http://66.213.69.5/files/original/1eb0388b88c25dcdb608038e729c3674.pdf a92b961809ed87921a1f844e932bd300 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS Dr. Brothers .... Page 2 Mostly sunny today. High 43. Low 28....... Page 2 Prep basketball action .... Page 6 OBITUARIES Peyton I. Browning, infant Karen M. Finnicum, 57 Johnnie B. Lowe Monroe, 89 Ella M. Northup, 83 Belva J. Schuler, 74 50 cents daily WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 Vol. 63, No. 10 Village of Pomeroy responds to civil action Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — The Village of Pomeroy has filed a response to the allegations set forth in a civil action filed last month. While the Village has filed its response, the other defendant — Mark Porter/Porter Brothers LLC — has been granted until Feb. 11 to file a response. In the response, filed by Ironton-based attorney Randall L. Lambert, the Village of Pomeroy admits to several of the items in the original complaint, while denying others and outlining a defense to the action against them. The village admits that bids for the property known as Old Pomeroy High School were advertised on more than one occasion. It further admits that, according to Ordinance 751, sealed bids were due on Dec. 4, 2011. The ordinance further reserved the right of the village to reject any and all bids, with 10 percent of the accepted bid due withing seven days of bid opening and the balance due within 30 days. The Village further acknowledges that Mark Porter submitted a bid, but denies the allegation that no contract was entered into. The village’s filing states that an ordinance was passed accepting the bid, which created an agreement between Porter and the Village of Pomeroy. It is also acknowledged by the village that Porter did not pay 10 percent within seven days of the bid opening or the balance 30 days thereafter. The claims of advertising the property for re-bid on five dates in October was also confirmed, with bids due by 4 p.m. on Nov. 9, 2012. The village admits that Council refused to consider the bids submitted as part of the Nov. 9 bid deadline and has continued to refuse to act upon those bids. The village admits that Porter appeared before council on Oct. 8, 2012, and indicated he had questions concerning taking the project because of asbestos issues, but denies the rest of the allegations about the appearance, citing lack of information. It was also admitted that the Plaintiff-Realtor of the civil action, Banks Construction Co. did place a bid according to the advertisement for bids due Nov. 9, 2012. The village admitted to handdelivering a letter to Porter on Oct. 22, 2012, to clarify his bid from Feb. 2012. See ACTION |‌ 5 Middleport renews contracts, hires employees Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com Submitted photo Colony of cats about to spayed or neutered. Humane Society awarded spay/neuter grant Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — An increased number of feral and semi-feral cats and kittens will be spayed or neutered, thanks to a grant awarded to the Meigs County Humane Society by the Two Mauds Foundation. Vicky Baer, secretary-treasurer, said that the local Humane Society has received a $5,000 grant to be used to spay or neuter cats in the Society’s Trap/Neuter/Release project. The Two Mauds Foundation is a small, private entity established in 1994 by the late Dallas Pratt, founder of Argus Archives, which disseminated information on the plight of animals, particularly in slaughterhouses and laboratories. The foundation provides cash awards each year to organizations whose work prevents or relieves the exploitation and suffering of animals, explained Baer. The foundation, which is based in Virginia, was launched by Pratt, an American psychiatrist, animal rights campaigner, and founder of the American Museum in Britain. It was named for Maud Duke, the childhood governess of Pratt, and for Maud Pratt, his Scots terrier. Baer said that the grant puts the Humane Society in an excellent position to ensure the cats in two cat colonies do not continue to breed. She noted that in the past year there has been an overwhelming number of requests for help for emergency veterinarian services along with additional costs for fostering animals. So we have been limited as to what we can do for these cats and kittens.” The two cat colonies, one in Middleport and the other near Pomeroy, have at least 30 unspayed females in each. Baer explained that both colonies are fed by citizens, and the Humane Society removes sick/diseased cats. “This grant will enable us to spay/neuter all of the female cats, as well as many male cats as we can catch in both colonies. If there are any grant funds left over, we would like to channel them into our sterilization voucher open to the low-income members of the public,” she said. To take advantage of the grant funds for help pay for personal pet sterilizations, owners will have to show proof of low income, such as a food stamp or Medicaid card, Social Security Disability, or unemployment verification, Baer explained. She added that the Two Mauds is an unusual animal welfare organization for two reason —“first, the Two Mauds focus is on Appalachia, a region in this country too often ignored or misunderstood in terms of need. The Two Mauds recognizes the geographical difficulties as well as the scarcity of funding available to us. Second, the application process places its main emphasis on a face-to-face meeting so we were able to sit down with a representative to convey information and exchange ideas at the Meigs County Humane Society Thrift Shoppe in Middleport.” The Meigs County Humane Society relies on donations to the shop and volunteers to operate it, as well as membership dues, to support its work in the county. This includes paying half of the salary of the part-time Humane Officer with the other half being paid by the Meigs County Commissioners. “Spay and neuter assistance is paramount since this is the major reason people call us and it is a pressing problem in our county. Thanks to the Two Mauds, we can now sterilize the cats in the two cat colonies and keep them healthy.“ she concluded. MIDDLEPORT — Contracts for the Middleport Fire Department to provide fire protection to areas outside of the village were approved, and three employees were hired at Monday night’s meeting of Middleport Village Council. The fire protection contracts were for half of Salisbury Township, $1,100; Cheshire Township, $10,500, and the village of Cheshire, $2,875. Jeff Darst, fire chief, presented an extensive report on the past year’s activities which showed a response to 128 incidents involving 1,202 man hours, with 772 man hours being spent on maintaining equipment and 1 ,208 on training. The loss estimate on structure fires was $173,000 and $49,500 on vehicles for a total of $222,500. Council commended Darst for his extensive report. The need for looking ahead toward the purchase of a new ladder truck for the department was discussed. The possibility of some grant funding was discussed as was the need for a match. It was reported that the village is still paying on another fire truck with funds generated from fire levies, and the possibility of increasing the payments for an earlier payoff in order to accumulate some funds to serve as a match to any grant money the village might receive was discussed. It was reported incoming levy funds for fire protection total about $53,000. Employees hired included Paige Gussler as a part-time dispatcher, Joe Barnhart as a part-time police officer, and Bryan Keith as a full-time employee in the public works department. A change in a housing ordinance regarding water service on rental properties as proposed by Mike Hendrickson, building inspector, was passed by Council. During the re-organizational part of the meeting, Rae Moore was elected Council president, and Michael Barr was retained as solicitor. On recommendation of Mayor Mike Gerlach, Council voted to renew coverage on the Solar Bee system at the sewage lagoon which provides power by solar rather than electricity. The coverage was renewed for three years at a cost of $10,648 with the contract “covering everything, including vandalism.” Also discussed was the bulk water station and charges relating to people getting water there. It was decided that the rate should be changed to 1.25 pennies per gallon to bring the charge in line with the cost paid by those with home hookups. During the meeting, it was voted to purchase a halfpage advertisement in the 2013 Meigs County Visitors Guide to promote the village. The accumulation of trash and the inconsistency of some pickups was discussed. The unsightly collection of trash near the intersection of North Fifth and Cole was noted by a council member who reported on neighborhood complaints. Also mentioned was the lack of consistent pickups of trash at the property located at 712 Sycamore St. The report from Mony Wood, jail administrator, showed that in 2012 a total of $208,000 had been billed out and/or collected from other agencies who used the facility. For December the billed out amount was $41,042. Since last spring when the jail opened, 629 inmates have been booked with 154 being from Middleport and 475 from other agencies. Prisoners come from Meigs, Gallia, Jackson, and Athens counties and the villages therein. At the conclusion of regular business, Council moved into executive session for the purpose of meeting with the solicitor to discuss legal issues. Clark named Manager of the Meigs Outpatient Clinic Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Holzer Health System welcomes Leesa Clark, RN, as the Manager of the Meigs Outpatient Clinic in Pomeroy, Ohio. Clark joined Holzer in 1991, in the Hospital In-Patient Rehabilitation unit, then starting her outpatient career at the Meigs Clinic in 1995. In addition, she has held positions in Point Pleasant outpatient facility, and the Information Technology Department. She received her nursing degree from the University of Rio Grande. Clark is assuming her new responsibilities effective January 14, 2013, from Diana Jeffers. Jeffers is retiring from the Meigs location after 29 and half years of service. Jeffers began her career working at the Gallipolis Outpatient Services location in the Obstetrics and Gynecology department as a medical secretary. She also assisted with the opening of the Point Pleasant Outpatient Services location, where she remained until coming to the Meigs location in 2000. “This is a small office location, with a lot of good patient care,” stated Jeffers. “We have a wide variety of specialties that utilize our building, providing our communities with top quality care, right here in Meigs County.” Clark expanded, “There are many healthcare choices available locally. In my new role, I want to continue to build upon our reputation that Holzer Meigs Outpatient Facility is THE place to come for the very best health CARE. With my nursing experience and the quality staff we offer, our facility will continue to provide advanced technology and exceptional services for the communities we serve.” Clark resides in Rio Grande, Ohio with her husband, Keith, and has two children, Darren (Biranda) Clark, and Alexis. They will be welcoming a second grandchild in March. Jeffers is a native of Mason County, West Virginia and looks forward to spending time with her grandchildren. For more information on the services provided at Holzer Health System, please visit www. holzer.org, www.holzerclinic.com Leesa Clark, RN or call 1-855-4-HOLZER. �Wednesday, January 16, 2013 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 Local Briefs Community Calendar 2013 Visitors Guide Calender Events POMEROY –Stories are being written and advertising is being sold for the 2013 Meigs County Visitors Guide, a project of Meigs County Tourism and the Meigs County Commissioners produced in conjunction with The Daily Sentinel. Currently, Luke Ortman, director of the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce and its tourism program, is preparing a calendar of events from March through December. Anyone with an event which they would like listed in the calendar so that it will appear in the 2013 Meigs Visitors Guide is asked to get the information to Ortman as soon as possible but not later than Jan. 31. Anything that comes in past that date will not be included in the Visitors Guide. Informational sheets to be filled out may be picked up at the Chamber of Commerce Office in Pomeroy or information may be e-mailed to luke@meigscountychamber.com Thursday, Jan. 17 ALFRED — Orange Township Trustees will have an organizational and appropriations meeting , 7 p.m. at the Township Storage Building. Friday, Jan. 18 POMEROY — The Pomeroy High School Class of 1959 will be having their “3rd Friday” lunch at the new Bob Evans Restaurant in Rio Grande at noon. RUTLAND — Rutland Youth League organizational meeting 6 p.m. Friday at the Rutland Fire Department. Officers will be elected. CHESTER — Chester-Shade Historical Association meeting for all committee chairmen, 1 p.m. at the Academy. Monday, Jan. 21 LETART — Letart Township Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township building. Friday, Jan. 25 MARIETTA — The Regional Advisory Council for the Area Agency on Aging will meet at 10 a.m., in the Buckeye Hills-HVRDD Area Agency on Aging office in Marietta. Wednesday: Areas of drizzle before 8 a.m. