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Shearer, 91 50 cents daily THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013 Vol. 63, No. 55 Middleport’s new water well nears completion Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com MIDDLEPORT — Middleport’s water supply will get a big boost when the new well currently being drilled near the Overbrook Center on Page Street is finished and connected to the village’s water system. “All the tests on the new water well have come back great,” reported Mayor Michael Gerlach. “We won’t know if it is a good well for sure until the actual drilling is complete but it is looking very good so far,” Gerlach added. This new well gives the village three good wells to meet the demand of all customers. Work on another new well was recently completed and the old well was rebuilt. Since there are certain perimeters required around a well site, Gerlach expressed his appreciation to Dr. Hal Brown and his family for allowing the protective zone to extend onto the land they own near the Overbrook Center. Providing adequate water for residents and businesses in the village over the long term has been an objective of the village administrator and officials. The three wells, once the new one is in operation, fulfills that goal. Controlling water loss by quickly finding and repairing leaks in the pipelines and the cost involved has also been a concern of village officials. Leaks can not only be difficult to find, but costly to repair, Gerlach said. In the past the village has called in a company specializing in locating water leaks which not only costs a lot of money, but sometimes requires repeated visits to find the problem, which then usually involves extensive digging down to the lines to pinpoint exactly where the leak is before the repair can be made. Recently the village invested in a new piece of equipment — a listening device — which village employees can use to find a more exact location of a water leak and then can make the repair with minimal tear-up of the street. This eliminates the cost of calling in an outside contractor which comes at a high price, and also provides more accurate information on water leaks allowing for the work to be done in a shorter period of time. Two arrested following local police pursuit Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com Photos by Charlene Hoeflich | Daily Sentinel Nicholas Durst, Kristi McKnight and Brayden Ervin, left to right, look over the collection of books for sale at the fair. Meigs Elementary Book Fair fun POMEROY — Book fairs have been taking place in schools for years as a way of encouraging students to read more, and this week one is being held in the Intermediate Library for fourth, fifth and sixth graders attending the Meigs Elementary School. Next week a book fair will be held in the Primary Library for the younger students where a variety of age appropriate books for those children will be offered. Every year Scholastic comes into the schools with a wide variety of books geared for all reading and interest levels. The children preview all the books and then are given the opportunity to purchase the ones they want. Usually sales of books run into several thousand dollars. There are benefits for the schools hosting book fairs. They are given some new books for the libraries, and also receive some of the book sale money which they use for general improvements in the libraries, like more book shelves or comfortable furnishings, like bean bag seating, where the kids can relax and read. SYRACUSE — Two people have been charged following a police pursuit in the Village of Syracuse on Tuesday evening. Syracuse Police Chief Garry Freed states that at 6:39 p.m. on April 2, he and Patrolman Mike Smith were on patrol in the village, traveling eastbound on Ohio 124. The officers were following a black Dodge Neon which slowed down and a passenger opened his door and jumped from the moving vehicle. Smith gave chase on foot, while Freed pursued the vehicle. The vehicle stopped at the Syracuse Nazarene Church where Freed took the driver, Jessica L. Will, 21, of Syracuse into custody. Upon taking her into custody, Freed learned that the individual who jumped from the vehicle was Robert A. Eblin, 23, of Syracuse. For a period of time Smith and the fleeing suspect were unable to be located. Smith was located by Deputies with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office who were assisting on the call. Eblin was located inside a residence on Second Street in Syracuse at 7:07 p.m. and taken into custody by Free. Eblin was charged with resisting arrest and has outstanding warrants from Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Will was charged with obstructing justice and brought before Mayor Eric Cunningham. Will plead guilty to the charge an was assessed fines and court costs. The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, Middleport Police Department, Pomeroy Police Department and Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department assisted on the call. Sheriff advises of recent phone scams Staff Report tdsnews@civitasmedia.com While some students select books, others sit down to enjoy stories read here by Meigs Intermediate Librarian Carol Mahr. MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that several area residents have recently received phone scams. The scams have ranged from claiming to be from their bank to representing their insurance company. The office has also received a complaint from another resident who paid for construction upfront and the contractor did not return. “No one should get paid until the job is done,” advised Wood. “Be safe, and find out who you are dealing with. Get call back phone numbers and referenced; then tell them you will call them back with your answer.” Wood gave five tips about phone scammer that residents need to remember: 1. Do not give out any information to a person, business of web site that has not been verified with a reputable source. 2. Be suspicious of anyone who contacts you and claims to be from a company with whom you have an account like a bank, credit card or phone company. If they ask for information that the business already has, do not give it to them. Call the company independently, using the contact information on your statement or from the official web site. 3. Do not respond to offers that demand you act immediately or won’t take “no” for an answer. 4. Legitimate charitable causes do not need to telephone or email to solicit donations of obtain passwords or social security numbers to accept donations. Do not respond to these offers or pleas for help. 5. If in doubt, never talk to them and call you local law enforcement agency for help. Students win medals at SkillsUSA contest POMEROY — Several Meigs High School students emerged as winners in the Southeast Regional Skills Competition held recently at Washington State Career Center in Marietta. The medal winners were Summer Akinson and model, Rickey Jones,placing first in Job Skills open demonstration and awarded a gold medal, Andrea McGrath who placed second and received a silver medal in first aid and CPR, Elizabeth Bearhs who placed third in prepared speech and received a bronze medal, and Corey King who took a fourth place in computer maintenance technology and was also the recipient of a bronze medal. The medal winners will now advance to the state SkillsUSA competition which will take place April 23 and 24 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Other Meigs students who will also compete in the state contest are Sharon Wright, Kayla Graham and Kacy Fink in promotional bulletin board, and Tiara Richmond in customer service. Harley Fox, Meigs SkillsUSA vice president and Southeast Regional vice president, will also be participating as an officer at the competition. Submitted photo Meigs students who qualify to participate in the SkillsUSA competition to be held April 23 and 24 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center are left to right Elizabeth Bearhs, Summer Atkinson, Andrea McGrath, Rikey Jones, Harley Fox. Tiara Richmond, Kayla Graham, and Sharon Wright. Also qualifying but no pictured is Corey King. �Thursday, April 4, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 www.mydailysentinel.com Meigs Local Briefs Meigs County Community Calendar Traffic Advisory MEIGS COUNTY — April 8 to September 1, the Ohio 143 bridge, located just 0.25 miles south of State Farm Road, will be reduced to one lane to allow for a bridge replacement project. During construction, there will be a 10’ width restriction. Traffic will be maintained with a portable traffic light. Thursday, April 4 CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board meeting at 10 a.m. in Room A of the Ross County Service Center at 475 Western Avenue, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601. Board meetings usually are held the first Thursday of the month. For more information, call 740-775-5030, ext. 103. POMEROY — The Meigs County P.E.R.I. chapter 74 will meet at the Community Center at 1 p.m. Our District Representative Carolyn Waddell will have the program. CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association will hold their regular meeting at 7 p.m. at the Academy. POMEROY — Secretary of State Jon Husted’s regional representative will hold office hours from 1-3 p.m. at the Pomeroy branch of the Meigs County Public Library. Rotary pancakes POMEROY — The Middleport-Pomeroy Rotary Club will have a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. on April 20 at the Meigs Senior Center. All proceeds will go to the Meals on Wheels program for the benefit of homebound seniors. Fracking movie MIDDLEPORT — A free movie “FrackNation,” a documentary, will be shown at the Middleport Village Hall auditorium, 659 Pearl Street, Middleport at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 7. Following the movie, there will be panel to answer questions to include an Ohio Department of Natural Resources Representative, an environmental advocate, an oil/ gas production engineer, and a lawyer with oil and gas experience. The event is sponsored by the Meigs County Tea Party 9-12 Project. Revivals MIDDLEPORT — A revival will be held through April 5 at the Old Bethel Freewill Baptist Church located at Ohio 7 and Story’s Run Road. The service will begin at 6 p.m. each night with speaker Norman Taylor. There will be special singing each night. SNOWVILLE — A revival will be held April 5-7 at Endtime House of Prayer, Ohio 681 between Darwin and Albany. The service will begin at 6 p.m. nightly. Brother David Rahamut will be the speaker on April 5 and 6, Brother Justin McBride will be the speaker on April 7. Special singing will be held nightly. For more information call Pastor Robert Vance at (740) 698-7238. MIDDLEPORT — A revival will be held at Hope Baptist Church, 570 Grant Street, on April 7 and April 8 with Evangelist Rev. Steve Little. Services will take place at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on April 7 and 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on April 8. Pastor is Gary Ellis. Child care will be provided. HARTFORD — A revival will be held at the Hartford Church of Christ in Christian Union April 8-14, at 7 p.m. nightly with Evangelist Randy Peters from North Carolina. Special singers will be Henry and Ester Eblin on Monday; New Generation on Tuesday; Nathan Hensler on Wednesday; Builders Quartet on Thursday; Forever Blessed on Friday; New Song on Saturday; and Messenger on Sunday. RACINE — Morning Star UMC will hold a revival April 19-21 beginning at 7 p.m. nightly. Guest Speaker is Larry Fisher There will be special music every night. Friday night is Jackie McDaniel. Saturday night is Tasha Werry/Sherry Wagner duet in addition to the Morning Star Choir. Truly Saved will sing on Sunday. Pastor Arland King invites everyone to come. The Morning Star UMC is located at the intersection of US 33 and Morning Star Road, Racine, Ohio. Friday, April 5 RACINE — Home National Bank in Racine will host “Food for Food Friday” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Taco in a bag will be served in exchange for monetary donations or non-perishable food items. The items are donated to the Meigs Cooperative Parish Food Pantry. Saturday, April 6 SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange #878 will meet in regular session with potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. followed by meeting at 7;30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Sunday, April 7 CHESTER — The Road Health Check Clinic RACINE — The Southern Health Clinic will be offering Masters of Columbus will fasting cholesterol and blood sugar testing on April 9 and 10 from 8 to 11 a.m. each day. For more information or to make an appointment, call 949-2348. Rummage Sales RACINE — An indoor/outdoor rummage sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 11 and 12 at the Carmel-Sutton UMC Fellowship Hall, 48540 Carmel Road in Racine. Proceeds go to the building fund to be used for the construction of a new church. For more information call 949-2229. POMEROY — The Christian Motorcycle Association will hold a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 6 at the Common Grounds Mission. Fund raiser for picnic shelter MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport First Baptist Church will hold a yard sale with soup and hot dog lunch and a bake sale in the church yard located at the corner of Main and South Sixth Ave. on Saturday April 6. In the event of rain the sale will be held in the church basement. Children’s clothes and a Teddy Bear collection are among the items to be on sale. Ohio Valley Forecast Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Light north wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light after midnight. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Sunday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Monday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 48.10 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 20.79 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 74.74 Big Lots (NYSE) — 34.07 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 41.70 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 74.46 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 7.10 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.08 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 39.19 Collins (NYSE) — 62.08 DuPont (NYSE) — 48.79 US Bank (NYSE) — 33.67 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 23.00 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 50.53 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 46.85 Kroger (NYSE) — 32.04 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 45.12 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 75.16 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 18.75 BBT (NYSE) — 30.17 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 21.00 Pepsico (NYSE) — 78.96 Premier (NASDAQ) — 11.48 Rockwell (NYSE) — 84.59 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 14.07 Royal Dutch Shell — 64.71 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 49.53 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 76.00 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.62 WesBanco (NYSE) — 22.89 Worthington (NYSE) — 29.55 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for April 3, 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. be singing at the 10:30 a.m. service at the Chester Nazarene Church. Pastor Warren Lukens invites the public. GALLIPOLIS — The OH-Kan Coin Club will hold a coin show at the Quality Inn, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Door prizes will be awarded. There is no admission fee and parking is free. Tuesday, April 9 BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the town hall. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department, located at 112 East Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. POMEROY — Business Minded Lucheon of the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce, noon at the Wild Horse Cafe. with Ed Werry presenting the new flood plain maps for Meigs County. Thursday, April 11 SYRACUSE — A basket games fundraiser will be held for Julie Caldwell to help with medical expenses for a double lung transplant. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. at the Syracuse Community Center. For tickets contact Bo or Rachel at (740) 416-6663 or (740) 416-7440. Tickets will also be available at the door. TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer Board will have their regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. CHESTER — The Shade River Lodge 453 will meet at 7:30 p.m. to conduct regular business and confer the Enterest Apprentice degree on one candidate. WELLSTON — The GJMV Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors will meet at 3:30 p.m. at the district office, 1056 S. New Hampshire Avenue, Wellston, Ohio. Saturday, April 13 RACINE — Racine Southern FFA would like to invite family and friends of the FFA to the annual FFA awards banquet at 6:30pm at Southern High School. Please contact Mrs. Gilliam for more details at (740) 949-2611 ext. 2117 to RSVP. MIDDLEPORT — The Modern Woodmen will meet from 10:15 a.m. to noon at the Corner Restaurant in Middleport. For more information contact Dale Colburn at 992-5628. Wednesday, April 24 MARIETTA — There will be a meeting of the Natural Resources Assistance Council at Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District, 1400 Pike Street, Marietta, Ohio, at 10 a.m. to review Interim Round 7 grant applications to determine eligibility for funding. The council will also rate and rank the grant applications for funding at this time. Questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Michelle Hyer at Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District at (740) 376-1025 or mhyer@buckeyehills.org. Thursday, April 25 MARIETTA — A meeting will be held of the District 18 Ohio Public Works Round 27 Ex- ecutive Committee at 10 a.m. at the Holiday Inn, Marietta. The purpose of this meeting is to revise the Round 27 Evaluation Criteria prior to submission to the Integrating Committee for their approval and to appoint members to the Natural Resources Assistance Council. If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact Michelle Hyer at (740) 376-1025. MARIETTA — A meeting will be held of the District 18 Ohio Public Works Integrating Committee at 10:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn, Marietta. The purpose of this meeting is to appoint Integrating Committee members to the Executive Committee, appoint Small Government Committee members, appoint officers, and approve Round 28 evaluation criteria. Immediately following the Integrating Committee meeting, the District 18 Executive and Small Government Committees will meet to elect officers for Round 28. If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact Michelle Hyer at (740) 376-1025. Birthdays POMEROY — Genevieve Burdette will celebrate her 88th birthday on April 7. Cards may be mailed to her at Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center, 36759 Rocksprings Road, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. POMEROY — Pauline Mayer will observe her 92nd birthday on April 16. Cards may be sent to her at Overbrook Center, 333 Page Street, Middleiport, Ohio 45760 W.Va. Senate tries to address struggling casinos CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — With more and more casinos opening and cannibalizing each other’s business in the mid-Atlantic region, the West Virginia Senate passed three somewhat contradictory bills Wednesday attempting to address the state’s flagging gaming industry. Revenues at the state’s four racetrack casinos are expected to be $200 million lower this fiscal year than they were last year although they are still expected to gross nearly $600 million. The bills would lower the fees on existing racetrack casinos, order a study of the problems facing the gaming industry and authorize a new casino, the state’s sixth. The most contentious bill was the one lowering fees. It passed 24-10 with bipartisan opposition. It will mean a one-time $4 million loss in state revenue. The Wheeling Island casino has said that if its $2.5 million fee was not lowered it would not renew its table gaming license, putting more than 100 casino jobs at risk. Wheeling Island says that it expects to lose about $1 million on table gaming this year. Table games have long been looked at as a way to attract a broader audience to casinos. In West Virginia they have traditionally accounted for between 5 and 10 percent of the casinos’ total gaming revenue. The vast majority of revenues come from slot machines. Wheeling Island has grossed $72 million in slot machine revenue in the first nine months of this fiscal year. That’s double the amount that the Mardi Gras casino in Charleston has grossed on slots. Mardi Gras has not asked for a reduction in fees, but it and the two other racetrack casinos would also receive the break on fees to avoid the perception of unfairness. Senate President Jeffrey Kessler, the bill’s sponsor, said he believed there was a “significant likelihood” that Wheeling Island would follow through on its threat if the fee was not lowered. Kessler said he could not risk the 105 job losses that would follow. Wheeling Island’s parent company, Delaware North, owns seven gaming facilities in six states. Delaware North also owns the Boston Bruins and their arena, the Boston TD Garden. They boast more than $2 billion in annual profits and Forbes ranks them among the nation’s largest privately held companies. Speaking against the bill on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mike Hall, R-Putnam, said he was not convinced that Wheeling needed the break, especially when the state’s budget is so tight. “In the year that we’re asking for 7.5 percent cuts and we’re resisting most pay raises, the three racetracks don’t need these and it’s questionable in my mind whether the one we’re doing it for does,” Hall said. House Minority Leader Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, said that he would like to see financial figures from Wheeling Island before the House considers the bill. Armstead also said that flagging finances alone would not be enough to justify a break on fees for the casinos. “Even if they’re able to justify and show us in their records and their books, again, there are many, many companies in different areas — the coal companies, the small momand-pop shops, the gas stations — they’ve all been struggling under the economic climate that we’re in,” Armstead said. “I would say that if you open the doors and say anyone who’s struggling can get tax relief, there would be a line stretched to Braxton County.” The study of the gaming industry that the Senate ordered is in response to competing casinos that have opened in neighboring states. But while the state certainly views those casinos as competitive threats, it’s unclear that the casinos themselves also do. Penn National, the gaming company that owns the casino in Charles Town, W.Va., also owns casinos in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Grantville, Pa., and Perryville, Md. MTR Gaming, the parent company of the casino in Chester, W.Va., also owns casinos in Columbus, Ohio and Erie County, Pa. Sen. Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, was incredulous that the study could be helpful. “What is it that we can go one step further to make it so we can compete and have a competitive edge over the other tracks?” Blair asked. “What is it? Tell me what study can possibly make that happen.” David Schwartz, the director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, said that West Virginia could expand online gambling but he could not think of any other options. Schwartz said that the history of gambling in the Northeast is that when casinos open in new states, business declines in the states with existing casinos. While it grappled with the problems of its existing casinos, the Senate also authorized the creation of a new one. That casino would be in Franklin, W.Va., and would hope to draw most of its customers from Virginia. The developers would have to spend at least $60 million on the project, building home sites and a hotel, in order to build the casino. The casino’s supporters said that its rural location would mean it wouldn’t poach customers from the state’s other casinos. Senate Majority Leader John Unger, D-Berkeley, was the only Democrat to vote against both the new casino and the reduction in fees. “We have a lot of casinos already in the state,” Unger said. “Some of them aren’t doing very well. They’re wanting help. Adding another just doesn’t make logical sense to me.” CDC probes mystery of rabies transplant survivors (AP) — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to understand why three of the four people who got organs from a rabies-infected donor in 2011 didn’t develop the disease, the agency’s top rabies expert said Wednesday. Investigators have been puzzled because four recipients in a similar 2004 case all died of rabies within weeks. The answer could lie in the strain of rabies in- volved, the amount of virus in the transplanted organs, the medical history of the recipients or their genetic makeup, CDC veterinarian Richard Franka said in a telephone interview. “It’s surprising. In all previous transplant cases of solid organs, all the recipients developed rabies in a very short time,” Franka said. “We are looking into it, trying to understand what mechanism was behind it.” The fourth recipient of the 2011 transplants, a Maryland man who got a kidney, died of rabies in late February. His death prompted a public health investigation that found that other organs from same Florida donor went to recipients in Florida, Georgia and Illinois. They are “very likely” out of danger, having begun post-exposure treatment before developing symptoms, Franka said. Those three patients have completed the conventional preventive course of four vaccine shots, he said. In the next week, they will get a fifth dose, prescribed for patients with suppressed immune systems, including transplant recipients. In the only other such U.S. case, in 2004, patients who received the kidneys, liver and an artery from a rabies-infected Texas donor died of rabies within seven weeks. �Thursday, April 4, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com Senator urges protection of coal miners’ pensions COLUMBUS — Ohio Senator Lou Gentile (D-Steubenville) recently introduced a resolution urging the United States Congress to pass the Coalfield Accountability and Retired Employee Act. US Senate Bill 468 was introduced earlier last month. “Coal mining is an important part of the history and culture in southeast Ohio. We have an obligation to protect the benefits that were promised to more than one hundred thousand retired mineworkers,” Said Gentile. “These men and women risked their lives every day on the job to earn an honest living, to provide for their families, and to keep America strong. These retirees should not have to spend their golden years living in fear of losing all that they worked for. The government must take the steps necessary to ensure miners and their families are protected,” added Gentile. The United Mine Workers of America’s 1974 pension plan is severely underfunded and on the road to failure. If the plan were to become insolvent, reductions in union members’ pension checks would be imminent. The legislation would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act to transfer funds in excess of the amounts needed to meet existing obligations of the pension plan and prevent its insolvency. Pres. Obama presses Judge finds Okla. bomb for gun measures suspect mentally unfit TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Illinois man accused of plotting to firebomb dozens of Oklahoma churches with Molotov cocktails is incompetent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. The decision by U.S. Magistrate Paul J. Cleary means Gregory Arthur Weiler II will undergo more evaluation and possible treatment, with the goal of making him well enough to stand trial. Weiler is accused of planning to destroy 48 churches in northeastern Oklahoma and preparing to launch the attacks from a tiny motel near Interstate 44 in Miami, Okla. The 24-year-old Elk Grove Village, Ill., man was arrested in October. He has pleaded not guilty to one count of possessing an unregistered, destructive device, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Weiler’s federal public defender, Stephen Greubel, has said in court documents that his client has been diagnosed with depression, bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder, and has been hospitalized numerous times over the past five years for mental health issues. After Cleary issued his ruling, Weiler went on a rambling, incoherent speech. “I would really like it if people open their eyes to what’s occurred in this country in the past six months,” said Weiler, who remained seated as he addressed the judge. Weiler, who was shackled and was dressed in a black-andwhite jail uniform, uttered a profanity at one point and then asked the judge if he was fa- miliar with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington before someone yanked the microphone away. Weiler could spend up to four months in treatment at a federal prison facility before he is re-evaluated. Greubel declined to comment on his client’s case outside the courtroom. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Cyran indicated his office agreed with Cleary’s decision. Investigators say they searched Weiler’s motel room in October after two apartment maintenance men found a duffel bag in a trash bin behind the motel that contained bombmaking materials, such as bottles and a gas can. Authorities say they discovered instructions on how to make Molotov cocktails and handdrawn sketches of the targeted churches. Man arrested in death of dog at Ohio park CINCINNATI (AP) — A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a pit bull that fought with his dog at a public park where there were children. Robert Marx appeared in Hamilton County Justice Court on Wednesday on charges of knowingly shooting a gun within city limits and criminal damaging. Convictions on both counts would carry a maximum of nine months in jail. The 74-year-old Marx, who was released on bond and placed on electronic monitoring, did not immediately return a message seeking comment on Wednesday. He did not have an attorney. Kaitlynn Hornsby and Silas Parker, the Cincinnati couple who owned the dog that was killed, a 1-year-old named Bruski, went to Marx’s court hearing and asked that he not be allowed out on bond because they’re afraid of him. The judge turned them down but ordered Marx, who also lives in Cincinnati, to stay away from the dog park and from Hornsby and Parker. Hornsby described Bruski as a lovable “big baby.” She said Bruski was just being playful with Marx’s long-haired dog when the other dog bit him. Hornsby said that Bruski then bit into the other dog’s fur, locking his jaw. She and other witnesses told police that Marx then used a stun gun on Bruski and shot him with a 9mm gun within a matter of seconds. “He didn’t even give me a chance to break up the fight,” said Hornsby, 18. “I was bawling my eyes out, and I was telling him I was going to call the cops, and he laughed. He just kept laughing.” Hornsby said she just missed being shot because she was kneeling down and grabbing Bruski’s harness when Marx fired the gun. “He put my life in danger,” she said. Marx was arrested because of witness statements that his dog was the aggressor and that he fired his gun in a very public place before anyone had the chance to break up the dog fight, police Sgt. Julian Johnson said. “There was a lot of people at the park,” including children, Johnson said. “That endangers everybody.” Police seized Marx’s gun and his concealed-weapons permit. President Obama to return five percent of salary to Treasury WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from governmentwide spending cuts, the White House said Wednesday. Obama’s decision grew out of a desire to share in the sacrifice that government employees are making, said a White House official, who was not authorized to discuss the decision publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Hundreds of thousands of workers could be forced to take unpaid leave — known as furloughs — if Congress does not reach an agreement to undo the cuts. The president is demonstrating that he will be paying a price, too, as the White House warns of dire economic consequences from the $85 billion in cuts that started to hit federal programs last month after Congress failed to stop them. In the weeks since, the administration has faced repeated questions about how the White House itself will be affected. The cancellation of White House tours has drawn mixed reactions. A 5 percent cut from the president’s salary of $400,000 per year amounts to $1,667 per month. The move will be retroactive to the March 1 — the day the cuts started to kick in — and will remain in effect for the rest of 2013, the White House official said. The notice followed a similar move a day earlier by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who committed to taking a salary cut equal to 14 days’ pay — the same level of cut that other Defense Department civilians are being forced to take. As many as 700,000 civilians will have to take one unpaid day off each week for up to 14 weeks in the coming months. On Monday, the White House said 480 workers on the president’s budget staff had been notified they may have to take days off without pay. Obama’s press secretary, Jay Carney, wouldn’t say whether notices have gone out to Obama aides outside the Office of Management and Budget, including senior staff in the West Wing. But he said pay cuts remained a possibility for additional White House employees if a budget deal to undo the cuts isn’t reached. Every federal agency is grappling with spending cuts. Carney said the White House also has been trying to cut costs by slowing down hiring, scaling back supply purchases, curtailing staff travel, reducing the use of air cards for mobile Internet access and reviewing contracts to look for savings. DENVER (AP) — Ratcheting up pressure for Congress to limit access to guns, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that steps taken recently by Colorado to tighten its gun laws show “there doesn’t have to be a conflict” between keeping citizens safe and protecting Second Amendment rights to gun ownership. “I believe there’s no conflict between reconciling these realities,” Obama said in remarks prepared for delivery in Denver, where he planned to step up his call for background checks for all gun purchases and renew his demand that Congress at least vote on banning assault weapons and limiting access to large-capacity ammunition magazines. “There doesn’t have to be a conflict between protecting our citizens and protecting our Second Amendment rights,” he said, noting that it’s been just over 100 days since the shooting rampage that killed 20 first-graders and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., and reignited the national debate over access to guns. In danger of losing congressional momentum on the issue, Obama was appearing in Colorado — which has a deeprooted hunting tradition and where gun ownership is a cherished right — to highlight state efforts to tighten gun laws. His intent is to use Colorado’s example and public pressure to prod reluctant members of Congress to act. Colorado recently expanded background checks for gun purchases and placed restrictions on ammunition magazines. Prospects for passage of similar measures by Congress appear bleak, largely because of concerns by conservative Republicans and moderate Democrats who come down more on the side of gun rights. Obama said there is a middle ground. “I think that Colorado has shown that practical progress is possible by enacting tougher background checks that won’t infringe on the rights of responsible gun owners, but will help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people,” he said. In Denver, Obama was meeting with law enforcement officials and community leaders at the Denver Police Academy, not far from the Aurora suburb where a gunman last summer killed 12 people in a movie theater. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for James Holmes, accused of carrying out the Aurora rampage. Among those participating in the Denver discussion with Obama was Sandy Phillips, the mother of Jessica Redfield Ghawi, 24, who died in the Aurora shooting. She conceded that gun control is a difficult issue, and said she has spoken to numerous lawmakers in Washington who “want to do the right thing without it costing their jobs.” She said she is counting on Obama to press the issue. “We need to have universal background checks for every sale, that’s a minimum,” she said in an interview before the meeting. “I hope he keeps pushing for the assault weapons ban and I hope he keeps pushing for magazine restrictions.” With Congress due to return to Washington after a two-week Easter break, Obama has been scheduling high-profile events on gun legislation to push lawmakers and sustain a drive for some kind of action aimed at curbing gun violence more than three months after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Last week, he called for legislation while flanked by 21 mothers who lost children to gun violence. “I haven’t forgotten those kids,” he declared then. The Senate could begin debating gun control legislation next week. On Monday, Obama was visiting Hartford, Conn., where state lawmakers have announced a bipartisan agreement on gun legislation in response to the Newtown shooting. White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that efforts in Colorado and Connecticut “represent important progress on these issues and are useful models to look at as we undertake efforts in Washington.” He said the White House was working with members of Congress and staff from both parties on how to find the necessary votes for passage. In selecting Colorado, Obama is showcasing a state with a long centrist tradition that prizes its Western frontier heritage. But an influx of young coastal transplants and growing Hispanic voter clout have helped Democrats win a string of victories in the state. Even before the Sandy Hook massacre energized gun control proponents, Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper said he was open to new gun control measures in the state. Colorado Republicans fought the new legislation, contending that Democrats overreached and will be punished by voters in November. Democrats contend that the measures are generally popular, especially among the suburban women who decide Colorado elections. Several county sheriffs have vowed not to enforce the new gun restrictions. More than a dozen of them gathered a mile from Obama’s appearance Wednesday to slam the new regulations as ineffective and unconstitutional. Justin Smith, the sheriff of Larimer County, dismissed the visit as “a victory lap” and “a slap in the face to all Coloradans.” The Colorado Sheriffs Association vocally opposed the gun control package, while the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police supported it. Sheriffs are elected in Colorado and generally are Republican. Obama’s trip comes a day after a study commissioned by the National Rifle Association, which opposes Obama’s gun control measures, recommended that schools have trained, armed staffers to increase security for students. The American Federation of Teachers denounced the proposal. There were signs that sweeping congressional efforts to address gun violence have flagged. Key senators have been unable to reach a bipartisan compromise that would require federal background checks for gun transactions between private individuals. Federal background checks currently apply only to sales handled by licensed gun dealers. After Denver, Obama was headed to San Francisco to attend fundraisers Wednesday and Thursday for Democratic Party organizations. Jay Leno to leave NBC’s ‘Tonight Show’ next spring NEW YORK (AP) — NBC on Wednesday announced its long-rumored switch in late night, replacing incumbent Jay Leno at “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon and moving the iconic franchise back to New York. “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels will take over as producer of the new “Tonight Show.” Fallon’s replacement at 12:35 a.m. was not named, although Seth Meyers of “SNL” is considered a strong candidate. The move had been widely reported but not confirmed by the network until Wednesday. NBC reportedly just wrapped up negotiations with Fallon on a contract extension. Steve Burke, chief executive officer of NBC Universal, said the network is purposefully making the move when Leno is still at the top of the ratings, just as when Leno replaced Johnny Carson at “The Tonight Show.” “Jimmy Fallon is a unique talent and this is his time,” Burke said. Fallon will take over in conjunction with NBC’s coverage of next year’s Winter Olympic games. NBC hopes for a big audience — much larger than what it gets in prime time now — to promote the switchover. NBC is worried that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel will establish himself as a goto late night performer for a younger generation if the network didn’t move swiftly to install Fallon. But the move also has the potential to backfire with Leno’s fans, who did not embrace Conan O’Brien when Leno was temporarily moved to prime time a few years ago. The first effort toward making that transition smooth came on Monday night, when Leno and Fallon appeared in a comic video making fun of all the late-night rumors. It aired in between each man’s show. Leno, in a statement, offered his congratulations to Fallon. “I hope you’re as lucky as me and hold on to the job until you’re the old guy,” he said. “If you need me, I’ll be at the garage.” Fallon said, “I’m really excited to host a show that starts today instead of tomorrow.” �The Daily Sentinel Opinion Page 4 Thursday, April 4, 2013 Few states find narrow ‘42’ shows why Jackie Robinson still matters route to gun control laws Christy Lemire AP Movie Writer Adam Geller AP National Writer From Colorado to Connecticut, a handful of very different states have advanced new gun control laws over opposition that has made such legislation a struggle nationally and a non-starter in most legislatures. How did they do it? Culture and attitudes regarding guns vary widely from state to state and within their borders, but the limited victories by gun control advocates in the three months since the Newtown school massacre show three factors at work: governors willing to spend significant political capital on the issue; Democratic legislative strength; and heightened public concern raised by proximity to mass shootings. All three helped drive new gun control measures in New York, Colorado and in Connecticut, where Gov. Dannel P. Malloy pushed for an agreement between majority Democratic lawmakers and Republican counterparts on a series of new laws that were headed for a vote Wednesday. In Maryland, which also has a Democratic governor and legislature, a gun control bill was proceeding through the House of Delegates. “What makes the difference … is the willingness of the legislators and the governors to take the lead and also, you know, the experience of gun violence in that state, whether it be through a mass shooting or the day-to-day shootings,” said Lindsay Nichols, staff attorney for the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun-control advocacy group based in San Francisco. But in Illinois, where Chicago gang shootings have driven demands for a response, a standoff be- tween legislators representing rural and urban voters with very different views — and the uncertainty raised by a court ruling on the state’s concealed carry law — show that concerns about such backyard gun violence alone is not enough. “More so than any other issue I can think of, this is an issue that is based on regional culture,” said Charles Wheeler III, director of the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of IllinoisSpringfield. “For the typical person who lives in downstate Illinois, the more rural areas, when you think of firearms you think of deer hunting, duck hunting, shooting squirrels. In the Chicago area … when people think of firearms they think of the kind of horrific cases in the news of late, where a gang banger kills a little girl.” While the importance of culture and attitudes can’t be denied, politics has played a deciding role in the few states passing gun control laws. After New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed through tougher firearms restrictions citing the Newtown killings, one poll showed his approval ratings, which had soared to 75 percent before the vote, down 20 percentage points. In Colorado, the mass shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater last summer had lawmakers and the governor considering new gun legislation even before the massacre in Connecticut. Two days earlier, Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, told The Associated Press that “the time is right” to talk about gun control. Still, in his January State of the State address, Hickenlooper only specifically called for universal background checks on gun pur- 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. Department extensions are: News Editor: Charlene Hoeflich, Ext. 12 Reporter: Sarah Hawley, Ext. 13 Advertising Retail: Matt Rodgers, Ext. 15 Retail: Brenda Davis, Ext 16 Class./Circ.: Judy Clark, Ext. 10 Circulation Circulation Manager: David Killgallon, 740-446-2342, Ext. 25 General Information E-mail: mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com Web: www.mydailysentinel.com (USPS 436-840) Ohio Valley Newspapers Published Tuesday through Friday, 111 Court St., Pomeroy, Ohio. Second-class postage paid at Pomeroy. Member: The Associated Press and the Ohio Newspaper Association. 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But he ultimately followed through on a promise to legislators that he would sign such a measure, expending political capital in a state with a long tradition of gun ownership and libertarian leanings. Every Democratic legislative vote was crucial in a Colorado, where the party controls both chambers and the new measures failed to get support from a single Republican. As some Democratic lawmakers appeared to waver in their support of new gun legislation, Vice President Joe Biden personally called a handful of lawmakers to urge them to support the new laws. Democratic Rep. Dominick Moreno said Biden “emphasized the importance of Colorado’s role in shaping national policy around this issue.” The stakes in Colorado were made clear Wednesday when President Barack Obama traveled to Denver to praise the new laws that he said strike a balance, keeping firearms away from people who should not have them while protecting the constitutional right to own a firearm. But the bitterness engendered by the new measures was made clear by more than a dozen Colorado sheriffs, all Republicans, who gathered a mile from Obama’s appearance to slam the new regulations as ineffective and unconstitutional. Some have vowed not to enforce them. ‘This is about taking a world of predators, a world full of wolves, and creating more sheep,’ said Terry Maketa, the sheriff of El Paso County. The tension was just as great, but different, in Connecticut, which is home to some of the country’s largest gun manufacturers. LOS ANGELESw — There’s a scene in “42” in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies’ manager. It’s early in the 1947 season. Each time the Brooklyn Dodgers’ first baseman comes up to bat, manager Ben Chapman emerges from the dugout, stands on the field and taunts