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On February 17, visiting Judge Dean Evans released the court’s decision, overruling the defendant’s motion. The entry reads, “the basis of the Defendant’s requested relief is not clear. However, broadly stated, it appears he simply has had a change of heart as it relates to his agreed sentence after he has been incarcerated for one and one-half years and now wants the court to reduce that sentence.” The entry goes on to say that Divers had not served enough of his sentence to be considered for judicial release. A post conviction relief petition must be filed no later than 180 days after the trial transcript is filed with the court of appeals. Th 180-day limit was met on approximately October 3, 2011, according to the court documents. Divers was sentenced to eight years in prison, five years community control after he’s released from prison and restitution capped at $500,000, joint and severally, regarding the damage done to the church. Divers portion of the res- titution is set at around $97,000. He will also have to perform 500 hours of community service once released. The plea agreement was accepted in November 2010, with sentencing in early 2011. The agreed to charges were two counts of breaking and entering, and one count each of possessing criminal tools, vandalism, arson, desecration and tampering with evidence. Divers was the first of the four to plead gulity to the charges in the seven-count indictment. Also sentenced were Erin Hawkins, 9 years; Jeffrey Mullins, 10 years; and Joseph Satterfield, 8 1/2 years. Divers is currently an inmate at Southeastern Correctional Institution in Lancaster. Stephanie Filson/photo Officials with the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office were on the scene of a suspicious death in Kanauga on Wednesday afternoon. While the case remains under investigation, Gallia County Sheriff Browning reported that the male victim died of an apparent stab wound that may have been the result of an altercation. Pictured, from left, are: Jim Smith, AMVETS Ohio Commander Jim Graham, State Representative Debbie Phillips, John P. Brown and Bob Stewart. Rep. Phillips named Legislator of the Year Phillips honored for leadership by Ohio AMVETS COLUMBUS — Saturday, State Rep. Debbie Phillips (D-Albany) was recognized as a “Legislator of the Year” by AMVETS Department of Ohio Saturday for her work on behalf of Veterans. She was one of four Ohio leaders presented with the Civil Servant/Legislative Awards during the 24th Annual Legislative Awards ceremony. “Legislators are chosen for this award based on what they do at the Statehouse, but also for what they do for veterans back in their district,” said George Ondick, AMVETS Department of Ohio Executive Director. AMVETS is a national volun- teer-led organization that serves the needs of American Veterans as well as active military members along with a long-standing tradition of community service initiatives such as blood drives, clothing drives and programs to combat hunger among many others. “Receiving recognition from AMVETS for public service is humbling, because these are people who embody the service ethic. From their honorable service of our country, to their ongoing charitable work in local communities, Ohio AMVETS members are the kind of people who inspire us all to do better,” said Rep. Phillips. “I will continue to fight for our veterans, active military members and their families in the 92nd district and throughout Ohio.” The award was presented Saturday, February 18 during the 65th annual AMVETS Mid-Winter Conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Columbus with attendees from across the state. The other honorees were: State Representative Ron Amstutz (R), State Senator Kevin Bacon (R), and Mark Bell, District Director for Congressman Tiberi. The awards recognize individuals for their outstanding support and work on behalf of veterans. Gun Club contributes to archery contest costs By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — Support of youth organizations, which promote a love for shooting sports and other outdoor activities, has long been a goal of the Pomeroy Gun Club. To advance that goal, the Gun Club this week made a donation to help with the expenses of a trip to Columbus where three Meigs Local teams will participate in the Ohio Archery in the Schools championship shoot on March 2. A team of 24 students from Meigs Elementary, Junior High and High School will compete in the Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic where teams can qualify for the national contest to be held later this spring. Money to pay expenses for the trip to Columbus comes from fund raisers and donations. To help with the expenses the Pomeroy Gun Club, established in 1908, made a donation of $510. In presenting the check to Dan Thomas, elementary school archery coach, Chris Tenoglia, Pomeroy Gun Club trustee, commented “Our gun club has a long history of supporting Meigs County youth sporting activities and I know our members are excited to continue that long tradition with this donation.” The Pomeroy Gun Club secured funding for the donation through the Wildlife Conservation Club Sponsorship Program which is sponsored by the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Additional funding through the Wildlife Conservation Sponsorship Program will help to financially support future youth activities being conducted by the Pomeroy Gun Club membership in April. Youth events planned for Dan Thomas, Meigs Local archery coach, third from left, accepts a check from Pomeroy Gun Club trustees, left to right, Ken McFann, Chris Tenoglia and Tom Anderson. this year include a hunter education course, a youth turkey hunt and a youth instructional trap shoot day. The events and when they are happening will be announced later. The Meigs Local archery teams have had repeated wins in the state competition and every year have had teams advance to the national level. For three of the last five years the Meigs Elementary School team has won state championships and in 2008 were crowned National Champions. Gallia Sheriff investigating Kanauga death By Amber Gillenwater mdtnews@mydailytribune.com ADDISON TWP. — Following a fatal shooting that occurred last week near Vinton, officials with the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office were again on the scene of a death investigation on Wednesday afternoon. According to Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning, 29 year old Thomas Marr died of an apparent stab wound on Wednesday at a residence located at 1607 Ohio 7 North in Addison Township near Kanauga. Emergency responders were dispatched to the scene after a call came into the Gallia County 911 dispatch center at 11:51 a.m. Browning reported that the investigation into the incident is pending. No further details are being released at this time. In addition to sheriff’s office officials, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation agents, Gallia County Coroner Dan Whiteley and Gallia County EMS personnel responded to the scene. This incident marks the second suspicious death within a week in Gallia County. David A. Ramey, 38, Vinton, was arrested on February 15 and has been charged with murder following the shooting death of his wife, Stephanie R. Ramey, 28 early last Wednesday. He is currently being See DEATH ‌| Page 5 W.Va. mine boss charged with fraud in deadly blast CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 men are working their way up the corporate ladder with criminal charges. On Wednesday, the former superintendent of the Upper Big Branch mine became the highest-ranking company official charged in the 2010 disaster, and he is apparently cooperating with prosecutors, who said the investigation is far from over. Gary May, 43, was charged with conspiracy to defraud the government, accused among other things of disabling a methane gas monitor, falsifying safety records and using code words to tip off miners underground about surprise inspections. He could get up to five years in prison if found guilty. The only other Massey Energy employee prosecuted so far in the nation’s deadliest mining disaster in four decades is former mine security chief Hughie Elbert Stover, who will be sentenced next week for lying to investigators and trying to destroy documents. Prosecutors are urging a federal judge to make an example of Stover by giving him the maximum — 25 years in prison. The charges against May were contained in what is known as a federal information, a document that typically signals a defendant is cooperating with prosecutors. Reached at his home Wednesday, May declined to comment. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said his investigation is “absolutely not” finished, but he would not comment further. Prosecutors routinely cut deals with lower-ranking figures to help them build cases against higher-ranking ones. Clay Mullins, who worked at Upper Big See MINE ‌| Page 5 �Thursday, February 23, 2012 Child and mother show a lot of aggression Meigs County Community Calendar Thursday, Feb. 23 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session at 11:30 at the district office, 33101 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. MASON, W.Va. — The Alpha Iota Master will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Bob Evans in Mason. SYRACUSE — The Ladies of the meigs County Republican Party will meet 6:30 p.m. at Carleton School in Syracuse. Potluck. All women invited. Saturday, Feb. 25 POMEROY — The 2012 Relay for Life Kickoff Open House will be held from 3-7 p.m. at the Senior Center. For information call Sherry Kinnan or Shelly White at (740) 444-5092. Sunday, Feb. 26 POMEROY — Star Grange will hold their annual Soup Dinner and Meet the Candidates from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m at Star Grange Hall. Meet the Candidates will be at Dear Dr. tration and puBrothers: My nitive intent in son is in kinyour earliest indergarten, and teractions with he hasn’t been him, he learned doing well. The to respond in an teacher tells me angry and explohe is very agsive way. Maybe gressive and hosit worked and tile, and I was maybe it didn’t, hoping he would but the stage have grown out was set for his of this stage by behavior with now. Ever since others when he he was a toddler, got to school. he’s been a diffi- Dr. Joyce Brothers Now you may cult child who I find it a wise Syndicated have had to batcourse to beColumnist tle all day long. I come a more just don’t know calm and achow to make him behave. I cepting parent, with approhave always had a hard time priate limits and correction being nice to him because when he goes into his usual he was so difficult and we routine. didn’t get along very well. The first months of a Is this my fault? — G.M. baby’s life are just as cruDear G.M.: I am not here cial as the “terrible twos” to blame you, but it is very or any of the stages leading likely that your parenting up to attending elementary style has had a significant school — so says a study by effect on how your son researchers at the Univerbehaves, especially if he sity of Minnesota, reported shows a lot of anger and in the journal Child Deopposition. How he acts velopment. If children are with his teacher and class- parented in a negative style mates is simply an exten- while toddlers, the study sion of how he was used to concluded, they are likely interacting with you. If you to develop a great deal of showed a lot of anger, frus- anger, which will translate 12:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Monday, Feb. 27 POMEROY — A public meeting of the Veterans Service Commission will be held at 9 a.m. at the Veterans Service Office, 117 E. Memorial Drive, Suite 3. POMEROY — Meigs County Ikes will meet at 7 p.m. at the hall. Election will be held and Kids’ Day will be discussed. POMEROY — Regular meeting of the Meigs County Library Board will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. RACINE — The Southern Local Board of Education will hold its scheduled regular meeting at 8 p.m. in the high school media center. Tuesday, Feb. 28 POMEROY — The regular meeting of the Meigs County Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) will be held at 11:30 a.m. in the Senior Citizens Conference Room. Priority will be given to Grant cuts and budgeting remaining funds Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 39.84 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 19.15 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 62.46 Big Lots (NYSE) — 43.32 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 37.80 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 80.22 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 10.52 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.80 Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ) — 5.21 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 34.40 Collins (NYSE) — 59.22 DuPont (NYSE) — 51.28 US Bank (NYSE) — 28.81 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 19.39 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 46.80 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 38.07 Kroger (NYSE) — 23.64 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 45.48 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 68.45 into behavior issues when they start school, as your son has shown. But it is never too late to change your parenting style, and there are plenty of resources out there to help you to do it. *** Dear Dr. Brothers: I am a single mom trying to raise two little kids. My 4-year-old has been a great mommy’s little helper ever since my son was born, but now that he is walking, she seems tired of him. I think she thought of him as a little doll before, and now he is hard to help dress and feed and clean up after. She cries and refuses to help me, where she used to have fun. Do you think I should just give up and get a neighborhood kid to help me? — L.W. Dear L.W.: It sounds as though you are somewhat overwhelmed by the day-today responsibilities that go with raising two children under 5 years old. You may have let the problems of being a mom get in the way of the pleasures — and taken your 4-year-old down a path that is not really appropriate for her. It’s great to have Study: Colonoscopy cuts colon cancer death risk OVBC (NASDAQ) — 18.56 BBT (NYSE) — 29.47 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 16.34 Pepsico (NYSE) — 63.10 Premier (NASDAQ) — 6.18 Rockwell (NYSE) — 82.20 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 12.15 Royal Dutch Shell — 72.81 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 52.08 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 58.60 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.08 WesBanco (NYSE) — 19.43 Worthington (NYSE) — 17.77 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for February 22, 2012, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 4419441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. Thursday: A slight chance of showers after 4 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Southwest wind between 7 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. South wind 11 to 17 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. West wind between 15 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before 5 a.m., then a slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind between 10 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Saturday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 11 a.m., then a slight chance of rain showers between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Wednesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. a big sister be a mommy’s helper if she wants to be — but the reason for doing that is not to avoid hiring household help, but to allow your children an opportunity to bond with each other and with you. You probably have taught your daughter a number of skills that will be useful as she grows, but her attitude shows that it may have been a little too much work and too little fun for her. When your oldest child starts school, she probably will be a responsible and capable student, but if you keep trying to make her work for you, she could find herself burnt out when it comes time to share, or put away toys, or clean up her space with her