http://66.213.69.5/files/original/13eecc3a42c3411b61df42e78fc9eb6a.pdf 667c4bb4e49e7811aee88e1f75b8ea98 PDF Text Text ALONG THE RIVER LIVING Junior Board of Directors Farmers Bank to expand program, C1 Right at Home Fragrances can awaken a room, D1 Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties Ohio Valley Publishing Co. OBITUARIES Page A5 • Wilbur Lear • Betty J. Lamphier • Dorothy Emmons • Thor Carsey • Bess G. Davis • Betty L. Martin • Roger E. Nibert • Earnest W. Rainey, Sr. FRIDAY NITE SCOREBOARD Southern 21 Fed Hock 14 Gallia Academy 34 Marietta 21 Sunday, September 19, 2010 Tornado strikes Meigs, Athens areas W.Va. man killed after twister jumped Ohio River BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM REEDSVILLE — Meigs County Sheriff Robert Beegle said the path of the tornado touching down between Tuppers Plains and Reedsville Thursday night is clearly seen in the light of day. So is the devestation the tornado caused to homes in Olive Township. At least three Reedsville residents were injured and 25-30 homes were heavily damaged or destroyed, Beegle said, in an area between Tuppers Plains and Reedsville. Just across the Ohio River, in Wood County, W.Va., a man died in Belleville. Beegle and his deputies and other officials were on the scene Friday night, clearing roads, directing traffic, assisting in the restoration of services, and assessing damage. That work continued into the weekend. The tornado system caused injuries and extensive property damage in Athens and The Plains before traveling to northern Olive Township in Meigs Please see Storm, A2 South Gallia 24 Miller 20 Pt. Pleasant 48 South Point 8 BY ANDREW CARTER MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM Wahama 48 Belpre 0 Minford 43 Meigs 0 Ft. Frye 43 River Valley 0 WEATHER High: 84 Low: 58 INDEX 4 SECTIONS — 24 PAGES Around Town A3 Celebrations C4 D2-4 Comics D5 Editorials A4 Sports Photo courtesy Meigs Co. Sheriff’s Department This house in Meigs County was destroyed by a tornado that swept through the region Thursday night. The storm system was responsible for extensive damage in Meigs and Athens counties and the death of a man in Wood Co., W.Va. POW-MIA Recognition Day observed in Gallia County Eastern 26 Waterford 13 Classifieds $1.50 • Vol. 44, No. 38 B Section © 2010 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. GALLIPOLIS — Members of veterans’ organizations in Gallia County and a few local residents gathered Friday in Gallipolis City Park to honor U.S. prisoners of war and military personnel still missing action on POW-MIA Recognition Day 2010. The observance was established in 1979 by Congressional resolution and the first national ceremony was conducted at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. During the brief ceremony Friday morning in Gallipolis, United States Air Force veteran Jim Cozza read an address encouraging those present to always keep POWs and MIAs and their families in their thoughts and to educate themselves and their neighbors about the sacrifices made by veterans through years. He also told the audience that 88,000 Americans are still unaccounted for dating back to World War II. United States Air Force veteran Henry Myers detailed the significance of the POW-MIA table exhibit currently on display at the Gallia County Historical and Genealogical Society on Second Avenue in Gallipolis. The display was set up in the park for the ceremony. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the veterans raised the POW-MIA flag to fly over the city park along with the United States and Ohio flags. The following veterans’ groups participated in Friday’s ceremony: Vietnam Veterans of America Post 709, VFW Post 4464, American Legion Post 27, AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans Chapter 141, Vinton American Legion Post 161 and the Gallia County Veterans Service Office. AMP’ing up for new plant How do NGCC plants work? BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM LETART FALLS — In this area, people know at least something about how coal-fired power plants work but what about power plants powered by natural gas? This month, American Municipal Power announced selecting the project team of Ramco/Burns & McDonnell to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the American Municipal Power Generating Station (AMPGS), a new 600-megawatt combined cycle gas turbine power facility to be located in Letart Falls. The plant is expected to be in service in 2014. Though Natural Gas Combined Cycle (NGCC) plants are gaining steam, many people aren’t entirely sure how they work beyond using natural gas to produce electricity. Plans for the AMPGS are not complete but according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, power plants can use several methods to convert gas to electricity. However, the combined cycle technology is described as burning the Please see AMP, A3 �Sunday, September 19, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page A2 Meigs receives grant for project development BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH HOEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — A grant of $2,426 from the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio to be used for developing a flower garden at the Meigs Elementary School has been received by the Meigs Local School District. It was reported at this week’s meeting of the School Board that Heike Perko, fourth grade teacher at Meigs Intermediate School had applied for the grant which must be spent on the project before June 1. During the meeting a check for $1,200 was presented by Ron Hill, athletic director to the Meigs Local Enrichment Foundation for the stadium development project at Meigs High School currently under construction. The Foundation gift represents the proceeds of the Gallipolis-Meigs scrimmage game. Personnel hired during the meeting included Danny Grueser as a fulltime bus driver on a oneyear contract for the current school year, and Larry Gibbs as a substitute custodian for this school year to be used on an as-needed basis. Hired on supplemental contracts were David Deem, Middle school athletic director; Jackie Buck, National Honor Society advisor; Amy Perrin and Donna Wolf, co-advisors sophomore class; Stacie Roach and Lena Yoacham, co-advisors Middle School yearbook. Chris Shank and Ryan Hill, volunteer, 7th grade boys basketball volunteer; Matt Williamson, 8th grade boys basketball; Larry Hunt, freshman boys basketball, and Shawn Hawley, assistant boys basketball varsity volunteer. Hired as substitute teachers were Julie Beaudry, Sarah Carleton, Christopher Carroll, James Essick, Tricia Jackson, Craig Knight, Jamie Lesesky, Joseph McCall, Paula Pickens, Leonard Powell, Amanda Reed, Jodi Shultz, Amanda Tope, Carrie Towne, Marsha WhittonNagy. The Board approved an overnight field trip for the FFA to Camp Muskingum in Carrollton, a textbook proposal as presented and a waiver of the BMI screening program. Moving into executive session the Board discussed the hiring and compensation of personnel and areas of negotiations with non-certified employees. Submitted photo Ron Hill, Meigs athletic director, center, presents a check for $1,200 to Mike Bartrum, right, Meigs Local Enrichment Foundation president, for the stadium complex project under development. With them, right, is Ron Logan, member of the Meigs Local Board of Education. Ohio Historical Soc. wants Gallia Community Action County to take back old records Agency to sponsor BY AMBER GILLENWATER MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Records Commission held their final meeting of 2010 during the regular meeting of the Gallia County Board of Commissioners on Thursday. Records commissions are established by the Ohio Revised Code in every county in Ohio and must meet every six months. Records commissions provide rules of retention and disposal of the records of the county. The body is composed of a member of the county commissioners, the prosecuting attorney, the auditor, the recorder and the clerk of the court of common pleas. During the records commission meeting on Thursday, Gallia County Recorder Roger Walker, Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Adkins, Clerk of Courts Noreen Saunders, Auditor Larry Betz and County Commission Pres. Joe Foster met to discuss the disposal and retention of old records that have been housed in the Alden Library at Ohio University in Athens. The extensive list of records has been under the care of the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) since the 1980s and OHS has requested that the records commission discuss bringing the approximate “box truck” load of records back into the county. According to Walker, several of the county offices have requested that some of the records be returned. Also, a significant amount of the records originally derived from the Gallia County Local Schools Board of Education and the records commission has contacted the board of education as well as the Gallia County Historical Society to receive word of their interest in taking some of the materials. To receive the materials, the OHS has requested that each county office fill out a deposit agreement that will insure that the records will be stored properly. However, the records commission discussed writing a different agreement that will state that each county office will be responsible for its own records so that each agency can store the old records as they see fit. “I think it would be a tremendous loss to lose all that, for a lot of reasons,” Betz said. The records commission approved a motion that will allow the commission to bring the materials back into Gallia County and they are expected to discuss a new deposit agreement with the OHS. “I think we need to get it all back in the county,” Foster said. The records commission scheduled their next meeting for March 10, 2011. Also during the county commission meeting, Russ Moore, Director of Gallia County Children Services, was present to give the commission an update about his agency. According to Moore, the cash flow balance for the children’s services is $71,771 and the total expenditures for his agency in August were $32,774. “Once again, we continue to be in good financial condition,” Moore said. “We feel very comfortable with our circumstances and we don’t anticipate any unusual surprises.” Moore also told the commission that he is going to prepare his agency for anticipated budget cuts even though he is unsure how much a reduction his agency could face. “I think we need to prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” Foster said. The county commission also awarded bids for projects through the county engineer ’s office. The first bid for truck equipment for the Gallia Co. Highway Department vehicles was awarded to Kaffenbarger Truck Equipment Co. of Columbus in the amount of $38,055 per truck. The second bid for the hauling of cinders was awarded to Taylor Excavating of Jackson in the amount of $58.50 per hour. Assistant County Engineer Jennifer Brown also reported that the engineer ’s office has received funding for a guard rail construction project and she requested that the commission allow the engineer ’s office to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the administering of a new project. The commission approved a motion that will allow the implementation of such a contract and bids will soon be sought for the construction of the guard rails in the county. poverty simulation workshop Sept. 28 GALLPOLIS — It has often been said that you cannot judge a person until you have walked a mile in his shoes. As the area’s poverty-fighting organization, Gallia-Meigs Community Action Agency will sponsor the “Living in Poverty Simulation” workshop at 6 p.m. on Sept. 28 at the Gallia Senior Resource Center. The event will expose participants to real life situations that many residents find themselves living with on a daily basis. The workshop offers participants a roleplaying experience in order to learn more about the realities of living in the conditions of poverty. Participants are given a new identity and family profile at the beginning of the workshop, and live through a month in that family’s shoes. The “month” is compressed into an intense roleplaying period, followed by a debriefing, where participants have the chance to share their own insights. The power of the experience is to create an insight into the state of chronic crisis that consumes so many working families. As an organization that provides services for low-income families, CAA encourages business people from the front line staff to Chief Executive Officers to participate. Approximately 90 to 100 volunteers are being sought to make the event successful. Registration can be made through Teresa Varian, at 367-7341 or 9 9 2 - 6 6 2 9 , TVarian@yahoo.com. Storm from Page A1 County. The storm hit areas of Tuppers Plains and followed Ohio 681 to Eden Ridge Road and Ohio 124. Extensive property damage has been reported to homes located at Sugar Camp on Ohio 124 before crossing the Ohio River to Belleville, W.Va. Beegle said Scott Upton, a farmer on Eden Ridge Road near Reedsville, was injured when his pickup truck flipped over in the high winds. Dale and Bonnie Adams, also of Eden Ridge Road, were also injured. Mr. Adams was able to escape their mobile home but his wife was not, and became pinned in the trailer. She was later rescued, but both suffered injuries and all three were treated at a Parkersburg, W.Va., hospital. American Electric Power and Alltell were restoring electricity and telephone service to the affected area on Friday, Beegle said. Eden Ridge Road was re-opened to traffic Friday morning, with the Olive Township Fire Department and Ohio Department of Transportation clearing debris from the roads affected. Emergency Management Agency Director Robert Byer was also on the scene of the tornado’s path, assessing damage to property. Homes were destroyed, some moved from their foundations and others suffered extensive damage. Junior Barber found his truck in the living room of his house, which has been destroyed. According to Beegle, some residents in the affected area had been calling to request emergency supplies, such as water. Byer said the Eden United Brethren in Christ Church on Ohio 124 is serving as an emergency center, where residents affected by the storm can apply for assistance and receive emergency relief. The American Red Cross was expected to arrive sometime Friday. Staff members with the Department of Job and Family Services were assisting storm victims, and Gov. Ted Strickland was sending a representative to assess the damage. Before the storm hit Reedsville, it hit Athens County neighborhoods hard. A mobile home park in The Plains was evacuated after a gas line rupture. Athens High School housed 40 students during the storm, and Johnson Road was closed for two hours before debris could be cleared. The Athens High School football stadium was destroyed by the storm. The Autotech building on East State Street was leveled. Fifteen homes were destroyed in Nelsonville, and three people were treated for injuries. Six roads were closed in York Township. Altogether in Athens County, seven were treated for injuries and approximately 200 were in need of shelter on Thursday night. Byer said no emergency shelter had been set up in Meigs County and that Red Cross would provide emergency shelter vouchers when they were needed. At least as many homes sustained lighter damage as those destroyed or seriously damaged, Byer said. Dining with Diabetes Are you a diabetic? Do you know a diabetic? Free training & recipes for diabetic support Sept. 27th - Oct. 4th & 12th 6-8 pm Courthouse Annex Pomeroy, OH Contact Andrew Brumfield at 740-992-6626 Meigs County Health Department �AROUND TOWN Gallia County calendar Sunday, Sept. 19 GALLIPOLIS — 147th Emancipation Day Celebration, 10 a.m., Gallia County Fairgrounds. RIO GRANDE — Evans-Pennyfare Supermarkets reunion, Bob Evans shelterhouse #2, Canoe Livery Road. Covered dish dinner at 1 p.m. Info: 446-4289. GALLIPOLIS — Montgomery family reunion, Raccoon Creek County Park, Wild Turkey Shelter. Covered dish lunch at 12:30 p.m. Bring your own dish and beverages. Monday, Sept. 20 RIO GRANDE — N e i g h b o r h o o d Watch/Crime Watch annual picnic, 6 p.m., Bob Evans Farm shelterhouse. Info: Johnnie Russell 367-0323 or Dep. Jimmie Spears, Gallia Co. Sheriff’s Office. GALLIPOLIS — Look Good, Feel Better Program, 1-3 p.m., Holzer Center for Cancer Care, 170 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis. Info: 446-4728 or 441-3909. Tuesday, Sept. 21 HENDERSON, W.Va. — Mason Co. Taxed Enough Already meeting, 7 p.m., Henderson Community Center. Speaker: Charles Lanaham. Topic: U.S. 35 toll. Info: Jim or Anna Maria Butler, 304-6753984 or tango1@frognet.net. Sunday, Sept. 26 GALLIPOLIS — Ice cream social, 6 p.m., First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave., Gallipolis. Public invited. Tuesday, Sept. 28 EWINGTON — American Legion Post 161 meeting, 7:30 p.m., Ewington Academy. Thursday, Sept. 30 GALLIPOLIS — French 500 Free Clinic, 1-4 p.m., 258 Pinecrest Drive, off Jackson Pike. Tuesday, Oct. 5 GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Clinic and Holzer Medical Center Retirees luncheon, noon, Courtside Bar and Grill. Friday, Oct. 8 GALLIPOLIS — Gallia Soil and Water Conservation District board meeting, 1:30 p.m., C.H. Mckenzie Ag Center, 111 Jackson Pike, Suite 1569, Gallipolis. Thursday, Oct. 14 PORTER — Springfield Twp. Trustees 2011 budget hearing, 7 p.m., Springfield Twp. Fire Department, Porter. Monday, Oct. 18 GALLIPOLIS — Gallia Co. Twp. Association meeting, 7 p.m., Gallia Co. Senior Resource Center, 1167 Ohio 160, Gallipolis. Birthdays Marlene Belville will celebrate her 84th birthday on Sept. 20. Cards may be sent to her at 300 Briarwood Drive, Apt. 140, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Church Events Sunday, Sept. 19 ADDISON — Sunday School, 10 a.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Evening service, 6 p.m. Past Rick Barcus preaching. GALLIPOLIS — Debbie Drive Chapel homecoming, 10 a.m. J.R. Vance preaching. Special singing by Karen Eblin and The Gospel Tide. Potluck dinner after service. Pastor Keith Eblin, Sr., invites public. Info: 441-1470. PATRIOT — St. Martin’s Lutheran Church homecoming. Church located on German Ridge, Patriot. Potluck dinner at noon. RODNEY — Rodney United Methodist Church homecoming, 10 a.m. Brent Watson, guest speaker. The Gracemen in concert. Dinner follows service. GALLIPOLIS — The church of Christ in Gallipolis meets at 234 Chapel Drive. Sunday meeting times are: 9:30 a.m., Bible class; 10:30 a.m., worship; 5 p.m., evening assembly. The church meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday for Bible study. Web site: w w w. c h a p e l h i l l c h u r chofchrist.org. GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis church of Christ meets at 214 Upper River Road. Sunday services include 10 a.m. Bible study, with classes for all ages, and 11 a.m. worship. Bible study is also held at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Web Sunday, September 19, 2010 Meigs County calendar site: www.gallipolischurchofchrist.net. GALLIPOLIS — Tommy Moseley concert, 10:20 a.m., First Church of God, Ohio 141. Info: 446-4404. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Tommy Moseley concert, 6 p.m., First Church of God, Point Pleasant. Wednesday, Sept. 22 ADDISON — Prayer meeting, Matt Smith preaching, 7 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Saturday, Sept. 25 CHESHIRE — Women’s retreat, 8 a.m., Cheshire Baptist Church. Info: 367-0154 or 9927542. Sunday, Sept. 26 ADDISON — Sunday school, 10 a.m., evening service, 6 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Pastor Rick Barcus preaching. Jamie Rainey, special music. BIDWELL — Homecoming, 10 a.m., Garden of My Heart Tabernacle, 4950 Ohio 850, Bidwell. Dorsel Messick preaching. Perry Family singing. CHESHIRE — The Gracemen in concert, 10:30 a.m., Cheshire Baptist Church. GALLIPOLIS — The church of Christ in Gallipolis meets at 234 Chapel Drive. Sunday meeting times are: 9:30 a.m., Bible class; 10:30 a.m., worship; 5 p.m., evening assembly. The church meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday for Bible study. Web site: w w w. c h a p e l h i l l c h u r chofchrist.org. GALLIPOLIS — Special service, 10 a.m., Faith Valley Community Church, Bulaville Pike, Gallipolis. Brother James Michael Rainy ministering with song and testimony. Pastor JR Preston preaching. Info: (740) 446-7851. GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis church of Christ meets at 214 Upper River Road. Sunday services include 10 a.m. Bible study, with classes for all ages, and 11 a.m. worship. Bible study is also held at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Web site: www.gallipolischurchofchrist.net. GALLIPOLIS — Ice cream social, 6 p.m., First Church of the AMP from Page A1 natural gas in a combustion turbine and using the hot combustion turbine exhaust to make steam to drive a steam turbine. Combined cycle is thought to achieve a higher efficiency by using the same fuel source twice. In terms of air emissions associated with a plant which produces electricity from natural gas, the US EPA says natural gas produces nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide, but in lower quantities than burning coal or oil. The US EPA goes on to say methane, a primary component of natural gas and a greenhouse gas, can also be emitted into the air when natural gas is not burned completely. Similarly, methane can be emitted as the result of leaks and losses during transportation. Emissions of sulfur dioxide and mercury compounds from burning natural gas are negligible, the US EPA writes. Again, according to the US EPA, the average emissions rates in the United States from natural gas-fired generation are: 1135 lbs/MWh of carbon dioxide, 0.1 lbs/MWh of sulfur dioxide, and 1.7 lbs/MWh of nitrogen oxides. Considering these numbers, the US EPA then states compared to the average air emissions from coal-fired generation, natural gas produces half as much carbon dioxide, less than a third as much nitrogen oxides, and one percent as much sulfur oxides at the power plant. In addition, the process of extraction, treatment, and transport of the natural gas to the power plant generates additional emissions, the US EPA says. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will process any application AMP may (or may not) file concerning an air permit-to-install. Again, the project is still not 100 percent “a go” and is Page A3 largely dependent on getting a natural gas pipeline to the plant. As of Friday, a spokesperson with the Ohio EPA said no documents had been filed by AMP in terms of an air permit-to-install for the AMPGS. When it comes to the use of water, the US EPA says the burning of natural gas in combustion turbines requires very little water. However, natural gasfired boiler and combined cycle systems do require water for cooling purposes. The agency goes on to say when power plants remove water from a lake or river, fish and other aquatic life can be killed, affecting animals and people who depend on these aquatic resources. In terms of water discharges, the US EPA reports combustion turbines do not produce any water discharges though pollutants and heat build up in the water used in natural gas boilers and combined cycle systems. When these pollutants and heat reach certain levels, the water is often discharged into lakes or rivers. This discharge usually requires a permit and is monitored. AMP had agreed to settle a legal dispute over both its air permit-to-install and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit obtained for its coal-fired version of the plant by letting them be revoked by the Ohio EPA. Again, as of Friday, no new permits had been filed with the Ohio EPA regarding the plant’s new NGCC design. As for solid waste generation, the US EPA reports the use of natural gas to create electricity does not produce substantial amounts of solid waste. AMP officials have said there will be no landfill associated with the new plant should it be built. Nazarene, 1110 First Ave., Gallipolis. Public invited. Wednesday, Sept. 29 ADDISON — Prayer meeting, 7 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Jamie Fortner preaching. Sunday, Oct. 3 ADDISON — Sunday school, 10 a.m., evening service, 6 p.m., Addision Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Bob Thompson preaching. JACKSON — Rev. Joshue Barrios from Guatemala speaking, 11 a.m., End Time Harvest Church, 1215 Dixon Run Road, off Ohio 327 exit of U.S. 35, Jackson. Special singing. Prayer for the afflicted. Dinner after service. Info: (740) 6453052. Saturday, Oct. 9 VINTON — Hog roast, gospel sing, noon, Vinton Full Gospel Church. All singers and public welcome. Info: 446-4023. Revivals Sept. 13-19, Kanauga Church, with evangelist Paul Bartrum. Sept. 18-25, Garden of My Heart Tabernacle, 4950 Ohio 850, Bidwell. Time: 6 p.m. Speakers: Mark Dunlap, Larry Chapman, Rev. Williams, J.R. Vance, Calvin Minnis. Special singing each service. Sept. 19-22, Simpson Chapel United Methodist Church, 414 Lake Drive, Rio Grande. Time: 7 p.m. Speaker: Jeremy Beverly. Sept. 29-Oct. 2, McDaniel Crossroads Pentecostal Church, 2600 Cadmus Road, Patriot. Time: 7 p.m. Speaker: Dean Thompson. Monday, Sept. 20 HARRISONVILLE — Harrisonville Senior Citizens, 11 a.m., Presbyterian church, blood pressure taken, potluck afterwards. Tuesday, Sept. 21 CHESTER — Chester Council 323, D of A, 7:30 p.m. at the hall. Thursday, Sept. 23 CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 special meeting, 7 p.m. for purpose of conferring the EnteredAipprentice Degree on one candidate. Refreshments. Church events Sunday, Sept. 19 RACINE — Homecoming at Mt. Moriah Church of God, Mile Hill Road, with morning service at 9:45 a.m., with Herman Stuart as speaker. Dinner at 11:30 a.m. Service at 1 p.m. with special singing. ALFRED — Alfred United Methodist Church annual homecoming, with Pastor Gene Goodwin speaking at 11 a.m., a potluck luncheon at 12:30 p.m., afternoon service at 2 p.m. featuring The Sonshine Singers and local talent. POMEROY — “Abundant Love” is the theme for the Zion Church of Christ’s Homecoming, 10 a.m. service followed by carry in diner; singing by choir, the Forgiven Again Trio and Zion Youth; slide show of activities during the past year will be featured in the morning service. Monday, Sept. 20 SYRACUSE — Revival, 7 p.m., Syracuse Community Church on Second St., Pastor Denver McCarty, singing by Gospel Bluegrass Gentlemen, Bill Carney, Debbie Dodrill, Sid and Carol Hayman, Sandra Wise. Wednesday, Sept. 22 POMEROY — Free community fellowship dinner, 4:30-6 p.m., New Beginnings Church, Second St. Birthdays Josephine Kirby of West Columbia, W.Va., is turning 92 on Sept. 24. Cards may be sent to her at 16698 Ohio River Road, West Columbia, 25287. Elizabeth (Sis) Roush of West Columbia, W.Va. is turning 80 on Sept. 25. Cards may be sent to her at PO Box 7, West Columbia, 25287. 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The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution More Dems back tax cuts for all BY LAURIE KELLMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS More Democrats joined Republicans this week in calling for the preservation of tax breaks for Americans of every income level, bolting this election season from President Barack Obama’s plan to preserve cuts for families who earn less than $250,000 and let taxes rise for the wealthiest Americans. But Obama placed the blame for the stalled proposal squarely on Republicans. “They want to hold these middle class tax cuts hostage until they get an additional tax cut for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans,” the president said. “Doesn’t it make sense for us to move forward with the tax cuts that we all agree on? We should be able to extend, right now, middle-class tax relief on the first $250,000 of income.” Nervous Democrats are among those with concerns about the president’s plan. “We should not be raising taxes in the middle of a recession,” Rep. Jim Marshall, D-Ga., who’s facing tough odds in his bid for a fourth term, wrote in a terse letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “It is essential that we keep things as they are in the short term,” said Rep. Travis W. Childers, D-Miss., another conservative incumbent in a tight race, whose district, like Marshall’s, voted for Republican John McCain in the 2008 presidential race. For this pair, one press release announcing their opposition to Obama’s plan was not enough. They were two of 31 jittery Democrats who signed a letter urging Pelosi, D-Calif., and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., to abandon the Obama plan and extend to everyone the Bush-era tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year, according to one of its authors, Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah. House and Senate leaders aren’t saying which plan they’ll propose, or whether they’ll even bother with the debate in the charged political atmosphere leading up to the Nov. 2 midterm elections. All 435 House seats, 37 in the Senate and the Democratic majorities in both houses are on the line. The divisions extended well into Democratic ranks on Capitol Hill. Moderates and conservatives in tight races were skittish about the prospect of being branded tax hikers at the height of election season if a bill to let taxes rise for the wealthy is brought up for debate. Other Democrats said they relish the idea of holding a vote to extend only the middle class tax cuts and daring Republicans to vote against it. Democratic leaders would not commit to a full debate or a vote in the handful of weeks before Congress leaves town for the campaign trail. Asked directly whether Congress should take up the tax cut issue before or after Election Day, Pelosi did not answer. Her lieutenant, Hoyer, sounded open to discussing compromises but did not say when those talks might happen. The expiring tax cuts are the most sweeping in a generation, affecting taxpayers at every income level. Obama wants to make the tax cuts permanent for individuals making less than $200,000 and married couples making less than $250,000. Republicans support a full renewal of all tax cuts, regardless of income, despite a 10-year cost to the government of about $700 billion above Obama’s plan. 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. Our main numbers are: Tribune • Gallipolis, OH (740) 446-2342 Sentinel • Pomeroy, OH (740) 992-2155 Register • Pt. Pleasant, WV (304) 675-1333 Our websites are: Tribune • Gallipolis, OH www.mydailytribune.com Sentinel • Pomeroy, OH www.mydailysentinel.com Register • Pt. Pleasant, WV www.mydailyregister.com Our e-mail addresses are: Tribune • Gallipolis, OH 45631. Periodical postage paid at Gallipolis. Member: The Associated Press, the West Virginia Press Association, and the Ohio Newspaper Association. 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Published every Sunday, 825 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, OH Outside County 12 Weeks . . . . . . . . . . .$56.55 26 Weeks . . . . . . . . . .$113.60 52 Weeks . . . . . . . . . .$227.21 AP-GfK Poll: Climate for GOP keeps getting better BY LIZ SIDOTI ASSOCIATED PRESS Tilted toward the GOP from the start of the year, the political environment has grown even more favorable for Republicans and rockier for President Barack Obama and his Democrats over the long primary season that just ended with a bang. With November’s matchups set and the general election campaign beginning in earnest Wednesday, an Associated Press-GfK poll found that more Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction than did before the nomination contests got under way in February. Also, more now disapprove of the job Obama is doing. And more now want to see Republicans in control of Congress rather than the Democrats who now run the House and Senate. The country’s pessimism benefits the out-of-power GOP, which clearly has enthusiasm on its side. Far more people voted this year in Republicans primaries than in Democratic contests, and the antiestablishment tea party coalition has energized the GOP even as it has sprung a series of primary surprises. “We’re definitely in a stronger position than we’ve been in really at any point this year,” Sen. John Cornyn, who leads the effort to elect Senate Republicans, said in an interview. Said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: “Turnout and enthusiasm are off the charts.” Indeed, Republicans expected turnout of 30,000 to 40,000 in Delaware on Tuesday. Some 57,582 people showed up to vote as tea party-backed Christine O’Donnell upset moderate Rep. Mike Castle for the Senate GOP nomination. By most accounts, the outcome diminished Republican chances of winning former Vice President Joe Biden’s seat. But Republicans got their preferred candidate in New Hampshire as former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte fended off tea party-supported Ovide Lamontagne by a razorthin margin. Fueling voter anger is an unemployment rate that’s hovered near 10 percent all year despite efforts by Obama and fellow Democrats to accelerate the economic recovery. “I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure that they’re out of office,” said independent voter Robbin Payton of Newport News, Va., reflecting just how toxic the environment is for the party in power. Overall, it’s an extraordinarily dreary backdrop for Obama’s beleaguered party. And with just seven weeks until Election Day, Democrats are running out of options to mitigate widespread expected losses of House, Senate and governor’s seats from coast to coast on Nov. 2. “The reality is if you take the 30,000-foot view, it doesn’t probably look that inviting,” Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, who leads the committee charged with electing Senate Democrats, said in an interview. “If you take the state-by-state view ... it’s far more beneficial to us” because in places like Delaware “Republicans have chosen extremists to be their nominees.” In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted that the Democrats would keep control. But, underscoring the woes facing Democrats, she stopped short of the kind of confidence she’s shown in past campaigns when her party had a political tail wind. “I am not yielding one grain of sand. I want to have the same big, strong majority that we have,” said Pelosi, D-Calif. As Illinois kicked off the primary season Feb. 2, there was little talk even among Republicans that power in the House was in reach, much less in the Senate. But the national landscape has only has worsened for Democrats. Back then: • The unemployment rate was 9.7 percent; it’s 9.6 now. • Half of the country said in January that the country was on the wrong track; 57 percent say that now in the new AP-GfK poll. • About 42 percent of the country disapproved of Obama’s job performance; half does now. • Democrats had a 49 percent to 37 percent advantage over Republicans on the party that voters want to see control Congress; the GOP now enjoys a 55-39 lead among likely voters. Republicans have steadily gained ground on economic issues and now have a slight advantage on handling the economy, the federal deficit and taxes. They improved their standing in the past month even as Obama stepped up his efforts to persuade the public to give Democratic solutions more time to work. At the same time, 40 percent of likely voters call themselves tea party supporters, and most of them lean toward Republicans while nearly two-thirds have a deeply negative impression of Democrats. That means the GOP could be in strong shape on Nov. 2 if tea party backers turn out and vote Republican. That’s what they’ve been doing so far this year: The grass-roots, antiestablishment movement can claim wins in at least seven GOP Senate races, a handful of Republican gubernatorial contests and dozens of House primary campaigns. Also, Obama’s job-performance standing on the economy is at a low point, and a majority of people now say they will consider their feelings about him when they vote for Congress this fall. “I don’t care for what the man is doing. I think he’s leaving a lot of Americans behind,” said independent Larry Schmidt, 61, of Shingletown, Calif. He says he’ll back a Republican, if he even votes. The House is most at risk of changing hands. Upward of 75 races are competitive, most held by Democrats. Republicans need to gain 40 seats to seize control. Most vulnerable are conservative-to-moderate Democrats in districts John McCain won in the 2008 presidential campaign, and other Democrats who rode Obama’s coattails, benefiting from participation spikes among young and minority voters. The GOP needs a 10-seat gain for Senate control, a tall order. Republicans and Democrats alike say that quest got even more difficult Tuesday in Delaware when O’Donnell won the GOP nomination. Democrats had all but written off that Senate seat when it was assumed that Castle would be the nominee, but now they say they’re favored, and many Republicans agree. Nonetheless, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is sending O’Donnell’s campaign the maximum possible donation, $42,000, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a potential presidential candidate in 2012, is kicking in $5,000 from his political action committee. The GOP still is virtually assured to pick up a North Dakota seat. Republicans also could overtake vulnerable incumbent Sens. Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas and Michael Bennett in Colorado, as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada. Among other Democratic-held seats: GOP candidates are leading comfortably in Indiana and Pennsylvania, and Republicans are competitive in Illinois, Connecticut, California, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia. Republicans also have an advantage in states where they are defending seats they now hold that are coming open: Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri and New Hampshire. With less than two months to go, Democrats are focused on slowing a GOP wave that could give Republicans control of Congress and on trying to fire up their deeply dispirited Democratic base while stemming the flood of independents who now are leaning strongly toward the GOP. They haven’t gained traction with warnings that electing Republicans would mean a return to George W. Bush’s policies. Now, Democrats are trying a different tack by elevating — and subsequently tearing down — House GOP leader John Boehner, the likely House speaker should Republicans win control. They’re also pouring millions of dollars into advertising designed mostly to make GOP candidates unacceptable instead of highlighting their own accomplishments. But there’s no certainty any of those tactics will work. For now at least, Republicans are simply selling themselves as something other than the status quo. And, if the antiestablishment results of the primary season are any measure, it may just work. The AP-GfK Poll was conducted Sept. 8 to 13, 2010 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications. It involved landline and cell phone interviews with 1, 000 adults nationwide, and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points for all adults, 4.5 for registered voters and 5.7 for likely voters. �Sunday, September 19, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Obituaries Wilbur ‘Bill’ Lear Wilbur William “Bill” Lear, age 79, of Englewood, Ohio passed away Thursday, September 16, 2010, at Englewood Manor in Englewood. Born April 9, 1931, in Gallia County, he was the son of the late Virgil and Pearl Wells Lear. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Alma Leach Lear; three brothers, Virgil Lear Jr., Otis Lear and Richard Lear; and by one sister, Maxine Lamadale Wallace. Bill was a member of Local 1410 Union. He enjoyed coon-hunting, fishing, trapping and his bluegrass music. He is survived by one son, William “Billy” Lear, and daughter-in-law, Irene Lear of Dayton; one grandson, Brad Lear of Dayton; one sister, Bernice (Allen) Brothers of Bidwell; and one brother, Russell Lear of Vinton. He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, other family and friends. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Old Mercerville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, from 5-8 p.m. An online guest registry is available at waugh-halley-wood.com. Betty J. Lamphier Betty Jean Phillips Lamphier, 90, of Patriot, Ohio, passed away Thursday, September 16, 2010, at her residence. The Gallipolis, Ohio, native was born July 19, 1920, the daughter of the late Rueben and Dovie J. Wiseman Phillips. She is survived by her husband, Dale Lamphier of Patriot whom she married on December 7, 1963. She graduated from the Bethesda School of Nursing, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1941 and retired as an industrial nurse from the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company in Wilmington, Ohio. She served as a volunteer at Holzer Hospital for a number of years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Selva; her siblings, May Haskins and Paul, Marjorie Spriegel and Atlee, Clayton Phillips and Noval, and Ruth Phillips. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children, Christine L. Phillips of Patriot; C. Ruth and David Kirkland of Huntington, W.Va.; Daniel H. and Peggy Lamphier of Patriot, Ohio, and Mitzi J. Enlow of Cynthiana, Ky.; a sister and brother-in-law, Pearl and Raymond Pope of Gallipolis, Ohio; five grandsons and their spouses, C. Mark Collins, Matthew T. and Melanie Collins, Kevin Lamphier, Eddie R. Lamphier, John P. Enlow; great grandchildren, Tess Marie Collins and Tyler Jeffords and numerous nieces and nephews. There will be no calling hours, and interment services are private. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Holzer Hospice, 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Phillips Funeral Home, 1004 South Seventh Street, Ironton, Ohio is handling the arrangements. To offer condolences to the family, please visit www.phillipsfuneralhome.net. Dorothy Emmons Dorothy M. Emmons, 87, Brookville, went to be with the Lord on Sept. 9, 1010, at Brookhaven Retirement Community, following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Everett and Grace Kincaid Colwell. She was preceded in death by her husband, James, and son, Charles, a brother, John Colwell, and his wife, Catherine. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law; seven grandchildren and a great granddaughter; her sister, Catherine (Rex) Shenefield, Langsville; her brother, David Colwell; and wife, Jolene Molitoris, Columbus. Funeral was Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 at Brookville First United Methodist Church, with interment in Royal Oak Memorial Gardens. Thor ‘Jake’ Carsey Thor O. “Jake” Carsey, 93, of Rocksprings Road, Pomeroy, died on Sept. 16, 2010, at his daughter’s residence in Chillicothe. He was born Feb. 2, 1917, in Pratt’s Fork, son of the late Charles and Mahala King Carsey. He was a retired employee of the McBee-Litton Industries Plant in Athens. He was a member of the Rocksprings United Methodist Church, a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a member of the Drew-Webster Post 39, American Legion of Pomeroy. Surviving are daughters, Louise (Bob) Luke, Middleport, and Judy K. (Phillip Searfoss) Clifford, Chillicothe; a stepson, Randy (Mary) Sheets, Sandusky; three step grandsons: Larry and Terry Sheets and Chris Searfoss; a step granddaughter, Shawna; two nieces, Kathern Ash, Dayton and Conne Kay Chapman, Harrisonville; a nephew, Danny Joe Carsey of Chillicothe; five grandchildren: Melissa Sisson, Sherri Chriscoe, Wendy Hubbard, Kenny R. Carsey and Kenda Carsey; five great grandchildren: Davey Allan Hubbard, Devon Hubbard, Ashleigh Wood, Andrew Willford, and Seth White. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Pearl Carsey; sister, Katie Knicely; sister, Beryl Wyatt; and two brothers, Elda and Joe Carsey. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, at Ewing Funeral Home, Pomeroy, with Joy Clark officiating. Burial will be at Wells Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until the time of service on Tuesday. Memorial contributions to Adena Hospice Service, 111 W. Water St., Chillicothe, Ohio 45601. Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page A5 Flu vaccine clinics offered in Gallia County GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Health Department will offer the 2010-2011 seasonal influenza vaccine in every township in Gallia County this fall. Following is the flu clinic schedule: Monday, Sept. 20 • Harrison Township Community Building/Fire Station, 10-11:30 a.m. • Grace United Methodist Church, 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 • Greenfield Community Center, 9-10:30 a.m. • Cadmus Community Center, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • Patriot Lodge,1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 • Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 9-10:30 a.m. • Hannan Trace Elementary, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • Crown City/City Building, 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28 • Centerville Village Hall, 8:30-10 a.m. • Centenary United Methodist Church, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. • Christ United Methodist Church, 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29 • Vinton Town Hall, 9:30-11 a.m. • Ewington Academy, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. • Trinity United Methodist Church, 3-4:30, p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 • Addaville Elementary School, 9-10:30 a.m. • Cheshire Township Building, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • Morgan Township Building, 1:30-3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1 • Gallipolis Developmental Center, 8:30-10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 4 • University of Rio Grande-Conf Rm. C, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12 • Evening Hours at Gallia County Health Department, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. The vaccine is also available daily at the health department, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday. The flu vaccine is free to all Gallia County residents, and available for a fee to out-of-county residents. The vaccine has been standardized according to the U.S. Public Health Services Requirements for the 2010-2011 season. The 2010-2011 flu vaccine will protect against three different flu viruses: Type A/California/07/2009 (H1N1); Type A/Victoria/210/2009 (H3N2) and Type B/Brisbane/60/2008. For information, call the health department at 4412018. Local Stocks Deaths Bess Grace Davis Roger E. Nibert Bess (Evans) Grace Davis, 90, died Friday, September 17, 2010, at Arbors of Gallipolis. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at Grace United Methodist Church, Gallipolis. Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Wednesday, 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.; DAR Service, Wednesday, 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Grace United Methodist Church Continuous Improvement Fund, University of Rio Grande Alumni Association or the Gallia County Historical and Genealogical Society. Condolences may be sent to www.mccoymoore.com. Roger E. Nibert, 63, Henderson, W.Va., died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home. Burial will be at Kirkland Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service on Monday at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.wilcoxenfuneralhome.com. Betty Lou Martin Betty Lou Martin, 83, Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Friday, Sept .17, 2010. at Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehab Center. Arrangments will be announced by Deal Funeal Home. Earnest ‘Jake’ W. Rainey, Sr. Earnest “Jake” W. Rainey, Sr., 77, Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va., died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at Select Specialty Hospital in Charleston. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, at Zion Baptist Church in Gallipolis Ferry. Burial will be at Zion Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.wilcoxenfuneralhome.com. Notebook Post 27 fundraiser Healthcare reform seminar GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Post 27 will host a basket games fundraiser at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 19 at the post, 1839 McCormick Road, Gallipolis. Doors open at 1 p.m. For information, call 446-8900, after 3 p.m. RIO GRANDE — Five insurance agencies from the southeast Ohio region will present a healthcare reform seminar on Thursday, Sept. 23 at the University of Rio Grande. The seminar is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in room 216 of Bob Evans Farm Hall. Participating agencies include Patrick Benefit Advisors, McNelly-Gahm Insurance, Cotner, Cooley, Clark and Sharp, The Wiseman Agency and Saunders Insurance Agency. To register, call Michelle at (740) 286-0003 or Sherry at (740) 286-2062. Neighborhood Watch picnic RIO GRANDE — The Gallia County Neighborhood Watch/Crime Watch annual picnic is scheduled for 6 p.m., Monday, Sept. 20 at the Bob Evans Farm shelterhouse. For information, contact Johnnie Russell at 367-0323 or Dep. Jimmie Spears at the Gallia Co. Sheriff’s Office at 446-1221. The event is sponsored by the Deputy Sheriff’s Association and TRIAD. Road closing GALLIPOLIS — Prospect Church Road will be closed between Bulaville Pike and Swango Road, from 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 20 through 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24 for a bridge replacement project, according to Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe. Local traffic will need to use other county roads as a detour. Lanham to speak to Mason Co. TEA HENDERSON, W.Va. — The U.S. 35 toll issue will be the topic of discussion at the Mason Co. Taxed Enough Already meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 21 at the Henderson Community Center. Charles Lanham will be available to answer questions. For information, contact Jim or Anna Maria Butler at (304) 675-3984 or e-mail tango1@frognet.net. RCMSG basket games GALLIPOLIS — The River Cities Military Support Group will host a basket games fundraiser at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23 at VFW Post 4464 in Gallipolis. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. For information, call 245-5589, 446-7194 or 645-1400. Benefit luncheon set POMEROY — A benefit spaghetti luncheon for the Hemlock Grove Christian Church which was burned down and is now in the process of being rebuilt, will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomeroy. The meal can be eaten in or delivered. For delivery call Barbara Fry, 992-5919, or Judy Reiber at 985-4198. Take Back Program UNDATED — Law enforcement agencies will be taking part in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminstration’s “take back” program from 10 a.m-2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25. During that time, individuals can drop off their expired, unused and/or unwanted prescription medications at the Rio Grande Police Dept., the Gallipolis Police Department on Third Ave. in Gallipolis or the Gallia Co. Sheriff’s Office at the the senior center on Ohio 160. AEP (NYSE) — 35.88 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 59.25 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 46.97 Big Lots (NYSE) — 33.53 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 27.92 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 47.65 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 11.00 Champion (NASDAQ) — 1.27 Charming Shops (NASDAQ) — 3.63 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 29.47 Collins (NYSE) — 58.41 DuPont (NYSE) — 43.95 US Bank (NYSE) — 22.81 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 16.29 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 28.28 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 40.06 Kroger (NYSE) — 21.79 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 26.77 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 58.45 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 20.30 BBT (NYSE) — 23.03 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 11.91 Pepsico (NYSE) — 66.12 Premier (NASDAQ) — 6.66 Rockwell (NYSE) — 59.95 Rocky Boots (NASDAQ) — 7.88 Royal Dutch Shell — 58.24 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 66.83 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 53.01 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 4.53 WesBanco (NYSE) — 16.29 Worthington (NYSE) — 15.14 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for September 17, 2010, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. Gallia-Meigs Forecast Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 8 mph. Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers before 10 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 88. Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. �Sunday, September 19, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page A6 Sternwheel Riverfest 2010 Lou and Linda Wendell of the Rufus B II have missed only one of 19 Sternwheel Riverfests. They are from Kanawha County, W.Va., and were enjoying the scenery from their usual spot on the levee lineup. Brian Reed/photo Carleton School children were brought to Riverfest Friday morning to enjoy the carnival rides and bounce houses. Charlene Hoeflich/photo Just beyond the long line of sternwheelers at this weekend’s Riverfest in Pomeroy is a colony of pleasure boats, many from outside the local area, who take in the social life of the weekend event. Brian J. Reed/photo Personnel matters highlight River Valley High School Homecoming 2010 Gallipolis City Schools BOE agenda BY ANDREW CARTER MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM CENTENARY — The Gallipolis City School District board of education addressed a variety of personnel matters during its September meeting held last Wednesday. Prior to working through this month’s agenda, though, Board President Bob Cornwell took the opportunity to congratulate the staff at Green, Rio Grande and Washington elementary schools for making the transition into the new and renovated buildings, each of which opened on Aug. 23 and were officially dedicated on Saturday. Cornwell said the staff at each school handled moving into buildings that weren’t quite ready very well. He pointed out that the staff at Washington Elementary has had to move twice in consecutive school years and praised them for their efforts. “The board and administration appreciate the work the staff has done,” Cornwell said. In personnel matters on the agenda the board made the following decisions: • Accepted the resignation of Leah Rutherford, aide, effective Aug. 27, 2010. • Approved the transfer of Greg Shipley to a bus driver position, effective March 5, 2010. • Approved the creation of two 6hour custodian positions. • Approved the following supplemental contracts for the 2010-2011 school year: Ellis English, Key Club advisor; Josh Riffe, lunchroom duty; Jessica Taylor, National Honor Society advisor; Joe Justice, noon detention hall supervisor; Ann Sickels, elementary bus duty supervisor. • Approved the following substitute personnel for the 2010-2011 school year: Shannon Abbott, teacher; KellyJo Adkins, teacher; Lori Bevan, teacher; Shannon Bevins, bus driver, effective Sept. 9, 2010; Brent Burnette, bus driver, effective Sept. 9, 2010; Korie Burns, teacher; Richard Davis, aide, teacher; Kayleigh Elliott, teacher; Krystal Foster, teacher, effective Aug. 19, 2010; Ellen Freeman, teacher; Dreama Hamid, secretary; Carolyn Haner, aide; Joyce Knotts, teacher; Carol Lawson, cook, custodian; Jason North, teacher; Eddie Perry, cook, custodian, maintenance; Tiana Reed, cook; Janice Rosier, teacher; Gregory Russell, teacher; Sally Swain, aide, secretary; Amy TolerRoe, teacher. • Approved Renee Barnes as a volunteer volleyball coach for the 20102011 school year. • Approved Jessica Taylor’s request for maternity leave to begin on or about Oct. 4, 2010, until approximately Nov. 15, 2010. Paid leave will be used until exhausted and then leave will be unpaid. In other matters, the board: • Approved field trip requests for the Gallia Academy Middle School Gifted Academic Program students to attend the SE Ohio Model United Nations Dec. 2-3 at Ohio Univ. and for the Gallia Academy High School choir to attend the Marshall Univ. honor choir festival Oct. 15-16. • Passed a resolution approving the bid package for loose furnishings and equipment at GAMS and authorized the placement of advertisements to solicit bids for the work. • Approved an agreement with the Gallipolis Education Association for the period Sept. 1, 2010-Aug. 31, 2011. • Accepted a $40 donation from Rosie Meadows for the GAMS library. • Accepted a donation of three sets of six books from the Gallipolis Rotary Club. One set will be given to each elementary school. • Granted permission for the GAHS Athletic Boosters Club to sell old football jerseys as determined by the athletic director. Proceeds will be donated to the GAHS athletic department. • Approved advertising for bids to sell a 1987 International school bus, previously used by the GAHS band. • Approved an equipment rental agreement with Superior Office Service, Inc., for the period of Sept. 1, 2010-Sept. 1, 2014. • Approved a memorandum of understanding with Woodland Centers to provide one