him with increasingly personal and vitriolic attacks. It’s a visible struggle, but No. 42 maintains his composure before a crowd of thousands. As a viewer, it’s uncomfortable to watch — although as writer-director Brian Helgeland points out, “if anything, the language we have in that scene was cleaned up from what it was.” Such hatred may seem archaic, an ugly episode in our nation’s history that we’d rather forget. But remembering Robinson’s accomplishments is more important than ever, say people involved with “42” and baseball historians alike. And because he was such an inspiring cultural figure, it’s more important than ever to get his story right. Helgeland, an Oscar winner for his “L.A. Confidential” screenplay who previously directed “Payback” and “A Knight’s Tale,” said he felt “an enormous amount of pressure” to be faithful to Robinson’s story, both because of his significance and because his life had been written about so extensively. That included recreating games right from the box scores. So when Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) homers during a crucial pennant-race game off a pitcher who’d dinged him earlier in the year, it’s a dramatic moment, but it also actually happened. “It’s always a tricky thing because it’s a movie, and even in this movie we’re trying to tell two years in two hours,” he said. “You’re obviously not seeing every moment, but the discipline I applied to the script was trying to make sure every moment was documented.” Helgeland began working on the film two years ago, with the blessing of Robinson’s widow, Rachel, because he felt Robinson “deserves a great, big movie.” Robinson himself starred in the 1950 biography “The Jackie Robinson Story,” which also details how Brooklyn Dodgers president and general manager Branch Rickey (played here by a feisty Harrison Ford) had the courage to sign the fleet-footed Negro League player, despite receiving discouragement from around the league and death threats from fans. “People would say to me, ‘You’re making another Jackie Robinson movie?’ and I’d say, ‘What was the other one you saw?’” 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. Helgeland said. “(Racism is) always going to be a relevant thing. It’s not a thing that’s ever going to be eradicated. Society has to stay on guard about it and not get complacent about it.” Boseman, who bears a remarkable resemblance to Robinson, grew up playing basketball but said he learned of Robinson’s importance around the same time he first learned of Martin Luther King Jr.’s crucial role in fighting for civil rights. Robinson’s uniform number has been retired throughout the league — only New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera still wears it, and he’s retiring after this season — but every year on April 15, everyone in baseball wears No. 42. “The story is relevant because we still stand on his shoulders. He started something — I would even say maybe he didn’t even start it, it started before him. But he carried the torch. And he carried it alone for a period of time before other people could help him,” Boseman said. Still, it’s a challenge to depict the life of someone who was so inspirational without deifying him. In “42,” which opens April 12, Robinson shows grace in the face of nearly incessant bigotry. That’s why Rickey chooses him of all the talented black baseball players at the time: He had the skills, but he also had the strength not to fight back. “He would get his revenge on the base paths a little but he didn’t shy away from contact when he was barreling into the catcher, those kinds of things,” Helgeland said. “You want to humanize him. The romance with the wife (played by Nicole Beharie) does that. The fact that he doesn’t quite get along with (journalist and guide) Wendell Smith does that, which I think was the case in real life,” he said. “You kind of need to go for this vibe: It’s the actor and the director trying to have a feel for what feels real and right in the moment.” Baseball historian Howard Bryant, author and senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine, said he understands that some changes occur in making a film with historical origins, as was the widely publicized case with several 2012 Oscar contenders, including best picture “Argo.” But he said Hollywood can’t take liberties with stories like Robinson’s. “It would lose its credibility for me. I would lose respect for it if it were a Hollywood show,” said Bryant, whose books include “Shut Out,” about the role racism played in the Boston Red Sox’ struggles. “We have a special talent in this country for scrubbing history, and I’m hoping that’s not what happens to a story like Jackie Robinson’s.” Bryant points out that Major League Baseball has been slow to diversify and still has a long way to go. In 2012, 8.8 percent of players were black, with only two black managers and two black general managers, according to the annual report by Richard Lapchick’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida. The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher 740-446-3242, ext. 15 slopez@civitasmedia.com Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Thursday, April 4, 2013 www.mydailysentinel.com Death Notices Capehart William R. Capehart, 75, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Blake Hospital in Bradenton, Fla. Services for Bill have been entrusted to CrowHussell Funeral Home of Point Pleasant, W.Va. and will be held at the Creston Cemetery in Leon, W.Va., Saturday April 6, 2013 at 2 p.m. with Jim Kelly officiating and full military honors to follow. There will be no visitation, only the graveside service. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Bill’s name to the Creston Cemetery Fund c/o Charles Wedge 9579 Evans Rd. Leon, WV 25123. Hammer Bette Notter Adkins Hammer died Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. A graveside memorial will be held this Friday, April 5 at 11 a.m. at Mound Hill Cemetery at her parents’ plot. Shearer Ann W. Shearer, 91, died March 17, 2013. By her request, there will be no service. Any gifts of love can be donated to the Point Pleasant River Museum, P.O. Box 412, Point Pleasant, WV, 25550 or the Charleston (WV) Humane Society. Lawmakers debate gun control package HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Calling the massacre last year at Sandy Hook Elementary School “the nation’s worst nightmare,” Connecticut lawmakers debated a wide-ranging package of gun control and other measures Wednesday that they were expected to pass over the outcry of gun rights advocates who gathered in protest at the Capitol. Debate on the legislation, touted by supporters as the most comprehensive in the country, began Wednesday in the Senate. The state House of Representatives was expected to take up the proposal after the Senate’s anticipated approval. “The tragedy in Newtown demands a powerful response, demands a response that transcends politics,” said Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr., a Brooklyn Democrat, calling the work the “culmination of a bipartisan effort” that included unprecedented public input. Some of the measures would take effect right away, including the expansion of the state’s assault weapons ban, background checks for all firearms sales and a ban on the sale or purchase of ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds. The bill also addresses mental health and school security measures, including $15 million to help pay for school security infrastructure upgrades. “When a child is sent to school, their parents expect them to be safe. The Sandy Hook shooting rampage was a parent’s, a school system’s, a community’s and the nation’s worst nightmare,” said Republican state Sen. Toni Boucher of Wilton. While Republican state Sen. John Kissel of Enfield acknowledged that “you just can’t have a heart at all if you don’t feel for the families and friends and neighbors of the victims of that Newtown massacre,” he expressed concern that the bill is ultimately harmful to lawful gun owners. “When it comes to further regulations on guns and ammunition in one of the states that’s touted as having, right now, some of the most tough gun laws in the United States of America, I think it goes one step too far,” said Kissel, who planned to vote no. Gun rights advocates greatly outnumbered gun control supporters who gathered at the statehouse in Hartford to witness the debate. Gun owners, some holding signs questioning the constitutionality of the proposals, stood in protest outside the state Capitol and a nearby building housing legislative offices. Many also packed the hallways outside the Senate chamber, occasionally chanting “No! No! No!” and “Read the bill!” Police presence was heavier than usual and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s security detail decided to cancel an appearance by the governor — a vocal gun control proponent — at an event inside the state Capitol. “We want them to write laws that are sensible,” said Ron Pariseau, 66, of Pomfret, who was angry he’ll be made a felon if he doesn’t register his weapons that will no longer be sold in Connecticut. “What they’re proposing will not stop anything.” Dan and Lauren Garrett of Hamden, wearing green shirts in honor of the Sandy Hook victims, traveled to Hartford from their home in Hamden with their 10-month-old son, Robert, to watch lawmakers pass what they’ve called the strongest gun laws in the country. Both hope lawmakers will build on the proposal. “It’s just the beginning of this bill. In six months from now, it’s going to get stronger and stronger,” said Dan Garrett. “I think they’re watching us all over the country.” Malloy, a Democrat, has said he’ll sign the legislation into law, even though it would allow people to keep their high-capacity magazines so long as they’re registered with the state by Jan. 1, 2014. “You can make an argument, a strong argument, this is the toughest law passed anywhere in the country,” he said. But gun rights advocates question whether the legislation would have done anything to stop Adam Lanza, the 20-yearold who blasted his way in to the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14. State police say he fired 154 shots with a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle, gunning down 20 first-graders and six educators. He had earlier killed his mother, Nancy, and later committed suicide. For some protesters, the mental health measures in the proposal were overshadowed by the gun control restrictions. “I want to focus on people like Adam Lanza and the people that cause those mass killings,” said Richard Pieczarka, 69, a retiree from Coventry. “That’s the problem.” Search warrants of the Lanzas’ Newtown home showed it was packed with weapons and ammunition. “If it did something to prevent this incident, where the fault lies with the individual and the mother, not with the legitimate gun owners in this state, then we could probably support something,” said Robert Crook, executive director of the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen. Crook predicts the bill will likely be challenged in court. School: Jesus portrait taken down Wednesday CINCINNATI (AP) — A Jesus portrait that has hung in a southern Ohio school district since 1947 was taken down Wednesday, because of concerns about the potential costs of a federal lawsuit against its display. The superintendent of Jackson City Schools said the decision was made after the district’s insurance company declined to cover litigation expenses. He said the faculty adviser and two student members of the Hi-Y Club, a Christian-based service club that the school says owns the portrait, took it down at his direction. “At the end of the day, we just couldn’t roll the dice with taxpayer money,” Superintendent Phil Howard told The Associated Press. “When you get into these kinds of legal battles, you’re not talking about money you can raise with bake sales and car washes. It’s not fair to take those resources from our kids’ education.” The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the Madison, Wis.