrise Fri()hio \\ltey Publhlllna f ··1q>any. Semnd daa ),osa.ac ptid al Pomero)·, l Jhi1..1 . day at 7:46. Middleport, Ohio' ]Wanber. The Auoci11cd Prtss and lhe Ohio New..,.,- Associllion. foltiUiten Sertd address corrections to The ~ily Senllncl, Itt Court St., Pomctoy, Ohio 45769. ., . SUBSCRIPTION RATES ly Carrier or Mttor Route Ont Week ................................ J2.00 ·an. Monlh ........................ ........ $8.70 TONIGHT SHOP UNTIL MIDNIGHT One y..,.,,.,.,.,.,.,,.,................... SI04.00 , SINCLE COPY PRICE •. Dtily............................:......:.... J5 Cents 'Subleribers not desirinc to pay lhe earlier m•y ' remit In advance dlrcd to Tho O.lly Scnlinel on ~ three, til or I Z monlh buls. Creel II will be ·aiven Wier etch week. No IUblctiplion by malt permitted In •reu fQEE Holiday Gift Wrap ' where home arrlcr HfVIce Is •~•illlbolc. iP.Iobl- mcri<a lhe liJihl IO ldjUII 11101 dur· : ~ 'lhe llll>ocr!JMlon period. S.bocdpllon rale be lmple .....ed by dlonalnslhe :l:bo ...., -lonofl.. IUboaipllon. I. Weather forecast: Tonight...Mostly cloudy. Wws in the mid teens. Northwest wind 5 lo 10 mph. Friday... Moslly cloudy wilh a chance of snow flurries. Continued cold with highs from lhe upper 20s lo around 30. Friday nigbt...Becoming clear. Lows 10 lo 15. Extended forecast: Christmas ... Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid and upper 30s. Sunday... Partly cloudy. A chance of snow or rain showers. DIAMOND EARRINGS Regular or Lever Back Reg. MAILSUBSCRimON t-MotpC-17 t3 - ............................ J27.l0 / J!\:.. .. IPRliiG V:WY Cllill.ll1 M Weeki ........................... .S!IJ.~ 52 Weeki ..................., .....Jt05.56 Rot• o.bldo Mtlpc_, I' Weeki ................ ......... .S29.25 M Weeki .. ........................ J56.118 12 Weeki ......................... .SI09.72 . ·· ···-- ·- · ·--·-·-· Correctl9n Polley · 0or 01110 conce.. lol otl IIOrlcl b lo be icame. 1r yow lulow. or 1a orrar Ia 1 ....,., call tllo WIWonotll II (740) !I9Jo ~155. Wo wlU cllock yon llltrmlllt• ......te•corncdoolllwenulod. 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THE MAN ON THE MOON (R) 7:30 I .. .. I .. Dally stock reports are the 10:30 a.m. quotes provided by Advest of Gallipolis. By The Associated Press ' .. ' rhe Daily Sentinel record on other farm issues. 4 "The first night they got 49 pounds. · The second flight they got 333 pounds." ••• Stocks . I to your Gore questions," broke littleGore newsaid. ground, fl1~S~~:~~~'i~i~~~~~~~~ sticking to his main campaign theme that the 1996 Freedom to Fanm law needs to be overhauled. · He called for a farm policy ·" explicitly designed to maintain the viability of the family farm. " Gore also said he would push for tougher enforcement of antitrust laws to counter increasing concentration in DAYTON (AP) - Authorities have a surprise for drug dealers who think they can ship marijuana and cocaine by overnight delivery and go undetected. Earlier this month, a specially trained learn of Clinton County deputies began inspecting packages al Airborne Express' in Wilmington, the company 's main sorting center for North America. It didn't lake them long to find packages of marijuana. "The first night they got 49 pounds. The second night they got 333 pounds," said Col. Ralph Fizer of the Clinton County sheriff's office. Fizer said drug traffickers may believe it is safer to ship drugs that way - especially during the busy holiday season - because they can avoid poslal inspectors and alerl highway troopers, w~o can seize their drugs, make an arrest and produce a witness against the dealers . . " We're getting more and more all the time now that they are using overnight delivery," said Fizer. Determining I he exlenllhat overnight deliveries are used to ship drugs is difficult. No statistics were available despite checks wilh sheriff 's departments, overnight delivery companies, lhe FBI, lhc Drug Enforcement Administration and the While House. However, authorities say I here could be a shifl from the U.S. mail to overnight delivery. Last year, U.S. postal inspectors seized 12,500 pounds of ill egal drugs, $8.7 million in cash, and arrested more than 1,500 people on trafficking and money-laundering charges. Those numbers have steadily declined since 1994. "It's gone down because our efforts have been so successful," said Robert Bethel, spokesman for the Postal Inspection Service in Washington , D.C. "We're confident they ' re looking for other ways to transport lhe drugs." Postal Inspector Doug Ervin of the Cincinnati office said his investigations lead him lo believe lhat many drug dealers have moved from shipping drugs through lhe mail to the overnight delivery companies. "And I hey ailernate from service lo service to Mine (. ~·· �! .. •• ~. . . ' • I Commentary The Daily Sentinel 'EstaHi.slid in 1948 111 Court St., Pomeroy, Ohio 740-992-2156 • Fax: 992-2157 Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. / Charles W. Govey Publisher R. Shawn Lewis Man-salng Editor Charlene Hoeflich General Manager OUR READERS' VIEWS Commissioner uneasy withER millage I am writing this let\er to clarify my views and discussion in the Dec. 20 Meigs commissioners' meeting regarding the four-mill levy for Veterans Memorial Hospital. Having this matter brought to the commissioners without much time to gather information . makes me uncomfortable, whether it be four mills, two mills, or any millage. As I stated in t~e commissioners' meeting, I wonder why our citizens are aske11 to bear this tax burden while , Consolidated Health Systems Inc. is at the same time building a' new hospital in Jackson County with no tax levy on the people. I believe we need a hospital with emergency room and acute-care capabilities. This is why I voted to put this issue before the people. This will give Consolidated Health Systems and Holzer Clinic time to state their case and provide ····""•. figures. . ' :, 1am asking Holzer Hospital and Holzer ~hn ; ic for certain revenue figures that were not provided • but that I believe are needed to view the · entire situation. In the meantime, the commissioners will see~ , alternative funding assistance and investigate.: further to assure the operation of Veterans Memorial Hospital. Mlck Davenport• Meigs County commlsslon•r ' Diane Hill Controller ., Our view: ' The franchise I AG's office glad program. kept in place By JOHN McCARTHY Associated Press Writer · COLUMBUS - An Ohio Supreme Court ruling . that reinstated the drunken-driving conviction of a man pulled over after another motorist's tip will keep alive a state program for turning in suspected drunks, the attorney general's office says. A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday, in a 4•~ , ruling, reinstated the 1997 conviction of Qlenn Weisner of Toledo. Weisner was pulled over after a man using a cell phone told police in tlu; Toledo suburb of Maumee that he saw Wcis' ' scar weavtng. . 1\er : Maumee Police Officer Timothy Roberts, who was sent to investigate, testified that he followed Weisner's car for 30 or 40 seconds and did not s~e any erratic driving, but he pulled Weisner ~ver anyway, based' on the tipster's call. ' Weisner subsequently tested at a leve l ove r the lj:gal limit fur driving under the influence and ~leaded no contest to a drunken -driving charge in l'flaumee Municipal Court. He appealed the cpurt's conviction on the grounds that it violated ~is Fourth Amendment rights concerning proper I ll's said Ameri>•ll voters aren't yet paying attention to the 2000 elections, that they're fat and happy, rooted solidly in a status quo political center. Take the view put forth recently in a special section of the The Wall Street Journal. The lead article states the current boilerplate r~garding the race for Congress: "... the 2000 election will be a test of whether Republicans have further undone the damage to the party that was wrought under former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, after the party took over Congress in 1995 for the first time in 40 years ... The 'Republican Revolution' targeted Medicare, eduqtion (and the) environment... in the quest for tax cuts and a balanced budget, and the government shut down when Mr. Clinton and his party wouldn't go along. But the Democrats won, as independent voters and women, in particular, were alienated from the G.OP" ' Say what? Won what? The Republicans have carried Congress for the past three elections, including l!ll)8, in which their House candidates got 51 percent of the vote. And why have Republican~ allegedly failed? WSJ pollster Robert Teeter has an answer: "From about 1980 to 1995, Republicans had the support of their base.and most of the middle of America ... and Democrats were seen as extremists. But new GOP leadership reversed that: Tiie Republicans became the extremists." So: When Democrats were extremists they controlled the people's House. Now Republicans are extremists and they control the people's House. Is Teeter saying that Americans vote for extremists? (No.) In another articfe, Teeter and moderate Democrat Peter Hart (WSJ polling partners) explain why the presidential election is all about "leadership" from "the center." Says Hart: "The true On this date in history ••• Consumer advocate's view: ,.· 4ssociated Press Writer i DAYTON - A commiss ioner who sought unsuccessfully to cf,ange the city's discrimination law 19 protect homosexuals in employment and housing hints that the fight I have JUSt . begun. may : "I am going to always look for "lays to bring justice to the Dayton community," said Commissioner ~ary Wiseman. "I believe this is p~rhaps a beginning of our dialogue o~ this issue and it's not a conclus~on." --. Wattenburg's view: Voters moving toward center of spectrum .:By Ben Wattenberg delineating factor in · the presidential election seems to be much more about being a strong leader." Says Teeter: "We (Americans) vote for the candidate we like." Says Hart: This (election) will be played in the middle of. the electorate, not among the fringes." Well, yes. Voters want strong leadership, but they tend to like leaders with whom they agree. Almost 30 years ago I co-authored "The Real Majority" with Richard M. Scammon in which we underscored that American elections are decided in the center of the political spectrum. But, we stressed that it was "a moving center," with substantive content. If, as a crime wave rose, voters began thinking that so-called "law and order" issues were becoming paramount, then that view would be incorporated into the swing constituency in "the center." Has the American center moved? The WSI poll did do a standard ideological screen. The results: conservative, 35 percent; moderate, 29 percent; liberals, 26 percent. These data are reported on the Journal's proprietary website, but were not published in the newspaper, which merrily paints a picture of politics without ideology. Leadership for what? Voters are not contentfree. The safest thing you can say today, and since the 1960s, is that the electorate is most easily defined as a negative: Not liberal. Yet, the two Democratic presidential primary contestants, both historically moderate liberals, are playing "Lefler Than Thou," the famous Democratic special-interest primary game. Vice President Albert Gore has come out for allowing public gayness in the military; he's against exper· imental educational vouchers and taunts Bradley because he voted for such experiments; he keeps re-affirming his pro-preference affirmative action position; Donna Brazille, described in the Wash- search and seizu re. He said the tipster's information could ·have been false. The 6th Ohio District Court of Appeals reversed the low er court decision, saying p,olice should not have acted on the tip alone. The city of Maumee appeal ed to the Supreme Court, which reinstated the conviction. The Supreme Court majority said that police had prese nted enough evidence to :--arrant the stop. The justices noted that the tipster had left his name and phone numbers and had provided other accurate information about the events. The ruling mea ns programs such as Ohio's I· 800-GRAB-DUI, in which motorists are encouraged to turn in suspected drunk drivers, will remain in place fur the lime being, said Brei Crow, a spokesman for Attorney General Betty Montgomery. He said it was difficult to tell whether the ruling was broad enough to set a precedent for the program. "What this does say is the court is recognizing the importance of citizens working together with police to get drunk drivers off the road," Crow said. Justice Deborah Cook, writing for the majori- "No one is asking for more rights, just the same." ijy JAMES HANNAH . Students admit plot to rampage·school ty, said a telophone !,iP in itself can create reasonable suspicion. . " We are unpersuaded by Weisner 's argument that the identification is worthless because it could have been fabricated, " wrote Cook, who was joined by Justices Paul Pfeifer, Andrew Douglas and Evelyn Stratton. Justice Francis Sweeney, writing for the minority, said that an "unverified report of erratic driving does not, standing alone, provide reasonable suspicion to warrant an investigative traffic stop." Sweeney was joined by Chief Justice Thomas Moyer and lOth Qhio District Court of Appeals Judge Donna Bowman, who was sitting in for Justice Alice Robie Resnick, whose husband is on the 6th District bench. Stephen Sadowski, Weisner's attorney, said he was disappointed with the ruling but had not decided whether he would appeal it to the U.S. Supreme Court. He said the ruling would be bad for Ohioans. "We think it has a direct impact on every person in Ohio's Fourth Amendment rights," Sadowski said. "It gives police free rein." btricial: Gay-rights ordinance may resurface ··~. One of the special privileges Americans have is the franchise - the opportunity to elect a government of the people, for the people and by the people. · For decades, this privilege was looked upon as an honor, if not a duty, by most Americans. Voter turnout was strong for everything from presidential elections to school bond levy calls. Sadly, apathy has set in, and voter turnout is at its lowest point in memory. Taxation issues are settled by less than onethird of the registered voters, and the pool of registered voters is less than half of some areas' voting-age populations. What a disturbing situation! Freedom that is taken for granted Most importantly, can easily be forgotten and just as after you've easily lost. learned where the Maybe the many recent scandals politicians played a part candidates stand, involving turning off the electorate. put that education in Maybe folks don't lhink governto use at the ballot ment Iistens to·them any more, so box. Exercise the maybe lhey figure why vote. maybe people are just too franchise. Vote. damOrbusy - or lazy -. to take five minutes to appreciate their freedom; a freedom millions around the world would die for and a freedom, in fact, millions of Americans- our fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters- have died for. · It's a disheartening trend, but it's one lhat should be broken for our sake- and•for our children's sake. Ohio Valley residents have a chance to do just that next year, only a little bit sooner than usual. Normally, party primaries are decided during the middle of the year, but next year Americans will pick a president. Ohio is one of the so-called Super Tuesday presidential primary states, which means its primaries will be pushed up to March 7. Now's the time to get to kngw the candidates for local, statewide and national office. Don't wait until a few hours before the..election to learn how Candidate X views the future of Gallia County schools, or how Candidate Y thinks about reduction-in-force cuts for our armed forces. The hopefuls are out en masse, doing whirlwind tours of their circuits. They want to hear from you, whether you're for or against them. That's how they judge their chances and discover where the strengths and weaknesses are. Ask challenging questions of the candidates, and don't be satisfied with half-answers. This is their time to meet the people they hope to serve. If they can't give you a straight answer now, they certainly won't do it when their hundreds of miles away. • · Most import'llntly, after you've learned where the candidates stand, put that education to use at lhe ballot box. Exercise the franchise. Vote. If you don't vote, you have no room to complain or praise government. If you don't vote, government is no longer yours. It's someone else's. Let's have our voices heard in great numbers come March 7 and in November. The privilege of voting is one privilege Americans should cherish and exercise at every opportunity. Today is Thursday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 1999. There are eight days left in the year. On this date: In 1783, George Washington resigned as commander in chief of the Army and retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Va. In 1823, the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Oement C. Moore was published in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel. In 1928, the National Broadcasting Co. set up a permanent, coast-to-coast network. In 1941, during World War II, American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese. In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo. In 1968, 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, '11 months after their capture. In 1.980, a state funeral was held in Moscow for former Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, who had died Dec. 18 at age 76. , 1 In .1986, the eKperimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first nonstop, round-the-world flight without refu. cling ill it landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California. In 1995, a fire in Dabwali,lndia, killed 540 people, including 170children, during a year-end party near the children's school. In 1997, a jury in Denver convicted Terry Nichols of involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy 1for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing, . declining to find him guilty of murder. Today's Birthdays: Photographer Yousuf Karsh is 91. Actor James Gregory is 88. Actor GeraldS. O'Loughlin is 78. Emperor Akihito of Japan is 66. Actor Frcqeric Forrest is 63. Actor James Stacy is 63. Rhythm-and-blues singer Eugene Record (The Chi-Lites) is 59. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer is 56. Actress Susan Lucci is 50 ' J .~ • ·It's time to return in droves to the ballot box By The Associated Press . ' The Dally Sentinel • A 5 Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio OHIO SUPREME COURT ~· ·· Thursday, December 23, 1000 L.U•n lo llr. ft/ilor art w•lrom11. Th11y sllould b~ leu thtm JIJO words. All l~lltni ,.,, subjtcl lo «1Mins •nd mw h• dgntd aN/Include addrtss and telephon• numbtr. No unsJsnftl lttltn will H pubbsllrd. Lllltn should h• in good ltult, tlddrn.~mg U-su1.~. not pmon41lili1s. Tie• opinioN.~ •~pr~tn.d itt llltcolumn btlow rut tlrt c:orultrsiiS o/1111 Ohio \Wf(J PuhiL•Ititrt Co, '.1 «<ilorial boord, ~tnfe.n OlherwU• mMed. ' Thursday, December 23, 1999 " ·' PageA4 ington Post as "Gore's campaign manager and a former.acolyte of Jesse Jackson, " proclaims that "the four pillars of the Democratic Party are African Americans, labor, women, and what I call other ethnic minorities." Her other "emerging constituencies" are gays, the disabled and envi- , ronmentalists. (Ever wonder why some Democ,.