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 43. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 6 to 10 mph. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 40. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. M.L.King Day: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Local stocks Moving away from home hasn’t helped Peoples (NASDAQ) — 21.88 Pepsico (NYSE) — 71.60 Premier (NASDAQ) — 10.80 Rockwell (NYSE) — 85.53 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 13.66 Royal Dutch Shell — 69.70 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 44.22 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 68.98 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 4.90 WesBanco (NYSE) — 22.57 Worthington (NYSE) — 27.84 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for January 15, 2013, 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. natural you can be, the better you’ll be able to attract real friends who like you for who you are. *** Dear Dr. Brothers: Since when is it OK for total strangers to go up to a person and make rude comments about something she can’t change? I’m 18, and 6 feet 2 inches. I have finally stopped growing, but now I’m stuck with people making insulting remarks or asking how tall I am, as though I am a freak. I’m a normal person. I don’t play basketball. I’ve had dates only with friends of my family, and I don’t know how to handle this for the rest of my life. Please help! — T.C. Dear T.C.: I think that by the time your growth spurts cease — any time now — you will have some breathing room to take stock of your assets and make the most of them. You may not be a basketball player with fans, or a breathtaking model strutting down the runway, but you can do a couple of things. First, stand up straight. It’s a simple fix if you’ve been slumping around trying to shrink an inch or two. All it does is make you look proud of your dazzling height, and that can be huge for you and your companions. Put on your high heels, too. What’s another couple of inches when you can look awesome and cool with your height? For every guy who has issues that won’t let him date a woman taller than he is, there are plenty more who love to have a statuesque partner on their arm. And you may need to find a look that suits you in clothing, but you can learn a lot by spending some serious time shopping and trying things on. As you become more comfortable with your body and your height, it will show in how you carry yourself, the smile on your face and the confidence you will exude in your relationships. Focus on others as much as on yourself, and give the issue time to fade from your consciousness. You don’t need to reply to strangers unless you want to. It’s your choice. (c) 2013 by King Features Syndicate Meigs SWCD Ohioans encouraged annual tree to renew boat sale under way registrations online POMEROY — The 2013 tree sale is under way at the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District, now located at its new office at 113 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. This year’s hardwood offerings include Northern red oak, black walnut, sugar maple and black cherry in packets of 25 seedlings for $17; Austrian pine, Colorado blue spruce and Bald Cypress in packets of 25 for $17, and evergreens Scotch pine, eastern white pine, Norway spruce, Canadian hemlock and Douglas fir in packets of 25 seedlings for $15. American Chestnut trees are available in packets of five for $17. The Nut Tree Packet consists of 10 seedlings, two each of black walnut, shagbark hickory, hardy pecan, hazelnut and white walnut (butternut) for $15. 740-245-5334 Financial aid is available for those who qualify Other offerings include Grimes Golden Apples and Santa Rosa Plum in packets of two seedlings each for $17; shiitake mushroom kits (consisting of 200 plugs) for $25; English ivy and pachysandra trays of 100 plants for $25, and crownvetch trays of 72 plants for $35. Seed mixes include erosion control, showy native wildflower and grass, bird and butterfly and wildlife food plot. Also available are bluebird boxes, bat boxes, marking flags and Plantskyydd deer and rabbit repellant (available in ready-to-spray quart bottles or in a powder concentrate). The deadline for ordering trees or seed packets from the Meigs SWCD is Monday, March 4 with trees being available for pickup around the second week in April. Tree and shrub seedlings should be between six and 18 inches tall depending on the species, and should be planted within five days after pickup and watered regularly. For an order form or for more information, contact the Meigs SWCD at 740992-4282 or stop in during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D, Pomeroy. Order forms will also be available at www. meigsswcd.com. Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com COLUMBUS — Approximately one-third of Ohio’s watercraft registrations will expire on March 1, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Ohioans may conveniently register watercraft online, through the mail or in person. Ohio watercraft registrations are valid for three years. In 2012, Ohio had 432,817 registered watercraft. The ODNR Division of Watercraft processed a record 19,570 registration renewals online in 2012, up from the 16,635 registration e-renewals processed in 2011. The online renewal process may be utilized 24 hours a day, seven days a week through Sept. 30 at ohiodnr.com/watercraft. Once the boat owner’s transaction is successfully completed, a valid boat registration and decals will be sent in the mail within 10 days. The ODNR Division of Watercraft encourages boat owners to use the online registration renewal system if they are not making any changes to boat information included in their registration. Owner information, such as a mailing address, may be changed when using the online watercraft registration renewal process. Multiple boat registrations may be renewed online in one transaction. These secure renewal transactions require the use of a valid MasterCard or Visa credit card in addition to an ODNR Division of Watercraft assigned boat registration personal identification number. Ohio boat owners also may renew their watercraft registrations by mail through June 30, if they have no changes to information included on their registration, including owner information. Ohioans also may renew watercraft registrations in person when visiting a watercraft registration agent. A listing of watercraft registration agents, which includes each of the ODNR Division of Watercraft’s 11 area office locations, fee schedules and other registration information, is available at ohiodnr.com/watercraft or by calling the ODNR Division of Watercraft toll-free at 877-4BOATER (877-426-2837). Visit us at For information contact the Adult Center at 60384735 AEP (NYSE) — 43.16 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 22.74 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 84.95 Big Lots (NYSE) — 29.78 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 43.22 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 73.63 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 8.80 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.13 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 36.30 Collins (NYSE) — 59.73 DuPont (NYSE) — 46.25 US Bank (NYSE) — 33.28 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 21.20 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 51.33 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 46.35 Kroger (NYSE) — 26.11 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 46.43 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 65.46 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 18.15 BBT (NYSE) — 30.32 Sunday, Jan. 20 POMEROY — An 80th birthday party for Alfred Eugene “Biz” Ruschel will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20 at Common Ground, 33101 Hyland Drive, Pomeroy. Ask Dr. Brothers Office Closed POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed on Monday, Jan. 21 in observance Dear Dr. self — quite litof Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Normal business hours Brothers: I’m erally — from will resume at 8 a.m. on Jan. 22. a 25-year-old the place and woman who people who saw Winter owl hike slated for Jan. 20 you as a loser, RUTLAND — The Meigs SWCD Conservation Area can’t seem to escape my past. you can’t escape will be the site of a winter owl hike slated for Sunday, I was never how you’ve alJan. 20 at 5:30 p.m. popular in high ways felt about The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District in school, and yourself. Just partnership with the Leading Creek Watershed Group was either igbecause you is sponsoring the hike at the Conservation Area, which nored or teased were unhappy, is located along New Lima Road between Rutland and for my looks it didn’t mean Harrisonville. and personalthat you felt you The Winter Own Hike is free and open to people ity. I decided did not deserve to be teased or of all ages, but participants will need to provide their to move far own flashlights and suitable footwear and clothing. For away from my Dr. Joyce Brothers left alone. You Syndicated were your own more information call the Meigs SWCD at 992-4282 or hometown, and although it has worst critic. Columnist visit www.meigsswcd.com. been more than It’s great six years now, I that you have Small government committee meeting can’t seem to forget those paid attention to improvMARIETTA — A meeting of the District 18 Small experiences. My goal was ing your physical appearGovernment Committee will be held Wednesday, Januto completely change so ance, as your looks may ary 30, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Holiday Inn in Marietta, that no one ever would have been holding you Ohio. The purpose of this meeting is to select seven treat me that way again, back. People like attracsmall government eligible projects, two of the seven but somehow I don’t feel tive friends; that’s just being contingency projects, for submission to the any different. I look better human nature. But what Ohio Public Works Commission. Five of the projects now, but I don’t feel better. they aren’t attracted to is selected at this meeting will compete for small govern- — P.J. a friend with obvious low ment funding with other projects throughout the state Dear P.J.: You sound self-esteem and a lack of very discouraged, and it’s confidence. Clearly, you’re of Ohio. If you have questions regarding this meeting, please no wonder. With all the unable to reinvent yourmakeovers we are exposed self completely or change contact Michelle Hyer at (740) 376-1025. to on television, we get yourself just to fit in. Why the impression that a new not find out who you are, Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Depart- hairdo or wardrobe will what you have to offer othment will conduct a childhood immunization clinic turn a wallflower into a ers and what makes you from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday at the office lo- wildflower overnight, but happy? Don’t worry about the truth is a lot harder to fitting in. Be yourself, cated at 112 East Memorial Drive. Flu and pneumonia swallow. Even though you and let others in on what shots will also be available for a fee. have tried to distance your- makes you tick. The more Ohio Valley Forecast Birthdays Thursday, Jan. 17 REEDSVILLE — Frances Reed will celebrate her 85th birthday on Thursday, Jan. 17. Cards may be sent to her at Box 76, Reedsville, Ohio 45772. www.mydailysentinel.com �Wednesday, January 16, 2013 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 Blazer appointed BWC Southeast Ohio business development manager Pictured are the members of the Belles and Beaus Western Square Dance Club at their recent Christmas party. Submitted photo Belles and Beaus hold Christmas party POINT PLEASANT — The Belles and Beaus Western Square Dance club recently gathered for a Christmas party at the home of Bill and Betty Knight. Members present took part in guitar concerts and a sing along. Members present were Gilbert Martin, Gail Buck of Letart, W.Va.; Willie and Donna Shaw, Don and Nancy Shaw, Jim and Sandra Lane, Don, Donnie, and Nora Lucas, Mark and Lois Clark, Jack and Joan Unroe, all of Gallipolis, Ohio; Roger and Jackie Starcher of Racine, Ohio; Ron and Rosemary Vance of Albany, Ohio; Jim Stewart of Chester, Ohio; Roy and Pat Holter of Pomeroy, Ohio; Urban and Judy Graf of Long Bottom, Ohio; Bill and Naomi King of Middleport, Ohio; Phyllis Hoffman of New Haven, W.Va.; Bill and Marilynne Smith, Dan and Judith Smith of Athens, Ohio; Charlie Fielder, Bill and Betty Knight of Point Pleasant, W.Va. Belle and Beaus Club will also be starting new classes from 7-9 p.m. on Jan. 28, at the Meigs County High School cafeteria. Persons with a desire to get exercise by having fun are welcome to the lessons. Dance workshops are every Monday at 7-9 p.m. Club dances are held the second Saturday of each month from 8-10:30 p.m. All western square dancers are welcome to workshop and Saturday dances. For more information, call the Knight at 304-675-3275, the Shaw at 740-446-4213, the Starchers at 