classmates. I’m sure you don’t want that to happen. So by all means, hire a baby sitter and take your daughter out for some pure fun times with Mom, and do the same for your son as he gets older. Your daughter eventually will find him a good playmate, and will proudly resume her role as a helpful big sister. (c) 2012 by King Features Syndicate Meigs County Local Briefs LOS ANGELES (AP) — Millions of people have endured a colonoscopy, believing the dreaded exam may help keep them from dying of colon cancer. For the first time, a major study offers clear evidence that it does. Removing precancerous growths spotted during the test can cut the risk of dying from colon cancer in half, the study suggests. Doctors have long assumed a benefit, but research hasn’t shown before that removing polyps would improve survival the key measure of any cancer screening’s worth. Some people skip the test because of the unpleasant steps need to get ready for it. “Sure, it’s a pain in the neck. People complain to me all the time, ‘It’s horrible. It’s terrible,’” said Dr. Sidney Winawer, a gastroenterologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York who helped lead the study. “But look at the alternative.” A second study in Europe found that colonoscopies did a better job of finding polyps than another common screening tool tests that look for blood in stool. Both studies were published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States and the fourth worldwide. More than 143,000 new cases of cancers of the colon or rectum are expected in the U.S. this year and nearly 52,000 people will die from it, according to the American Cancer Society. Deaths from colorectal cancer have been declining for more than two decades, mostly because of screening including colonoscopies and other tests, the organization says. People of average risk of colon cancer ages 50 to 75 should get screened, but only about half in the U.S. do. A government-appointed panel of experts recommends one of three methods: annual stool blood tests; a sigmoidoscopy (scope exam of the lower bowel) every five years, plus stool tests every three years; or a colonoscopy once a decade. In a colonoscopy, a thin, flexible tube with a tiny camera is guided through the large intestine. Growths can be snipped off and checked for cancer. Patients are sedated, but many dread the test because it requires patients to eat a modified diet and drink solutions the day before to clear out the bowel. It usually costs more than $1,000, compared with a $20 stool test. Researchers at Sloan-Kettering previously showed that removing polyps during colonoscopy can prevent colon cancer from developing, but it was not clear whether it saved lives. The new study involved 2,602 patients who had precancerous growths removed during colonoscopies and who were followed for an average of 15 years. Their risk of dying from colon cancer was 53 percent lower than what would be expected among a similar group in the general population 12 patients followed in the study died, versus 25 estimated deaths in the general population. The study was not a randomized trial that’s the gold standard in medical research. But Robert Smith, director of screening at the American Cancer Society, said it’s the first direct evidence that removing polyps can reduce the risk of colon cancer death. “There’s no question that these are findings that we can take to the bank,” said Smith, who had no role in the research. The National Cancer Institute and several cancer organizations paid for the study. Government and private cancer groups also funded the second study in the journal, led by researchers in Spain. About 53,000 participants were given a colonoscopy or a stool blood test. Both tests found similar numbers of colon cancer cases about 30 in each group. Ohio Valley Forecast Road closed for slip repair CHESTER TWP. — Chester Township Road 293 (Silver Ridge) will be closed February 27-March 2 for slip repair. Salem Township Trustees meetings slated SALEM CENTER — Salem Township Trustees will hold its monthly meetings the last Monday of each month. All meeting will start at 6 p.m. at the Salem Fire House located on State Route 124. All meeting are open and the public is invited Relay For Life Kick-off Open House set POMEROY — A kickoff open house for the 2012 Relay For Life will be held from 3-7 p.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2012, at the Senior Center, 112 E. Memorial Drive. The event will provide information on this year’s Meigs County Relay For Life event which will take place June 8 and 9. For more information contact Sherry Kinnan or Shelly White at (740) 444-5092. Free community dinner set MIDDLEPORT — A free community dinner will be held Friday, Feb. 24, at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. Serving of a spaghetti dinner will be at 5 p.m. Lincoln Day Dinner slated POMEROY — The Meigs County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner will be held at 6 p.m. on Thurday, March 1, in the Meigs High School Cafeteria. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court Sharon Kennedy will be the guest speaker. For reservations contact Sandy Iannarelli at (740) 9922426, Bill Spaun at (740) 416-5995, or Darlene Newell at (740) 9853537. 4-H tack sale planned RACINE — The Jolly Ranchers will hold a horse tack fund raiser at 5 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Racing Legion hall. The funds raised will go into the 4-H program. Anyone wishing to contribute should call 304-5314677. Johnson to hold open door sessions POMEROY — Congressman Bill Johnson’s staff will be holding open door sessions from 9 to 10:30 a.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the Pomeroy Public Library. Constituents are invited to attend to learn how Congressman Johnson might be an advocate for them with federal agencies. Senior Citizens plan trip to Washington POMEROY — Several seats are still available for the Meigs County Council on Aging’s trip to Washington, D. C., April 20-23. Cost of the trip is $369 which includes three nights lodging, six meals, two full days of guided tours of Washington D. Ca. and an evening guided memorial and monuments tour. The group will travel in a motorcoach equipped with video and restroom. Reservations can be made with Chandra Shrader at 992-2161. For the Record 911 Feb. 15 10:07 a.m., East Letart Road, nausea/vomiting; 12:23 p.m., Whites Hill Road, pain general; 12:38 p.m., Lincoln Hill Street, difficulty breathing; 1:19 p.m., East Memorial Drive, syncope/passing out; 6:20 p.m., Upper Route 7 Road, difficulty breathing; 6:50 p.m., East Main Street, fire investigation; 7:46 p.m., Union Avenue, chest pain; 8:33 p.m., Ohio 7, anxiety/panic attack; 8:49 p.m., East Memorial Drive, difficulty breathing; 9:01 p.m., East Main Street, difficulty breathing; 10:07 p.m., Mulberry Avenue, chest pain; 11:31 p.m., Brownell Avenue, fall. Remembering Joseph Kirby, Sr. Feb. 16 8:05 a.m., Tornado Road, chest pain; 8:46 a.m., Kings Hill Road, chest pain; 9:15 a.m., East Memorial Drive, chest pain; 10:30 a.m., Third Avenue, structure fire; 2:34 p.m., Page Street, stroke/CVA; 5:11 p.m., Ohio 124, motor vehicle collision; 7:36 p.m., East Memorial Drive, chest pain; 11:46 p.m., Noble Summitt Road, stroke/CVA. ON HIS 69TH BIRTHDAY WE LOVE & MISS YOU Feb. 17 60291316 Josephine - Joe Jr. Stephanie -Owen The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 www.mydailysentinel.com 10:18 a.m., Texas Road, stroke/CVA; 11:11 a.m., Ash Street, nausea/vomiting; 2:13 p.m., Mulberry Avenue, diabetic emergency; 2:40 p.m., East Memorial Drive, weakness; 2:48 p.m., Lincoln Heights, obstetrics; 3:08 p.m., East Memorial Drive, difficulty breathing; 4:02 p.m., Ohio 124, difficulty breathing; 6:26 p.m., Oak Grove and Elm Street, motor vehicle collision; 7:36 p.m., Rice Run Road, unconcious/unknown; 8:14 p.m., West Main Street, diabetic emergency; 9:04 p.m., Nye Avenue, chest pain; 9:40 p.m., unknown, gas leak/odor; 11:02 p.m., Tornado Road, hemorrhage. Feb. 18 1:00 a.m., Bashan Road, chest pain; 10:03 a.m., Vineyard Road, difficulty breathing; 6:26 p.m., Ohio 681, nausea/vomiting; 11:19 p.m., East Second Street, hemorrhage; 11:48 p.m., East Memorial Drive, fall. Feb. 19 2:22 a.m., Powell Street, difficulty breathing; 2:40 a.m., Coal Street, difficulty breathing; 8:32 a.m., West Locust Streeet, difficulty breathing; 9:38 a.m., Naylors Run Road, weakness; 1:43 p.m., General Hartinger Parkway, stroke/CVA; 5:23 p.m., McKenzie Ridge Road, chest pain; 8:34 p.m., Dead Mans Curve Road, high temperature. Feb. 20 10:56 a.m., Third Street, difficulty breathing; 12:32 p.m., Main Street, fractured body part; 1:13 p.m., Page Street, difficulty breathing; 3:01 p.m., Main Street, fall; 4:03 p.m., Butternut Avenue, seizure/convulsions; 4:28 p.m., South Third Avenue, pain general; 7:13 p.m., Upper Parking Lot, difficulty breathing; 8:58 p.m., Hysell Run Road, fall; 10:04 p.m., Ohio 124, police call. Feb. 21 9:26 a.m., Ohio 32, motor vehicle collision; 11:21 a.m., Yost Road, difficulty breathing; 12:08 p.m., Carroll Street, fall; 1:30 p.m., Lincoln Heights, unknown; 2:06 p.m., North Second Avenue, dehydration; 5:07 p.m., Nye Avenue, difficulty breathing; 5:21 p.m., West Main Street, weakness; 8:49 p.m., Dexter Road, pain general; 10:01 p.m., Locust Grove Road, motor vehicle collision. Feb. 22 1:46 a.m., Hamilton Street, seizure/convulsions. Common Pleas Court Domestic • An action of dissolution was filed by Jeffrey R. Thompson, Beth Ann Thompson. • An action of divorce was filed by Jeremy Lowe against Lauretta Lowe. • An action of divorce was filed by Misty D. Plumm against Ronald Keith Plumm, II. • A divorce was granted to Hannah Taylor from Joshua R. Taylor. Need to advertise? Call The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 �Thursday, February 23, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 Rio Honor Choir to perform at ACDA conference RIO GRANDE — Four students from the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College (URG/RGCC) will be part of a prestigious, multi-state honors choir in March. The four students have been selected to take part in the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Central Division, All-Collegiate Honors Choir on March 7, 8 and 9 in Fort Wayne, Ind. The four Rio Grande students are Allyson Johnston, a soprano from Gallipolis: Nattalie Phillips, an alto from Chillicothe; Tyler Phillips, a tenor from Washington Court House; and Nathan Wood, a bass from Patriot. The Central Division, All-Collegiate Honors Choir includes top music students from colleges and universities around the Midwest. Around 35 music students are expected to be a part of the chamber chorus this year. The students chosen for the Honors Choir will have the opportunity to rehearse together and then will perform at the America Choral Director’s Association Central Division Conference. Sarin Williams, director of the Grande Chorale and Masterworks Chorale musical groups at Rio Grande, is helping the four students rehearse and learn the music that they will be performing with the Honors Choir. She is proud to have Johnston, Phillips, Phillips and Wood representing Rio Grande, and said they are all doing very well preparing for the Honors Choir. “They’re going to get a lot out of the experience,” Williams said. “Perform- ing with so many other outstanding musicians will be very memorable, and the students will also learn a lot from rehearsing with each other.” The students will also enjoy performing in front of a very large crowd of choral directors and musicians at the conference. In addition, it will be a good learning experience for them to be able to work with the outstanding conductor who will be leading the chorus. Nattalie Phillips said that she is honored to be representing Rio Grande at the chorus. Music students on campus have not had the opportunity to be a part of this Honors Choir in recent years, and Phillips said she and the other students are proud to be involved this year. The songs that she and the other three Rio Grande students are learning in order to prepare for the Honors Choir are challenging, but Phillips said that they like the songs they are working on. “I’m enjoying it,” she said. She is also looking forward to working with the students from the other schools with the Honors Choir. It will be a good learning experience, and should also be fun to get to know so many people from around the Midwest. “It will be nice just go to and sing with so many talented people” Phillips said. She added that she has enjoyed being a part of the music program at Rio Grande, and said she has learned a lot while on campus. For more information on the Honors Choir, or Submitted photo on the music program at Honor Choir members are pictured (front row, from left) NattalRio Grande, call Sarin Wil- ie Phillips and Allyson Johnston, and (back row, from left) Tyler liams at 1-800-282-7201. Phillips and Nathan Wood. Sonshine Circle names Valentine Queen RACINE — Mildred Hart, the oldest active member, was named Valentine Queen of the Sonshine Circle at a recent meeting of the group held at Bethany Church. Kathryn Hart and Letha Profitt surprised Mildred Hart with the recognition and presented her with a tiara and wand, along with a candy bouquet. Evelyn Foreman followed the presentation with a prayer. Hart presided at the meeting at which 81 cards for extended families was signed. Mildred Hart gave devotions and read her favorite scripture — Psalm 100. Officers reports were read by Mary Ball and Ann Zirkle, and Edie Hubbard, corresponding sec- retary, noted that she had mailed out 194 cards during the month. Jackie White and Kathy McDaniel delivered 10 gifts from the circle during the month of January. The group made soup, which was delivered to some local residents. The montly donation to the Meigs County Council on Aging was made and members voted to group made their monthly donation to MCCOA and voted to make 10 health care kits for conference. White won the door prize. The birthday of Mary Ball was celebrated. As for projects, the group will donate school supplies in March and stuffed animals in April. For the program, Hazel McKelvey read the Legend of St. Valentine, Foreman read List to Live By, Mabel Brace read a Valentine Story, and McKelvey followed with a Valentine Prayer. McKelvey, Mildred Hart, Genny Richard and Brace served refreshments to Foreman, Ball, Kathryn Hart, Zirkle, White, McDaniel, Edie Hubbard, Denise Holman, Jan McKee, Letha Proffitt, Janet Krider, Martha King, Louise Frank, Wilma Smith, Lillian Hayman, Ruth Simpson, and guest, Jan Cleek. The next meeting is schedule for March 8. Adam Kless O’Bleness Health System announces chief nursing officer Rio Grande to offer Master of Education program focused on multiple intelligences, learning through arts RIO GRANDE — Beginning this summer, the University of Rio Grande will offer a new Master of Education (MEd) program that explores Multiple Intelligences and promotes learning through the arts. The Master’s program is a way for teachers covering any subject to deliver engaging, enriching and potentially transformative learning experiences to their students with an emphasis on imagination and creativity. “It’s designed to be project-based and constructivist learning,” said program director Dr. Greg Miller. He called it “life-changing for students” and is happy to see the pro- gram return to Rio Grande. The MEd program is based on Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences. The program is open to all teachers from math and science to art and music. It also benefits teachers instructing cross-curricular subjects, coaches, individuals preparing for interdisciplinary doctoral programs and those, not in education, who would like to explore how the arts enrich the human experience. “I applaud the Master of Education program at Rio Grande,” said Thomas R. Hoerr, Ph.D., author and Head of School at New City School in St. Louis. “This program is grounded in how we learn. I envy the students who will have the teachers graduating from this program,” he added. “Rio Grande has a long standing reputation for educating fine teachers. We are happy to offer this program again,” said President Dr. Barbara Gellman-Danley. “Our Master’s candidates will discover how imagination and creativity make learning about any topic a rich experience. The curriculum includes a travel component,” she added. Students have the option of completing the program in 13 months, with online classes during the fall and spring and the traditional classroom setting on campus each summer. OSBA District 17 meeting announced ATHENS — The president of the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) will visit Athens on Wednesday, March 14, to speak to area attorneys about current issues facing the legal profession. Carol Seubert Marx, 2011-2012 OSBA president, will address the annual luncheon meeting of OSBA District 17 at the Athens Country Club (7606 Country Club Road). OSBA District 17 includes 204 members who practice in Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Noble and Washington counties. James D. Sillery, District 17 representative on the OSBA Board of Governors, will preside over the noon meeting and Patrick I. Lang, president of the Athens County Bar Association, will deliver welcoming remarks. After the noon luncheon meeting, an optional 2.5hour continuing legal edu- cation (CLE) seminar will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. Registration and continental breakfast will begin at 11 :30 a.m. Advance seminar/lunch registration is $93 for OSBA members and $113 for nonmembers; seminar- only registration is $70 for members and $85 for non-members; lunch-only registration is $23 for members and $28 for non-members. After March 7, $25 will be added to the total registration fee. The Ohio State Bar Association, founded in 1880, is a voluntary association representing approximately 25,000 members of the bench and bar of Ohio as well as nearly 4,000 legal assistants and law students. Through its activities and the activities of its related organizations, the OSBA serves both its members and the public by promoting the highest standards in the practice of law and the administration of justice. Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com ATHENS — Adam Kless has accepted the position as O’Bleness Health System’s Chief Nursing Officer. Kless is a seasoned health care professional with over 10 years of experience in the clinical and operational functions of both acute and post-acute health care organizations. He brings to O’Bleness expertise in the development of performance improvement initiatives, strategic planning of clinical services, patient experience, corporate culture, regulatory compliance and development of business models for clinical programs. Kless comes to O’Bleness from University HospitalsRichmond Medical Center in Cleveland, where he served as Chief Nursing Officer, Director of Patient Care Services. His experience also includes serving as Senior Project Manager within the Division of Operations for the Cleveland Clinic Health System, as well as Clinical Manager for Medical Oncology, Adult, Geriatric and Consultation Psychiatry for the Cleveland Clinic-Lakewood Hospital in Cleveland. Kless received his Master of Science in nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a Bachelor of Arts in clinical psychology from Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. Kless and his wife, Bobbie Jo (BJ) have a 2 ½ year old son, AJ. Environmental law enforcement workshop offered ATHENS – Registration is under way for a free Environmental Law Enforcement Training Workshop on Wednesday, March 7 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Athens County OSU Extension Office in Athens. The workshop, funded by a grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention, is being hosted by Keep Ohio Beautiful and Keep Southeast Ohio Beautiful, both affiliates of Keep America Beautiful. Law enforcement officials, sanitarians, solid waste management districts, environmental managers and decision makers will learn how to respond when confronted by environmental crime scenes involving illegal dumping, scrap tire dumping, and the safety surrounding meth lab discovery. The workshop provides attendees with important information regarding the laws and effects that littering, including illegal dumping and scrap tire dumps, have on quality of life and the economy. The workshop will include how to bring environmental crime impact to the attention of the local judicial system, to network with others involved in environmental enforcement and how to identify resources for improving local enforcement programs. For more information and a registration form, contact Michael Mennett at 330-338-8328 or mmennett@keepohiobeautiful.org or visit www.keepohiobeautiful.org. Keep Southeast Ohio Beautiful is a 13-county regional affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc. Established in 2012, the affiliate works as a collaborative group to engage individuals in southeast Ohio to take greater responsibility for enhancing their environment. �A4 The Daily Sentinel The Daily Sentinel OpiniOn pinion O Satan and Santorum: Perspective from Reagan’s ‘evilreform empire’hasn’t speech Griego: Welfare By Dr. Paul Kengor to his knees by the “overwhelming conviction” that he had nowhere else to go. The secular world today trembles and He commended the crucial role of faith shudders at the sight of Rick Santorum in democracy. “Freedom prospers only speaking on good and evil at Ave Ma- where the blessings of God are avidly By Tina Griego fact that extra illness. ria University in Florida in when 2008. in Sansought and humbly accepted,” Denver Post Columnist Welfare reformReagan also is the torum’s statement came 25 help years afteronly thing keepmaintained. “The American experiment underingconservamany workers in their brought a greater another much-maligned social democracy rests on this insight.” of the needs He of $9.25a simian hourin jobs and standing tive, Ronald Reagan, delivered Seven women, all welsaid the discovery of that insight was the working poor, suchthe as off welfare. I have a problarly fiery speech in Florida in 1983. In fare recipients, met last “great triumph” of the Founders. Indeed and accessible with in the ongoing de- affordable both cases, the secular recoiled week in the Denver Coun-left lem monization thewas. poor as child care, Kersick says. horror, mortifiedofthat any American oth- of it ty Department Human After it Reagan went into effect poor because are lazy, er than Barack or Jimmy Carter theyCharacteristically, cited Services for anObama employin the on latethe ’90s, poverty which a favorite Amerimight training dare remark matters of isfaith ment class.onOne George Washington indispenslevelsand didmorality go down. can pastime. ability of religion and state, of theafter temporal eternal. lesson learned wel- and to This “pois the basis of the rhetoSo, what did welfare I caught excerpts of Santorum’s speech fare reform passed in 1996 litical prosperity.” Reagan bemoaned the reformAmerdo, what hasn’t ric heralding its success. for the first time yesterday, was that helping welfare when “modern-day had disNo doubt it that played a role, done and who’s on the secularism” ica’s omnipresent force—Matt recipients find work is not it Drudge— carded the “tried and time-tested values” anyway? The latter but those who left or were posted a link under grim,rolls, black-andthe same thing as the helpupon which civilization was dropped from the rolls also is easy enough to American white headline, “SANTORUM’S SATAN ing them keep work. This question based. He expressed deep concern over entered a full-employment answer. WARNING.” Immediately, the remainpuzzle has a lot of moving a time when July 1, 2010, to economy rising illegitimate birthsatand abortions. der of the natural universe leaptFrom in kneepieces. Earned Income Tax June 30, 2011, HeColorado pushed for the prayer in public schools. jerk hysteria, and soonFred Santorum’s warnTheir instructor, and child-care subWorks chil-thenCredit ings of thelikens Evil One were the talk served of a 57,386 Podmore, starting Reagan underscored the evils sidies were percent ofAmerican nation. astunned new job with traveling dren. That’s 68pervading life.expanding. “Our nation, Pre-recession, says all individuals receiving I digested to As China for the the firstspeech, time. I was struck too, has a legacy of evil with which it cash ac- Kersick, “one-third of reat how many of Santorum’s themes andassistance, How dosoyou prepare? You’d basic must deal,” said Reagan, pointing to the cording to the Colorado cipients left the rolls and think analogy a stretch, wordsthe echoed those expressed in Ronald “long struggle of minority citizens for Department but Podmore makes it Reagan’s historic Evil Empire speech. of Human were economically better He and insisted: “There is no one-third made an Services. This shouldn’t be off work, and the women on are evil, spiritual equal rights.” Santorum ruminated room for racism, anti-Semitism, or other equal exchange of benefits a surprise, because welfare eager students. warfare, truth, vanity, sensuality, tempincome one-third was designed serveofchilethnicforand racial and hatred in this I keeppride, hearing the Re-abortion. tation, education, Like toforms dren. The average length were not better off.” country.” publican presidential can-“great Reagan, he fears that the political A 2009 reportessentially based priduring that Like time Santorum, Reagan didates welfare “is re-notofa stay conflict” laud in America political marily on a survey of those wasisclose to seven months. form tool that lifted agreed that America, too, had been vicwar atasall,a or a cultural war—it a spiriwho left Colorado’s welMost recipients are people from poverty and father of lies” timized by Satan. Racism and slavery tual war.” In that war, “the episodic users, which fare rolls in the first three the food stamps has model “set hisforsights” on America. were among Devil’s vicious victories. months of 2007 found was generally before the and Medicaid. thing Santorum And then, likeOne Reagan, fin- true Reagan cast America’s struggle as most still living in poverty. welfare reform was impleshould be made clear: Welished with a message of faith-based op- spiritual: “The real crisis we face today Their monthly household mented and may be parfare reform lifted timism for thehasn’t faithful: “My message to is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of ticularly true now, says Ju- income, including food people from you today is poverty. that you Nor will lose, you will moral ofwill faith.”was He$1,809. referred to stamps, Most lie Kersick, the and was that its intention. lose battle after battle; you will become director since leaving Economic had worked as “the second oldest The goal was peofrustrated, but to doget not lose CDHS hope. Office God ofMarxism-Leninism the rolls, in andthe their median oversees faith, first proclaimed Garden of ple the doleif and into Security, which will off be faithful, you are.” hourly wage was slightly Colorado Works. After all, theAsworkforce. There’s a Eden with the words of temptation, ‘Ye for Ronald Reagan’s Evil Empire below $9.25 an hour. welfare reformshall imposed reason state’s ownthings. pro- It be as agods.’’’ speech,our it was many is rememThat was before the refive-year lifetime limit on gram is called Colorado bered as a bold, long-overdue utterance Alas, Reagan finished with a burst of cash assistance. Things cession. The economic cliWorks. The assumption of searing truth about the USSR, which faith-based optimism, quoting Isaiah: are tough now. They may mate of the past few years seemed be that if as people Reagan to described “the focus of evil “He giveth power to the faint; and to be tougher down the road. has presented an entirely work, they’d make their in the modern world.” But the speech them that have no might He increased Best be prudent. The aver- different challenge in movway of more. poverty. was out much It looked inward at the they that from wait welfare upon the people to age amount ofstrength…. cash assis- Buting I have no problem with sins and evils at work in America—as work.their strength; they tance to a one-parent fami- renew Lord shall the goal of getting people did Santorum’s speech. It was and recession beisfirst $383 a month. one up Since shall No mount with the wings as eagles; to work. Ia have noabout prob- evilly generally, foremost speech caseworkers have on welfare is getting rich.run, gan, lem with imposing time they shall and not be weary.” theological as much as political—like a slight uptick in twoIn fact, since September limits on welfare benefits Of course, seen in reaction to Reagan’s Santorum’s speech. As Reagan parent households, 2004,himself less thanspeech, 1 percent for those who can work the press went nuts, muchmore like put it, “We know that living inofthis all world adults on the casel- people with recent work in an economy that offers the reaction to Santorum’s remarks. means dealing with what philosophers have hit their five-year histories and more childwork. cre- oad would Self-sufficiency call the phenomenology of evil limit. or, Oh, result well. To from Reagan: onlyborrow cases — kids living lifetime One ates powerful tangible and as theologians would put it, the doctrine There they go again. with Grandma and Grandof winnowing down the intangible benefits to indiof sin.” Reagan dared to use the “J”was word: in athere, Be not afraid. pa,Rick. for example. rolls that it Hang offered vidual society. “Thereand is sin and evil in theclearer world, view and of long-term, When welfare of reform Dr. Paul Kengor is professor politiNo, I have a problem we’re enjoined by Scripture and the Lord users. was implemented in Colocontinuous What cal science at Grove City College and with Jesus equating to opposewelfare it with reall our might.”were women with rado, the average annual emerged executive director of The Center for Viform with any kind of seriReagan spoke on March 8, the 1983 caseload wasinclude 18,817. It IQsatofthe children; women ous effort to address povsion & Values. His books “The Orlando Sheraton. The audience was the from domes- dropped all the way to who suffered erty in thisAssociation country. And, Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of National of Evangelicals. tic violence; women with 9,525 in 2008. By the end for with the those Communism” andJune “Dupes: He that beganmatter, by thanking present last How year, Ameriit was and physical dis- of implication that those on cognitive ca’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Profor their prayers. He cited his favorite abilities and lots of mental back up to 15,956. food stamps do not work quote from Lincoln, about being driven gressives for a Century.” lifted people from poverty The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Our main number is (740) 992-2155. 