· · rats - like me - still think the party has a , default mode that is reflexively liberal?) Bradley plays the same Iefler game, but it's··: harder to see all the gears moving, as his campaign stresses " authenticity," which may be authentic. Happily, Gore has forced him to reiter" ate his approval of vouchers, a position supported· . by most conservatives and a growing number of. · low-income Democrats. Curious and unexpected: As.both Democratic candidates run toward the left, the two Republi'- · can.front-runners, Gov. George W. Bush and Sen John McCain, run toward the center. . • ;.. The Journal stresses Hart-Teeter findings tllat' education is the most important issue, and that Democrats rate highly on the issue. But other polls have shown "decline of moral values" as • No. I, with Republicans rated highly. Might these · two issues, education and moral decline, be ., linked in the public mind? After all, those who most fear "moral values decline" are most con,.· cerned about their children. Who go to school. Too often with too little discipline, value-free a11d . non-judgmental, delivering a feel-good mantl'il"of. ~ self-esteem. Such voters, and many others across the spec~ trum, are moving toward the moving center. . ,, - Ben Wallenberg, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is the auihor of , " Values Malter Most" and is the host of the wee/c-.. ly public television program "Think Tank." Y9u ;; may send comme/1/s to him via e-mail: Wat- · mailaol.com. l The proposal by Wise man prompted supporters and opponents t~ pack commission chambers Wednesday. More than 40 people spoke out about the proposal, el(tending the mee ting to nearly t'ree hours, ' "I have seen discti mination over a~·d over, ... particularly based on Larry Young, supporter sexual choice," said David Beach, a local pastor. " No one is asking for more rights, jusi the same, " added Larry Young. But supporters were matched word for word by opponents. "I do not believe the government has a right to impose somebody's beliefs on me," Don McMurry said. The commission voted 4-to-1 to remove Wiseman 's proposal from the calendar, effectively killing the proposal for now.'Wiseman was the only commissioner to vote in favor of keeping the proposal. The city's current laws prohibit discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodation and credit based on race, color, religion and other conditions. Wiseman's proposed ordinance would have added homosexuals to the list. Wiseman said failing to set up a mechanism to address discrimination against gays is "an abdication of responsibility to our entire community. " "I am disheartened and disappointed that in a progressive, inven. live and forward-looking city like Dayton, the politics of hate and intolerance have won the day," she said. After Wiseman's proposal was scratched, the commission unanimously approved an informal resolution stating that it does not condone discrimination against any group, including homosexuals, and opposes any attempt to deny gays their rights. The resolution says the commission will make every effort to ensure that businesses and organizations in the city are tolerant. "Instead of extending civil rights via an ordinance where people can have a mechanism for justice in the event they are discriminated against, we've simply said to people it 's wrong and we hope you don't do it," Wiseman said. "It's a nice first step for our city to advance equal and fair treatment for everybody, but I hope that it indeed is simply a first step and that ultimately justice will be available to people who receive unfair treatment," she said. Mayor Mike Turner said he thinks it is the commission's final say on the matter. "This should not be a piecemeal implementation of a sexual-orientation agenda," Turner said. "The city is taking a big step. Maybe too big." property and income taxes,". he said. "If I worked for the city, I should be able to have the same benefits that are offered to married couples." Lakewood has held two public hearings on the issue this year, and opinions have been divided. Lakewood resident Ellen Malonis said the ordin.ance would effectively redefine marriage. "The city is taking a big step," she said. " Maybe too big." ' BETH GRAVES By AMY Associated Press Writer CLEVELAND - Four teenage boys admitted plotting to con1duct a Columbine-style shooting rampage in South High School and then commit suicide when police arrived, prosecutors said. As part of a plea agreement, the four teens pleaded guilty to the charges Wednesday during a pretrial hearing before Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge Janet Burney, said county Prosecutor William Mason. Sentencing was set for Jan. 25, and the boys could be incarcerated until they . are age 21, the maximum penalty allowed under state juvenile law. The plot was discovered when a student tipped off school officials that the teens planned to open tire on Oct. 29, the day of the school's homecoming dance and football game. The sehoul was closed that day and while police found no weapons or bombs in the building, they confiscated a total of eight guns from two of the suspects' houses. Police also found two maps that showed positions for each shooter in the school and a list of possible students to recruit for the planned massacre. Andy Napier and Benjamin Balducci; both 15, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, Mason said. Adam Gruber, 14, and John Borowski, 15, pleaded guilty to inducing panic. Charges against a fifth student, Nathan Williams, 14, were dropped because of insufficient evidence, Mason said. Williams' attorney, David Snow, said prosecutors received misinformation about the boy. He also said Williams passed a lie detector lest. Prosecutors said that whi)e the threat of violence was real, the stu- ,... ........... City may give benefits to unmarried partners I Lakewood would be first Ohio ' · ·city to do so ' ' . LAKEWOOD (AP) - This city is -considering becoming the tirst in the·state to provide unmarried partners of city employees, including same-sex couples, with the same bonefits as married couples. Councilman Michael Skindell said the issue was first brought up when the city was negotiating with police and dispatchers unions, and agreed to,extend bereavement leave to domestic partners. .''It started us thinking about extending the benefits to include health insurance to domestic partners," he said. A city council vote could come on Jan. 17, if the proposal clears the Rules and Ordinances Committee in this Cleveland suburb. In February, Columbus City Council repealed an ordinance offer. ing health benefits to live-in partners of unmarried municipal employees to avoid a referendum on the issue. Skindell said the number of Lakewood's 680 employees that would use the proposal was small. " We may have six or eight people who would fall under the gay or lesbian domestic partnership category and perhaps up to t4 who would be different-sex couples that cohabitate," he said. "It would cost the city very little." Ellen Matonla, raoldent John Farina, a Lakewood resident who is president of the Lesbian and Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland, said that although he has heard both moral and financial objections, he believes the ordinance has a good chance of passing. "This is more of a health . care issue than a gay issue," he said. "We want to extend health care to as many people as possible." Farina and his partner have been together for more than five years. "We own a home in the city, pay Workers Q,ive bonuses to injured comrade To get a current weather report, check the Sentinel dents were still in the planning process when they were arrested. "Everything we received was real but the plan had not gone as far as it could have gone," said Blaise Thomas, assistant prosecuting attorney. The students planned the attack because they felt alienated from their peers, prosecutors said. Eight oth er South High teens were suspended in connection with the plot. Five of them have since been cleared. "This was just simply a disafJ~cted group of kids not happy with their ci rcumstances," Thomas said. "For whatever reasons, they felt they were not accepted socially." Napier and Balducci were the ringleaders and had been planning the attack for weeks, Thomas said. "For about two weeks, the\ discussed on an almost daily basis their desire to do a Columbine attack and were seeking to recruit additional children to participate," he said. "They were serious about this." Prosecutors said the plot was not racially motivated as Mayor Michael R. White said during a press conference on the day the school was closed. South High, loCated just soulh of the city's downtown, is predominantly black, and all the suspects are white. "They planned to kifl an indiscriminate number of people· anyone who was present in the building," Thomas said. "There was no planning to get one particular group and 'leave another alone." Prosecutors referred to a rambling one-sentence confession written by Napier on how the students planned to attack. In the confession, Napier wrote that the students planned to open fire first in the school's office and gym. ,~~~~~, I Dick & Ruby Vaughan Invite You To Stop In 1 To Pick Up Your Holiday I i Ice Cream Cakes J ~ & Gift Certificates. ~ ~Middleport Dairy Queen Braizer~. .,, ........... ., 99Z·33ZZ . ~~~~~- NORWALK (AP) - With contract negotiations in the fire Nov. 28. He is expected to be released in a stalling and a strike looming, workers at a northern Ohio couple of weeks. His daughter, Gabrielle, already has factory were worried about having a paycheck during been released. Firetighters said Bashak was burned badly on his the holidays. · Those concerns, though, didn 't stop them from help- back because he was shielding the girl as he ca.rried her out of the fire. ing ·a co-worker in need. . . . Bashak's 27-year-old wife, Vanessa, died of carbon Janesville Products employees gave up thw hohday turkeys given by the company to help David Bashak, a monoxide poisoning in the fire. Firefighters said she co'-worker injured in a fire at home that killed his wife apparently got di>oriented while trying to escape. The employees turned in 140 turkey certificates durand injured their ! -year-old daughter. 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CHILD· depressl(>n , hosulny, apath y and HELP USA DEAR MICHAEL CA PLIN: hopelessness Please tell "Want to Help" to be a Your letter IS gong to he read by nulfnend to that chtld 's mother, and talk lions ot people ..u1<l your suggesto her about her behavtor and where tiOns .tre tn valuablc Thank you lor a she can turn for help Suggest parent senslltve and helptullettcr You have groups, therapy or Chlldhclp 's found the JOb that ltts you to aT Dear Ann Landers: Your Nattonal Child Ahusc llotltnc, I· 800-4-A-CHILD lor cnsts counse l· rc:spon sc tu 'S1nglc F1lc 111 Aurorn, Ill ;· surpn scd me "Smgle" comang and n:fc rrdl scrv~~.:cs And JUSI as nnportamly. he a pl,uned th.tt her husb,md llldn 't w.1nt lrtend to the ch ild as well, and ott er to par11upare 111 soc1al eve nt s You your love, attention and encourage- smd he "as probably un sure of hunment Ch tldt en need .1du lls to help se ll m s0c1al s11uat1ons. and suggest- emo- When you see or hc.tr somethmg susp1c1ous, yo u mu~t do sumeth111g about 11 Only then wtll children he safe lrom .tbusc MICHAEL CAPLIN. DIRECTOR OF EAST ed hi! cou ld be t.: UI Cd by gradudl exposure to tn.,;rc.!asmg numbers ol SOCIAL: I constder myself properly told off You are pertectly nght. If your husband docsn 't mtnd your wtsh not to soctahze, II ts tndeed . none of my business I apologize p s Maybe what you need IS more tnteresung lncnds Planmng a weddmg? What 's nght ? Wlut's wrong? "The Ann Landers GUide for Bndes" wtll relieve your anxtety. Send a selfdddrcsscd . long, busmcss-stze envelope and ,, check or money order tor $3 75 (thts mcludes postage and hamllm gl to. Bndes. c/o Ann Landers. PO Box 11562 Chtcago, Ill, Please encourage others tu accept our perso nal ltfestylc prcl etCIHc (>0(111 -0562 To ltnd out mote about Ann Lan· mstcad of provtdm g them wtth help- one says the same about and evening pie for three hours and ltstcn to non of coffee and chatter, he is conSid- - stop chitchat. My bram turns to mush, and my eyes glaze over ered · peculiar"? Perhaps you could have suggestJust as some people cannot carry .1 tunc or run a mtle in under four ed that "S mglc" work out a compronun utes. I am not able to stt Ill a mtse with her husband He could room and engage m mtndless chat- agree to a certam amount of soc mi ter. Thts does not mean I am unsure lling m exchange lor a gutlt-frec of myself m soc tal Sttuattons. I am pass the rest of the It me. He doesn't need to be cured He plenty sure of myself, I JUSt hate these occastons the way someone tsn 't defective. Those of us who abhor an else tmght hate an afternoon of drag ractng, heavy metal mustc or fmetgn cvcnmg ol soctdltzmg ~,;an .still be ftlms It 's ts matter of personal pref- normal , happy. p10ducttvc mdtvtdu erence, al s I am a successful career woman I people Why ts 11 that pctl ectly sand ,md rcspcctahk lolks arc allowed to say "ork wtth II lull -tunc and 30 seasonal employees I enJOY my work , and relate well to others. I have been marncd to 14 years to a \'.onderlul. that an C\ cnmg ol Mozart wou ld horc them to tears, ye t when some- Olltgmng man However, 11 dnvcs me crazy to sll tn a room wtth pco- lui hmts on how to ch,1ngc us llcrs amlr c..ul her past col umn s. HAPPY AND ANTI-SOCIAL IN EVERY LAND DEAR HAPPY AND ANTI- the Creators Syndtca te web page at POMEROY - A new se t ol by laws to comply w11h House Btll 674 pc.sscd m the last scsston of the lcg,, ,,tturc. has been app10vcd by the Cihto Valley Area L1branes (OVAL) Board ol Trustees The legtslatmn changes OVAL Irom a pubhc ltbrary organtzalton to a multi-type ltbrary orgamzat1on and mandates represe ntation on the Board for school. academtc and other types ol lthrartes tn the regwn The new by- laws frame a new structure for OVAL Over ttme , as the other types of ltbrancs tn the regwn JOtn the orgamzauon , they wtll reshape the organizatt on to meet the wtder needs of the new members, smd Enc Anderson, dtrector. Th1s growth wtll mamtatn OVAL's abtllly to a1d all ltbrancs to serve thCII USC I S lllliJ C Ill: ~( CC illUI ) In other bust ness - the Board apptovcd .1 State LtbraJ y translcr request m.tdc hy <.hrcctor .md recom mended hy the Lrbr ~man s· Advn1ory Co mmrtlce Anderson's proposal ts to dtid ;moth- er web server to the OVAL hanlwate conftgurauon whtch supports the web sites of the member ltbrancs Stnce Jul y, OVAL servciS have han· died more than I S rlllll ton htts The new server wtll provtdc space to support the growth ot member ltbrary web sites. - revtewed plans lor several upconung tru stee events The annual meetmg wtll be conducted 111 January, OVAL will host an OPLIN Ftltenng Workshop at the Northstdc Branch of the Clulhcothe and Ross Woman yells 'Drop the Chihuahua' after hawk snatches dog NICEVILLE. Fla. (AP) - Forget the chalupa, JUst "Drop the Chthuahua " That's what San-dy Parks GIFT WRAPPING CONTEST- Emily Bing of Rutland was both the first and second place winner in shneked when an tnJured red-tailed the Pomeroy Merchants Association's gift wrapping contest. Here the judge, Peggy Barton, an employ- hawk dug ti S talons mto Band1ta, a ee of Farmers Bank where the event was held, displays the winning package. Taking an honorable men- 6-pound sptlling Image of the Taco t!on with a gift wrapping featuring live material was Josh Mohler of Pomeroy. Certificates of $50 for Bell commeretals' talk tog Chiftrat, and $25 for second, In all three contests are to be used before Feb. 1 at any business which Is a huahua member of the Pomeroy Merchants Association. The hawk burst from a netghbor's bushes Monday and grabbed IIItle Bandtta, only to find Itself tn a tug-ol-war wuh Ms. Parks, who was • > hangtng onto the other end of a 5., foot leash The Communtty Calendar ts pubsecond pcrl_onnance A Chnstmas " Here 1 am. yelltng 'Drop the ltshed as a free servtce to non-profu WEDNESDAY Ce lebration Wedne sday at 7 r 111 Ill Chthuahual Drop the Chthuahua l" groups wtshmg to announce meeungs MIDDLEPORT - Mtddlcport the lamtl y hi e ce nter said Ms Parks. 61 " I am surprised and spectal events The calendar ts Church of Chn st Chnstmas cantat a. I dtdn 't scare the hawk away" not deSigned to promote sales or fund ratsers of any type Items are prmted only as space permtts and can not be guatanteed to bC pnnted a spectftc number of da) S ~~ommunity WEDNESDAY POINT PLEASANT - Chnstmas program Ltfeltne ApostoliC Church, Route 2, north of Pomt Pleasant. Wednesday. 7 p m. Calendar :: '• March to conduct a dmnct mcc tm g rcgardmg ltbraty cc rllftcatton proposals hem g dts· cussed tn the ltbrary com mututy OVAL " a coopetallve regtonal library system chattered by the ~tate ol Ohto tn 1973 Boxing NEWARK, N.J (AP) - A federal prosecutor presented a vtdeotape that he satd shows the head of the IBF takmg bnbes and manipulating the organization's rankmgs. The government wants a judge to appoint a monitor to rehabilitate one of boxmg's major govermng bodies U.S . Dtstrict Judge John Bissdl has yet to decide if a monttor is warranted He asked each sides to submit three names of potential momtors by Dec. 30. To Guide You Come Home For Christmas Grace Episcopal Church 326 E. Main St. Pomeroy - •. ~: " ..'· . I'' I ,.''" •\ •., " 1\ •• •• THURSDAY RUTLAND Communtty Church of Rutland, Chnstmas program, 7 p m mled "Papa Panov Chnstmas Vtsttors " • TUPPERS PLAINS - VFW Post 9053 meeting, 7 30 p.m. Thursday. •'< •" ~ ~ ~ •• • FRIDAY POMEROY - Sacred Heart Catholtc Church, Chnstmas services; Vigtl Mass, 7.30 p.m. with chtldren parttctpattng; Mtdnight Mass with choral presentation to begin at 11·15 p m Chnstmas Eve; Chnstmas mornmg Mass, 9.30 a.m MIDDLEPORT - Chnstmas Eve candlelight servtce at the Ftrst BaptiSt Church, Mtddleport, Fnday, 7 p.m. POMEROY Rockspnngs Methodist Church Chrtstmas Eve servtcc, 7 30 p m POMEROY - Metgs County Health Department , ImmuniZation clime. Tuesday. 