http://66.213.69.5/files/original/9628843723d67d97816ca0c9bb488c99.pdf 9b28adc34c0bb22db682fc15f679a520 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribune.com for archive • games • e-edition • polls & more Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS Carleton School celebrates Dental Month .... Page A3 Rain today. High of 43. Low of 27 ...Page A2 High school wrestling .... Page B1 OBITUARIES Betsy L. Ball, 67 George William Burdette, 92 Shirley R. Burdette, 91 Nicklois L. Leonard, Sr., 70 Tara (Boggs) Oliver, 32 Virginia C. Thomas, 89 Mildred F. White, 71 $2.00 SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2012 Vol. 46, No. 10 Buffalo Wild Wings may be coming to Gallipolis New restaurant hinges on Tuesday’s passage of liquor licenses By Amber Gillenwater mdtnews@mydailytribune.com GALLIPOLIS — The possibility of a new business locating to Gallipolis and bringing approximately 80 jobs and a economic boost with it, will depend upon the outcome of the Tuesday election. On March 6, voters in the Gallipolis precinct 5 will have the option of voting for or against liquor licenses for the purpose of operating a restaurant at 215 Upper River Road in Gallipolis — the site of the former Ponderosa steakhouse. The property owned by JBRB Properties, LLC — a business partnership between Randy Breech and Jim Blair — will be the site of a Buffalo Wild Wings Bar & Grill if the passage of D-5 and D-6 liquor permits is successful. According to Breech, the location of the franchise will hinge on the passage of Issue 2 and Issue 3 by the approximately 350 voters in Gallipolis precinct 5. “The permits will allow us to serve alcohol by the glass seven days a week,” Breech said. “It’s a full-service bar that Buffalo Wild Wings does require, so, in order to move forward with the franchisee, both issues have to pass or the franchisee will not come here.” Breech reported that, if the issues pass, the Ponderosa building will be demolished to make room for 6,600 square foot facility that will house the sports bar. “We are going to tear down the Ponderosa building and build an entirely new building, per the Buffalo Wild Wings specifications,” he said. “The driving force behind that is we are, as is most of upper Gallipolis, in a flood plain and we have to make the building flood proof.” According to Breech, if all details are approved through the Buffalo Wild Wings corporate office, JBRB Properties will design and construct the building that will be lo- cated at the site of the old Ponderosa — creating revenue and construction jobs in the process — and lease the building to the owner of the franchise. If the liquor issues pass, according to Breech, construction on the project will begin during the summer months with a projected grand opening date just prior to the end of the year. “If that all passes, it will take probably two to three months working with corporate Buffalo Wild Wings and the franchisee — working out the details so we would hope to have construction start in the summer,” Breech said. Breech further reported that the franchisee will hire the full- and part-time employees that will staff the restaurant locally. “They do have, at their other locations, approximately 80 employees, fulland part-time,” he said. “As I understand it, their payroll is slightly over one and three quarter million See BUFFALO ‌| A5 Meigs voters to select candidates, decide tax issues By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com Sarah Hawley/photos Office holders and Meigs County Central Committee members held pass out prizes during the Office Holder Giveaway at Thursday’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner as Blair Windon, right, reads the winners names. Republicans hold annual Lincoln Day Dinner By Sarah Hawley FAO announces postsecondary scholarships shawley@heartlandpublications.com ROCKSPRINGS — Candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court Sharon L. Kennedy addressed a large group of Meigs County Republicans on Thursday evening at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner. Kennedy, who is currently the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division in Butler County, spoke about the American Dream, while also encouraging those in attendance to make a difference. Kennedy spoke about the American Dream and how each person can make a difference. “When I think about Lincoln, I also think about the challenges that laid ahead for our country during his time, but also during the time of President Reagan. And I perhaps most identify with Reagan because, I truly believe that it is he that had an understanding on the significance of the Constitution. That (he) preserved our republic. He assured that every man, woman and child would succeed in achieving their American Dream.” See DINNER ‌| A5 Application deadline for students is March 31 Staff Report mdtnews@mydailytribune.com Sarah Hawley/photos Republican candidate for Ohio Supreme Court, Judge Sharon L. Kennedy, speaks at the Meigs County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner on Thursday evening at Meigs High School. Unemployment dips in Ohio, rises in W.Va. Beth Sergent bsergent@heartlandpublications.com OHIO VALLEY — What goes up must come down, at least this month in Ohio where unemployment rates declined though those same rates were on the rise in West Virginia for the month of January. Despite unemployment going in different directions in the two states, both Ohio and West Virginia have virtually the same unemployment rate - Ohio at 7.7 percent, West Virginia at 7.8 percent. Though West Virginia’s unemployment rate was on the rise, it only rose a mere four-tenths of a percentage POMEROY — When Meigs County voters go to the polls on Tuesday, they will not only be selecting candidates of their respective parties to go into the general election in November, but will be voting on a new five-year, onemill levy to support the Meigs County Public Library system. In addition to the library levy, Middleport residents will be voting on a renewal of a fiveyear, three-mill operating levy for current expenses and an additional two-mill levy for police protection. In Syracuse voters will vote on a replacement one-mill levy for current expenses. According to Mary Byer Hill, county auditor, funds generated from the county library levy with 100 percent collection would gener- ate annually $318,491. The percentage of collection on taxes, however, varies each year and usually ranges between 80 and 90 percent collection which would reduce that amount, she said. Funds from the levy if passed will be used to stabilize the library system which has had a major cut in state support causing a reduction in services. As for the Middleport levies, the renewal of the three-mill operating levy for current expenses, again estimated at 100 percent collection which never occurs, would generate $54,913 a year, while the additional two mills for police protection would generate $41,710 annually. According to Susan Baker, Middleport financial officer, one mill of the current expense levy expires at the end of this year which she See VOTERS ‌| A5 point in January. On the flip side of that, Ohio’s unemployment rate was on the decline but not a dramatic decline, going from 7.9 percent in December 2011 to 7.7 percent. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in January was 447,000, down from 458,000 in December 2011. The number of unemployed has decreased by 79,000 in the past 12 months from 526,000. The unemployment rate in January 2011 was at nine percent which means a year later, the numbers are at least moving in the right direction in Ohio. In January, Ohio employment increased 32,800 with service-providing industries increasing 25,200 over the month. The most significant increases were posted in leisure and hospitality with 6,800 jobs; education and health services, with 6,000 jobs; professional and business services with 5,300 jobs; trade, transportation and utilities with 3,200 jobs. Employment also increased in financial activities with 2,400 jobs; other services, 1,400 jobs; government, 100 jobs. An overview of the past 12 months shows employment has grown in Ohio by 62,500 jobs. Since last year, Ohio has added 39,700 jobs in the service-providing industries; 16,000 jobs were added in trade, transportation and utilities; 15,400 jobs were added in education and health services; 12,000 jobs were added in professional and business services. In January, the number of unemployed West Virginians rose 2,400 to 61,600 with losses of 3,400 in the goods-producing sector and 12,700 in the serviceproviding sector. Employment declines were led by a seasonal loss of 2,700 in construction; manufacturing employment dropped 700, while employment in mining and logging was unchanged. Within the service-providing sector, deSee OHIO ‌| A5 NELSONVILLE — The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) recently announced scholarship opportunities to support the pursuit of post-secondary education. The application period for these scholarships has opened and will run through March 31, 2012. Multiple scholarship opportunities are available from donor-established funds within the FAO — many honoring the legacy of a friend or loved one. “The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio takes great pride in working with individuals and businesses to create permanent resources to help the region’s students pursue post-secondary education,” said Cara Dingus Brook, the Foundation’s president and CEO. “Working with partners to grow scholarship opportunities not only supports the region’s students, but is a strategic investment in the region’s future.” In addition to scholarships which have been serving the region for several years in partnership with FAO, the Foundation is pleased to announce the inaugural year of one scholarship opportunity impacting The Sunday Times-Sentinel readership area (which is included within the 32 counties of Appalachian Ohio): • The AK Steel Foundation Student Scholastic Award for Science, Technology, Math and Engineering, was established by the AK Steel Foundation to provide a permanent source of scholarship support for students pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with particular emphasis on metallurgy. Scholarships are available to both traditional and non-traditional students within the 32 counties of Appalachian Ohio. This scholarship will join others serving the region, including the: • Bachtel Scholarship Awards Program, was established by Dr. Harry Keig to honor the legacy of his coach Forrest Bachtel. The awards provide four graduating Meigs High School seniors — two males and two females — scholarships for academic and athletic achievement. For more information on this scholarship, please contact Meigs High School counselors. • Wayne White and Bob Evans Legacy Scholarship, established to honor both men’s tremendous legacy in encouraging continued academic endeavors after high school, scholarships are available to students pursing postsecondary studies throughout the 32 counties of Appalachian See FAO |‌ A5 �Sunday, March 4, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Gallia County Briefs City commission regular meeting GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis City Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 6 at the Gallipolis Municipal Court, 49 Olive Street, Gallipolis, Ohio. Walnut Twp Financial Report available CADMUS — The 2011 Annual Financial Report for Walnut Township has been completed and can be viewed at the Fiscal Officer’s home at: 20732 Ohio 141. Call for an appointment at 740-6430012. The Township Trustees regular meeting time is the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. during winter and 7 p.m. during summer at the township hall in Cadmus. Upcreek Road reopened MORGAN TWP. — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe recently announced that the Upcreek Road slip has been repaired and the road is now open. Boothe appreciates the public’s patience during this road closure. Integrity League baseball/softball sign-up VINTON — Integrity League baseball/softball signup, 7 to 8:30 p.m., March 8 and 9, at Vinton Baptist Church, for age 4 (as of 1/1/12) up to age 12 (as of 4/30/12). For more information, call the church at (740) 388-8454. Bossard Library seeking skilled artisans GALLIPOLIS — Bossard Memorial Library is seeking artisans who would be willing to demonstrate their skills to the public at the Library’s Artisan Fair that will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, March 25. HELP WANTED Meigs County General Health District is seeking a part-time nurse to coordinate the Child and Family Health Services (grant) project and to lead the Meigs County Consortium. Qualified candidates must possess a Bachelors Degree in Nursing; valid Ohio Nursing License and Driver’s License; grant writing and management experience; basic computer skills; good interpersonal communication and public speaking skills; 3-4 years of nursing experience; ability to conduct community health assessment; ability to plan, coordinate, implement services; cultural competence. Submit resumes and three references to: Director of Nursing 112 E. Memorial Drive Suite A, Pomeroy, OH 45769 by or before March 12th. 60294266 Have story ideas? Call Gallipolis Daily Tribune at (740) 446-2342. Ohio Valley Forecast Sunday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 10 a.m., then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. West wind between 7 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers before 8 p.m., then a chance of rain and snow showers between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., then a chance of snow showers after 9 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Meigs County Community Calendar Monday, March 5 POMEROY — The Mseigs County Cancer Initiative, Inc. (MCCI) will meet at noon in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department. New members are welcome. ALFRED — Orange Township Trustees, 7 p.m., at the home of the fiscal officer, Osie Follrod. SYRACUSE — The Sutton Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at the Syracuse Village Hall. LETART TWP. — Letart Township Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. at the office building. Tuesday, March 6 POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Elections will be holding its regular board meeting at 6 p.m. CHESTER — A spaghetti dinner will be held from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Chester United Methodist Church. Food will be available for dine in or carry out. Dinner will include spaghetti, cole slaw or apple sauce, a roll and choice of pie or cake. Donations will be accepted, with proceeds benefiting Camp Tarhe church camp in Blue Creek. SYRACUSE — TOPS OH 570 meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays at teh Carleton School in Syracuse. Wednesday, March 7 HARRISONVILLE — Scipio Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Harrisonville Fire Station. Thursday, March 8 MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs County Ministerial Association is hosting community Lenten services each Thursday during Lent. An offering is received to help those in need in Meigs County. Refreshments will be served following the services. The service will be held at 7 p.m. at Restoration Fellowship with Pastor Peter Martindale speaking. CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453, meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the hall. Refreshment following the meeting. POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church is providing Soup and Sandwich meal from 5:30-7 p.m. All friends and neighbors are invited to come and share food and fellowship. The meal will be held in the fellowship hll at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 231 E. 2nd St., Pomeroy. Come and join us for an evening of friendship and good food. Tuesday, March 13 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer Board will have a regular meeting, 4:30 p.m. at the RPRSD office. Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A2 Gallia County Community Calendar Card showers Carl J. Stapleton will celebrate his 98th birthday on March 4, 2012. Cards may be sent to: 837 King Chapel Road, Crown City, Ohio, 45623. John (Jack) Rodgers will celebrate his 85th birthday on March 4, 2012. Cards may be sent to: 111 Kineon Drive. Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Dr. Gene Abels will celebrate his 80th birthday on March 5, 2012. Please send cards to Dr. Gene Abels at 47 Halliday Heights, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Louise (Granny) Daniels will celebrate her 95th birthday on March 20, 2012. Cards may be sent to; 424 State Route 218 Gallipolis, OH 45631. Monday, March 5 GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Neighborhood Watch meeting, 6:30 p.m., Bossard Memorial Library. GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Elections will hold a re-organizational meeting at 9:30 a.m. at the board office in the Gallia County Courthouse. Tuesday, March 6 GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Clinic and Holzer Medical Center retirees will meet for lunch at noon at Tuscany Cuccini. GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Clinic Business Advisory Council meeting, noon to 1:30 p.m., Holzer Medical Center French 500 Room. Lunch is provided. Wednesday, March 7 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Health will meet at 9 a.m. in the conference room of the Gallia County Service Center, 499 Jackson Pike. Thursday, March 8 GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Garden Club will meet at 7:30 in the Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis. Guest speaker, Richard Stephens, topic Beetles, Bagwords and Borers – Pests in our Borders. Friday, March 9 GALLIPOLIS — The regular meeting of the O.O. McIntyre Park District Board will be held at 11 a.m. in the Park District Office located at 18 Locust St., Gallipolis. GALLIPOLIS — The Cadot- Blessing Camp #126 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will hold its bimonthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Gallia County and Convention & Visitors Bureau, 61 Court Street in Gallipolis, Ohio. Any male person with Civil War Ancestors is encouraged honor that ancestor and join the camp. Saturday, March 10 RIO GRANDE — Gallia County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner, 6 p.m., University of Rio Grande Student Annex. Guest speaker will be Judge Sharon Kennedy, a candidate for Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. For more information call 446-0946 or 339-0622. Monday, March 12 GALLIPOLIS — A free vision clinic for students up to age 21 will be held at the Gallia County Health Department, 499 Jackson Pike. Children will have their eyes examined by an optometrist and will be given a prescription for glasses if needed. An appointment is necessary and can be obtained by calling the health department at 441-2950. Tuesday, March 13 GALLIPOLIS — Stroke Survivors’ Support Group, 1:30-3 p.m., Bossard Memorial Library. Please leave voicemail for Lia at: 740-925-3788. RIO GRANDE — The Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center Business Advisory Council and Governing Board meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Davis University Center, Conference Room C on the University of Rio Grande campus. ESC Governing Board members join the Business Advisory Council for dinner at 4:45 p.m. Following dinner, the Governing Board will hold its regular monthly board meeting at 5:15 p.m. at the Gallia-Vinton ESC Office, located in Wood Hall, Room 131. Wednesday, May 23 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Farm Bureau will be hosting an Ag Day at the Gallia County Fairgrounds. State Bar Assn. president to address area lawyers ATHENS — The president of the Ohio State tion and continental breakfast will begin at 11:30 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 2.5-hour continuing legal education (CLE) seminar will be offered from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Registra- a.m. Advance seminar/lunch registration is $93 for OSBA members and $113 for non-members; 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. Our Family Welcomes Your Family To Our Racine Location OPEN HOUSE Sunday - March 11th - 2-4 Special Singing by “Truly Saved” Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home ���� 209 3rd Street • Racine, Ohio Competitive Pricing Available ���� 740-949-2300 Adam McDaniel - James Anderson - Directors 60294952 VOTE MARCH 6TH Meigs County Common Pleas Court TOUGH - TESTED - ON THE JOB PAID FOR BY TENOGLIA FOR JUDGE, JACK R. WELKER, TREASURER - 42774 COOK RD., POMEROY, OH 45769 �Sunday, March 4, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Obituaries Death Notices Shirley Roscoe Burdette Nicklois Lee Leonard, Sr. Shirley Roscoe Burdette, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012, after 91 wonderful years. He was born on April 30, 1920, in Guysville, Ohio, son of the late Abe and Ila Columbia Chapman Burdette. Roscoe was a member of the Vanderhoof Baptist Church of Coolville. He was the owner of Burdette Camper Sales in Coolville, Ohio, and was a member of the Carpenters Union. He also worked at Simmons Chevrolet and Cadillac in Pomeroy, Ohio. He retired at age 69. Roscoe enjoyed spending time at horse shows, cattle shows and many other events. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Marguerite (Clark) Burdette; two brothers, Jack Burdette and Clinton Burdette; and his sister, Marguerite (Burdette) Boston. He is survived by two sons, Scott (Sonja) Burdette and Jerry (Joy) Burdette; and one daughter, Shirley (Craig) Hapner. He is also survived by eight grandchildren, Steven Burdette, Stephanie (Burdette) Abbott, Jill (Burdette) Kasler, Jane (Burdette) Smith, John Burdette, Ryan McKinley, Brett Hapner and Heather Hapner; 13 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 5, 2012, at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, Ohio, with Pastor Craig Holler officiating. Burial will be in the Coolville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 5-8 p.m. and one hour prior to service on Monday. You can sign the online guestbook at www.white-schwarzelfuneralhome.com. Nicklois Lee Leonard, Sr., 70, went to be with the Lord on March 1, 2012, after a short battle with cancer. He was born in Athens, Ohio, on September 28, 1941, to the late Oscar and Marie (Roades) Leonard. He graduated from Eastern High School in 1961. Nick drove a 7up delivery truck for some time and then went to DuPont in Parkersburg, W.Va., for 10 years. He was a substitute school bus driver for three years and a cross country truck driver three years. He was the owner of N & L Construction, Ohio Valley Plumbing for 40 years, and L & L Tire Barn for 18 years. He was a Lay speaker for the Methodist Church for 20 years and is a member of the First Souther Baptist Church, Pomeroy. He was a former long standing 4-H leader and a member of the Masonic Lodge of Chester for 44 years. Nick loved witnessing for the Lord, camping and gardening. Nick leaves behind his wife Pauline (Birchfield) Leonard; sons, Nicklois L. (Amy) Leonard, Jr., and three children, Samantha (Mike), Christopher and Kiana, and Dan (Terri) Leonard and two children Kaitlyn and Cori; stepchildren, Giles Lee (Debbie) Hysell and four children, Noah Rollin (Brenda) Hysell and five children, and Paula Kay Dillon (Jim Rogers) and two children; extented family, Ralph (Jenny) Parker and one child, Leater (Pam) Parker and two children, Jack (Anita) Parker and four children, Carolyn (Bill) “Parker” White and four children; a sister Leah Kay South; brothers-in-law, Dewey Ray (Mary) Birchfield and Don Cotterill; sisters-in-law, Donna Ritchie and Marie Birchfield; 44 great-grandchildren. Besides his parents, Nick was preceded in death by his first wife of 49 years, Eleanor (Well) Leonard; mothers and fathers-in-law, Clyde and Mildred Well, Noah and Mirley Birchfield; brothers-in-law, Walter (Lydia) Birchfield, Howard Birchfield, Paul (Mona) Birchfield; sisterin-law, Faye (Birchfield) Cotterill; one grandchild and one great-grandchild. Services are Monday, March 5, 2012, at 2 p.m. at the First Southern Baptist Church, Pomeroy, Ohio, with Pastors David Brainard, Lamar O’Bryant and Tom Avis. Burial will follow at Chester Cemetery, Chester, Ohio. Family will receive friends from 4-9 p.m., Sunday at the church. Masonic services will be held at 8:30 p.m., Sunday. You may send flowers or give to the Nick Leonard Cancer Fund, First Southern Baptist Church, 41872 Pomeroy Pike, Pomeroy, Ohio, 45769. Online condolences may be sent to: www.birchfieldfuneralhome.com. Mildred F. White Mildred F. White, 71, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at her residence. She was born on June 26, 1940, in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Carlon and Margaret (Houck) Johnson. Mildred was a homemaker and attended the Morgan Center Holiness Church. She is survived by her children, Sherri (Dennis) Coughenour of Gallipolis, Tammi (Mike) Martin of Dayton, Johnny White, Jr. of Gallipolis, Carol (Lawrence) Bond of Mt. Sterling, KY, Penny (Danny) Green of Gallipolis; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Robert (Wanda) Johnson of Chillicothe, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John White, Sr. on March 20, 1997; and by two sons, Terry E. White in 1991 and by Ronny E. White in infancy. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 5, 2012, at Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Ted Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Swan Creek Cemetery. Friends may call on Sunday (today) March 4, 2012, from 6-8 p.m. at Willis Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Bruce Henson, Ira Barcus III, Keith Coughenour, Michael Martin, Christopher Davis and Richard Johnson. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. Dental Health Month recognized at Carleton School and Meigs Industries Submitted photo Pictured are (front row) Dale Brickles, Isaiah Brewer, Hunter Chevalier; (back row) Dallen Nye, Instructor Lindsay Jackson, Garrett Williams, Charles Dill, Jaydon Romines, Cru Lyons, and Instructor Assistant Becky Amberger SYRACUSE — Carleton School and Meigs Industries’ Health Service Coordinator, Sandy Philson and Adult Services’ Director, David Jackson, as “Mr. Tooth” presented tips on proper food nutrition to keep teeth healthy. Proper tooth brushing technique was also demonstrated on “Mr. Tooth”. Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program donated toothbrushes, toothpaste and activity books to all preschool and school-age children for this event. Meigs County Board of Developmental Disabilities provided toothbrushes and toothpaste Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A3 for the adult participants and children 12 years and older. February is Dental Health Month, and Carleton School & Meigs Industries, along with the American Dental Association want to spread the word about good dental health. People of all ages may have special conditions such as stroke, spinal cord injury, Multiple Sclerosis, developmental disabilities, Down Syndrome, genetic disorders, Alzheimer’s disease or arthritis. Each of these people has the same basic dental needs we all do: daily brushing and flossing, regular dental visits and a balanced diet. During my campaign travels throughout Gallia County, I have visited many homes. To those of you who I have missed, I apologize. In my travels, I have listened to all residents. To those of you who shared your thoughts with me, I thank you. Working together, and with your support, I pledge to provide strong LEADERSHIP and dedication to all residents of Gallia County. Please vote on March 6th. Again, I thank you for your vote and your support. “Help Me to Help Gallia County!” Sincerely, Roger A. Watson For Gallia County Commissioner Paid for by the Candidate 9542 St. Rt. 218, Crown City, OH 45623 Tara Dawn (Boggs) Oliver Tara Dawn (Boggs) Oliver, 32, of West Columbia, W.Va. went home to be with her Lord, on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, in Huntington. Tara Dawn’s life will be remembered at noon, Monday, March 5, 2012, at the Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, with Pastor Bob Patterson officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, in Letart. Visitation will be held at the funeral home one hour prior to the service, on Monday. Tara Dawn (Boggs) Oliver Tara Dawn (Boggs) Oliver, 32, of West Columbia, W.Va. went home to be with her Lord, on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, in Huntington. Tara Dawn’s life will be remembered at noon, Monday, March 5, 2012, at the Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, with Pastor Bob Patterson officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, in Letart. Visitation will be held at the funeral home one hour prior to the service, on Monday. Betsy L. Ball Betsy L. Ball, 67, Vinton, Ohio, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Arrangements will be announced by the McCoyMoore Funeral Home, Vinton Chapel. George William Burdette George William Burdette, 92, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Thursday, March 1, 2012, at Arbors in Gallipolis. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2012, at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Point Pleasant, W.Va., with Rev. Wilmer (Bud) Richmond officiating. Burial will follow in the Forest Hills Cemetery in Letart, W.Va. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Saturday at the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va., and one hour prior to the service at the church Sunday. Virginia Christine Thomas Virginia Christine Thomas, 89, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., went home to be with the Lord on March 2, 2012, at Holzer Medical Center with her family at her side. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 5, 2012, at the Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, with Rev. Joe Hammack officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery in Flatrock. Friends may visit the family from 5-8 p.m. on Sunday, March 4 at the funeral home. �Sunday Times Sentinel Sunday Times-Sentinel Opinion piniOn Page A4 Sunday, January 8, 2012 2012 Sunday, March 4, Doctor shortage Attorneys in Ohio will blunt health reform’s effect The Corporate By Steve Jacobs Iraqi and American Reconciliation est. About 80 percent of new phyprimary-care doctors control 80 the nation a glimpse of what is to because of the reform law. However, the supply of primary- sicians in the 1980s and 1990s did cents of the health-care dollar by come when access to health insurThe new health reform law is ex- sending their patients to hospitals, ance is expanded without expand- care physicians is expected to rise this. They like affluent areas with pected to create 32 million more in- referring them to specialists and ing the supply of primary care. by only 2 to 7 percent. Three out of The average wait for a non-urgent 4 physicians say they already are at well-insured patients, high-tech hossured Americans, according to the handing out prescriptions. appointment with an internist rose or over capacity. The math screams pitals and civic amenities that offer U.S. has the about to the avoid same paying Congressional BudgetJr. Office. The By Frank Knapp their fair pease The special interests. number of physicians per capita as from 17 days in 2005 to 48 days in that there will be a crisis of health- a better quality of life. These highfederal government plans to expand Elected leaders will be share of U.S. taxes. If fedMedicaid to low-income adults other industrialized nations. How- 2011. Less than half of family phy- care access in the next 15 years. 