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Butte residents of the condition of our fraylarger war we are in. I call it Unionjust address – comingthe as have paid for inadequate It’s utterly insane. was recounting the War for the Free World. ing alliances or the emboldit didofamidst start my day.a reelection regulations The of factour is, regulations and mean enforceincreasingly That doesn’t the ening campaign couldthe haveSilver been ment I walk –into create jobs. About 32 with their lives. assertive enemies – would battle for Iraq is over, let predicted to be –filled Dollar Saloon the with bar And arehis created for each theywarworked hard jobs support contention. alone the won. Instead, Ilofting, own insometimes Butte – inspirevery –we have of restoration through and $1Tomillion the contrary, the facts simplyunions surrendered ing but routinely bait-andday, and I’ve been say- other for that, the Silver organizations –over to funds indicate under Bow his the strategic territory switch rhetoric. Even so, his ing “ouch” a lot lately. create Creek (for which $85 millifesaving labor, post-American policies, the which we had shed so much exploitation the U.S. mili- health, and environmen- lion has been allocated). My businessofmay be more blood and spent so much “fundamental transformatary for nakedly political recession-proof than tal on that protections that built The tion workers of America” thatprojhe treasure. purposes translates into an many others, but we’re theInmiddle ect will beon paying customclass and bolpromised the eve of his Iraq, as elsewhere, that extreme plumbing what stered the customer base ers at Butte businesses. still hurting in thisofdown is translating into a vacuum election has moved forward might be called his audacity for economy. what busilocal small businesses. inexorably: oursmall transformapower. It is being filled by That’s of Small deceit. business owners of Butte’s nesses need: customers. history of worktion from an unrivaled suenemies of our country and If theour President had been want communities I’ve heard ing together to for protect to a politicians nation that setting the stage this perpower, simply paying homage to flourish once again. our local community and say they’re for “liberatto the amazing men and war’s next, likely still-more- no longer is a reliable ally We are working to build local Main Street. I’m for economy from cor- ing” and no longer a feared adwomen in uniform and ex- horrific phase. a thriving local economy porate that, too. I’d love to be special interests versary. The same can be said of tolling their courage, patriothat supports a strong runs deep. Butprofoundly it’s not liberated It doesn’tfrom have the to beToothat tism and selflessness, that the President’s middle class, and that can Big-to-Fail banks just Butte’s story. In thouway – and we dare notand let misleading description of would have been one thing. only happen if we have from health insurance sands of communities it continue in this fashion. the “isolation” of Iran, his It would have been undercustomers who have mon- across hike rates theblows” nation, people But the firstthat step towards “decisive against al companies standable, even commendey they can spend at our by double digits every have come together to turning around a perilous Qaeda and the prospects able, to have cited such businesses. But gutting regurules and trend is to recognize what for an Afghanistan thatsafewill, year. qualities in a call for legisla- demand This isn’ttogether something won’tAnd“liberate” that protect is happening. speeches in the aftermath of his our cut- lations tors to come as our guards we cando accomplish on our that are not simply–pollyanting and running there and small businesses it will troops to accomplish the well-being. nish, but big fraudulent, will negotiating surren- liberate own. Our economy is tied hisNow, banks and some our politicians difficult missions at hand. not do that. To the contrary, der terms Taliban, to The the fact national economy, companies to sidingwith withthebig busi- insurance that Mr. Obama are they are certain to have somehow “never again [be] and we need our elected crush us. nesses who want to roll wrapped such comments – effect making a source of attacks against theSo, officials take decisive the ofnext timesuch youa these protections, literally astothe opening and back turn-around unlikely until America.” action to create jobs and hear politicians talk about threatening to take away closing bookends for his it is still harder, notorasfi-a Some safety, have and described put Americans to health, clean ifair finan- scrapping speech – around back so many practicalprotections matter impossible, such rules remarks as delusional. work. in the that keep our nancial distortions, misrepresen- cial to effect. Theyclean, are worse. They are name As aand small business of small business, our workforce tations outright false- air Unfortunately, given the designed and to delude us. owner, I wantour to be clear healthy, don’t buy it. Remember our customhoods about national nature of the man delivering Ditto one of the Presion one thing: if we want that these rules keep security situation, however, ers safe. Big businesses such a skewed portrayal of dent’s bigger applause lines: atransforms vibrant local economy, communities healthy and want more profits – no what might have the State of the Union, we “Anyonehow whomuch tells you that level we maintain the matter the playing field for it costs been must a welcome presidential can only conclude that his America is in decline or that small rules standards that the businesses against public. paean and to the armed forces remarks were interests. calculated to has waned, protect our employees’ special If Youinfluence don’t have to be big into a further betrayal of our havelet thatbigeffect – a prime what owner they’re we health and our customers’ adoesn’t business use smallknow business our troops. example of his audacity of talking No these objec- small financial business as an exsee about.” how high Let’s startsecurity. with his Just por- to deceit.to rewrite the rules tive analysis of our look the “end lessons can be.–Just lookconat cuse trayal at of the of thefrom war costs tracting our local history. 2008military financialpresence crisis. – for their gain and our in Iraq.” This antiseptic, the Here in Butte, we know That crisis, which de- loss – the joke will be on what happens when you stroyed more than 8 mil- all of us. We have seen don’t have strong rules lion jobs and left us with that happen before. Let’s protecting workers and this jobless recovery, was make sure it doesn’t haplocal quality of life. We caused by decades of de- pen again. Brian McGregor owns know what happens when regulation that let Wall one company’s unchecked Street run wild in pursuit the Silver Dollar Saloon By Kathleen Rogersof astronomical second largest of carbon in Butte, andonisthe a entire mempower overruns basic profit – pool President, Earth Day Network planet. And the scientific community has ber of the Montana Small rights to health and safe- at our expense. warned them Alliance to be exploited Business and It boggles my mind that that allowing ty. Earth the Day toxic Network applauds President would contribute to producing national Main Street some legislators are ar- thesignificantly From smelter Barack Obama’s decision to reject the Keycatastrophic climate change. Alliance business netemissions that once gave guing that gutting rules stone Pipeline’s extension. of Moreover, safety record of the existand standards will magi- thework. Butte a higher death rate Proponents the pipeline were asking America to marry ing Keystone Pipeline is abysmal. It has its energy future to the unsustainable, dirty already leaked a dozen times over the past fuel of the past, and the president was right year. The extension would further endanto dismiss their shortsightedness. ger land and aquifers in the United States The tar sands in Alberta, Canada, are the and put our communities’ health at risk. 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Lopez Publisher Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Thursday, February 23, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com National meth lab busts up in 2011 Obituaries Renee Willis-Lindon, D.C. Renee Willis-Lindon, D.C., 46, of Rockaway Park, New York, passed away on February 15, 2012, at her residence. Born September 21, 1965, in Columbus, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Rhea Haning Willis. She was a graduate of Meigs High School class of 1983. Following high school, she attended the Ohio University and received her bachelor’s degree in 1987. She then furthered her education at the Life University, where she received her Doctorate of Chiropractic. She was self employed at her own chiropractic practice in Rockaway Park, NY. She is survived by her husband, Glen Lindon; her sons, Anthony Biz, Jack Lindon, Benjamin Lindon; a stepson, Max Lindon, all of Rockaway Park, NY; two brothers, Troy (Kathy) Willis, of Long Bottom, and Brian (Davina) Willis, of Rutland; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends also survive. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by a niece, Megan Willis. A celebration of life service will be conducted at 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2012, at the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Pomeroy, with Pastor Hershel White officiating. Friends may call from 3 p.m. until the service time at 5 p.m. at the funeral home. The Cremeens-King Funeral Home, of Pomeroy is entrusted with the arrangements. Jack L. Brewer Jack L. Brewer, 80, of Vinton, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at Arbors of Gallipolis. Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, on Saturday February 25, 2012, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A flag presentation will be conducted by Vinton American Legion Post. In accordance with Jack’s wishes, there will be no funeral services, with private interment services conducted at the convenience of the family. Aland D. ‘Chico’ Lopez Aland D. “Chico” Lopez, 60, Gallipolis, passed away unexpectedly at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 21, 2012, in the Emergency Department in the Holzer Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 26, 2012, in the Cremeens Funeral Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Wayne Harrison. Entombment will be in the Chapel of Hope Mausoleum at the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the chapel. Masonic funeral services will be conducted by Morning Dawn Lodge # 7, F. & A.M. at 8 p.m. Saturday in the chapel. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Methamphetamine lab seizures rose nationally again in 2011, further evidence the powerfully addictive and dangerous drug is maintaining a tight grip on the nation’s heartland, according to an Associated Press survey of the nation’s top meth-producing states. Missouri regained the top national spot for lab seizures in 2011 with 2,096, the AP confirmed through the survey that also found Tennessee was second with 1,687, followed by Indiana with 1,437, Kentucky with 1,188 and Oklahoma with 902. The total for Missouri lines up with preliminary numbers AP obtained this week from the Drug Enforcement Administration, whose data appeared to show meth lab seizures remained about even during the past two years. But the totals for each of the other states surveyed by AP reveal the numbers are higher than the federal data. Combined, the numbers indicate nationwide meth lab seizures rose at least 8.3 percent in 2011 compared with 2010. Experts blame the continued increase on the drug’s addictiveness and the growing popularity of the meth-making shortcut known as “shake-and-bake,” in which the drug is concocted quickly in a soda bottle. The method results in smaller labs, but more of them. Clandestine meth labs are most common in the Midwest and South. U.S. users who don’t make the drug themselves get it from Mexico, but experts say the drug made in homemade labs is more addictive than the often-diluted product that crosses the border. “When they’re manufacturing it locally they’re making the purest form and the strongest form they can make,” said Sgt. Niki Crawford of the Indiana State Police Meth Suppression Team. Missouri had been the nation’s No. 1 meth-producing state every year from 2003 to 2009 until falling behind Tennessee for one year. In 2011, a single Missouri county had more busts than Texas, Florida and California combined. Jefferson County, which is near St. Louis, tallied 253 seizures; the three states had 219. Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Tim Hull attributed the state’s consistently high seizure rate to law enforcement agencies’ focus on addressing the meth problem. Police in many Missouri counties stake out pharmacies and watch for “pill shoppers” who go from store to store to purchase decongestants containing pseudoephedrine, a vital meth ingredient, now that tighter state restrictions have limited how much of the product they can buy in one place at one time. Many Missouri agencies also have officers focused solely on meth. “Is Missouri that much worse or does Missouri just take a more aggressive approach? I think Missouri law enforcement just aggressively deals with the issue,” Hull said. Indeed, Missouri and Kentucky are among a handful of high-meth states that developed their own programs to train local police to better handle meth cleanup and take the hazardous waste to container sites placed around the state. The programs helped those states continue with busts after millions of dollars in federal funding set aside for cleanup suddenly was cut in February 2011. Many local police agencies in states without their own programs all but stopped seeking out meth labs because the local governments couldn’t afford cleanup costs. An AP analysis in August found the number of labs seized plummeted by at least a third in several key meth-producing states within six months. The federal money then was restored late last year. “When we lost the funding Feb. 22 lab seizures fell approximately 75 percent,” said Tommy Farmer, director of the Tennessee Meth Task Force. “They stayed down for the next four months.” Tennessee adopted a state container program similar to Missouri’s and Kentucky’s, which took effect July 1. “Then lab seizures rose 73 percent,” Farmer said. Farmer projected that if not for the loss of cleanup funds, Tennessee would have had more than 2,300 seizures last year. The state already had 200 seizures this year through Feb. 7. At least three-quarters of meth made in the U.S. is now believed to come in small “shake-and-bake” batches due to the pseudoephedrine sales crackdowns. In some states, the figure is even higher. “I would comfortably say 99 percent,” said Mark Woodward, spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics. The AP’s tally of the top meth states is unofficial because while the DEA’s El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) compiles meth lab seizure data, some states are slow to report complete figures and final data for 2011 won’t be made public until midyear, said DEA spokesman Rusty Payne. However, the Missouri State Highway Patrol has access to the preliminary EPIC lab seizure data and provided it to AP this week. That EPIC data showed Illinois sixth in lab seizures with 584. The remainder of the top 10 were: Iowa (382), Michigan (352), North Carolina (340) and South Carolina (265). Ohio church offers Ohio schools join to fight AEP rate increase drive-thru for Ash Wednesday CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio church is offering a drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessing for parishioners pressed for time or reluctant to come inside the church for the Lenten observance. The Rev. Patricia Anderson Cook of Mt. Healthy United Methodist Church in suburban Cincinnati offered the ashes Wednesday evening for people of all faiths beginning around 5 p.m. in the church parking lot. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Christian season of Lent, which concludes after 40 days with the celebration of Easter, and the faithful traditionally have a smudged cross drawn on their forehead. Bridget Spitler, the church’s secretary and building manager, said the church had received a lot of positive feedback for offering the drive-thru ashes. “Some people may not be too comfortable coming in for a serious service,” she said, adding that people with severe arthritis or other ailments that make attending the service uncomfortable also appreciate the drive-thru opportunity. The pastor will provide a church brochure and a Lenten booklet, and the church offers a traditional Ash Wednesday service inside at 7 p.m. It’s a first at her church, but some other churches have also taken more-informal approaches to the ashes. There’s even a Web site called Ashes to Go. The Rev. Teresa K.M. Danieley of St. John’s Episcopal Church in St. Louis said the ecumenical effort began in 2007, with ashes given to some 100 passers-by outside a coffeehouse. The practice has spread, with clergy members offering ashes outside commuter trains, at bus stops anda on street corners around the country. “Ashes to Go can be a powerful way for people to encounter Christ where they are, in the midst of their lives,” she says on the web site. Cincinnati Archdiocese spokesman Dan Andriacco said for the Cincinnati region’s many Roman Catholics, getting ashes still calls for attending a service. Some Cincinnati area Catholics might be taking part in another Lenten tradition: McDonald’s FiletO-Fish sandwiches were pioneered in Cincinnati in the early 1960s by a franchisee, the late Lou Groen, who was trying to offset business being lost when Catholics abstained from eating meat on Fridays. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Schools groups have banded together to fight electric rate increases they say are burdensome at a time of a weak economy and continued budget cuts. Three of the state’s largest school groups have asked state utility regulators to give districts special consideration as they reconsider the increase that took effect last month for American Electric Power. “Schools have implemented conservation efforts and electricity management practices to reduce their operating costs,” said David Varda, executive director of the Ohio Association of School Business Officials. “This new turn of events would wipe out much of the progress made with those efforts.” The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio planned a hearing Thursday to reconsider the AEP increases. The commission in December approved a $300 million base-rate increase for AEP to generate electricity, about half of what the Columbus-based company had asked for. The increase, affecting all customers including businesses, took effect in January. At the time, the commission said the complete impact on customers wouldn’t be known until AEP files rate schedules to accompany the approved increase. Commission chairman Todd Snitchler said earlier this month the panel acknowledged the negative impact of its decision on rates. “To those affected customers, we too are deeply concerned and are fully committed to addressing the situation quickly,” Snitchler said Feb. 10. The school business officials group joined the Ohio School Boards Association and the Buckeye Association of School Administrators in raising their concerns in a letter to the commission Tuesday. They said the increases, coming dur- ing the middle of schools’ budgetary year, could force schools to further cut staff and programs. Ohio governments and small businesses have also complained about the increase. The commission has received more than 370 complaints about business rates since the higher costs took effect. AEP says it’s concerned about the rates and is working to address their effects. The company, along with the Ohio Manufacturers Association energy group, has formally asked the commission to take another look at the rates from the perspective of small businesses. Panel: All adults should get whooping cough shots ATLANTA (AP) — A federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough. The panel voted Wednesday to expand its recommendation to include all those 65 and older who haven’t gotten a whooping cough shot as an adult. Children have been vaccinated against whooping cough since the 1940s, but a vaccine for adolescents and adults was not licensed until 2005. Since then, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has gradually added groups of adults to its recommendations, including 2010 advice that it be given to elderly people who spend a lot of time around infants. Wednesday’s recommendation means now all adults should get at least one dose. “They’ve been moving up to this in baby steps,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University vaccines expert. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial disease that in rare cases can be fatal. It leads to severe coughing that causes children to make a distinctive whooping sound as they gasp for breath. Recommendations from the panel are usually adopted by the government, which sends the guidance out to doctors. Contributing to the push to vaccinate more adults was a California whooping cough epidemic in 2010 that infected 9,000. Ten babies died after exposure to infected adults or older children. There’s little data on how many elderly people have gotten the vaccine. Only about 8 percent of adults under 65 have been vaccinated, but about 70 percent of adolescents have. Health officials believe whooping cough is underreported in older adults, perhaps because in older people the illness can be hard to distinguish from other coughing ailments. A goal of the recommendation is to prevent teens and adults from spreading the disease to infants, although there’s not good evidence this “herd immunity” ap- proach has worked so far. Vaccination for children is included in a series of shots, beginning at 2 months. The adult vaccine combines protection against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough. One version of the vaccine, made by GlaxoSmithKline, was licensed for use in the elderly last year. The committee said another version, made by Sanofi Pasteur, can also be given. Both cost about $35 a dose. The shot is as safe as a regular tetanus booster. Estimates range widely for how effective the vaccine is at preventing whooping cough in older adults, or how much its protection wanes years afterward. percent bond and is awaiting a preliminary hearing in the Gallipolis Municipal Court scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday. A previous shooting was also reported late on February 12 after suspect, Jesse E. Bender, 40, Thurman, reportedly shot his girlfriend, Lindsay Allen, 23, Chillicothe, in the arm. Allen was treated at Holzer Medical Center, flown to Grant Medical Center and later released. Bender has been charged with felonious assault. He is being held under a $400,000, 10 percent bond. are targeting Blankenship, a hard-nosed executive whose company was cited for violations so frequently that union critics accused him of regarding fines as simply the cost of doing business. Blankenship, once one of the most outspoken leaders in the coal industry, retired months after the explosion and moved away from West Virginia. A telephone number for him could not be found, and he has all but disappeared from public view since the blast. A United Mine Workers report said Blankenship was among 18 Massey employees who invoked their right against self-incrimination and refused to cooperate with any of the investigations. Alpha Natural Resources of Bristol, Va., bought Massey and all its operations, including the Upper Big Branch mine, last summer. Prosecutors have accused Massey of violating a host of safety laws out of a desire to put production and profits first. Three investigations of the tragedy concluded that the company allowed highly explosive methane and coal dust to build up inside the mine, where it was ignited by a spark from an improperly maintained piece of cutting equipment. Clogged and broken wa- ter sprayers then allowed what could have been just a flare-up to become an epic blast, the investigations found. Prosecutors said May manipulated the mine ventilation system during inspections to fool safety officials and disabled a methane monitor on a cutting machine a few months before the explosion. It wasn’t clear from court papers whether the device was ever fixed. Although other mine accidents have led to criminal charges, prosecutors have typically targeted low-ranking employees. “I hope they can go up, and I think they will,” said Gary Quarles, whose son Gary Wayne died in the explosion. Quarles said he was surprised the charges reached so high into the ranks. “It’s about time,” he said. “It’s a good start.” Death From Page 1 held in the Gallia County Jail under a $1 million, 10 Mine From Page 1 Branch and lost his brother Rex in the blast, said more people deserve to be prosecuted, including former Massey CEO Don Blankenship. “I want to see some other names,” he said. “There were a lot of people involved in this, and I just want to see them be punished for the crimes.” Prosecutors have refused to say whether they �The Daily Sentinel THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012 Sports mdssports@heartlandpublications.com Blue Devils ousted by New Lex, 50-41 Craig Dunn Special to OVP LOGAN, Ohio — A tough season came to a tough end for the Gallia Academy boys basketball team in the Blue Devils’ 50-41 Division II tournament setback at the hands of New Lexington Tuesday night in Jim Myers Gymnasium. The Blue Devils (3-18) got off to a solid start, leading 12-9 after one quarter, and tried to stage a late comeback, outscoring the Panthers (10-11) 16-7 in the fourth stanza. However, New Lexington dominated play inside and outscored Gallipolis 34-13 during the middle quarters. A bucket by Cody Call with 5:10 left in the second period lifted the Blue Devils into an 18-13 lead before the Panthers finished the first half on a 14-0 run and added the first five points of the third quarter for a 19-0 blitz and an insurmountable 32-18 advantage. Gallipolis went nearly seven minutes without scoring until Call drained a three-pointer with 6:40 left in the third stanza. Raiders outlast Crooksville, 54-46 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com THE PLAINS, Ohio — The River Valley boys basketball team went 11-of-15 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s Division III sectional tournament game at Athens High School against Crooksville to hold on for the 54-46 victory. The Raiders (5-16) came out of the gates hot on offense and defense leading 10-2 after the first 5:30 of regulation. RVHS outscored the Ceramics (4-17) by one, over the final 2:30 and took the 18-9 lead into the second period. The Raiders defense was strong again to start the second period, holding CHS without a second quarter point until the 4:20 mark. RVHS outscored Crooksville 11-7 in the second period to take the 29-16 lead into the break. The Ceramics started the second half with 9-2 run that lasted 4:43. Over the final 3:17 RVHS went on an 8-2 run to take the 39-27 lead into the finale. Even though Crooksville held River Valley to just two field goals in the final eight minutes the Raiders went 11-of 15 from the line and sealed off the 54-46 victory. River Valley was led by Derek Flint with 18 points, followed by Aaron Harrison with 10, and Ethan Dovenbarger with nine. Trey No- Eighth-seeded New Lexington, which led by as many as 21 points (4625) midway through the final quarter, led 7-2 at the game’s outset before ninth-seeded Gallipolis finished the opening stanza on a 10-2 run, with Call netting a trifecta with 25 seconds left to break an early 9-9 deadlock. But the Panthers made their charge in the second period and took the lead for good with 3:16 remaining on Nick Sexton’s up-and-under layup. It was 25-18 NL in the final seconds of the half when K.J. Hook made a key rebound shot just before the buzzer to lift the Panthers into their ninepoint halftime advantage. They then went ahead by double digits when Hook opened the third period with a three-point play. Gallipolis forced several turnovers in the game’s final few minutes but never got any closer than the eventual final score. Jacob Martin led the winners with 17 points and also grabbed six rebounds, with Ethan Kunkler contributing 14 markers and nine boards and Sexton adding 10 tallies and six caroms. Hook chipped in eight counters. New Lexington wound up 16-of-22 from the free-throw line compared to 4-of-6 for Gallipolis, which did not shoot its first free throw until midway through the third stanza after the Panthers had already attempted 14. New Lex made its first 11 freebies of the game. The Blue Devils, who were decimated by an early-season injury to Bryce Amos and a late-season injury to Jimmy Clagg, got 13 points from Nick Saunders and 10 from Bailey, who also added six rebounds. Gallipolis, which was 3-4 when Amos was injured, lost its final 14 games. New Lexington now faces top-seeded Warren (18-2), the ninth-ranked D2 team in the state, in a sectional final Saturday (3 p.m.) at Jim Myers Gymnasium. Warren is coached by Logan High School graduate Blane Maddox. Craig Dunn is the sports editor of the LoSee DEVILS ‌| Page 8 ble and Austin Lewis each had six points, while Chris Clemente had three, and Joseph Loyd finished with two points to round out the RVHS scoring. Crooksville was led by Lake Channel and Dakota Jones with 13 points apiece followed by Mitchell Swingle with 12. RVHS returns to action Friday night at 6 p.m. in the sectional final against Nelsonville York at Athens High School. Both teams lost in sectional finals last season. River Valley 54, Crooksville 46 RV 18-11-10-15 — 54 C 9-7-11-19 — 46 RIVER VALLEY (5-16): Austin Whobrey 0 0-0 0, Derek Flint 5 5-6 18, Kyle Bays 0 0-0 0, Chris Clemente 1 0-0 3, Trey Noble 1 4-4 6, Aaron Harrison 3 4-7 9, Joseph Loyd 1 0-0 2, Austin Lewis 3 0-0 6, Ethan Dovenbarger 4 1-2 9. TOTALS: 18 14-19 54. Three-point goals: 4 (Flint 3, Clemente). Rebounds: 27. Field goals 18-39 (.462). Turnovers: 16. COOKSVILLE (4-17): Austin Wilson 0 0-0 0, Zach Keylor 0 0-0 0, Austin Ebert 0 0-0 0, Lake Channel 5 2-2 13, Alec Swingle 1 0-0 2, Carder Payton 2 2-3 6, Dakota Jones 5 3-5 13, Davante Morris 0 0-0 0, Mitchell Swingle 5 2-4 12, Jaylen Murphy 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 18 9-14 46. Threepoint goals: 1 (Channel). Rebounds: 29. Field goals: 18-44 (.409). Turnovers: 21. Alex Hawley/photo Meigs senior Jesse Smith (23) gets the put-back basket over Alexander defenders during the first period of Tuesday night’s 61-45 MHS victory in the sectional tournament at Charles McAfee Gymnasium. Meigs stomps Spartans, 61-45 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com THE PLAINS, Ohio — The Meigs boys basketball refused to mess around with Alexander and took the 61-45 victory Tuesday night in the opening round of the Division III sectional tournament at Charles McAfee Gymnasium on the campus of Athens High School. Meigs (2-18) played excellent defense in the opening minutes of the contest, as they did not allow Alexander (4-17) to score until the 4:32 mark. The Spartans scored once more in the first quarter to give themselves four points, while the Marauders notched 12 points and took the eight point lead into the second. The MHS offense heated up in the second period going on a 11-4 run over the first five minutes. Meigs went on a 10-7 run over the final three minutes to hold the 3315 lead. Dillon Boyer was the spark the Marauders offense with three three-pointers in the second quarter. After the half Alexander picked up the pace on offense hitting nine field goals in the third on their way to 22 point quarter. The Marauders offense didn’t quit making shots after the break scoring 18 in the third and taking the 51-37 lead into the finale. Meigs outscored AHS 10-8 in the final eight minutes and cruised to their second win over the Spartans this season, this time in blowout fashion 61-45. Meigs was led by Jesse Smith who finished one rebound shy of a double-double with 18 points and See MEIGS ‌| Page 8 Ohio Prep Notebook: It’s party time in Franklin Alex Hawley/photo River Valley’s Joseph Loyd (24) drives past Crooksville defenders for a layup during Tuesday night’s 54-46 RVHS sectional victory at Athens High School. OVP Schedule Thursday, February 23 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at Wayne, 7:30 p.m. Trimble at Wahama, 6 p.m. Wrestling W.Va. State Meet at Huntington, 6:30 p.m. Swimming D-2 Ohio Championships at Canton McKinley HS, 5 p.m. Friday, February 24 Boys Basketball D-3 Ohio Sectionals at Athens HS (8) River Valley vs. (1) Nelsonville-York, 6 p.m. Wrestling W.Va. State Meet at Huntington, 11:30 a.m. D-2 Ohio Districts at Goshen HS, 2 p.m. D-3 Ohio Districts at Heath HS, 4 p.m. Swimming D-2 Ohio Championships at Canton McKinley HS, 5 p.m. Saturday, February 25 Girls Basketball D-4 Ohio Districts at Jackson HS (2) Eastern vs. (1) Ports. Notre Dame, 1:45 p.m. Boys Basketball D-3 Ohio Sectionals at Athens HS (10) Meigs vs. (2) Wellston, 3 p.m. Wrestling W.Va. State Meet at Huntington, 10:45 a.m. D-2 Ohio Districts at Goshen HS, 10 a.m. D-3 Ohio Districts at Heath HS, 10 a.