9 to II and I to 3 p m at the Mctgs Multipurpose Center Each chtld must be accompamed by a parent/legal guardtan and present Jmmuntzallon record General LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky athletic director C.M. Newton, whose work as chair· man of the NCAA basketball tournament made htm one of the nation's best-known college sports administrators, announced he will retire next summer. The 69-year-old Newton had indicated ft;lr the last six months that he planned to leave when his four-year contract exptres Hired :m 1989 during an NCAA u1vestigatton of recrutt· ing violations in the Kenlucky basketball program, Newton's tenure has included a return to basketball dominance by the Wildcats, including national titles in 1996 and 1998, and the rise of Kentucky's long-downtrodden football program . Hockey BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Two-time NHL most valuable player Dominik Hasek has rearfinned his decision to retire but again suggested he might change his mind. Hasek announced in July he would retire at the end of this season. But he had ll!S iow stan and has not played since mjunng his groin Oct. 27. Hasek told the Czech newspaper Sport ,this week that he is thinking about postponing hts retirement Soccer -SUNDAY CHESTER- Shade Rtver Lodge 453 to vtsll at Chester ·United Methodtst Church Sunday services to celebrate St John's Day TUESDAY MASON - Cancer Support Group, 7 p m Tuesday. Mason Umted Mcthodtst Church. BOSTON (AP) The famous parquet floor at the FleetCenrer, whtch has been m use 53 years, was rettred after the Boston Celttcs' vtctory over Atlanta. The team allowed fans to take the floor for three hours durmg the afternoon, and they came in droves Some hoisted fake threepointers and free throws, others carried their children over the beaten wood and bolts, pomtmg to spots that were scenes of great Celttcs moments The parquet · was but It for $11 ,000 during World War II . Because of a wood shortage, the floor was made with short boards of red oak of varying lengths and widths When (he Celttcs moved out of the old Boston Garden in t996, they took the floor wtth them · Football mnuvat1vc scJv1ces lo and foster cooperative efforts among libraries m the sou thern Ohto counues of Athens, Jackson. Lawrence, Metgs, P1ke, Ross, Scioto and Vtnton Wanda Eblin serves on the OVAL Board and IS a representative of Metgs County Dtstnct Public l.tbrary LONG BOTTOM - Fatth Full Gospel Church, Long Bottom, 7 p.m Wednesday; Chnstmas play, spectal smgmg tollowmg by fellowshtp TUESDAY's FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Miami Dolphins running bark Cecil Collins had hoped to be released on bail Instead, a judge ordered Colltns to be sent to LoUistana for a probation violation. Circuit Judge Dale Ross h1d ltttle to decide after readmg lhe condtttons of probatton signed by Collins after ht s arrest in Loutsiana for unauthorized entry mto two women's apartments. Its m1ssJ on ts to provtdc conunumg edu~..:auon, resource shanng and 1\estaurant CROW'$ FAMILY RESTAURANT 992·5432 • POMEROY ' I I ... . . ... .. ~ ,._ , , "'''w• • • ' 'I 1 . Inside: Scores in today's scoreboard- Page a Inside: NFL suspends Cleve/afld's Brown- Page 12 Fourth-ranked Cincinnati, No.. 16 OSU win Basketball A Star oi a Secia srrrom Crow's rrami .. Thureday, December 23, 1999 Nationally ... I. Ct1u nty Puhltc Ltbrm v 111 l'cbruary, .111d usc the rc gul.trly sc heduled tn . ... HIGHLIGHTS www crc .ttOJs com mcc ung date ' .~- ~-=-------~ VJSU New bylaws adopted by OVAL . Page 7 0 '' ' NEW YORK (AP) .Angered by stalled contract negotiations wtth the U.S Soccer Federation, players on the Women 's World Cup cham, pions said they will boycott the Australia Cup next month The USSF responded by saying it will send young players to the four-nation tournament The contract the players , I signed m !996 exptred six months ago and, according to John B. Langel, a lawyer for the players, the USSF said it will not make 11 new proposal in the near future. By The Associated Press UCLA came up tust short ot stoppmg Colorado State's upset btd John Ford made a tree throw with 22 seconds lett Wednesday tught , and the Rams IIUug onto beat the No 18 Brutns 55-54 Ill the Pearl Harbor lnvttauou al We dtdn ' t want to get tnto a run11111£ game ~th UCLA They have so nMny weal)Pns ,' Cnlorado State c<htch Rnch1e McKay sa1d ·r tell ltke the lower the score. the Ceednc Goodwyn scored 18 pomts for the Rams on 8-ot-11 shootmg Ford fintshed wtth 12 pomts and Stvesmd II Earl Watson ftntshed wtth 15 pomts and Gadzunc 14 for UCLA UCLA made more tield goals, 2~19. and had a 18-26 edge 111 rebounds , but the Rams were 8-of-17 on three-potnters 10 UCLA's 4-of-12 "We played very poorly m the second hat f last mght (tn a victory over Matne), and well m the first g1eate1 our opportunlly to Win " hal f." UCLA coach Steve Lavtn sa1d The Rams (6-1) appeared to have "Tomght. we played very poorly in the game 111 h,md when Juh11 Stvesmd the ftrst half and played well in the made a three second pomter wtth 4 10 " Puttmg two leltto make tt52halves of susTop 25 men's 42 tamed effort and But UCLA (5· college basketball execution on both 2) went 011 a 12-2 ends of the floor is lUll, tymg It 54· our goal. That's 54 on a threc-potnter by Ray Young. the mtSstng hnk . We're not a finished Durtng the Brums ' rally, Dan product." Gadzunc had tour pomts and four of In other Top 25 games, No. 4 Ins I 7 rebounds. Cmcinnatt beat No. 2 I Oklahoma 72'We had a sense of urgency down 57; No. 7 Auburn defeated the stretch, but tl wasn't pamc ," Pepperdme 87 -76; No. 9 Syracuse McKay satd . " And I' m glad we were got by La Salle 68-52; No. II able to pulltt out " Tennessee downed Southern Ilhnois Betore Ford's shot, UCLA had a 87 -74; No. 12 Kansas beat Pnnceton chance to take the lead, but Jason 82-67; Utah stopped No. 14 Texas Kapono Im ssed a lell -hatlded hook 79-73, No 16 Ohto State edged trnm I0 teet. The freshmm1 also had Toledo 64-61; No I 9 Temple defeatHIS KNEES - Ohio State's Scoonie Penn half of Wednesday night's contest In Columbus, a chanc e to wtn the game wtth tune ed Penn State 66-51; and Tulane surtunnmg uut, but hr s shot trom the pnsed No. 25 North Carolina State for an open team"late as Toledo's Sammy Ohio, where the Buckeyes won 64·61. (AP) comer bounced ott the nm IBatclniO tries to steal the basketball during the first . (See TOP 25 on Page 8) CU downs East Carolina 8-14 in Mobile Alabama Bowl JENNA HALVATGIS FRYER MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Texas iCtiristian and East Carohna wanted get the same thmg out of the mau Mobile Alab ama Bowl - a Ittmomentum for next season. Only TCI:J accomplished 11 , usmg mght's 28-14 wm over 20th-ranked Ptrates to make a for a spot tn the final Top 25 "I hope tl gtves us some nattonal t and a ltttle credtbtltty," TCU Denms Franehtone satd. " We a Top 20 team- and I thtnk we them pretty convtncmgly. That us somethmg to bnng mto next the second consecutive for TCU (8-4), whtch off lteavtly favored Cal tn last year's Sun East Carolina (9-3) was lfa•mrt!d by stx pomts at game tune. It was the first ttme the Horned have won conseeuttve bowl lgatties smce wmnmg three 10 a row 1936-39. The loss will probably knock East l~''rolinn out of the Top 25, somecoach Steve Logan wouldn' t on. When asked tf the loss rutned otherwtse would have been (consi<lert!d a great season, Logan JUSt "We're 9-3. so I guess thts ts (USI one of those 9-3 crappy old seasons," he satd. Logan then ended IllS press conference. " I' 111 ttred, I'm gomg home " For TCU. wh1ch leaves th e We stern Athlettc Conference alter next season for Conference USA, the WJn proved the school was ready for the move. " Maybe we should go 111 next year," Franch10ne satd "B ut II feds good to know v.hen we do go, we'll be gomg tn on pretty good foottng .. LaDatman Tomlinson ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns Ill lead TCU. TCU confused East Caroltna eat ty wtth tts two-quarterback optwn attack and shut down the Ptrates' runntng game , holdtttg them to tmnus-16 yards. East Carolina had tncd to slow Tomlmson, whose 1,850 yards edged Heisman Trophy wtnner Ron Dayne for the NCAA DIVIsion I rushtng tttle But TCU countered the etlort by alternating between quarterbacks Casey .Printers and Patnck Batteaux. wh1le makmg 11 tmpossible for the Ptrates to ad1ust Early 111 the first quarter, Pnnters gained seven yards on an optron run to move TCU to the two Batteaux , a sentor who runs the option bette• thun Pnntcrs. came 111 play <111d pitched Tnmlmson. who 1 an on the next the ball to tor the touchdown Thatlted the game at 7-7, and 111 TCU pu lled away hom thctc . The 11 to ~et up another touchdown the sa me way 111 the sc~.:o nd quarter. Puntc1 s threw a nmc-ym d pass to Tomlmson and B~lttcaux came 111 on the next play and gallled 35 yards on an optmn keeper that put TCU at the 19 Totnltnson c.UTI~d on fnlll plays, lmally scnung trum three yards nut wtth 'I seconds tell 111 the halt It gave the Horned Ftngs a 21-7 halt lime le.~<l '' I knew they wete keying on me, so th e yards came hard. " said Tomltnsnu , who TCU plans to promote tor the HeiSman Trophy next se.,son "At lust. I could only get etght Y"rds here. tou r yards thete, and they wete tough But they came and I'm happy w1th the outcome" East Caroltna had to go In the atr 111 the second h.tlf It tlltltally worked as Davtd Gau ard mov.ed the Ptrates down the fteld, seumg up l"ume Wtlson's 11yatd touchdown ''"' that made 11 2114 w111I 4 10 to pl ay mthe thtrd qu.trtet TURNS THE CORNER - Texas Christian's LaDanlan Tomlln10n But Russell Ga11 y latet Intercept- (left) tries to break the tackla of East Carolina's Jerome Steward In ed a pass I tom Gan atd and returned the first half of the Mobile Alabama Bowl Wednesday In Mobile, Ala., where Texas Christian won 28·14. (AP) (Sec BOWL on Page 8) tlanta Braves' Rocker takes ·heat or bigoted tirade By CHAO ROEDEMEIER ATLANTA (AP)- John Rocker, the Atlanta Braves p1teherwho tauntNew York Mets fans dunng the . apologtzed for hts tirade lagain:st and homosexusaying "competlltve zeal" made say things he dtdn't mean . though tl mtght appear tnl~tPruii<P from what I've satd, I am a racist," Rocker satd Wednesday a wntten statement. "I should not satd what I dtd because tt ts not I believe in my heart " Rocker told Sports Illustrated he rettre before ever playmg for a York team, then added: "Imagme having to take the (No. ) tratn to (Shea Stadtum) lookmg you're (m) Betrut next to some wtth purple hatr, next to some wtth AIDS, nght next to some who got out of Jatl for the ttme, nght next to some 20Ive:tr-old mom wtth four ~tds. It's . thmg I don 't like are the foretgners ," went on. "Yo~ can walk an entire m Tunes Square and not hear lanvht>dv speaking English. Asians Koreans and Vietnamese and lln1diatns and Russtans and Spanish IP«>ple and everything up there How did they get m thts country?" Rocker, a 25-year-old who lives ~ •• 111 Macon and was born 111 the southeast Georgia town of Statesboro. retracted those remarks Wednesday "1 want everybody to understand that my emotions fuel my competitive deSire," Rocker said . "They are a source of energy for me However, I have let my emottons get the best of 11JY JUdgment " Comtmss10ner Bud Selig called JOHN ROCKER Rocker's remarks "tnappropnate and ~-.,.....-"":";.;.;.=~""i"-1"'"­ offenstve" and satd they are bemg Amencan or Latm '" he has that are revtewed. " We will take approprtale Caucast.m " actton ," Selig smd. The commellls weren ' t playtng Braves geueral manager John well wllh utilet Atlalll.tns Schuerholz spoke wtth Rocker for 10 "Hts t'<tciSI optn tons ;re tu st. to mmutes Wednesday and satd lie me. '' teptesent.llton of a very tg noplanned to meet w1th hun after the rant and uneducated person," satd holidays "to dtscu~s what acttons tile Sara Gouzaltz. (ll eSidelll of Atlauta organtzatton wtll take." HISpantc Chamhet of Commerce "The vtewpotnts attnbutcd to Tern W,usou. shoppmg at the John Rocker m no way retlect the Braves Cl(tbhousc slot c Wednesday. views of the Atlanta Braves organt- desc11bed hetsclt as ,, Rocket fan zatton," Schuerholz satd. " He wo1ks or maybe a ltllmet nue for us, but tu no way do the com"I sute lwpe I don t get a Rock el ments, attttude and feelings represent Jetsey lot Cllllstmas now And I those of the Atlanta Braves" asked lor one:· she "')d . · It lie can 't Rocker's teammate, Bnau Jmdau . come up with a good explanation h11 told Atlanta's WQXI-AM; " You wiry he's ·' bt got and a t.tmt. he can't respect a guy that makes com· needs to ch,mge In s vtews and do ments hke that publtcly." some soul-scmchmg · Schuerholz sa1d he did uot tluuk Rockel. an eccclllnc pllchet who Rocker's remarks wo~Jd be dtsrup- sprtnts lnlln the bullpeu to tile pttch tive to the team. He satd Rocker told tug mnuud , s.ud Mcts tans tnsu ltcd him that " he has as many good hiS mothet and threw h.lltcnes at hun fnends on this team that are Afncan- dunng the playolls. Portland men rally to beat Ohio 68-66 PORTLAND, Ore (AP) - Ryan Jones scored 15 potnts, and freshman center Tun Frost's layup wtth 25 seconds left helped Portland come back to defeat Ohta 68-66 Wednesday mght. A free throw by Portland's Bnan Jackson and a steal and Iay~p by Troy Collms tted the game at 66 wtth I :08 left. Portland rebounded a tmssed three-pomter by Oh10's Dustm Ford, and Frost was free under the basket to wm the game for the Pilots (4-5). Shautl Stonerook tted Ius career htgh wtth 25 pomts to go wtth 10 rebou11ds for the Bobcats (7-3). Oh1o took a 55-45 lead w1th 10 45 to go, but Portland came back after the Bobcats' lcadtng scorer, SanJay Adel l, hurt hts nght shoulder going up lor a shot. Adell col ltded wtth Collms and left the game. He tried to come back. but lett agam for good about a mtnute later. Portland went on an R-0 run and later ued 11 at 61, but a three-point· er by Fmd made II 64-61. A 12-foot JUtnper by Frost cut tt to 64-63. Stonerook's two free throws made tl a three-pomt Ohio lead wtth 1;45 lett, but the Bobcats dtdn't score agam Adell, averagmg nearly 21 pomts a game, fintshed with 14. Carruth promises no guilty plea to murder conspiracy charges CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)- Rae Carruth arrived for his latest court appearance wtth a new team of lawyers and a promise that he will not plead gutlty to charges that he orgamzed the slaying of his pregnant gtrltn end . "Ra~ mdicates Iu s mnocetJce and ~·II be pleading not guilty," said Carruth s new lawyer, Kenneth Spauldmg. "We feel like the residents of Mecklenburg County are gomg to gtve hun a chance to be henrd." Spauldmg ts patt ol a new team of lawyers hired after Carruth fired Gclll ge Llllght un and Ha10ld Bender Davtd Rudolf also is joining in C.111 uth's defense Can utlr ts bemg held wtthout bond on first-degree murder and related chatges lor hts ~ k~ed rule tn Adams' death. �A 8 • The Dally Sentinel Pomeroy Middleport Ohio Top 25 college basketball... (Con mued from Page 7 ) 73 62 Auburn (I 0 I) had a nme pomt lead reduced to 43 40 at halftm e The T g~rs took control after that Kenyon Marun slowed by foul pushmg the ma g n to \4 po nts on Jrouble tn the ftrst halt f n shed with N Dtaye SJam wt h 9 0 o play '23 pomts as Ctnctnnatt rebounded No 9 Syracuse 68 La Salle SZ .from ItS first loss of the season R)an Bla kwel\ had 14 po nls and The Bearcats (9 I ) lust 66 64 10 "1 reb und and Ja n Hart added 9 Xavter on Saturday n ght a game n po t for tl c 0 a gem n (8 0) who whtch a sluggtsh I rs halt ost them hav yet to pi v a r a I g 1 th ca But they were on thetr game fron the start and had n troub e ha d g Oklahoma (9 I ) ts first lo s Martm played JUSt s x m nutes n the first half and scored s x pomts then dommated at bu h ends h ough out the I nal 20 nutes No 7 Auburn 87 Pepperdme 76 At San Juan Puer o R o Ch s Porter scored 17 of h s 19 pont the second hall and M mad u N Daye added 18 pont ad 10 rebounds as Auburn " on h San Juan Shootout No 4 Cmcmnatl 72 No 21 Oklahoma 57 Mobile Alabama Bowl (C 1 nu d r Thurada~Decarnbar23, 1999 Page 7 was a good th ng but thmgs Pr nter The Volunteers (II 0) oil to the th rd best s art sc hool h s ory md best s nee the 1922 23 tea 11 opened 4 0 wtll play 1 ul sa n ton gh s hamp onsh p gan e The Salukts (4 5) gave Tennessee a much tougher ftght than was expected and were t II w th n seven po nts w th less that a 1111 ute to play No 12 II C Or W ANN OLI NCf MENTS Professional Services Kansas 82 Pnnceton 67 IBDO WEEKLY BE YOUR OWN BOSSI PROCESS NG GOVERN MENT REFUNDS NO EXPER ENCE NECESSARY (24 H Reco dad Message) I 800 854 6469 Ext 5046 At Lawrence Kan N ck Brodfo d scored a ca on h gh 17 po nts ad A hante Joh o ac!J J 1 arccr h gh 16 tor the Jayhawk (9 2) Kansas outrebounded th f ge s 24 5 the ftrs h If and I hed the ganew ha4 l81d anagc Pr nee ton s v ga c w nn ng s reak The f vc reb und v 1 the te vc t n a half by a Kan s opp ncnt s nee 1975 Utah 79 No 14 Texas 73 Ha o M t ol s red a c uccr h gh ·p po nts n luI g ru a\ three po ncr to I ad ho Ut I v tory over Tex as The L ngh orn (6 3) lo d 62 on Chr s M hn J p Mottola mswcred w II II e r er v th I 55 to p 3) Mo ol 1 ay g h at pre aso k ec grabhcd 0 cb und I Hr ~u lei T y Ou Ca mchae s Fa m & Lawn Ga po s Oh o 7 5 F ed Aa e F naflc ng A a abe 50 0 4510 95 HP SER ES TRACTORS F nanc ng As ow A 6 5 USED TRACTOR F nanc g As Lo Atl 6 9'Y. 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You can ea n 7 5% on you coot act for one yea tf you pu chase an Eagle Plus• smgle prem urn deferred annu ty between Oc obcr 1 and Decem be 31 1999 Eagle Plus• s underwnttcn by Nat onw de Ltfe Insurance Company Jtm Rogers & Assoctates 33105 Htland Road Pomeroy 992 231a E ma I d llonp@nat onwlde com 9 L e nsu ance underw ltten by Nat10nw de L fe nsu ance Company a subs d ary of Na onw de F nanc a Serv ces c lournarnent Cto ~~:h C ot mmp!m ttl' NOTICE REQUEST FOR COST PRO. POSALS Dec 22 1999 Coot Propoaala will be received by tho Malga County Commlulonora at their office at tho Counhouee Pamaroy Ohio 45769 until 10 00 A M Monday Jan 18 2000 lor tho purchue delivery and Installation lor uae by the Middleport Volunt..r Department ol tho following equipment Radio Equipment to Include Mara Trac (or equivalent) 100 watt UHF mobile radio Vertex (or equivalent) veh Ropeator and 111 auoclated enten nao rear hoedaet wiring and manu111 1nd 2 Hl750 16 ch1nnet portable radloa with remote opa1kor mice Equipment 1h1ll be lnotollod on equipment 11 tho Sutphen Corporotlon In Columbuo Ohio Coat prop01111 may be mallod or dollvorod to tho Melgo County Commloolonort Courthouao Pomeroy Ohio 45769 Quootlono In regord to thlo requoat may be addrouod to Joan Truo1111 Meigs Grants Admlnlllrator at 740.992 7908 Janet Howard Preoldent Melg1 County Commlulonero (12) 23 30 (1) 6 3TC Public Notice Nalionwde• Insurance & F nanctal Serv ces NOTICE TO CONTRAC TORS Sealed proposal• lor tho Purchoae and Delivery ol Fire Fighting Equipment for uoo by tho Middleport Volunteer Fire Department In Molg1 County Ohio Will bo received by the Melga County comml11lonero at Public Notice Public Notice Public Notice their office tl the Courthouao Pomeroy Ohio 45769 until I 0 00 A.M Jon 18 2000 and then at 1 00 PM at oald office opened and rood aloud lor the lol lowing Eight (8) MSA 1801289 Compoelto Ill (or equivalent) cyltndera with valvu Fifteen (15) MSA 1492006 Ultra Elite (or equivalent) face pieces with speed on harntaa and noae cup Throe (3) MSA IIUB12412M1200 (or equlva lent) air maake One {I) Akron 112730 (or equivalent) air maaka One (1) Zlamatlc QD&OONST (or equivalent) 6 NSTF low level atralner with mount Twenty ooc llono (20) 1 3 4 • 50 Ponn Suprema (or equivalent) while double jacketed poly llltr lire hooe wHh 1 1/2 NST lightweight coulpllngs One (1) K700 Partner (or equivalent) bulc rescur oaw kit Including r81cure saw caae FD concrete cut ling wheel oafaty gaa can hearing protection gog glu opere bolt and flttor m 2 cycle oil goo otoblllzer acrewdrlver: wrench combl nation and lnotructlon manuel Eight {8) Gemtor 11531 (or equivalent) life bello with extanolon and pompler hook Four {4) Churchville (or equivalent) FPR500 500 wott folding portable light with Inlet and outlet Spoclllcotlono and bid lormo may be eecured at tho office of Molgo County Commlaalonoro A depoelt ol 0 dollar• will bo required for each oet of plana and apoclllcatlono Tho full amount will returned within thirty (30) deyo after receipt of bide Each bid must be accompa nlod by tither o b d bond In on amount of 100% of tho bid amount with a aurety oatlafaclory to the oforeu d Meigs County Commlaolonero or by certl fled check coahlero chock or letter ol credH upon o solvent bonk In tho amount ol not Iell than 10% of tho bid amount In favor ol tho oloreoald Me go County Commloalonera Bid Banda ohall be accompanied by Proof ol Authority of tho official or agent olgnlng the bond Bide ohall bo aoolod and ao Bid lor morkod Middleport Fire Department Fire Equipment Bid and mailed or delivered to Molgo County Commloolonoro Courthouoo Pomeroy Ohio 45769 Attention of blddtrl Ia called to all of the requiremente conlllnod In thla bod pocket portlcul1rly to tho Fadorol Lobor Standardo Provlalono and Davia Bacon Wog11 Varloua lnaurance requlreme"ta vorlouo equal opportunity provlelono and tho require mont for o payment bond and performance bond for 100% of tho contract price No blddor may withdraw his bid within (30) doya after the actual dolo ol the open lng thereof We rtllrvt tho right to reject eny or an bldo Janet Howard Prooldent Molge County Commloolonoro (12) 23 30 (1) 6 3TC received by tho Molg• County Commloolonero at their office at tho Courthouao Pomeroy Ohio 45769 until 10 00 AM Jan 18 2000 and then 11 1 00 ~ M et uld omce opened and red aloud for the following Twanty Two Seto ol tho following Fire Protection Jenoavlllo Equlpmant Commando (or equivalent) 7 5 Oz. PBI Natural coato and pento Arallte (or oqulvelent) quilted to nomex with Breothex E/80 liner (or equivalent) end molelul] barrier ayatom 8•8 coot handwarmer pocketa on coot NFPA ocotchllte trim on coot radio pocket on left cheat 2 ltllore on back ol coato Tuppert Plaine (arched acro11 lop) Fire {tlralght on 2nd Uno) Two (2) 10x10X2 11ml bellowo pookota 1 each olda ol log non 1tratch auopendara with loopa leather metal reinforced ahouldoro elbowa and cuffo leather rolnlorcod knHa and cuffa oil other at1ndant acctllorleo ovar thumD wrlatlet cu1hlonod kneoar etc Spoclllcatlono and bldt forme may be aecurod at the office of Melga County Commloolonoro A depoolt of o dollart will be rtqutrep lor each aot of plano No bidder may withdraw hla bid within thirty (30) day. lftv the actual date of the Molg~ opening thereof County Comml~alonera re11rv11 the right to walv, 1ny lnlormalltlea or reject any or all bide Janet Howard Prealdent Melga County Commllllonert ~ (12) 23 30 (1) 63TC Public Notice NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed propoeala for the Purchooo and Dollvory of Fire Protection equipment lor uoa by tho Tuppora Plolno volunteer Fire Department In Melgo Will be County Ohio Yard Sale 70 Gallipolis & VIcinity &.1. Be Potd In Advance DEAQUNE 2 00 p m 11le doy bot.,. the ad 1110 run S.ndoy odltlon 2 00 p m Friday Mondoy ecltlon 10:00 am Sotunloy Pomeroy Middleport &VIcinity A I Yard Sotoo Muat lit Pold n Be ween A hens anct Pome ov 2 & 3 bed oom mob le homes $260 $300 740 992 2167 • nsurance P an • Sale 1te Aenta You Mualllt AI Laaal 22 Y11ro OfAgoiHovo1YIIrOTR E-"""' Ctaoa A COL, H.umol I Ctoan UVA t Th a Sounds G ea And 'You Meet The Above Requ aments Ca Randy Or Ch stlna At 100. 