http://66.213.69.5/files/original/55b7846558ea5f9c37426195884e39e2.pdf d87e96032ab0b3fae03bf9358497d71e PDF Text Text LOG ONTO WWW.MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM FOR ARCHIVE s�GAMES s�FEATURES s�E-EDITION s�POLLS & MORE INSIDE STORY WEATHER Commencement speech racket gets old... Page 4 Partly sunny. High near 81. Low around 53... Page 2 C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e SPORTS OBITUARIES Local spring sports action ... Page 6 Frances M. Kauff, 79 Jhonda A. Miller, 38 Harry M. Nibert, 78 Roy C. Rayburn Jr., 69 Helen L. Roush, 88 Raymond Rupe, 54 William Searls Sr., 86 Patricia Somerville, 79 Wayne Wood, 79 50 cents daily THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014 Vol. 64, No. 81 Five indicted for crop insurance fraud in Meigs By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — A federal grand jury has indicted five Meigs County residents on charges of conspiracy, theft of public money, and money laundering for allegedly defrauding the federal Non-Insured Crop Assistance Program. Carter M. Stewart, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Mark Porter, special agent in charge with the U.S. Secret Service, and Derrick Hurst, acting special agent in charge with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General, announced the indictments Tuesday afternoon. Named in the indictments are: Christopher T. Wolfe, 43, of Racine, Ohio; Michael L. Johnson, 62, of Portland, Ohio; Terry J. McNickle, 51, of Racine; Mark D. Wolfe, 41, of Racine; and Joey L. Jerrell, 43, of Racine. According to a press release from the Attorney General’s office, it was reported that NAP provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occur due to a natural disaster. Payments are limited to $100,000 per crop year per individual or entity. The indictment alleges that Christopher T. Wolfe recruited co-conspirators to enroll in NAP. The co-conspirators allegedly applied for payments and turned them over to Christopher T. Wolfe after keeping a portion for themselves. All five are charged with conspiracy, which is punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to five years, and theft of public monies, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The indictment also charges conspiracy to commit money laundering punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Not all defendants are charged in each count of money laundering or money laundering conspiracy. The indictment seeks forfeiture of about $1.56 million, which allegedly represents the proceeds traceable to the commission of the crimes. The defendants will receive summonses to appear in federal court in Columbus at a time and date to be set. U.S. Attorney Stewart commended the cooperative investigation of this case by Secret Service agents and the USDA-OIG, and Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Bosley, who is prosecuting the case. An indictment merely contains allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. It was in mid-August 2012 when the investigation for pos- sible fraud got under way. At that time, the USDA executed a search warrant in an ongoing investigation starting at the Hot Spot gas station located just off U.S. 33 near Portland, co-owned by Christopher Wolfe and Terry McNickle. It was reported that federal agents stormed in with guns and, with assistance from Meigs County Sheriff’s deputies, raided the Hot Spot. No information was released on the results of the search at the Hot Spot or at home of Christopher Wolfe. All documents were sealed by the federal agent. The evidence presented before a federal grand jury resulted in the current indictments. EHS graduation set for Sunday By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com Submitted photos AT LEFT, Rhonda Meeks, FFA’s 2014 Honorary Member, poses with Jenna Gilliam, advisor, and Gage Smith, vice president. AT RIGHT, Halley Sigman awards Elizabeth Teaford her Chapter Degree pin. Southern FFA honors members’ accomplishments RACINE — The 2014 banquet of the Future Farmers of America held at Southern High School included recognition of students for their accomplishments in FFA work, the election of new officers for the upcoming school years, and recognition of individual and businesses contributing to the success of the program. Presented scholarships were Jason Warner, $750; Trenton Deem, $500; and Joyce Weddle, $250. The outstanding senior award, a traveling plaque, went to Jacob Dixon, with the Travis Adams Achievement award going to Gage Smith. Introduced and presented pins were the 2014-15 officers: president Caitlyn Holter; vice president Gage Smith; secretary Michaela Holter; treasurer Elizabeth Teaford; reporter Ashlyn Wolfe; historian Halley Sigman; sentinel AJ Roush; and parliamentarian Danielle Icenhower. Given special recognition were the 2013-2014 FFA Officers: Ashlyn Wolfe (Historian), Halley Sigman (Reporter), Michaela Holter (Sentinel), Jacob Dixon (Parliamentarian), Caitlyn Holter (President), Gage Smith (Vice President), Danielle Icenhower (Secretary) and Elizabeth Teaford (Jr. Advisor). Pins earned in the equine judging were awarded to Danielle Icenhower, Gage Smith andHalley Sigman; in the livestock judging to Ashlyn Wolfe, Chris Barton, Haleigh Wells and Myria Blain Soil judging pins in the rural category went to Allyshia Stobart. Andy Fisher, Anna Reynolds, Ashlyn Wolfe, Catilyn Holter, Elizabeth Teaford, Gage Smith, Halley Sigman, Halley Wilson, Jayson Wells and Noah Thacker. In the urban category, the ones receiving TUPPERS PLAINS — Seniors in the Eastern High School Class of 2014 will receive their diplomas during the annual commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. Sunday in the high school auditorium. Valedictorian of the graduation class is Dakota Reid O’Brien, son of Barry and Nola O’Brien, of Racine, and the salutatorian is Katie Rose Keller, daughter of Rodney and Jennifer Keller. Both will be speaking at graduation. O’Brien is a member of the National Honor Society and is active in 4-H and on the school Quiz Bowl team for the past four years. He will be attending Ohio University in the fall majoring in engineering. Keller has been active in her school’s sports programs, playing volleyball, basketball, track all four years and participating in cross country for the past year, along with playing in the concert band for two years and the hand bell chorus for a year. She excelled in 4-H with both clothing and animal projects, and was a member of the Teen Leaders, the Meigs County Fashion Board and State Valedictorian Dakota Reid O’Brien Salutatorian Keller Katie Rose Fashion Board. She plans to attend Ursuline College to continue her basketball career and major in fashion merchandising. See GRADUATION | 3 Ord brothers to be honored in W.Va. By Mindy Kearns Special to The Tribune GDTnews@civitasmedia.com NEW HAVEN — Two New Haven brothers, who were held as prisoners of war during World War II will be reSee HONOR | 3 membered this Memorial Day Weekend when a bridge is named in their honor. Charles Richard “Dick” Ord and Milton “Mit” Ord will be memorialized at 11 a.m. Saturday as the Layne Street Bridge on Old Route 33 in New Haven is renamed the “Ord Brothers Memorial Bridge.” A ceremony will be conducted and new signs unveiled on each end of the bridge, according to West Virginia Del. Scott Cadle, who was instrumental in completing the project and serves on the House of Delegates Veterans Committee. The story of the Ord brothers is one that is well-known in the Bend Area. Sons of the late Harry and Jenny Ord, of New Haven, Dick and Mit joined the U.S. Army, but at different times. Dick was captured in Germany during the Battle of the Bulge. During his five months of captivity, he was forced to work on the railroad. Fed very little, Dick’s weight dropped from 145 pounds to 97 pounds. Dick was liberated by the Americans on April 25, 1945. After being freed, Dick was sent to a fighter-plane airstrip outside Wertzen, Germany. There, he volunteered to type lists of 25 names that were used to fill trucks going to France. From France, the men would then return to the United States. It was during this volunteer effort that Dick saw a familiar name among the soldiers — his brother Mit, who had been captured in Africa and liberated by the Russians after being held at a prison for 33 months. Dick found his brother on the third floor of the building Charlene Hoeflich | Daily Sentinel in which they were staying. Mit, like Dick, only weighed Meigs County Commissioners, from the left, Mike Bartrum, Randy Smith and Tim Ihle signed a 95 pounds and at first did not recognize his brother. Poppy Day observance POMEROY — In remembrance of the sacrifice of life and health made by the men and women of the armed forces, members of the Auxiliary of the American Legion Post 39 will be on the street in Pomeroy this weekend with poppies for which they accept donations to be used for the benefit of veterans and their families. Poppy Days have been a Memorial Day tradition for veterans organizations for many years. The Meigs County Commissioners this week signed a proclamation setting aside this weekend as Poppy Days for the Auxiliary members who show their concern for veterans by being present on the streets Poppy Day proclamation for Drew Webster Auxiliary members Alice Wamsley, Barbara Fry and Joan Newsome. with bouquets of poppies. See BROTHERS | 3 �Page 2 The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, May 22, 2014 Community Calendar Meigs County Local Briefs Birthdays Farmer’s Market Coupons POMEROY — Marjorie Reuter will observe her 90th POMEROY — Farmer’s Market birthday on May 29. Cards may be sent to her at 138 coupons will be handed out on FriBeech Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. day from noon to 2 p.m. at the Meigs County Senior Citizens Center, 112 East Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. The recipient or a proxy must come to the Cente rto get the coupons, bringing along a photo proof of identification. Coupons will be handed out on a first come, first served basis. Special Singing nity Center. Some of those For more informaton call 992-2161. LONG BOTTOM — are as follows: Meals at the Faith Full Gospel Church, Mulberry Community CenMemorial Day Celebration Ohio 124 in Long Bottom, ter — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. RACINE — Racine Legion Post will host special singing Tuesday and Thursday. 