740-992-7561, or the Horels at 740-593-5668. Obama weighing executive action on guns WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing powerful opposition to sweeping gun regulations, President Barack Obama is weighing 19 steps he could take through executive action alone, congressional officials said. But the scope of such measures is limited. The steps could include ordering stricter action against people who lie on gun sale background checks, seeking to ensure more complete records in the federal background check database, striking limits on federal research into gun use, ordering tougher penalties against gun trafficking, and giving schools flexibility to use grant money to improve safety. Obama will unveil his proposals Wednesday, barely over a month since the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., thrust the gun issue into the national spotlight after years of inaction by Obama and lawmakers. The White House said Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will be joined at Wednesday’s announcement by children who wrote the president letters after the Newtown shooting. Supportive lawmakers and advocacy groups are also expected to attend. Obama is vowing not to back off his support for sweeping gun legislation that would require congressional backing — including banning assault weapons, limiting the capacity of ammunition magazines and instituting universal background checks — despite opposition from the influential gun lobby. “Will all of them get through this Congress? I don’t know,” Obama said at a news conference Monday. “My starting point is not to worry about the politics,” he said. “My starting point is to focus on what makes sense, what works.” The president said he would unveil a comprehensive roadmap for curbing gun violence within days. His plan will be based on recommendations from Biden’s gun task force and is expected to include both legislative proposals and steps Obama can implement by himself, using his presidential powers. White House officials believe moving swiftly on gun proposals at a national level, before the shock over the Newtown shooting fades, gives Obama the best chance to get his proposals through Congress. Officials said Obama and Biden met Monday afternoon to discuss the vice president’s recommendations. Ahead of that meeting, Biden huddled with a dozen House Democrats who have formed their own gun violence task force and whose political muscle will be needed to push legislation through Congress. Biden told those lawmakers that he and his staff had identified 19 steps Obama could take without help from Congress, according to Jenny Werwa, communications director to Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., one of those present. Biden didn’t indicate which of those Obama would adopt. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., another lawmaker at the meeting, said one example is working to ensure better state reporting of mental health and other records that go into the federal background check database. But Scott said there are clear limits to what Obama can do without Congress’ say-so. “It wasn’t anything remarkable, it was just administering present law better,” Scott said. “You can’t change the law through executive order.” Among other steps, advocacy groups have been pushing Obama to order the Justice Department to crack down on those who lie on background checks; only a tiny number are now prosecuted. Such a step has support from the National Rifle Association, which has consistently argued that existing laws must be enforced before new ones are considered. Obama also could take steps ordering federal agencies to make more data on gun crimes available and conduct more research on the issue, something Republican congressional majorities have limited through language in budget bills, advocates said. The president’s proposals are also expected to include steps for improving school safety and mental health care, as well as recommendations for addressing violence in entertainment and video games. “You’ll have a combination of gun safety, mental health and general prevention,” Scott said. Another Democratic lawmaker who met with Biden on Monday said the vice president was likely to have given Obama proposals for allowing schools flexibility in spending federal grant money so they could take steps toward safety, including hiring school resource officers, instituting mental health intervention or making repairs like putting locks on doors. Grants could also go to communities to institute programs to get guns away from people who shouldn’t have them, said the lawmaker, adding these were steps the president could take without Congress. The lawmaker spoke on condition of anonymity because the proposals hadn’t been announced publicly. But the most sweeping and contentious elements — including an assault weapons ban — will require approval from Congress. The NRA has vowed to fight any measure that would limit access to guns and ammunition, a hardline position that could sway some Republicans and conservative Democrats. The assault weapons ban, which Obama has long supported, is expected to face the toughest road on Capitol Hill. Congress passed a 10year ban on the high-grade, military-style weapons in 1994, but supporters didn’t have the votes to renew it once it expired. Obama will also need congressional help to limit high-capacity ammunition magazines, like the ones used by the Newtown shooter, and to require background checks for anyone seeking to pur- chase a gun. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said some 40 percent of gun sales happen with no background checks, such as at gun shows and by private sellers over the Internet or through classified ads. Parents of the slain Connecticut children added their voices to the national dialogue Monday. Members of the newly formed group Sandy Hook Promise called for an openminded discussion about a range of issues, including guns. And lawmakers in New York state pressed ahead with what would be the nation’s first gun control measure approved since the school shootings. COLUMBUS — Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer recently announced the appointment of Jim Blazer as business development manager for southeast Ohio. In this position, Blazer will serve as an ambassador for Buehrer and work with employers that could substantially benefit from BWC’s safety and claims management services. Blazer is one of four such managers across the state. “We are pleased to have Jim to help employers create safer work environments and effectively assist workers when they are injured, which are both key to lowering workers’ compensation premiums and freeing up funds for employers to energize company growth and job creation,” said Buehrer. “Jim and his counterparts are seasoned professionals who will bridge a gap between BWC and employers that we must fill if we are to accomplish our prevention and care mission.” BWC offers numerous programs that can help businesses save money, generally focused on preventing accidents and improving worker care. Blazer will work with other BWC staff to educate employers on these programs and increase participation in them. One example is Destination: Excellence, a program that allows businesses to choose from up to seven money-saving options focused primarily on creating safer work places and transitioning injured workers back onto the job. He will also establish relationships with employers in Southeast Ohio to ensure their workers’ compensation needs are being met. Blazer was the founder and owner of Blazer and Associates, Inc., an insurance agency specializing in Blazer employee benefits to employers and associations. The agency celebrated its 23rd anniversary this year, and many associations have endorsed Blazer and Associates, Inc. to provide employee benefits for members, such as the Central Ohio Retail Grocers, East Central Ohio Food Dealers, Ohio Bed and Breakfast Association, The Ohio Library Council, The Automobile Dealers Alliance of Ohio, Ohio Association of Realtors, The Columbus Board of Realtors and The Professional Insurance Agents of America. Blazer has served on a number of committees for the Clintonville Area Commission. In 2009, he served as chairman of the Election Committee and on the High Street/North Broadway Task Force, and he currently serves as a member of the Planning and Development Committee. In the spring of 2010, he was elected to a three-year term as Commissioner of District 3 on the Clintonville Area Commission. He currently serves as treasurer of the Commission and is a founding member of the Clintonville Rotary. He attended the Ohio State University, where he majored in cinematography and film production. Alleged Russian spies on trial in Germany BERLIN (AP) — Dead letter drops. Fake papers with cover stories to match. Secret orders by radio from Moscow. The accusations read like something out of the Cold War but the charges against a couple who went on trial Tuesday in the German city of Stuttgart stem primarily from the decades after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag — only the fake names on the fake Austrian passports they used to enter Germany are known — are charged with giving Russia’s foreign intelligence service information on German, EU and NATO security policies and more general details on Russian-German relations. The pair, thought to be in their 40s or 50s, denied the espionage charges in Stuttgart state court but refused to make any other statements Tuesday. German officials won’t divulge details other than those in the indictment, but the Der Spiegel magazine reported that the same U.S. mole in the Russian intelligence service who tipped off the FBI about a ring of sleeper spies based in the U.S. also divulged the existence of the couple in Germany. The information from Col. Alexander Poteyev, who Moscow convicted in absentia last year of high treason and desertion, was then passed along to German intelligence officials, Spiegel reported. The Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow and U.S. Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd in Washington both declined to comment on the case. 60383844 �The Daily Sentinel Opinion Page 4 Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Online threats complicate Will longer school year Ohio school rape case help or hurt U.S. students? Andrew Welsh-Huggins AP Legal Affairs Writer Julie Carr Smyth The Associated Press Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in school? They might get their wish of more holiday time off under proposals catching on around the country to lengthen the school year. But there’s a catch: a much shorter summer vacation. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, a chief proponent of the longer school year, says American students have fallen behind the world academically. “Whether educators have more time to enrich instruction or students have more time to learn how to play an instrument and write computer code, adding meaningful in-school hours is a critical investment that better prepares children to be successful in the 21st century,” he said in December when five states announced they would add at least 300 hours to the academic calendar in some schools beginning this year. The three-year pilot project will affect about 20,000 students in 40 schools in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee. Proponents argue that too much knowledge is lost while American kids wile away the summer months apart from their lessons. The National Summer Learning Association cites decades of research that shows students’ test scores are higher in the same subjects at the beginning of the summer than at the end. “The research is very clear about that,” said Charles Ballinger, executive director emeritus of the National Association for Year-Round School in San Diego. “The only ones who don’t lose are the upper 10 to 15 percent of the student body. Those tend to be gifted, college-bound, they’re natural learners who will learn wherever they are.” Supporters also say a longer school year would give poor children more access to school-provided healthy meals. Yet the movement has plenty of detractors — so many that Ballinger sometimes feels like the Grinch trying to steal Christmas. “I had a parent at one meeting say, ‘I want my child to lie on his back in the grass watching the clouds in the sky during the day and the moon and stars at night,’” Ballinger recalled. “I thought, ‘Oh, my. Most kids do that for two, three, maybe four days, then say, ‘What’s next?”” But opponents aren’t simply dreamy romantics. Besides the outdoor opportunities for pent up youngsters, they say families already are beholden to the school calendar for three seasons out of four. Summer breaks, they say, are needed to provide an academic respite for students’ overwrought minds, and to provide time with family and the flexibility to travel and study favorite subjects in more depth. They note that advocates of year-round school cannot point to any evidence that it brings appreciable academic benefits. “I do believe that if children have not mastered a subject that, within a week, personally, I see a slide in my own child,” said Tina Bruno, executive director of the Coalition for a Traditional School Calendar. “That’s where