http://66.213.69.5/files/original/cdd29e6c3c972f8e24ac3177a3612d9e.pdf b48b77acbbe130b12d129a584feda3df PDF Text Text Tidying up Middleport, A2 All-OVC football picks, B1 Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 50 CENTS • Vol. 60, No. 27 Fundraiser planned NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — The New Haven Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary will have a Christmas craft show at the fire station as a part of the kickoff to Christmas on Dec. 4. The craft show will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring candles, rugs and wood creations. The annual Christmas parade will be held at 11 a.m. with Santa Claus to be at the fire station after the parade to meet and greet the children. Trash collection MIDDLEPORT — Rumpke Waste removal will not occur on Thanksgiving Day. Collection will be delayed the remainder of the week. Thursday’s collection will move to Friday and Friday’s collection will move to Saturday. Soup-er Saturday returns GALLIPOLIS — The Soup-er Saturday free lunch program will be offered from noon-2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20 at Holzer Clinic Sycamore in Gallipolis. This program is an outreach of Rio Christian Church in Rio Grande and is designed to meet the needs of those who are struggling economically. For information, call 245-9873 or e-mail fcc@aceinter.net. Thompson featured at book signing POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant River Museum will host a book signing for local author Carlene Thompson from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20. Thompson has released a new novel, “Nowhere to Hide.” It is her 14th book. The Point Pleasant river Museum is located at 28 Main St. in Point Pleasant. For information, call (304) 674-0144. OBITUARIES Page A5 • Melvin Henry • Linda Y. Black WEATHER High: 48 Low: 29 INDEX 2 SECTIONS — 12 PAGES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010 www.mydailysentinel.com Federally-funded project updates county address database E-911 to see particular benefit BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — Meigs County Commissioners approved a proposal Wednesday for a $145,000 project to digitally map the county’s road system. County Engineer Eugene Triplett said those to perform the work are “GIS special- ists.” Digital Data Technologies, Inc., Columbus, submitted the only proposal for the work. Commissioners accepted that sealed bid Wednesday, when they met in recessed session. Commissioners Tom Anderson, president, and Michael Bartrum attended. The Global Positioning System Road Centerline and Addressing project will allow creation of a digital base map, consisting of a centerline data file and point-based addressing. It will assist the county engineer’s department, E-911 and other agencies provide more accurate response in emergencies, according to Engineer Eugene Triplett. In particular, it will assist the county in updating its E-911 address database and locate auto accidents in a more accurate way, according to the firm’s proposal. Triplett said it will also provide a more accurate mileage inventory of the county’s road system. The study will include state, county, township and village roads. Meigs students join scientific project BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH “The data to be compiled will meet the county’s needs in updating addresses and enable dispatchers and emergency response personnel to more reliably and route calls,” according to the company’s proposal to commissioners. The project will See Update, A5 ODOT updates on Racine, Pomeroy HOEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM BY BETH SERGENT POMEROY — Four students at Meigs High School with their science teacher, Kathy Hudson, are continuing a scientific project this school year which they started last summer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, W. Va., a facility of the National Science Foundation. Taking part in the program are Keana Robinson, Madelyn Thomas, Vanessa Crane, and Shauna Bare. As a followup to the time they spent at the Observatory they are now able to join astronomers in searching for (and sometimes discovering) new pulsars. During the school year the students will analyze data, post their results, and share information through an online collaboration site. All participants will then present their results at an annual scientific seminar at West Virginia University in the spring. Hudson said the program that makes all this possible is the Pulsar Search Collaboratory, operated by NRAO and West Virginia University and BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM possibility, Hudson explained. She said her goal was to find a program that would allow her students to experience science in the real world. “The PSC not only met those expectations but went far beyond,” she said. “The fact that the astronomers UNDATED — The crew adding the turning lane in Racine wrapped up work this week and its estimated engineering on the new road in the Monkey Run area in Pomeroy will begin in 2011, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. These are just two projects ODOT is involved in which will impact travelers along two highly traveled roads/destinations in Meigs County. In regard to the project in Racine, Dave Rose, spokesperson with ODOT District 10, said though the crew finished work this week, his agency is still waiting on a final “punch list” before closing out the job. ODOT estimates the cost on the project will come in on or slightly under the bid. DV Weber Construction of Reedsville was awarded the bid for $511,425.22. The work included widening the intersection at Elm and Fifth Streets from two to three lanes near the vil- See MHS, A5 See ODOT A5 Submitted photo Shauna Bare, Keana Robinson, Vanessa Crane, and Madelyn Thomas, left to right, in the Control Room at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, W.Va., with Kathy Hudson, MHS science teacher, looking on. funded by the National Science Foundation. At the Observatory the students were prepared to join an international collaboration of scientists, standing at the forefront of science as they use data collected by the largest moving structure on land: the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT). They were taught how to analyze plots from the GTB observations, and are now able to tell whether a given radio signal is a pulsar, man-made interference, or random noise. If they discover something that looks like pulsar, astronomers in Green Bank will use the telescope to look at that part of the sky again to either confirm or deny the Great American Smokeout today Local cessation classes offered BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — The annual Great American Smokeout happens today an event sponsored by the American Cancer Society which encourages smokers to quit for at least one day in the hope this might challenge them to stop permanently. Former Holzer Medical Center Tobacco Prevention employee Lora Rawson is the trained facilitator for smoking cessation classes called the Fresh Start Program in Meigs County, which is free. Information can be obtained by calling the Meigs County Health Department at 992-6626. Physician referrals are necessary for cessation participation and can be coordinated via Andrew Brumfield, also at the Calendars A3 Classifieds B3-4 Comics B5 GALLIPOLIS — Editorials A4 Ohio State Highway Trooper W. Sports B Section Patrol Shannon Webb, has health department. Also, free information on how to quit smoking can be obtained at www.cancer.org. Also, students from local middle schools were challenged to promote the Great American Smokeout by creating a poster illustrating the dangers of smoking. The Meigs County Cancer Initiative, Inc. sponsored the contest in the Eastern, Meigs and Southern Local School Districts to promote today’s smokeout and tobacco prevention amongst youth. MCCI received a mini-grant via the Meigs County Health Department's remaining tobacco prevention grant money to coordinate lung cancer risk factors project to obtain local advertise- See Smokeout, A5 Submitted photo Pictured are winners of MCCIʼs Great American Smokeout poster contest Kelsey Johnson (far left) and Jamie Card (far right) with Eastern Elementary School Principal Sean Bush. Card was the overall contest winner whose artwork will be featured on billboards to be erected later this month at two locations within Meigs County. Submitted photo Pictured is Kylie King of Meigs Middle School who won MCCIʼs poster contest promoting the Great American Smokeout. Webb named Trooper of the Year © 2010 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. been selected 2010 Trooper of the Year at the Gallipolis Post. The selection of Webb, 41, is in recognition of outstanding ser- vice during 2010 at the Gallipolis Post. Fellow officers stationed at the Gallipolis Post, chose Webb based on leadership abilities, professional ethics, courteous treatment of others, enthusiastic work attitude, and cooperation with supervisors, peers, and the public. This is Webb’s second time receiving this award with the first one being in 1998. Webb is now in contention for the District and State Trooper of the Year Awards to be announced at a later date. He joined the patrol in 1991 and has served at Bucyrus, Portsmouth, Jackson, Gallipolis, Jackson DHQ, before returning to Gallipolis in July of 2008. Webb is original- ly from Gallipolis and is a 1987 graduate of Point Pleasant High School in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Webb resides in rural Gallia County with his wife, Margie and their children, Abigail and Ashton. �Thursday, November 18, 2010 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page A2 MHS schedules parent-teacher conferences Leaf...ing POMEROY — Parent teacher conferences will be held at Meigs High School from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23. Students will be given letters to take home describing the conference scheduling procedure. Purpose of the conferences, according to Meigs High School Principal Steve Ohlinger, will be to allow parents and teachers to discuss student progress and to review students’ activities as they relate to school behavior and performance. The forms are to be returned to the school on Monday. D of A plans friendship meeting CHESTER — Plans for a friendship meeting to be at the next meeting were