602 will have a Memorial Day proand preaching each Friday. Parish Shop — 9 a.m.-3 gram at 10 a.m. Monday. Speakers will be local World War II veterans p.m. Monday-Friday. Meigs Cooperative Paul Beegle, Kenny Theiss and DelComfort Club — 9 a.m.Parish events bert Smith. Refreshments will be noon Wednesday. POMEROY — The Food Pantry — 9-11 served. Everyone is welcome to atMeigs Cooperative Parish tend. hosts a variety of events a.m. Tuesday-Friday. Shape-Up — 9-11 a.m. and service projects availYard Sale able throughout the week and 5-7 p.m. Tuesday and CHESTER — The Chester Courtat the Mulberry Commu- Thursday. house and Museum will have a yard sale on June 6 and 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Courthouse. Clean items are needed to put into the sale which will benefit the historical buildings. Church Calendar Ohio Valley Forecast Thursday: A slight chance of showers before 9 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. West wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Thursday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph. Friday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Sunday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Memorial Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Monday night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Local Stocks Peoples (NASDAQ) — 24.10 Pepsico (NYSE) — 86.10 Premier (NASDAQ) — 14.39 Rockwell (NYSE) — 119.60 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 14.44 Royal Dutch Shell — 79.21 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 36.56 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 75.66 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 8.26 WesBanco (NYSE) — 28.84 Worthington (NYSE) — 38.47 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions May 21, 2014, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. Rumpke Collection Schedule POMEROY — Rumpke waste removal and recycling collection service will not occur on Memorial Day. Service will be delayed one day during the week of the holiday. Regular collection will resume the week of June 2. Senior Citizens Trip POMEROY — The Meigs County Council on Aging is planning a all trip to Niagara Falls and Toronto, but the deadline for signing up to attend is May 27. The trip will be by motor coach and the four-night, fiveday trip will be from Sept. 22 to Sept. 26. Included in the price of $485 (per person double occupancy) will be motor coach transportation, eight meals, guided tours of Niagara Falls and Toronto, a journey to the Falls on a Hornblower Niagara Cruise, gaming at Fallsview Casino, a visit to Niagara on the Lake and Queen Victoria Park, and a visit to Casa Loma, Canada’s most magnificent castle. Payment of $75 is required when signing up. PHS Alumni POMEROY — Pomeroy High School alumni will be meeting at the Meigs High School cafeteria on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. to decorate for the banquet that evening. Alumni are encouraged to come out and help. Southern Alumni Gathering RACINE — The Racine/Southern Alumni Association annual dinner will be 6:30 p.m. May 24 at the Southern Elementary gymnasium. Tickets are available at the Racine Home National Bank in Racine and are $15 in advance. SHS Dance RACINE — The Southern High School Class of 1964 is sponsoring a “Lost In The 60’s Tonight” dance on Friday starting at 7 p.m. DJ Kevin Nott will be playing favorite songs from high school days. The dance will be held at the Racine American Legion Hall. Admission is $5 per person. Everyone is invited to come out and join in the fun, as we take a walk (and dance) down memory lane. Kids fishing derby POMEROY — The Meigs County Fish and Game Association will have its annual kids fishing derby 8 a.m. to noon June 14. Age for participation is 15 years of younger and children must be accompanied by an adult. A rod and reel will be provided for each child who doesn’t have one to bring.. Since local merchants help sponsor the event, there will be free food, drinks and prizes. To reach the site, take Ohio 7 north from Pomeroy, turn left on Texas Road and follow the derby signs. For more information, call Dave Doerfer, 992-0026 or 416-9333. Community Dinner MIDDLEPORT — A free commu- Relay for Life POMEROY — There will be a Re- Civitas Media, LLC (USPS 436-840) SWITCHBOARD: 740-992-2155 Annual local subscription price for The Pomeroy Daily Sentinel is $250. Please call for more information on local pricing. Full-price single-copy issues are $1. CONTACT US CLASSIFIED ADS: 740-992-2155 CIRCULATION MANAGER Jessica Chason 740-446-2342 Ext. 25 jchason@civitasmedia.com NEWSROOM: Charlene Hoeflich 740-992-2155 Ext. 12 Sarah Hawley 740-992-2155 Ext. 13 ADVERTISING: Sarah Thompson 740-992-2155 Ext. 15 Brenda Davis 740-992-2155 Ext. 16 Southern Memory Books RACINE — The Southern High School Class of 1964 has compiled a memory book for its 50th class reunion project. Biographies of the 64 students who graduated that year, along with many pictures and mementos, are included. The cost for the spiral-bound and professionally printed book is $20. Those interested in getting a copy are asked to contact Carol Reed, 949-2910, or Sharon Cottrill, 992-4275. Health Department Change POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department has extended hours for public visits. On the first Tuesday of each month, the office will be open until 6 p.m. Services available will include nursing (immunization clinic, etc.) environmental health and vital statistics. The duration of the extended services will depend on public use. The WIC clinic will also be serving clients on each Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. beginning today. Call EIC for an appointment at (740) 992-0392. Red Cross CPR Class CHESHIRE — AEP, Gavin Plant, is holding a free CPR class at their facility in Cheshire on June 14. The class will run from 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. and will include CPR and AED adult and child, as well as First Aid. Upon completion of the class, students will be certified. Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. To register call the American Red Cross of Southeastern Ohio at (740) 5935273. Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an immunization clinic Tuesday from 9-11 a.m.and 1-3 p.m. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and bring shot records. Ohio county’s billboards target heroin addicts The Daily Sentinel EDITOR: Michael Johnson 740-992-2155 michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com lay for Life team captain meeting at 5:30 p.m. May 25 at the Meigs County Library, Pomeroy branch. Light refreshments will be served. During the meeting, information will be provided, and support for new and returning teams will be offered. Team captains are encouraged to turn in any completed luminary orders at the meeting. The planning committee will meet immediately following the team captains meeting. OBITUARIES: 740-992-2155 SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES: 740-992-2155 AP Photo A graphic new billboard campaign in Montgomery County is on display in Dayton, Ohio. Officials there hope that graphic images on two large digital billboards will push heroin addicts to get help. Montgomery County officials on Tuesday introduced the billboard campaign depicting a morgue scene with a dead person’s toe tag reading, “Overdosed.” The signs urge addicts to call a phone number for a crisis agency to get help. 111 Court Street. Periodical postage paid in Pomeroy, Ohio 60505624 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Daily Sentinel, 111 Court St., Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Officials in a southwest Ohio county hope that graphic images on two large digital billboards will push heroin addicts to get help. Montgomery County officials on Tuesday introduced the billboard campaign depicting a morgue scene with a dead person’s toe tag reading, “Overdosed.” The signs urge addicts to call a phone number for a crisis agency to get help. County Commissioner Dan Foley said the problem demands the strong message after 225 people in the county of more than 500,000 people died from drug overdoses last year, according to the Dayton Daily News. “We’re not naive. We don’t believe that two billboards are going to all of a sudden turn this thing around,” Foley said. “But we’re hoping this will be a very visual, top-ofmind message to the community that there are people in the community who want to help them.” The Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board and the sheriff’s office are each spending $2,600 to place the messages on two large digital billboards in the Dayton area. County Sheriff Phil Plummer said groups and individuals can donate to the campaign to help keep the billboards up longer and help with other prevention efforts. Drug-overdose deaths hit a record 1,914 in Ohio in 2012. Officials statewide have struggled to get a handle on the heroin epidemic that for many addicts started with an addiction to prescription pain pills. Overdose deaths surpassed auto accidents in 2007 as the leading cause of accidental death in Ohio. “The people who are dying are not junkies that are shooting up in some dark alley,” Plummer said. “The people who are dying as we’ve all heard are mothers, our fathers, our sisters and brothers. They are people that many in the community know intimately.” Friday, May 23rd • 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free hotdogs & refreshments MAY 23rd SPECIAL: 20lb cylinder refills - $12.00 Take advantage of our 1 day heater sidewalk sale! off 50%- 70%odels select m We can install 25% floor off all mode ls 60505618 Vanguard – Empire – Buck Stoves Martin & a large selection of mantels Most heaters have warranties – some are as is Rutland Bottle Gas 282 Main Street • Rutland, Ohio 740-742-2511 60505619 AEP (NYSE) — 51.11 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 24.85 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 101.80 Big Lots (NYSE) — 37.36 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 45.78 BorgWarner (NYSE) —60.48 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 13.41 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.450 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 42.14 Collins (NYSE) — 76.60 DuPont (NYSE) — 67.22 US Bank (NYSE) — 41.21 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 26.49 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 72.09 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 54.12 Kroger (NYSE) — 46.99 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 55.86 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 98.83 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 22.00 BBT (NYSE) — 37.37 Route 143 yard sale HARRISONVILLE — The fifth annual Route 143 yard sale, described as “21 miles of fun and treasures,” will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Scipio and Columbia Township Volunteer Fire Departments selling food along the way, providing restrooms nity dinner will be served at 5 p.m. Friday at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. The menu will be hot dogs, slaw, chips, apple sauce and dessert. Everyone is invited. Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com 60504915 �Thursday, May 22, 2014 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel Page 3 Officials of former Mountain State sue commission CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The former Mountain State University is suing an accrediting body in an attempt to regain its accreditation. The lawsuit says the Higher Learning Commission didn’t follow its policies, rules and practices when it revoked the university’s primary accreditation in June 2012. The lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. Mountain State was forced to close after it lost its accreditation. Without accreditation, the private Beckley-based university was no longer eligible for state and federal funding, including student aid, according to the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in U.S District Court in Beckley. “The loss of accreditation is catastrophic for an institution such as MSU for which the vast majority of its students rely upon state and federal financial aid to finance their education,” the lawsuit states. In revoking the accreditation, the commission had cited the university’s failure to correct major problems in leadership, program evaluations and campuswide governance. The lawsuit alleges that a majority of these issues were related to issues associated with the university’s bachelor of science nursing program, which had lost its accreditation from state and national nursing accrediting bodies. The lawsuit said the commission’s decision was arbitrary and unreasonable, and its investigation was insufficient. The lawsuit alleges that the accrediting body applied the findings of the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission and the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses regarding the nursing program. “It is unreasonable, and demonstrates an insuffi- cient investigation, to apply these findings by outside organizations across the board to other departments and operations and conclude that MSU as a whole did not meet one or more criteria for accreditation,” the lawsuit states. Mountain State lost its accreditation despite efforts to take corrective measures. The commission could have imposed lesser sanctions of notice or probation, the lawsuit said. A commission spokeswoman told the Charleston Gazette that no one would comment on the lawsuit. Bridgeport attorney Jack Merinar filed the lawsuit on behalf of three Mountain State board members. He told the newspaper that the lawsuit tells a different side of the accreditation story. The University of Charleston took over Mountain State’s Beckley and Martinsburg campuses after the school closed. 98-year-old woman receives high school diploma CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Claudia Parries was a senior at Howard School, graduation in sight. Yet she knew what she had to do. It was 1933. FDR was president and a gallon of gas cost about 10 cents. The nation was still in the throes of the Great Depression. But Claudia’s family knew its own hard times. Her mother was ill, so Claudia dropped out of school to care for her. After her mother died, it fell to Claudia, the oldest, to mind her seven younger siblings. After that she married and raised her own family, eight kids in all, just as her mother had. If the idea of returning to school to get her diploma ever crossed Claudia’s mind, well, that time was past. She’s now 98 years old, but the thought of what she gave up is still fresh. “I didn’t get to finish,” she said. Retired teacher Evelyn Parries, Claudia’s daughter, said her mother would shed a tear whenever talk turned to education. So she and her siblings set out to make their mother’s dream come true. After making special arrangements via email, they drove her from their home in Ohio back to Chattanooga. On Tuesday, they arrived at Howard School for a special ceremony. Her children draped a maroon graduation gown over her black dress and topped it with a goldtasseled hat. Then Principal Zac Brown presented her with an honorary diploma. She also received a Howard School T-shirt, balloons, a cake and yellow roses. When “Pomp and Circumstance” began to play on an iPhone, Claudia started to cry. “This is something I expected a long time ago,” she said. The Howard principal said the email from Evelyn Parries detailed how her mother had traveled the world with her late husband of 65 years, attended some college classes and was active in her church. But what stuck out to him was that, while Claudia Parries didn’t graduate, she raised eight children who did. They all earned a high school diploma, all of them attended college and two of them have master’s degrees. And one child, Evelyn Parries, became a teacher. “She raised her kids so well,” said Brown, after Tuesday’s presentation. Claudia moved to Ohio in the late 1930s with her father and siblings. She married in 1941. In the 1950s, she and her husband moved their family from Cleveland to Shaker Heights because at that time it had one of the best school districts in the country, her daughter said. She was a member of three parent teacher associations at the same time, always putting her children’s needs before her own, said Evelyn Parries. But on Tuesday, it was Claudia’s turn. She laughed and cried after getting her diploma. Her son, Eddie, jokingly told her to get a job. Claudia said Howard looked nothing like it did in the 1930s when she attended. She rolled down the halls in her wheelchair and looked at the remodeled building and classrooms. AP Photo Wearing a cap and gown given to her by the school, 98-year-old Claudia May Hill-Parries is presented with flowers by Howard School teachers after she received an honorary diploma from the school Tuesday in Chattanooga, Tenn. She would have graduated with her class in 1933, but had to drop out of school and take care of her family during her senior year when her mother died. For all the years between her days at Howard, the finality of her second high school stint wasn’t lost on Claudia. “This is my last day of school,” she said. Graduation From Page 1 Joining O’Brien and Keller in the top 10 academically in the graduating class are Paige Cline, Erin Swatzel, Cassidy Cleland, Brandon Coleman, Jenna Burdette, Samantha Cline, Zackary Scowden and Kendra Fick. In the 2014 grad- uating class of 2014 are Tyler McKenley Barber, Courtney Michelle Bauerbach, Latham Chase Bissell, Zachary James Bixby, Zachary Levi Browning, Roger William Bunce, Jena Lynn Burdette, Haileigh Sabrina Bush, Garrett Morgen Caldwell, Cassidy Meredith Cleland, Paige Marie Cline, Samantha Mari Cline, Thunder Joe Clonch, Brandon William Coleman, Chase, Nathaniel Cook, Molly Jessica Dunlap, Kendra Eileen Fick, Austin Tyler Fitzgerald, Dylan Anthony Forester, David Alan Frank, Aliyah Rose Gantt, Hannah Alyssa Hawley, Tyler Austin Hensley, Katilynn Renea Hoffman, Jenna Lynn Hysell, Tanner Chase Jenkins, Autumn Elaine Johnson, Katie Rose Keller, Jordan Lane Koblentz, Jonathon Nolan Kuhn, Olivia Marie Lane, Keri Ann Lawrence, Veronica Lynn McGovern, Noah Jacob Miller, Amber Dawn Moodispaugh, Emily Kate Moore, Dakota Reid O’Brien, Jordan Anne Parker, Joshua James Parker, Lindsey Gail Putman, Cody Edward Rayburn, Justin Thomas Rees, Madison Taylor Rigsby, Benja- min Tyler Sampson, Zackary Lee Scowden, Eden Shaye Selbee, Jasmine Paige Swatzel, Brianna Kay Teaford, Alex Nathaniel Victory, David Ray Warner, Wyatt Edward Westfall and Lindsay Nichole Wolf . Honor From Page 1 pins were Brooke Cunningham, Chandler Drummer, Ciarra VanCooney’ Haleigh Wells, Meghan Stover and Zac Beegle. Online Greenhand Exam pins went to Allyshia Stobart, Brad Branham, Brittany Wells, Casey Pickens, Cierra Turley, Courtney Katona, Haleigh Wells, Kacie Newsome, Michaela Holter, Paul Ramthum, Ryan Billingsley, Thomas Adkins and Tom Ramthum. Freshmen FFA Creed awards went to Michaela Holter, Star Greenhand Award, and Michaela Holter, Star Chapter Farmer, both plaques and Elizabeth Teaford. Elizabeth Teaford. Top FFA Points pins went to Gage Smith, Caitlyn Holter and Michaela Holter. Community Service Award for 25 or more hours given pins were Trenton Deem, Caitlyn Holter, Gage Smith, Halley Sigman, Ciarra VanCooney and Ashlyn Wolfe. Greenhand Degree certificates and pins went to Ryan Billingsley, Michaela Holter, Courtney Katona. Kacie Newsome, Tanner Roush, Allyshia Stobart. Noah Thacker, Cierra Turley, Brittany Wells, Thomas Adkins, Brad Branham and Haleigh Wells. Chapter award pins were presented to Elizabeth Teaford, Andy Fisher, Zac Beegle, Myria Blain. Bradley McCoy, Tanner Roush, and Ciarra VanCooney. Scholarship winners receiving pins were ninth grade, Michaela Holter; 10th grade Mickayla Eblin; 11th grade Caitlyn Holter; and 12th grade Lacey Hupp. The Big Buck Contest pin went to Jason Warner; the top fruit seller pin to Ashlyn Wolfe; the top carnation seller pin to Gage Smith; and the top raffle ticket seller, a certificate and $50 gift card, to Michaela Holter. Fairboard representaive pins went to Caitlyn Holter, Elizabeth Teaford, Michaela Holter, Gage Smith, AJ Roush and Lacey Hupp. Outstanding Placement SAE pin went to Danielle Icenhower, Outstanding Entrepreneurship. The 2013-14 officers were presented certificates. They were Caitlyn Holter, Gage Smith, Danielle Icenhower, Halley Sigman, Ashlyn Wolfe, Jacob Dixon, Michaela Holter and Elizabeth Teaford. 