-based Freedom from Religion Foundation had sued on behalf of a student and two parents, calling the portrait an unconstitutional promotion of religion in a public school. The student and parents weren’t identified publicly by the groups, saying they would face backlash from portrait supporters, some of whom had suggested that they should leave town and find another school. An ACLU spokesman said the school disclosed its decision at a federal court hearing Tuesday in Columbus. The organization will wait to see whether the portrait stays down. “The case is still open; there was no actual ruling (by the court),” spokesman Nick Worner said. But he added there would be no reason to pursue a court order if the portrait isn’t put back up. A U.S. District Court order issued in Columbus on Wednesday stated that the plaintiffs had agreed to temporarily withdraw their motion for a preliminary injunction against the portrait’s display once they verify the school has removed it, and that the two sides had until the end of the day April 11 to settle the case. Hiram Sasser, an attorney with the Liberty Institute that helped defend the school, said Wednesday that the Hi-Y Club could file its own lawsuit for the right to display the portrait, but he didn’t know its plans. Messages were left for the club’s adviser and legal representative. Howard said the portrait was in the club’s possession. The “Head of Christ,” a popular depiction of Jesus, had been in an entranceway’s “Hall of Honor” in a middle school building that was formerly the high school. It was near portraits of dozens of prominent alumni and people with local roots such as the late four-term Ohio Gov. James Rhodes. The portrait was moved recently by the club to the current high school building. A complaint that triggered the February lawsuit put the 2,500-student district in the midst of the ongoing national debate over what religious-themed displays are permissible. Jackson is a city of some 7,000 in mostly rural Appalachia. The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 Tweet about ‘Daily Show’ boomerangs on US Embassy WASHINGTON (AP) — Yikes! It seems “The Daily Show” and diplomacy don’t mix. That’s the lesson the U.S. Embassy in Cairo is learning the hard way after being rebuked by both the Egyptian government and the State Department for causing an international incident. The embassy tweeted a link to a Jon Stewart monologue that mocked Egypt’s president — offending the Egyptians — and then deleted its entire Twitter account before restoring it without the post in question, irritating Washington. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s office called the tweet “inappropriate” and unbecoming of a diplomatic mission while the State Department said the unusual affair was the result of “glitches” in the embassy’s social media policies that are now being corrected. The imbroglio over the tweet comes at a time of rising tensions between Cairo and Washington, which has expressed deep concerns that Morsi’s government is backsliding on human rights protections. And, it underscores the pitfalls of allowing individual American embassies to control the messages they disseminate through social media. The trouble began Tuesday when the embassy posted a link to Stewart’s monologue on his Comedy Central show the night before. Stewart took savage aim at Morsi for the arrest and interrogation of Egyptian comic Bassam Youssef, who has frequently criticized the president on a popular TV program that has been likened to Stewart’s own. In the clip, Stewart accused Morsi of being petty, undemocratic and ignoring more pressing problems like Egypt’s economic crisis and violent crime to go after satirists who are critical of his government. He pointed out that he has made a living by poking fun at political leaders and that such activity is harmless and should be protected. Morsi’s office responded to the embassy’s post on its own Twitter feed, saying: “It’s inappropriate for a diplomatic mission to engage in such negative political propaganda.” The embassy responded on Wednesday by deleting its entire Twitter account, drawing the wrath of State Department headquarters in Washington, which was already peeved by the initial post. The account was then restored minus the Stewart tweet. “Embassies and consulates and their senior leadership manage the content that is on their feeds and they are expected to use good policy judgment in doing that,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. On Monday, Nuland had made comments similar to Stewart’s, although more nuanced and couched in diplomatic terms, about Youssef’s arrest. She declined to say if the State Department agreed with the Egyptian government’s criticism of the tweet. But she suggested the embassy had erred by posting a link to a video that is already widely available on the Internet. “I can’t speak to the decision to re-tweet Jon Stewart to start with,” she said. “But Jon Stewart is a comedy show in the U.S., as you know. It is publicly available content.” She said the “glitches” she referred to were “the fact that they obviously put up something that they later took down, that they took down the whole site, which should not probably have been the way that went, and that in the past there have been differences between the Twitter team and senior post management.” The U.S. Embassy in Cairo last year engaged in a public spat with Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood over the breach of the embassy’s walls by protesters upset over an anti-Islam film produced in the U.S. and posted on the Web. Steve Albani, spokesman for Comedy Central, declined to comment on the flap. Nuland stressed that the U.S. position on the arrest of Youssef, whom she described as Egypt’s “Jon Stewart counterpart,” remained unchanged since Monday when she referred to it as part of a “”disturbing trend” of growing restrictions on freedom of expression in Egypt. “There does not seem to be an evenhanded application of justice here,” she said, adding that the Egyptian government has been slow to investigate police brutality or attacks on anti-Morsi protesters and journalists. On Tuesday, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party denounced Nuland’s comments as “blatant interference” in Egypt’s internal affairs. Hours later, Secretary of State John Kerry jumped into the fray saying that Washington has “real concerns about the direction Egypt appears to be moving in,” adding that the country is at a “tipping point.” US service firms grow more slowly WASHINGTON (AP) — Two reports Wednesday showed that U.S. service companies grew more slowly in March and private employers pulled back on hiring. The declines suggest businesses may have grown more cautious last month after federal spending cuts took effect. The Institute for Supply Management said that its index of non-manufacturing activity fell to 54.4 last month. That’s down from 56 in February and the lowest in seven months. Any reading above 50 signals expansion. Slower hiring and a steep drop in new orders drove the index down. A gauge of hiring fell 3.9 points to 53.3, the lowest since November. That means companies kept hiring, just at a slower pace. The ISM report covers companies that employ roughly 90 percent of the work force. A separate report from payroll processor ADP also pointed to slightly weaker hiring in March. ADP said private employers added 158,000 jobs in March, down from 237,000 the previous month. Construction firms didn’t add any jobs after three months of solid gains. Economists were not overly concerned with the weaker reports. Several noted that ADP’s figures are less reliable than the government’s more comprehensive jobs report, which comes out on Friday. Still, most say the pace of hiring has almost certainly dropped off from the previous four months, when employers added an average of 200,000 net jobs a month. And a few reduced their forecasts for March job growth after seeing the two reports. Jim O’Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, now expects just 160,000 net jobs, instead of 215,000. Jennifer Lee, an economist at BMO Capital Markets, said her group has lowered its forecast to 155,000, down from 220,000. Lee said businesses may have temporarily suspended hiring because they want to see the impact of $85 billion in government spending cuts, which began on March. 1. “It appears that businesses aren’t seeing the impact (of the spending cuts) just yet but are obviously concerned about the economy going forward… and are thus holding back on orders or hiring,” Lee said in a note to clients. Still, most economists say any slowdown is likely temporary. Most say growth accelerated in the January-March quarter to a 3 percent at an annual rate, buoyed by a resilient consumer and a steady rebound in housing. And even if growth slows in the AprilJune period to roughly 2 percent, as some predict, that that would still leave the economy expanding at a solid pace in the first half of the year. “For now, there is still a lot of good news on the economy,” said Paul Edelstein, an economist at IHS Global Insight. “Home construction and demand are growing, and jobs are being added.” The ISM report measures growth in industries that range from retail and construction to health care and financial services. Even with March’s decline in the servicesector growth, the index nearly matched its 12-month average of 54.5. Fifteen of the 18 industries covered by the ISM survey reported expansion, including construction, transportation and warehousing, retail, finance and insurance, and utilities. And other reports suggest consumers are still spending, despite an increase in Social Security taxes that has reduced takehome pay. In February, consumer spending rose by the most in five months. And consumer confidence improved in March from the previous month, according to a survey released last week by the University of Michigan. Crew wasn’t with ‘BUCKWILD’ star at death SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Production crews were not with a young star of the reality show “BUCKWILD” when he died over Easter weekend and hadn’t filmed him since earlier in the week, MTV officials said Wednesday. Shain Gandee, 21, was found dead Monday in his SUV near Sissonville, along with two passengers. Autopsies determined that all three died of carbon monoxide poisoning, possibly caused by the vehicle’s tailpipe being submerged in mud. That could have allowed the invisible gas to fill the vehicle’s cabin. MTV spokesman Jake Urbanski said it would be at least a few weeks before producers and cast members decide whether to continue shooting season two. For now, he said, everyone is focused on supporting Gandee’s friends and family. Also killed were his 48-year-old uncle, David Gandee, and 27-year-old Donald Robert Myers. Cunningham-Parker-Johnson Funeral Home in Charleston said services for Shain and David Gandee were scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Charleston Municipal Auditorium. A private family burial service will follow in Thaxton Cemetery. Family members said David Gandee worked for Appalachian Tire Co., was a fan of both the Pittsburgh Steelers and the West Virginia University Mountaineers, and loved golf. Shain Gandee’s family has requested that instead of flowers, fans and friends send donations to one of two charities: the Angels Among Us program at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., or the Autism Society in Bethesda, Md. �The Daily Sentinel Sports THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013 mdssports@civitasmedia.com Blue Devils stay unbeaten with 7-3 win at Piketon Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com PIKETON, Ohio — Better late than never. The Gallia Academy baseball team broke a one-all tie by plating six runs in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday night en route to a 7-3 victory over host Piketon in a non-conference matchup in Pike County. The Blue Devils (4-0) never trailed