made at a recent meeting of Chester Council 323, Daughters of America, held in the renovated Chester Academy. The meeting was conducted by Thelma White after the ritualistic opening which included flag pledges, singing of the National Anthem, and the Lord’s Prayer in unison. On the report of members, it was noted that the brother of Ruth Smith has died, that George Wolf has had a stint inserted, and the brother of Charlotte Grant is undergoing chemotherapy. The orphans committee had a cake walk to raise money. Ernie Griffinʼs 93rd birthday celebrated Beth Sergent/photo Workers with the Village of Middleport were busy raking and vacuuming leaves Wednesday afternoon. Tuesdayʼs wind gusts ensured the workers had plenty to keep them busy. ODH encourages residents get flu vaccine Riverby Theatre Guild holding auditions STAFF REPORT GALLIPOLIS — The French Art Colony’s Riverby Theatre Guild will hold auditions for the first production of its 2011 season, “Murder By The Book,” on Friday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. Multiple adult roles are available and prior stage experience is not necessary to audition. No advance preparations are required for the audition. The production is scheduled for February, 2011. Performances for “Murder By The Book” are planned to take place in Point Pleasant, W.Va., as a dinner-theatre event. The comedy-murder mystery is directed by Ron Siders. Riverby plans to produce at least five additional productions during the 2011 season. Holiday productions will include “Snow Child,” Dec. 10-12, at the Point Pleasant HS Wedge Auditorium and “It’s A Wonderful Life,” Dec. 17-19, at the University of Rio Grande’s Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center. The Riverby Theatre Guild plans to continue its mission of bridging the Ohio and West Virginia communities through the arts by presenting productions on both sides of the Ohio River, and by seeking involvement from members of numerous surrounding communities. The Ohio Arts Council assists Riverby in funding productions. More information regarding the French Art Colony’s Riverby Theatre Guild can be obtained by contacting the FAC at (740) 446-3834, or by visiting www.frenchartcolony.org. COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) urges everyone ages 6 months and older to get the flu vaccine. “Flu vaccinations are very safe and are the best way to keep yourself and your loved ones healthy this flu season,” said ODH director Alvin D. Jackson M.D. “Most people who get the flu usually recover in one to two weeks, but the flu can be deadly for those considered at-risk.” The 2010-2011 seasonal flu vaccine protects against 2009 H1N1, and two other influenza viruses (an H3N2 virus and an influenza B virus). It generally takes at least two weeks after a vaccination for individuals to develop protection from influenza. Dr. Jackson emphasized that pregnant women, children younger than five, people 50 or over, those living in nursing homes and other longterm care facilities, and those with infants in their homes, need to get the vaccine because they are the ones at high risk of having serious flu-related complications. He said there are two types of flu vaccine available. The “flu shot” is inactivated vaccine, (containing killed virus) that is given with a needle. The flu shot is approved for use in people older than 6 months, including healthy people and people with chronic medical conditions. The nasal-spray flu vaccine is made with live, weakened flu viruses that do not cause the flu and is approved for use in healthy people 2-49 years of age who are not pregnant. Ohioans can help stop the spread of illness by washing hands thoroughly and often; covering mouths when sneezing or coughing; and staying home from work or school if sick, the ODH director said. Keeping Meigs County informed The Daily Sentinel Subscribe today 740-992-2156 LONG BOTTOM — Following Sunday church services at the Long Bottom United Methodist Church , a luncheon was held to celebrate the 93rd birthday of Ernie Griffin. Mr. Griffin who attends services regularly, sang and accompanied himself on the guitar during the morning service. Those in attendance were Mr. Griffin’s daughter, Pam Weber from Georgia, Ruby Brewer, Janie Fitch, Kenny and Cristy Riggs, Toni, Cody and Taylor Engle, Janet Connolly, Sonny, Mary and Tim Harris, Nancy Moose, Paula Sayre, Warren and Connie Connolly, Taylynn Rockhold, Larry and Barbara Baker, Robert and Freda Larkins, Dave and Debbie Dailey, Gayle Thomas, Ron and Mary Cowdery. National Home Care Month being observed BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH HOEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — Appalachian Community Visiting Nurses Association (ACVNAHHS), Southeastern Ohio’s oldest home health and hospice provider, is honoring caregivers this month in observance of National Home Care and Hospice Month. The agency currently has 70 qualified staff and more than 30 volunteers providing care to patients in Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Vinton, Perry and Morgan counties. “Home care and hospice enables clients of all ages to remain in the comfort of their own homes, regardless of their medical condition, so that they can be close to their loved ones,” said Deb Sechkar, President and CEO for the organization. A locally-based, not-for-profit provider, the ACVNAHHS provides a continuum of care, so clients may keep the same staff as they transition between home health, hospice or private duty care with home care aides. Clients do not have to change agencies when their healthcare needs change. Through technological advances, home- delivered healthcare has grown far beyond basic professional nursing and homecare aide services, said Sechkar. Hospice staff is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and offers a wealth of services from nursing, aides, physical, occupational, speech, music and art therapies to counseling, dietary, and volunteer services. Hospice services from ACVNAHHS are also available in local nursing homes. For more information, call 594-8226, visit the website at www.acvna.org, or contact the Ohio Council for Home Care at 614/885-0434. Visit us online at mydailysentinel.com Your online source for news �BY THE BEND The Daily Sentinel Community Calendar Public meetings Monday, Nov. 22 RACINE — Southern Local Board of Education, regular meeting, 8 p.m., high school media room. POMEROY — Meigs County Library Board, regular meeting, 3:30 p.m., Pomeroy Library. Clubs and organizations Thursday, Nov. 18 POMEROY — American Cancer Society Meigs County Advisory Board/Survivorship Taskforce, regular meeting, noon, banquet room at Wild Horse Cafe. REEDSVILLE — Riverview Garden Club ,7:30 p.m., Reedsville United Methodist Church. Bring gifts for nursing home, auction items. Roll call will be a family Thanksgiving tradition. POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors , 11:30 a.m. at the district office, 33101 Hiland Road. Saturday, Nov. 12 SALEM CENTER – Star Grange 778 and Star Junior Grange 878 will hold a fun night and potluck supper at the Grange hall located on County Road near Salem Center. Today’s tough economy has been doubly hard on non-profit organizations that rely on charitable contributions. Many people feeling the pinch have had to cut back on their donations; and because so many are out of work, charities that assist low-income families are being swamped just when their funding has been reduced. If you’re able to make charitable donations, whether cash, material goods or volunteering your time, make sure the organizations deserve your support. Here are a few ideas that might help: Make sure the nonprofit organization is well-run. Ideally it applies at least 75 percent of contributions to programs that serve beneficiaries, as opposed to salaries, advertising, fund-raising and other administrative expenses. Study the organization’s website, annual report and mission statement, and ask for a copy of its IRS Form 990, Jason Alderman which details how contributions are spent. Speak to staff members or volunteers, or volunteer there yourself. Or, if you know someone who has used its services, ask for their impressions of the organization’s efficiency and client service. Several online research tools can help: • GuideStar (www. guidestar.org), provides financial summaries and other data on over 1.8 million IRS-qualified, tax-exempt organizations. Its basic search engine is free; or you can order more customized research for a fee. The site also features helpful questions to ask and tips for choosing a charity. • Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.o rg) rates more than 5,500 large charities by financial strength, revenue spent on programs and services and other criteria. Their “Top 10” lists Tuesday, Nov. 23 CHESTER — Past Councilors Club, DofA, 7 p.m. at the lodge hall. Church events Sunday, Nov. 21 LONG BOTTOM — Northeast Cluster Thanksgiving Hymn Sing, 7 p.m., Long Bottom United Methodist Church, bring non perishable food item for the Meigs Cooperative Parish Christmas distribution. Other events Sunday, Nov. 21 POMEROY — The Meigs County Ministerial Association will host a Thanksgiving dinner and services at the Mulberry Community Center. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and services with Pastor Larry Lemley speaking will be held at 7 p.m. Public invited. A free gift available to all after the service. Birthdays Sunday, Nov. 21 POMEROY — Clarence Partlow, formerly of Meigs County, will celebrate his 100th birthday on Nov. 21. Cards may be sent to him at Limestone Street, Jamestown, Ohio 45335. and “Tips and Resources” sections provide helpful evaluation tools. • The American Institute of Philanthropy (www.charitywatch.org) is a nonprofit charity watchdog and information service whose Charity Rating Guide (available for $3) rates more than 500 major American charities on how they spend donor money. • The Better Business Bureau (www.give.org) rates whether organizations have met its standards of accountability, including ethical conduct and honest solicitation practices. Take advantage of tax deductions. If you itemize deductions on your federal taxes, you can deduct money and property contributions to qualified tax-exempt organizations, within IRS guidelines. And, although your time spent volunteering isn’t taxdeductible, associated mileage and other expenses may be. The IRS’ Tax Information for Contributors website (www.irs.gov/charities/c ontributors) features a search engine for eligible organizations, information on reporting and substantiating charitable deductions and other helpful tips. Guard against fraud. Unfortunately, some unscrupulous people and organizations will take advantage of your desire to help others – if you let them. A few tips: • Be suspicious of telemarketing and email solicitations. When in doubt, hang up or delete the email and contact the organization yourself. • Be aware that scammers often choose names that are similar to those of legitimate organizations. • Never give out personal or credit card information unless you initiate the contact. A few additional tips: • Ask if your employer will match a portion of your contributions, and if it allows automatic payroll deductions to charities of your choice. • As long as you charge a donation to your credit or debit card by December 31, 2010, it will be eligible for a 2010 tax deduction, even if the charge doesn’t clear until next year. • Also, a check that you mail to a charity is considered delivered on the date you mail it. (Jason Alderman directs Visa’s financial education programs. To Follow Jason Alderman on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Practic alMoney.) Wis. man accused of shooting TV over Palin dance MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A rural Wisconsin man apparently enraged by Bristol Palin’s “Dancing with the Stars” routine blasted his television with a shotgun, leading to an all-night standoff with a SWAT team, investigators said. Steven Cowan, 67, was arrested Tuesday morning after officers coaxed him out of his house in Vermont, a farming community near Madison. Cowan, who is accused of threatening his wife with the gun after destroying the television, appeared in a Madison courtroom Wednesday on a charge of second-degree reckless endangerment. His bail was set at $1,500. Cowan’s attorney at the hearing, Jonas Bednarek, declined to comment. Cowan’s wife, Janice Cowan, told investigators that her husband suffers from bipolar disorder and had threatened her life in the past. According to court documents, Janice Cowan said her husband came home Monday from the bar and had a beer with dinner before they settled down to watch “Dancing with the Stars.” When Palin, the 20year-old daughter of tea party favorite Sarah Palin, began her routine, Cowan jumped up and began swearing, saying something like “The (expletive) politics.” His wife said he was upset that a political figure’s daughter was dancing on TV even though he felt she didn’t have talent. Janice Cowan told investigators her husband left the living room and reappeared 20 minutes later with his Thursday, November 18, 2010 A S K D R . B R OT H E R S Financial Column Choose your charities carefully Page A3 shotgun, “raging” with his face bright red, and blasted the TV. She said he then pointed the gun at her and told her to go fetch his pistols, and threatened to kill himself if she brought anyone back. According to the criminal complaint, Steven Cowan’s daughter recently took away his handguns for safekeeping. It did not elaborate. “He scared the bejebees out of me,” she told detectives. Janice Cowan fled the home and went to an attorney’s office, where she phoned police. She told officers that about 15 years ago her husband had threatened her with a machete when he couldn’t find some ammunition and has threatened to shoot one of their cows. She added he was under stress because of financial reasons, say- ing a doctor helping him with his mental health problems had suggested he temporarily turn over control of properties he rents out to the family’s attorney. Calls on Wednesday to a number listed as the Cowans’ could not be connected. The Internet has been abuzz in recent days about how Bristol Palin, who has consistently landed at the bottom of the judges’ leaderboard, has been able to remain on the ABC show. Some have suggested that voters — particularly supporters of her mother — have been voting in blocs and manipulating the system. Both Palins have denied any organized vote-getting tactics. Bristol Palin says voters support her despite lackluster performances because she started the show with no dancing experience. More or less: What makes a home happy? Dear Dr. Brothers: How can my sister be so cold and thoughtless? She outright refuses to supply her beautiful young boy with a brother or sister, saying that one child is enough for her! For her! How can she not think about her poor, lonely son and what this will do to him? How will he learn any social skills growing up by himself? It’s not like she can’t afford it. My sister and I are lucky enough to be extremely well off. Please help me set her straight. — W.F. Dear W.F.: Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but I think if anyone in the family needs to be set straight, it might be you! Obviously you love your sister and your little nephew very much, to be so concerned with their lives and his welfare as an only child. But not enough socialization? That’s where aunts come in! You can introduce him to all sorts of educational and cultural opportunities where he can meet other children who are excited about the same thing. So can his parents. You don’t mention a husband, but if your sister is a single mother, she may have her hands full with one child. The bottom line is that this is a very personal decision, and anyone who tries to make it for the mother or mother and father is skating on very thin ice. As far as your concerns go, only children seem to fare pretty well without siblings, according to those who have studied family dynamics. In fact, Ohio State University just did a study of 13,000 middle- and high-school students — that’s a sizable population — and found that only children were chosen as friends just as often as kids with siblings. An earlier study had shown that kindergarteners without sibs had more difficulty with social skills than kids with at least one, but these were rated by teachers, while the teens were rated by their peers. The take-away lesson might be that while only Dr. Joyce Brothers children may start with a slight disadvantage, they do adjust. ••• Dear Dr. Brothers: We’ve tried everything, but the dog we rescued from the animal shelter last month is just not working out. Advertised as a “mellow, quiet friend,” he’s been nothing but a nightmare. He’s eaten everything from the drapes to shoes to our wedding album. Nonetheless, the kids adore him. My husband and I have made up our minds that he has to go back — but how can we do this without breaking our children’s hearts? — S.W. Dear S.W.: It’s sad when you think you’ve got a great new member of the family but it turns out to be just a visitor — and a disruptive one, at that. The first thing you need to know is that you probably are doing exactly the right thing. Unless you are ready to spend a lot of time and effort on dog training or an animal behaviorist — this would be the one-on-one kind — you probably would be better off starting out with a much more laid-back dog. Although adopting from a shelter is a good idea because of the number of unwanted good pets out there, realize that you need to do your homework, and make sure the shelter has done its. Any pet you adopt should be selected with the temperament of your family members and the dog in mind. (c) 2010 by King Features Syndicate Keeping Meigs County informed The Daily Sentinel Subscribe today 740-992-2156 GRANT & O R T H O PA E D I C A S S O C I AT E S Robert A. 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The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Civil rights icon Lewis to get Medal of Freedom BY ERRIN HAINES ASSOCIATED PRESS John Lewis was born the son of southern sharecroppers, was unable to vote as a young man and was beaten during the struggle to end racial segregation in America. So when he received a call from President Barack Obama to say that he would be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February, Lewis was nearly moved to tears at the thought that the country’s first black president would bestow upon him the nation’s highest civilian honor. “The only thing I’ve tried to do during the past 50 years is to do what I could to create a more perfect union,” Lewis said in a phone interview with the Associated Press. “Back in 1961, I could not even register to vote in rural Alabama. To receive this medal, that will be presented by an AfricanAmerican president, while I’m serving in Congress is amazing to me. It’s almost too much to believe.” Lewis, a Georgia congressman since 1987 and a legendary figure in the civil rights movement, will be among 15 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a February 2011 ceremony. “I’m very excited,” the 70-year-old Lewis said. “It’s overwhelming. It’s unreal. It’s unbelievable. I’m very grateful.” Lewis said that the call from Obama on Tuesday had special meaning for him. “He kept talking about all the things that I’ve done and why they give this medal,” Lewis said. “And I said, ‘Mr. President, don’t say anything else, please. If you keep talking, you’re going to make me cry.’” Lewis said he is especially honored to receive the award on the 50th anniversary of the first Freedom Rides and during Black History Month. The lunch counter sit-ins for equal access to public accommodations also began in February. In a statement issued on Wednesday by The White House, Lewis was hailed as an American hero and giant of the civil rights movement. The statement noted that he chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the early 1960s. Lewis organized lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., and was beaten when he rode on the first Freedom Rides through the South in 1961. At 23, Lewis was the youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. In 1965, Lewis led the Selma-to-Montgomery march to petition for voting rights during which marchers were brutally confronted in an incident that became known as “Bloody Sunday.” Policemen beat Lewis, fracturing his skull. Lewis, who lives in Atlanta, represents Georgia’s 5th congressional district and is the longest-serving member of the state’s congressional delegation. Last year, his civil rights colleague, the Rev. Joseph Lowery, received the Medal of Freedom. The Daily Sentinel Reader Services (USPS 213-960) Correction Policy Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. 