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It is affect howinFederal thwarted by the will tinationals Massachusetts physician workforce in most footing insurance 2014. agencies will bethe the bill. has about 108 and higher prices. smiles and generous hos- health others. In is April, a second done so by lack of insurance. Health The U.S. trains about 16,000 docprimary-care physicians for every analyze costs benefits. other developed nations, compared However, an and insurance card will of government bureaucrats, Standing in front of 40 pitality. group will travel from The multinationals have tors a year. TheSami nationand would have each 100,000 residents, religious compared with with 35 percent in the not meanitmuch to disastrous patients without reformMinneapolis is expected totorectify Instead will be special interests and theU.S.no allegiance and academic I know Najafthat, for to governto increase that number by 6,000 to work ininOhio. providers to care for them.and courts. The number of U.S. specialists only about 80 per 100,000 to taxpayers, small but it will exacerbate a new form of leaders Najaf, Iraq this other through our an interfaith conference. ment and democracy. Their 8,000 annually for 20 years to meet rationing: the doctor is not in. This ultimately suggests an I even per capita has risen Ohio will businesses have more than mid-sized and1 mil-Finally, the proposal is adramatically summer, wondered how at partner nonprofit orgaThe Iraqis who hosted shareholders and corporate demand. longer wait locally. since 1965, while the ratio of prilion insured the more country as a residents whole. because corporate lobbyist dream. executives are the only they would reactexpected to the nizations–Sami at MPT me and is who will welcome Steve Jacob a veteran healthAdding to the sense of urgency is The primary-care workload is of reform, according to an Urban mary-care physicians has remained The Regulatory to constant, have been presentation Iraqi and other American civilians care journalist and author of the flagsthey they salute. A diminthe about fact that and aboutI1 at out the of 4 Ohio expected to increase by nearly 30I was relatively because Institute analysis. Account- It appears ability Act of 2011 (RAA),is the written byascorporate to give. I was physicians an un- is American Reconciliation demonstrate an amazing age 60 or older. percent between 2005 and 2025. earn much as attorthree times moreof our A primary-care physician new book, ‘Health Care in 2020: ishing democratic which passed in thewith U.S. neys income. for corporate attor- is for armed, Christian AmeriProject of (IARP). The two to focus the About 6 percent Ohio resiof factors feed this deThe outlook more A number first contact for people undiagWherecapacity Uncertain Reform,on Bad governance only serves House, provides extensiveneys. of the same: greater scarcity of pri- mand, including acan spending five weeks dents currently live in federally growing popuorganizations are based future. For them, the war nosed illnesses. They include family Habits, Too Few Doctors and Skyto give the multinationals ly detailedpediatricians procedures and for inter-Every designated shortage boomers mary care and a growing aspect of the RAA supply of lation, a flood of inbaby physicians, Iraq with the Mus- primary-care in the Sister Cities of is not over, and there is more power. Costs Are Taking Us’. He Physicians to cluster in rocketing becoming Medicare specialists. nal-medicine Primary-care agencies in doctors. promulgating is geared toward encouraglimbeneficiaries Peacemakerareas. Teams Najaftend and Minneapolis. no time to dwell on the The only authorities can be reached at steve@unitedareas where supply is already high and acquiring medical conditions Massachusetts reformed its state physicians’ share of the U.S. healthregulations that are pro- ing special interests to le(MPT). The topic of my They work together to past: not for the millions these multinationals recstatesofhealth.com. rather than where the need is greatas they age, and the newly insured health-care system in 2006, giving care dollar is only 7 cents. However, jected to have a minimum gally challenge every regupresentation was the re- organize civilian and hu- who still lack reliable aceffect of at least $100 mil- lation of an agency. Even ognize are the courts. With lationship between Iraqis manitarian partnerships, cess to clean water and lion on the U.S. economy. frivolous lawsuits are pro- their enormous wealth, and Americans and the such as an October, 2011 electricity, are living as However, a thorough tected because it defines multinationals eagerly pay possibility of “reconcilia- medical delegation from refugees, or dealing with expensive reading of the proposal “substantial for aa difference Najafand to fisMinneapolis, trauma-related disorders. the many or services they offer such as bestdate who doesn’t support growth will make in corporate Columbus,attorand tion.” Community leader backs Smith for State evidence” neys to delay, or kill calI responsibility lived for five isweeks leads to three conclusions. lawsuit to be anything the County and thechange a program After my presentation a voteinagainst your fu- that ensure Gallia surrounding Rep sellingbrings books, DVD’s audiobooks, E-books, any government andaJuly at clean First, will likely drive up special interest drinkingcomputers, water tochildren’s in Najaf, a microphone thinks is a better ture, and vote of that2011 endangers the lifetime region will be place for allregulation of us and June DearitGallia Countians, programs, and many thatto stands in and their way the home of myand friend and Itschools of your family children. is on usintoIraq.desk services. was passed around the live, work play. Wecost haveofa almost unique opportunity to send future generations, the every “reasonable.” vote for jobsSami instead of debt, andRecently, for a true MPT Sincerely, one of our ownprocess to represent County Rasouli, began room rule-making and Gallia The 32-page RAA men- of profit. This means that colleague, Upon learning of the for levy, Icomments. wondered citizen legislator instead of anhosting entrenched Marianne and the of 93rd Districtagency. in the Ohio the RAA threatens every in Najaf, a city about two Americans to live Nearly alltowelcomed me budget a federal tionsGeneral judicial review, litiga-Campbell, how much this was going cost me. Wow! politician. Assembly. To accomplish this goal American citizen’s health hours south of Baghdad. and work in Iraq, warmly Najaf, butfor nearSecond, federally elected tion, will the recourt Gallipolis, and otherOhio It willjust costasa mere $2.67toper month the more information visit http://votemiquire the support the entire County. MyFor country still occupied IARP has hosted lyvalued all also rejectedThat’s the officials will beofstripped lawsuit terminology 18 and safety. owner ofdoza home at $100,000. cahmartindale.wordpress.com/about/ Student supports from many generabut the people I ens of Iraqis less in Ameriof reconciliaIn Martindale regard to for theHouse No. 1 theirs, ofRyan their Smith abilitycomes to respontimes. It even includes a expensive possibility than a Starbuck’s coffee. Jacob Meyer seat tions Galliaour Countians and provision is a proven guaranteeing issue were welcoming and can homes over the vote pastin favor tion with until sibly oflead country. today — jobs (other met Please, of thisAmericans levy. It is part of Dear Editor, leader. On a personal level, I have known warm. Most told me they few years. Thetheproject is ofthe military left Iraq And third, it’s a highway “immediate judicial re- than corporate attorney heartbeat thisUS county. will cost lesssmall than one Gerald Ford once said, “A government were Library five family, watched him eager, levy if somewhat comparedPatty to Asbeck the and Americans worked in to generations never-endingof his lawsuits view” for any special interjobs) the RAAyou willwant creStarbucks monthly you— everything grow up, attend Ohio State University, then big enough to give War, Ohio long-term partnerships by special interests against est on every aspect of the ate none in the private sec- nervous, for the end of scope of the Iraq Middleport, Editor, occupation, but it affirms our shared with Iraqis to help rebuild return to Gallipolis to pursue a successful is a government big enough to take from theDear American the federal government. prescribed rule-making tor. Instead, it endangers some the Meigs career as a financial advisor, becoming truly you everything you have.” butAfter alsodoing eager to research build on desire for peace and ourfor Iraq. US miliThe RAA is designed to community. process. Even theToday, decision Appeal a ‘yes’ With vote onthe Middleport the well-regulated big government spendingmarketrisks County Library, I believe the residents of involved and dedicated to his stronger relationships— common humanity, detary now officially out of micromanage every federal by anThink agency our thatfuture, a ruleandplace levies in establishcareeressential politicians support this county should be aware of some eyeHis leadership abilities are a given. professional and culturspite the war. Iraq, will Americans foragency in its efforts to crewill not meet the minimum Dear Editor, competition be- opening facts. Sometimes in our busy lives ruin fair our nation to win easy of the many years we tried, but could not policies that willing al—with the American get about our war in Iraq This coming March, ate rules necessary to carry $100 million threshold can Please consider voting “YES” for the upWashington to grow into pass a levy to update our schools. Then, in votes. By allowing tween small, mid-size and we just take things for granted, and our lopeople. and levies. its consequences? Or IARP and MPT will help out legislation passedleadership, by be our challenged court, coming Middleport If you would like cal library is just such an institution. I was that big it has become, we are giv2005, through Ryan’s citi- theinpower business. The RAA will While in Iraq, not once will we work with Iraqis coordinate a delegation Congress. doingthrough so, it the making the development surprised to find out that a 1-mill levy will Middleport restored to the community it ing it the powersimply to take allow away our zens came By together Red Dot bigAmerican business did I on enter the Green in money the coming years good and from Minneapolis turns over 60 of effecof any rule subject theIn Washington appear the ballot as a 5 year operating way oftolife. and Columbus, Campaign andyears passed the much needed once to was,Nait takes and it takes to push smaller competi- Zone or anthought American toit takes support the jaflibrary to was attendleadership, openingbut decades tive regulation promulga- extensive andweexpensive levy. I always that our need a change, and this fall we have the school levy. most of all YOU to tors out of the marketplace, Invited by ceremonies recovery of a government, country we celebrating supportedbase. through local taxes. It is not so. get opportunity As under a fiscal financial process. tion theconservative, Administra- with rule-making Thereto elect candidates who won’t military involved. Fund the village thus killing jobs. I helped teach helped Najaf ’s designation the that Our local libraries are Engsupported with tax vote inasleaders trade principles for personal gain. People Sami, expertise, Ryan knows how tion Procedures Act into a toisget no things way to describe the trulydestroy? care about MiddleTheneed RAA isa not just bad lish classes in Najaf and Luke Wilcox is the 2012 “Cultural Capital of dollars from the state’s Public Library Fund. of every age see the for responsible done. He is a past president of both the Galprotracted process that will RAA in any other simpler port and its people, and then, get involved. policy. It’s and extremist leg- visited in Najaf, Development and Comthe Islamic InMost of families us are aware of the monetary cri- World.” to ensure stability prosperity lia County of Commerce andthan the to candidate stretch theChamber time needed for terms call it what Every one of us can be a part of restoring Baghdad, andhavevited munications Director of and by theto the sis facing Ohio. As costs soared, thehosted in our country. islation designed to pro- Karbala, Community it is — aofbudget-busting, rule-making Improvement into decades.Corporation Middleport great little town it used tect the very entities from Basra. I met artists, busilibrary has experienced a 33.5% cut in its Everyone who believes in protecting Gallia County. He recognizes the challenges the Iraqi and American governor of Najaf ProvFederal agency budgets anti-democracy, Corporate to be. Some of us can help by bringing in whichletthe rest Martindale of us need ness operating funds. The library now operatOhio’s future should Micah facing all ofto us be in today’s economic climate. Full professionals, farm- isince, Project in the delegation willand Reconciliation Attorneys Employwill need expanded businesses believing in the community ing with on athe same level as it was to Columbus the 94th ers, we are successful in of electing — from multinational the funding owner of small Minneapolis, MN. He can include local government mentRyan Act.as bring your voiceprotection byIf hundreds of billions again. Some of us can help create programs in 1997. cafe, university officials, academics, a be reached at luke@recDistrict Micah understands the internet our State Representative the no 93rd corporations. wonder then house that seat. dollars to comply with thefrom It’s that keep our neighborhoods clean or proSince that and time others. they opened two ad- medical pro- onciliationproject.org. andvice-chairman focused lead- professors, District, we can look forward to bold con- need for unity, prosperity journalist, Knapp is RAA and perform their supporters of the RAA are grams that keep our neighborhoods safe. It’s whoAmerican will be theSustainAmeri- ditional branches so that all of the county servative leadership. As a family man and ership. Those ofofusthe primarily U.S.