the idea of parental involvement and parental responsibility in education comes in, because our children cannot and should not be in school seven days a week, 365 days a year.” Bruno is part of a “Save Our Summers” alliance of parents, grandparents, educational professionals and some summer-time recreation providers fighting year-round school. Local 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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These families must fill the gaps with afterschool programs, day care, babysitters and camps. “Particularly where there are single parents or where both parents are working, they prefer to provide care for three weeks at a time rather than three months at a time,” Ballinger said. The National Center on Time & Learning has estimated that about 1,000 districts have adopted longer school days or years. Some places that have tried the year-round calendar, including Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and parts of California, have returned to the traditional approach. Strapped budgets and parental dissatisfaction were among reasons. School years are extended based on three basic models: —stretching the traditional 180 days of school across the whole calendar year by lengthening spring and winter breaks and shortening the one in the summer. —adding 20 to 30 actual days of instruction to the 180-day calendar. —dividing students and staff into groups, typically four, and rotating three through at a time, with one on vacation, throughout the calendar year. At the heart of the debate is nothing less than the ability of America’s workforce to compete globally. STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Shortly after Police Chief William McCafferty arrived at the office one day this week, he found an email from someone claiming to be a hacker from Ontario with a tip. Moments later, a warning message popped up, and the chief’s computer was disabled. Within hours, the FBI had the email, and McCafferty’s computer technician was trying to transfer files off the hard drive. It was another reminder for McCafferty of the attention being paid to his department’s investigation of the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer by two local football players, both of whom have been charged and are going on trial next month. The chief had already been warned to stop using his home computer for fear of hacking. The case has gained international attention through the work of bloggers and hacker-activists who allege there was a cover-up to protect other football players they argue should have been charged. The suspicions hinge on the presence of other students nearby when the alleged attack happened, including at least two students who captured it on their cellphones but weren’t arrested. That and other online attention have threatened in recent weeks to overshadow the criminal investigation in this economically depressed city of 18,000 in eastern Ohio — a town that once thrived on steel mill jobs that have all but disappeared, and now takes huge pride in its accomplished high school football team. Defense lawyers are seeking to move the trial because of the attention. The FBI is investigating a Facebook death threat against the family of the local sheriff, who took his office’s website down as a precaution. Last week, a threat made on a student’s Facebook page caused a 90-minute lockdown at the high school and led the district to add unarmed guards to its four buildings. Hackers also apparently attacked the high school sports program’s fan website, RollRedRoll. Statements posted there “were not even intended to reveal truth, but rather simply to get media attention and terrorize the Steubenville community,” the website said after the attacks. Government and community agencies in and around Steubenville have added online security, restricted access to websites and in a few cases taken websites down altogether. “If somebody directs a ton of resources at you, we can’t defend against that,” said Jim Boni, deputy county auditor for information technology. The county decided to restrict its website to business hours only after seeing indications it could be targeted, Boni said, with the biggest inconvenience being to anyone wanting to check real estate information after hours. Local information technology officials Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. are getting help from the state attorney general’s office, the highway patrol and Ohio’s homeland security division. The community’s Internet woes are the latest twist in a case alleged to have unfolded at an alcohol-fueled end-of-summer party on Aug. 11 at a student’s house that was attended by more than three dozen people, many of them underage students. A 16-year-old girl from West Virginia at the party was raped twice, according to testimony at an October juvenile court hearing — first in a car on the way from the party to another student’s house, and then again in the basement of the house, where she lay naked on the floor, very drunk and apparently incapacitated, not saying anything during the alleged assault. After the girl’s mother filed a complaint with Steubenville police Aug. 14, McCafferty quickly assigned his lone juvenile detective full-time to the case, knowing the alleged involvement of football players would raise its profile. Fifteen phones and two iPods were seized and examined. Big Red football is a big deal in the city. The team’s football stadium, dubbed “Death Valley,” sits on a hill above Steubenville, and the team is a nine-time state champion, including back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006. Rape charges were filed 10 days later against two players, Trent Mays and Ma’Lik Richmond, who were detained and held in a juvenile detention center. They were released on house arrest Nov. 1 after a judge determined their case would stay in juvenile court. They’re attending an alternative school inside the local justice center. Their attorneys say the case should be moved out of Steubenville because of the publicity and closed to the public to protect witnesses. “We need to take a step back and assess the situation,” said Richmond’s attorney, Walter Madison. “It’s gotten way out of control.” The Associated Press normally does not identify juveniles who are suspects in crimes or charged in juvenile court, but Mays and Richmond have been widely named in media coverage, and their names have been used in open court. Authorities say they had enough evidence to charge Mays and Richmond based on the testimony of three other students who saw the alleged attacks. Two of those students would have been charged with recording the attacks with their cameras, but the images could not be found, authorities say. The girl did not testify at the October hearing, at which the judge found enough evidence to charge the boys with rape. Last fall, a high school student whose name has come up in testimony sued a blogger and anonymous posters to a true crime blog for comments suggesting he was implicated in the attack. The lawsuit was settled when the family withdrew the complaint and the blogger clarified the boy was not at the scene of the assault. The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Wednesday, January 16, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Obituaries Karen Marlene Finnicum Karen Marlene Finnicum, 57, of Letart, W.Va., went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at the Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, W.Va. She was the daughter of the late James and Dorothy Fields. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Jimmy Fields. She is survived by her husband of 37 years, Mike Finnicum, of Letart, W.Va.; son, Joe (Ashley) Finnicum of Point Pleasant, W.Va.; daughter, Jennifer Tennant of New Haven, W.Va.; five grandchildren, Carson, Kylinn, Allison, Kaycee, Dane; two sisters, Linda Fields, New Haven, W.Va., Nancy (Huling) Greene of Hartford, W.Va.; two brothers, Larry (Linda) Fields, Danny (Lisa) Fields of Mason, W.Va.; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday January 17, 2013, at Foglesong-Roush Funeral Home. Service will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 18, 2013, following to the Evergreen Cemetery in Letart, W.Va. Officiating will be Rev. Huling Greene and Rev. Neil Tennant. You may send condolences may be sent to foglesongroushfh.com. Belva Jean Schuler Belva Jean Schuler, 74, of Cheshire, Ohio, passed away on Monday, January 14, 2013, at Arbors in Gallipolis, Ohio. She was born February 8, 1938, in Dexter, Ohio, a daughter to the late Merle Davis and Freda Cleland Davis. She was a retired manager for Go-Mart in Point Pleasant, W.Va, and was a member of the Old Keyger Freewill Baptist Church in Cheshire, Ohio. She is preceded in death, besides her parents, by brothers, Bryan Davis, Dan Davis and Bruce Davis. She is survived by her sons, Robert Clyde (Stacy) Schuler of Cheshire, Ohio, and Joseph “Joe Bob” Schuler of Cheshire, Ohio; and one great-grandson Joseph Blake Schuler. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 18, 2013, at the Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va., with Rev. Bob Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in the Nelson Cemetery in Salem Center, Ohio. Friends may visit the family at the funeral from 11 a.m-1 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Death Notices Browning Peyton I. Browning, 8 ½ months, son of Bobby J. and Savanna Hardwick Browning, died Monday, January 14, 2013, at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, after an extended illness. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, January 18, 2013, at Willis Funeral Home with Pastors Harold Tracewell and Homer Wiseman officiating. Burial will follow in the Neal Cemetery. Friends may call from noon until the time of services at the funeral home on Friday. Monroe Johnnie Bernice (Lowe) Monroe, 89, of Point Pleas- ant, W.Va., died early Monday, January 14, 2013, at Holzer Assisted Living in Gallipolis, Ohio, where she had had lived since August 2010. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 17, 2013, at the Crow- Hussell Funeral Home, with the funeral service conducted by Rev. John Holland starting at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at the Suncrest Cemetery in Point Pleasant, W.Va. A luncheon reception will follow at the Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church at 8th and Main. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church at 714 Main St. Point Pleasant, W.Va., 25550, or The Breast Cancer Society 6859 E. Rembrandt Ave. Suite 128 Mesa, Az 85212. www. breastcancersociety.org. The care of Johnnie has been entrusted to CrowHussell Funeral Home. Northup Ella Mae Northup, 83, Gallipolis, Ohio, died Monday, January 14, 2013 in Saint Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 19, 2013, in the McCoyMoore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends and family may call from 11 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday at the funeral home. Sonshine Circle holds meeting RACINE — Sonshine Circle members celebrated the 93rd birthday of faithful member, Mildred Hart, when they met at Bethany Church on Thursday evening. Each member brought a small wrapped gift and these were presented to Hart. Afterwards, members played a game trying to remember what was in each package. Jan McKee won the prize. Evelyn Foreman had devotions for the evening and read “A New Year Brings A New Beginning” by Helen Steiner Rice. Kathryn Hart, president, opened the business meeting with secretary and treasurer re- port by Mary Ball and Ann Zirkle being read and approved. Edie Hubbard gave the corresponding secretary report with members signing a total of 94 cards for the month. The cards were provided by Martha King. Hubbard read thank you notes from Genny and Robert Richard, Paul and Eileen Beegle, Pearl Smith Family, Sara Roush, Marry Kineer, Ms. Christy’s Kindergarten class, Maxine Shain, Debbie Roush, Glenn and Ann Lee Tucker, Leota Johnson, Howard and Mary Robinson, Roger and Edith Manuel, Pauline Hill, April Hudson, James Steele, Jim and Cheryl Proffitt, Joyce Sisson, Jan Cardone and Meigs Coop Parish. Donations were received from Joyce Sisson, Mary Kineer, Maxine Shain, and Paul and Eileen Beegle. The monthly donation was made to MCCOA. Jackie White gave a report on the necessity bags, and Kathy McDaniel gave a report on what Sonshine members had done for the year 2012. The group donated to Bethel Worship Center toy drive and the Meigs Cooperative toy drive. The group will help with the church yard/bake sale on February 7 and 8. Mother/daughter dinner is schedule for May 9 at the church. Door prize was won by Lillian Hayman. Kathryn Hart and Foreman had the program for the evening and Foreman read “What Will You Do with This Year That Is So New?” They served refreshments to Edie Hubbard, Blondena Rainer, Martha King, Betty Proffitt, Letha Proffitt, Jan McKee, Denise Holman, Lillian Hayman, Ruth Simpson, Bernice Theiss, Mabel Brace, Louise Frank, Ann Zirkle, Mary Ball, Jackie White, Kathy McDaniel and the honored guest, Mildred Hart. Next meeting is at the church on February 14. All area women Mildred Hart are invited to attend. New Scholarship available for local students MEIGS COUNTY — A