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A study by the Pew Research Center highlights rapidly changing notions of the American family. And the Census Bureau, too, is planning to incorporate broader definitions of family when measuring poverty, a shift caused partly by recent jumps in unmarried couples living together. About 29 percent of children under 18 now live with a parent or parents who are unwed or no longer married, a fivefold increase from 1960, according to the Pew report being released Thursday. Broken down further, about 15 percent have parents who are divorced or separated and 14 percent who were never married. Within those two groups, a sizable chunk — 6 percent — have parents who are live-in couples who opted to raise kids together without getting married. Indeed, about 39 percent of Americans said marriage was becoming obsolete. And that sentiment follows U.S. census data released in September that showed marriages hit an all-time low of 52 percent for adults 18 and over. In 1978, just 28 percent believed marriage was becoming obsolete. When asked what constitutes a family, the vast majority of Americans agree that a married couple, with or without children, fits that description. But four of five surveyed pointed also to an unmarried, opposite-sex couple with children or a single parent. Three of 5 people said a same-sex couple with children was a family. “Marriage is still very important in this country, but it doesn’t dominate family life like it used to,” said Andrew Cherlin, a professor of sociology and public policy at Johns Hopkins University. “Now there are sever- al ways to have a successful family life, and more people accept them.” The broadening views of family are expected to have an impact at Thanksgiving. About nine in 10 Americans say they will share a Thanksgiving meal next week with family, sitting at a table with 12 people on average. About onefourth of respondents said there will be 20 or more family members. “More Americans are living in these new families, so it seems safe to assume that there will be more of them around the Thanksgiving dinner table,” said Paul Taylor, executive vice president of the Pew Research Center. The changing views of family are being driven largely by young adults 18-29, who are more likely than older generations to have an unmarried or divorced parent or have friends who do. Young adults also tend to have more liberal attitudes when it comes to spousal roles and living together before marriage, the survey found. But economic factors, too, are playing a role. The Census Bureau recently reported that opposite-sex unmarried couples living together jumped 13 percent this year to 7.5 million. It was a sharp one-year increase that analysts largely attributed to people unwilling to make long-term marriage commitments in the face of persistent unemployment. Beginning next year, the Census Bureau will publish new, supplemental poverty figures that move away from the traditional concept of family as a husband and wife with two children. It will broaden the definition to include unmarried couples, such as same-sex partners, as well as foster children who are not related by blood or adoption. Officials say such a move will reduce the number of families and children who are considered poor based on the new supplemental measure, which will be used as a guide for federal and state agencies to set anti-poverty policies. That’s because two unmarried partners who live together with children and work are currently not counted by census as a single “family” with higher pooled incomes, but are officially defined as two separate units — one being a single parent and child, the other a single person — who aren’t sharing household resources. “People are rethinking what family means,” Cherlin said. “Given the growth, I think we need to accept cohabitation relationships as a basis for some of the fringe benefits offered to families, such as health insurance.” Still, the study indicates that marriage isn’t going to disappear anytime soon. Despite a growing view that marriage may not be necessary, 67 percent of Americans were upbeat about the future of marriage and family. That’s higher than their optimism for the nation’s educational system (50 percent), economy (46 percent) or its morals and ethics (41 percent). And about half of all currently unmarried adults, 46 percent, say they want to get married. Among those unmarried who are living with a partner, the share rises to 64 percent. Other findings: • About 34 percent of Americans called the growing variety of family living arrangements good for society, while 32 percent said it didn’t make a difference and 29 percent said it was troubling. • About 44 percent of people say they have lived with a partner without being married; for 30-to49-year-olds, that share rose to 57 percent. In most cases, those couples said they considered cohabitation as a step toward marriage. • About 62 percent say that the best marriage is one where the husband and wife both work and both take care of the household and children. That’s up from 48 percent who held that view in 1977. The Pew study was based on interviews with 2,691 adults by cell phone or landline from Oct. 1-21. The survey has a total margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points, larger for subgroups. Pew also analyzed 2008 census data, and used surveys conducted by Time magazine to identify trends from earlier decades. �Thursday, November 18, 2010 Obituaries The Daily Sentinel • Page A5 www.mydailysentinel.com Update Meigs County Forecast From Page A1 Linda Yvonne Black A service for Linda Yvonne Black age 61, of Palestine, Texas will be at 1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 at Bailey & Foster Chapel with Dr. Butch Lockard officiating. Burial will follow in Magnolia Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine. Mrs. Black died Tuesday at her residence. She was born March 11, 1949 in East Liverpool to the late Charles and Helen Hill Wolfe. Mrs. Black was a homemaker. Mrs. Black was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Larry Black. She is survived by her daughters, Jerri Myers and husband John of San Antonio, Texas, Larra Noland and husband Rex; sons, James Black and wife Jennifer and Jason Black all of Palestine; a brother, Mike Wolfe of Ohio; 14 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Condolence calls will be received from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18 at Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association. To view online, leave condolences or sign the guest book go to www.baileyandfosterfuneralhome.com. Deaths Melvin Henry Melvin “Sticks” Henry, 68, Mason, W.Va., died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at his home. Service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, W.Va., with Rev. Marshall Bonecutter officiating. Online registry is available at www.crowhussellfh.com. receive 90 percent funding from the Federal Highway Administration, with the remaining balance paid through the engineer’s budget. Commissioners also approved payment of bills in the amount of $121,388.51. Clerk Gloria Kloes also attended. ODOT From Page A1 lage’s commercial development district which contains the new Home National Bank and Dollar General. There was 525 feet of work done on Elm St. centered around the Fifth St. intersection and 400 feet of work on Fifth St. going south from Elm St. Despite the rumors floating around Racine, ODOT has no plans to install a traffic light at the intersection at this time though the intersection is designed for a stop light should future installation be necessary. As for the new road being built in the Monkey Run which will run past the new Taco Bell and tie into West Main and Locust Streets, it appears preliminary engineering will begin in 2011, according to Rose. Back in June the Appalachian Regional Commission approved a $250,000 grant for the Community Improvement Corporation to build the road which will come complete with drains, concrete curbs and be black topped. The CIC is investing $100,000 (the grant’s matching funds) in the construction of the road estimated to cost $350,000. Though ODOT will oversee construction of the road, after it’s built, the Village of Pomeroy will own it. Rose said at this point it’s estimated the road could be put up for bid in 2013. MHS From Page A1 Stocks end mixed after 4 days of losses NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended mixed Wednesday as concerns that Ireland will need outside help to repay its debts were coupled with a steep drop in housing construction in the U.S. Global stock markets have been rattled over the past week out of fear that Ireland will become the next European country to need a bailout. Greece was rescued in May after it became unable to contain runaway spending and lost the confidence of investors. Ireland is now struggling after a collapse in its housing market forced the country to take over three large banks. Britain, which is not part of the 16-nation bloc that uses the euro, offered Wednesday to provide additional support to Ireland beyond what it gets from the European Union or the International Monetary Fund. That helped steady markets in Europe. The Euro Stoxx 50, which tracks blue chip companies within the euro zone, rose 0.5 percent. Construction of new homes fell 11.7 percent in October, the Commerce Department reported. Construction of new apartments fell by more than 40 percent. Homebuilders including DH Horton Inc. and PulteGroup Inc. fell. Retail stocks were among the few industries that posted gains. Target Corp.’s shares rose 3.9 percent after reporting earnings that beat analysts’ forecasts. Competitors Costco Wholesale Corp., Macy’s Inc. and J.C. Penny Co. each rose by 2 percent or more. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 15.62, or 0.1 percent, to 11,007.88. The S&P 500 rose 0.25, or less than 0.1 percent, to 1,178.59. The technology-focused Nasdaq composite index rose 6.17, or 0.3 percent, to 2,476.01 Seven out of the 10 industry groups that make up the S&P 500 fell. Companies in the consumer discretionary, energy and healthcare businesses were the only groups to post gains. Financial companies fell the most, with a 0.6 percent drop. The Federal Reserve announced that 19 large banks that it oversees, a group that includes Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., must pass another round of “stress tests” to show that each can weather another severe downturn. Banks that demonstrate the ability to withstand significant losses if the economy were to fall into another recession will be allowed to boost dividends. Those that do not will be forced to raise additional capital. McDonald’s Corp. gained 1.2 percent to become the top performing stock among the 30 companies that make up the Dow. Home Depot fell 2.8 percent as the index’s laggard. Bond prices traded in a tight range. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 2.87 percent from 2.85 percent late Tuesday. Its yield is used as a benchmark for interest rates on mortgages and other consumer and corporate loans. The dollar fell 0.2 percent against an index of six currencies. Two stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated trading volume came to 3.9 billion shares. Visit us online at mydailysentinel.com Your online source for news at Green Bank are sharing and trusting their data with us at Meigs High School is amazing. We will analyze the data all through this school year with the understanding that we are part of ‘real‘ science and perhaps new discoveries. The professional astronomers will keep in touch with the students as they search for pulsars.” As for their time at Green Bank working with the astronomers, one of the students described it as a ”once in a lifetime experience,” while another said she will “never forget it.” They all commented on the opportunity they were given to work with the astronomers. Hudson said that over the course of the project about 60 teachers and 600 students will be selected to participate. She’s hoping to recruit more students at Meigs High School for the program. “Projects like the PSC which expose students to an authentic scientific experience, have the potential to inspire students to become scientists. At the very least, students emerge with an appreciation of the scientific process and confidence in their ability to think critically and solve problems.” concluded Hudson. Smokeout From Page A1 ments to educate the public; provide printed material to be given at local health fairs, physician offices and healthcare facilities; provide smoking cessation classes with necessary materials. Winners of the contest are Kylie King, who won at Meigs Middle School and received a $25 Wal-Mart gift card. Kelsey Johnson was a winner at Eastern and Jamie Card, also of Eastern, was the overall contest winner whose artwork will be featured on billboards to be erected later this month at two locations within Meigs County. Both Johnson and Card received $25 Wal-Mart gift cards. The theme of the contest was “Stay Healthy: The Dangers of Smoking.” Middle school students were the focus of the poster contest because many kids (one out of four) age 12 and older are current tobacco users and studies show that for the most part, people who do not start smoking when they are teens never start using it. Kids who smoke have smoking-related health problems from breathing to vision problems. Fed orders new “stress tests” for banks WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest banks must undergo new stress tests to show they can weather another recession, and the Federal Reserve said those that pass them can boost dividends paid to investors. Banks would need to show the Fed’s bank examiners that they’re in good financial health and that they have adequate capital to absorb potential losses over the next two years. The Fed oversees Wall Street’s biggest banks, including Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Wells Fargo. Banks have to file plans to the Fed showing that they would have sufficient capital cushions to cover any losses under different economic scenarios — including if the economy were to fall back into a recession, Fed officials said. All of the 19 largest banks overseen by the Fed must file the plans — even if they don’t intend to increase their dividend payments. The plans must be filed by Jan. 7, 2011. The upcoming round of “stress tests” are a key part of the Fed’s ongoing efforts to make sure that banks — and the entire financial system — are stable. The safety and soundness of the banking system is an important ingredient to the economy’s health. Banks that don’t pass the stress tests will have to take steps to raise new capital to build up their cushions. On Wall Street, banks’ stock prices tumbled after the Fed released the guidelines. Bank of America’s stock price dropped 2.68 percent. Wells Fargo’s fell 1.21 percent, JPMorgan Chase’s declined 1.09 percent and Citigroup’s stock price slid 0.71 percent. The Fed’s first stress tests were conducted in 2009 as the country was still reeling from the worst recession and financial crisis since the 1930s. Those results were made public in a move to boost confidence in the thenfragile U.S. banking system. Thursday: A slight chance of showers after 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Calm wind becoming west between 6 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 29. Light north wind. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming south between 7 and 10 mph. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 56. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Monday: Cloudy, with a high near 62. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Tuesday: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Local Stocks AEP (NYSE) — 35.72 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 59.05 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 51.86 Big Lots (NYSE) — 29.90 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 32.57 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 58.21 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 13.40 Champion (NASDAQ) — 1.17 CharmingShops(NASDAQ)—3.56 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 32.75 Collins (NYSE) — 54.97 DuPont (NYSE) — 45.66 US Bank (NYSE) — 24.73 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 15.81 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 31.12 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 39.18 Kroger (NYSE) — 22.81 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 31.87 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 60.34 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 19.11 BBT (NYSE) — 24.25 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 13.60 Pepsico (NYSE) — 63.94 Premier (NASDAQ) — 6.35 Rockwell (NYSE) — 63.81 Rocky Boots (NASDAQ) — 9.16 Royal Dutch Shell — 64.32 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 66.20 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 53.77 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 4.69 WesBanco (NYSE) — 17.51 Worthington (NYSE) — 15.80 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for Nov. 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. For the Record 911 POMEROY — Meigs County 911 dispatched the following calls for assistance: Tuesday 9:22 a.m., Dixon Road, pain; 10:38 a.m., Rocksprings Road, chest pain; 11:50 a.m., Union Avenue, pain; 12:20 p.m., Ohio 124, Reedsville, motor vehicle collision; 12:41 p.m., Barton Road, numbness; 1:06 p.m., Condor Street, difficulty breathing; 3:15 p.m., Mulberry Avenue, pain; 8:58 p.m., Rocksprings Road, diabetic emergency; 10:28 p.m., Memorial Drive, high blood pressure. Middleport Police MIDDLEPORT — Police Chief Bruce Swift reports: • Fined in Middleport Mayor’s Court by Mayor Michael Gerlach were: Emily Fackler, speed, $107; Kelsey Howell, menacing, $295; Raymond Johnson, allowing dogs to run loose, $195; Charles Naistetler, no operator’s license, $195. Cody Sinclair, court suspension, $395; Codie Young, possession of drugs, $395; Christopher Atkinson, squealing tires, $120. David Eakins, resisting arrest, $195; Wendy Long, $195, disorderly conduct; Freddie Perkins, $295, menacing; Ashley Smith, $195, disorderly conduct; Eric Sydenstricker, speed, $120. • Police Chief Bruce Swift reported execution a search warrant with Meigs County Major Crime Task Force at the residence of Juan Tabler and Cindy Kline, Art Lewis Street, early Tuesday. Officers found around 40 Oxycontin tablets and an indoor marijuana grow room. Tabler was arrested and charged with trafficking in drugs, and Kline ws charged with cultivation of marijuana. Rachel Gentile was charged with possession of drugs. • Forest G. Qualls, Batey Road, was charged with felony operating a motor vehicle under the influence, for a sixth alleged offense, tampering with drugs and possession of marijuana on Nov. 13, after he struck a curb on his motorcycle and nearly causing an accident. Recorder POMEROY — Recorder Kay Hill reported the following transfers in real estate: • Stephen E. Hoffman, Barbara Hoffman, to Tuppers Plains-Chester Water District, right of way, Chester; Jack L. Alvis to Jacquelyn S. Alvis, deed; John H. Smith to Katheleen S. Dougan, Steven C. Dougan, deed, Bedford. • Brian R. Arnold to Lisa J. Russell, deed, Lebanon; Martha L. Wolfe, deceased, to Faith A. Roach, certificate of transfer; Gordon Fisher, Linda Fisher, Jodi Fisher, to Syracuse-Racine Regional Sewer District, easement; David A. Koren, Nicole D. Koren, to Syracuse Regional Sewer District, easement. • Roger Roush, Christy Roush, to Syracuse Regional Sewer District, easement; David George Neigler, Tina Diane Neigler, to Syracuse Regional Sewer District, easement; Donn R. Pumpa to Syracuse Regional Sewer District, easement. �Thursday, November 18, 2010 The Daily Sentinel • Page A6 www.mydailysentinel.com House Democrats keep Pelosi as their leader Boehner remains top GOP House member BY CHARLES BABINGTON ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — House Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi to remain as their leader Wednesday despite massive party losses in this month’s congressional elections that prompted some lawmakers to call for new leadership. Pelosi, the nation’s first female House speaker, will become minority leader when Republicans assume the majority in the new Congress in January. She defeated moderate Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, 150-43, in secret balloting in a lengthy closed-door gathering of House Democrats in the Capitol. Pelosi, 70, overcame a rebellion from party cen- trists, and even some fellow liberals, who argued that the party needs to offer a new face of leadership after losing at least 60 House seats on Nov. 2. She remains popular among the liberals who dominate the party’s House caucus. But Shuler’s level of support — plus an earlier 129-68 vote against postponing the election that Pelosi wanted to wrap up quickly — underscored the degree of discontent in a party that Pelosi had largely bent to her will in the past four years. Republicans voted to keep John Boehner of Ohio as their top House leader. Boehner, who celebrated his 61st birthday Wednesday, had no opposition, and will become speaker in the new Congress. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., will become majority leader. Many House Democrats defended Pelosi, who said the bad economy and high unemployment were the reasons for her party’s election losses. But others said Republicans had found too much success in running ads all over the country attacking Pelosi and linking her to other Democrats. “The truth is, she is the face that defeated us in this last election,” said Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Fla., who lost his re-election bid this month. Rep. Tim Ryan, DOhio, had wanted to give party members more time to mull the election’s meaning and its impact on leadership decisions. “We’ve got to get our message right,” Ryan said. “After a loss this substantial, there’s a lot of people that just think we need to take our time and reflect about the direction we’re going in, what issues we’re going to focus on, what could we have done better ... It’s important that the next step that we take is very well thought out.” Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, a leader of moderate Democrats, kept the party’s No. 2 House post. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., the House’s highest-ranking black member, was elected to keep the party’s No. 3 post, renamed “assistant leader.” President Barack Obama has invited con- gressional leaders of both parties to the White House, a postelection session expected this week but now put off until Nov. 30. The White House said Tuesday that Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asked for the delay because of scheduling conflicts in organizing their caucuses. The week’s events offered scant evidence that Democrats, who often quarrel among themselves, will become more cohesive in the wake of their 60-seat House loss. Shuler, for instance, showed no interest in mimicking the solidarity that House Republicans displayed during the past four years, when they voted unanimously or nearly unanimously against many high-profile initiatives by Democrats, including Obama. “It’s very frustrating when I see everyone voting in bloc,” Shuler told reporters, because Americans are diverse and crave bipartisan solutions. Republicans took a different tack after the 2006 election, which cost them the House majority they had held for 12 years. Within a day, thenSpeaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said he would step down as party leader in the next Congress. House Republicans soon coalesced around Boehner, and he persuaded them to consistently oppose Democrats despite what some people saw as anti-GOP rebukes from voters in 2006 and 2008. Senate Democrats swim against anti-earmark tide BY ANDREW TAYLOR ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Now that Republicans have abandoned the youscratch-my-back, I’llscratch-yours earmark process, Democrats who still hold a majority in the Senate have to decide whether they’ll try to prop up a system that seems to be collapsing all around them. With the incoming House GOP majority dead set against earmarks and President Barack Obama urging a crackdown, defenders of earmarks — mostly Democrats but with a few Republicans mixed in — are swimming against a powerful tide. Earmarking allows lawmakers to steer federal spending to pet projects in their states and districts. Earmarks take many forms. They can be road projects, improvements to home district military bases, sewer projects, economic development projects and even those Predator drone aircraft that are used to kill terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They can also include tax breaks for a handful of specific companies, like a tax cut proposed years ago for manufacturers of hunting arrows. The reason Capitol Hill’s favor factory has churned out so many pork-barrel projects so successfully for so long is pretty simple: Everybody did it, Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives. Not anymore. Critics like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and incoming House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, have railed against earmarks for years, even as they proliferated when Republicans controlled Congress. Slowly, the tide has turned in their favor. Boehner promises that next year’s spending bills won’t have earmarks. The opinion of House Democrats doesn’t matter much since they’ll be stripped of most of their power under a Boehner- led regime. But it was Monday’s surprise announcement by Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky in support of a two-year moratorium on earmarks that fundamentally shifted the paradigm. Until then, McConnell had been a strong defender of the practice. Banning earmarks wouldn’t save money and would shift too much power to Obama, McConnell said in the days after the midterm congressional elections. Despite deep misgivings among many oldtimers, Republican senators followed McConnell’s lead and endorsed a nonbinding moratorium on earmarks Tuesday evening by a voice vote in a closed meeting. Earmark critics want to go further and are demanding a vote by the entire Senate to ban them for three years. The move by the Senate GOP leaves Senate Democrats as the only faction of Congress in a position to try to save the practice — and their position doesn’t seem very strong, since it’s difficult to see how Boehner and McConnell would allow any earmark-laden bills to pass. Thus far, however, some Senate Democrats seem to be in denial. “I have an obligation to the people of Nevada to do what is important to Nevada, not what is important to some bureaucrat down here (in Washington) with green eyeshades,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said. “So I am not going, personally, going to back off of bringing stuff back to Nevada.” Once limited to the most senior and powerful lawmakers, earmarking pet projects and grants mushroomed after Republicans took over Congress in 1995. Then, GOP leaders like House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia and Majority Whip Tom DeLay of Texas saw earmarks as a way to help endangered Republicans keep their seats and to reward lawmakers loyal to GOP leaders. Boehner, by contrast, has never sought an earmark. Estimates vary, but earmarks went from more than 1,300 projects worth nearly $8 billion in 1994 to a peak of nearly 14,000 projects worth more than $27 billion in 2005, according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a watchdog group that opposes the practice. Democrats cut back the number and cost of earmarks somewhat and presided over changes that made the process more transparent by requiring the sponsors of the specially targeted programs and grants to disclose them. That’s made it easier for outsiders to track a “pay-toplay” system in which lobbyists and corporate executives showered lawmakers with campaign funds in exchange for earmarks. The new Senate moratorium is a nonbinding statement. It doesn’t outright block a lawmaker from seeking an earmark, and some GOP senators have said they still will try to find a way to win them. “If the Obama administration and their bureaucrats in the federal agencies take action against the best interests of South Carolina, I will take swift action to correct their wrongs,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said. Graham has been feuding with home-state GOP colleague Jim DeMint — a leader of the movement to ban earmarks — over an effort to win federal money for a project to deepen the Port of Charleston so it can accept larger ships. Other Senate Republicans, like Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, maintain they’ll also try to find a way to earmark regardless. An earmark ban “is nothing more than a shell game that moves the money and the decisionmaking responsibility from Congress to the bureaucracy,” Murkowski said in a statement. White House: Obama not backing down on nuke pact BY JIM ABRAMS ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will push for Senate ratification of a nuclear arms pact with Russia before year’send despite opposition from a key Republican senator, the White House said Wednesday. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said he believes the New START deal will come up and pass during the lame-duck Congress, now in progress. The pact is a top foreign policy priority for Obama. It would shrink the U.S. and Russian arsenals of strategic warheads, and revive on-the-ground inspections that ceased when a previous treaty expired nearly a year ago. Sen. Jon Kyl, a leading Republican voice on the issue, dealt the pact a major setback Tuesday by coming out against a vote this year. Kyl, who’s been seeking more money and focus on maintaining and modernizing the remaining arsenal, said more time was needed before moving forward. When pressed on the issue Wednesday, Kyl told reporters: “We’re talking in good faith.” The treaty has support from some moderate Republicans, but Kyl’s opposition makes approval a tough climb since many in the GOP were looking to his assent before giving their backing. Sixtyseven votes are needed for approval, so Democrats need at least eight Republican votes for ratification in the current Senate. Once the newly elected Senate is sworn in January, Democrats need the support of at least 14 Republicans. “The president will continue to push this and believes the Senate should act on it before they go home,” Gibbs told reporters at the White House. “I think we’ll have enough votes to pass it” even without Kyl’s support, Gibbs said, calling it crucial to the nuclear inspection regime and international relations. “I don’t think it’s going to get pushed into next year,” he said. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, DNev., issued a statement Wednesday supporting quick action on the treaty, and saying he was “puzzled” by Kyl’s stance. But the administration’s hopes suffered another hit when Republican Sen. George Voinovich, an Ohio moderate who is retiring this year, expressed his reservations with the treaty. “America’s grand strategy approach towards Russia must be realistic, it must be agile, and as I have said it must take into account the interests of our NATO allies. I am deeply concerned the New START Treaty may once again undermine the confidence of our friends and allies in Central and Eastern Europe,” Voinovich said in a statement. A clearly frustrated Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee and a treaty supporter, suggested the administration press ahead with a vote despite the opposition of Kyl and others. Lugar, a leading voice on nuclear issues, said if the White House and Democrats wait until next year and the new Congress, the process would have to start anew with hearings, committee votes and a greater risk that the treaty isn’t ratified. “This is a situation of some national security peril,” Lugar told reporters. Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the pact in Prague in April. Obama met with Medvedev last weekend on the sidelines of an economic meeting in Japan and emphasized his commitment to advancing the treaty during the lame-duck session. The treaty would reduce U.S. and Russian strategic warheads to 1,550 for each country from the current ceiling of 2,200. It also would set up new procedures to allow both countries to inspect each other’s arsenals to verify compliance. Sen. John Kerry, top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said there were no substantive disagreements on the treaty itself and that a major objection of Kyl’s should have been removed when the administration pledged an additional $4.1 billion for weapons modernization programs. Earlier Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton beseeched the Senate to vote this year. “This is not an issue that can afford to be postponed,” the secretary said after the meeting. In Moscow Wednesday, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said officials there still expect the Senate to find time for ratifying the treaty this fall. “We have taken note of Senator Kyl’s comment. It’s not our busi- It’s time to Gear Up For... 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DROP-OFF DEADLINE Sunday, November 21st, 2010 Our 2010 Goal is 2500 Shoeboxes! �Inside McCoy draws raves, Page B6 LOCAL SCHEDULE POMEROY — A schedule of upcoming high school varsity sporting events involving teams from Meigs, Mason and Gallia counties. Saturday, November 20 Football Class A Playoffs — Second Round East Hardy vs Wahama at Point Pleasant JSHS, 1:30 p.m. Sports Briefs WAHAMA PEP RALLY THURSDAY MASON, W.Va. — A community pep rally and tailgate party will be held for the Wahama football team at 6 p.m. Thursday night at the upper parking lot of the high school, as the White Falcons prepare for their second-round Class A playoff game against East Hardy this weekend. All fans are encouraged to come out and support the boys of fall before Saturday’s trip to Point Pleasant. MYL YOUTH B1 SPORTS OSU looks for fast start, Page B2 Thursday, November 18, 2010 Rio cross country will have two competing at national meet cold, so, hopefully they know what they’re going into.” Wilson was the top runner all season long for Rio Grande. He ran especially well in the Mid-South Conference Meet, November 6, finishing 6th overall with a time of 25:42. Wilson earned All-MSC honors and qualified for the NAIA National Meet with that 6th place finish. “He’s a tough runner, he’s run well all year,” Willey said. “This is the big one, this is one that you want to have your very best race - he’s got an opportunity to finish to very high. Already being there before he knows what to expect on the course, we’re excited for both of them BY MARK WILLIAMS SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande men’s and women’s cross country teams will be represented at the NAIA National Meet this season. Redshirt sophomore Nick Wilson (Barlow, OH) will carry the mantle for the men’s program while junior Kayla Renner (Galloway, OH) will represent the women’s team. Both will compete against the best runners in the nation this Saturday in Vancouver, Washington at the 55th Annual Men’s and the 31st Annual Women’s National Cross Country Championships at the Fort Vancouver Historical Site. Rio Grande head coach Bob Willey is pleased for both runners to again be included among the best in the nation. “We’re excited for them, it’s one of those things that we kind of got beat up early in the season on both the men’s and women’s side but people ran well at the conference meet,” Willey said. “Kayla PR’d (personal record) by 34 seconds, we’re really proud of her in doing that.” Willey said that both runners should be more comfortable this season after having competed in the meet a year ago. “Being there before, they shouldn’t have the nerve issue and they should be able to go out and focus and hopefully set another PR,” he said. “Weather conditions are pretty much rainy, cold and we haven’t seen much of that this year, it’s been outstanding weather this year so it’ll be a little different for us, but again we were there last year and it was rainy, and hope for personal records while we’re out there, we’ll see what happens.” Wilson ran as a part of the RedStorm team last year that finished 21st in the NAIA. He finished 79th overall last season at nationals with a time of 26:34. There were 323 runners in the race. Renner was an individual participant last year at nationals and finished 172nd (out of 330 runners) with a time of 20:26. Renner shared the top spot for the women’s team all season long with junior Cassie Mattia, but outdistanced Mattia at the MSC Meet to earn a spot in the field at the Please see Rio, B2 BASKETBALL TOURNEY RUTLAND, Ohio — The Middleport Youth League will be holding its annual biddee league basketball tournament for all boys and girls in grades 46 during the week of Christmas at the Rutland Civic Center in Meigs County. The tournaments — broken down by gender and division — will start on Sunday, Dec. 19, and run through Wednesday, Dec. 23, before taking a twoday break. The tournament will resume play on Sunday, Dec. 26, and will conclude on Thursday, Dec. 30. No all-star or traveling teams will be permitted to enter the tournament. For more information, contact Dave Boyd at (740) 590-0438. Raiders land four on All-OVC football team BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM MARSHALL TO USE LIGHTER Sarah Hawley/file photo GREEN ON UNIFORMS HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall’s athletic department is adding a new shade of green to its team uniforms. Athletic Director Mike Hamrick says in the coming years the uniforms will show the traditional kelly green color that many fans associate with the program. Kelly green is currently used in Marshall’s football and basketball uniforms. CORRECTION In the Sunday sports section of The Sunday Times-Sentinel, it was erroneously listed in the District 13 volleyball team list that Kelsey Strang was an athlete from South Gallia. Strang, a junior, was a first-team Division IV selection from Southern. River Valley’s Katelyn Birchfield, ceneter, bumps the ball during the Lady Raiders game against South Point on September 16. Kelsey Sands (6), Kaitlyn Roberts (5) and Kelcie Carter (10) all prepare for the hit. Sands, Roberts, and Carter were named first team All-OVC for the 2010 season, while Birchfield was an honorable mention selection. Lady Raiders land four on All-OVC teams River Valley’s Priddy named co-Coach of the Year BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM The River Valley volleyball team — after finishing the season with a 9-1 league mark — has landed four players on the AllOhio Valley Conference teams. River Valley seniors Kelsey Sands, Kaitlyn Roberts and Kelcie Carter were all named to the first team. Junior Katelyn Birchfield was an honorable mention selection. In addition to the four players, first year head coach Heather Priddy earned co-Coach of the Year honors. South Point’s Steve Baise was also named coach of the year. Black, Gardenhire picked as managers of the year NEW YORK (AP) — Bud Black hung on to win this race. Ron Gardenhire became a first-time Manager of the Year, too, after so many near misses. A month after his San Diego Padres were knocked out of the playoff chase on the final day, Black nudged Cincinnati’s Dusty Baker by one point for the NL award Wednesday. “I guess this vote was sort of like our season, it came down to the wire,” Black said on a conference call. Gardenhire was the clear choice in the American League, earning the honor after five times as the runner-up. He led Minnesota to its sixth AL Central title in nine seasons. “Congrats to the best manager in bestball!” Twins center fielder Denard Span tweeted. “Way overdue!” Span tweeted an apology moments later for misspelling baseball. Said Gardenhire: “It’s pretty neat to have your name mentioned up there.” Black was selected after guiding San Diego to a 15-game turnaround despite the second-lowest payroll in the majors. The Padres finished 9072 and led the NL West until a late, 10-game slump and then a loss to San Francisco on the last day eliminated them. Black drew 16 firstplace votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and got 104 points. Baker Please see Year, B2 The Lady Raiders won a share of their ninth league title in nine years this season, sharing the league championship with South Point. Haley Johnson Sashe Burcham Kristen Webb Brittany Thompson Coal Grove Fairland Chesapeake Rock Hill Honorable Mention ALL-OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE First Team Player School Brooke Lucas Ashley Goodall Allison Mitchell Kelsey Sands Kaitlyn Roberts Kelcie Carter Marissa Stevens South Point South Point South Point River Valley River Valley River Valley Coal Grove Player School Katlyn Leonard Katelyn Birchfield Cami Hillier Kelsey Dillow Stormie Spitzer Dani Crabtree South Point River Valley Coal Grove Chesapeake Fairland Rock Hill Coaches of the Year: Steve Baise, South Point, Heather Priddy, River Valley The River Valley football team (1-9) landed a total of four players on the 2010 AllOhio Valley Conference teams. The Raiders had two first team honorees and two honorable mention selections. Senior lineman Will Smith and junior lineman Cody