-based mulusual functions of protectnot just the Mayor or Village Council’s job for theBusiness next half a century a committed pro-life advocate, he is most can working class able Council can access the library. It is a testimony to tinational corporations. ing the public andfuture smallof Gallia know we Inmust have a candidate with our the leadership of our library board, Mrs. to make Middleport a great place to live, to concerned about the County president and CEO of creasing the cost of interests govern- atand businesses from unsafe best heart, and support Martin- Kristi Eblin, and the library staff that we work and to play — it’s your job too! and all of southeastern Ohio. This approach the South Carolina Small have maintained the quality of services ment for taxpayers is not a products and practices. Please vote “YES” for the Middleport levwill grow the area through thriving busi- dale for State Representative. Business Chamber of Comconcern to these corporaCongressional and presiies, and then, do your part, get involved! As a college student, I know my genera- found at this time. Imagine trying to live on nesses, providing jobs to increase employtions that offshore tax merce. dential will be stable, Thanks, understands we will pay the price for your 1997 income. Impossible. The library ment andgovernance help families remain inde-use tion Copyright (C) 2012 by decepreplacedand byprosperous. bureaucratic havens and other Donald Vaughan, system we have is a cultural necessity. We reckless spending and lack of accountability pendent accounting practices American decisions ap- ontive Middleport officials.the Every vote forForum a candi- cannot allow our community to be denied Your votedesigned for Ryan to Smith March 6th in elected Full Employment Act Letters to the Editor Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com and www.mydailytribune.com Sunday Times-Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, please call one of our newsrooms. 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Further, the restaurant will feature a banquet Voters room and be able to seat 260 people, and Breech is hopeful that individuals from around the area will travel to dine at the restaurant, bringing revenue and tourism to the area. “Our feeling is that this national-level restaurant will draw from other counties, not just, obviously, Gallia and that is based on what the owner has seen at his other locations, too,” Breech said. “They actually pull people from up to an hour away.” So, why Buffalo Wild Wings? Breech reported that he and his partner Blair approached the franchisee because Buffalo Wild Wings is still a growing national-level restaurant, while many other restaurant chains are not opening new sites due to the economy. Additionally, according to Breech, employees at other Buffalo Wild Wings locations are paid well, especially those individuals who hold management positions. “It is going to be a family atmosphere, a lot of jobs and a lot of income for the area,” Breech said. FAO Ohio. This year, the AT&T Foundation has supported the Wayne White and Bob Evans Legacy Scholarship with funding for 16 students, who will be selected based on need and their commitment to pursuing their post-secondary education. • Ora E. Anderson Scholarship, established to honor the memory of Ora Eaton Anderson and his lifelong contributions toward the conservation of Appalachian Ohio’s natural environment, the scholarship provides support to students across the 32 counties of Appalachian Ohio pursuing studies associated with the natural sciences. • Ariana R. Ulloa Scholarship, established by family and friends to honor the memory and life’s work of Ariana R. Ulloa, scholarships support international students pursuing any field of study, or students pursuing a degree in international studies. • Susan K. Ipacs Nursing Legacy Scholarship Fund, established to honor the work and life of Susan Ipacs – nurse, instructor, mother, wife and friend — is available to second-year Hocking College students in the Nursing Program. As so many depended on Ipacs for her compassion and dedication to the profession, it is the hope that students pursuing their nursing degree remember the reason behind the studies, and the importance of compassion for people in each step of the day as a result of the scholarship. • Bellisio Foods Scholarship, established by Bellisio Foods to increase access to post-secondary opportunities for dependent children and grandchildren of Bellisio em- ployees, supports programs providing training and certification in various trades and fields of vocational interest, associate degree programs and four-year institutions of higher learning. Additional information on scholarship opportunities, guidelines, and application forms can be found on FAO’s website: www.appalachianohio.org. Completed applications and all accompanying materials must be postmarked by March 31, 2012, and sent to the Foundation’s office at: P.O. Box 456, Nelsonville, Ohio 45764. Each year, the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio offers scholarships to students across the 32 counties of Appalachian Ohio, which includes Gallia and Meigs counties. For more information about how you can contribute to scholarship resources and all Republicans, and Steven L. Story, county court judge, non-partisan. Republicans running in the primary to win a place on the November ballot are Common Pleas judge, Carson Crow and Christopher Tenoglia, incumbent; Commissioner, Thomas Anderson, incumbent, Nicklois L. Leonard, Randy Smith, and David A. Tucker; County Prosecutor, Richard Hedges, James K. Stanley, and Colleen S. Williams, incumbent; and Sheriff, Robert E. Beegle, incumbent, and Curtis D. Jones. The only Democrat candidate filing for a local office was Randy W. Hart, Jr. Democrat, for commissioner. Polling places are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. other services and 300 in trade, transportation and utilities. January unemployment rates for both Ohio and West Virginia were still below the national unemployment rate which came in at 8.3 percent, down from 8.5 percent in December 2011. County-wide unemployment information will become available on March 9 in West Virginia and Ohio. Last month unemployment rose in Mason, Meigs and Gallia Counties. Mason County had an unemployment rate of 11.4 percent , Gallia County’s rate was at 9.2 percent and Meigs County’s unemployment rate came in at 11.8 percent. Statistics for this article provided by WorkForce West Virginia and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. conservative with a liberal sounding name, to remember me March 6, November 6, so that I may serve you as the next Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.” Following the main address by Kennedy, several local candidates or candidate’s representatives spoke to the crowd. The office holder giveaway concluded the evening’s events. clines included 4,100 in government, 3,800 in trade, transportation and utilities, 1,900 in educational and health services, 900 in leisure and hospitality, 900 in professional and business services, 500 in other services, 400 in financial activities, and 200 in information. There is some good news in West Virginia, since January of last year employment has risen 19,200 with gains of 5,800 in the goods-producing sector and 13,400 in the service-providing sector. Employment gains included 5,300 in government, 3,600 in leisure and hospitality, 3,400 in educational and health services, 3,200 in mining and logging, 2,900 in construction, 1,700 in grow opportunities for the professional and business services, 300 in region’s students, visit www. appalachianohio.org or call 740-753-1111. *** The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio is a regional community foundation serving the 32 counties of Appalachian Ohio with the mission of enriching the region’s current and future Republican Candidate for Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney quality of life. A 501(c)(3) public charity, the Foundation attracts • Experienced Prosecutor contributions for programs and • Dedicated Public Servant endowment, makes grants for charitable and civic purposes, • Life-Long County Resident and supports local efforts for positive change. 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Crown City, OH 45623 Mon-Thurs 9am-5pm; Fri 9am-5:30pm; Sat 9am-4:30pm �Sunday, March 4, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A6 �Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2012 mdsports@heartlandpublications.com INSIDE Sports Lady Bears oust Point Pleasant, 54-46 Ravens tag Ray Rice B3 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va — The Lady Knights were unable to contain Oak Glen’s dynamic duo of Vanessa Hissam and Payden Eckleberry as they scored a combined 43 of the Lady Bears’ 54 points Thursday night in Hancock Alex Hawley/photo County. Oak Glen secured it’s third Point Pleasant guard Wade Martin (25) goes in for a layup dur- trip to the state tournament in the last ing Friday night’s PPHS sectional title win over Ravenswood at four years with the 54-46 victory over Ripley High School. Point Pleasant in the Class AA Region 1 championship. The Lady Bears (18-7) started hot hitting the first three buckets of the game before the Point Pleasant (9-14) scored 10 unanswered points. Oak Glen finished the first on a 8-3 run to take the 14-13 lead into the second stanza. The Lady Knights battled back and took the 18-17 lead early in the second period. Oak Glen took the lead back at Point Pleasant pounds Red Devils, 69-42 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com RIPLEY W.Va — No sense in waiting another 15 years. The Big Blacks earned their second consecutive sectional title Friday night at Ripley High School with a 6942 victory over Ravenswood. Point Pleasant (14-9) crashed the boards hard right out of the gates pulling down nine rebounds in the first period. “That (rebounding) was our emphasis all week,” said Coach Richie Blain “If you win the boards you win the game.”Ravenswood (13-11) only grabbed five rebounds in the first period. PPHS did an excellent job turning those rebounds into offense, as they scored 19 points over the first eight minutes. The Red Devils turned defense into offense as they forced the Big Blacks into six turnovers in the first period helping RHS to 16 points in the first. Ravenswood battled back in the opening minutes taking the 20-19 lead 1:50 into the second stanza but with a thunderous dunk by Wade Martin Point Pleasant regained the lead. “That was a bit of a momentum shifter” Coach Blain said of Martin’s dunk, and the Big Blacks responded with a 16-6 run over the remaining five minutes of the half. PPHS held Ravenswood without a field goal for the final six minutes of the half, with all of the Red devils points coming off free throws. RHS was out rebounded 17-9 by the Big Blacks in the first half. Point Pleasant led 37-26 at halftime. The Big Blacks hit three three-pointers in the third period on their way to another 18 point quarter. Ravenswood scored 12 in the third and trailed by 17 headed into the finale. “We made some adjustments at halftime defensively that our kids executed very well” said Coach Blain, and Ravenswood found difficulty dealing with the PPHS defense in the fourth. RHS only managed four points in the finale while scored 14 points to close out their third victory over the Red Devils this season, this time by 27 points, 69-42. The Big Blacks were led on the night by Wade Martin with 24 points, followed by Alex Somerville with 12, and Aden Yates with nine points. Jacob Wamsley scored eight points, while Dillon McCarty finished with seven, and Connor Templeton had three. Rounding out scoring for the Big Blacks scoring was rounded out Marquez Griffin, Anthony Perry, Andrew Williamson, and Nate Chapman with two points apiece. RHS was led by Ben Pannell with 20 points, and Zach Martin with 17 points. The Big Blacks advance to the Class AA Region 1 semifinal. Point Pleasant 69, Ravenswood 42 R 16-10-12-4 — 42 P 19-18-18-14 — 69 RAVENSWOOD (13-11): Heath Burgess 0 0-0 0, Jeremy Lawrence 1 1-2 3, Dalton Gander 0 0-0 0, Jake Martin 1 0-0 2, James Carmichael 0 0-0 0, Zach Martin 4 9-9 17, Ben Pannell 6 5-7 20, Jesse Mize 0 0-0 0, Jon Schirfer 0 0-0 0, Logan Tuttle 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 13 15-18 42. Threepoint goals: 1 (Pannell). Rebounds: 23. Turnovers: 10. POINT PLEASANT (14-9): Dillon McCarty 3 1-2 7, Caleb Riffle 0 0-1 0, Jacob Wamsley 3 2-5 8. Garrett Norris 0 0-0 0, Marquez Griffin 1 0-0 2, Evan Potter 0 0-0 0, Andrew Williamson 1 0-0 2, Anthony Perry 0 0-0 0, Adam Slack 0 0-0 0, Aden Yates 3 1-2 9, Wade Martin 9 1-1 24, Alex Somerville 5 1-1 12, Nate Chapman 1 0-0 2, Connor Templeton 1 1-2 3. TOTALS: 27 7-14 72. Three-point goals: 8 (Martin 5, Yates 2, Somerville). Rebounds: 29. Turnovers: 12. OVP Sports Schedule Tuesday, March 6 Boys Basketball D-4 Districts at Convo (1) Southern vs. (4) Manchester, 6:15 p.m. Thursday, March 8 Boys Basketball D-4 Districts at Convo (4) South Gallia vs. (1) Ports. Notre Dame, 6:15 p.m. W.Va. Class AA Region I semifinals Weir at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. the 4:47 mark and never trailed again. The Lady Bears took the 24-20 lead into the half. The Lady Bears stretched their lead to double-digits a few times in the third period but PPHS battled back and cut the lead to nine, 41-32, headed into the finale. OGHS scored the first four points of the final stanza but the Lady Knights bounced back with a 14-9 run to end regulation. Oak Glen earned the 54-46 victory over Point Pleasant. The Lady Knights were led by Andrea Porter with 19 points, followed by Katie Bruner and Sarah Hussell with 12 points apiece. Allison Smith rounded out the PPHS scoring with three points. Oak Glen was led by Vanessa Hissam with 22 points, and Payden Eckleberry with 21. PPHS finished the season with nine wins and 14 losses. Playing in her final game for the Lady Knights was Ajay Adkins. Oak Glen 54, Point Pleasant 46 PP 13-7-12-14 — 46 OG 14-10-17-13 — 54 POINT PLEASANT (9-14): Andrea Porter 7 4-5 19, Katie Bruner 4 2-2 12, Ashtyn Wedge 0 0-0 0, Sarah Hussell 5 0-2 12, Cassie Nibert 0 0-0 0, Makenzie Thomas 0 0-0 0, Emily Kitchen 0 0-0 0, Allison Smith 1 1-2 3, Ajay Adkins 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 17 7-11 46. Three-point goals: 5 (Bruner 2, Hussell 2, Porter). OAK GLEN (18-7): Alexis Burch 1 0-0 2, Casey Patterson 1 0-0 2, Haley McLaughlin 0 0-0 0, Payden Eckleberry 7 5-8 21, Tori Feicht 0 0-0 0, Vanessa Hissam 10 2-4 22, Karly Wiley 0 0-0 0, Jessica Stivason 0 0-0 0, Amy Webster 3 1-2 7. TOTALS: 22 8-14 54. Three-point goals: 2 (Eckleberry 2). Blue Devils blazing trail at D-2 state wrestling meet Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com COLUMBUS, Ohio — Now that’s finishing strong, even though they aren’t finished yet. A pair of Gallia Academy seniors — Brandon Taylor and Zack Tackett — are rewriting the school’s record books this weekend at the 2012 Division II OHSAA Wrestling Championships at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of the Ohio State University. The Blue Devil duo has been busy destroying most of the program’s all-time records through two of the three days at the state competition, as both Taylor and Tackett have secured at least two wins apiece and a spot on the podium in their respective divisions. After two days, Tackett and Taylor have amasses totals of five wins and 16 team points — which has GAHS sitting 22nd currently out of 87 scoring teams. Perennial power St. Paris Graham leads the D-2 race with 156 points, with Lexington (81) and Cuyahoga Falls CVCA (69.5) rounding out the top three spots. Both Taylor and Tackett scored victories in their opening round matches on Thursday, which advanced the duo to their respective quarterfinals on Friday morning. Taylor needed 3:27 to pin Bobby Mounts of Springfield Kenton Ridge in his opening match in the 170-pound division, while Tackett won a 5-2 decision over Patrick Sheets of McConnelsville Morgan in his 182-pound starter. The 2-0 Day One start is a GAHS school record, as the previous two duos of Dustin Winters-Tommy Saunders (2005) and Taylor-Matt Watts See MEET |‌ B2 Bryan Walters/photo Gallia