therapist and one case manager to serve students identified at the Alternative School. There will be no cost to the school district. • Approved 13 change orders pertaining to district construction projects. • Approved permanent appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 in the amount of $26,883,101. • Approved a memorandum of understanding for National Webcheck Program services and equipment. Bryan Walters/photos Senior Kelcie Carter is the 2010 homecoming queen at River Valley High School. She was crowned during halftime of Friday’s football game. Josh Helms was Carter’s escort for homecoming. Also shown is the homecoming court for 2010. �C1 ALONG THE RIVER Sunday, September 19, 2010 Junior Board of Directors Farmers Bank to expand Meigs County program into Gallia and Mason counties BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — “Wanted: Businessminded Meigs County juniors with a longing for practical financial knowledge. Must be willing to debate, compromise and think outside the box. Persuasive skills a plus. Apply at Farmers Bank.” Farmers Bank and Savings Co. will look for those qualities and more in its search for 15 new high school juniors for this year’s Farmers Bank Junior Board of Directors. It is the second year the Pomeroy-based bank has operated the program in Meigs County, and President Paul Reed said Farmers Bank hopes to “take it on the road,” at least as far as Gallia and Mason counties, soon. The positions are competitive, with five tenth graders selected from each of Eastern, Meigs and Southern high schools. The board positions are awarded to students with a 3.5 grade point average or higher, who submit essays and complete other requirements. Those who participate in the program last year are recruiting their junior friends to apply for this year’s, Reed said, because they enjoyed it so much. The board meets monthly at the bank’s headquarters in Pomeroy, gathering in the bank’s board room, and following an agenda. Bank employees have taken the lead in teaching their areas of expertise, from human resources to mar- keting, finance to equipment. When the program began last year, the final project took place almost immediately. The board members formed a corporation — an auto manufacturing corporation — and used “checks” issued by the bank to each shareholder as their initial investment. When the board ran the figures at their first meeting, they learned they had already gone into the red, before hiring an employee or building the first car. Months later, when the business had been further developed, it reached a point any business reaches in the business cycle. Board members had to expand or sell. After much persuasive debate, alliance formations and other maneuvers, the board voted to sell their company. While the meetings were not boring, the highlight of the program for bank organizers and junior board members was an overnight trip to Columbus with Reed and the county’s economic development team. Students met with State Rep. Debbie Phillips, DAthens, State Senator Jimmy Stewart, RAlbany, and members of the governor’s staff. They met in the state cabinet room, where President Abraham Lincoln once sat, and where Gov. Ted Strickland now conducts state business with his cabinet. Strickland is aware and complimentary of the program, Reed said, and his office and staff have lent support. The student board members also met with Eric Neff, considered the state’s automotive industry expert. He got so involved in the discussion with Meigs County’s students he seemed to forget it was just a model, said Erin Krawsczyn, the bank’s human resources officer who took a lead in organizing the program. As for last year’s alumni, now seniors, they plan to return for quarterly meetings to learn more, and Reed said organizers and those alumni have discussed a challenge of some sorts. Students interested in participating should contact their high school principals. �Sunday, September 19, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Constitution Day Submitted photo Judge Margret Evans came and spoke to freshman and sophomore students at River Valley High School about the Constitution in honor of Constitution Day. Judge Evans explained the little known facts about the forming of the Constitution and how the Constitution has continued to be the guiding document for our democratic society. From left to right Brea McClung, sophomore social studies teacher; Andrea Gannaway, freshman social studies teacher; Judge Margaret Evans; and Ed Moore, assistant principal and freshman social studies teacher. Community Corner Rehearsals are already underway for this year’s Halloween thriller “Seven Brides for Dracula” to be performed Halloween weekend by the River City Players. This classic horror story, with a comedic twist, features Dracula who takes up residence close to a sanitarium, with vampire hunter, Van Helsing in hot pursuit. There’s howling wolf men, vampires, dancing bugs of all sizes and of course seven brides in the non-stop action show. And it’s one where audience participation is encouraged to boo the villain and cheer the hero. A Dracula costume dance will follow the Saturday night performance (Oct. 30, 7 p.m.) at the Mulberry Community Center in Pomeroy. There will also be a Sunday performance, Oct. 31 at 2 p.m.. Tickets will be available at Dan’s in Pomeroy and at the door. ••• There’s plenty of publicity about the nasty problem of bedbugs and the infestation of hotels Charlene Hoeflich in the newspapers and on television these days. Last night a TV newsperson reported Cincinnati as the most infested. So I don’t want to go there. It used to be that bedbugs were associated with people who were not-too clean or residences cluttered with stuff which had been there too long. Now it seems anyone can get bedbugs. They’re something like lice which hop from one head to another, only bedbugs travel from one location to another on clothes or in suitcases. You never know where they are and it doesn’t matter who you are, they hop on board. Even talking about lice and bedbugs makes me squirm. So should I have to travel l’ll bypass hotels and sleep in my car. The discussion of bedbugs has now come out of the closet, so to speak. Repellent sprays are showing up in stores... not just discreetly placed on back shelves, but displayed on their large outside advertising signs. King’s Hardware in Middleport has one. This week for the first time I also saw in a major department store a large sign above what was described as a mattress cover which will keep bedbugs from soiling the mattress on which you sleep. Protecting the mattress is important, but for me, well I’m much more concerned about losing my blood to the little suckers. ••• Many have hummingbird feeders out and Texanna Wehrung says it’s not yet time to take them down. Early in October, you may notice a decrease in the hummers that come around but until it gets down to one or two a day, just leave that feeder in place. She said shortened daylight and/or a hard frost will drive them south and nothing anyone can do can cause the birds to leave more quickly or stay too long. When it’s time, they’ll know it, but that won’t be until they are fattened up and have the strength to survive the journey south. ••• The Meigs County festival season is over. It started the first weekend in June and I can’t remember a weekend when there wasn’t something going on in the amphitheater or on the parking lot. Last night the Sternwheel Riverfest wrapped up the season. A great fireworks display, a nighttime cruise on the Ruble Sternwheeler, and music by the popular Insured Sound and Paul Doeffinger closed out another year of free entertainment in downtown Pomeroy. Visit Monet and mysteries in Paris us online at mydailytribune.com mydailysentinel.com Your online source for news Keeping Meigs & Gallia informed Sunday TimesSentinel Gallia • 446-2342 Meigs • 992-2155 Several years ago I was fortunate to travel to Paris. We boarded TWA Flight 800 on a Monday night. There was some delay to repair the plane, not comforting while waiting for takeoff. On Wednesday, TWA Flight 800 exploded off the end of Long Island, killing everyone on board. Same plane? Could have been. I felt somewhat like the folks who just missed being on the Silver Bridge that December evening when it fell. One fine day we ventured out to the Impressionist Monet’s home and gardens. It was one of the most memorable places of my life. There are beautiful gardens surrounding the pink house, a lovely little bridge and a water garden with his famous lilies. Claude and Camille is a novel about Claude Monet and the love of his life, whom he met when he was beginning his work in Paris. His father was a dealer in nautical supplies in Le Harve. Against his father’s will, he decided he would rather take his chances as an artist than be tied to the family’s business. He and fellow Impressionists Renoir, Pissarro, Manet and Cezanne lived together and shared funds and did nearly starve. Monet saw the lovely Camille Doncieux, from a wealthy family, and asked her to be his model. She defied her parents to live with hm, and they had a son. For many years they lived in grinding poverty, evicted from Beverly Gettles their apartments, begged family for help, and all the while he kept trying to sell his paintings. I wonder how he would feel to know his works now bring millions and reside in the great museums around the world? Camille did not live long enough to share his success and to reside in the beautiful home with the gardens he had promised her. The novel is touching and carefully researched. Lee Child is the author of thrillers and has written 14 Jack Reacher mysteries (Why are so many of these guys called Jack?). His latest, 61 Hours, finds Jack on a tourbus which crashes near Bolton, South Dakota in the dead of winter. There is a prison close by, and the town is also near a mysterious former military installation. There is a meth distribution problem in the county, and the local little old former librarian observed a drug deal and needs protection until she can testify at a trial. An assassin is on his way to Bolton, and there is a connection between a motorcycle gang and a ruthless Mexican drug lord. The local police chief and his assistant enlist the help of the marooned Jack Reacher. A snowstorm has shut down the highways out of town. This one will make you shiver (description of the bitter cold) and quake (suspense in yrying to guess who the bad guys are and who will die next). There are many hints along the way, most of which I missed! The story brings in the CIA, old military records regarding installations done before the Cold War, and the growing meth problem in rural areas. Bet you will be surprised at the contents of the secret underground vault built following World War II. If you like a good, fast story, try Lee Child. Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page C2 138th Gymanfa set for Sept. 26 at Nebo Church RIO GRANDE Akron will be — The 138th preaching his annual Gymanfa 10th gymanfa of the Central this year in the Southeast Welsh morning service. Congregational Rev. Kathryn Churches will be Loxley, pastor at held on Sunday, Nebo Church, Sept. 26 at Nebo will also preach. Congregational The special Church outside guest chorister Habermehl Rio Grande. this year is Anne The morning Habermehl from service will start Cortland, N.Y. at 10:30 a.m. A Habermehl is an catered lunch will accomplished be served at noon. Welsh-American The afternoon who founded service will start Welsh Heritage at 1 p.m. Rev. Week 30 years Eirian Wyn Lewis ago, was the travfrom Wales will el editor for Ninbe the special nau newspaper guest minister. for many years, Lewis Rev. Lewis is has conducted from Pembrokeshire and gymanfas and Welsh has five Baptist churches singing in both Welsh and under his care, including English in many areas of Rhydwilym, which is the the country and permother church for the Bap- formed in a duo named tists in West Wales. He has Unwaith Eto (“Once served twice as minister in Again”) with her violinist Patagonia and has visited son. Habermehl also is the U.S. on three occasions, owner of The Harp and attending the Gymanfa- Dragon, supplying Welsh Ganu in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., goods for over 30 years. preaching in the Welsh Randall Evans from Church in Los Angeles and Oak Hill is guest soloist attending the St.David’s and Stevie Jarvis from Day celebration in New Jackson will serve as York in 2008. He was accompanist. honored by the Order of The Trustees of the the Gorsedd of the Bards Gymanfa are pleased to at the National Eisteddfod host both the familiar and of Wales in 2005. international guests to He received a degree in this year’s event and Welsh this year from encourage all to attend Lampeter University and this festival of preaching earned a scholarship to and singing. further research the Nebo Church is located Welsh who settled Patag- from Ohio 325 south out onia in 1865. of Rio Grande by turning Two other ministers right on Wolfe Run Road familiar with the local and following that to Nebo gymanfa will attend the Road. The church is on the meeting again this year. right. For information call Rev. Robert Hughes from (800) 282-7201, ext. 7186. Granddaughter worries about Nana ASK DR. BROTHERS Dear Dr. Brothers: I am 22 and am worried about my Nana. Everyone else in my family thinks it is kind of funny the way she constantly lives in the past, but I think it is sad. She is constantly talking about my grandfather, who died when I was 9, and she talks to my mom like she is still a little girl. She is not senile or anything, she just likes the good old days a lot more than most people. Should I talk about them with her, or try to get her more involved in the present? — S.S. Dear S.S.: It is normal and natural for an elder to talk about the past. Sometimes these memories are a lot more vivid (and interesting!) than recent ones, and as we age they become more accessible. If you are sure your grandmother is not suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease and is just deep into reminiscing, there probably are some things you can do to help bring her into the present. But first you must answer the question: What is it exactly that bothers you? Does Nana seem unhappy, or does she even cry when she goes back to the past? Then I can see how it would upset you and Dr. Joyce Brothers why you would want to help her. Just comforting her would be a great thing to do. But you can help her make her good memories better by empowering her to preserve them — why not do a project with her such as an oral history or a video diary in which she talks about some of those old things that are important to her? And perhaps your Nana talks about the past because her present is boring and her future is frightening. So do what you can to make them pleasant, exciting and fun for her. Your mother can help. It’s not too late to help Nana enjoy her remaining years and find that they are worth remembering as well. Looking for FREE Childcare? Bradbury Head Start has openings in the full day/full year classroom. This classroom is designed to help out families who are working or attending school. To qualify for this classroom you must be approved for childcare through the Department of Jobs and Family Services childcare program. Head Start does not accept co-pays. Children must be 3-5 years of age. The center is open Monday-Friday from 7:00 am - 5:30 pm. Call today for more information: 740-992-1740 Ask for Lori Bradbury Learning Center 39105 Bradbury Rd. Middleport, OH 45760 �Sunday, September 19, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page C3 GIB Yard of the Week Nathan, Noah and Jennifer Blazer BLAZER A N N I V E R S A RY Nathan and Jennifer Blazer celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary on Sept. 10. They were married on Sept. 10, 2005, at Living Water Church in Bidwell. They have one son, Noah, who is 15 months old. Nathan works for Felman Production. Jennifer is employed by the Gallipolis City School District. They are members of Living Water Church. Submitted photo The Gallipolis in Bloom Yard of the Week selection is the home of Jeff and Vera Snedaker, 626 First Avenue, Gallipolis. From left to right, Sara Spurlock and Mary Payne of Gallipolis Garden Club, Vera and Jeff Snedaker and Bev Dunkle, Gallipolis in Bloom president. Best Tractor Mr. and Mrs. Mick Barr BARR WEDDING Mick and Danielle Barr announce their recent marriage in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The couple was united in marriage on July 19, 2010, at the Sandals Resort Montego Bay in a private beach ceremony. The bride is a 1998 graduate of Meigs High School and a 2002 graduate of Shawnee State University. She is employed by Radiology Associates of Athens as a Registered Computed Tomographer. Danielle is the daughter of Kenneth and Deborah Utt of Pomeroy and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Peckham of Middleport, and the granddaughter of Michael and Doris Mertz of Pomeroy, the late James Woodyard, and Gary and Charlotte Harper of Middleport. She is also the great-granddaughter of Kathleen Wells and the late Henry Wells. The groom is a 1998 graduate of Meigs High School, a 2003 graduate of Ohio University, and a 2008 graduate of Capital University Law School. He is employed as an Associate Attorney with the law firm of Little & Sheets, LLP in Pomeroy, Ohio. He is the son of Michael and Margaret Barr of Pomeroy, and the grandson of the late Alpha and Elvira Barr of Langsville, and Mildred Riggs and the late Harley Riggs of Pomeroy. The couple held a reception to celebrate with their friends and family on Sept. 18. Submitted photo Dillon Hill won first prize for best tractor in the Racine Party in the Park parade last Saturday with his 1950 Farmall Super A. He also won the Best Tractor in the car show sponsored by Hill's Classic Cars. Here with Dillon Hill is his grandfather, Don Richard Hill, who restored the tractor. Dillon is the son of Diane Hill, Gallipolis and Heath Hill, Troutville, Va. Church Notebook Rodney UMC homecoming RODNEY — Rodney United Methodist Church will host homecoming services on Sunday, Sept. 19. Services begin at 10 a.m. The Gracemen will be in concert. Brent Watson, assistant superintendent of the Foothills District, will be the guest speaker. A carryin dinner will be held following the service. Homecoming activities scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 18 include a softball game at 6 p.m., a bonfire and weiner roast at 7 p.m., cornhole and ladder ball games. Church officials said this will be the kickoff for fall youth group meetings. Rodney UMC is located at 6611 Ohio 588, Rodney. Tommy Moseley in concert UNDATED — Gospel singer Tommy Moseley will present two concerts in the tri-county area on Sunday, Sept. 19. His first concert will be at 10:20 a.m. at the First Church of God in Gallipolis. He will also be in concert at 6 p.m. at the First Church of God in Point Pleasant. Admission to both concerts is free. For information, call 446-4404. Fall celebration at Simpson Chapel RIO GRANDE — Simpson Chapel United Methodist Church will host a fall celebration Sept. 19-22. Jeremy Beverly will be the guest speaker. Services begin at 7 p.m. The church is located at 414 Lake Drive, Rio Grande. Human trafficking topic at meeting ADDISON — Tara Wilson, vice president of the Foothills District United Methodist Women, will be speaking on human trafficking at River of Life United Methodist Church on Saturday, Sept. 25. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. A light lunch will be provided. Those attending may bring a dessert to share. The church is located off Addison Pike 0.3 mile from Ohio 7. RSVP to Betty Jo Clark at (740) 3670172. The event is sponsored by the River of Life United Methodist Women. Tessa Saxon and Jeremy Queen QUEEN-SAXON E N G AG E M E N T Jeremy Benjamin Queen and Tessa Saxon are happy to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Brett Saxon are the proud parents of the bride-elect. Tessa is a 2008 graduate of Gallia Academy High School and is scheduled to graduate from the University of Rio Grande with a bachelor’s degree in high school math education in 2012. Jeremy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Queen. Jeremy graduated from Gallia Academy High School in 2003 and is scheduled to graduate from Hocking College in 2011 with an associate’s degree in natural resource law enforcement. The wedding will be held June 16, 2012, in the Elizabeth Chapel santuary. Furniture Galleries September Sale We Pay Your Sales Tax & Delivery Charges (We pay the delivery within 50 miles) FREE • FREE • FREE • FREE Thank You for 58 Years of Loyalty! 151 Second Avenue Gallipolis 740-446-0332 www.topefurniture.com �Sunday, September 19, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page C4 A salad of substance for late summer BY J.M. HIRSCH ASSOCIATED PRESS The goal here was a flavor-jammed salad that was simple, speedy and so good you don’t even need a dressing. So I started out by marinating thinly sliced beef in a power-packed marinade of teriyaki sauce, hoisin, cider vinegar, sugar and hot sauce. I liked eye round roast for the beef, but feel free to use any steak or other cut that will handle being thinly sliced and briefly grilled. The beef can sit in the marinade for as little or as long as you like. Once you pull it out, it goes on and off the grill in about 2 minutes. Throw it over some chopped romaine and sprinkle with crumbled blue cheese and you pretty much need nothing else. But if you want to add some crunch, some purchased croutons would be a nice addition. Teriyaki Sirloin Salad Start to finish: 45 minutes (20 minutes active) Servings: 4 1/2 cup prepared teriyaki sauce or marinade 1/2 cup hoisin sauce 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 1 tablespoon sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons hot sauce 1 1/2 pounds eye round roast, trimmed of fat and cut into 1/4-inch slices 2 large hearts of romaine, roughly chopped 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese 1 cup halved cherry or grape tomatoes In a medium bowl, whisk together the teriyaki, hoisin, vinegar, sugar and hot sauce. Add the steak, turning to coat well, then cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, arrange the lettuce on 4 serving plates. Heat the grill to high. Coat the grates with cooking spray. Use tongs to transfer the steak, leaving as much of the marinade clinging to it as possible, to the grill. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes per side. Divide the steak between the serving plates, heaping it over the lettuce. Sprinkle with blue cheese. Divide the tomato halves between the salads. Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 303 calories; 90 calories from fat; 10 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 82 mg cholesterol; 8 g carbohydrate; 43 g protein; 1 g fiber; 644 mg sodium. (Editor’s note: Food Editor J.M. Hirsch is author of the new cookbook “High Flavor, Low Labor: Reinventing Weeknight Cooking.” He can be e-mailed at jhirsch@ap.org.) Larry Crowe/AP photo A teriyaki sirloin salad is seen in this Aug. 23, 2010, photo. The thinly sliced beef in this recipe grills quickly and is packed with flavor from a simple but powerful marinade. When sweet-and-sour chicken becomes a grinder BY J.M. HIRSCH ASSOCIATED PRESS The best weeknight recipes are those that are versatile enough to work not just with what you want, but also what you have. As in this simple recipe for sweet-and-sour chicken. In a creative take on this classic Asian takeout, the lightly sweet and tangy chicken is intended to be nestled into a sub roll. But if you don’t have any or simply aren’t in the mood, it does just as well over noodles, wrapped in a flour tortilla or even — ready? — over rice. Likewise, you could turn this into a sweet-andsour beef or pork by using an equivalent amount of sirloin or pork tenderloin (adjust cooking times as needed). If vegetarian is more your style, cubes of extra-firm water-packed tofu would be delicious, as would the wheat protein known as seitan. Even the sauce is agreeable to tinkering. For a spicy take, add a splash of hot sauce (sweet-and-heatand-sour), a pinch of red pepper flakes or some finely diced jalapeno peppers. Sweet-and-Sour Chicken Grinders Start to finish: 25 minutes Servings: 4 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar 1 teaspoon hot sauce 2 tablespoons apricot or peach jam 1 tablespoon cornstarch 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch chunks 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large yellow onion, halved and thinly sliced 1 large red bell pepper, cored and thinly sliced 1 large green bell pepper, cored and thinly sliced 1 cup chunk pineapple, and 1/2 cup of the canning juice Salt and ground black pepper, to taste Four 6-inch sub rolls In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, vinegar, hot sauce, jam and cornstarch. Set aside. In a medium bowl, combine the flour and chicken, tossing to coat. Set aside. In a large sauté pan over medium-high, com- Larry Crowe/AP photo A sweet-and-sour chicken grinder with onions and peppers is seen in this July 19, 2010, photo. This grinder also works well with pork or beef and can make a nice wrap or even a meal on a bed of rice. bine the butter and oil. Heat until the butter has melted. Add the chicken and brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. Add the onion, both peppers and the pineapple juice. Saute until the chicken is cooked through and the onions are tender, about another 4 minutes. Add the pineapple, then cook until heated. Stir in the soy sauce mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon chicken, vegeta- bles and sauce into each sub roll. Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 521 calories; 89 calories from fat; 10 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 106 mg cholesterol; 62 g car- bohydrate; 47 g protein; 7 g fiber; 807 mg sodium. (Editor’s note: Food Editor J.M. Hirsch is author of the new cookbook “High Flavor, Low Labor: Reinventing Weeknight Cooking.” He can be e-mailed at jhirsch@ap.org.) A BLT becomes a frittata for a late summer dinner Sprinkle the cheese over the tomatoes, then sprinkle the scallions and reserved bacon and onions over it. Broil on the oven’s lowest rack for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and lightly browned and the egg is set through the center. Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 334 calories; 193 calories BY J.M. HIRSCH ASSOCIATED PRESS Is there anything a BLT can’t inspire? I’ve turned it into a pasta dish. I’ve made it into a jam. I’ve done it as a salad. Even as a soup. And now... I give you the BLT frittata. OK, it isn’t a direct correlation. I topped a basic egg frittata with bacon and tomato. Lettuce seemed a poor choice for anything that lands under a broiler, so I went with another green — chopped scallions. A healthy toss of grated manchego cheese helps tie it all together. The result is a fast and easy flavor-packed egg dish that is ready for dinner duty. And if you want to lighten it up, just substitute turkey or chicken bacon and cut back or eliminate the cheese. Using chicken bacon and 1/4 of the cheese cuts the calories from 334 per serving to just 234. BLT Frittata Start to finish: 25 minutes Servings: 4 6 large eggs 1/4 cup fat-free halfand-half (or milk) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 pound bacon, cut into small pieces from fat (58 percent of total calories); 21 g fat (10 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 373 mg cholesterol; 11 g carbohydrate; 24 g protein; 1 g fiber; 1,282 mg sodium. (Editor’s note: Food Editor J.M. Hirsch is author of the new cookbook “High Flavor, Low Labor: Reinventing Weeknight Cooking.” He can be e-mailed at jhirsch@ap.org.) Home Solutions New Home construction On Your Property Larry Crowe/AP photo A BLT frittata is seen in this Aug. 23, 2010, photo. A flavorful egg dish that easily does dinner duty, this frittata subs in scallions for the lettuce which wouldnʼt hold up well in the oven. 1 medium yellow onion, diced 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 large or 2 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced 1 cup grated manchego cheese 1 scallion, thinly sliced Heat the oven to broil. In a medium bowl, combine the eggs, halfand-half, salt and pepper. Whisk well, then set aside. In a large, oven-safe skillet over mediumhigh, cook the bacon until just crisp, about 5 minutes. Add the onion and garlic powder and saute for another 6 to 8 minutes, or until the onion begins to brown. Transfer half of the bacon and onions to a small bowl and set aside. Return the skillet with the remaining bacon and onions to medium heat. Add the eggs to the skil- let, stir to mix in the bacon, then let cook until the bottom has set, about 5 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat. Arrange the tomato slices over the top of the eggs in an even layer. NOW OPEN SUNDAYS! Everyone is welcome *Featuring NFL Sunday Games! 308 2nd Ave. Gallipolis, OH 740-446-9371 • Covered back porch • Brick front • Oversized great room with Vaulted ceilings • Whirlpool tub with separate shower in owner’s suite • Three separate owner’s suite closets • Tray ceiling in master’s suite • oversized rooms • 3 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • 2 Car garage 1764 sq ft The Washington $135,649.00 MENTION THIS AD FOR 10% OFF OF ALL OPTIONS All homes boast a 3 year warranty shown at $135,649.00 HGR Home Solutions Scott: 740-853-3762 Fax: 866-538-9787 scott@hgrhomesolutions.com Call today to tour a local build! �Sunday, September 19, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page C5 Roll out the fun with paper beads and baskets BY JENNIFER FORKER FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS When you’re done with that magazine, don’t toss it. Clever crafters today are turning pages into pretty: beads, bowls, baskets, photo frames, mirrors and more. It’s all made by rolling strips of shiny magazine paper, junk mail and other paper trash. Some of the paper beads you can buy in craft and jewelry stores are made by women in developing countries. A nonprofit group called BeadforLife, in Boulder, Colo., for instance, trains Ugandan women in paper bead-making, then buys their finished jewelry for sale in the United States. Besides beading, the Ugandans learn business and entrepreneurial skills. They open bank accounts. And 18 months after joining BeadforLife’s program, each graduate is expected to launch her own small business in her community. Most succeed, says Torkin Wakefield, cofounder and co-director of BeadforLife. The nonprofit has worked with more than 700 women since its 2004 inception, and paid nearly $1 million to its jewelry makers last year. “The problem with being really poor is you can’t save or get ahead,” says Wakefield. “The bead rolling gives them a steady income for all 18 months (of the program), so they don’t have to worry.” Paper-rolling is also catching on among crafters in this country. Rebecca Douglas, 23, of Lansing, Mich., learned how to roll paper beads as a child living in Namibia, and returned to the skill years later out of financial necessity. Paper beads can be made out of nearly any paper trash; Douglas prefers to use catalogs and other unsolicited mail. “It’s my quiet protest against junk mail,” she says. Douglas also fashions rolled paper into larger objects: a waste basket, a mirror. She snips off spirals from her paper rods to create delicate necklaces, which she sells from her Etsy shop, Reloved Designs. All of her creations — and instructions for many of them — can be seen on her blog, RelovedDesigns.com. Some were adapted from “The Big-Ass Book of Crafts” (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008) by Mark Montano, a designer for TLC’s “While You Were Out.” “I’ve kept my hands busy for so long now they can’t handle not doing anything,” says Douglas. Another paper-beading fanatic is Janice Bautista, 52, who owns Aubrey’s Beads shop in Glendora, Calif., and sells beads and jewelry online. She calls herself “the Paper Bead Princess” in the profile at her Etsy store, Janicemae, and posts a new use for paper beads daily on her blog, Paper Beads.org. Bautista is crazy for the colors and shapes of paper beads, but it’s the element of surprise that really grabs her. “When you’re rolling it, you’ll slowly see the beads come to life,” Bautista says. Bautista has a sister in the Philippines, an avowed non-crafter who caught the paper-beading bug, then shared it with others. Now the sisters employ about 50 bead-rolling women in Quezon City, and Bautista receives about 200 36bead strands a month to sell at her shops. “It’s driven by the idea of helping the women have jobs,” Bautista says. Rebecca Douglas/AP photo This undated photo provided by Rebecca Douglas, of Lansing, Mich., shows beads she made from catalog pages. Auxy Espinoza/AP photo This undated photo provided by Auxy Espinosa shows the rolled-magazine frame project from “The Big-Ass Book of Crafts,” by Mark Montano, a designer for TLCʼs “While You Were Out.” Auxy Espinoza/AP photo This undated photo provided by Auxy Espinosa shows the rolled-magazine basket project from “The Big-Ass Book of Crafts,” by Mark Montano, a designer for TLCʼs “While You Were Out.” Auxy Espinoza/AP photo This undated photo provided by Auxy Espinosa shows the rolled-magazine bowl from “The Big-Ass Book of Crafts,” by Mark Montano, a designer for TLCʼs “While You Were Out.” Getting Rolling To get rolling, a few supplies help: paper, a rolling tool, glue or a glue stick, scissors and a water-based sealant, such as Polycrylic by Minwax. Both Bautista and Douglas recommend recycling waste paper, and Bautista suggests experimenting with nontraditional paper, such as cat litter bags, which are sturdy. Rolling tools can be purchased at craft stores, but Bautista and Douglas recommend working with items in the home: a coffee stirrer, a toothpick, a pencil, even your finger. The larger the rolling tool, the larger the bead hole will be. Bautista mostly relies on her tapestry needle, while Douglas uses her grandmother’s metal, narrow-sized knitting needle, which she also uses to roll the rods for her spiral jewelry. Many online sites, such as those listed below, offer paper-bead-rolling instructions, but it comes down to simply cutting a long strip of paper — preferably wider at one end; rolling it around the rolling tool (from wider to narrower end); gluing it; allowing the glue to dry, and sealing the bead. Bautista says it’s just about the easiest craft to teach. Douglas suggests starting by hoarding junk mail. “Start getting excited when you get catalogs in the mail for stuff you don’t want,” she says. (Online: paperbeads.org; www.aubreysbeads.com; www.beadforlife.org; www.etsy.com/shop/janicemae; www.etsy.com/shop/relov eddesigns; www.reloveddesigns.com.) Rebecca Douglas/AP photo This undated photo provided by Rebecca Douglas, of Lansing, Mich., shows a necklace she made with beads made from catalog pages. Decorated blocks serve as story starters for kids BY HOLLY RAMER ASSOCIATED PRESS When I was little, I used to beg my father to tell me stories about his own childhood, about trading places with his identical twin or some other adventure. Now, my 5-year-old son pleads with me for stories, but he usually wants his favorite toys to star as main characters. When I run out of plots for Thomas the Tank Engine, I turn the tables and ask him to tell me a story. If we’re both stuck, we get out our handmade set of story dice and take turns spinning a yarn together. Story dice are simply wooden cubes decorated with pictures that act as prompts for storytelling. One person can roll the dice a few times and construct a story around the results: a cowboy, taxi cab and tree, for example. In a group, participants can take turns, with one person rolling a single die, starting the story based on that picture and then stopping for the next person to add to the story based on another roll. Plain wooden blocks in various sizes can be purchased at craft stores or online. The images can be added with stickers or rubber stamps, or you can cut out pictures from magazines or use printed clipart images and adhere them with decoupage glue. I wanted detailed images against the wooden background of the blocks, so I used images created for digital scrapbooking and printed them on transparent temporary tattoo paper made for inkjet printers. A set of three makes a nice gift, and storing the dice in a small drawstring bag makes them portable, perfect for killing time at a restaurant or waiting room. The dice also would be great to bring along on a car trip this summer. Just take turns plucking a block out of the bag and let the storytelling begin. Story Dice Materials: • small wooden blocks (Mine were 1.25 inches) • clip art or digital scrapbooking images • photo editing or word processing software • temporary tattoo paper for inkjet printers • an inkjet printer • scissors or ruler and X-acto knife • spray acrylic sealer or decoupage glue Instructions: 1. Use photo editing or word processing software to resize images to fit the blocks and arrange them on a page for printing. To make it easier to fit as many images as possible on one page, I created an 8.5-by-11-inch document in Photoshop and made a grid of squares each slightly bigger than my blocks, 1.325 inches. I was able to fit 48 images on one page, which is enough to cover eight blocks. 2. Print your page of images onto the temporary tattoo paper. If your printer has a “borderless” setting, use it to ensure the images won’t get cut off around the edges. 3. Cut around each image in a square slightly bigger than the size of your blocks. 4. Gently peel back the corner of one image and lift the tattoo film off the backing paper. Stick the square film onto one side of a block, smoothing it down so there are no wrinkles. It is tough to peel the film off the block without tearing it if you put it on crooked, so be careful. 5. Repeat with more images until you’ve covered all six sides of the block. 