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — It was quite a celebration at Franklin High School in southwest Ohio. After a 62-32 win over Monroe, Wildcats fans formed a human reception corridor leading from the Franklin locker room then diagonally across the basketball court to the opposite end of the gym. Confetti bombs burst above the crowd, moments before Franklin coach Brian Bales was doused with a large cooler of water. They were partying after the Wildcats’ first 20-0 season. The 1960-61 team went undefeated during a 17-game season. Several members of that undefeated Franklin team were recognized during Friday’s contest. “This is my dream job, with a bunch of dream guys in a dream season,” a drenched Bales said. “Twenty-and-0, to do that for the first time in school history, kudos to our guys. They’ve done everything they’ve been asked to do. This means a lot to our school, our program and our community.” Junior guard Travis Lakins was one of the first Wildcat players introduced to the crowd after the game. He was greeted with loud cheers and several high-fives from fans and friends. “Man, this is once in a lifetime. Once in a lifetime,” said Lakins. “I’ll never forget this moment. It’s crazy.” It was also Franklin’s first outright league championship since 1991, when it was still a member of the Mid-Miami League. The Wildcats shared the Southwestern Buckeye League Southwestern Division title with Bellbrook in 2009. NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS: Napoleon’s boys (15-3), the smallest school in the Northern Lakes League, won an outright title in its first season in the league; unbeaten Defiance had 13 players score and eight hit 3-pointers in a 75-26 win over Rossford; Fort Recovery’s Wade Gelhaus was 10 of 17 from the field as he personally outscored Union City Mississinawa Valley 25-24 in a 69-24 win the second time in three games Gelhaus has matched or outscored an opponent; Mansfield Temple Christian’s 6-foot-7 senior Jared Mott recently grabbed his 1,000th career rebound, giving him more than 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds; Wauseon’s boys led Metamora Evergreen 18-0 after one quarter en route to a 59-33 victory; and undefeated Edgerton’s boys have now won 27 of their last 28 regular-season games and 11 straight in the Green Meadows Conference following a 62-45 victory over Defiance Ayersville. POLL CHAMPS: Dayton Dunbar was loaded with great expectations long before the season began, and Tuesday night at Dayton Meadowdale the Wolverines made their place in program history. Dunbar’s 72-66 win didn’t just clinch the City League championship. It was the final notch in a perfect 20-0 regular season. That’s a first for Wolverines coach Pete Pullen. Deontae “Teddy” Hawkins led Dunbar with 17 points, Gary Akbar added 14 and Andre Yates 13 for the Wolverines, the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Division II rankings. STILL ON TOP: Clyde’s girls beat Port Clinton, 6132 to wrap up back-to-back Sandusky Bay Conference championships. The win also marked the 32nd straight SBC win for the program, dating to Jan. 30, 2010. Overall, Clyde has won 45 of its last 46 regular-season games, with the lone setback a See NOTEBOOK |‌ Page 8 �Thursday, February 23, Trust, and C. Dallas Kayser having been requested to do so by the present owner and 2012 holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned will, on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 2012 at 9:00 oʼclock a.m., of that day, offer and expose for sale at public auction at the front door of the Courthouse of Mason County, in the City of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, all of that certain lot or parcel of real estate, together with the improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in Clendenin District, Mason County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a steel post in the Easterly right of way line of Mason County Secondary Road 72, said point being 300 feet northerly of the North right of way line of Mason County Secondary Road 37 (Jerryʼs Run Road) and also being in the Northwesterly corner of a tract conveyed to James W. Nowlin by deed of record in Deed Book 279, Page 588; thence with the Easterly line of Secondary Road 72 in a Northerly direction 1,041 feet to a steel post; thence in an Easterly direction 428 feet to a steel post; thence in a Southerly direction 1,041 feet to a steel post; thence in a Westerly direction 268 feet to a point in the Northeasterly corner of the aforementioned tract; thence with the Northerly boundary of said tract, continuing in a Westerly direction, 150 feet to the place of beginning, estimated to contain ten (10) acres, more or less. There is excepted and reserved from this conveyance all coal, oil, gas and other minerals underlying said parcel of real estate. Legals LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, Petitioner, vs. Alma Veronica Flores(Underwood) Stephen Underwood(deceased), Respondents. TO: ALMA VERONICA FLORES(Underwood) AND TO ANY OTHER PERSONS INTERESTED THEREIN Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of February, 2012, the State of West Virginia filed in the Circuit Court of Mason County, West Virginia, their Petition to Institute Proceedings for the Transfer of Custody of certain children; that Alma Veronica Flores(Underwood) is the natural mother of said children and her place of residence and whereabouts are unknown to the Petitioner; that said Alma Veronica Flores(Underwood) has abandoned said children and the said Court has by order determined that a guardian ad litem be appointed for said minor children; that a copy of the said petition may be obtained from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mason County, West Virginia, at his office located in Point Pleasant, in said County and State. Notice is further given that on the 24th day of February, 2012, at 11:30 a.m., a hearing will be had before the Court at the aforesaid Courthouse upon all the matters arising under said petition. Dated this the ______ day of _________________, 2012. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, Petitioner Sherry Eling Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Mason County Courthouse P.O. Box 433 Point Pleasant, WV 25550 NOTICE SALE OF TRUSTEE'S Notice is hereby given that by virtue of that certain Deed of Trust dated the 31st day of July, 2008, made by Robert G. Edmonds, a single man, to C. Dallas Kayser, Trustee, of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Mason County, West Virginia, in Lien Book 344, at Page 423, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and C. Dallas Kayser having been requested to do so by the present owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned will, on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 2012 at 9:00 oʼclock a.m., of that day, offer and expose for sale at public auction at the front door of the Courthouse of Mason County, in the City of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, all of that certain lot or parcel of real estate, together with the improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in Clendenin District, Mason County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a steel post in the Easterly right of way line of Mason County Secondary Road 72, said point being 300 feet northerly of the North right of way line of Mason County Secondary Road 37 (Jerryʼs Run Road) and also being in the Northwesterly corner of a tract conveyed to James W. Nowlin by deed of record in Deed Book 279, Page 588; thence with the Easterly line of Secondary Road 72 in a Northerly direction 1,041 feet to a steel post; thence in an Easterly direction 428 feet to a steel post; thence in a Southerly direction 1,041 feet to a steel post; thence in a Westerly direction 268 feet to a point in the Northeasterly corner of the aforementioned tract; thence with the Northerly boundary of said tract, continuing in a Westerly direction, 150 feet to the place of beginning, estimated to contain ten (10) acres, more or less. There is excepted and reserved from this conveyance all coal, oil, gas and other minerals underlying said parcel of real estate. There is EXCEPTED and RESERVED the following outconveyance as set forth in that certain deed dated the 4th day of September, 1986, from Teresa Edmonds, single, to Dennis Henry, the same being of record in the aforesaid Clerkʼs Office in Deed Book There is EXCEPTED and RESERVED the following outconveyance asLegals set forth in that certain deed dated the 4th day of September, 1986, from Teresa Edmonds, single, to Dennis Henry, the same being of record in the aforesaid Clerkʼs Office in Deed Book 285 at Page 489, and more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a steel post in the Easterly right of way line of Mason County Secondary Road 72, said point being 300 feet Northerly of the North right of way line of Mason County Secondary Road 37 (Jerryʼs Run Road) and also being in the Northwesterly corner of a tract conveyed to James W. Nowlin by deed of record in Deed Book 279, Page 588; thence with the Easterly line of Secondary Road 72 in a Northerly direction 208 feet to a point; thence in an Easterly direction 208 feet to a point; thence in a Southerly direction 208 feet to a point; thence in a Westerly direction 208 feet to the place of beginning, estimated to contain one (1) acre, more or less. This sale will be made subject to any easements, restrictions, reservations, and conditions affecting said property contained in prior deeds of record, and also subject to any unpaid real estate taxes or special improvement assessments against said property. Trustee assumes no responsibility to maintain, preserve or monitor the above described real estate, nor assumes obligation to ensure that any party or person in possession of said real estate surrenders or vacates said real estate upon completion of the Trusteeʼs Sale. Trustee does not warrant title to the above described real estate and any transfer thereof shall be by Special Warranty Deed. TERMS OF SALE: Cash in hand at time of sale, subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, including, without limitation, liens for real estate taxes. Pursuant to the terms of the Deed of Trust, the Trustee may postpone the sale by public announcement at the time and place designated and act by agent in the execution of the sale. The parties secured by the Deed of Trust reserve the right to purchase the property at such sale. TERMS OF SALE: Cash in hand on day of sale. Given under my hand this 3rd day of February, 2012. C. DALLAS KAYSER, Trustee KAYSER LAYNE & CLARK, PLLC P. O. Box 210, 701 Viand Street Point Pleasant, WV 25550 Telephone: (304) 675-5440 Facsimile: (304) 675-5455 (2) 9, 16, 23, 2012 NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS CUSTOMERS OF AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA (Hereafter "AT&T") If approved by the West Virginia Public Service Commission, on March 1, 2012, AT&T will increase the price for residential in-state direct dialed station calls as follows: PLAN CURRENT RATE $ NEW RATE DIFF % DIFF Direct Dialed Basic Rates* $0.26 $0.30 $0.04 15% $0.26 AT&T True Reach $0.30 $0.04 15% Price Protection Plan $0.26 $0.30 $0.04 15% R e a c h O u t America** $0.26 $0.30 $0.04 15% 3 0 M o n t h l y Minutes** $0.26 $0.30 $0.04 15% Intralata Overlay I $0.21 $0.24 $0.03 14% Intralata Overlay II $0.21 $0.24 $0.03 14% $0.12 In-State Overlay $0.15 $0.03 25% AT&T One Rate® Off-Peak III In-state Long Distance peak period $0.20 $0.25 $0.05 25% *Direct Dialed Basic Rates includes Value Rate Plan, 10¢ Saturday and 10¢ Sunday Basic Plan, Price Protection Plan, and Non-Subscriber rates. **Reach Out America, Any- The Daily Sentinel • Page 7 www.mydailysentinel.com NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS CUSTOMERS OF AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA (Hereafter "AT&T") If approved by the West Virginia Public Service Commission, on March 1, 2012, AT&T will increase the price for residential in-state direct dialed station calls as follows: PLAN CURRENT RATE NEW RATE $ DIFF % DIFF Direct Dialed Basic Rates* $0.26 $0.30 $0.04 15% AT&T True Reach $0.26 $0.30 $0.04 15% Price Protection Plan $0.26 $0.30 $0.04 15% R e a c h O u t America** $0.26 $0.30 $0.04 15% 3 0 M o n t h l y Minutes** $0.26 $0.30 $0.04 15% Intralata Overlay I $0.21 $0.24 $0.03 14% Intralata Overlay II $0.21 $0.24 $0.03 14% In-State Overlay $0.12 $0.15 $0.03 25% AT&T One Rate® Off-Peak III In-state Long Distance peak period $0.20 $0.25 $0.05 25% *Direct Dialed Basic Rates inLegals cludes Value Rate Plan, 10¢ Saturday and 10¢ Sunday Basic Plan, Price Protection Plan, and Non-Subscriber rates. **Reach Out America, AnyHour and Select Saver calls that are not included in the block-of-time, and the overtime rate on 30 Monthly Minutes. In addition, for residential and business customers, Operator Station rates will increase for in-state calls originating in West Virginia as follows: TYPE OF OPERATOR SERVICE CURRENT RATE $ NEW RATE DIFF % DIFF Per-minute usage - ALL Op$0.79 erator* $0.59 $0.20 34% Collect (other than 1-800-CALLATT) Automated $4.99 SC $3.99 $1.00 25% Collect Operator Assisted Service Charge (SC) $4.84 $5.84 $1.00 21% Billed to Third Party (BT3) Automated SC $3.99 $4.99 $1.00 25% Billed to Third Party (BT3) Op$4.84 erator Assisted SC $5.84 $1.00 21% Sent Paid-Non Coin Assisted $5.84 SC $4.84 $1.00 21% Person-to-Person Billed Col$6.84 lect or BT3 SC $7.84 $1.00 15% 1-800-CALLATT Collect Automated Per-minute us$0.79 age $0.59 $0.20 34% 1-800-CALLATT Collect Automated Service Charge (SC) $3.49 $4.49 $1.00 29% Busy Line Verify $4.00 $5.00 $1.00 25% B u s y L i n e Interrupt** $4.00 $5.00 $1.00 25% Note: SC = per-call service charge * Excludes 1-800-CALLATT automated Collect **A Busy Line Verify must be done before a Busy Line Interrupt can be completed. .A complete copy of the tariff is available at the law office of Robert R. Rodecker at BB&T Square, Suite 1230, 300 Summers Street, Charleston, WV 25301. A copy of the tariff is also available for public inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the Public Service Commission at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, WV 25301. Any protest should be in writing, should briefly state the reason for the protest, and should be addressed to the Secretary of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, WV 25323. For any questions about these rates, please call 1-800-222-0300 for residential customers or the number on your bill for business customers. 2/16/12 2/23/12 ANNOUNCEMENTS Lost & Found FOUND Dog, Raccoon Rd 740-446-9346 Lost: small black/brown Dachshund mix. Name Daubi, w/red collar. Reward 740-446-2242 Notices NOTICE OHIO VALLEY PUBLISHING CO. recommends that you do business with people you know, and NOT to send money through the mail until you have investigating the offering. Giveaway Wooden Pallets at 825 3rd Ave @ the Gallipolis Tribune. As a Feb 21, 2012. I Lisa Lavonne Hammond, am not Responsible for any debts other than my own. Gun Show, Jackson, Feb 25 & 26, Canter's Cave 4-H Camp, St. Rt. 35 & Caves Rd, Adm $5, 150- 6' Tbls $35, 740-667-0412 Notices Cemetery Plots Pictures that have been placed in ads at the Gallipolis Daily Tribune must be picked within 30 days. Any pictures that are not picked up will be discarded. 8 cemetery lots in Meigs Memorial Gardens, 2 for $1,000; 4 for $1,800; all 8 for $3,200; phone 740-843-5343 SERVICES Automotive 1998 ford contour one owner excellent shape 740-367-7216 or 740-441-5312 Child / Elderly Care CHANGE THE WORLD ONE CHILD AT A TIME!! BECOME A FOSTER PARENT! KVC MASON COUNTY OFFICE 221 MAIN ST. PT.PLEASANT, WV 304-675-1324 Professional Services SEPTIC PUMPING Gallia Co. OH and Mason Co. WV. Ron Evans Jackson, OH 800-537-9528 FINANCIAL Money To Lend NOTICE Borrow Smart. Contact the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions Office of Consumer Affairs BEFORE you refinance your home or obtain a loan. BEWARE of requests for any large advance payments of fees or insurance. Call the Office of Consumer Affiars toll free at 1-866-278-0003 to learn if the mortgage broker or lender is properly licensed. (This is a public service announcement from the Ohio Valley Publishing Company) 300 SERVICES Business & Trade School Gallipolis Career College (Careers Close To Home) Call Today! 740-446-4367 1-800-214-0452 gallipoliscareercollege.edu Accredited Member Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools 1274B ANIMALS Want To Buy Cash for junk autos. 388-0011 or 441-7870 AGRICULTURE MERCHANDISE 400 FINANCIAL LG Front Load Washer & Dryer (black) 5yrs old $800 740-446-2350 Furniture Queen Bedroom Suite, w/Mirror. Maple $500 740-446-2242 Miscellaneous Jet Aeration Motors repaired, new & rebuilt in stock. Call Ron Evans 1-800-537-9528 Want To Buy Absolute Top dollar- silver/gold coins, pre 1935 US currency. proof/mint sets, diamonds, MTS Coin Shop. 151 2nd Avenue, Gallipolis. 446-2842 Want to buy Junk Cars, Call 740-388-0884 Absolute Top Dollar - silver/gold coins, any 10K/14K/18K gold jewelry, dental gold, pre 1935 US currency, proof/mint sets, diamonds, MTS Coin Shop. 151 2nd Avenue, Gallipolis. 