2013 Ag Completers honored were Chris Chaney, Maggie Cummins, Jennifer McCoy. Megan McGee, Paige Wehrung, Trenton Cook and Jacob Dixon. Nineteen Ohio River Producer members were recognized along with Rhonda Meeks, an honorary member. On a slide show numerous organizations, business owners and individuals were recognized for their contributions to the FFA program. Brothers Dr. Mitchell will be providing palliative care for our communities, working closely with our Hospice and Cancer programs throughout the Holzer system. From Page 1 From that moment, the brothers stayed together until they returned to New Haven. Dick went on to finish his service in Arkansas. He attended college and later served as president of Mason County Bank for many years. He died in 2013. Mit re-enlisted in the Army and died in the 1970s. Dick Ord, while being interviewed for the Point Pleasant Register’s 50th anniversary V-J Day supplement in 1995, said, “I bet there is no other instance in the United States where brothers joined the service at different times, were captured in different places, held in different camps, were liberated by different countries, and ended up meeting three days later.” Holzer is proud to announce that Scott Mitchell, MD, CMD, Board Certified Palliative Care Physician, has joined our team of highly skilled professionals. Palliative care focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients. Unlike hospice, palliative medicine is appropriate for patients in all disease stages, including those undergoing treatment for curable illnesses and those living with chronic diseases, as well as patients nearing the end of life. Dr. Mitchell received his medical education at Marshall University School of Medicine and the Marshall University Family Medicine Residency program. Prior to joining Holzer, Dr. Mitchell served as a Medical Director for four skilled nursing facilities and provided inpatient physician services in addition to being the Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University. Dr. Mitchell is Board Certified in Family Medicine, Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Care, and a Certified Medical Director by the American Medical Director Association. 60505626 60502858 �The Daily Sentinel OPINION Page 4 THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014 The commencement-speech racket is getting old By Esther Cepeda Enough commencement-speech madness. Enough controversy over who is allowed to speak. Enough with speakers who are simply promoting themselves. Imagine what it must be like for those who clawed their way into college using grants or scholarships, side jobs and loans, only to have graduation day ruined by a petty political tiff between their campus’s self-styled champions of enlightened judgment and an unsuspecting speaker who thought he or she had a shot of making a few bucks by being pithy for 15 minutes. For a moment, walk in the shoes of those graduates for whom this moment in the sun — in some cases the culmination of an entire family’s hopes and dreams that one of their own would be the first to complete this all-important thing called college — was turned into a media circus because the speaker offended the sensibilities of a few of their peers. What was meant to be a celebration — a time to check off one of the items on a list of American dreams — instead becomes overshadowed by controversy. Envision streams of parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, godparents traveling sometimes for hours to see their baby walk across the stage, only to find themselves listening to a screed about the lofty ideals of diversity in academic discourse that didn’t feel worthy of the investment in their family’s collective crowning moment. The commencement ceremony is not the venue for such academic debates. Oh, how I would have hated it if a stand-in speaker, in this case William G. Bowen, a former president of Princeton University, had wagged his finger at my class, scolding some of us for being “arrogant” and “immature,” when I was focused only on my family’s Kodak moment. This happened recently at Pennsylvania’s Haverford College, where Bowen had been tapped to deliver the address after students objected to the original choice of Robert J. Birgeneau, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. Birgeneau had been at the helm when campus police cracked down on demonstrators in 2011. The Wall Street Journal’s report of the incident at Haverford quoted Bowen: “If you expect to agree with commencement speakers on everything, then who will you get to speak? Someone totally boring.” Let’s hear it for the “boring” speakers, those going before crowds of earnest graduates and their parents to attempt to impart a few short words of encouragement. Not for five-figure speaking fees, not for an honorary degree, or the opportunity to bloviate about his or her latest book, TV show, or heart-wrenching but ultimately self-promoting visit to a ThirdWorld country, but to honor the importance of the achievement. The only thing less depressing than the thought of every fancy- pants-school graduate feeling entitled to a star-studded commencement speaker they can name-drop for the rest of their lives (and even I’m not that jaundiced) is the thought of avaricious university marketing officers cynically fanning the flames of commencement-speaker intrigue to get their school’s name in the news. More likely, the overabundance of Big Important Commencement Speeches stems from our celebration culture in which every milestone is elevated to the rank of miraculous feat. We live in a world where children are feted with luxurious parties, bouquets of flowers and balloons, Christmas-like presents, glamorous photo shoots and limo rides at graduations from, in order, preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school and high school. Is it any wonder that colleges feel the need to pull out the star power — tech tycoons, movie stars, past heads of states and latenight comedians — to make the event “memorable”? It’s a cottage industry now, the commencement-speech racket. No longer simply click-bait for websites and YouTube, there are whole tomes being published about commencement-for-future-success. Internet sensation David McCullough Jr. goes on for 352 pages against our “new cult of exceptionalism” in his commencement speech-inspired book “You Are Not Special … and Other Encouragements.” I adore this premise. However, our nation’s university graduates are special. In 2012, The New York Times reported that, at the time, the cost of college had nearly sextupled since 1985. And a Harvard study in 2011 found that only 56 percent of students who entered America’s colleges and universities graduated within six years. Let’s honor them — and even more so their families — by ignoring the tiresome trend of commencement-speech controversy in the hope that it will go away. The start of an Obamacare cease-fire? The cost of campaign restrictions By Dana Milbank For the first time since Obamacare split the country in two, the conditions for a ceasefire have begun to appear. An architect of this detente — although he denies any such intent — is Mike Pence, who as a conservative Republican congressman in 2010 fought bitterly against the law, and who as governor of Indiana refused to implement it. But Pence, after intensive negotiations with the Obama administration, just announced his intent to take the money Obamacare provides for Medicaid expansion and to use it on his own terms to broaden health care coverage for the working poor. For Pence, a happy warrior for conservatism and a possible 2016 presidential contender, the reason is pragmatic: If he could get money under an Obamacare waiver to enlarge a market-driven health care program in his state, there would be no point in cutting off his nose to spite his face. “When it comes to the issue of health care, I believe that people in my party need to be solutions conservatives, offering real alternatives to the big-government answers,” he lectured Monday at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank, on a visit to Washington. Conservatives, he said, “need to ensure that the safety net is well-designed and strong to provide a firm basis for those starting out on life’s ladder.” This was an implicit rebuke of his former House colleagues who have a “repeal and replace” slogan but have not offered much of a substitute for Obamacare while at the same time attempting to cut food stamps and other parts of the safety net. Pence, a former head of the conservative Republican Study Committee in the House, was a tea party Republican before there was a tea party. But running a state has given him an elevated perspective. “Debates that happen in Washington, D.C., pretty easily get far afield of the real-world impacts on real people,” he told me Monday afternoon. “It will not be enough for new Republican majorities in the Congress and a Republican president to cut government spending,” he added, calling instead for money to be sent to the states so they can “solve the intractable problems.” Pence isn’t about to admit it, but Obamacare does this. He thinks he has a conservative alternative to the new law’s expansion of Medicaid: The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Our main number is (740) 992-2155. 