828-3550 0 V Sl Ou Web Page A 988 Redman Danv e 14x70 A so Has Expando Ve y N ce New Heat Pump $ 4 000 740 388 8335 www hwtryck com H 1 w rruc~lng co nc One WV25545 Advance Deedllne 1 OOpm the r,tED CAL BILLER $15 $45 H B tng SOftwa o Company Neoda Poop e To Process Med cal Cia ms F om Home Tia n ng Provided Must Own Compute 1 SOQ-434 5518 Ext 887 dey before tho ad 11 to run Sunday & Monday edition Mocjlea 1 OC!pm F~doy 80 420 Mobile Homes for Rent • Paid Holidays & Vac:atkJn • Homo 90'!. 01 Weekends OW-Opore1ore (Wo Pay Fe mtts & FjJ8 Tax) • Paid Week!Y & 0 eel Dopos o 88% Up To 70"!. Of Gross Revenue Auction end Flea Market BUY NOW TAXMAN Slee Bu d ngs Wa ehouse Ove stock 25K30 30K40 45K70 50x1BO Mus Caa S ock Now I 1 800 462 7930 X 75 Comp e e DISH Netwo k sate te s~stem brand new $ 49 ns a lad I ee 740 992 5305 afte 6pm 82 o 304 773 COMPUTERS $0 Down low Month y Paym ents The Pe fee Ho day G f A mos Eve yone App oved Ca F ROCOM Ad vanced Techno og es 1 BOO 617 Moms Wanted Ame ca a 11 Home Bus ness Moms Wo k AI Home F ae casse e 688 613 5275 EMPLOYMEN T SEfW ICES 11 0 Help Wanted nd 400 Brochuraat Sa alae on Guar an alldl Pollago & Supp eo Pro v dod! Ruoh Sell Add ossed Stamped EnYt opel G CD DEPT 5 So• 1438 ANTIOCH TN 37011 1438 Start tmmed atoty U 000 WEEKLY! Mal AVON) A Areaot To Buy o So Sh lley Spoirs, ~75-1<121 Need some one to 9am 7pm & 7pm o Sam sh s at adu t g oup home please ca fo ntervlew bOiweon 9am & 7pm 740 992 5023 3476 Ext 220 Money to Loan SFREE CASH NOW$ F om Weal Fern ea Un oad ng M I ona 0 DOllars, To Help Mn mzo Tnelr Taxa& Wr to tmmoQ ate1y W nd ala 847 A SECOND AVE. 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No OHIOI VIall Nllliiii'Y 0o To $500 tnetantt~ 'To 1 Free 1·177 EARLYPAY llctco700!6 1 and 2 btdiOOm aportmal!lo, tur n ohed and unlu n oritd H<U ltv depoell I<IU rild no Pl11 7~0 992 2218 UKC Reg atored Rat Terrier Malo 1 1/2 ~·a old •100 11¥o Rat Terrier Fenilltl (304)875 794e btlo11 IPM 1994 GMC Jimmy SLS lOAD ED 4DR E~colltnt Condit on Now 1' ana Htgn Mlloo S8 200 Ca btlo18 9PM (304)!75-794tl 1118 Chrya or Town & County Van Ll<l Wh 11 With lin 1-ior 45 000 Mllie ItS 500 oto 7402!18 818 7~258,121111 �,. Thursday: DeCAft'lber 23, 1999 Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio -~;;~;;~~~~~iv~S~en~tl~n~e~l==::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~=:::~~~==~~==========:::======;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;~;; -~ 720 Trucks for Sale };}' ..... Motorcycles :9 85 Hon da 70 , 4 wh e'e ler. i 1. 100. 74D-742-4002 evenings. ·r------c~----~~~~~~--,-,-.-,-.-to-u-,~..,~ ••-,.-ry--~,~••-.,~,.-c.--~~ ~.~~ "1 DEPOYSAG PARft Cellular 1000 St. Rt. 7 South 992-5479 Coolville, OH 45723 74N87.0- t•on . $1200. 740-949 -3059 alter tlpm. /JII l 750 East State Street Athens, Ohio 45701 Phone (740) 593-6671 " Mon-Frl 8:30 • 5:00 Over 40 yrs experience (740) 742-8888 Wltll- TheM CrNI Now accepting resumes for COL drivers, a.,.~ 1hr Clouo(lldl«'"" up to $8 per hour and labor positions, up $6 per hour. Send resumes to: P.O. Box Public Notice 152 Pomeroy, OH 45769 CALL: French City Maytag , 740· ·446 · namtx with Brtolhtx E/88 liner (or equlvolent) ond C&C General Home Ma inmoloturo barrier ayattm, lenence- Pilin llng. vinyl sidmg. 10" x 10" coot patch pockcarpentry, doors . windows , baths. ttl with leather on colt, rno OIIe home repau and more . For loolhtr ahouldoro, olbowa fre e est1mate call Chat. 740·992· ond cullo, NFPA 2"x3" red 6323. ar1nge acolchllte trim, L1v ·ngston ' s Basement Water nomtx mint patch, redlo Proof1ng . au baseme n! repai rs . pockat on ltll cheit, 3" lttdo ne. free es t1mates. li fetime tere on biiCk of coat: SC~ q..;aran tee . 1 2yrs on JOb 9)(pa ri PIO FIRE, Full btllawo J:J nre. (J0 4)895·3887 . panta pockelt, 1 eoch leg, non atretch auopendtro 840 Electrical and with metal loopa, leather Refrigeration reinforced knteo and cullo, H ~ :.1dent1al or commercial wiring, 3" cull trim on ponta. r <Jw ser-.1ca or repairs . Master liFlftttn (15) llllllard (or l"o:~ nsed elect ncian . Ride nour equlvalont) FX htlmelo with !: 1ectncal. WV000306 , 304·675all atondanl acc..aorlta. 1766 Flftttn (15) Sorvu 11408 (or equivalent) kneo booto Public Notice Flrabrtlktr Fighting Wolght. NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sptclflcatlono, and bid The Ohio Oepartmant of formo may bt IIICUred at Natural Resources, through lht olllct of Molgo County the Division of Parka and Commloolonero. A dopoall Recrsallon, pursuant to and ot 0 dolloro will be required In accordance with the tor ftch Itt of plona ind provisions ot Socllon The lull omount wUI retuned 1501.1 0 of tho Ohio Rtvlaad wtthln thirty (30) dayo ollor Code proposes to lease lor receipt of bldo. tho operation of the . boat Each bid mu.t bt occom~ rental conceealon located at nltd by tither 1 bid bond In Forked Run State Park, on amount of 100% of the Meigs County, Ohio. bid amount with a Hmy Official bid proposala will aotlafactory to the aforeoold be received In the olllce of Melga County the Division of Parka and commlaolonero or by ctrtl· Recreation until 2:00 p.m.. fled check, caohlero check, Jan uary 6, 2000. Bide will or ltttor of crecth upon 0 be publicly opened aotvent bank In tho amount lheroaflor by tho Chief or of not leu then 10'Jio of lht his authorized agent. The bld amount tn fovor of the right Is reserved to reltct aforoaald Melga · County Commlaolonero. Bid Bondo any and all bids. Tho lease will be for a ohall bt accompenltd by term of approximately four Proof of tht omclal ortgtnt (4) years from lana algnlngthebond.\Bldoahall execution to Oeceinber 31, be ateltd and marlctd 11 2003. Said teaat may be Bid for Scipio Voluntttr renewed altho option of the Fire Department Flrt Director lor s period not to Equipment Bid and moiled exceed tour (4) yttro. or delivered to: Mtlgo The Olvlslon of Parks and County Commlaolonere Recreation will provide one Courthouae, Pomeroy, Ohio boat rental conceaolon 45769. building, a storage area, a Attention of blddero ta dock for rental boats, land cellad to all of the requirearea within the vicinity of menlo contained In thla bld the concession building for packat, Plrtlculorfy to the the specific purpooe of Fodera! Labor Stondardo operating a mobile Provlolono and Davlo- 1·740·992·9330 OR 1·800·809·7721 7795 ' refreshment conceaalon, Bacon Wagea, aroaa of tho park for the specific purpolt of VI n d l n g o P e r a II n 9 machines, operating equipment as apoclfled In tho bid package, and all water and sewage lrtalmont necessary for tho concoaslon opsratlon. Tht Concessionaire Will turnloh all other oquipmtnl, merchandise, materlalo, aupplloa, utllltloe, ond labor necess~ry to operate the concession to approved standards during tho season of operation and dally hou ra as defined In tneuranct requlromonto, varlouo equal opportunHy provlalono, and the requiremont tor 1 peymant bond and performance bond tor 100% of the contract price. No bidder may wHhdraw hlo bid wHhln thirty (30) doyo after tht actual dolt of tht opening thereof. Mtlgo County Commloatonoro rootrvoa the rtghtto wolve any lnformolhlto or to reject any or all bldo. Janet Howard, Prooldent Melgo County Commllllonoro (12) 23 30 (1) 6 3TC 848-2734 • f\erno'<~e\ Any Scotch or White Pine- $15.00 Wagon Rides on Weekends Rt. 33 to Darwin, East on Rt. 681 , 4 miles to Cherry Ridge Rd .. 1 1/2 miles to tree farm . ~allow signs. Daily 10 am til Dark Nov. 26thru Dec. 24 11/22MI1 mo pd. • s~~o61(\C) 20 Yrs. Exp. • Ins. 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At the first table, North opened one di amond. Then , after his one-spade response was raised to two spades, South made a game-try with three spades. Holding four trumps am! a maximum, North was happy to go on to game. West led the club two. Now, with the 2-2 trump break, the conlract was in no danger. One of dummy 's low diamonds disappeared on the third club, and eventually declarer had a heart guess for an overtrick, which he got wrong. In the other room, South very cautiously passed out two spades. (Nonh opened one club because one dia. mond would have guaranteed at teasl a four-card suit.) Silli ng West was Dulch international Kees Tammens . Somehow, he found the incredibl e lead of Ihe di amond queen. Expecting West to hold something like Q-J-9-x, declarer played low from the dummy. Now Tammens continued with the diamond three. Sticking 10 his reading of the situation, declarer again played tow from the dumm y. After winning with the diamond jack•. 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TORS Requests lor bid propoaal Sooted propoaato for tho lorms ahould bt made to Purchaat and Dollvery ol tho Ohio Department of Ntw ·Firt Truck for uot by Natural Reaourcoa, Dlvlalon tho Syracuot Volunteer Fire of Parka and Recroallon, Otpartmtnl In Malgo Concessione Section, 1952 County, Ohio. Belcher Drive, C-3, Will bt.-lvtd byth Molgo Columbus, Ohio 43224. County Commloalonoro at Telephone: (614) 265-6540. 1htlr olllct at lht Sam Sptck Courthouot, Pomeroy, Ohio Dlroctor 457S9 untll10:00 A.M., Jan. 11, 2000 and than ot 1:00 1121)9 P.M. at oald omco opened and rtld alouct or tho fo~ Public Notice towing: The purchiH and dtllvtry NOTICE TO CONTRACot a , Fire Truck to tho TORS Syrecuot Voluntoar Flro Sealed propooela lor the Dapertmont. Truck to mitt Purchaot and Delivery of tho apeclflcatlono aa proFire Protection Equipment vided In the bid packet. for UIO by lht SCipio SpeciHcotlono, and bid Volunteer Flro Deportment forma moy bt aacurtd at In Melga County, Ohio. the omco of Melga Col(nty Will be recolvod by th Molga Com m I 1 1 '1 on art County commtoalontra Courthouoo Pomeroy, Ohio at their olllct at tho 45781 - Phone 740-812· ·Courthouot, Pomeroy, Ohio 2H5. 45769, untll10:00 A.M. Jan. A depooh of 0 dollare will bt 11, 2000 and then at 1:00 required for eoch ttl of P.M. 11 oald attica opened plano and opeclllcatlona. and rood oloud for the fol- Tht full amount will lowing: roturntd within thirty (30) Flftotn (15) Stlt of lht fol•. dayo efltr rtetlpt of bldo. lowing Proltctlon Each bid mutt bt occompoEquipment: nled by olthar 1 bid bond In Jantovllle (or Jaqulvalont) an limount of 100% of tho 7.5 oz. PBI Notural co81o bid emount with 1 ouroty and ponta. Arollto (or oolltfactory to tho oforftold oqulvolont) quilted to At. 7 18" 31tem $12.99 or 16" Deluxe $14.99 or : M•lga County Commlulonera or by corttllod check, toahlara chiiCk; or totter of credit upon a ootvtnt bonk In lht amount of not to.. than 10$ of the bid amount In fovor of the aloreoold Mtlgo County Comml11lonora. Sid Bondo ahell bo accompenlod by Proof of AulhorHy of tho official or IQtnt olgnlng th bond Bldo ohall bt otaltd and marlced at Bid for Syracuat Voluntoor Flrt Department Flrt Truck Bid and molltd or dollvortd to: Molgo County Comml11lonert Courthouot Pomeroy, Ohio 457811 (12) 23, 30 (1) 8 3TC \ try our Hot Wings, ·· ~ ASTR9·0RAPH our Hot Subs. 992-9200 Sewing Machine & Vaccuum Cleaner Repairs Friday, Dec. 24, 1999 Your chances for enhancing your earning potential in tbe year ahead will be increased because of your mocivation to do che very best job you can. Good work produces good pay. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) tf it is necessary for you to do any last minute shopping Coday, be careful. how you go aboul making your · selections. If you're impulsive or impatient, you might make a bum purchase. Get a jump on life by understandinc the innucnces that'll govern you in the year ahead. Send the required refund form and for your Astro-Graph predictions by mailing $2 to Astro-Oraph, c/o this newspaper, P.O. Box 17S8, Murray Hilt Station, New York, NY JOIS6. Be sure to state your Zodiac sign. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Fcb. 19) Persons who are usually cooperalive might be tbe very ones who oppose your views lhe strongest today, so play things tight when dealing with others at this time. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mnrch 20) We will open 4:00pm on Christmas Eve. We make house calls 740-742-0419 Merry Christmas from all of us at Racine & At 7 Pizza Express. We will be closed Dec. 25 to Celebrate the Birth of Jesus Public Notice Nottca 11 hereby given 11181 the Mtlgo County Autom8llc Dala Proctlllng llolnl ahall rntt1 Dtcembtr 21, 1111t, 8110:00A.M. In the County Mtlgt Commloalonotlo omce. N•ncy Partctr Compball, Seottltry . (12) 231TC 1 I AKC Registered Chinese Sharpei pups, lots of BISSELL BUILDERS, INC. wrinkles, excellent bloodline, $300 949-2126 New Homes • Vinyl Siding • New Garages •Replacement Wln~ows •Room Additions •Roofing · COMMEIOAL .. IIStDENIW FREE ESTIMATES 740·992·7643 (No Sunday , '· I Lasagna, Taco Salads, Bacon Breadsticks or William. Safranek, Attorney Public Notice EXPRESS Should you l1c a beuer ratipnalizer today ihan n pruducer, several respon· sibilities that require your attention might be neglected. It could make for a more hairy day tomorrow. . ARIES !March 21-April19) Peo· pic tend to he a bit more sensitive than usual today, so forego leasing or crncking jokes that can be miscon- slrucd. l"stcad of fun and games developing, hun feelings l'Ould result. TAURUS (April 20-May· 20) If you wanl thin~s done a ccr1nin way t()day, give helpers cryslal clear instructions am..l define expec tations in detail . Otherwise bolh ynu and your work mates could end up frus· trated. , GEMINI (May 21-June 20i'Just hcc{IUSC you're an easy-going ~rsc.Jn isn't a good enough reason to le~;any· one entice you into doing somcdi~ng yoq know is noc in your best int~. Use your beller judgmenttod'a{ CANCER (June 21-luly 22f'Live within your means today ind inal\e. do wilh what you have. 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SAGIITARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec . 21) Respect for you in the eyes of · others could diminish loday if you c;an't back up what you say. Don ' l present yoursclr as an aulhority on things aboul which you know lillie. Calls) II •• .. .. �..• Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio' A 1~ • The Dally Sentinel League may extend penalty into 2000 season NFL hits Browns' Brown with suspension By TOM WITHERS BEREA, Ohio (AP) - Orlando Brown got knocked down by his doctors, then by the NFL. Brown was hit witll the biggest penalty ever given to a player fo r making contact w(th an official on Wednesday, an indefinite suspension covering the remainder of this season and possibly part of the next. While Brown continued to recover in the Cleveland Clini c because of more bleeding in his ri ght eye injured by an official's penalty llag. Commissioner Paul Tagliabuc ' a1d the league wi ll not tolera te a pJayer touching an official " We cont inue to hnpe that Orlando Brown makes a fu ll rc,·nv ery from his injury." Tagli abuc ' aid . " Howeve r. as ~,·~ r yune has acknowledged. the inJurv h > the player was completely in ,1dn~rt..: nt anJ did not justify his actiun agai nst the referee . .. It was an un fo rtunate accick· r11. but we can not comlonr unJ1.: r <ll1) l'lrcumstanl'es ph ys11.: al L"ll ntact against our gan11.: olf iL'Ial s. ·· Tag liahue\ ru lin g was an nuunct' d a few hours afl..:r Bmwn learned he must stay in th\..· hospital b~..·L· au sc uf new blcc<.li n!.! in hi s n i! ht eve ... oc kt' t. He was t; ha\C l;c-: n · rclca,~.,' d Wcdm:sday h~fDre thi s scthad . Brow n is the firs t playe r in k:aguc hi ~t ory to be. susrc nd t.:"d for mnrc th :m one l!amc for umtOJc t wi th an uflicial " Tagliabue will meet w1th the 6foot - 7. 350-pou nd tac kle 1n New York aft er the Pro Buw l in Fe.hru ary. Additi onal penaltie s will be di scussed at that hearin g. Brown was hit by a fl ag weighted not say if his clie nt wi ll appeal. " I would prefer we wait until with BBs - thrown ·by re feree Jeff Triplette - dunng Sunday 's game after the hearing hefore making a with Jacksonville . Brown stormed comment ." said Condon, who on Tuesday hinted back on the field about a possible and knocked lawsuit again st Tripl ene down the leag ue if wi th a two-handed Brown s' injury shove to the chest. was ca reer Brown blamed threa tening. hi s violen t action s on the fact that his Cle veland coach fat her. Claude. Palmer Chris lost hi ~oi sig ht to also refused to glaucoma in 1993 . co mm ent after Bmwn has heen in heing handed a the hospital since copy of the ni ght . Sunday with impaired NFL's. rulin g as he left the prac vision and bleedti ce field. in!:! in a ~hamber Earli er, Palmer or' hi s ri ght eye . refu sed to say if The injur y the Browns were would have ke pt co ntinuing to Brown out of di scuss possibl e Clev eland 's seaORLANDO BROWN son tin a le a l!ainst _ _ _:;.;.;;::.::.;::.::,.:.;.:.;::.;.:.:.;__ _ di sc iplin e Indi anapoli s.. on again st Brow n. Bnnvn':-. penalt y is already more Sun \li•Y· The Browns have " bye week on the las t weekend of the sea- . St.:'Yt.:" rc th an th ~..