446-2842 Yard Sale Moving Sale, Household items, furniture, like new excellent condition. For more info call 740-578-6123 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Want To Buy Will pick up unwanted Appliances& yard sale items also Will haul or buy Auto's, Buses & Scrap metal Ph. 446-3698 ask for Robert. AUTOMOTIVE REAL ESTATE SALES For Sale By Owner 2000 14 X 70 mobile home, 3 BR, 2 BA, appl included, also w/d. $24,000. 304-675-5580 Houses For Sale 12yr old, 1,512 sq.ft. 3.5acres, 4bdr. 2Baths, new heat pump, new carpeting, new laminate flooring, appraised at $81,500 asking $72,500. 4702 Cherry Ridge Rd. 740-446-7029 REAL ESTATE RENTALS Sales Repo's Available 740)446-3570 Call WOW! Gov't program now available on manufactured homes. Call while funds last! 740-446-3570 Limited Quantities- New 3 BR / 2 bath 14 x70 $24,999.00 @ LUV HOMES (Gallipolis) 740) 446-3093. Limited Quantities- New 3 BR / 2 bath 14 x70 $24,999.00 @ LUV HOMES (Gallipolis) 740) 446-3093. RESORT PROPERTY EMPLOYMENT Apartments/Townhouses 1 & 2 bedroom apartments & houses, No pets, 740-992-2218 2 bedroom apartment available in Syracuse, $250 deposit, $400 per month rent, rent includes water, sewer & trash, No Pets, Sufficient income needed to qualify, call 740-378-6111 2 Bedroom Apt. Racine, OH. Furnished, $450/mo. No Pets 740-591-5174 2 BR apt. 6 mi from Holzer. $450 + dep. Some utilities pd. 740-645-7630 or 740-988-6130 238 First Ave., 1 BR, nice riverview, furnished kitchen, no pets, $425/Mo plus utilities. Ref. & Dep. required. 740-446-4926 2BR APT.Close to Holzer Hospital on SR 160 C/A. (740) 441-0194 Tara Townhouse Apt. 2BR 1.5 BA, back patio, pool, playground. $450 mth 740-646-8231 RENTALS AVAILABLE! 2 BR townhouse apartments, also renting 2 & 3BR houses. Call 441-1111. FIRST MONTH FREE 2 & 3 BR apts, $385 & up, sec dep $300 & up, AC, W/D hook-up, tenant pays elec, EHO Ellm View Apts 304-882-3017 Lg 2 BR apt in Pt Pleasant. Newly painted, kit appl, gas heat/AC, W/D hook-up. $375 mo plus $200 dep. 804-677-8621 Middleport, 2 br. furnished apt., No pets, dep. & ref., 740-992-0165 Modern 1 BR Apt. Located in the Rodney Area. Call 446-0390 RENT SPECIALS Jordan Landing Apts-2, 3 & 4 BR units avail. Rent plus dep & elec. No pets. 304-610-0776 Spring Valley Green Apartments 1 BR at $425+2 BR at $475 Month. 446-1599. Twin Rivers Tower is accepting applications for waiting list for HUD subsidized, 1-BR apartment for the elderly/disabled, call 675-6679 Commercial Commercial Office Space for rent - Spring Valley Plaza. In great condition. 2000 sq ft. Contact 740-446-3481 Houses For Rent 1 & 2 bedroom apartments & houses, No pets, 740-992-2218 3BR House for Rent in Rio. $525/Rent, $525/Deposit call or text 740-339-2494 Small Efficient House, $375, Nancy 304-675-4024 or 675-0799 Homestead Realty Broker MANUFACTURED HOUSING Rentals 2BR, Mobile Home in Rodney, $420 month. Call after 4pm 740-245-9293 Mobile Home for Rent 2BR, $350 month plus $350 Deposit References Required 740-367-0632 Drivers & Delivery SEMI-DUMP AND BULK TANKLOCAL & REGIONAL RTS. R&J Trucking is seeking qualified CDL drivers for local and regional routes with our Semi-Dumps and regional driving positions with our Bulk Tanker division. We feature weekend home time for our regional drivers, we offer health & dental insurance, vacation and bonus pays, 401(K) and safety awards. Applicants must be over 23 yrs., & have at least 1 yr. commercial driving exp. Haz-Mat Cert., and a clean driving record. Contact Kent at 800-462-9365 www.rjtrucking.com E.O.E Help Wanted- General HOME VISITORS needed for Cabell-Wayne-Mason Healthy Families America to work with pregnant women and new parents to promote healthy child development and positive parenting. High School diploma or GED required. $19,000-$22,000 plus benefits. Send resume by March 15 to TEAM, P.O. Box 1653, Huntington, WV 25717. EOE Medical CLS; MT (ASCP) Preferred; MLT considered, FT, M-F, day shift, 401k, paid vacations, benefits. Send resume to : Valley Diagnostic Laboratory Inc, P.O. Box 33, Gallipolis, OH 45631 STNA opening & Nurse Aide-In-Training Class Registration Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center, an Extendicare health center located in Pomeroy, is currently accepting applications for a State Tested Nurse Assistant to join our team on the day, evening or night shift. In addition, we are offering a Nurse Aide Training Class for those individuals interested in a career in the ever growing healthcare field. The class will start Tuesday, March 6 and run two weeks Monday-Friday from 8am-4:30pm. Successful candidates will have a stable work history and customer service experience. The class is free. Upon completion of the class, graduates will be qualified to sit for the STNA State of Ohio exam. These positions are ideal for new graduates, nursing students, and those looking to make a significant difference in the lives of our residents. Interested candidates should apply in person at: Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center 36759 Rocksprings Rd Pomeroy, OH 45769 Extendicare Health Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that encourages workplace diversity. SERVICE / BUSINESS DIRECTORY Manufactured Homes 2-BR 1 bath small mobile home for rent. 1-2 persons only. Water/Trash paid. NO PETS! Great Location @ Johnsons Mobile Home Park! Call 740-446-3160. Miscellaneous BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee. Local references. Established in 1975. Call 24hrs (740)446-0870. Rogers Basement Waterproofing �Thursday, February 23, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 8 www.mydailysentinel.com Inspired Indians poised to contend in 2012 GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — On a cinder-block wall adjacent to the front entrance of the Indians’ training complex, a large script “I” has been replaced this year by a block “C,” which, of course, stands for Cleveland. The Indians would like to believe it also symbolizes that they’re contenders. However, just being in the hunt or near the top won’t be enough for closer Chris Perez, sporting a full beard and longer hair this spring. He’s done with rebuilding, second-place and any talk about waiting until next year. Perez wants more for the Indians in 2012. “We were contending last year,” he said Tuesday. “Winning is the word this year. I don’t want to compete. I want to win.” Leave it to Perez to bring the early heat during the first week of training camp under the getting-warmerby-the-day Arizona sun. The right-hander had 36 saves last season, but he couldn’t do anything to stop the Indians’ late-sea- son slide in the standings. Cleveland’s surprising 3015 start was followed by an equally abrupt collapse as an avalanche of injuries overwhelmed the Indians in September. A summer of fun at Progressive Field became a bummer. The Indians finished 15 games behind AL Centralchampion Detroit Tigers, the odds-on favorites to win the division again this year after adding slugger Prince Fielder to an already potent lineup. Looking back on 2011, Perez doesn’t remember the start as much as the finish. “It was fun last year while it lasted, but at the end of the year I had a bitter taste in my month,” Perez said before going outside to play catch. “After the deadline, the Tigers kind of took off and played at another level and we went the other way, but they weren’t a better team than us in the first half. This year, we don’t have any excuses.” The Indians will hold their first official workout for pitchers and catchers From Page 6 5 (Saunders 3, Call 2). Field Goals: 16-48 (.333). Rebounds: 19 (Bailey 6). Turnovers: 10. NEW LEXINGTON (10-11): Ethan Kunkler 3-7-14, Nick Sexton 3-410, Drew Wollenberg 0-11, K.J. Hook 3-2-8, Brock Ryan 0, Alex Bryant 0, Jacob Martin 7-2-17, Jacob Reeves 0. TOTALS: 1616-50. Three-point goals: 2 (Kunkler, Martin). Field Goals: 16-38 (.421). Rebounds: 36 (Kunkler 9). Turnovers: 16. Devils gan Daily News in Logan, Ohio. New Lexington 50, Gallipolis 41 GA 12-6-7-16 — 41 NL 9-18-16-7 — 50 GALLIA ACADEMY (318): Reid Eastman 0, Joel Johnston 1-0-2, Justin Bailey 4-2-10, Nick Saunders 5-0-13, Wade Jarrell 1-2-4, Aaron Jackson 2-0-4, Cody Call 3-0-8. TOTALS: 164-41. Three-point goals: Wednesday, with the full squad set to take the field for the first time Saturday. On Tuesday, players, coaches and manager underwent physicals. “Lots of blood,” manager Manny Acta said with a smile after having some drained for tests. “Maybe as the manager you have to lead by example giving away that much. I thought it was a lot.” The Indians certainly needed a lot of medical attention last season. It seemed hardly a day went by without one of Cleveland’s players being hurt. The Indians lost their entire starting outfield to injuries, had two starting pitchers go down, used the disabled list 22 times (second most in the AL) and had their four most established hitters Shin-Soo Choo, Travis Hafner, Grady Sizemore and Asdrubal Cabrera in the same lineup just 17 times all season. “You try to do as much as you can to prevent them,” Perez said, “but we had so many that were just freak injuries. There’s nothing you can do.” The Indians are hoping both Sizemore, who resigned with the club as a free agent, and Choo can bounce back and have productive years. Choo seemed to have rebounded from a slow start in 2011 when he was hit on the thumb with a pitch, needed surgery and missed six weeks. The club’s best player in 2010, Choo played in just 85 games. With so many key players sidelined, the Indians were forced to dip into their minor leagues and bring up players who weren’t ready for pennant-race pressure. The club’s lack of quality depth was exposed. So, to guard against the problem recurring, Indians general manager Chris Antonetti brought in 22 non-roster invitees into camp, including 13 on minor league contracts. With 62 players on the spring roster, the team ran out of lockers in the clubhouse, forcing a few players to double up. While there may be an abundance of players, there are only a few open jobs. Four spots in the rotation are taken by Ubaldo Jimenez, Justin Masterson, Derek Lowe and Josh Tomlin, with the fifth open because of legal problems involving the pitcher formerly known as Fausto Carmona, arrested in the Dominican Republic on false identity charges. Carmona, whose real name is Roberto Hernandez, is on baseball’s restricted list. The Indians don’t know when or if he will be with them this season. Acta has to fill two bullpen openings, pick between Jack Hannahan and Lonnie Chisenhall as his starting third baseman and decide on some bench roles. It’s a strong sign of progress, and a credit to Cleveland’s front office, that the Indians don’t have a long list of issues to address this spring Acta’s third. Wildcats fall to Buffalo, 82-51 Bryan Walters Hurricane High School. The Bison jumped out to a 1711 after eight minutes of play, then made a pivotal 28-12 charge in the second canto to secure a comfortable 45-23 cushion at the intermission. BHS kept that momentum going into the third stanza, using a 19-11 surge to claim a sizable 64-34 lead headed into the finale. Hannan kept things close down the stretch, but the guests closed regulation with a small 18-17 spurt to wrap up the 31-point decision. Buffalo has now won six straight contests following Tuesday night’s outcome. Ty Page led HHS with 12 points, followed by Kade McCoy and Paul bwalters@mydailytribune.com ASHTON, W.Va. — So much for gracious guests. Visiting Buffalo hit eight threepointers and had four players reach double digits Tuesday during a 8251 victory over Hannan during a non-conference matchup on Senior Night in Mason County. The host Wildcats (5-17) dropped their fifth straight decision while also being swept by the Bison (15-6), who posted an 83-55 decision at BHS back on Jan. 24. It was also the regular season finale for HHS before they open Class A tournament play next week at Holley with nine markers each. Brad Fannin was next with eight points, while Stephen Burns and Jacob Brumfield rounded out the respective scoring with five and three markers. Hannan was 7-of-11 at the free throw line for 64 percent while also netting four trifectas. Levi Jordan paced Buffalo with a game-high 18 points, followed by Michael Erwin with 17 points and Isaiah Robinson with 12 markers. Laythan Good also had 10 points for the Bison, who went 10-of-14 at the charity stripe for 71 percent. Hannan returns to action Tuesday when it travels to Hurricane High School for a Class A sectional contest. Meigs From Page 6 nine rebounds. Also in double figures in scoring for the Marauders were Dillon Boyer with 15, and Cody Mattox with 11. Michael Davis finished with six points, Dustin Ulbrich with five, Jared Williamson with four points, and rounding out the MHS scoring was Jordan Hutton with two. The Spartans had two players reach double fig- ures in scoring led by Jordan Mosely with 14 points, and followed by Zach Weffler with 12. Meigs returns to Charles McAfee Gymnasium Saturday at 3 p.m. as they look for revenge on Wellston who has defeated the Marauders on two occasions this season. Both Meigs and Wellston will be playing for their second straight sectional title. Meigs 61, Alexander 45 M 12-21-18-10 — 61 A 4-11-22-8 — 45 MEIGS (2-18): Dillon Boyer 6 0-0 15, Jared Williamson 2 0-0 4, Jordan Hutton 0 2-2 2, Michael Davis 3 0-0 6, Rocco Casci 0 0-1 0, Cody Mattox 3 5-5 11, Cody Stewart 0 0-0 0, Jesse Smith 9 0-0 18, Dustin Ulbrich 2 1-1 5. TOTALS 25 8-10 61. Three-point goals: 3 (Boyer 3). Rebounds: 31. Field goals: 25-42 (.595). Turnovers: 25. ALEXANDER (4-17): Chris Wingett 1 4-4 6, Jacob Gray 1 1-1 3, Zach Weffler 6 0-4 12, Jared Jeffers 0 1-2 1, William Cravens 0 0-0 0, Dustin Mullins 2 0-0 5, Tanner Carsey 0 0-0 0, Jordan Mosely 5 2-2 14, Braden Jones 2 0-0 4, Tim Smith 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 17 8-13 45. Threepoint goals: 3 (Mosely 2, Mullins). Rebounds: 30. Field goals: 17-58 (.293). Turnovers: 18. 19 wins equaled the program record for wins in a season, dating to 1945-46. And it took 12 seasons, but Beavercreek has a boys basketball championship. Jalen Camper scored 18 points in leading Creek to a 70-58 win at Kettering Fairmont. Beavercreek (15-4) finished 9-1 to win the Greater Western Ohio Conference Central title. BIG EFFORTS: Devon Carter’s steal and the resulting layup by Keith Richardson with just 8 seconds left allowed visiting Clayton Northmont to dodge Springfield’s upset bid, 56-54; and Castalia Margaretta’s Craig Galindo hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 of his gamehigh 27 points in the third quarter of a 68-46 win over Monroeville. Findlay High’s 6-11 senior center C.J. Gettys scored a career-high 34 points to lead the Trojans to a 69-43 win over Oregon Clay Friday. Only the fifth player in 110 years of Findlay High basketball to achieve 1,000 career points, Gettys (1,103 points) moved past twotime Super Bowl winning quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (1,095) into second place on the school’s all-time list. MORE CRAFTSMANSHIP: Ohio State-bound Caitie Craft scored 36 points to lead No. 7-ranked Liberty-Benton (Division III) to a 72-35 win over Bluffton. Notebook From Page 6 Bryan Walters/file photo Gallia Academy sophomore Reid Eastman, with ball, prepares to release a jump shot during this Feb. 8 contest against Warren at Gallia Academy High School. The Blue Devils had their season come to an end Tuesday night during a 50-41 setback to New Lexington in a Division II sectional semifinal at Logan High School. 55-40 loss to three-time defending state champion Hathaway Brown at the Classic in the Country Challenge on Jan. 15. WAITING NO MORE: Norwalk’s boys’ 66-58 win at Willard gave the Truckers (19-0) the Northern Ohio League title outright. It is the first time Norwalk has won back-toback NOL titles in school’s 67-year tenure in the league, and the first outright title in 50 years. 