new scholarship is available for students in Meigs and Gallia counties in Ohio and Mason and Mingo County, West Virginia. Our Community’s Foundation, a non-profit charitable foundation, announces the availability of the Preece Family Scholarship, in Memory of Homer and Novia “Jackie” Preece for students. The Preece Family Scholarship, in memory of Homer and Novia “Jackie” Preece, is available to students who are graduating seniors or currently enrolled undergraduates in the College of Health Professions at any Marshall University Campus who are residents of Mason and Mingo Counties in W.Va. or Gallia and Meigs Counties in Ohio. Preference will be given to residents of Mason or Mingo Counties in W.Va. Previous recipients may also apply and be considered along with new applicants. Applicants must have a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. If the applicant is a graduating high school senior, the student must be accepted into the College of Health Professions at Marshall University and must be planning to be an active full-time under- graduate student in the fall pursuing a four-year degree at any Marshall University Campus. If applicant is currently admitted as an undergraduate, he/she must be admitted in a degree program in the College of Health Professions and be an active full time undergraduate student pursuing a four-year degree at any Marshall University Campus. Selection for this schol- arship is based on financial need, with preference given to those who have participated in community service activities, have demonstrated leadership skills and possesses a strong work ethic. To be considered for this scholarship, applicants must complete Our Community’s Foundation General Scholarship Application Form, which is an online application process that can be accessed through the Foundation’s web site, www.pacfwv. com. Click on “Scholarships” for information on how to complete the online application. The application deadline is March 7,2013. Students with questions about this scholarship may contact the foundation at (304) 4284438 or info@pacfwv.com. OU Patton College of Education rates high with Board of Regents ATHENS — The Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) this week released the first annual Educator Preparation Program Performance Report, and the Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education (PCOE) at Ohio University earned high marks. The report uses various measures to evaluate teacher preparation programs in Ohio’s 13 public universities with teacher preparation programs. Though preliminary, the report reveals several college strengths. For instance, in comparison to the other institutions with teacher preparation programs in Ohio, the PCOE is more selective, attracting students with above-av- erage entry scores. On both tests colleges utilize to make admissions decisions, PCOE scores are consistently higher than average: 23.1 in contrast to the state average of 22.8 on the ACT and 1556 in comparison to the state average of 1188 on the SAT. In addition to academically capable incoming students, the college excels in preparing them for teaching positions. Based on a 49-question survey of Ohio University students who completed their professional internships during fall semester 2012, Ohio University students rated themselves as well prepared. On almost every measure relating to preparation, the students’ rankings of the PCOE were higher than state averages. The PCOE commitment to continuous improvement is reflected in the high scores students recorded in the areas of assessment (3.54 compared to state average of 3.421), diversity (3.49 compared to 3.405) and classroom management (3.45 compared to 3.33). All three areas were previously identified by PCOE as targets for improvement in response to stakeholder feedback. Results from the OBR report show impressive signs of progress for the college. Additionally, PCOE received high marks in the rate of students successfully transitioning into the teaching profession: 99 percent of PCOE students successfully complete student teaching. 94 percent pass the teacher licensure tests (data from 20102011). 98 percent completed the first year residency program in 20112012. Finally, the report suggests on the basis of available data that Ohio University graduates become effective teachers. As practicing teachers, 90 percent of PCOE graduates meet expectations or are above expectations in regards to improving student learning and 25 percent of Ohio University graduates rank above expectations in improving student learning - above the state average of 20 percent. These rates exceed state averages of 88 and 20 percent respectively. While the report marks an important milestone in the effort to demonstrate the comparative performance of teacher preparation programs in Ohio, it is still in an early phase and results should be interpreted with care. On its website, the BOR notes known limitations of the report in an effort to ensure that the data are not misconstrued. Action From Page 1 The letter stated in part: Your bid of $20,250 was the low [sic] bid, and thus you were awarded the right to purchase the property for that amount. Shortly thereafter you indicated you wished to withdraw your bid and not purchase the property. Relying upon this assertion, the Village moved ahead to solicit bids again for the sale of the old Pomeroy High School. Recently, however, you indicated that you never withdrew your bid and wished to go ahead and purchase the old Pomeroy High School. Therefore, in order to dispel any confusion regarding the status of your bid, the Village of Pomeroy is willing to allow you to follow through on your initial bid and purchase the property at this time pursuant to that bid of $20,250. As for their defense to the action, the village lists six defenses while reserving the right to assert any and/or all applicable affirmation defense which discovery may reveal appropriate. The Village did not rescind the ordinance accepting Porter’s bid, even though the payment was not made as required by the bid. When the Village Council attempted to re-bid the property, the Village did not recall that an ordinance had been passed approving the bid and that there was finding ordinance at that time. The statute of limitations bars these causes of action. The plaintiff fails to state a cause of action upon which relief can be granted upon each cause of action. The political subdivision herein and its employees at all times acted in good faith and made a good faith effort to substantially comply with all duties required thereof. The Defendant denies any remaining allegations set forth in Plaintiff’s Complaint which may not have been specifically adhered to in the Answer. The following describes in detail the timeline of events leading up to the filing of the civil action. On Nov. 12, Pomeroy Mayor Mary McAngus told council the building had officially been transferred to Mark Porter in accordance with the bid he placed nearly a year ago, which was formally accepted in February of this year. McAngus stated that the deed had been transferred to Porter and that the sale had been paid in full. The complaint states that the deed was recorded with the Meigs County Recorder transferring the Old Pomeroy High School property from the Village to Porter on or about Nov. 14. The announcement by McAngus came on a night when bids from the most recent sale advertisement were to be opened by members of council. McAngus said that four bids had been received by council and would be returned unopened along with a letter stating the reasoning. McAngus stated that Village Solicitor Mick Barr would help with sending out the letter. The plaintiff is asking that the Village of Pomeroy and Village Council proceed to open the bids which were submitted in accord with the legal advertisements in October 2012. The complaint also asks that the village and council proceed according to the law with regard to the bids submitted. Porter had submitted the only bid in December 2011 on the property which is adjacent to his auto dealership. The bid of $20,250 was much less that the asking price of $60,000. At the time, it was estimated that it would cost $40,000 to demolish the structure. The village had advertised the property for sale twice in 2011, with Porter’s bid coming from the second advertisement. There were no bids the first time. While council accepted the bid at the December 12, 2011, meeting, an ordinance approving the sale was not passed until Feb. 13, 2012. Ordinance 758, an emergency ordinance, accepted the bid by Mark Porter Chevrolet and approved the mayor to sign the deed for transfer of the sale. During the April 9, 2012, meeting of Pomeroy Village Council, McAngus signed the deed allowing for the transfer to take place. At the time it was estimated that the closing would take place later that week or early the following week. The sale of the building was not discussed with council again until June 25, 2012, when McAngus told council that the dealership did not go through with the purchase of the property. No action was taken at that time regarding the property. Three months later, in late September, council approved to advertise the building for purchase for a third time. Porter spoke with council during the first meeting in October, stating that he would go ahead and purchase the building if council had the proper title/deed. On more than one occasion during the meeting, Porter noted that there was an issue with the title/deed. Porter said that he never received the deed to the property and stated that Village Solicitor Mick Barr had spent several months doing research to locate the deed. Council member Phil Ohlinger said this was the first he had hear of any issue with the deed. The building — which was built in 1914 — was home to the Pomeroy High School Panthers until the school consolidated into the Meigs Local School District 40 years ago. Following the consolidation, the building became the Pomeroy Municipal Building, housing the water office, police department and other administrative offices. The building has remained vacant since the village moved operations in December 2009 to the former Millennium building. The property, according to discussion at previous council meetings, was transferred from Meigs Local School District to the Village of Pomeroy in 2011. �The Daily Sentinel Sports WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 mdssports@civitasmedia.com Lady Eagles breeze past Miller, 77-19 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Eastern had five players reach double figures while earning the program’s 15th straight league victory Monday night following a 77-19 decision over visiting Miller in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division girls basketball matchup at the Eagle’s Nest in Meigs County. The Lady Eagles (12-1, 10-0 TVC Hocking) picked up their sixth straight victory of the season in impressive fashion, as the hosts allowed just five second half points after storming out to a 46-14 intermission advantage. EHS led 28-7 after eight minutes of play, then went on an 18-7 run in the second canto to claim a 32-point lead at the break. The Lady Falcons (1-14, 1-9) Bryan Walters | Daily Sentinel Gallia Academy senior Abby Wiseman is trapped by a pair of Chesapeake defenders during the first half of Monday night’s non-conference girls basketball contest in Centenary, Ohio. Blue Angels swept by Chesapeake, 47-35 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com CENTENARY, Ohio — Visiting Chesapeake overcame a one-point halftime deficit by shooting 50 percent from the field in the second half Monday night en route to a 4735 victory over the Gallia Academy girls basketball team in a non-conference matchup in Gallia County. The host Blue Angels (4-11) led most of the first half, twice jumping out to five-point leads — the last of which came at 11-6 just 29 seconds into the second period. The Lady Panthers, however, responded with a 10-2 run over the next five-plus minutes to take their biggest lead of the half at 16-13 with 2:04 remaining. GAHS answered when Abby Wiseman scored a layup with three seconds left to pull the hosts to within one point, then Micah Curfman stole a lazy inbounds pass and converted a layup at the buzzer to give the Blue Angels a slim 17-16 edge at the intermission. Gallia Academy — which led 9-4 after eight minutes of play — didn’t hold on to that lead very long though, as Kaylee Curry nailed a jumper 12 seconds into the second half to give the guests an 18-17 lead. GAHS never came closer the rest of the way. CHS (9-5) hit its first five shots in the third quarter and twice led by seven points, the last of which came at 3023 with 2:04 left in the period. Neither team scored over the final two-plus minutes, allowing the Lady Panthers to take a seven-point cushion into the finale. Chesapeake took its first double-digit lead of the night at 38-27 with 4:04 left in regulation, and Gallia Academy never came closer than nine markers (40-31) with 2:32 remaining. The Lady Panthers took their largest lead of the night at 47-33 with 10.3 seconds left in the contest. The Lady Panthers, with the victory, claimed a season sweep of the Blue Angels after posting a 57-44 win at CHS back on December 3. Gallia Academy