· 11thcr four in whit~h a player has shnvcd an offi c1 al. Those son . Still. that weekend counts toward pena lties r;Jn gL·d frum nne· ga me susthe ~u~ p~.:n s i o n and Bro wn will nut pens ions to a $20.000 fine. Tlw players di sL· iplint.:"d fnr such get H pa y l'l1 ~1..:'k. NFL spokt.:"sma n G r~..·g Aiel lo ~ aid . Brown ~.; i g n c d a ~: onta cl we re: Don BurrOUi!h S or Philadl'lphta m 1961. Munty Stk kles ~ i x · ycar. $27 mill io n contract with Cleveland in February. Based on his of New Orlea ns in I%K. Michael 1~'!9 sal< iry. Brown wi ll lose $49.4 11 Jackson of Scaulc in I n2 and Steve Wtsnicwski of Oakland in 19% . the re mainder of thi s season. Palmer sa id he learned of Brown's If the suspension continues intu nex t se aso n. Brow n wo uld lose new eye hkcding from team medical S131.250 per game. based on Iti s personnel. The team has decl ined to re lease med ical ne ws on Brown $2. 1 mi'lli on salary in 2000. Brow n ·~ agent. Tom Condon. did since Monday. - Condon said he spoke with Brown by phone Wednesday. and he was still ex periencin g "severe discomfnrt. " " He is very concerned," said Condon, who did not ktiow when be released. Brown might Coincidentally, Condon also represents the league's referees. serving as their labor negotiator since 1994. Cond on said Brown was being treated by Browns team phys ician , Dr. John Bergfeld . ~long with three eye dnctnrs . including David· Mei sler and Jill ' Fnstcr of the Cl inic 's eye institu te. On tlonday, doc tors told Brown he might have permane nt visio n damage . Also. IllS famil y histnry of vistnn problem s means any eye injury cou ld lead to long- term co mpli cations. Brown made hi s onl y puhlic statemen t since the ga me on Tuc~da y dur· ing a news confe rc n c~ across the l'"ll from hi s hos pital room. Dressed in stree t do thc s and wearin g a metal patch over his eye. Brown apo logi1.cd. He had planned ttl read a l1and wri11cn s tat e m~ nt. but 'a id he cuuldn ' t see it a nd haJH.IcJ it to hi s wi fc . Palmer said he didn' t know il i> trcss caused by the comnwti nn of lhl! news confcrcm:c c au s~d the new ,bleeding. As a result of Brown 's injury. the league has said it will rev iew the way nlli cials toss !lags. The lbgs arc weighted so they p m fall immediate· ly at the spot of a foul. Sometimes they arc thrown forward rather than Thursday, December 23, 19l(O: ...... •' Thursday, _ December 23, 1999 .Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio The Dally Sentinel • B 1 _---.:.;. _~..;..;..,_---~----..;__-....;.:,:;,:~~:.::!:::.:::.=:.:._ _ _ ___;__ _ __.:.:.:::..::::.:;~:::.::..:..:.:... Food safety specialists issue Y2K warning f9r canned food ~ ' By JUDE MAHONEY For AP Special Features ATLANTA (AP) - Food safety authorities say recordbreaking numbers of consumers canned food at home for the first time this year because they fear the new millennium could begin with a power failure. " We can pretty much tell the increase came from folks who are worried they won't have electricity to run their freezers," says Dr. Elizabeth An.dress, food-safety specialist for •the University of Georgia Cocperative Extension Service. But Andress and her colleagues say novice canner,; may not have followed the strict procedures necessary to kill the pathogens in roods they preserved at home, and could become ill or die if they eat the contaminated food. " Canning" means the process of plac ing food into heal-resistanl containers, steril lzing and sealing it. To kill all the possible microorganisms lhat cause di5ease, the food and con tainers must be heated to extremely high temperatures. This is especially true for the Clostridium botulinum bacterium lhat causes botulism, but it also applies to Salmonella, E coli , and Usteria, all of which can cause serious sickness or death. Clostddium botulinum can grow and spread in low-acid foods l.ike meats and many vegetables if it is not killed during the canning process. According to canning spedali st Susan McClure, editor or "Preserving Summer's Bounly" (Rodal e Press, $14.95), low-acid foods, including most vegetables, must be processed at 240 F to kill the C. botulinum bacterium . Traditional water-bath canners can only reach 212 F, so people who want to can low-acid roods must use a pres- sure canner to reach the desired temperature, or can their foods at a slate-ru n cannery. HigiHleid foods like fruits and pickled vegetables can be pr<i\;erved in a water-bath canner. McClure outlines the canning process in the September-October issue of " Organic Gardening" magazine, and warns ca nners not to cut corners on safety. Program Assistant Kathleen Neal of the Georgia Extension Scr\licc agrees. " My nightmare is people who mix high and low -acid foods in a single dish lik e chili, then try to can it. " Although there are publ ished guidelines for processing separate ingredients, like beans, meat, peppers or tomatoes, there are no data that tell us exactly how lung combinations like chili should be processed to guarant ee that they're safe to eat. r11nm--~ We're all fiXed up and ready to wish you a wonderful holiday. Thanks a lot. " I always advise people to can the ingredients sepa~:· rately, then mix the d ish together when they're actually going to eat it ." If you're worried about possible power failures in your area, McClure has a few suggestions for keeping food . co ld. You 're in luck if your freezer is stuffed sol id, because:· if you don't open the door and admit warm air, everyt hing; will likely stay frozen for 48 hours. · If it's hal f full , McClure est imates 24 hours to " full meltdow n." If you expect th e food to thaw before power is restored. place dry ice inside the freezer. but out of direct contact with the food . You 'll need to wear gloves to do this, "' dry icc will burn your skin . McCl ure estimates th at 25 pounds of dry ice will keep food froze n for two to three days in a half-full 10-cubic- · foot freezer and three to four days in a full y lo~ded one: · 0'Vlap_ the c5pirit £{ ~hristmas eome <i7llive Experience aH the love and joy that's poMiblc chis season. Feel inspired, and for good reason. For it's time to rejoice and revel in the past. And give birth to your own memories that will 1M: sure to last. SMITH'S GMC TRUC CENTER, INC. Gallipolis upc Orlando tallies 103-97 win over Cavaliers CLEVELAND (AP) -Caval iers coac h Randy , Wi ttm an gave his depleted team an " A" for effo rt Wednesday night. The overall grade was incomplete, however. as Cleveland faded in the fourth quaFter and lost to hotshooting rookie Chucky Atkins and the Orlando Magic, 103-97. " I was very pleased with the effort seeing how we were shorthanded," Winman said . ·' But we didn 't make plays down the stretch and the turnovers killed us." Cleveland, with only nine healthy playets. banled throughout but committed 10 of its 20 turnovers in the first 9: 19 of the fourth quarter and lost its fifth in a row. Atkins scored six of his career- high 22 poi nts in the final 4:48 as . Orlando earned its fourth straight win . · " When you come off the bench, you basically see everything that has been happe ning and see what your team is lacki ng," Atkins said. " It 's kind of easier. " All my shots were in transition. My teamm ates got me wide open and I just shot. " Atkins ti ed the score at 89 with a layup and afte r Cleveland turned the ball over on a trave ling call , Pat Garrity put the Magic ahead to stay with a layup with 4:42 to play. Bob Sura led Cleveland with 28 points on 11 -for- 16 shooting from the lield. The Cavaliers ' other four starters combined to shoot J 6-for-51 (3 1 percent). " We missed some easy shots, but overall we played a·good game until the fin al minutes." Sura said . " It was right there for the tak ing. I don't know if thi s is rock bottom or what, hut we've got to find a way to get it done ." Sura suffered a di slocated linle ftnger on his left , non-shooti ng. hand m the third quarter. " It hun big time then. but I'm fine ," he said. Shawn Kemp scored 18 points for Cleve land. wh1ch was without starting point guard Brcvin Kn ight and reserve forwards Mark Bry ant and Danny Ferry. Kemp got his fifth foul with I 0:05 left and the Cavs trailing 81 -80. He Ewing helps Knicks get by had picked up his play in the second half after making just I of I0 shots in the first half. He finished 5-of-15 from the fie ld. Monty Willi ams had 14 points and Chri s Gatling 13 ror the Magic. whose reserves out scored the starters, 62-41. " We 've actually got more scorers on our second unit ," Magic coach Doc Rivers said . "And right now, they are reading the game very well , fe eding off eac h other. blending together." Atkins scored 16 first -half points on a variety of perime.ter jumpers 10 keep the Magic close after Sura's 14point first quarter gave Cleveland to an early lead. AWORD FROM THE WISE: ({REJOICE!" Raptors ·~-91-90 fl oor at halftime, and Atlanta even The &J·point! was Atlanta's low- outside as ·Minnesota routed host before that. gelling 24 points from est output of the season. and the loss Chicago. NBA Antoine Walker to snap a six-game was the Hawks' fourth in a row. It was the third win in a row for • streak. losing Timberwolves 106, Bulls 86 the Timberwolves, who started the By The Associated Press The Cellics led by 14 points after Kevin Garncll provided the mus0-8. Garnell led five month Patrick Ewing found hi s shot just one quarter. 18 after two, 24 after cle in side and Malik Scaly and Terre ll in douhle fi gures with Tnnherwolves in the nick of time to help New York three and 87-59 early in the fourth . Brando n hit just about everything 22 points. He also had 13 rebounds. avoid a fourth-quarter coll apse. Ew ing hit a turnaround 14-footer with 21.3 seconds left as the Knicks overcame Vi'nce Carter and the Toronto Raptors 91 -90 Wednesday night. ' It was the biggest shot of the season for Ewing, who was playing in just his seventh game since recove rin g from a partially torn Achilles'tendon . He finished with eight points just the 36th single-d igit scorin g ni ght of his 984-game career - and eight rebounds. · " I can't remember," Ew in g responded when asked when was the last time he had made such a clutch shot. " Last year because of .the (injured) wrist I missed some. so it's good to hit one. " My shot is back. " he said . The Knicks led 84-7 1 with 6:12 remaining before going score less for more than four minutes. The Raptors tied it at 86 on a jumper by Caner. selling up Ewing's game-winner. " I've said it since he was hurt : We need Patrick if we' re going to go .all the way. " Latrell Sprewell said . Carter scored a crowd-pleasing 36 points. the highest total by a Knicks opponent this season, and the Raptors had a chance to win after Sprewe ll mi ssed two free throws - the second intentionally- with 2.9 seconds left. Out of timeouts, the Raptors could only get a shot off from midcourt a heave by Doug Christie that barely missed. It was the second straight tough home victory for the Knicks, who moved seven games above .500 and into contention with Miami, Charlolle and Indiana for the best record in the conference. Sprewcll scored 25 points, Allan Houston had 18 and John Wallace, playing against his former team for the first time, added 14. In other NBA games, it was Miami 74 , Utah 72; Boston 98 , "YpUR HOMETo'\.vN NEWSPAPER" Atlanta 81; Minnesota I06, Chicago 86; and L.A. Clippers 103, Golden State 99. .PLEASE SEND A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION OF THE DAILY SENTINEL FOR I YEAR I Heat 74, Jazz 72 FOR ONLY $88.40 (Payment Included). Alonzo Mourning had 17 poi nts, .SUBSCRIPTION GIFT FOR: I 10 rebounds and five bl ocks including one in the final seconds INAME= - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - 1 to lead host Miami . bl oc ked Bryon Mourni ng IADDRESS,:_ · ---------------- I Russell's dri ve to basket with 13 seconds remaining. and John Stockton ICITY:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __.__ I missed a three-pointer at the buzzer for Utah. I Celtics 98, Hawks 81 lsTATE-= · ::--:=-=-=--=---------ZIP: Boston said goodbye to 1ts parquet May your holiday season beftlled with thlglfb of l611t and friendship, action ~ -~-@!%::111~---~~~~ 312GIFTS FOR THE PERSON WHO HAS EVERYTHING 1YEAR GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO THE plus rots ofgreat presents, tool 'IIIanks for giving us so much this past year. Here'S hopingyou get evezythlng you want and more. Many thanks and meny ChristmiU to you and your.sT MEIGS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TENOGLIA & POWELL Attorneys at Law Mulberry Hgts 992·6626 200 East Second St. Pomeroy, Oh. (7401 992·6368 The Daily Sentinel II . .#if@ --'---- • • ~- Pomeroy We hope thia Chriatmu il a model of happiuen, full and love for you and your family. Thank you for helpiDa u1 to build our bullineu with your loyal support. .. . ai thi:, flitpp)' amijesh/Je /tine ofyt'llr tl is mtli!Jreatpleasnre tliat take 11 mon/1'11/ out ofour normof bustitess scfli·dule to a press beslwislies to goodfnends sucli as yon. We sincerely appreciate yourfiiends!itp, your business, andfor tlie confidence youliave sliown in us during tlie post year. Our association during tlie post your lias been rewarding and 1vt liopt conh'nue to earn your confidence and,goodwill in tlie comin_gnew · your and off tlieyours tliotfollow. . The Dailv Sentinel ------------------- ... .: Three Wlae Men bore gifts from afar, but none more precious than the atft of cartng. In the sptrtt of gtvtng, we extend our gratitude and beat wlohea to you. We feel blesaed to have had your goodwill and trust. . . Middleport 333 Page St. 992-6472 ' !;fnd in feepin_gwt!li tlie true spirit oftlie lio!Jdoys, we wisli you tlie best tliis Clinshnos season can brin,g and may tlie .Jfe1v Ytor bring you love, linppin~ss and prospenty. :Merry Clinstmas.from }utlje 'Fml CilJif' ami fi1~ Jmuily Cntliy, 'l.f't/, and rs/n fe !;fnd tlie Sraff·o fSm1tli & !1'ssoaiiie !;fcconnhilj .£.omin and Sue Forest Ru~ Ready Mix 32760 Twp Rd. 202 . 992-2067 Racine • • �. B 2 • The Dally sentinel Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio Thursday, December 23, 1999 • Zinc and copper: together forever for a healthy lifestyle .~~This an tagonism only comes into play if there is an imbalance. The takc· homc message, at least where zinc and ..:upper arc concerned. is that we shouldn't overdo it unless there is a good reason. There is no problem with taking recom mended amounts of zinc and copper at the same time. . DEAR DR. BLONZ: I have read that some of the B vitami ns stimul ate fat-cell growth . Could you tell me which ones? - Nikc, Newark, N.J. ' . DEAR NIKE: Fat cel ls, alw ca lled adipocytcs. arc distributed throughout the body, and they rep resent a reservo ir of energy. Fat ce lls will grow in size as mur~ Jat. in the form of triglycerides. is dropped off for slur· age . When they getlu a certain size. it signals th e hndy to make more fat cells. and then these. in turn. arc avail ahk for fill ing. Once formed , fat cells arc difficul t to get rid of and they remain in the hody lh roughout its life, unless excess dietary energy continues to fi ll the ex isting fat cell s. DEAR DR. BLONZ: What vitamins or minerals can I take to reduce the dink circles under my eyes?- D.C., Baton Rouge . La . DEAR D.C. : Darkness under the eyes can be brought on by a number of factors. Perhaps the most co mmon cause is a nat ura l thinness in the skin under the eyes. The ski n isn't dark - it 's just easier to see the vas,cular bed undorncath . This 1rait can run in fam· ' ilics anll it doesn 't necessari ly reflect a h c.::e~l th problem . If one is f:tt ig ucd or under stress. the sk in can become pale. and th is could accentu ate the darkness. I am sorry to say that as ide from thnsc.nceded fo r no rmal goo d health, enzymes, including those involved in detoxtfication, changing only in the amount of fat they contain. then.: arc no vitamins or mincrais I sex-ho rmone produclion and wound hea ling. It is also in volved in our senses of taste and smell. Copper helps in the formation of red blood ce ll s, is esse ntial tl1r normal hair and skin, and is needed for norma l respiration and the production of cenain antio.<idant enzy mes. Both arc essential, but if there is too much zinc. it can deplete the leve l of coppe r in the body. Likew ise. if the copper intake is excessive. the leve l of zinc can suffer. When fat ce lls grow. it is not because of th e B vitarnins. These nutri ents arc needed for cell growth and metabolism , but the B vi tamins will not st imul ate fa t ce ll growth know of that can elim1natc thi s prob- Fund families bring ·holiday cheer to investors !! lem. The Dally Sentinel • B 3 _.. Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio • ·~ . By Ed Blonz, Ph.D. . DEAR DR. BLONZ: I keep up on herbs and vita · mans, but I am ~o n fused about zinc . I read that you should not take zane and copper at the same time, but if that's so, why do mul!ivitamins put th e two together? I've r~ceived advenising in the mail that sa id I should take z1 nc and copper together. Which is the ri ght way. and who is telling the truth ? - U.A .. San Francisco · DEAR U.A.: At present. we have good methods of determ ini ng the amount of a nutrie nt that's needed to prevent a deficiency. Science, howeve r, has onl y begun to consider Ihe ways in which the ratio between nutri ents abo affect our metabolism. . . Zmc ~nd copper. for example , have an unusual rc la110nsh1p 1n that the amount of zinc in relation IL> copper may be just as important as the levels of these nutri ents individuall y. Zinc plays a role in the acli on of man y • l Thursday, December 23,1999 Send questions to: "On Nutrition," Ed Blonz, c/o Newspaper Enterprise Associat ion . 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 100 16. For e-mai l, address inquiries to: :C cdblonz.com. Due to the volume of mai l, personal ' , replies cannot be pro~ ided. By Dian Vu)ovlch Mutual fund companies are in the bu siness of making money, plain and simple. But these compl exes are often charitable givers, too . Since it's the season of giving, I thought you might be interested to learn that many mutual fund ,companies have a sweet side; throughout the year, they frequently give a portion of their co rporate profits to various loca l and national charities, and encourage their employees to do the same. While there's, no clearing house that tallies pre· cisely how much fund famili es give each year, here 's a look at some of the ways they have helped olhers this year: MFS: One of the oldest fund families in the coun try, MFS was the lead sponsor of the Pan Massachu· setts Challenge, a bike event that raises money for the Jin;!my Fund; the fund-raising arm of the Dana Farber CaReer Institute iri Boston. .:'This year, the event raised over $8.7 million ," sar-o John Reilly, media relations manager for MFS . "In the past 20 years, the number of riders has gone fr<itn about 16 to 2700. Now this event is the single largest fund raiser for the Jimmy Fund." MFS's co ntribution to that pol was over $500,000, no(' quite one-third of the total $1.4 million the fund . . ., ., . ·t , '• . ·. ,.,· .., complex gave to charities. this year. Some of the other recipients of MFS's giving include City Year, an AmeriCo rps Program; and the United Way . Oppenheimer: During the past couple of years, Oppenheim er has streamlined the way it does its giv ing. Instead of giving smaller grants to a number of o'ganizations, it's giving larger sums to four eharities.They are: Save the Children, a global children's services organization committed to helping women and children around the world; the American Cancer Society; the Special Olympics; and Teach For America, an organization that recruits college graduates to do a ;!year stint in some of the toughest schools around the country. Oppenheimer is also big on matching contributions that its employees make to qualified non·profit organizations. Employees can give up to $2000 to a quali· fied organization and Oppenheimer will match that gift dollar-for-dollar. American Century: This Kansas City-based fund family is involved with Union Station, an old train sta· tion in the city that's being renovated an.d turned into a science facility , and Liberty Memorial, one of the country's oldest World War I memorials. They also are sponsors of th e American Ce ntury Annual Duck .