6. Because the temporary tattoo images will wipe off easily if they get wet, it’s necessary to seal the image. Spray with acrylic sealer, following directions on the can. You can spray four adjacent sides and the top, then let them dry before flipping the block over and spraying the last side. Or, skip the spray and brush on decoupage glue, such as Mod-Podge. (Online: Wooden blocks, www.caseyswood.com; Digital scrapbooking images by Kate Hadfield Designs, www.the-lilypad.com.) �Sunday, September 19, 2010 Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page C6 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Ohio metal hunters hope patience yields treasure BY TONYA SAMS THE PLAIN DEALER CLEVELAND — Dean Heisey is focused. On this beautiful June day, Heisey moves his metal detector back and forth over farmland in Ashtabula County, hoping for a signal. Tweeeeet. The machine emits a high-pitched tone that almost sounds like a flute. He gazes at the detector’s screen and cuts a circle in the sod with a short shovel. He then dips to his knees, which are protected by pads, and pulls out a 1942 “wheat” penny. The find doesn’t faze him. He drops it into the cloth pouch on his belt, replaces the sod and continues his quest. Heisey and the other members of the North Coast Historical Recovery Association are treasure hunters. They scour fields, farms and parks looking for trin- kets that cause their metal detectors to cry out, excited about their finds. Sometimes it’s an old pull-tab from a beer can. Or an old Matchbox toy car, like the one Heisey later found in Ashtabula. Or a piece of aluminum siding. But once in a while, it’s a treasure like a gold ring, a pocket watch or rare coins. It’s these relics that club members share every second Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Painesville. The nearly 40 club members have friendly competition for the best find of the month. At the May meeting, some of the best finds were a copper nickel, an Indian head penny and a 1905 Barber dime. The element of surprise is what makes Heisey so devoted to detecting, which he has been doing for 12 years. “The biggest thing is being surprised by what comes out of the ground,” said the 58-year-old Madison resident. “Finding old artifacts is a lot of fun.” Their discoveries were made anywhere they could get access and permission to use land, such as beaches, local parks and old picnic areas. The club was formed in 1989. Members come from across the region, from the West Side of Cleveland to as far away as Pennsylvania. Annual membership fees range from $20 to $30. Heisey, who has been a member for 12 years, is now the club’s “Hunt Master,” responsible for finding places for the hunts. “Picking a site requires research,” said Heisey, the manager at Geneva State Marina. “Other times it is just based on whatever sites you run across.” Some people even go as far afield as England to find their treasure. “You can find tour groups over the Internet,” Heisey said. On one trip to England, Heisey found Roman and gold coins, clothing and artifacts in a farm field. England is an ideal hunt location because whatever the hunter finds that is of significant value, the British government will pay for. The hunter and the owner of the land where it was found both get money. Heisey almost never sells his finds. “I hold on to them because they become more valuable with time,” Heisey said. His favorites are Civil War items and an 1896 William McKinley campaign token. “The older the better,” said Heisey. One club member found a diamond bracelet worth $7,200. Metal-detecting equipment can run anywhere from $1,000 to $1,200. Besides the detector, what a treasure hunter needs is patience. “People usually get frustrated with it the metal detector,” Heisey said. “Then the machines end up on eBay.” Heisey knew nothing about metal detecting when he joined the club. Club members taught him. The same was true for club President John Perkovich, who joined the group eight years ago. “I didn’t have any experience prior to this except for once or twice when I was a kid,” the 45-year-old Mentor resident said. “But it was always in the back of my mind to find things.” As a full-time home designer and the owner of Draftsman Brewing, a company that sells supplies to beer and wine makers, Perkovich would love to go detecting 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but he gets in only four to six hours a week. His passion for detecting even took him all the way to Virginia, where he found Civil War bullets, and to England, where he found his favorite piece: a silver Roman Emperor Tiberius coin from 14 A.D. “It’s fascinating to hold something 200 or 1,000 years old that someone else lost,” Perkovich said. Perkovich said that he and other club members have picked over most of the parks in the area. Now he prefers to try old home sites to search for coins to add to his growing collection. Some of his coins are displayed in cases on tables or hanging on the walls. “Some are accumulating in boxes,” Perkovich said. “Sometimes I’ll pull them out and show them off.” But the club is not just for fun. One club member helped a woman locate her missing wedding and engagement rings in May. She was so overwhelmed when he found them that she gave him $50. “We have had people call us to find missing keys,” said George Krenisky, 63, of North Kingsville in Ashtabula County. “The police have even called us to help them find shells.” New Hampshire manʼs maple collection makes up bulk of museum BY KATHY MCCORMACK ASSOCIATED PRESS BETHLEHEM, N.H. — To know Charlie Stewart was to know his maple collection. Old sap buckets and yokes, sugar molds, spouts, yards of tubing, tin syrup containers — he had it all. Along with old postcards and bottle memorabilia, the longtime Sugar Hill syrup farmer gathered hundreds of maple-related items throughout his lifetime. Many date back to the 1800s. Stewart, who died in 2006 at age 77, frequented farm auctions and antique shops and put ads in local weekly papers in pursuit of anything maple. He paid whatever it took for an item “so that it didn’t end up on a wall in a house in California,” said friend and fellow maple farmer David Fuller of Lancaster. Stewart, who left his collection to the New Hampshire Maple Producers Association, wanted to preserve the past and hoped to feature his collection in a museum one day. Now, it is. A sampling of the many items — they have yet to be catalogued or appraised — are on display at the new maple museum in the White Mountains town of Bethlehem. The museum tells the story of the enterprise, innovations that have improved the process through the years, how to recognize different maple trees and facts about sap gathering and tree age. To Stewart, “each one of these artifacts had a story,” said David Scanlan, a maple producer in Canaan for 23 years, now New Hampshire’s deputy secretary of state. “He could tell you who owned it before he did, what they used it for.” Scanlan, the museum president, said a videographer shot footage of Stewart talking about his collection a while back, and there has been discussion about including it in the museum, one of several in the region. Vermont, which produces the most maple syrup in the area, has the New England Maple Museum in Pittsford. There’s also the American Maple Museum in Croghan, N.Y. New Hampshire’s museum, which debuted during maple season and reopened for the summer and fall, comes as the state has been working in recent years to boost its image as a maple syrup producer. It usually is listed as third in New England, behind Vermont and Maine. Nationally, it is listed fifth. New Hampshire promotes maple season nationally through print and online ads and advertises maple sugar hotel and activity packages on its travel and tourism website. The Maple Producers Association publishes articles in specialty consumer newspapers distributed nationally about visiting its sugar houses. Barbara Lassonde, association spokeswoman, said the spring Maple Weekend, in which sugar houses statewide have open houses, has grown more popular in recent years. “We’ve really promoted that a lot and encouraged people to get out and learn how maple syrup is made so they know the source of their food, and that has been quite effective,” she said. Lassonde said the association has about 350 members, and there are probably an equal number of commercial producers who are not members. She said many more residents probably do their own syrupmaking on a small scale. Maple syrup produc- tion was down 19 percent nationally this year, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. High temperatures were the culprit. In New Hampshire, production was estimated at 87,000 gallons, down 7 percent from last season. Vermont, which produced 890,000 gallons, had the smallest decrease since 2009, at 3 percent; Pennsylvania, which produced 54,000 gallons, had the biggest drop, 41 percent. New Hampshire’s museum is in a 1906 building, now renovated, that originally housed a sawmill and a pigpen on The Rocks Estate, a former self-sustaining farm that serves as a conservation and education center for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Part of the building is a working sugar house in which sap from the estate’s 1,000 taps is boiled down in an evaporator, a panlined box. It eventually thickens and sweetens. Starting next month, visitors to the building will be able to see a DVD on the syrup-making process. They can lift stones into a hollowedout log to pretend to boil sap, like the Native Americans did, hang up a bucket and try on a yoke. Outside, they can see stunning views of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains and walk along a maple orchard trail. ••• If You Go ... New Hampshire Maple Museum: The Rocks Estate, 4 Christmas Lane, Bethlehem, N.H., off Route 302, 1/2 mile from Exit 40 of I-93; www.nhmapleproducers.com/museum.html or 603-225-3757. Open daily through Columbus Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Selfguided tour. Free admission; donations welcome. Isolation of Rainbow Bridge a draw for visitors BY FELICIA FONSECA ASSOCIATED PRESS FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — No road leads up to or over Rainbow Bridge, and no hands built it. The reddish sandstone of the Colorado Plateau instead was washed away by the forces of water, sculpting a natural arch that takes hours to reach whether by boat, foot or horse. The isolation of the bridge in far southern Utah kept it secret from many outside the area. But its proclamation as a national monument 100 years ago this year opened it up to visitors to explore its beauty and learn about its rich geological and human history. “Celebrating that monument status is special in many regards, and I invite visitors to try and just grasp some idea of what the American West will be like in 100 years,” said Chuck Smith, an interpretive ranger for the National Park Service and the monument’s only full-time employee. Some people choose to hike 18 miles from the northeast side of Navajo Mountain or the 16 miles from the Rainbow Lodge ruins on the southwest side of the mountain. The lodge burnt down in 1951, which then coowner Barry Goldwater blamed on a cowboy smoking in the back room. Teddy Roosevelt was part of a horseback expedition to visit the bridge in 1913. But today most of the 90,000 annual visitors take a much easier route, by boat from Page, Ariz., which upon arrival requires only a short hike. The 50-mile water trip across Lake Powell, made possible by the creation of Glen Canyon Dam in the 1960s, gives way to views of cathe- dral-like canyons and geologic formations that are hundreds of millions of years old. Smith greets visitors after their two-hour boat ride to the bridge. Aside from a Park Service ranger, a trail, a shaded canopy and, Smith jokes “nice comfy La-Z-Boy rocks,” the monument is much the same as it was hundreds of years ago, he said. “You don’t see interpretive signs or text on side,” Smith said. “All you see is what should be reflected there, the ambiance — that isolated slice of the Colorado Plateau.” There he tells stories of early explorers who trekked days through rugged terrain to reach a bridge they had only heard about. The hiking trails remain rough to this day. President William Taft later would proclaim it a national monument on May 30, 1910, saying it “is of great scientific interest as an example of eccentric stream erosion.” Though expansions were proposed over the years, the monument retains its original 160acre boundary. Smith carries around a photo of people standing atop the bridge, when that was allowed, to give visitors an idea of the scale of the towering arch that measures 291 feet tall and 275 feet across. He considers it the largest natural bridge in the world, though that is debatable. The bridge is tucked at the base of Navajo Mountain, about 8 miles north of the Arizona state line. Five Native American tribes in the area consider it sacred. Two Native guides led an exploration party there in 1909, whose goal was to have it set aside as a national monument. Wally Brown, a Navajo man from Page, said tribal members have made offerings for thousands of years to deities at the bridge, praying for rain, bountiful harvests and food for livestock. “It was a place where our old people believe they could be near the creators,” said the 64-yearold Brown. Accessibility to the site Navajos refer to as “the big rock that arches across the heavens” has changed since its proclamation as a national monument, but Brown said he is hopeful it inspires people to learn about Native people, their culture and to respect it. “People who are sincere can look at that national monument and say, ’there were people here hundreds of years ago, and they’re still here, and a culture has sustained them,”’ Brown said. The monument is administered by Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, under the National Park Service. ••• If You Go ... Rainbow Bridge National Monument: www.nps.gov/rabr Boat trips: Rainbow Bridge cannot be seen from Lake Powell but there are two options for docking nearby, with a short hike to see and explore the bridge. • Half-day trips run April-October with morning and afternoon departures from Wahweap Marina, near Page, Ariz.; adults, $100, children, $72, plus taxes and fees. Details at http://bit.ly/cVaQx9. • Charter cruises from Antelope Point Marina; six-passenger minimum at $169 per person (7 a.m. departure) or $119 (2 p.m.) including lunch. Boats can also be privately chartered for $699 (afternoon departure) or $999 (morning). Details at 928-645-5900 (option 1). Simple jet lag cures: Melatonin, sunlight, coffee BY JAMIE STENGLE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — For many travelers who cross several time zones, the exhilaration of taking in sights like the Eiffel Tower or the pyramids of Egypt is quickly tempered by the grogginess of jet lag. Veteran flyers often have their own remedies to overcome those signals from the body that it’s time for sleep. But an Oregon researcher recently detailed in The New England Journal of Medicine three basic strategies for overcoming jet lag: • Reset the circadian clock that tells a person to stay awake during the day and sleep at night. You can do this by taking the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin, timing your exposure to bright light, or both. • Adjust your sleep schedule. Take short naps if you are sleepy the first few days after arrival. If you can, shift your sleep schedule by a couple of hours before travel. • Use medications to get to sleep or stay awake. Or turn to the old reliable remedy for keeping your eyes open: caffeine. “We have mechanisms to adjust our clocks, but those mechanisms have to be called on to go into high gear,” said Dr. Robert Sack, a psychiatry professor at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Ore., whose article takes a science-based look at jet lag remedies. Sack said melatonin is the most extensively studied jet lag treatment, with a majority of double-blind, placebo-controlled trials showing it helped symptoms. “Its effect is based in good science,” said Sack. He said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated melatonin, but no significant adverse effects have been reported. Melatonin is sold as a nutritional supplement in the U.S. and no prescription is needed for it. No drugs have been approved by the FDA for jet lag, but Sack says drugs that help with alertness or insomnia can alleviate jet lag. So for eastward travel, from the U.S. to Paris for example, on arrival a traveler might go for a walk in the sun and then sip a latte at an outdoor cafe. Sack said travelers who are unbearably sleepy as the day wears on should take a short nap. Then take melatonin — a dose of 0.5 to 3 mil- ligrams — before heading to bed and hopefully you’ll be adjusted to your new time zone within a couple days. (On the Net: www.nejm.org.) ELLIOTT’S APPLIANCES • ELECTRONICS 317 State Rt. 7, Gallipolis, Oh 45631 740-446-8051 • 1-800-377-2532 10% off All appliances with this ad! $ 25 off all HDTV’s �LIVING D1 Sunday, September 19, 2010 RIGHT AT HOME Fragrances can awaken a room BY KIM COOK FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS You may have sensed, pardon the pun, that there are hundreds of new home fragrance products in stores. The industry has sniffed out a trend: We’re spending more time at home, and we want our rooms to smell good. “Good” might mean clean, or exotic, or even yummy. Always wanted to visit a Moroccan bazaar? Craving a spa day? Comforted by the waft of a fresh-baked cookie? Whatever your preference, chances are there’s a spray for that. Or a luminary, plug-in or diffuser. Among the newest products are scent “stories” that cycle through a timed series of fragrances; wooden wicks that evoke crackling fires; flameless candles; and no-spill diffusers. According to Barbara Miller, spokeswoman for the National Candle Association, “The most notable trend is toward fragrances that transport you; that have a dreamlike or escapist quality.” Holly Bohn, founder of online retailer See Jane Work, agrees. “I want my house to smell like the great outdoors even if all the windows are shut and the a/c is on,” she says. Her go-to product is Good Home Co.’s Beach Days. It’s part of a category known as the “ozones” — scents that are considered refreshing and evocative of fresh air and water. There are half a dozen versions of crisp, clean linen alone. Citrus-based scents are similar; many find them a finishing touch to a newly cleaned house. And they’ll provide a temporary freshening-up for closets or bathrooms without laying on heavy fragrance. “Over the past couple of years, in a colder economic climate, gourmand fragrances — like vanilla and pumpkin — have become very popular,” says Mei Xe, founder of Chesapeake Bay Candles. “Generally speaking, these scents help bring back happy memories. They make you feel safe and warm, and in these times people are longing for a sense of security.” Pier 1 has also focused on “cozy,” with scents such as Spiced Cake and Fall Fireside. Glade and Febreze, mass market leaders in home fragrances, recently launched an array of products in attractive containers to accent home decor; scents for fall include Cranberry Pear, Pumpkin Pie and Cashmere Woods. To avoid fragrance overload, Xe recommends “staying within the same category, whether it’s florals, fruity notes, woodsy fragrances, whatever. Don’t mix fragrances that are too different from each other.” Not sure what you like? Take the fragrance profile quiz on the Chesapeake Bay Candle website. Christopher Brosius was the first artist to have fragrances showcased by the Cooper Hewitt Museum. His 1999 concoction, “Snow,” won two Fragrance Foundation awards. His perfumes and home sprays carry names such as Gathering Apples and Burning Leaves. Others capture his interpretation of Russian caravans (smoky black tea and bergamot) and gardens (hyacinth, green shoots, moss). Marie Gartshore, spokeswoman for New Jersey’s Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, says the industry is always looking at what scent chemicals might cause problems, and a fiveyear study into potential irritants is under way. So far, she said, “no fragrance material has been shown to be a definitive” allergen. For those who prefer to go completely natural, essential oils such as citrus, rose, lavender and others can work well as air fresheners. Mix 4 ounces of distilled water, 2 ounces of rubbing alcohol and 30 drops of essential oil (or blend fragrances such as 15 drops of orange and 15 drops of clove for a winter holiday air freshener) and put in a carefully labeled spray bottle. Brosius once found inspiration in a favorite first-edition novel in a London bookstore, which he noted “had a marvelous warm woody smell.” Long hours of experimenting finally yielded In the Library, now part of his collection. (Sourcebook: www.glade.com; www.cbihateperfume.com; www.goodhomestore.com; www.febreze.com; www.pier1.com; www.chesapeakebay.com; www.rifm.org.) Chesapeake Bay Candle/AP photo This product image provided by Chesapeake Bay Candle shows the Acai Black Currant candle from the Room to Breathe collection. Chesapeake Bay Candle/AP photo This product image provided by Chesapeake Bay Candle shows Eucalyptus Mint and Organic Cotton reed diffusers from the Room To Breathe collection. 