in the contest, as the guests broke a scoreless tie with a run in the top of the fourth for a 1-0 edge. The Redstreaks countered with a run in the bottom of the fifth to knot things up at one, where the score remained until the seventh frame. GAHS — which outhit the Redstreaks by an 11-5 overall margin — sent 11 batters to the plate in the top of the seventh, which resulted in a half-dozen scores on four hits, a walk and two errors. PHS answered with two runs in its final at-bat, but the hosts’ rally bid fell well short. Gustin Graham was the winning pitcher of record, allowing one run, four hits and three walks over six innings while striking out six. Jordan took the losing decision after surrendering three runs (zero earned), one hit and two walks over 1.1 innings of relief while striking out zero. Gustin Graham, Bobby Dunlap, Justin Bailey and Cody Russell paced the Blue Devils with two hits apiece, followed by Ty Warnimont, Gage Childers and Brady Curry with a safety each. John Faro and Cody Russell led the guests with three RBIs each, followed by Justin Bailey with an RBI. Warnimont, Dunlap, Bailey, Russell, Eric Ward and Alex Greer each scored a run for the victors. Moore, Dixon, Farmer, Lewis and Collier each had a hit for the hosts. Lewis had the team’s lone RBI, while Moore, Dixon and Farmer each scored once in the setback. Alex Hawley | Daily Sentinel Point Pleasant’s Bekah Darst attempts to throw a runner out at first base during the Lady Knights victory over Poca in Mason County. Lady Knights double up Winfield, 6-3 Meigs stymies Lady Raiders, 5-0 Alex Hawley | file photo Meigs senior Liddy Fish swings at a pitch during the Lady Marauders opening game of the season Saturday in Rocksprings. Bryan Walters Alex Hawley bwalters@civitasmedia.com ahawley@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant softball team picked up its second two-game winning streak of the season Tuesday night by doubling up visiting Winfield by a 6-3 margin in a non-conference matchup in Mason County. The Lady Knights (4-2) trailed 1-0 after an inning of play, but the hosts exploded for five runs in the bottom of the fourth to secure a lead they would never relinquish. PPHS tacked on another run in the fifth to secure its biggest lead of the night at 6-1, but the Lady Generals responded with two scores in the top of the sixth to cut their deficit in half at 6-3. Neither team scored the rest of the way, allowing the Lady Knights to move two games over .500 for the second time this season. Point Pleasant outhit the guests by a sizable 14-5 overall margin and committed only one of the three errors in the contest. Madison Barker was the winning pitcher of record, allowing just three runs, four hits and five walks over six innings while striking out four. Karissa Cochran picked up a save after allowing one hit in one inning of relief. Abbie Short went the distance for WHS in the setback, allowing six runs, 14 hits and zero walks while fanning one. Kaitlyn Liptrap and Bekah Darst led the hosts with three hits apiece, followed by Kristen Riegel and Josie Fisher with two safeties each. Makinley Higginbotham, Karissa Cochran, Megan Davis and Kaci Riffle also had a hit each for the victors. Liptrap led the Lady Knights with three RBIs, while Riegel scored a team-best two RBIs. Kenna Markham paced Winfield with two hits, followed by Natalie Miskofsky, Kaitlyn Legg and Madison Wall with one safety apiece. Miskofsky, Abbie Short and Madison Wall each scored once in the setback. CHESHIRE, Ohio — So much for gracious guests. The Meigs softball team allowed just four hits to host River Valley Tuesday night, en route to a 5-0 non-conference victory. The Lady Marauders (2-2) took the early lead with a run in the top of the first frame, and added another run in the top of the third. Meigs marked a run in the sixth OVP Sports Schedule Thursday, April 4 Baseball Meigs at Athens, 5 p.m. Gallia Academy at Fairland, 5 p.m. Wellston at Eastern, 5 p.m. Softball Gallia Academy at Fairland, 5 p.m. Meigs at Athens, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Ripley, 5 p.m. Track and Field River Valley, South Gallia at Gallia Academy Rotary Relays, 4 p.m. Friday, April 5 Baseball Gallia Academy at Logan, 5 p.m. Wahama at South Gallia, 5 p.m. River Valley at Fairland, 5 p.m. Waterford at Southern, 5 p.m. Tug Valley at Hannan, 5:30 Softball Wahama at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Gallia Academy at Logan, 5 p.m. Waterford at Southern, 5 p.m. River Valley at Fairland, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Chapmanville Tournament, 10 a.m. inning and two in the seventh to seal the 5-0 triumph. Destinee Blackwell was the winning pitcher for Meigs, as she didn’t allow a run or a walk while striking out five batters. Despite fanning seven batters and only walking one River Valley (2-2) senior Noel Mershon was credited with the loss. The MHS offense was paced by Brook Andrus, Kim Casci and Blackwell with two hits apiece. Liddy Fish had the Lady Marauders lone extra-base hit with a double, while Lindsey Patterson and Harley Fox each had a single. Tess Phelps had two runs batted in for the victors. Chelsea Copley led the Lady Raiders with two hits, while Ashley Cheesebrew and Amanda Eddy each finished with one. This is the lone regular season meeting between River Valley and Meigs this season. Wahama tames Wildcats, 13-3 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com MASON, W.Va. — The Wahama baseball team picked up its first win of the 2013 campaign Tuesday night during a 13-3 victory over visiting Hannan in a non-conference matchup at Bachtel Stadium in Mason County. The White Falcons (1-2) snapped a two-game losing skid in impressive fashion, as the hosts outhit the Wildcats by a sizable 12-2 margin over five innings of play. HHS (2-3) committed three errors in the contest, while the hosts had two miscues in the triumph. Hannan, however, struck first blood in the top of the first, as the guests plated two runs to take an early 2-0 cushion. Wahama countered with a four-run outburst in its half of the opening frame, giving the White Falcons a lead it would not relinquish the rest of the night. WHS added two more scores in the bottom of the second for a 6-2 edge, but Hannan answered with a run in its half of the third — making it a 6-3 contest through three complete. The White Falcons scored five times in the fourth and added two more in the fifth to wrap up the mercy-rule decision at 13-3. Jared Nutter was the winning pitcher of record, allowing three runs (one earned), two hits and a walk over three innings while striking out seven. Dakota Sisk struck out two and walked one in two innings of relief for the victors. Torian Johnson took the loss for Hannan after surrendering 13 runs, 12 hits and three walks over 4.2 frames while fanning one. Kane Roush, Wyatt Zuspan, Wesley Harrison and Dakota Sisk each had two hits to pace Wahama, followed by Hunter Bradley, Demetrius Serevicz, Garrett Miller and Tyler Nutter with one safety apiece. Serevicz led the hosts with three RBIs, while Bradley scored a game-high four runs in the triumph. Tyler Jenkins and Torian Johnson each had a hit for the Wildcats. Jenkins and Matt Randolph also scored a run each in the setback. Lady Tornadoes shut down South Gallia, 5-0 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — With pitching like that, you don’t need much offense. The Southern softball team got a two-hit shutout from junior pitcher Jordan Huddleston Tuesday night en route to a 5-0 victory over a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking host South Gallia. The Lady Tornadoes (1-1) got on the board for the first time in the top of the third frame when Darien Diddle drove in Kyrie Swann with a single. SHS added one more run to its total in the inning when Jaclyn Mees brought home Maggie Cummins with a single. Southern added three more to its total in the seventh inning with a three-run homerun by Cummins, which brought in Ali Deem and Swann. South Gallia (0-2) earned a pair of base runners in the home half of the seventh but failed score and SHS took the 5-0 victory. Huddelston earned the victory for the Lady Tornadoes after throwing a complete game shutout. Huddleston allowed two hits and three walks, while striking out 10. Caitlyn Vanscoy was credited with the loss for the Lady Rebels after giving up five earned runs on 11 hits and six walks in seven innings of work. Vanscoy struck out five batters on the night. The Southern offense was paced by Deem, Cummins and Mees with three hits apiece, followed by Swann with two and Diddle with one. Cummins and Swann each scored a pair of runs, while Deem scored the other. Cummins finished with a game-high three runs batted in, while Diddle and Mees each had one. Cummins’ homerun and Mees’ double were the only two extra-base hits in the game. Swann was the lone player to reach base in all four plate appearances. The Lady Rebels two hits were both singles, one by senior Meghan Caldwell and the other by senior Rebecca Rutt. 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SHS add- ed five more runs to its lead in the second inning, pairing three hits with three and an error. The Rebels (2-2, 0-2) finally got on the board in the third inning with two runs, thanks in part to a pair of Tornado errors. Leading 8-to-2 Southern sent 11 batters to the plate in the fourth inning and brought five of them around to score, pushing the margin to 11. SGHS failed to cut into the SHS lead and the Purple and Gold claimed the 13-2 mercy rule victory. Hunter Johnson earned the victory for the Tornadoes after Point baseball falls to Seahawks, 5-3 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — The Point Pleasant baseball team suffered a bit of a heartbreaker Tuesday afternoon following a 5-3 setback to Atlantic Shores Christian (Va.) at Waccamaw High School in Georgetown County. The Big Blacks (3-5) led 2-0 after an inning of play, but the Seahawks — the top-ranked 2-A team in Virginia — countered with two runs apiece in the second and third frames to secure a 4-2 edge. Both teams tacked on a score apiece in the fifth, which ultimately concluded the scoring at its two-run outcome. ASCS outhit the hosts by a 9-7 overall margin, and Point Pleasant committed two of the three errors in the contest. PPHS stranded nine runners on base, while the Seahawks left five guys on the bags. Point started the game by loading the bases after a leadoff walk was issued to Alex Somerville, then Tylun Campbell added a single and Jacob Gardner walked. Levi Russell provided a one-out single that plated Somerville for a 1-0 lead, then Austen Toler hit into a sacrifice fly that allowed Campbell to score for a 2-0 edge. ASCS responded with two runs in the second to pull even at two, then added two more scores in the top of the third to claim a 4-2 cushion through three complete. The Seahawks took their largest lead of the night in the fifth after a two-out walk to Josh Stamp resulted in a run after an RBI single by Ryan Plymette made it a 5-2 contest. PPHS countered with a run in its half of the fifth after a leadoff walk to Jacob Gardner turned into a score after Gage Buskirk delivered a two-out RBI single — making it a tworun contest through five complete. The hosts stranded a runner on base in each of their final two at-bats, allowing Atlantic Shores Christian to wrap up the hard-fought decision. Devin Hemmerich was the winning pitcher of record after allowing one earned run, four hits and two walks over 5.2 innings of relief while striking out six. Austen Toler went the distance in the tough-luck setback, surrendering five earned runs, nine hits and four walks while fanning one. Tylun Campbell and Austen Toler each had two hits for the Big Blacks, followed by Levi Russell, Gage Buskirk and Bruce McDermitt with a safety apiece. Russell, Toler and Buskirk each drove in a run in the setback. Devin Hemmerich and Ryan Plymette each had two hits to pace the guests. Plymette also had a team-high two RBIs in the triumph. giving up two