•.' . Acorn Family of Funds. " They send us a list of things Derby.' Money raised from it goes to local chari ties, "The rul e of thumb is thai we su pport a lot of char- that ·they need, like clothes and toys for th e kids, and , ities in the communiti es where we have a sizab le pres- peopl e here buy those things for them. We also pro· ence in terms of ou r employee base," says Chris vide the family with a holiday dinner as we ll. " Hope you're able to share somet hing wi th someone Doyle, spokesperson for American Century . Putnam: Along with giving to United Way and - or so me group - in need this seaso n too. CO RR ECfiON : Whoops! There was an error in . encouraging its empl oyees to be charitab le givers as well , seriior executives at this fund family have start- last week's column . If you'd li ke to receive afree copy of State Stree t Resea rch's Managin g Your Taxes . ed pooli ng bonu s money and giving it away. " Last year, Putnam executives pooled th eir bonus guide, the correct number to cal l to request it is 1·88Kmoney, gath ered l million dollars, and gave it to the 638-3193. Remember to call on weekdays on ly. Boys and Girls Clubs in Boston," says Nancy Fisher, between 8 a. m. and 6 p.m . EST. Co pyrighll999 NEWSPAPER ENTE RPRI SE director of public relations at Putnam . ''The money was used to wire clubhouses and to teach computer lit - ASSN. eracy to young people." Dian Vujov ich's most recent books incl ude " 101 This year the execs are expected to divvy up thei r Mutual Fund FAQs" (Chandler House) and " 10$1 million among a eo upk of different charitable Minute Guide to the Stoc k Market " (Macmillan). To organizations. learn more about mutual fund s, visit her Web site at: Acorn: AI this small , 75-pcrson fund family, thi s www.diansfundfreebies.com. tim e of year brings a personal touch. "Each year. we sponso r a needy family in Chicago, " says Marilyn Morrison, spokesperson for the A Word From The·wise: .. Wherever you go this holiday season. our best wishes are with you. It's been ~ privilege and a pleasure serving you this past year. ~~~~==~F=ro=m~o=u~r~home to yours, have a great holiday. Thank. you for your , loyal patronage. Mason Furniture Company (304) 773-5592 2nd Stnet Peace On Earth Jlcquisitions ·'"• MEIGS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE . ,.i\"j Le,l '"'h" lo oil our !,;,,.rJ, ond nriql,l,o,,s th ~~ (~ lu'id ntm, •,,. .. GREETINGS Mlly you EMS• EMA MULBERRY HEIGHTS~ :POMEROY Rocky Hupp Ins. ., R11eltv, Csr~l, Rl, Rllehssl &lindssv 91 Mill St. , Middlepo1·t Mason, WV • I Hope everything runs smoothly for you and your family this Christmas. With wann regards from all of us. 290 North 2nd Ave. Middleport ~ \ We would like to thank you and wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Year 's . We will Reopen on Monday, December 27 at 9 a.m. Merry Christmas! 210 2nd St. Mason, WV 1•304•773•5U'241 G&M.FUEL COMPANY Will's Hill Rd. Pomeroy 4307D STATE ROUTE 124- POMEROY, OHIO ~r~~~~~~~~~~~~~"~~~~ -: FROM THE GANG AT ' MEIGS COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS OFFICE . Mulberry Hts. 992-3722 J: E'TiirYY thiS Christmastime and all the 'TIUI{}ic it holds. We appreciate your valued !tU'its. Pomeroy Jtfisqer .' 264 South Second A'enue Middleport, OH 45760 740-992-5141 Bruce ~- Fisher.Director JJfuneral ~nme ~nt. JJf 590 East Main Street Pomeroy, OH 45769 740-992-5444 James R. Acree, Jr.-Diredo r · ··.• •· . \ From Left to Right: Jim & Becky Anderson, Bill Carswell . ffiu:k Row: Gretchen Anderson, Dena Roseberry, Wendy Thomas ;~ Hope this season sets the scene for a spectacular t~ ,.Christmas for you and your family. · :~ .. 36759 Rocksprings Rd. Pomeroy, 'o H 992-6606 · We've come a long way since the horse-drawn carriage. but our co~tment to family traditions and old·fashioned values remains the same . Happy holidays and heartfelt thanks .. to our many good friends. ~ :£ .. • ·~ ·• ') ~l :\ ·~ ·~ maiJ All tJt~ur Dreams Ct~me 1rue 1his Chrilfmas ,,••..• .,., Time to get things rolling and wish all our customers, a very merry Christmas. .,·~· ~ ' LooK.inB 10T'Uiarr!'Io Mafjng ?{Jw 1rilnd's }fru{'IoServi.ng7'ou In 'I1it 7'ear'Io Co~! . .. •l ' YOUR NEIGHBOR ..,·~ :~ :~ 'I'fiank you for doing business witfi us. DENBIGH-GARRETT FORD '· '~ 1-77 hlrplala Bdt '~ ••·~ Rlple,., WV ;I! :~., • OLDSMOBILE 1-800-IM-3878 • ..•t. ....: • Gallipolis' Hometown Dealer •••t 4~ • :;·~ ·t'n i 1616 Eastern Ave. Gallipolis . ·~ (7 40) 446-3672 :~ or :~ 1-800-521-0084 '•'•·~ •• \~ ·~ ~~ ' ' · , · May you experience the season and all the ;oy, warmth and happiness i~ holds_ in store. Ou~ warmest thoughts are with you on thts hyltda.y o~caswn, along with our thanks for your valued bustness. ·~ 1/, ... ~~-:; • ·~ ;~ ..·S: ~ Jl ~.:: ~ .•. R ~R~R~R~It<{~it<o.~O<..~R ~it<; ~tt:<;:...R:...R:...l\'1; :...R:...l\'1; _...~U~:-: . ~-~~~~~~~~~~ .. :~ ~ 'Picture of :J{appiness ~KSPRINgs_ I' J, I ~at4. ~ & ~at4 ~ ......... . .- ~ . I .... ~~H,;/ . m roo:_ " ==:!I ~~-:..~-- REHABILITATION CENTER · \ Greelf!l.JI.Sf IMf holidt; 'Pf wm >Px heart Thri you ta 'IW ~- •• ush's y Shop &·Parts Wants To Wish YouA Warm~t GOLF COURSE c . ANDERSON'S FURNITURE MQy your Christmas bt Plltd wllh the joy of Christ's birth And rht llghl of His lovt. With warm gr•llluilt-wt wish you pta<t, and ast His blessing (or you ol Yulcrldt. Wt (ttllruly blmtd ro shore your tlnd (rltndshlp. Clarice, Terry, Paige , Melissa and Judy PINE BILLS .··- ~dore9iim! ~~e!!~~~ From The North Pole ••·· HAVE A HOLLY, JOLLY CHRIS,.MAS ~~~. .EetCUs &C» cm revrt tn tht sifts ,, this maaktlt sttUOn. • �.....-----------------~------,------··-,.------- - - -- Thursday, December 23, 1999 Formby's antiquing kit no longer available to public By Anne B. Adams and Nancy Naah-Cummings DEAR ANNE AN D NAN: Years ago we were able to bu y an antiquing kit made by Formby. I feel ce rtai n you will recall the various shades of green and muted reds, rust and even Williamsbu rg bl ues. We have a very old hunt table wh ich we had fini shed in th e antique gree n, and now. aft er some needed re pairs to the top, it needs to be rd'in ished. Needless to say we cannol find Ihe kils anymore. With all of your success I thought perhaps you mighl ei th er lei! us where lo locate such an item. or adv ise as to our next best solution, still' ieavi ng the lable in the gree n color. - FAY J.-MARTIN , Oca la, Fl a. DEAR FAY: We' re sorry lo lei! you Fo rmby's has given up making anliquing kils. We found a boo k. " Wood Fini shing and Refini shing" (Creati ve Horneowner Press, 1982). that describes an tiquing process. You start with a , il wou,ld be lh e gree n pai nt iS to is dry, appl y the glaze coal. This is a but lransparent coating, usuall y varni sh, that will be lightened. Then you wipe off lhe glaze wilh a soft, clean rag. The amounl removed is a matt er of taste, and Ihe longer the glaze sets, the less can be removed. If you want a grai n patlern wipe l·he glaze in one direction. Have several rags avai lable as each wipe requires a fresh surface. Stroking the glaze with a clean paintbrush wi-ll furth er lighten and modify th e glaze patler. Be sure and wipe 11\c brush clean after We're eztendlD& our very belt wilhe1 to yo~ and your~ for a hoUday filled with good frlendl and cheer. We're proud to be a part of thil · iine COIDIDUDJ.tY anci are ar&teiul for the Opportunity .tO 1erve YOU. 0 • Bl:Bruce Williams ~AR BRUCE: I sold some used eq!lipment to an out-of-state compan ~The own er did not want lo have itjthipped C.O.D., and told me Ihat wfien the equipment arrived, he ~ld send the check. Th e amounl t~ we agreed upon was over $~. It has been six monlhs since 11iflipped the equ ipmenl, and I still ha!e nol been paid. I contacled a iajl;yer to send him a leiter. Still no · rc$ijlts. The lawyer said thai it would be-; difficult to sue and coli eel b~au se he was out-of-state. s:M..Traverse City, Mich. EAR B.M.: You have done I so many others have done re you. Shipping merchandise to p(Qpl e you don' t know on the stp:ngth of a telephone conve rsation i ~a very foolish maneuver. I di sa ·i· e with your altorney, however. I • can't handle your case, I would g' :an anorney in the cily and coun1§.herc your "customer" is domic~. Thai altorncy can pursue this nJ!Itter and if Ihere is a decent chance of.: coll ectin g. The attorney should 1'1\e Ihe case on a contingency basis, k~ping 33 to 40 percent for himse lf. lt"'ieems like a lot to give up, bul 60 piiJcent of something certainly is far b~ter lhan 100 percent of nothing. •· DEAR BRUCE: We just sold a r4ce of property and rea li zed $~,000 before taxes. We wi sh lo ~ the money for college expenses f~ our lwo kids, ages 12 and 8. We ~ invested in some education • Happy New Year! Merry Christmas!' . 0 . • eac h stro ke. Draw lhc brush in one direction eac h t ime . 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Questions of general inleresl will be answered in future columns. Ow ing to th e volume of mail , personal replies cannot be provided.) Copyright 1999 NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN . Hope your holiday is a real delight. 5Jreetings 'To all PRESCRIPTION OXYGEn Services The Dally Sentinel • B 5 t>ut-of-state ain't so great .. IN THE SPIRIT OF GIVING ..• -· MIDDLEPORI I Tbe Ohio Valley's Holl!ffare Oxy~~:en SpeeiHIItt ServinH Ma~on, GallilJ 1 M~iH,, & Atlwu., ( .'nmlli·. ·~ ' \ ,, ,• ,, • �.. • -. ' i B 8 • The Dally Sentinel ~omeroy, Thursday, Deceml:ier 23, 1999 Thursday, December 23, 1999 Middleport, Ohio NEW YORK (AP)- As we anticipate the year 2000 (and our computers anticipate 1900), maybe we should take a moment to look back at the millennium we're leaving behind. Whoops! Come to think of it, that's what we've been doing all year, at least when we weren 'I al our PCs ordering stuff from eBay and downloading images of Lara Croft. What kind of year was 1999? A year of prosperity for some. For instance, America's homemaker, Martha Stewart, who put up cans and cans of green after a stock sale that raised S!30 million. Other people couldn't even get enough lo .eat. Consider Dion Rayford, the 270-pound University of Kansas football player who got stuck while climbing in a Taco Bell drive-lhru window lo seize the chalupa he was missing from his order. Now, like Rayford 's Jayhawks career, 1999 is at an end. Behold the end of the year, the end of the decade, the end of the century, and especially the back end of actress Jennifer Lopez, who reportedly insured thai famous derriere for a quarter-billion dollars. Whether it's with books, TV documentaries, the Millennium Edition of Trivial Pursuit- we're all caught up in the millennium, if only lo dispute the year of its observance. Helplessly our anention is fixed on our communal rearview mirror as Father Time's odometer gels ready to turn over. So why slop now? In the remaining days that we might bener spend laying in supplies in case the Y2K bugs bite (don't forget extra cans of those commemorative Spaghe•liO 2000s, where 2s cohabit with the Os), let's reminisce. How besllo sum up the past thousand years• Actorcomedian Richard Belzer calls the waning millennium " the bloodiest, funniest, most exhilarating, disappoi nting in memory." And particularly so, he points out, during the 20th century. With humankind 's taste for violence reaching new extremes of late, Belzer see ms ready lo roll the business as usual. What else can we expect from a mil- lennium is clear: Everyt hing we know is wrong. Soon we can invest in it! globe back to A.D. 999 for another go·round. lennium ushered in by dot-com dizziness. The dot-combustible truth for launching the next milWhy not'! Whatever lack of creature comforts we might have encountered a thousand years ago, there was also an upside: There were no ATM fees and no Donald Trump bragging. What's more, no one eve r blew a Saturday al a Renaissance Festival. AI the turn of that millennium, the world was brimming with discovery. Norse explorer Leif Ericsson became the first European to visit North America (he sailed through Customs). Meanwhile, a lady- in -wailing .In Japan's royal court was writing "The Pillqw Book" and the Chinese were perfecting gunpowder (Jacqueline Susann and the NRA came much later). Now, in 1999, what have we got? Pokemon .and " Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." New York City's millennium -inspired manhol e covers and~ wayward Mars Polar Lander. And no more "Peanuts"! No wonder our enthusiasm is dampened and we're scaling back ou r New Year's Eve plans. Y2K fatigue .accounts for our diminished interest in partying, as Prince long ago prescribed, like it's 1999. We're view ing New Year's Eve. and the thousand May your holiday be filled with cheer. 1: years of da~o follow, wit h increasing trepidation. "As the nati on moved into the 20th century, the prevalent idea was of a door ope ning, " says James Twitchell, an English professor at the University of Florida. "This time. we have a much more macabre view. We are exquisitely circumspect." 949-3099 Maybe thai's because nowadays it's computers that RACINE, OHIO operate the door. What if. at the stroke of midnight, we were left with no phone• No light? No motor car? Not a single luxury! Sherwood Schwartz isn 'I worried. He's the man who not on ly created the 1960s sitcom "Gilligan's Island " bul also composed its theme song, and he continues to draw faith from those seven stranded castaways. "THEY had to make do with what they had, no matter what problems came along," Schwartz observes. " We wou ld make do , too." 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By ROBERT TANNER Moore, wearing chest waders to get around Rocky Mount, N.C., while rivers Associated Press Writer _rose days after the storm. "It 's like a war zone." The streets grew safer as the crime rate continu~d to fall, y~t we worried Investigators struggled for the cause of EgyptAir Flight 990's dive into the more than ever about deadly violence in schools and at work . Atlantic, killing 217. Or why golf champion Payne Stewart's business jet The stock market soared as the U.S. economy powered ahead, though real zigzagged before crashing 1,400 miles off-course, killing him and five othwages for many wmkers lagged. And while many high.-tlying Internet com- ers. panies made money for investors. they operated at a loss. This year capped a ce ntury of astonishing progress. ye t the computers central to life in the late 20th ce mury see med vulnerab le to a simple flip of the calendar on Jan . I. So Y2K frets swept the head lines. Was 1999 the vear of the Phantom Menace? The end of the millen nium brought apocalypt-ic visions. from end-timers to survivalists to environmental anarchists. The year kicked off with the looming i111peachment of President Clinton. By February. the Senate had acquitted, though bitterness lingered. So did Monica Lewinsky. who hawked her book , while former friend Linda Tripp turned to direct mail to pay her legal bills. It was at schools. with children pulling the triggers, where America looked . A transfixed nation. too frightened to tear itself from the TV, watched on April 20 as students tled Colorado 's Colu mbine High . A pair of disaffected En route to a family wedding. John F. Kennedy Jr. was flying his private students packing an arsenal of weapons killed 13, wounded 23. then killed plane when it crashed off Marth a's Vineyard with hi s wife and her sister themselves. aboard. An agonized nation recalled th e littl e boy saluting his father 's casket. No phantom, this menace continues to haunted us, the country question"It was like he was a part of our family. a hope for the future," said Waling violent movies and videos, and how cl iqu es ostracize outsiders. Schools ter Musto, ncar a driftwood cross stuck in the sand. instituted poli~ies of zero-tolerance for weapons. The nation paused to rememher New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio. Copycat threats fol lowed. as did the real thing in nonfatal shooti ngs in In a sweet tribute to Jolt in ' Joe, the Yankees won their 25 th World Series. Oklahoma and Georgia. After an eighth-grader wounded four schoolmates in Basketball star Michael Jordan retired ti1r th e second time . Hockey 's Fort Gihson, Okla., authorities ·asked him why. His answer captured the Wayne Gretzky, football 's inhn Elwa y and tennis' Steffi Graf retired ror th e nation 's angst:"! don't know." first. At day trading offices in Atlanta. a frustrated investor killed nine. At a teen A special prosecutor reopened the Branch -Davidian tragedy in Waco, church service in Fort Worth, a man fatally shot seven. then himself. At a Texas. examining the FBI's role six years latl'r. School ~yslems once again Jewish community center in Los Angeles. a white supremacist killed a Fil- debated creationism, 74 years after the Scopes' " Monkey Trial." The Woodipino-American postal worker and wounded five people, including three stock festival returned, but the '99 version turned ugly - a twisted resurrecboys. At a Xerox warehouse in Honolulu. a copier repairman killed six tion of the '60s with Limp Biz kit inslcad of Jimi Hendrix. rape in the mosh coworkers and a supervisor. pit instead of free love . A 13-year-old boy was charged as an adult and convicted of murder in Hillary Rodham Clinton generated earl y political waves before tiptoeing Michig~n. In a turnabout. Missouri spared a triple murderer from execu tion New York's U.S. Senate race. Her likely opponent,.Ncw York City Mayor -on an appeal from Pope John Paul II. Rudy Giuliani, egged her on. Another George Bush arrived - George W. , the The nation 's cities took gun manufacturers to court, inspired by the states' Texas governor ·who quickly became the front-runner for the Republican earlier successes in lighting lhe tobacco industry. The argument'' Gunmakers nomination for president. The 2000 race picked up speed with AI Gore, John should pay the monetary costs of gun violence. In Congress. gun-co.ltrol McCain and Bill Bradley. efforts stalled. So far, this election has not been about the U.S. economy, as the Dow Despite the fears, statistics showed that the crim e rate continued to fall, Jones indicator broke ,lO,OOO, then 11,000. High-tech companies and the cwith violent crime at its lowest since 1985. The rate among juveniles dipped, commerce revolution helped fuel the boom. though red-hot companies ~uch too .. While we struggled with man-made chaos, natural catastrophes tested us even further. Droughts in'the East, Midwest and Southwest: hurricanes aplenty, especially Floyd and its lloods. "Nobody expected this," sa id Tommy On the Threshold of a New Millennium Christmas is Afmost Here! &fore the scnson rea[[y talii.s ~we wanwi to wish <V"')'''" a[[ 9ood thi"9s for the fwfi<fays arui 6')1lru{ Thanks so much for )Uur support arui continuro patroo1119c! i \ asAmazon :com and eTovs.corn still fail ed to show a profit. · '· Olympic-size bribes "shake Salt Lake City. Giants of communications merge. Investigators allege the Chinese stole U.S. nuclear secrets. A judg~ rules moneymaker Microsoft violated federal anti-monopoly laws. .. America leads the 78-day NATO bombing of Kosovo that ended in June :. And from a long-ago war. American soldiers tell a horrible story: On the orders of commanders, they had shot hundreds of refugees in the early days · of the Korean War. U.S. officials promised to investigate. Police killed an unarmed man in New York. A police corruption scandal in Los Angeles led to convictions overturned. Racial profiling became a nation, al concern. The sec rets of the red planet proved elusive. First, a metric mixup sent the Mars Climate Orbiter to burn up in the planet '• atmosphere. Then, NASA heard only si lence after the Mars Polar Lander attempted to land in December. Some headlines came with lists: The year's top news stories. The century 's tpp 100 books. The mill eonium's top 10 religious news events. Others came with laughs: The invasion of the Pokemon. Livin ' La Vida Loca. Tinky Winky gay? Today 's ghost stories filled movie screens and ec hoed an innoce nce past. "The Blair Witch Project" and " The Sixth Sense" relied on creepy suspense,_ not th e heart attack of horror. Fans waited in line for weeks for "Star Wars:· Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace," a story that began in the 1970s. American end-timers - those expecting imminent fulfillment of biblical prophecies- were deported from Israel , where authorities claimed they plott~d violence. " America is Babylon the Great," one believer said upon departu re. For others, it was to be a New Year's Eve to end all New Year's Eves. A curious competition invited revelers to far-off places - a volcano, the Sphinx, a South Pacific island. The crush of partycrs didn't materialize despite this pitch: Come sec the sun rise on the first day of the new year, the first year of a new century, the first century of a new millennium. Not a bad way to chase the shadows. Peace & )oyHere·s hoping that the holiday season provides you and yours with much happiness. We appreciate your support. 