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SinCityDiary (:15) +++ The Hurt Locker ('09, Thril) Jeremy Renner. Phunny Business: A Black Comedy Shameless Inside Com. Beach Heat �Thursday, February 23, 2012 Thursday, February 23, 2012 BLONDIE BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt www.mydailysentinel.com Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 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, Feb. 23, 2012: This year you forge a new path, but only after you are sure that the status quo does not work. Tension and sarcasm often mark your endeavors. Are they a reason to move in another direction? Only you will be able to decide this, and you will. Deal with funds carefully. Your communication excels. If you are single, you will see the results of being able to present yourself well. Look for romance after June. If you are attached, the two of you work through some hot-button issues. Passion plays a significant role in your bond. ARIES always encourages you. 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) HHH Much might be going on at work and also within yourself. You could become angry, but try not to act on that feeling. Sarcasm could be a whole other issue. You probably just need time to yourself. A walk might work. Close your door, if possible. Tonight: Perking up. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You benefit in the daylight hours. Whatever you decide to do works out even better than you thought possible. Meetings work well. Ideas flourish when talking with a group of people. Surprises surround you. Tonight: Make it early. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Conflict is possible with a boss. Honor your differences and remember who is in charge. Your words could come off as harsh-sounding when dealing with this person. Postpone an important conversation until dinnertime. Tonight: Where the fun is. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH If you are not sure as to which way to go, reach out to a trusted friend. Together, if you are open, you can figure out the proper path. When you detach, you gain a better perspective about conversations and interactions. Tonight: Burning the candle at both ends. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Sarcasm marks the morning. Be smart, and avoid playing into this behavior. You know what you want and where you are going. Do not get caught up in trivial matters. Let your mind expand in order to grasp the details of a new situation. Tonight: Get away from the here and now. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Others continue to knock on your door, and will call and email you. You might be surprised at all the inquiries. Do not get short-tempered simply because you have too much on your plate. Instead, tell them what ails you. Close relating earmarks the afternoon. Tonight: Make nice with a favorite person. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Focus on work and your accomplishments. You have so much to do and so little time. Your effectiveness emerges. Schedule distractions and meetings for as late as you can. An associate or co-worker could be a source of frustration. Tonight: Accept an invitation. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Remove yourself from situations where you might not be energized or interested. Others will be able to see your lack of involvement. Focus on what is challenging. If you opt for a bohemian route, you will succeed. Sometimes a staid attitude does not work. Tonight: Try to make it early. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You move slowly when dealing with a boss or older relative. You wonder why you have done what you have as of late, especially with another person’s attitude. Stay centered, and remember that you also gain in this situation. Tonight: Paint the town red. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Make phone calls and schedule meetings. Above all else, do not stand on ceremony — especially with a key person. Rather than encouraging separation, you will melt down emotional walls. News involving travel and/or new information forces thought and possible action. Tonight: Mosey on home. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Refuse to get involved with others financially, or to accept another person’s idea regarding your funds. You might not be right, but he or she might not be right either. Time is your ally, though you might feel pressured by a situation. Schedule a discussion with a respected adviser for later in the day. Tonight: Listen to the pros and cons. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Someone might be trying to push your buttons. Stay centered and nonreactive, and this person will stop. Now is not the time to clear the air. Get done what you must, then decide when you would like to clear the air. Tonight: Get another opinion and maybe one more. Then decide. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Thursday, February 23, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 www.mydailysentinel.com Point sweeps Red Devils on Senior Night, 64-51 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — What a way to go. The Point Pleasant boys basketball team sent its lone senior — Jacob Wamsley — out in style Tuesday during a 64-51 Senior Night victory over visiting Ravenswood in a non-conference matchup in Mason County. The Big Blacks (12-9) honored their lone upperclassman before the start of the game, then the hosts rode that momentum throughout the first half en route to establishing a 34-27 intermission advantage. The Red Devils (11-10) twice pulled to within four points late in the third quarter, using a small 1312 run to cut the deficit down to 46-40 headed into the finale. Point, however, received seven of Wamsley’s 14 points down the stretch, which allowed PPHS to complete regulation with an 18-11 run for the triumph. With the victory, the Big Blacks claimed a season sweep after posting a 6547 decision at RHS back on Jan. 26. Point Pleasant has now won three straight and 4-of-5 against the Red Devils, who owned a sixgame winning streak over Point before last winter. Point Pleasant stormed out to a 20-14 edge in the opening period, then went on a small 14-13 second quarter spurt to take a three-possession lead into halftime. RHS pulled to within 37-33 midway through the third canto and was again within four at 39-35 with two minutes left, but the hosts closed the stanza with a 7-5 run for a 46-40 edge. Ravenswood never came closer the rest of the way, as Point opened the fourth with a 12-6 surge to establish a 58-46 advantage with 3:59 left in regulation. PPHS closed the game with a small 6-5 run to complete the 13-point outcome. Dillon McCarty led the hosts with 17 points, followed by Wade Martin with 16 points and Jacob Wamsley with 14 markers. Anthony Perry was next with nine points, while Andrew Williamson added five markers. Alex Somerville and Aden Yates respectively rounded out the scoring with two points and one point. Point Pleasant, which snapped a two-game losing skid, made 20-of-24 free throw attempts for 83 percent — including a perfect 8-of-8 in the second half. Ben Pannell paced Ravenswood with a gamehigh 22 points, followed by Zach Martin with 20 markers. The Red Devils, who had won three straight before Tuesday night, were 14-of-18 at the charity stripe for 78 percent. Point Pleasant returns to action Thursday night when it concludes regular season play during a Cardinal Conference matchup at Wayne. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. NOTES: Papa John’s of Gallipolis sponsored a Pizza Night Tuesday, and everyone in attendance won a free pizza when Rick Handley hit a halfcourt shot during the halftime festivities. In all, Handley’s midcourt heave resulted in over 800 potential free pizzas being given away. Point Pleasant 64, Ravenswood 51 R 14-13-13-11 — 51 PP 20-14-12-18 — 64 RAVENSWOOD (1110): Zach Martin 8 3-5 20, Ben Pannell 7 7-8 22, Jeremy Lawrence 0 0-0 0, Jon Schiefer 0 2-2 2, James Carmichael 1 0-0 3, Jesse Mize 1 2-3 4, Jake Martin 0 0-0 0, Dalton Gandee 0 0-0 0, Logan Tuttle 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 17 14-18 51. Three-point goals: 3 (Martin, Pannell, Carmichael). POINT PLEASANT (12-9): Dillon McCarty 5 7-7 17, Jacob Wamsley 4 6-7 14, Marquez Griffin 0 0-0 0, Andrew Williamson 2 0-0 5, Anthony Perry 3 2-2 9, Adam Slack 0 0-0 0, Aden Yates 0 1-4 1, Wade Martin 5 4-4 16, Alex Somerville 1 0-0 2, Conner Templeton 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 20 20-24 64. Three-point goals: 4 (Martin 2,Williamson, Perry). OVP Sports Briefs Regular season stats needed for AP district meeting GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — All head varsity basketball coaches — both boys and girls — are requested to send any and all regular season statistics for the upcoming AP district meeting that will be held to determine all-district selections. Please include player averages in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, as well as any other accolades that might be of help for the nominees. Also, please send a list of nominees — by grade and height — in the order that are to be put up for selection. Please send the information to Bryan Walters at the Gallipolis Daily Tribune, 825 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Submissions can also be faxed to (740) 446-3008 or emailed to bwalters@mydailytribune.com The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, February 28, at 10 p.m. New Haven youth baseball-softball signups NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — The Big Bend Youth League will be holding baseball and softball signups on Saturday, Feb. 25 at Wahama High School, and again on Saturday, March 10 at the New Haven Library. Both signup days will run from 10 a.m. until noon. GAHS baseball auctionspaghetti dinner CENTENARY, Ohio — The Gallia Academy baseball program will be holding its annual spaghetti dinner and auction fund- Bryan Walters/photo Point Pleasant senior Jacob Wamsley (10) soars in for a layup ahead of a Ravenswood defender during the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s non-conference basketball game in Point Pleasant, W.Va. raiser on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the First Church of God on State Route 141. The dinner will run from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., with the auction beginning afterwards. Auction items for this year include: Larry Bird autographed jersey, Pete Rose autographed photo, Archie Griffin autographed jersey, Urban Meyer autographed photo with Tim Tebow, Ndamukong Suh autographed jersey, various team baskets and Cincinnati Reds tickets — as well as other prizes. A small donation is requested for the dinner, and the event will be served by the baseball team. Former GAHS football coach inducted into Toledo HOF TOLEDO, Ohio — Former Gallia Academy football coach Chuck Stobart will be inducted in the University of Toledo Varsity “T” Hall of Fame during an induction dinner Friday night at the Sullivan Athletic Complex. Stobart, who served as head coach at Toledo from 1977-1981, led the Rockets to the 1981 Mid-American Conference title while also winning MAC coach of the year honors in both 1979 and 1981. Stobart led the 1960 Blue Devils to a Southeastern Ohio Athletic League championship and was also named coach of the year in both the league and by the district voters that fall. Stobart, who coached at GAHS only one season, will join Tia Davis, Todd France, W. Jay Gast, Bruce Gradkowski, Nick Kaczur and Deseana Williams as Varsity “T” inductees this weekend. Submitted photo Members of the River Valley High School swim team pose for a picture at the 2012 sectional meet held at Ohio University. RVHS swimmers advance 3 to state Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com COLUMBUS, Ohio — Since River Valley re-established swimming as a varsity sport four winters ago, the Silver and Black had produced at least one state qualifier during each of those three previous campaigns. Following Saturday’s Division II district meet at Ohio State University, you can now make that four for four. RVHS had three individuals qualify for two events apiece following the 2012 Central, East and Southeast District Swimming and Diving Championships held at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion on the OSU campus. The three state advancees — Katie Blodgett, Sarah Blodgett and Trenton Wolfe — are all repeat qualifiers from a year ago, and all three will be competing in a pair of events that each competed in last year at the state level. Wolfe had a particularly special day after coming away with the program’s lone district title after winning the 500-yard Freestyle event with a time of 4:55.24. The sophomore was also the district runner-up in the 200y Freestyle with a mark of 1:46.82. Wolfe is seeded 18th and 11th in those respective events next weekend at state. Katie Blodgett was the runner-up in the 500y Freestyle event with a time of 5:08.38 and also finished third in the 200y Individual Medley with a mark of 2:10.80. The senior is seeded eighth and 16th in those respective events next weekend. Sarah Blodgett was third overall in the 200y Freestyle (1:57.53) and also placed fourth in the 500y Freestyle (5:09.10). The sophomore is seeded 17th and 10th in those respective events at state. There will be 24 competitors in each individual state event, which will be held Thursday through Saturday at the C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. River Valley qualified five for the state event a year ago. The Lady Raider quartet of both Blodgetts, Alicia Ferrell and Abby Hammond competed in two district relay events, although neither team advanced to state. The foursome placed 14th in the 200y Medley (2:08.82) and was also 19th in the 200y Freestyle (1:58.20). The Raider foursome of Wolfe, Austin Spurlock, Adam Clagg and James Jackson also competed in two district relay events, although neither team advanced to state. The quartet finished 26th in the 200y Freestyle (1:48.00) and was also 27th in the 200y Medley (2:05.11). The Raiders were 19th overall with 37 points, while the ladies finished 11th with 70 points. Gallia Academy competed in one event at the district level, but the quartet of Emily Thomas, Naomi Sebastian, Evans Smalley and Jessica Northup had no luck in the 200y Medley after being disqualified for an early entry in the water during one of the exchanges. Reds P Chapman prepares for starting rotation www.mydailysentinel.com GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Aroldis Chapman will be tested as a starter this spring by the Cincinnati Reds. The 24-year old lefthander whose pitches have been clocked at 105 mph has a 6-3 record with a 3.27 ERA in 69 relief appearances over the last two seasons with Cincinnati. But the small-market Reds want to see if they can maximize their uncharacteristic $30 million investment. “We are going to stretch him out,” manager Dusty Baker said. “We are going to see if there is enough time and he can do it. If there isn’t enough time or quality, we can send him back to the bullpen.” Chapman was supposed to pitch in the Arizona Fall League as a starter, and then in one of the Puerto Rican winter leagues. But shoulder soreness canceled the plan. “We would have the answers by now,” Baker said, “if things went according to plan.” Now, it’s up to the spring training results. “I worked hard all winter to get myself mentally and physically prepared to be a starter,” Chapman said through an interpreter. “I have been here for 2 1-2 weeks to be prepared.” Along the way, Chapman’s shoulder received the rest it needed. “I feel,” he said, “that I’m in good shape.” If he is unable to prove himself as a starter, Baker and the Reds have a backup plan. “A lot depends on how he does, but it also depends on our needs,” the manager said. “If he doesn’t make the rotation, we could send him to (Triple-A) Louisville. But I wouldn’t be opposed to having three lefthanders in our bullpen.” Chapman had 71 strikeouts last season, and has 90 for his career. “If they make the decision to put me in the bullpen,” he said, “I will continue to work hard to prove that I can be a starter and work all the innings they want me to.” Chapman is the lone lefthanded candidate for the starting rotation, but that is no guarantee that it will sway his manager. “You prefer a lefty in your rotation, but you want to go with your five best starters,” Baker said. “A good righty is better than a bad lefty.” Still, the Reds as well as Chapman are hoping for a successful transformation. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 02. February Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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