connected on 16-of-53 field goal attempts for 30 percent, including a 0-for-10 effort from three-point territory. The hosts also committed 12 turnovers and went 3-of-7 at the free throw line for 43 percent. Abby Wiseman led GAHS with 12 points, followed by Kendra Barnes with eight points and Chelsy Slone with six markers. Halley Barnes was next with four points, while Micah Curfman and Whitney Terry rounded out the respective scoring with three and two points. Halley Barnes led the hosts with 12 rebounds, including seven offensive caroms. Curfman and Slone each had two steals, while Curfman, Wiseman, Halley Barnes and Kendra Barnes each dished out two assists. The Lady Panthers were 16-of-42 from the field for 38 percent, including a 0-for-1 effort from beyond the arc. The guests netted 11-of-22 shot attempts and committed just four of their 11 turnovers in the second half. Jordan Porter paced CHS with a game-high 14 points, followed by Kaylee Curry with nine points and Anna Mayo with seven markers. Chesapeake was 15-of-27 at the charity stripe for 56 percent. Gallia Academy has now dropped its last four straight decisions. OVP Sports Schedule Wednesday, Jan. 16 Girls Basketball Man at Wahama, 6 p.m. Belpre at Meigs, 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 Girls Basketball Coal Grove at River Valley, 6 p.m. Eastern at South Gallia, 6 p.m. Elk Valley at OVCS, 7:30 Federal Hocking at Southern, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Ripley, 6 p.m. Wahama at Waterford, 6 p.m. Hannan at Ironton SJ, 7:30 Meigs at Vinton County, 6 p.m. URG Sports Women’s Basketball vs Bluefield, 6 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs Bluefield, 8 p.m. — who dropped their sixth straight decision — received a three-pointer from Rebecca Houck in the third quarter and a field goal from Twila Muncy in the finale, which rounded out the guests’ scoring. Eastern outscored MHS 17-3 in the third period for a 63-17 lead headed into the finale, then closed regulation with a 14-2 surge to wrap up the 58-point triumph. EHS also claimed a season sweep after posting a 78-14 victory at Miller back on December 10. Jordan Parker led the hosts with a game-high 15 points, followed by Savannah Hawley with 14 points and Maddie Rigsby with 13 markers. Katie Keller and Erin Swatzel also reached double figures with 12 points apiece. Jenna Burdette added seven points to the winning cause, while Taylor Palmer rounded out the scoring with four markers. EHS was 15-of-19 at the free throw line for 79 percent. Ali Bray paced the guests with five points, followed by Sanae Dutiel and Twila Muncy with four markers each. Miller — which made just eight field goals in the contest — went 2-of-3 at the charity stripe for 67 percent. Photos by Alex Hawley | Daily Sentinel Wahama senior Kelsey Zuspan (left), who is being guarded by Southern senior Shelby Pickens (23) passes to Sierra Carmichael (25), who is being guarded by Kyrie Swann (24) during Monday night’s WHS victory in Mason. Lady Falcons outlast Southern, 53-48 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com MASON, W.Va. — A long time coming. It had been over a month since the last time the Wahama girls basketball team tasted victory but a 53-48 triumph over Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division guest Southern put the Lady White Falcons back in the win column. Wahama (2-12, 2-9 TVC Hocking) took the 4-3 edge over Southern (2-12, 1-10) two minutes into play Monday night. The Lady Falcons then went on a 3:30 11-0 run to expand their lead to 12 points. SHS out scored Wahama by one point over the remainder of the period and trailed 21-10. The Lady Falcons started the second period with a 7-to-3 spurt that extended their lead to 15 points. The Lady Tornadoes scored seven unanswered to end the half but trailed 28-20. After the break SHS cut the lead to one point with a 7-0 run. Southern couldn’t take the lead however and trailed 33-32 with eight minutes left in the game. Less that two minutes into the fourth quarter the Lady Tornadoes grabbed their first lead of the game. SHS gave up their lead after Wahama went on a 10-to-2 run, fueled in part by a technical foul assessed to Southern coach Scott Cleland. The Purple and Gold battled back to tie the game with two minutes remaining but failed to take the lead as WHS sealed the 53-48 victory. “They played hard all four quarters and they won,” Wahama coach Julia Hoffman said. They did the little things I asked of them the entire game like boxing out, good defense, good passes and just little things like that won us the game.” Sierra Carmichael led the Lady Falcons with 24 points on the night, followed by Kelsey Zuspan and Mackenzie Gabritsch with 11 apiece. Paige Gardner finished with three points, while Olivia Hill and Bunni Peters each chipped in with Southern junior Celestia Hendrix (40) dribbles in the post while being guarded by Wahama senior Paige Gardner (left) and junior Bunni Peters (right) during the Lady Falcons 53-48 victory in Mason. two points to round out the WHS total. This is Wahama’s first win since December 6th when the Lady Falcons defeated Miller. “It feels good and the girls are all excited,” Hoffman said about snapping the losing skid. “That’s only our second win of the season so it feels awesome, we’re all pumped.” Wahama shot 11-of-24 (45.8 percent) from the free throw line in the game. “You have to play four quarters to get a win and we played three and a half,” Southern coach Scott Cleland said. “They’ve played hard the last four or five ball games but I think mentally we let them take us out of the game.” The Lady Tornadoes were led by Celestia Hendrix with 14 points, and Jansen Wolfe with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Jordan Hud- dleston notched 10 points including a pair of three-pointers, while Kyrie Swann marked seven points and six assists. Shelby Pickens rounded out the Lady Tornadoes scoring with six points on the night. Southern has now lost nine consecutive contests dating back to December 10th when the Purple and Gold triumphed over Wahama 69-45 in Racine. This is Southern’s fifth loss by five points or less this season. “They’ve battled down the stretch the last five or six games and they’re getting better,” Cleland said. “I saw a lot of good things but there were just some opportunities that were taken away from us.” SHS shot 8-of-20 (40 percent) from the charity stripe and 18-of-44 (40.9 percent) from the field including 4-of-13 (30.6 percent) from beyond the arc. Lady Rebels sweep Trimble, 56-40 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com GLOUSTER, Ohio — The South Gallia girls basketball team picked up its seventh straight victory of the season Monday night following a 5640 decision over host Trimble in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Athens County. The Lady Rebels (12-3, 9-2 TVC Hocking) led wire-to-wire in the contest, as the guests stormed out to an early 21-9 advantage before using a 12-6 second quarter run to secure a 33-15 lead at the intermission. SGHS kept that momentum go- ing into the third period with a 15-7 charge to claim a 48-22 edge headed into the finale, but the Lady Tomcats (5-10, 5-6) countered with an 18-8 run down the stretch to wrap up the 16-point outcome. South Gallia claimed a season sweep in the head-to-head series with a 59-42 home victory of THS back on December 15. The Lady Rebels connected on 24-of-52 field goal attempts for 46 percent, including a 1-of-2 effort from three-point range for 50 percent. The guests also posted team totals of 33 rebounds (13 offensive), 14 assists, nine steals and 14 turnovers in the triumph. Ellie Bostic led SGHS with 15 points, followed by Jasmyne Johnson with 12 points and Rachel Johnson with eight markers. Meghan Caldwell contributed seven points to the winning cause, while Lesley Small and Kelsey Corbin respectively added five and four markers. Sara Bailey had three points for the victors, while Caitlyn Vanscoy rounded out the scoring with two markers. South Gallia was 7-of-14 at the free throw line for 50 percent. No statistical information on Trimble was available before press time. �Wednesday, January 16, 2013 EMPLOYMENT SERVICE / BUSINESS DIRECTORY MARCUM CONSTRUCTION Commercial & Residential Interior Exterior We Now Offer Single Axle Dump Truck Service 740-985-4141 • 740-416-1834 Call Us Today! Fully Insured - Over 25 Years Experience Not Affiliated with Mike Marcum Roofing & Remodeling Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second St. Pomeroy OH. The Farmers Bank and Savings Company is selling for cash in hand or certified check the following collateral: 2004 Chevy Venture Vin #: 1GNDX13E74D110642 The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Pomeroy, Ohio, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to withdraw the above collateral prior to sale. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted. The above described collateral will be sold “as is-where is”, with no expressed or implied warranty given. For further information, or for an appointment to inspect collateral, prior to sale date contact Randy at 740-992-4048. 1/16 1/17 1/18 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second St. Pomeroy OH. The Farmers Bank and Savings Company is selling for cash in hand or certified check the following collateral: 2004 Jayco Travel Trailer Vin #: 1UJCJ02R341KD0097 The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Pomeroy, Ohio, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to withdraw the above collateral prior to sale. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted. The above described collateral will be sold “as is-where is”, with no expressed or implied warranty given. For further information, or for an appointment to inspect collateral, prior to sale date contact Randy at 740-992-4048. 1/16 1/17 1/18 Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate Revised Code, Sec. 2329.26 The State of Ohio, Meigs County. Bank of America, N.A., as successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP Plaintiff`s vs. No. 10 CV 108 Eric T. Toops aka Eric P. Toops, Defendant(s) In pursuance of an Alias Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, at the door of the Court house or on the premises in the above named County, on Friday the 25th day of January, 2013, at 10:00 AM., the following described real estate, situate in the County of Meigs and State of Ohio, and in the Township of Chester to-wit: *Said Premises Located at 34230 Ingels Road, Pomeroy, OH 45769. Said Premises Appraised at $75,000 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 10% day of the sale, balance due upon confirmation of sale. Sheriff Keith Wood Ryan Hemmerle Meigs County, OH Attorney 1/2 1/9 1/16 www.mydailysentinel.com Legals Legals Legals SHERIFF’S SALE, CASE NO. 12 CV 011, PEOPLES BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF, VS. RONALD P. CASCI AKA RONALD PAUL CASCI AKA RON CASCI, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Alias Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Keith Wood, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, January 25, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Meigs and in the Village of Middleport. Being Lot Number Seventeen (17) of BEHAN’S ADDITION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Recorder’s Office, Meigs County, Ohio. The above described lot being 68 feet in width and 83 feet in depth. Reference Deed: Volume 43, Page 323, Meigs County Official Records. Auditor’s Parcel No.: 1501063.000 The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 693 S. Second Avenue, Middleport, OH 45760. CURRENT OWNERS: Ronald P. Casci and Anne Lowry Casci. REAL ESTATE VALUE SET BY COURT AT: Minimum Bid Not Less Than $20,000.00. No interior examination has been made of any structures, if any, on the real estate. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. ORC 2327.02(C) requires successful bidders to pay recording fees and associated costs to the Sheriff. ALL SHERIFF’S SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Jennifer L. Sheets, LITTLE, SHEETS & BARR, LLP, 211213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (1) 2, 9, 16 Sheriff Sale of Real Estate Case Number 12-CV -062 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association successor by merger to Chase Home Finance, LLC Vs Dennis C. Jones, II, et al. Court of Common Pleas, Meigs County, Ohio. In pursuance of an order of sale to me directed from said court in the above entitled action, I will expose to sale at public auction on the front steps of the Meigs County Court House on Friday, January 25, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described real estate: Situated in the Township of Scipio, County of Meigs, and State of Ohio and being in Section 8, Town 7 North, Range 14 West of the Ohio Company’s Purchase and being described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin set, said iron pin being set at the assumed Northwest corner of Section 8; Thence South 89 deg. 04’ 46” East, a distance of 2049.26 feet to a point in the centerline of Township Road 141, passing an iron pin found at 2011.95 feet; Thence the following Eight (8) calls along the centerline of said Township Road 141: South 44 deg. 36’ 55” East, as distance of 40.21 feet; South 39 deg. 35’ 29” East, as distance of 68.33 feet; South 33 deg. 03’ 501” East, as distance of 78.92 feet; South 25 deg. 19’ 49” East, as distance of 68.84 feet; South 17 deg. 40’ 28” East, as distance of 56.18 feet; South 15 deg. 32’ 02” East, as distance of 42.08 feet; South 10 deg. 13’ 31” East, as distance of 78.43 feet; South 02 deg. 18’ 31” East, as distance of 61.64 feet; South 02 deg. 24’ 13” East, as distance of 70.65 feet; Thence North 56 deg. 29’ 36” West a distance of 172.98 feet to an iron pin set, passing an iron pin set at 23.25 feet for reference; Thence North 77 deg. 08’ 02” West, a distance of 185.06 feet to an iron pin set; Thence North 60 deg. 23’ 21” West, a distance of 246.36 feet to an iron pin set; Thence North 85 deg. 48’ 46” West, a distance of 141.32 feet to an iron pin set; Thence North 61 deg. 58’ 18” West, a distance of 215.43 feet to an iron pin set; Thence North 80 deg. 19’ 16” West, a distance of 1388.43 feet to an iron pin set; Thence North 01 deg. 13’ 50” East, a distance of 165.74 feet to a point of beginning; said described tract containing 15.00 acres, more or less, excepting all legal utility easements and rights of way. The above description is based on survey in November, 2003, by E & E Borderline Surveying, Robert R. Eason, Ohio P.S. No. 7033. Excepting unto the Grantors, Harold D. Graham and Janet Graham, the oil and gas underlying the above described real estate with the right to remove the same. Parcel Number: 1700324002 Property Located at: 39325 Honer Hill Road Pomeroy, OH 45769 Prior Deed Reference: Book 269, Page 681 Property Appraised at: 150,000 Terms of Sale: Cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds for the appraised value. 10% certified check (personal checks are not accepted) is due at the time of the sale by individuals buying the property. No deposit is required by the bank. The appraisal did not include an interior examination of the house. Robert E. Beegle, Meigs County Sheriff Kirk Sampson Ohio Supreme Court Reg. #0012999 Attorney for the Plaintiff Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss P.O. Box 5480 Cincinnati, OH 45202-4007 (513) 241-3100 1/2/13, 1/9/13, 1/16/13 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second St. Pomeroy OH. The Farmers Bank and Savings Company is selling for cash in hand or certified check the following collateral: 2001 International Truck Vin #: 1HTSCABM11H339412 PUBLIC NOTICE JD Drilling Co., P.O. Box 369, Racine, Ohio 45771, (740) 949 -2512 is applying to permit a well for the injection of brine water produced in association with oil and natural gas. The location of the proposed injection well is the Jessie Weber SWD #1, Sec 18, Chester Township, Meigs County, Ohio. The proposed well will inject into the Ohio Shale formation at a depth of 3050 to 3785 feet. The average injection is estimated to be 200 barrels per day. The maximum injection pressure is estimated to be 705 psi. Further information can be obtained by contacting JD Drilling Co., or the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management. The address of the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management. The address of the Division is: Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management, 2045 Morse Road, Building F2, Columbus, Ohio 432296693, (614) 265-6922. For full consideration, all comments and objections must be received by the Division, in writing, within fifteen calendar days of the last date of this published legal notice. 1/10 1/11 1/15 1/16 1/17 2004 International Truck Vin #: 1HTMNAAMX4H610668 2001 Ford F550 Vin #: 1FDSF56F31ED14978 The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Pomeroy, Ohio, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to withdraw the above collateral prior to sale. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted. The above described collateral will be sold “as is-where is”, with no expressed or implied warranty given. For further information, or for an appointment to inspect collateral, prior to sale date contact Randy at 740-992-4048. 1/16 1/17 1/18 The Orange Township Trustees annual financial report for 2012 is complete and available for review by appointment at the office of the fiscal officer, Debbie Watson, 740985-4372. SHERIFF’S SALE, REAL ESTATE CASE NUMBER 12CV076 Bank of America, N.A., Successor By Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP Plaintiff -vsKeith A. Barnhart, et al. Defendants COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO In pursuance of an Order of Sale to me directed from said court in the above entitled action, I will expose to sale on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse on Friday, January 25, 2013 at 10:00 A.M., the following described real estate: Real property in the Township of Scipio, County of Meigs, State of Ohio, and Is described as follows:Being a tract of land transferred to Mildred D. Lee as recorded In Official Records Volume 075 at Page 569, Meigs County Recorder's Office Meigs County, Ohio: also being a part of Section 16, Township-7North, Range-14-West, Scipio Township, Meigs County, State of Ohio and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a 5/8" iron pin set, which is assumed to bear South 02°12'09" West, a distance of 882.93 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 16, T-7, R-14, also being a point on the boundary of an 18.29 acre more or less tract as recorded in Deed Book 306 at Page 037; Thence along the assumed boundary of said 18.29 acre more or less tract South 89°51'51" East, passing through an existing iron pipe at a distance of 418.92 feet and going a total distance of 441.50 feet to a point in the centerline of State Route 692; Thence leaving said boundary and along said centerline, the following seven courses: 1. South 00°26'59" West, a distance of 107.36 feet to a point; 2. South 00°12'43" West, a distance of 173.99 feet to a point; 3. South 00°13'41" West, a distance of 97.40 feet to a point being the Intersection of said centerline, and the centerline of State Route 684; 4. South 77°39'48" West, a distance of 105.43 feet to a point 5. South 78°35'20" West, a distance of 103.63 feet to a point 6. South 80°01'50" West, a distance of 152.01 feet to a point; 7. South 79°52'02" West, a distance of 104.96 feet to a point at the assumed West line of said Section 16, and the boundary of said 18.29 acre more or less tract; Thence leaving said centerline and Home Loans Servicing, LP above entitled action, I will offka Countrywide Home Loans fer for sale at public auction in Servicing, LP the aboveSentinel county on the• 25th The Daily Page Plaintiff day of January, 2013 at 10:00 -vsa.m. at the door of the courtKeith A. Barnhart, et al. house, the following described Defendants real estate: COURT OF COMMON SEE LEGAL DESCRIPTION PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, ATTACHED HERETO AS EXOHIO HIBIT “A” In pursuance of an Order of Said premises also known as Sale to me directed from said 30410 Nichols Road, Middlecourt in port, OH 45760 the above entitled action, I will PPN: 1101177003 expose to sale on the front Appraised at: $40,000.00 and steps of the cannot be sold for less than Meigs County Courthouse on two-thirds (2/3) of that amount. Friday, January 25, 2013 at Terms of Sale: Cannot be sold 10:00 A.M., the for less than two-thirds of the following described real estate: appraised value, 10% down on Real property in the Township the day of sale, cash or certiof Scipio, County of Meigs, fied check, balance due on State of Ohio, and Is deconfirmation of sale. The apscribed as follows:Being a tract praisal (did or did not) include of land transferred to Mildred an interior examination of the D. Lee as recorded In Official house. Records Volume 075 at Page Robert E. Beegle 569, Meigs County Sheriff of Meigs County Recorder's Office Meigs THE LAW OFFICES OF County, Ohio: also being a part JOHN D. CLUNK, CO., LPA of Section 16, Township-7John D. Clunk #0005376 North, Range-14-West, Scipio Ted A. Humbert #0022307 Township, Meigs County, State Timothy R. Billick #0010390 of Ohio and more particularly Robert R. Hoose #0074544 described as follows: Begin4500 Courthouse Blvd, #400 ning at a 5/8" iron pin Stow OH 44224 set, which is assumed to bear PH: 330-436-0300 South 02°12'09" West, a disFAX: 330-436-0301 tance of 882.93 feet from the 10-00597 Northwest corner of said EXHIBIT A Section 16, T-7, R-14, also be- THE LAND REFERRED TO IN ing a point on the boundary of THIS COMMITMENT, SITUan 18.29 acre more or less ATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF tract as recorded in Deed RUTLAND, COUNTY OF Book 306 at Page 037; Thence MEIGS, STATE OF OHIO, IS along the assumed boundary DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: of said 18.29 acre more or less SITUATED IN THE TOWNtract South 89°51'51" SHIP OF RUTLAND, COUNTY East, passing through an exist- OF MEIGS, AND STATE OF ing iron pipe at a distance of OHIO, IN SECTION 12 TOWN 418.92 feet and going a total 5 NORTH, RANGE 14 WEST: distance of 441.50 feet to a BEGINNING FOR REFERpoint in the centerline of State ENCE AT THE SOUTHEAST Route 692; Thence leaving CORNER OF SECTION 12; said boundary and along said THENCE WEST 1,830 FEET centerline, the following TO A POINT; seven courses: THENCE NORTH 2,360 FEET 1. South 00°26'59" West, a dis- TO THE INTERSECTION OF tance of 107.36 feet to a point; NICHOLS ROAD AND LEAD2. South 00°12'43" West, a dis- ING CREEK ROAD, BEING tance of 173.99 feet to a point; THE TRUE POINT OF BEGIN3. South 00°13'41" West, a dis- NING FOR THE FOLLOWING tance of 97.40 feet to a point DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE; being the Intersection of said THENCE FOLLOWING NICHcenterline, and the OLS ROAD NORTH 01 DEG. centerline of State Route 684; 00' 54" EAST, 349.84 FEET 4. South 77°39'48" West, a dis- TO A POINT; tance of 105.43 feet to a point THENCE LEAVING NICHOLS 5. South 78°35'20" West, a dis- ROAD AND FOLLOWING THE tance of 103.63 feet to a point COMMON PROPERTY LINE 6. South 80°01'50" West, a dis- OF CAPEHART OFFICIAL tance of 152.01 feet to a point; RECORDS 15 PAGE 87 AND 7. South 79°52'02" Legals West, a dis- STOUT & OWENS Legals OFFICIAL tance of 104.96 feet to a point RECORDS 10 PAGE 679 at the assumed West line of SOUTH 88 DEG. 29' 06" said Section 16, and the EAST, 163.95 FEET TO AN boundary of said 18.29 acre IRON PIN SET AND PASSING more or less tract; Thence AN IRON PIPE FOUND AT leaving said centerline and 19.80 FEET; along said West line North THENCE CROSSING THE 02°12'09" East, passing LOTS OF STOUT AND through a 5/8" iron pin set at a OWENS OFFICIAL REdistance of 30 feet and going a CORDS 10, PAGE 679, total distance of 467.95 feet SOUTH 16 DEG. 03' 40" to the principal point of beginWEST, 142.54 FEET TO AN ning, containing 4.377 acres IRON PIN SET; more or less, subject to all leg- THENCE CONTINUING TO al easements and rights of CROSS THE LOTS OF way. STOUT AND OWENS OFFICURRENT OWNER: Keith A. CIAL RECORDS 10 PAGE Barnhart 679, SOUTH 13 DEG. 48' 15" PROPERTY ADDRESS: EAST 138.83 FEET TO THE 40909 State Route 692, AlCENTERLINE OF LEADING bany, Ohio CREEK ROAD AND PASSING PERMANENT PARCEL NUMAN IRON PIN SET AT 110.16 BER: 1700497000 and FEET; 1700233M00 THENCE FOLLOWING LEADPRIOR DEED REFERENCE: ING CREEK ROAD THE OR Book 222, Page 263 NEXT FOUR (4) BEARINGS APPRAISED AT: $50,000.00 AND DISTANCES; TERMS OF SALE: CANNOT THENCE SOUTH 57 DEG. 24' BE SOLD FOR LESS THAN 32" WEST, 33.95 FEET TO A 2/3RDS OF THE APPRAISED POINT; VALUE. 10% OF PURCHASE THENCE SOUTH 61 DEG. 41' PRICE DOWN ON DAY OF 15" WEST, 51.55 FEET TO A SALE, CASH OR CERTIFIED POINT; CHECK, BALANCE ON CONTHENCE SOUTH 67 DEG. 13' FIRMATION OF SALE. 11" WEST, 33.76 FEET TO A KEITH WOOD, Sheriff POINT; Meigs County, Ohio THENCE SOUTH 73 DEG. 44' 1/2 1/9 1/16 50” WEST, 64.23 FEET TO A POINT AND BEING THE SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL TRUE POINT OF BEGINESTATE NING. CONTAINING 1.0831 CASE NUMBER 10-CV-024 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. BAC Home Loans Servicing, Said premises also known as: L.P. FKA Countrywide Home 30410 Nichols Rd, Middleport, Loans Servicing, L.P., Plaintiff OH 45760 -vsPPN: 1101177003 Jeremy K. Roush, et al., De1/2 1/9 1/16 fendants ANNOUNCEMENTS Court of Common Pleas, Meigs County, Ohio In pursuance of an Alias Order of Sale With Reappraisal in the Lost & Found above entitled action, I will ofsmall black and white dog fer for sale at public auction in found around Tycoon Lake 325 the above county on the 25th area (740)245-5497 day of January, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the door of the courthouse, the following described Notices real estate: As of January 9,2013 I, MiSEE LEGAL DESCRIPTION chael Russel, will no longer be ATTACHED HERETO AS EXresponsible for bills related to HIBIT “A” Marrissa O. Russell Last Said premises also known as known address Leon WV. 30410 Nichols Road, Middleport, OH 45760 PPN: 1101177003 NOTICE OHIO VALLEY Appraised at: $40,000.00 and PUBLISHING CO. cannot be sold for less than Recommends that you do two-thirds (2/3) of that amount. Business with People you Terms of Sale: Cannot be sold know, and NOT to send Money for less than two-thirds of the through the Mail until you have appraised value, 10% down on Investigated the Offering. the day of sale, cash or certified check, balance due on Pictures that have been confirmation of sale. The applaced in ads at the praisal (did or did not) include Gallipolis Daily Tribune an interior examination of the house. must be picked within Robert E. Beegle 30 days. Any pictures Sheriff of Meigs County that are not picked up THE LAW OFFICES OF will be discarded. JOHN D. CLUNK, CO., LPA John D. Clunk #0005376 Ted A. Humbert #0022307 SERVICES Timothy R. Billick #0010390 Robert R. 