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Bush Love, Joanie, Stacie, Vance and Katie Twin Rivers Tower is accepting applications for waiting list for HUD subsidized, 1-BR apartment for the elderly/disabled, call 675-6679 1BDRM, quite st. in Mason, WV $450 a month plus $250 deposit, $350 w/ renter paying utilities $450 w/ landlord paying utilities Roush St. behind 2661 2nd St. Garage Apt. Call:304-593-8187 Apartments/ Townhouses 4BR ranch house for rent, 2 miles west of Holzer on Jackson Pike, new ktichen w/granite, walk out basement, 2 car garage. $1100 mon + dep. 740-446-1299 2 story farm house on Holcomb Hollow Rd near the college. Call for appt. 740634-3023 House for sale or rent. Pretty, clean, 3BR. Downtown Gallipolis, close to Washington Elem. Rent $750, no utlilite. Sale $99,000. KellyCommercial Jo 645-9096 or 446Commercial building 4639 for rent 740-4466565 Beautiful newly remodeled/restored For rent Commercial home in Pomeroy for space ideal for rent. 3 bedroom, 2 automotive shop 3 bath, large kichen, bays and 1 lift. call laundry room, 740+645-2192 fireplace. Nice quiet neighborhood. Call Houses For Rent 740-992-9784 For rent 3 BR 1.5 daytime or 740-992BA, carport, cntrl 5094 evenings. A/C, gas heat Kanaugha Sec Dep Very nice home for $500 rent call 740- rent in Middleport, 446-3481 good neighborhood. House for rent. 3Br 1 Ba Evans Heights. $475 mo plus dep & util. Apartment for rent 1Br 1BA Springvalley area. 1BR nicely furnished $375 mon plus dep. apt. No smoking, no & util. 740-256-1883 pets. $400 mon & or 740-339-3046 dep. 740-446-4782 2 BR house in Spring Valley Green Vinton, nice area Apartments 1 BR at $400 mon. 2 BR $395+2 BR at $470 mobile home 4 mi from Hospital near Month. 446-1599. 160 $400 mon. 4415150 or 379-2923 SELL YOUR EXCESS ITEMS WITH A CLASSIFIED AD Houses For Rent Newly remodeled. New appliances, 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Large kitchen, sun room, central air & heat. Nice outdoor spaces, Call 740992-9784 or 740992-5094 4000 Manufactured Housing Rentals 2BR Mobile Home water, sewer, trash 3BR 1BA, 2 mile pd. No pets, from town on 141 Johnson's Mobile country setting $500 Home Park 740mon+dep 446-4824 446-3160 1BR $350/month in Syracuse. Deposit, HUD approved, no pets. 304-675-5332 weekends/740-5910265 Mobile Home on farm 3Br 2Ba all appl., including .w/d, & all utlit. incl. $750. 540-729-1331 �Sunday, September 19, 2010 Help Wanted Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, OH • Pt. Pleasant, WV Help Wanted Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page D3 SUNDAY TELEVISION GUIDE Would You Like to Work From Home? Recruit NRA members and take donations for conservative political organizations • • • • Paid Training Benefits Package Set Schedules - Full and Part time Weekly Pay and Bonus Incentives! Join our team and find out what makes InfoCision one of Ohio’s best employers! Call Today for your appointment! 1-888-237-5647 EXT 2373 Apply online at http://jobs.infocision.com Help Wanted Help Wanted PHYSICAL THERAPIST Pleasant Valley Home Health Services currently has an opening for a full-time Physical Therapist. One year of Physical Therapy experience preferred. Graduate from an approved Physical Therapy Program. Must have WV and Ohio license. Must have reliable transportation and valid driver’s license. MONDAY TELEVISION GUIDE Send resumes to: Pleasant Valley Hospital c/o Human Resources 2520 Valley Drive Pt Pleasant, WV 25550 Or fax: 304-675-6975, or apply on-line at www.pvalley.org AA/EOE Help Wanted Help Wanted Woodland Centers, Inc., a community behavioral health agency serving Gallia, Jackson, and Meigs counties in Southeastern Ohio for over 35 years is accepting applications for the following position. LPN - Position will provide nursing services at all three of our outpatient clinics. Applicants must have a diploma from an accredited nursing program and have an Ohio license. Applicants with community mental health and dual diagnosis experience (SA/MI) preferred. Position will assist psychiatrists with telemedicine sessions, perform medication injections and provide nursing support to appropriate agency staff. This is a dayshift position with part-time and flexible schedule options. Woodland Centers, Inc. offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. Interested applicants should apply by emailing resumes to: bgibbs@woodlandcenters.org , or mailing resumes to Bridget Gibbs, HR Specialist Woodland Centers, Inc. 3086 State Route 160 Gallipolis, OH 45631. Woodland Centers, Inc is an AA/EOE. Help Wanted Help Wanted POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Posting Date: September 8,2010 NURSING F ACULTY POSITION Nursing Faculty Position The University of Rio Grande announces the opening of one full-time tenure track nursing faculty position. Position available for Spring Semester. Responsibilities of the position include teaching mental health classes; advising of students; School of Nursing and University Committee work and service as assigned. Teaching assignments may be in the Associate Degree and/or RNBSN Program. Must have current active valid Ohio R.N. License (or Ohio-Board eligible); M.S. in Nursing required; Ph.D. in musing preferred or DNP; mental health experience and prior teaching experience preferred. The University of Rio Grande combines a private four-year university with a state-supported community college in a single institution serving rural southeastern Ohio. Application will be received until the positions are filled. Qualified applicants should send a letter detailing their interest and qualifications, transcripts, as well as a resume including the names and addresses of at least three references to: Ms. Phyllis Mason, SPHR Vice President of Human Resources University of Rio Grande P.O. Box 500, Rio Grande, OR 45674 Fax 740.245·7972 -mail pmason@rio.edu EEO/ AA Employer Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. Rentals 6000 Employment Drivers & Delivery Taking applications for 2BR mobile. Very good condition. No pets. $395 mon & dep. 740-446-3617 Tractor trailer Driver needed. Must have Hazmat. Send Drivers & Delivery resume to Human Resources Po Box Truck drivers 705 Pomeroy Oh Nice 16x80, for rent, needed. Glat beds & 45769. 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, dump trailers. Apply Country setting. in person at 935 Entertainment 740-339-3366 740pinecrest Drive. 367-0266. Need someone for K&D DJ Service, Karoake/DJ Business must have valid drivers licinses & be sober, will work by yourself & Help Wanted Help Wanted w/owner, send resume to Box 88, Rutland, Oh 45775 CUSTOMER SERVICE or call 740-742-7709 SHOP CLASSIFIEDS REPRESENTATIVE Peoples Bancorp Inc., a regional banking company, is seeking a qualified, professional candidate to fill a part-time Customer Service Representative (teller) position in our Point Pleasant, Main Street office. Essential skills include excellent communication, customer service and cross-selling abilities. Must be able to effectively manage cash drawer and process and balance various types of transactions. If you are a flexible team player, who likes a challenge, complete an electronic application on the Career Opportunities page at www.pebo.com EOE Food Services full time grill cook apply in person only Park front diner 314 2nd ave Gallipolis Help Wanted General Opening for hairstylist (barber or beauty) at Rio Styles Hair & Tanning Salon in Rio Grande (across from the BP station) Please call 740-645-0322 General farm labor,Gallipolis M-F days, Ron 853-2355 Help Wanted General Burglar-Fire AlarmSatellite T.V. installation service Tech needed. Computer, low voltage wiring experience and/or education helpful. Satellite installation a plus. Must be honest, willing to learn, able to work unsupervised. Full tim-Part time-retired will be considered. For interview replay with resume to: Consolidated Security Systems, INC 240 Upper River Rd. Gallipolis Ohio 45631 Help Wanted General Cost Technician Immediate opening for team originated individulal. Must hae excellent basic math skills, proficient in Exel & Word. Hightly motivated, willing to learn. Training provided.Must be willing to travel and work OT at different plant sites due to the revolving nature of the constr/plant upgrade projects. Training will require 10 to 12 weeks starting pay $16/hr. If qualified fax an updated resume to : 614-716-2272 denoting "cost tech" on the cover page. Needed Laborer Excellent company! must be 25 or older EOE havve valid drivers license/clean driving Ins. Home Surveyor record. Pass drug performed field work test. Dependable. & computer reporting a national Some weekends for $8.50 hr. Fax resume industry leader no exp. Paid training 388-0824 performance based $12 a hr. P/T apply at Wanted: Direct www.muellerreports. supervision com employees to overesee male youth FIND in a staff secure residential EVERYTHING environment. Must YOU WANT pass physical training requirment. OR NEED Pay based on IN THE experience. Call 740379-9083 M-F from CLASSIFIEDS 8-4 Real Estate Real Estate OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND Come & Join Hostess Cheryl Lemley on Sunday, September 19th 34401 Crew Road 2:00 - 3:30 pm You will be impressed with this immaculate ranch home that just had a major price reduction! #2683 34660 Crew Road 4:00 - 5:30 pm Over 3 acres included with this 3 bedroom ranch. 1.5 Baths, family room, dining, kitchen, basement and garage! #2687 For directions or more information call Cheryl 742-3171 BIG BEND REALTY, INC. Russell D Wood, Broker (740) 446-7101 Office (740) 742-3171 Cheryl Lemley SHOPCLASSIFIEDS �Page D4 • Sunday Times-Sentinel Real Estate Real Estate Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, OH • Pt. Pleasant, WV Management / Supervisory The Tuppers Plains Chester Water District is accepting applications/resumes for a Water Treatment Plant Operator. A valid Class 1 Operators Certification is desired but other qualifications may be acceptable such as college for related engineering fields of experience. This is a working supervisor's position. Starting pqy and benefit package will range from $15.00 to $19.50 per hour commensurate fo qualifications. 100% paid Health Care/ Vacation, OPERS Retirement, and many other benefits. Interested parties should send to TPC Water District, 39561 Bar 30 Road, Reedsville, Ohio 45772 and Attention to Donald C. Poole, General Manager. Must be received by September 30, 2010. Auction Property to be sold at Trustee’s sale Mason County Courthouse Point Pleasant, WV September 27, 2010 • 10:00 am 735 Barnett Rd., Point Pleasant, WV 3 BR, 2 bath, approx. 1,344 sq ft. 2 car garage Property to be sold “AS IS, “Where Is” Would make a great rental property. Minimum Bid Only $30,000 Questions, call Dave at 888-376-3192 ext. 5 Legals The Greenfield Board of Trusttees will hold their burget meeting October 11th at 7:00 pm. Regular meeting will follow, all interested parties urged to attend. Brenda Lewis Fiscal Officer. Sept 19, 2010 Attachment P M & G Polymers Public Notice, Notice is given that M&G Polymers USA, LLC has applied to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, for a Class ll Administrative Update for a plastic manufacturing operation located on State Route 2, in Apple Grove, in Mason County, West Virginia. The applicant estimates the potential to 100 Legals discharge the following Regulated Air Pollutants will be: increase volatile organic compounds 0.13 tons per year, increase particulate matter 0.17 tons per year, increase carbon monoxide 1.92 tons per year, increase nitrogen oxides 2.28 tons per year and increase sulfur dioxide 0.014 tons per year. Startup of operation is planned to begin on or about the 15th day of October, 2010. Written comments will be received by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, 604 57th Street, SE, Charleston, West Virginia, 25304, for at least 30 calendar days from the date of publication of this Medical Auction FORECLOSURE 100 Accepting Resumes for a Receptionist poistion at a local Dentist office in Pt. Pleasant. Some computer and phone skills needed. Please mail to Dental Office, 3984 Indian Creek Rd., Elkview, WV 25071 FIND A JOB OR A NEW CAREER IN THE CLASSIFIEDS Auction Auction 100 Legals notice. Any questions regarding this permit application should be directed to the DAQ at (304) 926-0499, extension 1227, during normal business hours. Dated this the __day of September, 2010. By: M&G Polymers USA, LLC Jeffrey Shea Plant Manager State Route 2 Apple Grove, West Virginia 25502. Sept 19, 2010 FIND BARGAINS EVERY DAY IN THE CLASSIFIEDS Sunday, September 19, 2010 Auction AUCTION SAT., SEPTEMBER 25, 2010 10:00 A.M. We’ll be selling the personal property of Roger and Cindy Hager Watson. Auction will be located on Adamsville Road, Bidwell, OH., 7.2 Mile west of Route 160/Route 35 Junction on County Road 35 (Jackson Pike), close to Bob Evans Farm. Owner’s down-sizing and moving to Florida. VEHICLES- 1965 Ford Galaxy 500 Convertible, 39,025 Miles, Sold with Reserve; 1986 GMC 350 Automatic Sierra Classic, 1/2 Ton, 4-Wheel Drive 1500, AC, 43,013 Actual Miles, Garage Kept, Sold With Reserve; 1994 Ford Cutaway Van, E35, 7.3 Diesel Auto; FURNITURE -Several Sofa’s; Several Chests and Dressers; Several Dinette Sets; Coffee Tables and End Tables; China Cabinet; Kimball Organ (Like New); Cherry Cabinet with Bevel Glass Doors; 5 Pc. Oak Table and Chairs with Claw Feet; La-Z-Boy Recliner; 8 Pc. Spanish Style Dining Room Suite; Table with 6 Chairs and China Cabinet and Corner Curio; Tall Curio Cabinet; 4 Pc. Bassett Bedroom Suite; Beautiful 3 Pc. Oak Queen Size Bedroom Suite; Cedar Chest; 9 Pc. Waterfall Dining Room Suite; 3 Queen Anne Wing-Back Chairs; and much more. FARM EQUIPMENT Dixon Grizzly Zero Turn with Honda 24.0 V Twin Engine (Only 57 Hours, Like New); MF 1085 Tractor, 2773 Hr (Nice Clean Tractor); Int. 5’ Rotary Cutter; MF 3Pt. Hay Rake; Like New Fertilize Spreader; 501 Ford Cycle Mower; Brand New Wood Splitter; White LT 542 H 19.5 HP, Like New Lawn Tractor; Champion 6.5 HP 3” Water Pump; 4 x 6 Utility Trailer with Mesh Floor; 5’ King cutter Rototiller. COINS and PAPER MONEY 4-1881 Silver Dollars;3-1921 Silver Dollars; Silver Dollars dating 1881, 1923, 1879, 1884, 1887, 1900-0, 1887-0, 1884, 1922; Kennedy Half Dollars dating 1950, 1963, 1950, 2002 American Eagle, 2 1971 Eisenhower-Uncirculated, 1776-1976 US Bicentennial Dollars; The Americana Series-The Presidents, Symbols of Liberty, North American Wildlife; Confederate Money-1862 & 1867 $100; 1862, 1864, &1863 $10; 1859 $1; 1864 $20; 1864 $5; 1864 $500; 1864 $50; 1840 Texas $3; 1862 Texas $1; 1862 Virginia Treasury $1 Note; Foreign Paper Money. GUNS Remington Model 700 BDL 7M-08; Marlin Model 25 22 Rifle;Winchester Model 190 22 Auto; Marlin Model 336 30-30 with Scope; Marlin Model 60 12 Gauge Single Shot Shotgun; Jennings 380 Stainless Auto; APPLIANCES 30” Electric Ranges; Commercial Ice Maker; Stainless-Steel Counter Top Refrigerators; Maytag Dryer; Estate Washer; and much more. Glassware China; Carnival Pitcher; Stemware; Platters; Pie Plates; MISCELLANEOUS Hoover Steam Vac; 3 Bowl StainlessSteel Sink; Sharp 32” TV; Bissell Sweeper; Various Pictures; Quilts; Doilles; Lamps; Antique Crystal Chandelier; Picture By: Al Coronet; TERMS: CASH OR CHECK WITH ID, MUST HAVE BANK LETTER OF CREDIT UNLESS KNOWN TO AUCTION COMPANY. EVERYTHING SOLD “AS IS” AUCTIONEER: RICK PEARSON #66 www.auctionzip.com for Listing and Pictures Licensed and Bonded in the State of Ohio 304-773-5447 or 304-593-5118 Saturday, Sept. 25 10:00 am Auction Auction Auction Antique Sale Friday, September 24th 6:00 pm Located at the Amvets Building 108 Liberty Ave. Gallipolis, OH 45631 (From Pomeroy 12 mi S. to Riverfront Honda, turn right. From Pt. Pleasant, WV Take Gallipolis exit, turn left 1/8 mi, turn left. Watch for signs. Items too numerous to mention including 2 slot machines. Many boxes still to be unloaded. Pictures can be viewed at www.auctionzip.com Auction conducted by: Broken Spoke Auction Services John W. Leach, Lic. In Ohio & WV Cheshire, Oh (740) 367-0123 Term: Cash or check with positive ID. All sales are final. Not responsible for loss or accidents. No smoking permitted. Food will be available for purchase. Announcements the day of sale take precedence over any printed material. Viewing is Friday at 1:00 pm until start of sale. Auction Auction Auction PUBLIC AUCTION SAT. SEPT. 25 2010 • 9:00 AM Located from St. Rt. 7 By-pass of Pomeroy, Oh take St. Rt. 143 North, 8 miles to Harrisonville, Oh, then take Co Rd 3 New Lima Rd approx. 