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He wants to broaden the Healthy Indiana Plan started by his predecessor, Republican Mitch Daniels, by using financial incentives to get the working poor to contribute to their health coverage under a private alternative to Medicaid. The Obama administration appears likely to grant Indiana a waiver for the experiment — and if it works, other states will be free to follow the example. Starting in 2017, states will be able to experiment further, securing exemptions from problematic provisions of the law such as the individual mandate, the employer mandate and the health care exchanges. If Republican governors don’t like Obamacare’s requirements, all they have to do is come up with an alternative that provides comparable care and coverage. Pence declined to speculate about whether he might seek a waiver exempting Indiana from Obamacare overall. He continues to support the law’s repeal, and he spent a good chunk of his AEI speech bemoaning its flaws. He has to do this if he wants to compete in Republican presidential primaries. Although not usually mentioned in the top tier, Pence is well positioned at a time when the party’s strongest candidates are governors. He has a better record than New Jersey’s Chris Christie, is smarter than Texas’ Rick Perry, is not as divisive as Wisconsin’s Scott Walker and is more conservative than former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. He speaks the language of Christian conservatives — twice in his AEI speech he wove in biblical passages from Luke without citation — and his Medicaid experiment should earn him some moral authority. While other GOP governors continue to refuse the Medicaid expansion money, Pence reminds them, and everyone, that “we’re talking about real people, working people who deserve a better way.” He made it his administration’s job to help the “proud Hoosiers” — people “who find themselves essentially, for all intents and purposes, caught in that gap where their income simply doesn’t give them the ability to purchase health insurance for themselves or for their families.” This is what Obamacare is all about. As more conservatives realize that the law they hate allows them to implement policies they like, they may have trouble recalling what all the fuss was about. By George Will candidates’ quantities of permissible political speech — is an impermissible reason Minnesota says it has 10,000 lakes. The for limiting contributions: “The concept state also has, according to Anthony Sand- that government may restrict the speech ers, “10,000 campaign finance laws.” He of some elements of our society in order exaggerates, but understandably. As an attorney for Minnesota’s chapter of the to enhance the relative voice of others is Institute for Justice, a libertarian public- wholly foreign to the First Amendment.” That, however, was among the Mininterest law firm, Sanders represents several Minnesotans whose First Amend- nesota Legislature’s rationales for the ment rights of free speech and association “special sources” limit. Conceivably, the are burdened by an obviously arbitrary, Legislature was not entirely altruistic notably complex and certainly unconstitu- with rules that are more handicapping to tional restriction. challengers than to officials who enjoy the Linda Runbeck is a Republican state many advantages legislator who is of incumbency. allowed to spend Eugene McCarin her campaign “The concept that thy, a Democrat — most spending who represented finances disseminagovernment may restrict Minnesota in tion of speech — the speech of some the U.S. Senate only $62,600. She is not challenging from 1959 to elements of our society this speech limit, 1971, said that in although it is so low Washington anyin order to enhance the it prevents her from thing said three advertising on this relative voice of others times is deemed city’s television staa fact. It is conis wholly foreign to the tions, whose broadstantly said that casts reach many of First Amendment.” today’s campaign the state’s voters. regulations are Rather, she is challenging the “special “post-Watergate” sources” provision reforms. Many that makes even more onerous the $1,000 were indeed written after the Nixon-era limit on what any person can give her. scandals. But the push for more governOnce she has received $12,500 in contri- ment regulation of political speech began butions of between $500 and $1,000, the because Democrats were dismayed by $1,000 contribution limit is cut in half: All subsequent contributors can give a maxi- what McCarthy accomplished in 1968. McCarthy’s challenge to President Lynmum of $500. When a contributor gives don Johnson for that year’s Democratic more, Runback must return the money or contact the giver and ask if it can be di- presidential nomination was potent only vided as two contributions coming from because five wealthy liberals who shared the giver and his or her spouse. McCarthy’s opposition to the Vietnam Van Carlson is one of Runbeck’s con- War gave him substantial sums. Stewart stituents. He is only moderately affluent, Mott’s $210,000 would be $1.4 million but he wants to be able to give at least the in today’s dollars. The five donors’ seed permissible $1,000 to legislative candidates. If, however, 12 others have already money enabled McCarthy to raise $11 given $1,000 to one of them, he can give million ($75 million today). Today, the only $500 to that candidate. As IJ’s Sand- most a wealthy quintet could give to help ers says, “No other state restricts what an insurgent against an incumbent would ordinary people can give to candidates be- be $13,000 (five times the individual limit cause of what other ordinary people have of $2,600). already given.” But of course. Class solidarity unites The “special sources” restriction was incumbent politicians of all stripes, and vulnerable to a constitutional challenge all the laws that ever have regulated cameven before April, when the Supreme paigns, or ever will regulate them, have Court decided the McCutcheon case. In it the court invalidated the $48,600 “ag- had or will have one thing in common: gregate limit” on contributions to candi- They have been, or will be, written by dates for federal offices. The unreason- incumbent legislators. This is why such ableness of this was obvious: If a person laws are presumptively disreputable and could give the $2,600 maximum to 18 usually unconstitutional. candidates without a danger of corruption Which Minnesota’s “special sources” or the appearance thereof, why would giv- regulation is in saying that it is fine for 12 ing $2,600 to a 19th candidate pose this people to give Runback $1,000, but Mindanger? nesota would somehow be injured if Van The court has repeatedly held that preCarlson then gave her $1,000. On Monvention of quid pro quo corruption (contributions purchasing specific favors) or day, a federal judge enjoined enforcement the appearance of it is the only permis- of this limit. The Supreme Court’s rulings sible reason for contribution limits. And against federal restrictions of political the court has repeatedly stressed that speech are now scythes for mowing down “leveling the playing field” — equalizing states’ restrictions. �Thursday, May 22, 2014 www.mydailysentinel.com West Virginia plant faces fines in slurry spill FRANCES MARIE KAUFF ters, Judy (John) Bennett and June Brown. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother Elvin Carter Jr.; and her husband Paul Kauff. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 23, 2014, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Middleport. Burial will follow at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Visiting hours will be Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel. com. WAYNE BRECKINRIDGE “BRACKY” WOOD KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Wayne Breckinridge “Bracky ” Wood, 79, of Knoxville, entered the Church triumphant early Tuesday morning, Jan. 28, 2014. Born April 26, 1934, in Fincastle, Va., Wayne, a U.S. Air Force veteran, enjoyed a full life including: being a proud member of the 1949 southeastern Ohio champion Middleport High School football team; playing for the great Ara Parsighian at Miami University, Ohio; earning a degree in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University; entering the Air Force, who sent him to MIT to study meteorology, on to Germany forecasting the weather for Allied forces during the Cold War era; honorably discharged, worked at Pratt & Whitney Aerospace Co. in Florida and Connecticut, where he participated in designing jet engines and sending 17 surveyors to the moon in preparation for the moon landing; and on to Knoxville,and employment in Oak Ridge that had him traveling to military bases all over the world to upgrade their computer systems. Wayne retired in 1995 to his life passion of fishing and the outdoors, especially in the Outer Banks, N.C., along with his hobby of building furniture, studying genealogy (he was 11 percent Cherokee), hiking, travelling and spending time with family. He was a member of the Masonic Cherokee Lodge and the Shriners. In 2005, Wayne suffered a massive stroke. The Lord kept watch and with the help of his wife, sons and family, he lived an additional eight years. Wayne was preceded in death by parents Charles and Georgia Wood; and infant son Charlie. He is survived by the love of his life of 57 years, Ilza (Illy) Wood; sons Bill and wife, Michelle, and Armand and wife, Christi; grandchildren Cory Richards and wife, Rachel, Camille and husband, Dave Stevens, of Houston, Donna Wood, of Seattle, Natalie Wood and Christopher Wood; greatgrandchild Rebecca; sister JoAnn Beahm and husband, Walt Beahm; many nephews and nieces. The family thanks the faithful visitors and friends Roy Biberdorf, Norm and Doris Featherston, and the pastoral care of Messiah Lutheran Church, caregiver Barbara (Bobbie Lee) Harrell and a special thanks to the wonderful third-floor wonderful nurses, CNAs, housekeeping ladies and doctors at Shannondale Healthcare in Knoxville, who so lovingly made his stay there of two years a homelike experience. We also thank the nurses and CNA (especially Dylain Francisco) at Park West Hospital, second and fourth floors, with their outstanding sympathy and care. A Festival of Life was held earlier at Messiah Lutheran Church in Knoxville. The interment for family and friends will be Saturday, May 24, 2014, at 10 a.m. at Riverview Cemetery in Middleport. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Messiah Lutheran Church Eldercare Fund, 6900 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Arrangements by Cremation Options, Inc. (865) 6WECARE (693-2273) www.cremationoptionsinc.com. Death Notices MILLER IRONTON, Ohio — Jhonda Ann Miller, 38, of Ironton, died Monday, May 19, 2014, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. There will be private family services. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory in Proctorville, Ohio, assisted the family with arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/ hall. NIBERT POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Harry M. Nibert, 78, of Point Pleasant, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Funeral services will be held at the Wyoma Pentacostal Church on Redmon Ridge Road on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at 1 p.m. with Pastor Roger Bonecutter officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may visit the family at Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant on Friday, May 23, from 6-8 p.m., and one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. RAYBURN POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Roy C. Rayburn Jr., 69, of Point Pleasant, died Monday, May 19, 2014. Arrangements will be announced at a later date by Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Online condolences can be made at www.dealfh.com. ROUSH LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Helen Louise Roush, 88, of Lewisburg, formerly of Point Pleasant, died Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A graveside service will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 23, 2014, at Graham Cemetery in New Haven, W.Va., with burial following. Arrangements are under the direction of Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. RUPE GALLIPOLIS — Raymond Lloyd Rupe, 54, of Gallipolis, died Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at Holzer Medical Center. Funeral services will be noon Saturday, May 24, 2014, at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Pastor Alvis Pollard officiating. Burial will follow in Centenary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 6-9 p.m. Military funeral honors will be presented at the graveside by the Gallia County Veterans Funeral Detail. SEARLS COTTAGEVILLE, W.Va. — William L. Searls Sr., 86, of Cottageville, formerly of Hurricane, W.Va., died Wednesday May 21, 2014, at his home. Graveside service will be 3 p.m. Friday, May 23, 2014, at Cherry Grove Cemetery in Cottageville with the Rev. Gerald B. Sayre officiating. Arrangements are being provided by Casto Funeral Home in Evans, W.Va. SOMERVILLE SANDYVILLE, W.Va. — Patricia Louise Somerville, 79, of Sandyville, died Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Service will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 23, 2014, at Casto Funeral Home Chapel in Ravenswood, W.Va., with the Rev. Don Balis officiating. Burial will follow in Independence Cemetery in Sandyville. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until time of service at the funeral home. Email condolences may be sent to: castofh@gmail.com. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia environmental regulators have proposed more than $21,000 in fines for a Kanawha County plant that spilled coal slurry into a creek. The fines are for three citations issued after 108,000 gallons of slurry spilled Feb. 11 from Patriot Coal’s Kanawha Eagle preparation plant. The spill near Winifrede affected six miles of Fields Creek and some material flowed onehalf mile into the Kanawha River before dissipating. State Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Tom Aluise told the Charleston Daily Mail (http://bit.ly/ R8Pc1T) that the company is contesting about $20,000 in penalties associated with two orders issued after the spill. One order stopped all work except cleanup at the plant. The other was a notice of violation stemming from discolored water entering the Kanawha River during cleanup on Feb. 19. The additional release into the Kanawha occurred after snow melted and raised water levels in Fields Creek, stirring up silt at the bottom of the creek. The creek overran some dams used to slow down water and catch slurry particles before they hit the Kanawha River. Aluise said the company has yet to contest another violation notice. He said meetings will be held between the DEP and the company concerning the contested penalties. Aluise said Kanawha Eagle also could face additional fines under the federal Clean Water Act. A Patriot Coal spokeswoman didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. The DEP had blamed the spill on ice buildup that tore a gasket around a valve. Slurry pumps continued operating for several hours. The nearest public water system was 115 miles downstream in Huntington. OUTPERFORMS, OUTPOWERS, OUTLASTS The Best Zero Turn Mower built in the USA GRAVELY TRACTOR SALES & SERVICE WE NOW OFFER INTEREST FREE EASY FINANCING* see store for details WE ARE READY TO SELL YOU A GRAVELY 204 Condor Street Pomeroy, Ohio 740-992-2975 Manning Roush – Owner 740-508-1936 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 am-4 pm Saturday by Appointment Flip – Manning – Butch Do your part! Recycle this newspaper! 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The fifth-seeded Lady Raiders (8-17) were overmatched by the Lady Pirates (20-2), who entered the postseason as the No. 2 ranked team in all of Division III by the Ohio softball coaches. WHS scored at least twice in all four innings at the plate of the wire-to-wire win, which included a seven-run outburst in the second frame. RVHS, however, had its big breakthrough inning in the top of the second as Alexis Hurt led things off with a single, then advanced to second on an errant pickoff throw by the catcher. Cori Williams reached on an infield error with two outs, and an errant throw allowed Hurt to come around and score — making it a 2-1 contest after an inning and a half of play. Wheelersburg followed by sending 13 batters to the plate in its half of the second, which resulted in seven runs on seven hits, two walks and two errors — turning a slim 2-1 scores in the fourth, making it a 14-1 contest headed into the finale. Abbi Sparks fanned the side in order in the top of the fifth, allowing the Lady Pirates to advance to the district final at UHS. Wheelersburg will face second-seeded Zane Trace at 3 p.m. Saturday in the D-3 championship. The Lady Pioneers defeated Meigs in the other semifinal by a 7-0 count Tuesday night. The Lady Pirates outhit Bryan Walters | OVP Sports the guests by a sizable 15-1 River Valley junior Alexis Hurt takes a swing at a pitch during the second inning of Tuesday night’s Division III district overall margin and comsemifinal softball game against Wheelersburg at Unioto High mitted just one error in the contest, compared to School in Chillicothe, Ohio. three by the Lady Raiders. RVHS stranded one runWHS maintained its ner on base while Burg left edge into a comfortable 9-1 cushion through two rhythm with two runs in four on the bags. Sparks was the winning the third and three more complete. pitcher of record after allowing zero walks over five innings while striking out eight. Ashley Gilmore suffered the setback after surrendering four walks over four frames while fanning zero. Ashley Cunningham and Taylor Dempsey led WHS with three hits apiece, followed by Kalleann Coleman, Raygan Reyes and Hailee Barbarits-Osborne with two safeties apiece. Dempsey led the hosts with four RBIs while Reyes drove in three runs. Coleman and Barbarits-Osborne also knocked in two RBIs each. It was the final game for seniors Jamie Norman, Libby Leach and Mai Kinebuchi in the Silver and Black. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Meigs third baseman Alliyah Pullins, left, successfully applies a tag to Zane Trace baserunner D’Lani Swackhammer during the first inning of Tuesday night’s Division III district softball semifinal at Unioto High School in Chillicothe, Ohio. Lady Pioneers cruise past Meigs, 7-0 By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — No offense, no chance. The Meigs softball team struck out 16 times and produced zero hits Tuesday night during a 7-0 setback to Zane Trace in a Division III district semifinal contest at Unioto High School in Ross County. The third-seeded Lady Marauders (14-8) managed only two baserunners in the entire contest, both of which came on the benefit of errors by the secondseeded Lady Pioneers. MHS, however, never had a baserunner reach second and each of the nine starters in the lineup struck out at least once in the setback. ZTHS, on the other hand, produced seven hits and also benefited from five Meigs miscues, which allowed the Lady Pioneers to advance to the district final at Unioto. ZTHS will face top-seeded Wheelersburg at 3 p.m. Saturday after the Lady Pirates posted a 14-1 win in five innings over River Valley in the other semifinal Tuesday night. Alliyah Pullins reached on a one-out error in the first inning and Bre Colburn did the same in the fourth, but the next two batters struck out both times to end each of those respec- tive rally bids. The seventh inning was the only time in which Meigs did not strike out in a frame. Morgan Geno was the winning pitcher of record after walking zero and fanning 16 over seven frames, which also included striking out the side in both the fourth and sixth innings. Geno also fanned at least two batters in each of the first six frames. Yet for all of its dominance, ZTHS only led by one run after four complete. The hosts claimed a 1-0 lead in the first inning thanks to an error and two hits. Geno led things off with a single and later scored on the miscue, giving Zane Trace a permanent edge at 1-0. Two hits and an error allowed two more runs to come plateward in the fifth, making it a 3-0 contest. The Lady Pioneers added four more scores in the sixth to close the door on the seven-run triumph. Geno paced Zane Trace with three hits, followed by Fry, Swackhammer, Seymour and Edler with a safety apiece. Lindsay Patterson suffered the setback after surrendering two walks over six innings while striking out five. It was the final game for senior Summer Atkinson in the Maroon and Gold. Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Eastern freshman Katlyn Barber (3) celebrates with her teammates after leading off the fourth inning with a homerun, during the Lady Eagles 13-2 victory over Clay in the Division IV Southeast District semifinal at Minford High School, on Tuesday. Eastern pounces Lady Panthers By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com MINFORD, Ohio — That’s how to take care of business. The top-seeded Eastern softball needed just five innings to defeat fourth-seeded Clay by a 13-2 count in the Division IV Southeast District semifinal at Minford High School, on Tuesday. The Lady Eagles (23-2) wasted little time getting on the board as Paige Cline and Jourdan Griffin both scored in the bottom of the first inning. Clay (16-11) cut into the lead in the second inning when Sydney Carter drove in Allyson Freeman but Eastern answered in a big way. EHS sent 11 batters to the plate in the bottom of the second and scored six runs, expanding the lead to 8-2. The Lady Panthers scored again in the top of the fourth inning when Rachel Cooper drove in Jessica Moore. Eastern got that run back in the first at-bat of the bottom of the fourth on a solo homerun by Katlyn Barber. Hannah Hawley, Jess Coleman, Breanna Bailey Eastern senior Paige Cline throws to first base for the first and Cline each scored in the fourth inning and EHS out of the fifth inning, during the Lady Eagles 13-2 Division broke the lead open to 13-2. Camryn Whitley hit a two- IV Southeast District semifinal victory over Clay in Minford. out double to give CHS hope but the Lady Eagles shut the door and EHS took the 13-2 mercy rule victory. by Edwards and Barber with two RBIs apiece. Cline Grace Edwards earned the win for the Green and scored three runs, Barber scored twice, while Griffin, Gold, as she struck out three and allowed two runs Edwards, Sabra Bailey, Breanna Bailey, Hannah Hawon three hits and two walks. Danielle Cline suffered ley, Jess Coleman and Erin Swatzel each scored once. the loss for Clay, after striking out two and surrenSydney Carter led Clay with two hits, followed by dering 13 runs on 11 hits and six walks. Camryn Whitley with one. Jessica Moore and AllyPaige Cline led the Lady Eagles offense with three son Freeman each scored, while Carter and Rachel hits, including a triple, followed by Katlyn Barber, Cooper each had an RBI. Amber Moodispaugh and Grace Edwards with two The Eastern Lady Eagles will look for their first hits each. Jourdan Griffin and Sabra Bailey each district title on Saturday in Minford against Portsmarked one hit in the win. mouth Notre Dame. The second-seeded Lady Titans Cline and Griffin each drove in three runs, followed defeated Symmes Valley by a 2-0 count Tuesday night. OVP Sports Schedule Lady Tornadoes wallop Wellston, 10-3 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com Thursday, May 22 Softball Lincoln County at Point Pleasant, 6 p.m. Southern vs. Paint Valley at Minford HS, 6 p.m. WELLSTON, Ohio — The Lady Tornadoes are getting pretty good at ending win streaks. For the second consecutive Tuesday the Southern softball team Friday, May 23 snapped an opponent’s double-digit Track and Field game winning streak. This time the WVSSAC meet at Laidley Field, 2 p.m. Purple and Gold handed a 10-3 loss to TVC Ohio Division champion and Saturday, May 24 host Wellston, which had won 14 Softball Eastern vs. Portsmouth Notre Dame at Minford HS, 11 straight games. After two scoreless innings of play the a.m. Southern-Paint Valley winner vs. Waterford-Fairfield Lady Tornadoes (18-5) broke through in a big way in the top of the third, scorwinner at Minford HS, 1 p.m. ing eight runs on six hits, one error, one Track and Field walk and one hit batter. Southern added WVSSAC meet at Laidley Field, 9 a.m. another run in the top of the fourth, Division II districts at Nelsonville-York, 11 a.m. while Wellston (20-5) scored three runs Division III districts at Southeastern, 11 a.m. in the bottom of the fourth inning to cut the deficit to 9-3. SHS added an insurance run in the top of the fifth inning and cruised to the 10-3 victory. 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While the Point Pleasant and Chapmanville baseball teams await the regional tournament they gave each other a little tuneup with a regular season game in Logan County. The Big Blacks needed eight innings but they ended the nine-game winning streak of the host Tigers by a 6-4 count. After three scoreless frames Chapmanville (26-6) broke through with two runs in the fourth and two runs in the fifth to gain the 4-0 advantage. The Big Blacks (18-10) tied the game up with four runs in the top of the sixth inning and, after a scoreless seventh frame, forced extra innings. PPHS marked two runs in the top of the eighth inning and took the 6-4 road win. Alex Somerville earned the win for Point Pleasant after throwing 3.1 shutout innings in relief, in which he allowed two hits and four walks. PPHS starter Levi Russell allowed two unearned runs on three hits and a walk in four innings, while Abe Stearns allowed two earned runs on one hit and three walks. Russell and Somerville both struck out four. Christopher Bailey suffered the loss for CHS after allowing two unearned runs on a hit and a walk in one inning of relief. Chapmanville starter Trey Dalton allowed one hit through five shutout innings and he struck out nine, while Tristan Thompson threw two innings, struck out one and allowed four earned runs on four hits and two walks. The Point Pleasant offense was led by Evan Potter and Alex Somerville with two hits apiece, while Cody Sockwell and Austen Toler each had one hit. Potter and Sockwell both scored twice, Somerville and Jeremy Tate both crossed the plate once, while Potter, Toler, Gage Buskirk and Bruce McDermitt each had an RBI. Somerville had the lone extra-base hit in the game, a triple, and the lone PPHS stolen base. Brock Dalton, Brent Bigley, Christopher Bailey, Jordan Cook and Brady Cox each had a hit for Chapmanville, while Copley, Cox, Adam Dingess and Nick Brumfield each scored. Copley, Bigley and Bailey each had an RBI, while Cook, Cox and Alex Berry each had a stolen base. Chapmanville had defeated PPHS on April 16 on in Point Pleasant by a 13-7 count. Ex-players say teams gave pain pills ‘like candy’ By Jim Litke Associated Press Former NFL lineman Jeremy Newberry often hobbled into the 49ers locker room on game days using a walking boot and crutches, then lined up behind as many as two dozen teammates, in his case to get a shot of the painkiller Toradol in the butt. Ten minutes later, he sprinted out of the tunnel and onto the field. The toughness of pro football players may be legendary, but a lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of more than 600 former players contends it was abetted by team physicians and trainers across the NFL who routinely — and often illegally — dispensed powerful narcotics and other controlled substances on game days to mask the pain. Among them were the painkillers Percodan, Percocet and Vicodin, antiinflammatories such as Toradol, and sleep aids such as Ambien — “handed out like candy at Halloween,” according to lead attorney Steven SIlverman. Sometimes, the lawsuit also charges, the drugs were given in combinations as “cocktails.” “The stuff works,” Newberry, who played seven of his nine seasons in San Francisco before retiring in 2009, told The Associated Press in an interview. “It works like crazy. It really does.” But only for so long. Newberry, now 38 and one of the eight plaintiffs so far named in the lawsuit, says that because of the drugs he took while playing, he suffers from kidney failure, high blood pressure and violent headaches. Others — including three members of the NFL champion 1985 Chicago Bears: quarterback Jim McMahon, Hall of Fame defensive end Richard Dent and offensive lineman Keith Van Horne — reported a range of debilitating effects, from chronic muscle and bone ailments Your news ... Your newspaper THE DAILY SENTINEL Community News Sports Scores Editorials Church Events Breaking News YOUR NEWSPAPER Story idea or news tip? Call 992.2155 to permanent nerve and organ damage to addiction. “Our attorneys have not seen the lawsuit,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, in Atlanta for the league’s spring meetings, “and obviously I have been in meetings all day.” The lawsuit’s main burden is proving cause and effect — that use of painkillers long ago is responsible for chronic problems the players face now. The claims are for a wide variety of problems that are common in older people, such as high blood pressure, knee replacements, arthritis, kidney problems, heart attacks and abnormal heart rhythms. The diversity of these problems, affecting so many different parts and body systems, tends to argue against a single cause, such as painkiller use. The players also would have to show that they are suffering these problems at a greater rate than other people their age, and that it’s not due to other risk factors such as obesity, smoking and family history. Six of the plaintiffs in the new lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco, including McMahon and Van Horne, were also parties to the concussionrelated class-action lawsuit less than a year ago. The NFL agreed to pay $765 million to settle that case — without acknowledging it concealed the risks of concussions from former players. A federal judge has yet to approve the settlement, expressing concern the amount is too small. “The difference is that the concussion case claimed the NFL knew or should have known,” Silverman said. “We’re saying this was intentional, putting profits ahead of players’ health — and in violation of federal controlled substance laws, as well as state laws. You don’t order hundreds of narcotic pain- Dan Rosenstrauch | Contra Costa Times | KRT photo San Francisco 49er Jeremy Newberry yells encouragement to his teammates after the San Francisco 49ers defense held the New York Giants and started a come from behind victory during their NFC wild card game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California, on Sunday, January 5, 2003. killers in their names without telling them.” The lawsuit covers the years 1968-2008. Silverman said a number of clients reported teams had “tightened up” dispensing procedures since then, including one incident in which a player said a trainer waited until the team plane on a flight home was 10,000 feet in the air before handing over a narcotic “to avoid violating any state laws.” McMahon and Van Horne were among several players wqho said they were never told about broken bones and fed pills to mask the pain instead. Toradol, which players called a “full-body numb-er” and “the current game-day drug of choice of the NFL” was prevalent enough that Newberry described frequently seeing both teammates and opponents dur- ing warm-ups with blood spots on the buttocks of their pants — a telltale sign they’d taken a pregame injection. “There was a room set up near the locker room and you got in line,” said Kyle Turley, who played for three NFL teams in an eight-year career. “Obviously, we were grown adults and we had a choice. But when a team doctor is saying this will take the pain away, you trust them.’ Newberry said he regrets that decision now, but never considered not taking the drugs during his career because he feared he’d be out of a job if he didn’t play. After his retirement, a specialist who reviewed his medical records concluded the protein levels in his urine had been elevated — a precursor to kidney problems — for years. Newberry said he got blood work during a team-sponsored physical every year but was never told about any problems. “They said, ‘You’re good to go, you passed another one. You’re cleared to play,’” he recalled. Silverman said he planned to serve the NFL with the lawsuit within the next 120 days, after which the league has 30 days to respond. The case could be significantly delayed if there are similar filings and the lawsuits are eventually consolidated into a single class-action. “We hope this gets to trial,” Silverman said. “I could see a scenario where, if it were to go to discovery, there would be more doctors and trainers taking the Fifth (Amendment) than providing sworn testimony. We think the problem is that profound.” Classifieds - continued from Page A7 Help Wanted General Help Wanted General Houses For Sale Swisher and Loshe now taking application for Delivery Driver call Tracy at (740) 992-2955 or stop by 112 E. Main St Pomeroy, OH and pick up an application. 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Individuals may obtain HOF application forms from the school website. Boys applications will be accepted for any athlete who played prior to the 1991-92 season, while the girls are accepting applications from any athlete who played prior to the 1995-96 campaign. The 2014 HOF ceremonies will be held on Friday, Oct. 3, before the start of the home football contest against Belfry, with the awards banquet happening the following night at GAHS. Bend Area holiday weekend addition An added attraction to the Bend Area’s holiday weekend will take place at the Racine Locks and Dam (West Virginia side of the Ohio River) on Saturday, May 24 when the R.A.C.E. RC Modelers Club hosts a Pancake Breakfast Fly-In. The remote control airplane club will serve pancakes and sausage and conduct a Fun Fly experience that features all types of remote control aircraft. A club trainer will be available to instruct lesser experienced or non-experienced spectators. An Almost Ready to Fly (ARF) kit raffle will be held as well as a 50/50 split the pot drawing. The remote control airplane event will begin at 9:30 a.m. and last until 7 p.m. with a pilots meeting to be conducted at 9 a.m. A $5 landing fee will be assessed with no charge being assessed to spectators and people learning from the club trainer. www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, May 22, 2014 Baseball is no longer an afterthought in Big Ten OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Long the Big Ten’s forgotten sport, baseball is making a comeback in the conference. The most visible sign of progress: Indiana last year became the first Big Ten member since 1984 to play in the College World Series. Aided by the infusion of cash from the Big Ten Network, five schools have opened new stadiums the past seven years. Nonconference schedules have been upgraded. Coaching jobs have become more attractive. “I think that both the perception and reality of Big Ten baseball is that it is much better than it has been the past few decades,” Big Ten associate commissioner Brad Traviolia, who oversees baseball, wrote in an email Wednesday. Baseball once was a point of pride in the Big Ten. Ohio State and Minnesota won national championships in the 1960s and ’70s and Michigan made the CWS four times in the early 1980s. The drop-off was swift as warmweather schools began putting resources into the sport and Big Ten schools allowed programs to languish. The impetus for the Big Ten baseball revival? “A 29-year absence from the CWS was a huge gap,” Traviolia said. Baseball budgets rose across the league. Minnesota ($1.4 million this year) and Purdue ($1.2 million) have increased their spending by nearly 50 percent since 2009. New stadiums opened at Indiana, Purdue and Minnesota in 2013, at Michigan State in 2009 and at Penn State in 2007. More money is going to salaries and operations. “Everybody is trying to keep up with the Joneses,” 33rd-year Minnesota coach John Anderson said. “I think (the Big Ten) will keep getting better, and I think we’ll have a big impact on the national stage.” It was just two years ago that Anderson floated the idea of the Big Ten breaking away from the traditional NCAA season and going to a summer schedule. His coaching brethren dismissed the notion. Purdue coach Doug Schreiber prompted serious discussion, though, with a proposal that Northern teams be allowed to play as many as 14 games in the fall that would count in the following spring’s RPI. The rationale, for both Anderson and Schreiber, was that long winters in Big Ten country make it extremely difficult to gain access to the NCAA tournament because conference teams must play nearly all February and March games on the road. Those concerns were addressed last year when the NCAA began using a new formula for the RPI, which measures the relative strength of teams and conferences and helps determine at-large bids for the national tournament. There now is greater weight placed on road wins. Traviolia said coaches agreed to put Schreiber’s proposal on hold to see how the new RPI formula affects the conference. The Big Ten on Wednesday ranked 10th out of 32 conferences in RPI. Indiana (fourth in team RPI), Nebraska (27) and Illinois (50) all are in line for NCAA tournament berths. Last year the Big Ten was sixth in RPI, with five teams among the top 65. Before that, the conference hadn’t ranked higher than No. 11 since at least 2002. “I think you’ll see a renewed effort to have Schreiber’s idea of counting fall games reconsidered,” Traviolia said. Most Big Ten teams have strengthened their schedules. There also have been some attention-grabbing hires. Rick Heller left a consistent winner at Indiana State last year to lead an Iowa program that hasn’t won the conference since 1974. Erik Bakich left a rising Maryland program for Michigan in 2013. Darin Erstad, an All-Star for the Anaheim Angels who had never been more than a volunteer coach at the college level, took over at his alma mater of Nebraska in 2012. Greg Beals went to Ohio State in 2011 after leading Ball State to unprecedented success. While geography and climate will prevent the Big Ten from matching the top-to-bottom strength of the SEC, ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12, the conference is showing it no longer is content with being an easy out. “All of our teams, at the right time of year, can play with anybody,” Beals said. Cavs continue lottery luck, get No. 1 pick again NEW YORK (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers would prefer to be known for being good, not lucky. Maybe next year. For now, disappointment is replaced by disbelief, as even they are amazed by their remarkable run of lottery luck. “It was incredible,” general manager David Griffin said Tuesday. “When Cleveland didn’t pop up at nine, I knew obviously we had moved up and I had to gather myself for a second. Just a remarkable feeling.” Familiar one, too. The Cavaliers won the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft for the second straight year and third time in the last four. They moved up from the ninth spot, when they had just a 1.7 percent chance of winning the top selection. “It seems surreal,” Cavs vice chairman Jeff Cohen said. “This is three out of four years and we had a 1.7 percent chance of coming up with the first pick and we pulled it off again.” They drafted Kyrie Irving first in 2011 and will hope to do better with this win than last year, when they took Anthony Bennett, who had a forgettable rookie season. Nick Gilbert, the son of Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert, was on the podium for the previous two wins, but Griffin was there this time. He had a pin on his lapel from his late grandmother and was carrying one of Nick Gilbert’s bowties, which was as lucky in his breast pocket as it was with Nick wearing it. The Cavs can now choose among the likes of Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid of Kansas, Duke’s Jabari Park- er, or another player from what’s considered a deep draft. “This means everything,” Cohen said. “This is the deepest draft arguably since LeBron (James) and Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh and Carmelo Anthony came out.” The Cavs won that one, too, in 2003, when they picked James. But they have been lottery regulars since he bolted for Miami in 2010, and they want that to stop. The Milwaukee Bucks fell one spot to second and the Philadelphia 76ers will draft third. 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The 76ers will have two top-10 picks: their own and New Orleans’ at No. 10 from last year’s trade that sent Jrue Holiday to the Pelicans. “If we had No. 3 alone, I would be a little disappointed and so would our group. But the fact that we also have the 10th pick, we may have done better than anyone else,” said Hall of Famer Julius Erving, who represented them. “We can get two players out of this draft or leverage those two picks.” Still, the big winners — again — were the Cavs. Nick Gilbert was the hit of the 2011 lottery, his big glasses and bowtie charming viewers. This time it was Mallory Edens, the 18-yearold daughter of incoming Bucks co-owner Wes Edens. She gained thousands of Twitter followers after her brief on-camera interview. But her Bucks pin wasn’t lucky enough to end the run of back luck for the worst teams. “I was really nervous, but I’m really happy we got the second pick,” Mallory Edens said. Things kept rolling for the Cavs, who duplicated the feat of Orlando, which went back-to-back at No. 1 in 1992-93. The latter win, after the Magic had gone 41-41 in Shaquille O’Neal’s rookie season, caused the league to change the lottery to a weighted format that gave the worst teams the most chances. The tanking talk has led to discussions to change it again, something Commissioner Adam Silver has said will be discussed this summer. But he has also said that if there was an ideal solution, the league would have implemented it by now. The Cavs like it just as it is. � 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 05. May Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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