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Contact ING CREEK ROAD, BEING the Ohio Division of Financial InTHE TRUE POINT OF BEGIN- stitutions Office of Consumer Affairs BEFORE you refinance your NING FOR THE FOLLOWING home or obtain a loan. BEWARE DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE; of requests for any large advance THENCE FOLLOWING NICHpayments of fees or insurance. OLS ROAD NORTH 01 DEG. Call the Office of Consumer Affi00' 54" EAST, 349.84 FEET ars toll free at 1-866-278-0003 to TO A POINT; learn if the mortgage broker or THENCE LEAVING NICHOLS lender is properly licensed. 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They deserve it,” Noel said after her first win. “But we still have a lot of work to do to get where we want to be this season.” A 1999 Arcadia graduate and former standout for Arcadia’s girls basketball program, Noel was the head girls coach at Fostoria in 2006-07, and has been a grad assistant with Bluffton University and RoseHulman. She was also an assistant girls coach at Arcadia under veteran coach Randy Baker (who compiled a 427-227 record), for whom she played and who recommended she apply for the boys job when it opened up last spring. Not too far away, Cynthia Berry is the head coach of the boys team at Sullivan Black River. She is still looking for her first win after the Pirates (0-9) fell to Keystone 73-35. THANKS, COACH: The Columbiana Clippers showed their old coach what they learned. Senior Jake DeJong scored 15 points during the Clippers’ 23-9 fourthquarter run that gave them their first win of the season, 65-61 over Leetonia on Friday night. Eric Whitmer, in his first season as Leetonia’s head coach, was coaching at Columbiana when the Clipper seniors were freshmen. DeJong led all scorers, finishing with 27 points. 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Rogers Basement Waterproofing �Wednesday, January 16, 2013 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 Wednesday, January 16, 2013 COMICS/ENTERTAINMENT BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s HOROSCOPE ZITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013: This year you become more forthright and direct, especially where your domestic life is involved. To some people, your energy is inconsistent and changes with the snap of a finger. You could be doing more questioning and thinking. A family member also could be unusually mercurial. If you are single, you are most likely to meet someone of importance come summertime. 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Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Wednesday, January 16, 2013 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 New-look Browns rename home to FirstEnergy Stadium CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns Stadium’s name will change, and a dome and artificial turf are still options, but don’t expect cheerleaders or jazzing up the team’s beloved orange helmets, team owner Jimmy Haslam said Tuesday. An electric utility, Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp., bought the naming rights to the stadium, which will be known as FirstEnergy Stadium. Financial terms of the long-term deal weren’t disclosed. “We believe that FirstEnergy and the Cleveland Browns share the same culture, the same desire to win,” Haslam said after a curtain was raised to show the name logo mounted over a stage decorated with fake grass. It will be the 23rd NFL venue with a naming rights deal. Former Browns owner Randy Lerner declined to sell naming rights to the stadium, which opened in 1999 when the team was reintroduced as an expansion franchise. Haslam bought the Browns from Lerner for around $1 billion last October. Art Modell had moved his team to Baltimore after the 1996 season. The naming deal includes provisions for stadium signs, event sponsorships and advertising. No ratepayer money will be used to pay for the name rights, the utility said. “Both FirstEnergy and the Browns share a rich tradition in this region and it makes good business sense,” said FirstEnergy President and CEO Tony Alexander. While FirstEnergy will provide the name, it doesn’t provide electricity to the stadium, which is hooked up to the city-owned Cleveland Public Power, FirstEnergy and city officials said. “There is some irony there,” said Martin Sweeney, president of the Cleveland City Council, whose approval is needed to change the name of the cityowned stadium. The lease specifies that the council can only reject a name for limited reasons, including an embarrassing name that promotes illegal drugs, underage drinking or a sex-oriented business. Those don’t apply in this case, Sweeney said. Mayor Frank Jackson said he backed the change. “The decision to sell naming rights is a business decision by the Browns’ owner and he is within his rights to do so,” he said in a statement. On other stadium-related questions, Haslam deflected questions on the possibility of building a dome over the openair stadium or ripping up weather-battered grass in favor or ar- tificial turf. All options remain open, he said. “We’re going to look into everything,” Haslam said. But cheerleaders to entertain the blue-collar crowd are out and, anticipating a question, so are changes in the orange helmets, a fan favorite, Haslam said. On the hiring side, Haslam said he expects a decision soon on a general manager/player personnel executive. No names were mentioned. Last week, Cleveland hired Carolina offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski as its sixth head coach since 1999. The team fired coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert. Golden era for QBs, with great stories around NFL NEW YORK (AP) — The two kids from Northern California burst from NFL afterthought to championship contender in eerily similar fashion a decade apart. Tom Brady and Colin Kaepernick, each playing in a conference title game this weekend, are bookends to a fortuitous moment in quarterback history. On one side are the likes of Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, still scintillating in their mid-30s. On the other are Kaepernick, a second-year player, and the brilliant class of rookies with Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson leading their teams to the playoffs. Young, old and in between, the current crop of NFL quarterbacks is not only deep but dynamic and diverse. “We’re in a little bit of a boom right now. We’re flowing a little bit, especially young players,” Hall of Famer Steve Young said last week. “If those guys continue to develop, we’ll have a period of time here, kind of a Camelot of quarterbacking.” The depth of the position shows in the other two guys joining the Patriots’ Brady and the 49ers’ Kaepernick in the conference championship games. Atlanta’s Matt Ryan and Baltimore’s Joe Flacco were first-round draft picks in 2008, and for all their successes, they’re probably low on the list when fans think of the most dominant NFL quarterbacks. Yet here they are a win away from the Super Bowl after leading stirring comebacks that answered many doubts about each. Quarterback has long been the glamour position of all of sports, but it seems even a bit more glamorous right now. Rule changes favor a wide-open passing game, which makes a superior quarterback more valuable. Colleges and high schools run more sophisticated offenses, and the best athletes gravitate to quarterback then develop into polished passers who happen to be able to scramble. “I can’t remember — even though this is a quarterback-driven league — as many remarkable and compelling stories on the quarterback side as you’re seeing this year,” CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said. There was that brief stretch less than 15 years ago when Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson won Super Bowls, and it seemed perhaps championship teams didn’t need a star at the position. Since then, here’s the roll call of victorious quarterbacks: Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, both Manning brothers, Brees and Aaron Rodgers. Twenty-five of the 46 Super Bowl MVPs have been quarterbacks, but now it’s five of the last six. In the half-dozen years before that, four were non-QBs, including two defensive players. “It ebbs and flows, no question. There’s some dark times where you have two or three guys that can truly do it,” said Young, Kaepernick’s forerunner as a dual-threat San Francisco QB and now an ESPN analyst. Jimmy Johnson, who won two Super Bowls with future Hall of Famer Troy Aikman as his quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, was talking to Bill Belichick last summer about the recent shift. Belichick has won three championships with Brady, but even as of a few years ago, both coaches believed a title was possible behind a strong defense and running game. Not anymore, they agreed. “Now, the only thing that matters is if you get a great quarterback,” said Johnson, now a Fox commentator. Of this year’s playoff teams, the only one without great stability at quarterback was Minnesota. And the Vikings had a guy named Adrian Peterson. The bottom of the standings is full of clubs with uncertainty at the position: from the Chiefs and Jaguars to the Eagles, Cardinals and Jets. This year, 20 quarterbacks started every regular-season game, nearly two-thirds of the league. That’s by far the most since the NFL went to a 16-game season in 1978, according to STATS, four more than the previous high. That record partly reflects a lack of injuries, in which all those rules protecting the QB may be a factor — along with, of course, sheer luck. But it also reflects how few teams benched their quarterbacks. Most clubs are quite happy with their current situation. For all the quarterback intrigue in the playoffs, consider the big names who didn’t qualify for the postseason: Brees, Eli Manning, Roethlisberger, Tony Romo, Cam New- ton. And then there’s Tim Tebow, who may never start again as an NFL QB but is still one of the most recognizable and polarizing athletes in all of sports. This quarterback Camelot is about more than the deep field of effective starters. The playoffs oozed with stars popular not just for their performances but their personalities and pizazz. “I marvel at how prepared these guys are — not only on the field, but the exposure they get off it,” said Aikman, who will call the NFC title game for Fox. “Whether it’s through social networks or different platforms, they are given the opportunity to talk to the press and are much more well-rounded and prepared for all that comes with the scrutiny of the position than ever before. “If you’re on Park Avenue in New York (at league headquarters), you’re pretty happy with the new representatives that will be the ambassadors for the league for the years to come.” The quarterbacks in the postseason undoubtedly fascinate fans, but they do so in different ways. “All with incredibly different kinds of stories, all with incredibly different ways of getting to the playoffs,” said McManus, whose network airs next month’s Super Bowl. Nielsen/E-Poll calculates an “N-Score” to measure the endorsement potential of athletes. Peyton Manning has the top score of current QBs, but other players come out ahead in specific categories in the surveys. In this high school yearbook of NFL quarterbacks, Brees is voted most ap- pealing. Rodgers is the most confident, Newton the most dynamic, Griffin the most talented. Luck is considered the most intelligent and Brady the most attractive. Their back stories sizzle. This season saw Manning return from neck surgery to lead the Broncos to the AFC’s top seed and earn All-Pro honors. Brees was dealing with the fallout of the Saints’ bounty scandal. Unlike past rookie quarterbacks who reached the playoffs, Luck and Griffin were anything but caretakers riding a strong defense; both were vibrant leaders turning around franchises. And Wilson advanced deeper into the postseason than either of them. Kaepernick is for the moment the best story of them all. The 2011 secondround draft pick opened the season as a backup to Alex Smith, who led the 49ers to the NFC championship game last year. Kaepernick played so well after Smith was injured that coach Jim Harbaugh took the gamble to stick with him — just as Belichick did with Brady 11 years earlier. Now Brady is the grizzled veteran, though fans won’t get that expected matchup with his longtime rival, Manning, after Baltimore stunned Denver. “They’re not going to last forever,” Young said of the old guard, “but you’ve got a feeling that there’s some guys around that we’re in pretty good shape in the next generation. Right now, as we speak, there’s compelling stories all over the playoffs at the quarterback spot, which is kind of fun.” Harry E. 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