Academy senior Zack Tackett, right, tries to escape from Carrollton’s Austin Miller during a 182-pound match Friday afternoon at the Division II OHSAA Wrestling Tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Bryan Walters/photo Gallia Academy senior Brandon Taylor, right, prepares to lock up with Steubenville’s Jake Howarth during a 170-pound match Friday afternoon at the Division II OHSAA Wrestling Tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. URG women ousted by Bears, 73-59 Randy Payton Special to OVP FRANKFORT, Ky. — Even with injured starter Abby Ballman watching from the sidelines and the rest of her Shawnee State teammates not having the best of nights as a unit early on, the Bears proved to be too much for the University of Rio Grande to handle. Junior forward Alex Pohl finished with a game-high 15 points and 24 rebounds to lead the way in a 73-59 win over the RedStorm, Thursday night, in the quarterfinal round of the MidSouth Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Frankfort Convention Center’s Farnham Dudgeon Arena. Shawnee, which shared the league’s regular season title with the University of the Cumberlands and entered the tourney as the No. 2 seed, improved to 26-4 overall by finishing a three-game season sweep of its long-time rival. The Bears advance to Saturday’s semifinal round where they’ll face sixth-seeded Lindsey Wilson, which upended No. 3 seed Georgetown in the last of Thursday’s quarterfinal tilts. Rio Grande, the tourney’s No. 7 seed, finished its season at 17-14 with the loss. Pohl scored 10 of her points in the second half as Shawnee built a doubledigit lead that proved too much for the RedStorm to overcome. Her 24 rebounds established a new school record, topping the previous mark of 20 shared by Jenni Wessel (vs. Tiffin, 1/29/1994) and Tara Walker (vs. Roberts Wesleyan, 3/1/2005). The Loveland, Ohio native also finished with just six less rebounds for the game than Rio Grande had as a team and helped the Bears to a whopping 62-30 edge on the boards. Five other Shawnee players reached double figure scoring totals in the win. Allison Nagle had 13 points - all in the second half and 12 as a result of four three-point goals - while Tabby McKinney netted 12, Alannah Sheets tossed in 11 and the post duo of Schera Sampson and Catrice Mitchell added 10 points each. All of Mitchell’s points came in the opening stanza. However, it was clear that Shawnee State missed the services of Ballman, a senior point guard and first team allMSC selection who suffered a broken arm when the two teams met in the See OUSTED ‌| B2 �Sunday, March 4, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B2 OVP Sports Briefs MYL baseball-softball signups MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — The Middleport Youth League will be holding baseball and softball signups on Saturday, March 10 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Middleport Fire Station. This will be for boys and girls from the ages of four through 18. For any information, call Dave at (740) 590-0438 and Tanya at (740) 992-5481. PYL baseball-softball signups POMEROY, Ohio — The Pomeroy Youth League will be having its 2012 baseballl/ softball signups on Wednesday, March 7, from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., and also on Saturday, March 10, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Pomeroy Fire Station. Ages for girls as of December 31, 2011, are four to 18 and ages for boys as of May 1, 2012, are four to 16. For more information, call Ken at (740) 416-8901. Wahama MS golf meeting MASON, W.Va. — An informational meeting for all candidates for the Wahama Middle School Golf Team will be held Monday, March 5, at the Riverside Golf Course Picnic Shelter Area at 6 p.m. Practice will begin Monday, March 12, immediately after school at the golf course. Parents are wel- come to attend the informational meeting. All candidates are reminded that physical exams must be completed and on file with the school before becoming a team member. Additional information, if required, can be obtained by calling Bob Blessing at (304) 675-6135. Wahama HOF meeting MASON, W.Va. — The Wahama High School Athletic Hall of Fame will be conducting its first meeting of 2012 at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, at Wahama High School. The annual upcoming HOF golf fundraiser, the 2012 selection procedures and the HOF by-laws will be discussed during this important meeting. All Board of Trustee members are urged to attend. In addition anyone wishing to participate in the WHS Athletic Hall of Fame selection process is more than welcome at these meetings. Syracuse Youth League signups SYRACUSE, Ohio —The Syracuse Youth League will be holding signups on three different days from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Syracuse Fire House. Signups will be held on Saturday, March 3, Monday, March 5, and Wednesday, March 7. For more information, contact (740) 4164430. Still kickin’: Browns tag kicker Phil Dawson CLEVELAND (AP) — Phil Dawson’s career is still kickin’ with the Browns. The dependable Dawson, who has been with Cleveland since its 1999 expansion season, will spend another year with the club after the Browns decided to use their franchise tag on the 37-year-old. A team spokesman confirmed the plans to use the tag on Friday. It’s the second straight year the Browns have franchised Dawson, who made $3.25 million last season and will make 20 percent more roughly $3.8 million next season, his 14th in a logo-less orange helmet. If they hadn’t used the tag on Dawson he would have become an unrestricted free agent later this month. The Browns may still try to sign the steady Dawson to a long-term contract. He’s coming off one of his best seasons, making 24 of 29 field-goal attempts and seven from beyond 50 yards, one shy of the NFL record. Dawson has said he’s open to finishing his career with the Browns. Through their few highs and many lows over more than a decade, Dawson has been the one thing Cleveland can count on. He’s the Browns’ career leader in field goals and second to Hall of Famer Lou Groza in scoring. Dawson called the 2011 Ousted season his best and when it ended, he knew there was a strong chance the Browns would franchise him again. “It would be the second time around, so I’d probably feel a little different than last time,” he said on Jan. 2. “Last year was so weird with the lockout, no one knew the timetable of anything. This will be a little bit more of a normal-type calendar, normal communications. You couldn’t even talk to people last year. I’ll probably feel different, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. From Page B1 16,985 16,985 $17,485 1 19,999 19,999 $22,999 2 regular season finale last Saturday at the Newt Oliver Arena - at least early on. The Bears shot just 33 percent from the field (11-for-33) and nearly equaled their season turnover average - they committed 13 and averaged 17.6 - in the opening half, yet still held a 29-26 lead at the intermission. The two biggest reasons? Pohl and Rio Grande’s own icy shooting touch. The RedStorm shot just 29.4 percent (10-for-34) in the opening stanza, including an 0-for-12 showing from three-point range. Still, head coach David Smalley’s squad managed to maintain a lead for most of the game’s first eight minutes and, even after Shawnee slowly moved in front and extended its advantage to as much as 25-19 following a conventional three-point play by Sheets with 3:41 left before the break, Rio reeled Meet From Page B1 (2011) both went .500 in their respective opening matches at the state tournament. Tackett and Taylor I can’t necessarily predict.” Believing he had played his final game with the Browns in 2010, Dawson said his goodbyes and sold his home in the Cleveland area before the team surprised him by using its franchise tag on him for the first time. Last year was tough on him personally because his wife and sons stayed in Texas while he played for the Browns. It didn’t affect his performance, though, as Dawson had another solid season. Earlier this week, the off seven straight points to regain a 2625 lead after freshman guard Noelani Woodson hit one of two free throw tries with 56.2 to play in the half. But the RedStorm had few second half chances in the opening 20 minutes thanks in large part to Pohl, who snared 13 defensive rebounds in the period. Rio had just 14 rebounds as a team during the same stretch. The RedStorm remained very much in the game, though, after a pair of free throws by senior guard Kaylee Helton made it 34-30 with 17:25 remaining, but a 19-9 run by the Bears over the next seven minutes which was fueled by Nagle - Ballman’s replacement in the starting lineup - gave Shawnee its biggest lead of the night, 53-39, with 10:40 remaining and allowed head coach Robin Hagen-Smith’s club to look more like the nation’s No. 7-ranked team. Rio Grande did slice the deficit also join Winters and Saunders in coming away with at least one win each at the same meet. After scoring seven points GALLIPOLIS CAREER COLLEGE “Careers Close To Home Since 1962” Celebrating 50 Years of Serving Our Area Will be offering SUMMER SEMINARS On Saturday’s from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Beginning March 2012 Isaac Mills of Edward Jones Investing will conduct seminars regarding Annuities, Social Security, Retirement Planning, Mutual Funds, etc. Call Today for More Information! 740-446-4367 • 800-214-0452 www.gallipoliscareercollege.edu 60295058 Future seminar topics include • Job Skills • Computer Skills • Bible Study • Applying for Financial Aid And much more Browns signed linebacker D’Qwell Jackson to a fiveyear contract, making it likely they would use their franchise tag on either Dawson or running back Peyton Hillis. Teams can only tag one player, meaning Hillis will become an unrestricted free agent. Coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert have left open the possibility the team will try to resign Hillis, who rushed for nearly 1,200 yards in 2010 but was a distraction while injured last season. to six, 61-55, following a pair of free throws by junior guard Shardae Morrison-Fountain with 4:48 left to play, but scratched out just four points the rest of the night as the Bears pulled away for good. The RedStorm finished 21-for-61 from the field (34 percent) and just 5-for-25 from distance. Rio also committed 12 of its 18 turnovers in the second half. All 11 players who suited up for Rio Grande scored, but only one - sophomore guard Kate Hammond - reached double figures, netting 10 points. Helton and Morrison-Fountain, both of whom averaged just under 16 points per game for the season, were limited to nine and five points, respectively. Junior forward Jayvonna Saddler had seven rebounds to lead Rio. In addition to Helton, guard Sharnise Morris played her final collegiate game for the RedStorm. on Thursday, the Blue Devils added another nine points Friday after posting a collective 3-2 mark. Both grapplers scored a win each on Day Two, although they came in very different spots. Tackett was pinned just 46 seconds into his second match against former state champion Huston Evans of St. Paris Graham, but the senior responded with two straight wins to advance to Saturday’s competition. Tackett defeated Austin Miller of Carrolton by a 6-1 decision in the consolation round to secure a spot on the podium (top-eight), then moved a few spots up the boxes after scoring a 7-3 decision against Sean Rutherford (Norton) in another consolation contest. Taylor scored a 7-3 decision over Jake Howarth of Steubenville in his opening match Friday, which advanced Taylor to the championship semifinals later that night. The win over Howarth also assured Tay- lor of a top-six finish and a spot on the podium. Taylor, however, suffered a 6-3 setback to Brandon O’ Neill of Bellville Clear Fork in that semifinal, dropping the senior down into the consolation tournament Saturday. Both Taylor and Tackett can finish as high as third place, and both are guaranteed to at least match the school record set by Jeptha Robinson back in 1988 after he placed sixth in his weight class. The senior duo will also join Robinson and Jared Gravely (2010) as the only Blue Devils to ever place on the podium. Gravely finished eighth overall with a 2-2 mark. A wrapup of Tackett and Taylor’s weekend will appear in the Tuesday sports edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune, Point Pleasant Register and The Daily Sentinel. Complete results of the 2012 OHSAA Wrestling Championships are available on the web at ohsaa.org When I am home Free Tax & Delivery Sale * *We Pay Your Sales Tax & Delivery Charges ALONE I feel safe. 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Sitting in front, from left, Abbie Hawley, Taylynan Rockhold, Hannah Bailey, Hannah Sharp and Heidi Willis. Standing in back are coach Chris Carroll, Alia Hayes, Laura Pullins, Maddy Russell, Hannah Barringer and Katelynn Edwards. Steelers cutting LB James Farrior, DE Aaron Smith PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers continued their offseason roster purge Friday, announcing veteran linebacker James Farrior and defensive end Aaron Smith will be released before the next league year begins March 13. “Both Aaron and James have given their all during their time in Pittsburgh, and we appreciate their efforts and leadership they gave us,” team president Art Rooney II said in a statement. Farrior and Smith served as the backbone of a defense that led the franchise to two Super Bowl titles and three AFC championships over the last decade, a period in which the Steelers defense finished ranked in the top 10 in the league every season. The duo join wide receiver Hines Ward and guard Chris Kemoeatu, who were told earlier this week they also will be cut as the team addresses salary cap concerns and an aging roster, particularly on defense. Nose tackle Chris Hoke retired in January due to lingering neck problems. The 37-year-old Farrior, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, had 78 tackles in 14 games last season. Though he stayed relatively mostly injury free in 2011, Farrior was due about $2.8 million in 2012, and the Steelers are making a series of moves to get under the projected salary cap of around $120 million. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and linebackers LaMarr Woodley and Lawrence Timmons already have agreed to restructure their contracts in the hopes the team can free up enough cap space to keep restricted free agent wide receiver Mike Wallace. Farrior was so highly respected by his teammates they named him a defensive captain in each of his final eight seasons. He had 30 sacks and eight interceptions during his 10 seasons with the Steelers after coming over from the New York Jets. He likely will be replaced by Larry Foote, who has been a capable spot starter throughout his career. Johnson’s crew chief surprised by suspension AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson’s car failed inspection before the Daytona 500 and he didn’t last long in the race, collected in a wreck on the second lap. His crew chief was suspended six races and fined $100,000, and his car chief will have to watch for six races, too. Johnson also was docked 25 points and heads into this weekend’s race at Phoenix International Raceway last in the Sprint Cup standings. He’s hoping to have a good race just so he can get out of the red in points. Coming off his worst year in NASCAR, this isn’t how the five-time champion wanted to get his season started. “It’s certainly not a position we want to be in,” Johnson said Friday. “But there’s a lot of racing between now and September.” Johnson wasn’t much of a factor last season in his bid to win six straight Sprint Cup championships. He made the Chase after winning just one race and finished sixth in the final standings, 99 points behind champion Tony Stewart. Johnson vowed to turn it around in 2012, but it didn’t get off to a very good start. First, his car failed inspection the opening day of Speedweeks on Feb. 17 after NASCAR ruled the No. 48 Chevrolet had illegally modified sheet metal between the roof and the side windows, an area known as the C-posts. Johnson qualified eighth for the Daytona 500. But after nearly two days of rain delays, he was knocked out of the race on the second lap when Elliott Sadler nudged him from behind and triggered a multi-car wreck. Johnson didn’t return to the track missing the jet blower fire and the laundry detergent cleanup and finished 42nd, earning just two points in Monday night’s season-opening race. ELECT David K. Smith experienced management for Gallia County during these difficult economic times. Gallia County Commissioner Paid for by the candidate David K. Smith 841 Jackson Pike Gallipolis, Ohio For less than the cost of a gallon of milk ($2.67) a month, you can Save Our Libraries. The Proposed levy would: •Maintain current library service in the face of future funding cuts. •Restore library hours at all library branches. •Restore evening hours at the Pomeroy library. •Resume adult and childrens programs. Your Support of Library Service in Meigs County is Appreciated. Paid for by Save Meigs County Libraries; Sue Baker, Treasurer Ravens tag Ray Rice, Bears do same with Forte (AP) — Standout running backs Ray Rice of Baltimore and Matt Forte of Chicago had profitable Fridays. The Ravens gave Rice the franchise tag after not reaching agreement on a new contract, and the Bears did the same with Forte. They almost surely will be staying put when NFL free agency begins on March 13. Franchise players must be paid the average salary of the five highest-paid players at the position in a one-year deal. They are free to sign longer contracts, though, and if another team signs them, the club they leave must be compensated with two first-round draft choices. Rice, who led the league with 2,068 combined yards from scrimmage, will earn $7.7 million in 2012. Baltimore, however, intends to have him around a lot longer. “As we have in the past, placing the franchise designation on a player allows us to keep negotiating on a long-term contract,” general manager Ozzie Newsome said Friday. “Our goal is to keep Ray Rice a Raven.” Rice scored a franchiserecord 15 touchdowns in 2011 to go with a career-best 1,364 yards rushing. He also led Baltimore with 76 catches (for 704 yards). Baltimore also terminated the contracts of wide receiver Lee Evans and cornerback Chris Carr, although Newsome did not dismiss the possibility of their return at lower salaries. Forte sprained right knee ligaments early in a loss to Kansas City on Dec. 4 and sat out the rest of the season, yet made the Pro Bowl. He finished with 1,487 yards from scrimmage (997 rush- ing) in his fourth season, averaging 4.9 yards per carry. He sought a contract extension during the 2011 season, but now will get the $7.7 million for 2012 unless Forte and the Bears can agree on a long-term deal. “Matt is an important part of our football team and we chose to utilize the franchise tag to ensure he remains a Bear,” Bears general manager Phil Emery said. “We believe in Matt as a player and a person. 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Bids will be opened in the regular meeting held on February 24, 2012 at the Salem Fire house on State Route 124. Bids can be mailed to Salem Township-26310 Legion Road, Langsville, Ohio 45741 Phone 740-669-3091 Bonnie Scott, Fiscal Officer Salem Township Meigs County 26310 Legion Road Langsville Ohio 45741 (2) 19, 26, (3) 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012 Legals Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B4 ANNOUNCEMENTS LEGAL NOTICE Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the City Manager, City of Gallipolis, P. O. Box 339, 848 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 until Noon on March 23, 2012 and will be opened and read immediately thereafter for the: City of Gallipolis, Ohio Elm Alley Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (Henkle Avenue Sewer Improvements) Engineerʼs Opinion of Probable Cost: $78,000 Completion Date – 60 days from Notice to Proceed This project includes the rerouting of a section of gravity sanitary sewer line away from a landslide by installing 359 feet of 10-Inch gravity sewer, one duplex grinder pump station, and 342 feet of 2-Inch Force Main. Also included is the installation of 2 sanitary manholes. Bids must be in accordance with specifications and on forms available for review at the Gallipolis City Managerʼs Office at 848 Third Avenue, P.O. Box 339, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 and can be purchased and obtained at the office of the Gallipolis City Manager, 848 Third Avenue, P.O. Box 339, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 for a non-refundable cost of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) picked up or One Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($175.00) mailed. Each bidder is required to furnish with its proposal, a Bid Guaranty and Contract Bond in accordance with Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. Bid security furnished in Bond form, shall be issued by a Surety Company or corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide said surety. Each Proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the proposal and all persons interested therein. Each bidder must submit evidence of its experiences on projects of similar size and complexity. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will, to the extent practicable, use Ohio Products, materials, services, and labor in the implementation of their project. Additionally, contractor compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123, the Governor's Executive Order of 1972, and Governor's Executive Order 84-9 shall be required. Bidders must comply with the prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Gallia County, Ohio, as determined by the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, Wage and Hour Division. City of Gallipolis reserves the right to waive irregularities and to reject any or all bids. BY ORDER OF Randall J. Finney, City Manager City of Gallipolis, Ohio Sunday, February 26, 2012 and Sunday, March 4, 2012 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. 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. SERVICES Want To Buy 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 Rummage Sale Vinton Full Gospel Church on Main St. Saturday, March 10th 9am to 4pm. Hotdog/bake sale. 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 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 ANIMALS Pets FREE Yellow Lab mix 8wks old, 740-682-7215 GIVEAWAY to a Good family that lives in the country a 2 yr old Border Collie (Short Haired) Likes to play ball and is good with children. Call 256-6444 Giveaway to a good home: approx 6 mo old male Jack Russell dog, good with kids. 304-675-3864 Giveaway to a good home: approx 6 mo old male Jack Russell dog, good with kids. 304-675-3864 Want To Buy Cash for junk autos. 388-0011 or 441-7870 AGRICULTURE MERCHANDISE Miscellaneous Jet Aeration Motors repaired, new & rebuilt in stock. Call Ron Evans 1-800-537-9528 GREETERS NEEDED ...Reps are scheduled at grocery/department stores outside their exits to raise funds for a Veterans Charity. Reps hand out help info and offer patriotic merchandise for a donation. Must have a car and be willing to travel. Comp/Exp. paid. Seniors welcomed!... email resume to; jely@veteransoutreach.com or call 866.212.5592. Want To Buy Want to buy Junk Cars, Call 740-388-0884 Help Wanted- General REAL ESTATE SALES Cemetery Plots 8 cemetery lots in Meigs Memorial Gardens, 2 for $1,000; 4 for $1,800; all 8 for $3,200; phone 740-843-5343 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 3 BR, 1 BA,also 1 BA being remodeled, Letart area, 1.98 acres, country setting. $60,000 OBO. 304-812-6188 3 BR, 1 BA,also 1 BA being remodeled, Letart area, 1.98 acres, country setting. $60,000 OBO. 304-812-6188 REAL ESTATE RENTALS Apartments/Townhouses 1 & 2 bedroom apartments & houses, No pets, 740-992-2218 1 BR Apt @ 720 Second Ave. Gallipolis $375mo. single $395 couple NO Smoking & NO Pets + Dep. Inc water,sewer,trash. AC & W/D. Call 645-2192 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 2BR APT.Close to Holzer Hospital on SR 160 C/A. (740) 441-0194 RENTALS AVAILABLE! 2 BR townhouse apartments, also renting 2 & 3BR houses. Call 441-1111. APT: clean, economical, 1 BR, ref, dep, no pets. 304-675-5162 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 Middleport, 2 br. furnished apt., No pets, dep. & ref., 740-992-0165 Twin Rivers Tower is accepting applications for waiting list for HUD subsidized, 1-BR apartment for the elderly/disabled, call 675-6679 �Sunday, March 4, 2012 Apartments/Townhouses TAKING APPLICATIONS The Point Pleasant Housing Authority will be accepting applications for low-income housing on March 6, 13 and 20, 2012. We will only be taking applications for 2 and 3 bedroom units. These applications will only be taken at our office located at 501 Shawnee Trail , Point Pleasant, WV. between the hours of 9:00 a.m. & 12 p.m. on the specified days. Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Rentals Help Wanted- General START YOUR OWN BUSINESS Salon for rent, equipment included, 2 tanning beds, Gallipolis Ferry, price negotiable. 304-675-1234 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 START YOUR OWN BUSINESS Salon for rent, equipment included, 2 tanning beds, Gallipolis Ferry, price negotiable. 304-675-1234 Call WOW! Gov't program now available on manufactured homes. Call while funds last! 740-446-3570 RESORT PROPERTY Houses For Rent 1 & 2 bedroom apartments & houses, No pets, 740-992-2218 1 BR, $350 mo, $350 dep, , NO PETS, 304-675-5332 or 740-591-0265 1 BR, $350 mo, $350 dep, , NO PETS, 304-675-5332 or 740-591-0265 2 bed 1 bath water, stove, refrigerator $350/mo 325/dep 480 Paxton. HUD ok. Ready Now. 740-645-1646 2 BR , remodeled inside and out, located in Pt Pleasant, all appl incld, $475 mo, dep & ref req. 304-674-6218 2 BR , remodeled inside and out, located in Pt Pleasant, all appl incld, $475 mo, dep & ref req. 304-674-6218 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. Mobile homes for rent. Pt Pleasant area. 304-675-3423 or 304-675-0831 before 8:30 pm Help Wanted- General Sales Repo's Available 740)446-3570 Manufactured Homes EMPLOYMENT Construction Edward's Roofing & Construction, finish carpentry, 20 yr experience, Satisfaction guaranteed, 740-444-9112. Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B5 Help Wanted- General Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center currently has an opening for a full-time RN Treatment Nurse. Long term care experience required. Enterostomal wound care certification preferred. WV RN license. For more information, please contact Angie Cleland, Director of Nursing at (304) 675-5236. Pleasant Valley Nursing and AA/EOE Rehabilitation Center currently have Help Wanted- General openings for Certified Nursing Assistants. Must be state certified in West Virginia. Must be willing to The Gallipolis Parks and Recrework 12 hour shifts. ation Dept. is accepting appliFor more information, please contact cations for summer workers for Angie Cleland, Director of Nursing at Gallipolis City Pool season. We (304) 675-5236. are accepting applications for admissions, concession workers, and AA/EOE lifeguards. (Lifeguards must be Red Help Wanted- General Cross Certified) Applications may be picked up at the Gallipolis City Offices, 848 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, OH Monday thru Friday 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. Certifications and work permits are required where necessary. Deadline for applications will be March 30, 2012, 4:00 pm. 4 bedroom house for rent, $500 per month 740-590-1900. Nice 2 - Story country home on lg lot (Rm for garden) near RV Schools - 3 BR renovated bath, All electric, stove,frig,w/d hook-ups, attached garage. $575 rent plus dep. Applications Call 446-3644. Questions or for more information call 740-441-6022 for Bret Bostic or Beverly Dunkle 441-6015 MANUFACTURED HOUSMiscellaneous Miscellaneous �Sunday, March 4, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B6 March is Chevy Truck Month At 2012 Buick Regal 6speed auto N1311 msrp $27,530 • Sale price 27,796 Rebate $1,000 Your price $26,796 2012 Chev Sonic 5-door hatch auto trans 2005 Your price $17,199 SMITH CHEVROLET • BUICK 2012 Chev Cruise 1lt summit white auto trans “10” air bags N1275 Your price $19,658 All inventory specially priced for the Big Sale! 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Approximately every three hours a home fire death occurs somewhere in the nation, according to the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Take action now to make sure your home is safer, and that your family knows what to do in case a fire does break out. And don’t stop there — share some positivity in your community by reminding family and friends to change the batteries in their smoke alarms when they change their clocks this fall. Make a Plan When a home fire occurs, you have very little time to get out. Having an escape plan that everyone is familiar with is a critical part of saving lives. Yet only 23 percent of U.S. families have developed and practiced a home fire escape plan to ensure they could escape quickly and safely. n Draw a floor plan of your home and find two ways out of every room. Sketch the exit routes clearly on the floor plan. n If an upstairs window is one of the escape options, make sure you have a fire escape ladder long enough to reach the ground. Make sure every adult knows how to use it. Adults should be responsible for helping younger children. n Assign an outside meeting place, so that if the family escapes from different routes, you can quickly locate each other. Room by Room Bedrooms The peak time for home fire fatalities is between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., when most families are asleep. n Do not trap electrical cords against walls. Heat can build up, posing a fire hazard. n Use only lab-approved electric blankets and warmers. Make sure cords are not worn or coming apart. Do not leave electric blankets switched on all night unless they are marked “suitable for all night use.” n Keep bedding, curtains and other combustible items at least three feet away from space heaters. n Never smoke in bed. n Replace mattresses made before the 2007 Federal Mattress Flammability Standard. By law, mattresses made since then are required to be safer. n Have a working smoke alarm in every bedroom and outside each sleeping area. Illustration courtesy of Getty Images Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery Daylight saving time ends Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 and marks the 24th anniversary of the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program, created by Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). This program reminds people to check and change the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors during the fall time