1 mile TRACTOR: 2840 JD w/cab and MF 285 Diesel CARS: 1968 Pontiac Catalina convertible and 2004 PT Cruiser TRUCK: 1994 Ford crew cab dually diesel with 5 sp V8 Turbo TRAILERS: 42’ Tri axle goose neck trailer, Eager Beaver 10 ton dual tandem, Jackson 2 horse trailer w/dressing room, galvanized 2 axle car trailer. Torson axle and ramps LOGGING & MISC EQUIPMENT: 1992 Franklin 170 Skidder w/Cummins, power shift w/grapple fork & wrench. Log hog Pentlehook log pup trailer, 1977 GMC - C70 w/13’ dump w/cheater, 1989 Peter Built Semi Road tractor w/4.25 Caterpillar 15 speed, 28’ frameless dump trailer, log bunks, alum headache racks, M.F. 175 Perkins fork lift, MF D wheel load w/bucket & forks, semi storage trailer, 4/1 semi straps, rims for 460 Timberjack skidder MOTORCYCLES: 2005 Suzuki C90T w/trailer, 2002 Suzuki 1500, 2001 Suzuki 1500 Intruder FARM EQUIPMENT: 7’ JD brush cutter, S’ Brush hog, la’ King Kutter brush cutter, 5’ King Kutter box blade, Gravity wagon, 6 cyl. Ford power unit, A.C. power unit, 4 cyl. Ford L.P. 3 sp auto tow motor A&G Mercury BOAT: 16’ Cajan fiberglass, w/70 hp Mercury TOOLS: Craftsman roll away tool chests, Craftsman AC-DC welder, Lincoln meg Welder 200 amp w/bottle gas, KelloggAmerican large air compressor, 16 spd drill press, air and floor jacks, Coates air tire changer, concrete self propelled saw w/Wisconsin engine and trailer, Zep parts washer, log chains, chain binders, c-c1amps, 500 gal fuel tank on skids, heavy steel work bench, %,7/8, 1 inch wire rope on spools, 1000’s of 5/8 - % bolts, nuts and washers, lots of hand tools and wrenches, fenders for a 2 axle trailer, Gravely tractors, mowers, sulkies, set of duals and wheel adapters, paint sprayer, NOTE: Lots and lots of items from a workshop. WILL START AT 9 AM AND WILL SELL 3 WAGON LOADS UNTIL NOON THEN WILL SELL LARGE ITEMS AT NOON. CASH POSITIVE ID Dan Smith - Auctioneer #13449 “NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS OR LOSS OF PROPERTIES” Cast Iron 3-legged Covered Dutch Oven (“Thomas Hill, Gallipolis Ohio) on Lid, cast Iron #10 Griswold Skillet, 2-cast Iron Standard #2 Mail Boxes, Wagner Cast Iron Dutch Oven, wagner Glass Lid, 4 Piece Cast Iron Cookware, Welch Bible, French 500 Book-Sibley 1933, one Basketball And Glory-Bevo Francis 1969 1st Edition, Gallipolis Book-writers Program W P A Project 1940, Rookwood Wall Font Date Lxvii #6975,c Z-clotilda Zanetta, 4 piece Pyrex Mixing Bowl Set & Others, Revere Ware Pots & pans, kitchen Utensils & Knives, cake Takers, small Appliances, Wagner Ware Cast Iron Tea Kettle, old Aluminum Tea Kettle, 1964 Kodak Worlds Fair Camera In Original Box, sterling Silver Candle Holders, sellers S&p-2 Canister Jars, double Match Holder, AP. Donaghho Stone Jar Top Hat (raised Letters-rare), aluminum Corn Stick Pan, stone Jars & Jugs, 6 Gallon Stone Jar, 3 Crock Bowlsesmond 4 Pc. fruits Canister Set, Gallipolis Ice Co. Pick, hat Pins, glass Bucket, 2 Lg. Kraut Cutters W/sliding Boxes, Spanish/American War Book, white Weller Vase, Hyline-RedwingHull-McCoy-rrp Planters, Westmoreland Vase, old Marbles, Roseville Donatello Flower Frog, goeble Flower Frog, blue Banded Stoneware Cooler, 1 Pt. Burnett Dairyjersey Milk-Kanauga Ohio Bottle, 1/2 Pt. Niday Dairy Bottle, 8 Glasses (go Withs For Fiesta), pig Cookie Jar, very Nice 3 Piece F.K. Tulip Mixing Bowl Set, F.K. tulip Salt & Pepper Set, small Oak Ingram Clock, vintage Pony Cart & Harness-halters, vintage Pony Saddle-bridle-Martindale, Marx Toy Soldiers(in Boxes), military Gun Belthelmets-mess Kit-canteens, military W W Ii Uniform Coat-patches & Other Items, Reagan & Nixon Political Buttons & Photos & Record, grand Army Of Republic 1918-50th encampment, Marion Ohio Medal, b Smoker,coal Bucket, hose Reel, Bird Feeders, old Buggy Seat, 2 Sleds,lawn Edgers, wheel Barrow, assorted Garden Tools, very Old Murray Tricycle, concrete Tools, sheep Shears, Tire Tools, Alot Of Hardware , Tools, tackle, costume jewewlry Items too numerous to mention. Large Assortment Of Christmas Decorations, 2 Sets Of Old Bubble Lights, Old Halloween Costumes , old Roy Rogers Head Pencil & Records, Daniel Boone Tray Puzzle, Davy Crockette Rubber Knife, zorroplastic Ring, case Knife, cam Knife, ball Glove & Baseballs, cub Scout Uniform, 3 Old Cowboy Hats, 5 boys Western Style Shirts, old Baby Rattles, metal Toy machanical Lawn Mower, metal Toy Lawn Cart, toy Tamborines, toy Cymbals-trianglesdrums-bells-clappers-fluteszylophone,boy Scout Canteen. There’s A Very Large Amount Of Box Lots!! Auctioneer Jim Taylor #0014 Licensed & bonded in favor of state of Ohio & WV Auction PUBLIC Old Glory Auction We Have Been Commissioned To Sell The Remainder Of John And Murial Allisons Household. This Will Be A Long Sale, so Plan On Coming And Spending The Day. It Will Be Held In The Old Store Building, there Are Some Rare And Unique Finds. Some Of The Items Are Local Antiques! We Have Alot Of Pictures That Are On Auctionzip.com-go To Old Glory Auctions #4313. Announcements Day Of Sale Takes Precedence Over All Printed Material. Great Home Cooked Food Will Be Available. Be Sure To Bring A Chair. No Smoking In The Building Will Be Allowed. Auction Bulletin Boards THE GREENBRIER BASKET GAMES $12.00 Column Inch per day Chester Ball Association November 20, 2010 November 21, 2010 $160/person (double occupancy) Includes LUXURY LODGING & Transportation AND $20 per person slot play in NEW Casino, Historic Tour & Afternoon Tea. Bus will leave PVH lower level parking lot at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and return at 5 p.m. on Sunday. To make reservations please call PVH Community Relations, (304) 675-4340, Ext. 1326 Gladly accept cash, payroll deduction, check and credit cards. LIMITED SEATS! Find your Fitness Motivation at Curves Join Now for $30* 740-441-9644 Silver Bridge Plaza Angela Eason Memorial Park All proceeds go to construction of new ball fields! Thursday, September 23, 2010 opportunity 6 pm (doors open at 5 pm) at the Syracuse Community Center Advance ticket drawing, 20 games, 3 special games, cover-all, raffles and door prizes For tickets: (740) 416-0505 or 416-5416 or 992-3804 BASKET GAMES Thursday, Sept. 23,2010 VFW Post 4464 134 Third Ave. Gallipolis, OH Doors open 5:30 Games Begin 6:30 20 Games $20 3 Special games $5 each Advance tickets available for chance to win basket valued at $150 For info and advance ticket purchase call after 6:00 pm (740) 245-5589 446-7194 or 645-1400 Sponsored by River Cities Military Family Support Group *with EFT plan Meigs High School Class of 1990 Reunion 10/2/10 Bun’s Party Barn 7-10 pm $10 per person Please contact Jay Humphreys 740-992-9101 if you plan on attending. So you think you can dance! Gymnastic / Dance Show Team at WILL POWER TUMBLING Center Saturday, Oct. 2 at 12:00 Ages 3 - up Call 441-1570 for more information See ya there Holzer Medical Center Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit Annual reunion Tuesday, September 21 12 Noon to 2 pm French 500 Room RSVP (740) 446-5070 BASKET GAMES Gallia Academy High School Cafeteria Saturday, September 25, 2010 Doors open at noon; Games begin at 1:00 pm *Lunch & refreshments available Tickets will also be sold at the door Sponsored by: GAHS Athletic Boosters & Blue Angel Volleyball Please call: Karen 740-446-3621 for tickets �Sunday, September 19, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, OH • Pt. Pleasant, WV Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page D5 www.mydailysentinel.com www.mydailytribune.com �FARM • GARDEN Page D6 Sunday, September 19, 2010 Marra to speak at fall landscape workshop Dean Fosdick/AP Photo This July 28, 2010 photo shows an assortment of Canadian nightcrawlers working in a standard compost pile in New Market, Va. Vermiculture or worm composting requires a little more management than regular composting but then the payoff is greater, too. Earthworms turn table scraps into a gentle, slow-release fertilizer that has five times the nitrogen, seven times as much potash an and one and a half times more calcium than typical topsoil. Earthworms enrich garden soils by composting BY DEAN FOSDICK FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Here’s a promising get-richquick scheme for gardeners: It’s called vermiculture, or worm composting, and along with super-sizing crop yields, it cuts water bills, conditions soils and repels troublesome insects. “Vermiculture is a step up from working with the standard compost pile,” said Dorothy Benoy, who with her husband, Al, owns the Happy D Ranch Worm Farm at Visalia, Calif. “It takes a bit more management, but the returns are greater.” Earthworms spend most of their time reproducing, eating and excreting, which is where their “vermicastings,” or manure, comes in. Set them up for housekeeping in homemade tubs or specially made bins and you have the structure for a “wormery,” where the creatures will turn table scraps into a highly enriched organic soil amendment while expanding their population many times over. Worm castings contain five times the available nitrogen, seven times as much potash and one-anda-half times more calcium than typical topsoil. You can buy the product commercially (a little more than $1 per pound for castings and $15 per gallon for worm tea, plus shipping) or do it yourself. All you need is a well-ventilated container and some moistened bedding - usually shredded newspaper, computer paper or corrugated cardboard that can double as food. Add a pound or more of hungry worms (figure as much as $25 per pound, which works out to about 1,000 earthworms) and you’re in business. “One pound of worms can easily handle 3 pounds of waste per week,” Benoy said. Worm composting can be fun and easy, but it’s not simply a matter of digging up a few gardenvariety night crawlers from your backyard, she said. “Night crawlers tend to be solitary and won’t reproduce in bins,” Benoy said. “Red worms (Wigglers or Eisenia foetida) are hardy, easy to handle and best for composting.” Worm bins can be placed in the home or out, but do best where air can circulate and temperatures are kept between 55 and 75 degrees. The operation is odor-free, but you can raise a stink by overfeeding or adding too much water. Worms like their surroundings about as damp as a squeezed sponge. “There shouldn’t be any smell coming from a worm bin except like from a rich, brown dirt,” Benoy said. “The bin has gone anaerobic (without oxygen) if it stinks like rotten eggs. It’s not properly draining. There’s too much moisture. The bacteria will die.” Castings go farther when brewed up as worm tea. Scoop some into a net bag or pantyhose, drop that into a water-filled container, add a dollop of molasses to nourish the bacteria, and then mix it for a day or so using an inexpensive aquarium air pump. “Worm tea is the strongest organic fertilizer there is,” said Curtis Thomsen, program manager for the Los Angeles County Smart Gardening Program. “It has a ton of good uses, but primarily as fertilizer, herbicide and compost. Worm compost and worm tea are a great one-two punch. They add bacteria to the soil, aid in root development, help get rid of fungus and mildew, enable you to cut back on watering, and get rid of pests like aphids and black flies.” Worm castings and worm tea can increase garden productivity anywhere from 20 percent to 200 percent, Thomsen said. “I’ve personally seen 12 tomato plants grow to a height of 12 feet and produce 200 pounds of tomatoes per bush,” he said. EXTENSION CORNER Are you planning to cut your weed patch, grassy berm or hedgerow? Be on the lookout for yellow jacket ground and low lying nests that may have developed since spring. Homeowners have been calling our office as they have been bitten by swarming yellow jackets as they have been mowing the lawn, walking through the yard or attempting to destroy a nest. Yellow jackets have lance-like stingers that can be used repeatedly to sting intruders. They emit an odor, called a “pheromone,” when danger is nearby to all of her sisters to help her defend the nest. Soon we are stung by several other yellow jackets. The nest may be underground, in a wall/tree cavity (north or east facing) or in a protected spot above ground. Each nest reaches its greatest number of occupants (one thousand to five thousand adults) in late summer and early fall as sweet tasting food is plentiful. Adults feed on plant nectar, fruit, and tree sap, larvae waste products and even soft drinks. Immature larvae are fed protein (insects, meats, fish etc) regurgitated by foraging adult yellow jackets. Avoidance and remaining calm is the best measure to prevent being stung. Clean up garbage, fallen fruit, and pop cans around outdoor playing and eating areas. Avoid wearing insect attractants such as heavy perfumes, scented soaps, and hair sprays. Avoid wearing bright colors when yellow jackets are known to be in the area. If you are sensitive to venom make sure you carry a "Medic Alert" wrist band or necklace. Carry an emergency kit. Remain calm if a yellow jacket finds its way into a moving car. They will tend to fly to a window to escape. Pull over the car and roll down the window to release it. If a nest is in a well traveled area of the yard they may be controlled chemically using a dust of carbaryl (Sevin), bendiocarb (Ficam) or pyrethrin (Drione). Apply the dust in the entrance of the nest during the cool temperatures of the early morning hours or late evening. Avoid the heat of the day when they are most aggressive. For more information obtain OSU’s factsheet, HYG 2075, "Yellow Jacket" from our office or on the i n t e r n e t , www.ohioline.osu.edu. ••• Gardeners, mark your calendars for the Fall Plant Exchange on October 1 at 1 p.m. at Dave Diles Park (old train station) in Middleport next to Family Dollar. This event continues to grow as local gardeners share their excess plants, seeds and bulbs with the community. OSU Master Gardeners, Ohio State University Extension and Middleport Community Association have joined together this year to sponsor this free event. The Middleport Community will be having its luncheon fund raising event (donation $5) starting at 11:00 a.m. until 1 p.m. Gardening tips on "Planting Bulbs For Spring" and "Growing Perennials" will be discussed while people are enjoying lunch. If you are not able to bring plants to exchange you are still welcome to participate as there has always been ample plants for all. We ask that plants be free of diseases and bugs. If possible label each plant with its name. However if you need it identified, bring it in anyways we will attempt to identify it. Houseplants have been a great addition to our exchange in the past couple of years as well as heirloom plant seeds. The public is welcome! If you are interested in becoming a Master Gardener, let us know as we are looking to form a new class in late winter? ••• Farm Science Review will be held Sept. 21-23 at London Ohio just west of Columbus off US 70. This is the largest open air agricultural display of vendors, educational opportunities, research, and harvest techniques in the Ohio region. Check out their website at www.fsr.osu.edu. Tickets are available until Sept. 20 at the Ohio State University Extension offices while they last at five dollars each or purchase at the gate for eight dollars. (Hal Kneen is the Meigs & Scioto County Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator, Buckeye Hills EERA, Ohio State University Extension.) BIDWELL — Home and garden expert John Marra will present a free fall landscape workshop from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4 at River Valley High School. In addition to Marra’s fall landscape workshop, the River Valley FFA will assist with a perennial plant exchange for those who wish to participate. The perennial exchange is an opportunity for the public to collect extra plants from their yards and bring them to exchange at no cost. Participants in the perennial plant exchange should bring plants in a container that does not need to be returned. Plants, roots, cuttings and bulbs can be put in plastic bags. Everything should be labeled with the plant’s name. Marra, WSAZ NewsChannel 3’s home and garden expert, is a retired West Virginia University Cabell County Extension Agent. Marra has worked in Cabell County since 1986 after being transferred from the extension agent’s position in Lincoln County. This free class is provided for parents and community members residing in the Gallia County Local School District in collaboration with the Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center. Register before Oct. 1 by contacting Connie Bradbury, 21st Century Community Learning Center Consultant, at the Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center (740) 245-0593 or by e-mail at 90_cbradbury@seovec.org. Native plant conference Oct. 2 at Rutland BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH HOEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM RUTLAND — Robert Eidus of North Carolina, 2009 recipient of the prestigious Medicinal Plant Conservation Award, will be a featured instructor at a conference on the conservation and sustainable use of native medicinal plants to be held at the Goldenseal Sanctuary of Rutland, 9 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2. The emphasis of the conference hosted by the United Plant Savers will be on the cultivation, conservation and sustainable use of the area’s native medicinal plants. There will be hands-on classes with herb growers on cultivation of herbs, several herb walks, and classes on herbal medicines. United Plant Savers’ Goldenseal Sanctuary is known for its abundance of native medicinal plants. It is maintained as a botanical wildlife preserve, educational and research center and sustainable land-use model. Instructors for the classes in addition to Eidus will include Glinda Watts of Tennessee, Camille Freeman of Maryland, and area residents, Paul Strauss, Chip Carroll, Rebecca Wood, Cindy Parker, George Vaughn, Hank Huggins and Maureen Burns-Hooker, all of Ohio, along with Betzy Bancroft of Vermont. Sponsors include Mountain Rose Herbs, Herbal Sage Tea Co., Twelve Corners Herbs and Mushroom Harvest Registration information is available on www.unitedplantsavers.org Registration cost is $40 for current UpS members and $50 for non-members. Student discount and work study rates are available. Eodis is an herbalist, teacher, land steward of Eagle Feather Organic Farm BSN, president of NC Ginseng and Goldenseal Company and founder of the Southern Appalachian School for Growing Medicinal Plants started in 2001. He is described as having “met and exceeded “ the qualifications for Medicinal Plant Conservation Award because of his focus on at-risk and native medicinal plants, inspiring students and others to participate in plant rescues, and producing “Plants and Their Friends”, a “best talk” show award-winning TV show with over 70 episodes, featuring over 130 plant lovers and experts discussing over 250 plants. Livestock Report GALLIPOLIS — United Producers Inc. market report from Gallipolis for sales conducted on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $90-$139, Heifers, $90$125; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $90-$120, Heifers, $88-$110; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $88-$115, Heifers, $85-$100; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $85$110, Heifers, $83-$104; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $85-$105, Heifers, $80-$90. Cows Well Muscled/Fleshed, $52-$62; Medium/Lean, $47-$52; Thin/Light, $35-$47; Bulls, $50-$73. Back To The Farm Cow/Calf Pairs, $550-$900; Bred Cows, $400$900; Baby Calves, $15-$215; Goats, $41-$129; Lambs, $1274-dn. Manure to give away. Will load for you. Upcoming specials Sept. 22 — Replacement brood cow sale, 1 p.m. Direct sales and free on-farm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy at (304) 6340224, or Luke at (740) 645-3697, or visit the website at www.uproducers.com. � 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 09. September Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper 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/. 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