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A cyclone killed 10,000 people and left 2.5 million homeless on India's densely populated east coast. It was, in sum, . an appropriate year for a motivated and mobile humanitarian agency Doctors Without Borders - to win the Nobel Peace Prize. For the West, Kosovo was the biggest trauma. Onee again, a single defiant leader - this time Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was able to create havoc and orchestrate oppression in the face of widespread foreign condemnation. Milosevic became the first si" ing head of state indicted for war crimes by an international court. But like Saddam Hussein after the Gulf War, he retained power despite a 78-day bombing campaign that battered Yugoslavia and tested NATO's solidarity. · Most of the 850,000 ethnic Albanians chased from Kosovo by the Serb crackdown were back in their homeland. But so were 45,000 foreign peacekeepers, struggling to protect the dwindling clusters of remaining Serbs. As with Kosovo, the international community initially groped for a response to mmpages in East Ttmor by pro-Indonesian militias enraged by a vote for independence. By the time an Australian-led peacekeeping force was approved and deployed, hundreds of thousands of people had fled their . homes. . In Chechnya, throngs of civilians : were displaced by intensive Russian • attacks ostensibly · aimed at Islamic : rebels. Western leaders decried the born: bardments and pushed to provide · humanitarian aid, but in this crisis there · was no serious talk of a foreign interven. lion force. • "What Chechnya teaches us is - if :you're a big country, with nuclear ·weapons, you can get away with it," sa1d · Michael Mandelbaum, an expert on · East-West relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Stud- bec~ming increasingly skillful with the logisti- Happy Holidays and friendship_ FABRIC -SHOP The Cheshire Food Mart. 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Russia's often-ailing president, Boris Yeltsin, fired two more prime ministers but won widespread backing for the war in Chechnya. His government blamed Chechen rebels for crossborder skirmishes and for apartment-bu ilding bombings that killed about300 Russians in September. Disasters struck elsewhere in many forms: the EgyptAir jet crash off the Massachusetts coast that killed 217 people: train crashes in India, Kenya and Britain that killed about 350. The Alps seemed strangely cursed: Avalanches killed 50 in France and Austria, a cable-car plunge killed 20 in France, and a huge fire in the Mont Blanc tunnel between France and Italy killed 45. Two intrepid travelers embarking from the Swiss Alps were blessed by good luck . Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first aviators to 11y a hot-air balloon nonstop around In the Middle East, Ismeli voters ousted cal responses to far-flung crises. The political hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aspects of humanitarian intc!"ention remains and new government agreed to peace talks with complex. . "There has been a lot of learning over the Syria while inching toward a settlement with the course of the '90s. But a lot of the lessons have Palestinians. 1\vo of the region's long-reigning moderate been negative," Newland said. " We're conmonarchs died, Jordan 's King Hussein and demned to a certain amount of expenmentaMorocco's King Hassan, each succeeded by a tion ." Mandelbaum, of Johns Hopkins, said future son who moved quickly to win popular affecvariations of the ethnic conllicts in Kosovo, tion. The Asian subcontinent was uneasy, with a Bosnia or Rwanda will be diflicult to prevent as military ooup in Pakistan and fighting along the long as the United States and other leading nations remain wary of dispatching ground Pakistan-India border in Kashmir. . Peace and democmcy made a few notable troops. "That means the next best thing you can do advances. A barbaric civil war ended in Sierm Leone. Nigeria emerged from 15 years of mili- is cobble together an inadequate volunteer fire tary rule. Indonesia had its first truly free elec- department through the auspices of the United tion in 30 years, and Northern Ireland's rival Nations, since that's all we have," he said. The United States was at odds throughout parties fonmed a Protestant-Catholic government requiring them to share power for the first the year with China, argi.ing over alleged Chinese nuclear spying and the accidental U.S. time. Even the natural disasters had some hopeful bombing of China's embassy in Belgrade. One consequences. Greece put aside longtime enmi - . major strain finally eased when the two county to offer help after the devastating earthquake tries agreed on terms in Turkey on Aug. 17; Turkey reciprocated after for China's entry into the World Trade Orgaa quake hit Athens on Sept. 6. 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(AP) - Past the rack' of pisto ls at the Tennessee Civil War Museum. and past the video on firing a cannon, is a grainy 186 1 photo of Andrew and Si las Chandler. Both wear Confederate gray. Both hold swords in their right hands and guns in their left. But this is no mdinary picture of Southern loya lists. Silas is black. and · And rew is his white master. The photo is part of a display stating that ai least 35.000 blacks fought in the 1.2 million-man Confederate army. The claim is politically loaded, and, according to some historians. bogus. "The numbers are vastly over- intlated," sai d William Blair, director of the Civil War Era Center at Pennsy lvania State University. "There are people who want to distance sbvery as the cause of the war. This fee ds nicely intn that who le view." f Craig ll adley, who des igned the privately ow ned museum. belie ves crit ics balk because the issue challenges their narrow views of (he South. That 's why he included the di spla y when the Chattanooga si te opened last yt'a r. " N,>h<'Jy wants to acknowledge th ese people hcc:Jusc thcv 'fought on the wrong side,"' said Hadley, ,, prok>So r .11 Southern Adventist University. 1-1 i.,t<lrians agree that some blacks enlisted as Confederates. even though the South banned them from the .If my until the desperate few months before ' the war -.: nJ~.:d . Nt) u n~: knows for sure how many joint:d or why. l'h c dch:1te is rooted in the thousands of free men and sl:1ws wh(l se rved the South as laborers. cooks and mu~icians. Many were so-called body st:rvants - slaves lik e Silas Chandler who traveled with thei r ow ners as rh: rSDnal atll.'ndants. They mav have been armed and may have used their that make them soldiers? Joh n McG lone. president of Southern Heritage Press •md an editor of the journal " Black Southerners in Gray... says yes, even if their masters forced them into guns for prolccti on. Does . · .;, ·. A the war. McGlone believes more than 50,000 blacks year, the regiments reversed course, volunte~ring for the army. Jordan said he found documents where blacks had '·, fought for the South. Union. McPherson said this indicates ihey fought to pro- crossed oul "soldier" and written "body servant" ., . " When you do get a battle commencing it all teet their property. instead. . becomes a big blur," said McGlone, a history lecturer at "The bottom line is most white Southerners did not Major historical sites including the National Museum . '· , Motlow State ·community College in Tullahoma. trust black Southerners, but they were willing to consid- of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Va.; the Museum :, • "Often, they got involved in battles even though their er the use of blacks in the military to save the Confeder- of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va.; and Gettysburg normal role was support." acy from defeat," Jordan said. National Military Park have no exhibits on black ConCivil War historian Jam es McPherson called More research could simply raise more questions. ; federate soldiers and no plans to add such displays. . .. McGlone's estimate absurd. W•r records are sparse, identifying some soldiers by "It would be something that we would probably He puts the number between several hundred and a nothing more than their initials. address if there was evidence there were substantial ,.. few thousand, sayi ng laborers fought only under extraNewspaper accounts aren't completely reliable, with numbers," Gettysburg historian Seott Hartwig ~id. ordinary circumstances. some journalists writing far from the battle sites, basing "There have been a lot of people who have wntten . "I would say that while the distinr tion was blurred their stories on information from soldiers as they about it recently, and the evidence has been very tlim- ' around the edges, it was still a distinction," said returned to camp, McPherson said. sy." McPherson, author of the Pulitze r Prize-winning book, Documents from burial details also are questionable. Jordan, who is black, won't join those groups - . -. 1 " Battle Cry of Freedom." Crews often reported finding "negro corpses" when the mainly white, he said - interested in erecting manuErvin Jordan, a University of Virginia associate pro- bodies simply had turned black after hours in the sun, ments to blacks in gray. fessor. is the author of '' Black Confederates and Afro- McPherson said. "My attitude about blacks who were loyal to the . ;> Yankees in Civi l War Virginia," which Blair and other False stories have been repeated over the years and Confederacy is I don't condemn them nor do I praise .. historian s consider the most credible research on the taken for true. them," he said. "My goal is to explain them. " ., topic. Jordan traced the origin of one well -known account Hadley, who is white, said reaction to his Chat- , Jordan said he can't estimate how many blacks joined of Southern troops at Gettysburg marching with a "col- tanooga exhibit ranges from praise to virulent condem- .. up, though he said he would define a soldier as anyone ored flag bearer." It turned out the witness actually saw nation. He expected as much when he developed the diswho "actually took up firearms and shot at Yankees or a "flag bearer bearing the colors," Jordan said. play and hopes it will generate more discussion: helped catch Union soldiers." Documents kept by Confederate states after the war "It's not something we need to be politically correct "There are cases on file of black serva nts being per- make the record murkier. about," Hadley said. "We love to talk about the Civil ·1 mitted to join soldiers on a case-by-case basis," he said. Veterans ' pensions were awarded to hundreds of War in general torms like the whole war was about endHe does have some theories about why they fought. blacks who were classified as laborers. Yet, some who ing slavery. The war was a whole lot more complex than Many thought of themselves as Southerners first , he saw combat may have been forced to conceal their true that. " said, and perhaps believed they would be given money, rol e since officially they had been banne~ from the land or even their freedom in exchange for fighting. Some may have felt loyal to their owners or pretended to be loyar to join the troops and plot an escape, he said. Others may have been intluenced by talk of undisciplined Union soldiers mistreating blacks on their ,. march. Then there's the case of free blacks. like the Louisiana Native Guards. They were relatively prosperous New Orleans landowners of mixed-race heritage who vo lunteered in 1861 to fight for the Confederacy. But after fhe North took control of the city the next 'L Automated orchestra: ·19th century technology and a laptop By DOUG WILUS Associated Press Writer CE RES. Calif. (AP)- With a keystroke on his laptop; Ken Caulkins brings a 147-piece orchestra to life. Another keystroke and the grand piano stops playing Bach as the gui tars strike up .Eivis. His fingers hit the pad again. and Conga drums. maracas and steel drums create .t Caribbean tu ne. based on the same principle as a piano roll. Only, instead of having just 88 positions to work with, you have more than 2,000," Caulkins says. With the capacity to run larger and more complex groups of instruments, he started building "orchestrations" of 20 to 40 instruments in 1997. With the help of a software expert, he developed a processor to coordinate arrangements for even larger groups of instruments. Now, Caulkins says, player pianos now account for only 10 percent of his business and his biggest customers are amusement parks, casinos, shopping malls and large stores that want to attract lure shoppers with music. His customers range from Euro Disney to Opryland and Busch Gardens, from Japanese health spas to exclusive shops on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Entertainer Michael Jackson is one of his clients. His factory and showroom fill two warehouses on a rural road next to a wine grape orchard across the road from silos of hog feed and birdseed in the San Joaquin Valley, 100 miles southeast of San Francisco. It includes a cabinet shop and stained glass shop, a fabrication plant for making the various valves, levers and other specialized parts for his pianos and other instruments and a showroom filled with refurbished antiques and newly built cabinets and bandstands to display dozens of different combinations of automated instruments. Currently, Caulkins has a straw hut with steel drums, guitars, accordions and more than a dozen varieties of other drums being prepared foi shipment to a customer in Finland, several coin-operated guitars and banjos - his newest product - and several acoustic orchestras. He said he experimented with electronic triggers to operate various instruments. but that nothing yet matches the precision and reliability of air pressure or suction valves. That means hundreds of feet of tiny air hoses using technology developed in the late 1800s, changed on ly by the substitution of electric air compressors for foot pedals to pump the air and by the adaptation to plunk or tap or pound on different instruments. His catalog of products ranges from an $R9.95 train whistle to a $123,000 "Gazebo Americana" bandstand equipped with two pianos. two accordions, four steel drums, three racks of pipes and JO other drums, whistles and other instruments .. " I call them orchestras. but that's not really the right There arc no tapes or CDs in Caulkins' music system, on ly real musica l instruments operated by modern comoute r programm ing and the 19th century pneumatic techn.,logy of player pianos. " It's musi'c for the new millennium - three dimcnsimlalli ve music from a computer," Caulkins says. " In a ' te reo system. you have two or four or maybe eight sources of sou nd. But with automated instruments, there arc 100 or more sources of sound. Each instrument has its place and ca n be si ngled out by the eye and the ear." On this day there are 53 different instruments hooked tugcthcr in Caulkins' workshop. With multiple pianos, guitars, drums. accordions and other instruments, the total ensemble is a 147-picce orchestra. The laptop computer is luaded wit h arrangements for 415 songs. ·' In one click. I can take you from China to Poland," · Caulkins says, breaking into a polka dance step as the · cymbals and !lute pipes suddenly yield to the sound of accordions, guitars and drums. Tlftn he quickly clicks from the "Pink Panther Thell)e" to a tango to the big band sound of "Putting on the Ritz" to the surfer song " Wipeout" with its spectacular drum solos. Each song features a different set of instruments. The banjo and train whistle are featured on "Wabash Ca nnonball," and there is a drum majqr's whistle in his arrangement of ''The Washington Post March." Caulkins, 47, was 16 when he saw his first automated · instrument, a player piano that operated on paper rolls wit h punched holes. He was fascinated, and by age 19, he had started a business restoring and building player pianos. In nearly three decades, Caufkins and his staff have built and sold nearly 8,000 roll-driven pianos. Over the years. he has added bass and snare drums, cymbal s. tambourines, agoc;o bells, woodblocks, accordi0ns. glockenspiels and other instruments to his pianos, making most of them into nickelodeon-style pianos. In 1992. he started building calliopes, band organs, musical popcorn wagons, carousel organs and other automated word," he says. instruments, but the 88 positions for holes on piano rolls " I put the 'Wow!' in automated music." limited the number of instruments. " When I started with pulers. I was struck working by the fact thatcomthe MID I (M usical Instrument Digital Interface) files on t_he Internet were r------------------------""1 "if. I . 