change. Installing smoke alarms on every level of the home can give your family precious minutes to get out and get to safety. n Teach children what smoke alarms sound like and what to do when they hear one. n Once a month, check whether each alarm in the home is working properly by pushing the test button. n Replace batteries in smoke alarms at least once a year. Immediately install a new battery if an alarm chirps, warning the battery is low. n Smoke alarms should be replaced every 10 years. Never disable smoke or carbon monoxide alarms. n Carbon monoxide alarms are not substitutes for smoke alarms. Know the difference between the sound of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms. Living Room n n n n n n Do not overload electrical outlets. Never run electrical cords under carpets. Check all electrical cords for fraying or other signs of damage. Only light decorative candles when adults are in the room. Use stable candle holders that will not catch fire. Blow candles out when you leave. During a power failure, do not use candles or oil lamps for light. Keep battery operated flashlights and lanterns in easily accessible places. Candles used for light in the absence of electrical power cause one-third of fatal home candle fires. Make sure you have a working smoke alarm in each room, including the living room. Kitchen Cooking equipment is the leading cause of reported home fires and home fire injuries in the United States, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. n Never use extension cords to plug in cooking appliances. They can overload the circuit and start a fire. n Stay in the kitchen when you are frying, grilling, or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove. ® n n n Keep anything that can catch fire away from the cooktop. This includes potholders, oven mitts, wooden utensils, paper or plastic bags, food packaging, towels and curtains. Keep the cooktop, burners and oven clean. Loose clothing can dangle onto stove burners and catch fire. Wear short, close-fitting clothing or tightly rolled sleeves when cooking. Garage n n Store all combustible materials away from regular sources of heat, such as water heaters, space heaters, boilers and furnaces. Keep wood finishes, spray paint, paint thinners and other flammable products in a dedicated storage container with a closed door. n n Store all combustible materials in their proper containers and be sure they are clearly marked. Keeping the garage tidy can also help keep it safe. Get rid of stacked boxes, newspapers, recycling and trash. They can be instant fuel for a fire. For more tips, visit www.Energizer.com. Information sourced from the International Association of Fire Chiefs, The Home Safety Council, and the U.S. Fire Administration. �Sunday, March 4, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C2 From the bookshelf Computers 101 @ Your Library By Deborah Saunders Bossard Memorial Library Director A recent survey of library patrons indicated the need for basic computer classes for citizens in our community. As a result, the Library will host a series of free computer classes to the public beginning in March. Library staff will serve as instructors for these two-part workshops, during which participants will learn the basics of computer operation and Internet use. In order to provide detailed instruction, class size will be limited; therefore, pre-registration will be required. Interested participants may register for the March 13 and March 15 sessions or the March 27 and March 29 sessions, with all sessions to be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Bossard Library also provides include free wireless Internet access, as well as computer stations for use by the public. In 2011, the Library provided over 22,400 public computer sessions to the community — not even counting wireless Internet sessions! This service is important as many patrons may not own a personal computer or may not have access to the Internet, possibly due to their location of residence or due to financial constraints in this tight economy. The Library is also pleased to provide the community with many print resources on technological topics including: * Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One * iPad for Dummies * UNIX and Linux system administra- tion handbook * Speed it up! A Non-Technical Guide for Speeding Up Slow Computers * The Healthy PC: Preventive Care, Home Remedies, and Green Computing * Computing for Seniors in Easy Steps * The Complete Idiot’s Guide to PC Basics, Windows 7 Edition Additionally, various books on computer applications such as PowerPoint, Excel, Word and PhotoShop are available at the Library. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in learning the basics of computer operation and Internet use, the Library is the place to be! Those interested in registering for these March classes can do so by phoning the Reference Desk of the Library at 446-7323 or by registering at the Library. In addition to these basic computer classes, the Library will be continuing with our e-Book workshops, with the next class slated for 10 a.m. on April 21. This particular e-Book workshop will focus specifically on the Kindle e-Reader. Space will be limited to allow for more personalized instruction, so be sure to register early for this event. Future e-Book workshops will focus on other specific e-Readers, including the Nook. Libraries open the door to worlds of opportunities. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn more about technology by attending these library workshops……and open your mind to a whole new world! Rock Springs Church hosting fund raiser Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — For the past four years, the Rock Springs United Methodist Church has staged a special spring project to raise money for someone with severe medical needs or a non-profit organization whose goal is to help the less fortunate. Over $27,000 has been raised by the church and given to help others over those four years. Plans are now under way for the fifth annual event. It has been set for March 10 in the Meigs High School cafeteria. Not only does the evening offer a variety of food, but entertainment, a silent auction, and a live auction with Billy Goble, auctioneer. The doors of the cafeteria will open at 5 p.m. with admission being $7 for adults and $5 for children, 12 and under. The cost includes a selection of sandwiches, chips, beverages and deserts and an evening of entertainment by the Truly Saved Trio, Valerie Clonch, and Dave Ridgeway. As in years past, the Church is appealing for do- nations of new and unused items for the auction. Anyone with items to donate or in need of additional information on the benefit, may contact Sally Hanstine, benefit coordinator, at 740992-4160 or 740-416-5378. This year, proceeds will go to the Meigs Cooperative Parish food bank which month after month provides bags of groceries for dozens of disadvantaged families and elderly residents. MHS homecoming queen competing at state level POMEROY — Cheyenne Dawn Beaver, daughter of Doug and Tracy Beaver of Pomeroy, has been selected a finalist for Ohio’s 32nd Annual Homecoming Queen contest to be held April 14 at the Dayton Marriott in Dayton, Ohio. She is Meigs High School’s 2011 homecoming queen. The contestant selected as Ohio’s 2012 Homecoming Queen will receive a cash scholarship plus an all expense paid trip to the National Finals to compete with the queens from the other states for America’s Homecoming Queen. America’s Homecoming Queen Inc. is a non-profit organization promoting education, educational travel, and community service in all fifty states. Cheyenne will also be competing for Ohio’s favorite homecoming queen. Residents can vote for her for Ohio’s favorite homecoming queen at www.americashomecomingqueen.com. PVH earns national respiratory care recognition POINT PLEASANT — Pleasant Valley Hospital (PVH) has earned Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) under a national program aimed at helping patients and families make informed decisions about the quality of the respiratory care services available in hospitals. About 700, or approximately 15 percent of, hospitals in the United States have applied for and received this award. “We are very proud of our Respiratory Care Therapist Team here at Pleasant Valley Hospital,” said Tom Schauer, CEO. “Our respiratory therapists are specially trained health care professionals who enjoy working every day to provide our patients with quality respiratory care. They are key members of our lifesaving response teams charged with handling lifesaving medical emergencies.” The QRCR program was started by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) in 2003 to help consumers identify those facilities using qualified respiratory therapists to provide respiratory care. The AARC is a membership organization representing more than 50,000 health professionals involved in respiratory care nationwide. Hospitals earning the QRCR designation ensure patient safety by agreeing to adhere to a strict set of criteria governing their respiratory care services. To qualify for the recognition, PVH provided documentation showing it meets the following conditions: * All respiratory therapists employed by the hospital to deliver bedside respiratory care services are either legally recognized by the state as competent to provide respiratory care services or hold the CRT or RRT credential. * Respiratory therapists are available 24 hours. * Other personnel qualified to perform specific respiratory procedures and the amount of supervision required for personnel to carry out specific procedures must be designated in writing. * A doctor of medicine or osteopathy is designated as medical director of respiratory care services. * Hospital policy prohibits the routine delivery of medicated aerosol treatments utilizing small volume nebulizers, metered dose inhalers, or intermittent positive pressure treatments to multiple patients simultaneously. Those circumstances under which this practice is permitted is defined by policy. * [The hopital] must use a process that periodically compares performance on efficiency and quality metrics with similar departments for the purpose of identifying and achieving best practice. The AARC’s QRCR program grew out of growing concerns among health care leaders and the general public regarding the safety and quality of health care services provided to patients. Hospitals that meet QRCR requirements provide a level of respiratory care consistent with national standards and guidelines. A list of QRCR hospitals is maintained at the association’s Web site for consumers, www.YourLungHealth.org. Respiratory therapists are specially trained health care professionals who work under physician’s orders to provide a wide range of breathing treatments and other services to people with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, AIDS and other lung or lung-related conditions. They are key members of lifesaving response teams charged with handling medical emergencies. Texas rice farmers won’t get water for irrigation HOUSTON (AP) — in Lissie, about 60 miles Thousands of Texas rice southwest of Houston. Conditions have eased in farmers won’t get water for irrigation this year because recent weeks with some siglakes and rivers remain low nificant rains, but two-fifths after more than a year of of the state remains in a severe drought. As of Friday drought. The Lower Colorado morning, lakes Travis and River Authority said Friday Buchanan were about 3,200 it won’t release water from acre-feet, or more than 1 two Austin-area lakes into billion gallons, short of the the rivers and canals the level they’d need to reach farmers use for irrigation. for the farmers to receive The announcement was ex- water. A small percentage of pected, but notable as the first time in the authority’s farmers, those with senior history that it won’t provide water rights along the river, will get about 20,000 acrethe water. Texas is one of the six feet of water. The rest will largest rice producers in not get any. LCRA spokeswoman the country, and the farmers in the Colorado River Clara Tuma had said Thursbasin make up almost three- day that the authority did quarters of the state’s total not expect to reach the rice acreage. But without ir- 850,000 acre-feet needed to Cheyenne Beaver rigation, many farmers will provide water to all farmers. But even if the lake levels be able to plant only a fraction of the rice they usually had hit that mark, farmers grow, and some won’t plant would have received only 25 percent of the water any. “Farmers were prepared they needed for their crops for the almost inevitability for this season, Gertson of this … but things came said. They would have had so close at the end, there to break up big fields into were some who thought we smaller ones and do a lot of of agriculture. The Kentucky Farm Bureau says farmers might get it,” said Ronald other improvising to make today grow twice as much food as their par- Gertson, who grows rice that work, he said. ents did but use less land, water and energy in doing so. Haney operates an orchard and cattle farm in Pulaski County. He says learning about agriculture shouldn’t be just for people who want to pursue farming or a related Your online source for news career but for everyone who enjoys the nation’s food supply. National Agriculture Week promoted by Farm Bureau LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Farm Bureau is marking National Agriculture Week next week, and the organization’s president says it’s a chance for people to learn about those whose hard work contributes to the nation’s well-being. President Mark Haney says generations ago, most families in Kentucky had a connection to farming, but that’s no longer the case, and all people, particularly young people, should understand the important role Submitted photo PVH recently earned Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) under a national program aimed at helping patients and families make informed decisions about the quality of the respiratory care services available in hospitals.Pictured, from left, are: PVH respiratory therapists, M.T. Blaine, RRT, Paul Clay, CRT, and Terry Lucas, RRT, Coordinator of Cardio/Respiratory Services. Other PVH respiratory therapists not pictured are Jared Billings, RRT, Dewayne Good, CRT, Paula King CRT, Jennifer Mabe, RRT, Susan Ovadia, CRT, and Kim Rayburn, CRT. Other members of the Cardio-Respiratory Department, not pictured, are: EKG staff, Arleen Dodson, Marie Hatfield, Leslie Spencer and Pam White. “It would not have been the most efficient use of resources,” said Gertson, whose family has grown rice in the area for five generations. “So while I’m not happy not to get water, I wouldn’t have been jumping for joy to get only 25 percent.” He has estimated he can grow about a third of his rice with groundwater. If he pushes it, he might get about 45 percent of the acres he normally plants. Like many farmers, he had already been looking at what he could do to cut costs and make it through what’s clearly going to be a hard year. The three counties that won’t get irrigation water Wharton, Colorado and Matagorda are some of the poorest in the state, with poverty levels above the national average. Many farmers in the region alternate between growing rice and ranching, but those with cattle sold off much of their livestock last year as the drought parched rangeland and pushed up hay prices. Visit us online at www.mydailytribune.com �Sunday, March 4, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday, March 4, 2012 ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C3 Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope zITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, March 5, 2012: This year your creativity evolves in various areas of your life. You express yourself in a solid, appealing manner, and you make your interactions effective and clear. Deal with unexpected insights, which could be nearly perpetual if you jot them down immediately. If you are single, your appeal reaches many people. Make sure you choose what you really want. If you are attached, express your caring more often, and a new bond will appear in the relationship. Count on LEO to energize 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) HHHH You have the necessary resources to deal with a promising and dynamic idea. Share what you are hearing, and get as much feedback as possible. Someone you care about could be extremely security minded. Accept this person as he or she is. Tonight: Radiate your high energy. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You might prefer to maintain a strong, near-silent presence rather than act or take a leadership role. Know how important it might be to express your knowledge, caring and concerns in a manner that can be heard. You will opt for the conservative route. Tonight: Buy a treat on the way home. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You know what you think, but you cannot expect others to be mind-readers. Verbalize your feelings. You are more likely to be hurt if you do not express your vulnerabilities. You also can decide what to do about someone who doesn’t care about or honor these same sensitivities. Tonight: Be among friends. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Zero in on what feels important, and don’t allow someone to distract you. Be aware of this person in your environment. Demonstrate kindness and sensitivity to his or her needs, and it might help end the demands. Tonight: Do some shopping. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH You can deal with nearly anything, even if it is Monday! Express your capacity to work under pressure and digest a lot of new information, then act appropriately. You see beyond the obvious. Someone lets you know how much he or she trusts you. Tonight: Dream up plans, and you might be surprised at the response. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HH You have dealt with a lot of frustration from a partner and loved ones in the past year. Starting a major rebellion at the present moment will work against you; instead, express your fatigue at this behavior and your willingness to walk away. Tonight: Head home quickly. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Follow your knee-jerk response with a friend who often surprises you with his or her behavior. Others might be more willing to adjust to this person and his or her innate swings than you are, but they will start expressing feelings like yours soon enough. Being honest will help this person to grow. Tonight: Where the fun is. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Be willing to state your case. Others will envy your thoughts and courage. You also know that there are other alternatives and solutions. The question remains: Are you willing to negotiate and head down a new path? Your flexibility counts. Tonight: Take the lead. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH Understand where a child or loved one is coming from. Walk in his or her shoes, and see what it feels like to be this person. Apply this process to a boss, and you can only gain. Put in the extra effort. Tonight: Detach from your day, then decide. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Deal directly with others. Your individual focus and attention could make all the difference in the final outcome. You could be surprised by a real estate matter or domestic issue. Know that you can deal with it. Worry less. Tonight: Spend quality time with a special person. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Honor a difference and respond accordingly. Someone in your immediate circle might have made a decision without considering what the ramifications might be. Answer questions that seek understanding. Tonight: Off doing errands. Try to get a walk in. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You know what you want, and you choose your direction accordingly. Be careful with your finances, as what you thought was a given could be the source of a shake-up. Talk with a neighbor about an ongoing issue. Tonight: Catch up on emails and calls. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Sunday, March 4, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C4 Willford-Birchfield wedding Sahana Runay Birchfield, daughter of Thomas and Karen Birchfield of Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va., and Bradley Jay Willford, son of Roger and Beverly Willford of Tuppers Plains, Ohio, were united in marriage on September 10, 2011, at the Racine United Methodist Church of Racine, Ohio. The double ring ceremony was officiated by the groom’s grandfather, Rev. Roger Willford, Sr. The bride is the granddaughter of Inez and the late Bill Birchfield, of Gallipolis Ferry, and Leona and the late John Little, of Letart. The groom is the grandson of Roger and Violet Willford, of Tuppers Plains, and Howard and Nancy Ervin, of Racine. The responsibilities of the maid of honor were split between the bride’s two closest friends, Charlotte Bibbee and Leah Eddy. Bethany Lane, cousin of the bride; Jennifer Cessa and Victoria Hansen, friends of the bride, served as bridesmaids. Skyla Lane, cousin of the bride, had the role of flower girl. Serving as the best man was Travis Willford, brother of the groom. Serving as groomsmen were Beau Bailey and Wes Karr, friends of the groom, and Shawn Dailey, cousin of the groom. Conner Ervin, cousin of the groom, served as the ring bearer. Lacey Hupp, cousin of the groom, and Malloree Burton attended the guestbook, and Kate Lane, cousin of the bride, played piano. The ceremony and recep- Pictured are, from left, Norma and Ivor Reuter, Sue and Dudley Pippin and Feryle and Terence Lawrence. Couples celebrate golden wedding anniversaries Bradley and Sahana Willford tion centerpieces and decorations were put together by Sheila McKnight, Beth Clark, Megan Ervin and Sheila Carsey, close friends of the bride. A dinner and dance reception was held at the Kountry Resort Campground, Racine, Ohio. The bride is a graduate of Point Pleasant High School, as well as a graduate of West Liberty University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and is currently working on a master’s degree in business administration at Strayer University. The bride is currently employed at Peoples Bank, Parkersburg, W.Va. The groom is a graduate of Eastern Local High School and attended Hocking College. He is a member of the Carpenters Local 650 and is currently employed at Special Installations, LLC. The bride and groom currently reside in Meigs County, Ohio. Ross family welcomes first born Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Kreigh Ross of Gallipolis welcomed their first child, Brycen Allen Ross at 1:38 a.m. on February 9, 2012, at Holzer Medical Center. He weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz. and measured 21.5 inches. The proud grandparents are John and Ellen Ross of Point Pleasant and Roger and Kathy Edwards of Gallipolis. Great grandparents are Mary and the late John Ross of Point Pleasant, Linda Morris of Point Pleasant, Rupert and Letha Rice of Gallipolis Ferry and the late Billy Gene Evans of Gallipolis and the late June and Marie Edwards of Gallipolis Ferry. Uncles are Dale Edwards of Leon and Lucas Edwards of Gallipolis, and an aunt, Amy Ross of Reedsville. When four young ladies enrolled in Bible College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, they had no idea they would form lasting relationships which would last to the point of celebrating their 50th wedding anniversaries together. They are all graduates of the Bible college with Bachelor of Theology degrees. Their names are Theresa, Sue, Norma and Feryle. Their friendship has endured since 1954. They were roommates in Bible college and afterward shared apartments until, one-by-one, they married and moved elsewhere. They have corresponded and kept track of each other these 58 years, visited each other and always knew what was going on in each family. Recently, Sue (Pippin) decided since the quartet would be celebrating their ‘50th’ within months of each other, that they should all get together. This happened the weekend of January 21-22, in Gallipolis, Ohio. Theresa and her husband Bennie DeMerchant have been missionaries in Brazil for 46 years. They celebrated their 50th anni- versary in Canada in July 2011. Sue and Dudley Pippin had their 50th anniversary in February 2012. The Pippins are planning to retire soon to Florida from their hearing aid business. Norma and Ivor Reuter will celebrate their 50th anniversary in September 2012. They pastored a church in Iowa until they retired. They have spent two terms on the mission field in Africa. Feryle and Terence Lawrence will celebrate their 50th anniversary in June 2013. They pastored Calvary Christian Center for 21 years before retiring because of health problems. Thus, the reason for the reunion in Gallipolis, Ohio. The six visited most of the restaurants in Gallia County, taking pictures and reminiscing about old times, laughing at the many incidents which occurred while they were roommates in St. Paul, Minnesota. They are all so thankful to God that He has spared their lives to celebrate this momentous occasion. Wilfong-Lemaster engagement MIDDLEPORT — Mr. and Mrs. Mike Wilfong of Middleport announce the engagement of their daughter, Beth Wilfong, to Mark Lemaster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lemaster of Flatwoods, Ky. The bride-elect is a 2003 graduate of Meigs High School and a 2007 graduate of Ohio University. She is currently enrolled in the Physical Therapist Assistant program at Hocking College and will graduate in June. Her fiance is a 2001 graduate of Russell High School and a 2003 graduate of Spencerian College in Lexington, Ky. He is currently employed by AT&T Mobility as a National Retail Field Representative. The wedding is planned for 4:30 p.m. June 9, 2012 at Gallipolis City Park in Gallipolis. A reception will follow at the Ariel Theater. Brycen Allen Ross Awards, Education and Accomplishments Mattie Lanham accepted to Union College BARBOURVILLE, Ky. — Mattie Lanham of Thurman has been accepted to attend Union College in the fall semester of 2012. Located in Barbouville, Ky., Union College offers an educational experience where students receive personal attention to help make their educational experience successful. At Union, the average professor-to-student ratio is 14:1, so students can expect small class sizes and close interactions with instructors. Union is a four-year liberal arts school related to the United Methodist Church. *** Kyger Creek employees celebrate anniversaries CHESHIRE — Congratulations to the following employees who celebrated service anniversaries during the month of February at Kyger Creek Station: Janet M. Ambrose, 25 years James E. Harris, 5 years Chad E. Mayes, 5 years Leah J. Jeffers, 5 years Along with a certificate and gift award to commemorate their years of service, these employees will be invited to a celebratory luncheon hosted by Plant Manager, G. Annette Hope. Beth Wilfong and Mark Lemaster Foer and Englander collaborate on Haggadah NEW YORK (AP) — Authors Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander, seated together at a Brooklyn diner, would like to continue a discussion that has lasted for centuries. They have collaborated on a text dating to Biblical times and revisited each year by millions of Jews worldwide. “New American Haggadah,” just published by Little, Brown and Company, is a new edition of the Passover narrative that has been edited by Foer and translated by Englander. They are a contrast the earnest Foer and the expansive Englander but they share skepticism about organized religion and anxiousness about what it means to be a Jew. Both have included Jewish themes in their fiction, whether the grandson of a Holocaust survivor seeking answers about the past in Foer’s “Everything Is Illuminated” or the tug of war between religious and secular culture in Englander’s “For the Relief of Unbearable Urges.” Foer, inspired by Seders (the traditional Passover gatherings) he has attended, says he thought of the project about six years ago. “My family gathers every year and I always look forward to the Seders, but they always seem unfulfilled, despite my father’s best efforts. He’s the kind of guy who cobbles together every page from every single Haggadah. But the conversation is never as interesting as it should be,” says the 35-year-old author, whose novel “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” was the basis for the Oscar-nominated movie. “It requires a good users’ manual, a guiding hand. The entire point is to transmit values through a story and it’s impossible to do that if people aren’t engaged in a story and impossible if it isn’t in a language that moves them and doesn’t have commentaries that engage them.” A Haggadah includes special instructions, prayers, hymns and commentary unique to Passover. The books are given out to family and friends at the Seder table so all can participate in the retelling of Moses’ deliverance of the Jews from slavery more than 3,000 years ago. The term Passover refers to the Jewish homes that were “passed over” by God’s angel of death, sent to snatch the Egyptians’ firstborn as punishment for the pharaoh’s refusal to free the slaves. Passover begins this year on the night of April 6 and continues for eight days. (It lasts seven days in Israel.) “Like all Haggadot before it, this one hopes to be replaced,” reads the introduction to the “New American Haggadah.” During their recent interview, Englander and Foer not only acknowledged, but also celebrated the thousands of Haggadot published over the centuries, including feminist Haggadot, Haggadot for Christians, a “traditional egalitarian” Haggadah, a “freedom” Haggadah and a “significant contemporary version” by the novelist and poet Marge Piercy. “It’s a wonderful conversation to have, a never-ending conversation,” Foer says of the Passover story. “New American Haggadah,” so titled to honor a tradition of naming Haggadot after the place they were compiled, features a timeline of Jewish history and ongoing commentary from four writers, among them “Lemony Snicket” (the pen name for best-selling author Daniel Handler). The Haggadah is illustrated by the Israeli artist and calligrapher Oded Ezer. Commentaries are listed as “Playground,” practical and humorous wisdom from Snicket/Handler; “Library,” a literary/psychological perspective from Rebecca Newberger Goldstein; “Nation,” political observations by Jeffrey Goldberg; and “House of Study,” philosophical and religious takes by Nathaniel Deutsch. Joining past to present is their commitment. As the four consider, for instance, the plagues God brought down on the Egyptians, they raise timeless questions about justice and mercy and whether every citizen should suffer for a nation’s crimes. � 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 03. March Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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