runs, both unearned, and three hits. Johnson struck out six Rebels, while walking none. Ethan Spurlock was credited with the loss after giving up 13 runs on 12 hits and 11 walks. Spurlock struck out five SHS batters on the night. Southern’s hit parade was led by Chandler Drummer, Brandon Moodispaugh and Danny Ramthun with two hits apiece. Trenton Deem, Adam Pape, Casey Pickens, Colten Walters, Cole Graham and Zac Beegle each finished with one hit. Johnson and Deem each scored a trio of runs in the game, while Ramthun scored two. Walters, Moodispaugh, Drummer, Graham, Beegle, and Trenton Cook each scored one run in the triumph. Walters and Deem paced Southern with two runs batted in each, while Johnson, Ramthun, Pape, Pickens, Moodispaugh and Drummer each had one. Deem and Johnson each drew three walks in the contest. Johnson also finished with a game-high two stolen bases, followed by Moodispaugh with one. Drum- mer’s double in the second inning was the lone extra-base hit for the Tornadoes. Landon Hutchinson and Devin Lucas each had doubles for South Gallia, while Cuyler Mills finished with a single. Landon Hutchinson and Alex Stapleton each scored a run for SGHS. Southern finished with a 13 runs, 11 hits and three errors, while the Rebels finished with two runs, three hits and two errors. SHS will look for the sweep of South Gallia when the Rebels travel to Racine on April 26th. RedStorm takes two from Trailblazers Randy Payton Special to OVP CENTENARY, Ohio – Chris Ford had five hits and drove in six runs, while teammate Kyle Findley had five hits and scored five times to lead the University of Rio Grande to a doubleheader sweep of Ohio Christian University, Tuesday afternoon, in nonconference baseball play at Gallia Academy High School’s Bob Eastman Field. The RedStorm rolled to a 21-1 win in the opener before recording a 4-0 triumph in the finale, improving to 21-16 on the season. Ohio Christian dropped to 6-17 with the two losses. Ford, a freshman from Athens, Ohio, finished 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles, three runs scored and five RBIs in the opening game win, while Findley - a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio - went 4-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, four runs scored and two RBIs. Rio Grande led 4-1 after three innings before turning things into a rout by scoring six times in both the fourth and fifth innings and five times in the sixth. The RedStorm totaled a season-high 21 hits as a team. In addition to Ford and Findley’s exploits at the plate, senior Kyle Perez (Casselberry, FL) finished three hits, including a solo home run, and three runs scored; sophomore Grant Tamane (Pickering, Ontario, Canada) had a pair of hits and three runs scored; freshman Jonathan Schob (Decatur, OH) went 2-for2 with a double and three RBIs; sophomore Anthony Bond (New Haven, WV) had two hits and two runs scored; and senior Vince Perry (Cypress, CA) drove in three runs. Freshman left-hander Kyle Miller (Wilmington, OH) earned his fifth win in six decisions, allowing just two hits and an unearned run over five innings of work. He also walked two and struck out two. Evan Werner started and took the loss for the Trailblazers, allowing 12 hits and 10 runs – seven earned – in four innings. In game two, Rio parlayed a three-run first inning and a dazzling pitching performance from the duo of Heath Dettwiller and Landon Hutchison into a winning effort. Findley and Ford had run-scoring hits in the three-run first and senior Shane Spies (Polk,OH) added a fifth inning sacrifice fly to account for the game’s final run. Dettwiller, a sophomore from Pomeroy, Ohio, scattered four hits and a pair of walks over six shutout innings to get his second win in three decisions. He also fanned three batters. Hutchison, a sophomore from Baltimore, Ohio, sealed the victory by retiring OCU in order in the seventh. Spies finished 2-for-2 with a double to lead Rio offensively. Michael Miller suffered the loss for the Trailblazers, allowing seven hits and the four runs – three of which were earned – in a complete game performance. He walked two and struck out just one. Rio Grande returns to action this weekend, traveling to former Mid-South Conference rival West Virginia Tech for seven-inning doubleheaders on both Saturday and Sunday. First pitch for game one is set for 1 p.m. each day at Epling Field in East Bank, W.Va. Miller takes shot to ribs during practice COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Quarterback Braxton Miller took a shot to the ribs for the second time in a week but Ohio State’s Heisman Trophy candidate finished practice Tuesday and Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer said the junior was fine. The Big Ten’s player of the year in 2012 was hit on an option pitch by defensive end Noah Spence even though Miller was wearing a black (for no contact) jersey. Miller stayed down for several minutes. As backup Kenny Guiton replaced him, Miller confronted some defensive players on the sideline before being restrained by teammates. Miller was held out of three series before returning to practice in preparation for the spring game on April 13. It will be held at Cincinnati’s Paul Brown Stadium because of concrete work being done to Ohio Stadium. Afterward, Meyer was unfazed, noting that Miller was already nursing a sore rib from a hit last week but that the tackle by Spence was in no way malicious. “It’s football,” Meyer said. “We ran option. (Miller) got hit in the same spot.” Entertainment Neither was he displeased that Miller got up and went after the defensive players. “I like quarterbacks that want to go get in a street fight and go after it,” Meyer said. “That’s not probably the time to do it, but he’s a competitor. So you’re asking what kind of reaction would I want out of a quarterback? I didn’t really see what happened, but Braxton’s a competitor. “I guess that’s better than the opposite, just lay on the ground and curl up and, ‘Why did he hit me?’ So, he’s a tough kid.” Miller, a 6-foot-2, 215 pound junior, was fifth in Heisman voting last season as the Buckeyes went 12-0 in Meyer’s first season in Columbus but were ineligible for the conference championship and a bowl game because of NCAA sanctions. One reason for the success was a veteran offensive line that returns four seniors with a combined 80 starts but must find a replacement for right tackle Reid Fragel, who exhausted his eligibility. Meyer said the competition is between Taylor Decker, Chase Farris and Pat Elflein. Decker as a freshman last year waged a spirited preseason battle with Fragel, who was in his first season at the position after being converted from tight end. The three candidates lack experience and Meyer acknowledged that it won’t be easy to fill the void left by Fragel. “That’s the hardest position to take a jump,” in improvement, Meyer said. One player who won’t have the opportunity to help the offensive line is Antonio Underwood, who suffered a torn ACL last week and is out for the season, said Meyer. Underwood started one game as a freshman in 2011. “It’s really a shame,” Meyer said. “For the first time in his career he was making a real push, fighting his way into the rotation. He was having a heck of a spring. He was in the top eight (among linemen).” Meyer also said he will be experimenting with a version of the pistol offense that has Miller and three backs in a diamond set. Meyer praised the receivers’ corps for their progress almost a year after famously calling the unit a “clown show” for their lack of execution and poor efforts. �Thursday, April 4, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, March 4, 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 Thursday, April 4, 2013: This year many of your activities surround your friends. You also focus on making a long-term goal a reality. Your creativity often finds the unbeaten path. If you are single, you could find yourself in a sizzling romance. If you are attached, sometimes you act like new lovers. At the right station in life, a new addition to your family becomes possible. AQUARIUS is loyal to the very end. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHHH You sense that a restriction might not be long term, even if the other party declares it so. A conversation lets you see beyond the obvious, which allows greater give-and-take. Know that optimistic thinking creates positive happenings. Tonight: Where friends can be found. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Pressure builds because someone you care about is quite difficult and demanding. You can do emotional somersaults, but nothing will make a difference until this person wants to change. Indulge yourself, and buy that item you have been coveting. Tonight: In the limelight. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Reach out to others, and make plans that seem copasetic for the weekend. You could be overwhelmed by what is happening. If you feel tired, take a break from the matter at hand. Trust yourself to make the right move. Tonight: All smiles. Make plans for the weekend. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could be overwhelmed by what a partner dumps on you. Your creativity seems to be a function of interest at the moment, and you are not up for everything that is on your plate. Take a walk. Your enthusiasm will stimulate your energy. Tonight: Visit with a favorite person. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Defer to others in a situation that takes an unpredictable turn. You are overserious regarding a personal or domestic matter. Don’t avoid a meeting or a get-together with a friend — this person always seems to help you lighten up. Tonight: Start making some weekend plans. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Deal with a loved one who is so full of energy that he or she might exhaust you. Honor prior professional commitments, despite all of the pressure that is on you. Someone throws you a curveball, which makes you wonder which way to go. Tonight: Honor your priorities. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Know when enough is enough. You can achieve a lot of your goals if you relax. Think positively about a potentially difficult matter. You might end up breezing right through it, especially if you relax and detach from what triggers you. Tonight: Start the weekend early! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Be honest with yourself. If you are tired or in a bad mood, you might want to take some time off. Another scenario might be to go off and do something not related to your normal day-to-day life. A change could revitalize you. Tonight: Know that you don’t have to do anything. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You could discover that someone is not working with you, but against you. Be happy that you found out now, before there was any more damage. A partner or an associate who always has a positive outlook shares his or her opinions. Recognize your limits. Tonight: Join friends. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Recognize that a project might not deliver the desired results. You could be overwhelmed by your choices, especially as you predict their ultimate outcome. You also could be tired of juggling your finances to create what you want. Tonight: Buy a new item for your wardrobe. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You will bypass an authority figure’s reticence without asking yourself if this is a wise move. In any case, your creativity and love of life will be enhanced by everything that is going on around you. A new friendship also could become more. Tonight: You call the shots. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Don’t push where there is no give. Let go of that situation or person — at least for now. You will find a more rewarding and positive experience closer to you. Do not settle for anything less than what you want. Use caution with your funds. Tonight: Do some shopping. 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