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Retired Supreme .C oon justice wrote the 1973 decision that legalized abortion natJOnWtde. M~ rch 4. ·Stanley Kubrick, 70. Visionary cinema craftsman whose films such as " Dr.Strangelove " and " A Clockwork O'range" often reflected life 's despairs , March ·7. · )oe DiMaggio, 84. Made the spectacular look easy and capti)lated the nation during baseball's golden era. March 8. \Yehudi Menuhin, 82. Violen viituoso, one of the great musical talents of the century. March 12. Garson Kanin, 86. Prolific playwright who created the classic "Born Yesterday" for stage and screen. March 13. Joe Williams, 80. Grammy winner who sang with every great jazz artist of the past half-century. March 29. Lionel Bart, 68 . .British lyricist and composer and creator of "Oliver!" and other musicals. April J. Cancer. Bright hot~ wishes to Early Wynn, 79 . Fiercely our customers ind friends. competitive pitcher whose 300 wins, including five . seasons You really lit lip our year with 20 or more, put him into with your .visits. Baseball Hall of Fame. April 4. Charlie Whittingham , 86 . Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer. April 20. Senor Wences, 103. Master ventriloquist known for his Located behind puppet-in-a-box Pedro and his Hort.e National Bank falsetto-voiced hand puppet Racine 949-351 0 Johnny. April 20 . Roman Hruska, 94. Former Nebraska senator whose career was overshadowed by his comment that mediocre judges warm Wishes A HAPPY HOLIDAY preSCription for By POLLY ANDERSON Associated Preu Writer We got to know John F. Kennedy Jr. as a toddler. romping in the White House and saluting his father's coffin as the nation mourned. John-John grew into a handsome man, trying to remain friendly and unassuming, seemingly at odds with wealth and celebrity. He was 38 and piloting his private plane when it went down on a summer night off Martha's Vineyard . We got to know Joe DiMaggio in his prime, when his grace and power on the baseball field made him an idol. His 56game hitting streak for the New York Yankees in the summer of '4 1 set a record that became one of the game's most enduring. His 1954 marriage to Marilyn Monroe didn ' t last but added to his legend . DiMaggioj also left us this year. after a private battle w~th cancer. Hi s reticence , obvious at the height of fame, reinforced the quiet of his later years. Among others: John Minor Wisdom, Frank M. Johnson Jr . and W. Arthur Garrity Jr., thr ee judges who issued landmark rulings on the issue of racial segregation, ~nd Harry A. Blackmun. who wrote the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Kings Hus se in of Jordan and Hassan · II of Morocco, who worked for peace in the Mideast and North Africa . Paul Mellon, billionaire philanthropist who gave the nation the East Building of the National Gallery of Art. Gene Sarazen, golfing great of the 1920s and' '30s, and Payne Stewart, a star of the '90s, whose trademark knickers on the course linked their eras. Here, a roll call of some of the figures who left their mark: Jerry Quarry, 53. Popular heavyweight boxer who fought Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson as a top contender in the ' 60s and '70s. Jan. 3. Pneumonia , boxing-caused dementia . Cecil Smith, 94. The " Babe Ruth of polo" .who won nearly ev-ery award in the sport. Jan . 21. :Robert Shaw, 82. Raised the art of choral conducting to ne,'W heights as leader of the Robert Shaw Chorale. Jan. 25. •Sarah Delany, 109. Co-author of "Having Our Say: The Dilany Sisters' First 100 Years," a best -se lling, memoir on grhwing up black in pre-civil rights era. Jan. 25. ~Charles Luckman , 89. Industrialist and architect who h~lped design New York's Madison Square Gardep and severail Los Angeles landmarks. Jan. 26. , :Paul Mellon, 91. Billionaire philanthropist of the arts. Feb. With ·I ·'·' The Dally Sentinel • B 11 Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio For 1999, a roll call of those who left the world stage . ,V UST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED Thursday, December 23, 1999 l ~. Our Entire 6taff wishes You·and Your family Packed up lots of wishes Wrapped 'em full of fun, For a healthy, happy Christmas With thanks to everyone. I ' . .. . " ... ~ . .' ' . .. • �... ·i 1 .... ~. ~c B 12 • The Dally Sentinel TOP TEN Reasons To Give a / .,.., Thursday, December 23, 1 •; · Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio · ~Sentinel Subscription This Season ••• ' " I llil'fi:r.JI'.•. , -- ·r ' EXTRA EXTRA 1. One size fits all-news, features and entertainment for •very ' interest and taste. 2. It will never go out of style-the need to know is always In fashion. 3. 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After that is was "hurry up and mas is a time for celebrating family and wait," the couple said. · herishing good friends, and for one The Wilkinsons decided to adopt two children at local couple it has extra meaning this once so they would only have to make one trip to year. Russia. They Were promised one boy and one girl. They received their Christmas gift early when For four months little happened. Then on Aug. 5, Andrew, 3, and Kaitlynn, I, arrived in this country on a video arrived that was just a few minutes long, bu,t Thanksgiving Day. , showed a little boy playing games and looking at Scott and Teresa Wilkinwn of Gallipolis Ferry books. His name was Andrey (pronouna:d like have been married for four years, and they decided Andre), but he was called Andt'\ISha. He was born they warite<l'to adopt children. Realizing it would July 31, 1996. take anywhere from two to seven years to adopt here, Scott and Teresa had the option of not accepting they turned their attention to international agencies. the little boy, but he stole their hearts. They decided They began the process by researching different tg name him Andrew Scott because it was so close to agencies on the Internet in January. The Wilk.insons what he was already called. cont~-B!Ji!.dkJg:Jil9.l.:~~ptiqn _Service Jnc . .of. ., . NflW lh~Y we~ W!Jiting "l!>,~~r !I~~~ t!Je little girl Medma, Ohio, and asked lot~~ references. ·' . ihey were pron)isecl,.@.JI!I·!In Sept.. !0, another video Building Blockl! then offered programs in Russia airived. This .Vidll(> was of i 1.year.,old:·red-haired and.the.t}kraine. The agency hi!S since grown to offer girl named.'Obana. They decided to name her Kait· programs in Guatemala and Bulgaria. lynn Oksana, leaving her Russian heritage. She was Each country has different requirements, includ- born July 23, 1998. ing age, length of marriage, and length of stay in the All the couple had to do was wait for a Russian country, Russia was the Wilkjnwn 's first choice court date to be set. The Wilk.insons had to appear beca~ they wouldn't have to stay long as they before a Russian judge to obtain custody. would in the Ukraine. "Andrew and Kaitlynn were placed together so Contacting the agency and choosing a country !hey could get to know each other, and Andrew deftwere the first steps in a long process with piles of nitely took on the role of big brother," Teresa said. paperwork. Before anything could happen a homesFinally, the call came Nov. 3, their court date was tudy had to be completed. The couple needed a West set for Nov. 19, and they left for Russia on Nov. 12. Virginia agency, and they were referred to Bu!lington When they arrived in Moscow, they were met by a United Methodist Family Services in Scott Depot. driver and an interpreter at the airport. They got on a A homestudy consists of three visits with a social small plane and flew for two hours to lzhevsk, were worker, one of which is at the prospective parents • the orphanage was. home. Scott and Teresa had to write biographies The first meeting with the children went well, the about themselves. They also had to attend three couple said. Andrew was excited to meet his new classes designed to help them deal with questions Mama and Papa. Kaitlynn was a little shy, never children of adoption may ask, and to help them smiling much. adjust to instant family life. The homestudy was While in Russia, the couple found they were treatcompleted Feb. 20. ed like family. "Aieftina, who was our representative They also were required to have stale and local from the adoption agency, was like our Russian police clearance, FBI clearance, provide referena:s mother. She was always making sure we were and a financial statement. They had to receive lmmi· ·dressed warm enough and had plenty to eat," Scott gration and Naturalization Services approval. They said. were fingerprinted by the INS Feb. S and received Their first meeting had to be documented with approval April 4. photographs, so the judge could see how the meeting There was a mountain of other paperwork that went. The Wilk.insons were granted custody of both must be · completed and/or notarized, including children Nov. 19 and were allowed. to return home. copies of intended parents • birth certificates, Iheir The plane landed back home on Thanksgiving Day. marriage certificate, a physical examinaiion, net For Scott and Teresa, the transition from being worth statement, letters of employment, intent to childless to suddenly having two children has been adopt, copies of first page of passport, power ofattor· challenging, but they "wouldn't trade them for the ney, a copy of mortgage or deed, inSurance letter, world." 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By DAVID BAUDER AP Tele~lslon Writer NEW YORK- It only seems like Emily , ~._,.o4 · Litella, the late Gilda Radner's befuddled "Sat· ~iii';;;J,. urday Night Live" character, was in charge of programming on New Year's Eve for the Dis· covery Network. You can alm05t hear her talking: "What's all . this I'm hearing about the Y2K bugs?" Discovery is devoting its evening to Y2K bugs - the creepy, crawling kind. It will air documentaries on ants, bloodsucking parasites, cannibal mites, tarantulas and locust swarms. As midnight approache!i,. Discovery will be talking about how bu'gs ·round on corpses can reveal when a peJSon died. Gross!! "It just sort of pdpped out ofa brainstcinning session in our scheduling department," said Sponsored by... Dan Salerno, Discovery's vice president of progiamming. "We thought it would be a fun way to approach it." , TV networks are marking the big night in many ,different ways. While ABC and CNN arc spending millions for telethon-like coverage of the new millennium, other networks, like HBO, 461 S. Third Ave. Middleport .have basically concluded that it's not worth Phone 740-992~2196 .. doing anythi,ng special since most people have other things to do besides watch TY.· And; as Discovery pra\!es, gimmicks day Christmas Jerry Bibbee •· " ' .... "" .. ., 'b 'US 7' a ~· ' . ttW! 'E'NfO ' retatr · ·' :1 Deanna Shepard, T1ra Fisher'• mother up occasionally for scans and X-rays," Shepard said: "All the scans and X-rays up to this point have been clear." · Shepard said Tara was apprehensive about stari· ing high school during the treatments, but :;aid her daughter ha.s adjusted well to the change. She man· ages the girls reserve and varsity basketball teams. "She wishes she was out on the floor," she said. · Fisher was the subject of several coiT!munity fund-raisers over the summer, held to help defray the ~osts of travel and other eKpenses. The South Bethel Church of Reedsville sponsored a dinner while other ladies held &'dance and a raffle. "It helped out a lot," Shepard said. "She had lots of letters and prayers, cards from all over." The Rutland American Legion also offered a. donation from the proceeds of its gun shoots. Many other area churches chipped in, as did private .indi· viduals. Early next year, Tara will be featured on a poster , for the American Leukemia Society to promote··a: program called "Pasta for Pennies." : Mrs. Shepard credits Tara's ongoing recovery to• prayer more than anything else. She said other chil-: dren receiving similar treatment have had a good: cure rate. ' Meanwhile, Tara is recovering from the side; effects of her treatment: her dark hair is growing; back and the pounds are coming back off, Shepard; explained. · : Tara is also the daughter of Ted Fisher of ColuJ!l·: bus and granddaughter of Betty and Junior. McDaniels of Middleport. Her stepfather is Steve~ Shepard, and she has five siblings, Carrie, Steven, Jessie, Katie and Richard. "This is probably the best Christmas were ever going to have," Shepard said. "In April, Christmas '· seemed so far away." The ordeal has also put things like holiday more into perspective for Ihe family. "I'm not as stressed out as I would have been,". Shepard said, noting regular holiday stress ne~ seems pretty trivial. :-:; "We definitely have something to be thankful · for," she said. . ; www.deere.com Atllene,OH L Although the doctors want her . to continue the treatments, we believe God has healed her; we just have tO · wait until the doctors confirm it." . Networks have varied plans for New Year's Eve coverage l 180 OFF 99·5944-H/B lllllnclfiQior commortlll use. AvaJiable from oan>c>patmg dealers. Pncesand models may vary by dealer. By JIM FREEMAN OVP Newa Staff ONG BOTIOM - After being diag· nosed in April with Hodgkin's Lym· phoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes, a 15-year·old Long Bottom girl is celebrating a cancer-free Christmas. Tara Fisher, a freshman at Eastern High School, was diagnosed with the cancer in the spring after battling with persistent fevers and itchy legs - a symptom of the cancer - said her mother, Deanna Shepard. The girl received extensive treatment for the dis· ease at Children's Hospital in Columbus and at the Ohio University Medical Center's James Cancer Center in Columbus. However, Shepard stresses Tara was healed by the power of God_more !han "cured" by medical .science.; She wrote an !lflicle foi a church newsletter, entitl~d . "Tara,~· which included .the · following account: ·"We were watching television and trying to settle down for the night when Tara told me her upper chest, the area where the mass was, felt very warm. At first I was alarmed, and reached for the call light to get a nurse. "But then I remembered Henry Bahr tell one day in Sunday School about when he had a very painful back problem and someone prayed for him, and his body felt all warm and then his pain was gone. I just watched Tara and prayed that God was healing her right then and there." "After Tara had been through one round of treat· ment, we had prayer for her during the special Spiritual Renewal services at our church. The speaker was Pastor Quentin Smith~ He asked Tara to come forward for prayer. Pastor Quentin, the elders of the church and Pastor Rob laid hands on Tara and she was slain in the spirit. "Pastor Quentin told her this whole experience was going to be a fond memory. She didn't under· stand how this could be. I told her she was seeing how much she was loved, and this would be some· thing she would always remember. "A week or so later Tara had X-rays taken and the mass was gone! Although the doctors want her to continue the trealments, we believe God has healed her; we just have to wait until the doctors confirm it." Although she hoped to complete her Ireatment by her Oct. 23 birthday, she actually finished just before Thanksgiving, her mother said. Now she takes a weekly antibiotic. "She's finished with all the treatments, but goes By AUDREY WARNER abound: Viewers will be treated to New Year's marathons featuring the Jetsons, Andy Griffith and Jason of "Friday the 13th" fame. The children's cable network, Nickelodeon, started talking about what to do on New Year's Eve two years ago. Executives thought about throwing a big party, but then decided on a more sober approach and will air a film With children all over the world talking about their hopes for a new millennium. "To ignore it and treat it like just another day doesn't feel right to me," said Herb Scannell, Nickelodeon's president. "Doing something special feels like the right thing to do." As might be expected, Nick's Viacom part· ncr, MTV, is throwing a big party. MTV is also equipping a "Fly 2K" party plane.and sending contest winneJS to Cairo, Rome, Paris and Loudon and back to New York City. ' HBO is airing typical fare: the movie "There's Something About Mary" and reruns of its music show, "Reverb.'" "We have to assume that m05t of our subscriber base is caught up in the moment, either out of the house or out of the television audi ence," said David Baldwin, a senior vice president at HBO. "Early on, the determination was made that this is not a night in which to invest an ,awful lot of programming dc>llars." Here are some other TV millennium plans. All times are EST; • ABC's Peter Jennings may soon be remem· bered as the Jerry Lewis of millennium coverage, for his stamina if not his jokes. He's sched· uled to anchor ABC's 24-hour broadcast that starts at 5 a.m. on New Year's Eve. from the new "Good Morning America" studio in Times· Square. ABC's plans, the most extensive of the broadcast networks. have been in the works for much of the past decade. Dick Clark will help Count down the millennium. • CBS will air a special prime-time edition of David Letterman's "Late Show." At 10 p.m., it airs the three-hour "America's Millennium" from the Lincoln· Memorial in Washington, D.C. CBS News broadcasts one-minute inserts each hour from II a.m. to midnight. • After news updates all day, Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric anchor NBC's "The Millenni· urn," a news and entertainment special from 9 to II p.m. with concert appearances by Sting, Aretha Franklin and Gloria Estefan. Following loc~l news and a Jay Leno monologue, Brokaw and Couric return to stay on the air until 3:30 a.m. • CNN is airing 100 consecutive hours of Y2K coverage, starting at 5 a.m. on Dec. 31 md continuing until Tuesday, Jan. 4. Mixed in with news reports will be more than 50 features eval· uating the events of the last 1000 years . · ii'! • .: ,',1\,,1....- ' o i'• Cape,. " 'i 'I • PBS's 25·hour special begins at 4:45 Lm.: and will span the world, showing Maori war- ; riors on a mountaintop in New Zealand, Nelson : Mandel a at Robben Prison Island off Town, love songs from the Taj Mahal in India_ and a camera's view from the South Pole. ; • Brit Hume and PaulaZahn anchor the "Fox '• 2000" special from 11 p.m. to 12:3Q p.m., with : news reports from locations like New York.: London and Moscow and also from Roswell.~ N.M. The Red Hot O.i1i Peppers and Neville' Brothers perform. Fox News O.annel has 23l hours of live Y2K coverage sfa!tit\g at 5 Lm. ; • Pax TV airs a 24-hour international enter.~ tainmcnt special starting at 6 Lm., focusing on~ live performances and celebrations from 156i countries. Aerosmith, the Bee Gees, Spice Girls;; Sting and Santana are among the performers. 1 •Showtime's "End of the \\\>rid Marathon" i includes the movies, ·"Hard Rain" and "Deep; Impact." At midnight, the 1998 remake .. of' "Godzilla" ail'$. ·l • TBS airs 33 consecutive episotles of "The; Andy Griffith Show" starting at 6:30a.m. and\ e_nding at midnight, when the station loees -llle: nghts to broadcast the program that's be'en onr its schedule for 22 years. : : • Finally, for an animated view of the future;\ The c.rtoon Network airs every cpi.OOC: ~~~ "The Jctsons," starting at 10 a.m. Dec. 30, · . I ' ' , I •, I •· • • • • ·· ·' .. l•'• l ~ iiJ.. •. " .... ·• ' . � 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 12. December Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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