Holley were both named to the first team. Honorable mention selections for the Raiders were juniors Steven Brown and Jacob Hefner. Chesapeake head coach Phil Davis was named Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year. Chesapeake led the league with seven selections, Coal Grove had six honorees, Fairland and Rock Hill each had five selections, and South Point had four honorees. Experiencing PAIN from kidney stones? Pleasant Valley Hospital offers several lithotripsy options for patients suffering from kidney stones: Extra Corporeal Lithotripsy (focused shock waves to fragment a stone) & Laser Lithotripsy (using Holmium Laser for fragmenting a stone) Urologists on the medical staff at Pleasant Valley Hospital: Mel Simon, MD Shrikant Vaidya, MD 256 Pinecrest Drive Gallipolis, OH 2520 Valley Drive, Suite G16 Point Pleasant, WV 740.446.0021 304.675.6060 �Page B2 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Buckeyes strive for fast start vs Iowa COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State fans love the eighth-ranked Buckeyes’ record, they’d just prefer to avoid lategame comebacks. Despite finishing solid enough to win nine of their 10 games, the Buckeyes have been slow starters — particularly on the road. The Buckeyes (9-1, 5-1) would like to reverse that trend at No. 21 Iowa (7-3, 4-2) on Saturday. Riding on the outcome is a possible Big Ten title and Bowl Championship Series postseason berth. “We know we have to start fast this week or we’re going to have problems,” said center Mike Brewster. It’s hard to imagine a team averaging 42 points a game — and winning by an average margin of 28 points — having so much trouble early in games. But it has been a nagging problem all season. The Buckeyes have been tied or trailed early in all three of their previous road trips. Only against Wisconsin have the Buckeyes (9-1, 5-1) not survived a sluggish start. — Miami led 7-3 after a quarter before the Buckeyes piled up 33 points in the middle two periods of a 36-24 home win on Sept. 11. — When the Buckeyes hit the road for the first time on Oct. 2, Illinois scored on its first possession and hung tough with Ohio State before falling 24-13. — Ohio State lasted just a week in the No. 1 spot, falling behind 21-0 in the opening 17 minutes on the way to a 31-18 setback at Wisconsin on Oct. 16. — On Saturday, the Buckeyes trailed 14-3 and Penn State was knocking on the door again at the Ohio State 20-yard line before order was restored. The Buckeyes made a big fourth-down stop, and then ran off the game’s final 35 points for a 38-14 win. Is Ohio State taking teams lightly? Do other teams just play better against the Buckeyes? Or are they just one of those teams that need additional time to find their stride in a game? “I wish I could put a thumb on it, so we could prevent it,” defensive lineman Dexter Larimore said. “I do think sometimes that teams are going to give us their best shot and you’re not going to be able to really see the team that you saw on film all Rio from Page B1 national competition. She was the top finisher for Rio Grande at the MSC Championships, finishing 7th overall with a personal record time of 19:11. The finish was good enough for Renner to earn AllMid-South Conference honors and qualify for the NAIA National Meet for the second year in a row. Willey had Renner prepared to peak for the MSC Meet and she did, he is hopeful that she can better her personalbest time at nationals. “I’d like to see her hit sub-19 if she could, depending on the competition, the course and if she can get to where she needs to be with those type of runners,” Willey said. In order to earn AllAmerican status a runner must finish in the top 30. The men’s race will cover 8,000-meters and will commence at 10:30 a.m. PST while the women will run 5,000meters with the race beginning at 11:45 a.m. PST. week. Some teams come out and they have some special package, a tweak or adjustment, to kind of defend against what we do.” Wide receiver DeVier Posey doesn’t think the problem lies in the Buckeyes not being ready to play. “I know before the (Penn State) game, guys seemed like they were fired up, ready to go,” he said. “I don’t really know how to avoid it, I don’t have a formula for it. I don’t know — maybe we play better fighting uphill.” This much is certain: Iowa has victimized good teams who stumbled at the start. “Just turn on the IowaMichigan State game,” Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said. “Michigan State’s a good team. But they have three picks, one goes to the house and one way down there. All of a sudden, it’s 30-0. And they’re a good team.” Just three weeks ago, fifth-ranked Michigan State came into Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium unbeaten and on a roll. But the Hawkeyes took the opening kickoff and drove 80 yards in 12 plays with Ricky Stanzi hitting Colin Sandeman on a 3-yard scoring strike. Then Micah Hyde picked off a pass and returned it 66 yards. And Shaun Prater brought back another errant pass 42 yards, setting up Adam Robinson’s 32-yard scoring catch from Stanzi. Then Robinson added a rushing touchdown. The stunned Spartans never recovered in a 37-6 rout. The Buckeyes have seen the video of that surprisingly lopsided game and have compared it to what they’ve done all season. “We definitely have to get off on a good start,” said Buckeyes linebacker Ross Homan. “We can’t come out flat.” Even if Iowa makes the first big play, gets the initial break or finds the end zone first, the Buckeyes can’t just throw up their hands. “Slow starts happen sometimes. The biggest thing is I guess you really have to fight back and get some momentum on your side,” Brewster said. “You know how big momentum is. It’s crazy. “Once we got the momentum back on our side (against Penn State), things worked well. But we know this week we really can’t do that.” Thursday, November 18, 2010 Going wrong for Browns’ Wright BEREA, Ohio (AP) — It’s gotten so bad, he’s being called Eric Wrong. Browns cornerback Eric Wright is the first to admit he’s not having nearly the season he hoped. Burned for several big plays and touchdowns, including a winning TD in overtime last week against the New York Jets, Wright has become a target for some Cleveland fans. They want him benched — or worse. Wright’s under attack, but he’s not running. “I have a responsibility to this team to be a certain type of player, and I’ve let my team down time and time again,” he said Wednesday. “Obviously, I have to play better.” Late in overtime Sunday, Wright got beat on an inside slant by Santonio Holmes, who took the short pass, stepped away from Wright’s lame tackling attempt and darted past two other Browns for a 37-yard score, giving the Jets their second straight OT win. It was the latest gaffe in a season of errors for Wright, a 2007 secondround pick who has never been lacking for confidence but seems to be playing scared. Baltimore’s Anquan Boldin fried Wright for three TDs, and he was responsible for two against Pittsburgh. The critics have been lining up for weeks. Their legions have grown. On Wednesday, Wright found himself surrounded in the middle of Cleveland’s locker room answering questions about his struggles and defending his reputation. As a few of his teammates walked over to survey the media mob, Wright, backed up against a pillar, never ducked a single probe. He accepted blame. The only thing Wright disputed was that his performance has been consistently poor. “I don’t feel like it’s necessarily been a streak,” he said. “The Baltimore game opened the floodgates for us having this type of discussion. That’s the worst game I’ve ever played in my career. It’s more of me not doing what I’m supposed to do mentally than physically. But I feel throughout the nine games, I’ve had more better games than bad games. “But obviously when you have certain big plays, which you will have play- ing cornerback, it’s going to be looked at in a different way.” In recent days, local sports radio has been crammed with chatter about Wright. Outraged callers have screamed for coach Eric Mangini to sit Wright in favor of rookie Joe Haden. The disdain for Wright has extended into social networking with Twitter users bombarding his personal account with messages, some of them vulgar. Wright countered by tweeting from the Bible: “And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the 3rd day he shall rise again” Mark 10:34. It hasn’t all been Wright’s fault. On a few of the TDs, it appeared he was looking for help that never arrived. Also, there have been communication breakdowns in a secondary breaking in rookie safety T.J. Ward. Wright isn’t pointing fingers. “Certain plays just happen,” he said. “You don’t want them to happen, but they do. There have been a number of times where I just didn’t do what I’m supposed to do. There have been other times where things didn’t pan out the way I expected it to happen. Obviously, it’s a team game, you play the game with your teammates and sometimes things land on you that are really not your fault.” Mangini hasn’t lost faith in Wright, at least not publicly. By the very nature of their position, cornerbacks are on an island. Any play that comes their way is magnified — sometimes good, sometimes bad. “When you make mistakes, they’re a lot more visible,” Mangini said when asked about Wright’s struggles. “He had a really outstanding year last year and there’s been times this year where we’ve seen that level of play. That’s what I expect from him each week.” Mangini said there has been no dropoff in Wright’s effort or competitiveness at practice. He expects Wright to correct his mistakes and learn from them. Wright’s teammates don’t doubt his ability or that he’ll rebound. Year award,” Baker said. “He’d be proud of me.” This marked the third time that the NL Manager of the Year was decided by a single point. There was a tie for the AL honor in 1996 between Joe Torre and Johnny Oates. Two BBWAA voters from every league city send in three top choices when the regular season ends. Votes were counted on a 5-3-1 basis. Gardenhire drew 16 first-place votes and 108 points, and was the only AL manager listed on all 28 ballots. Ron Washington, who started the year with a cocaine admission and ended it with Texas’ first trip to the World Series, was next in the AL with 10 first-place votes and 81 points. Tampa Bay’s Joe Maddon and Toronto’s retiring Cito Gaston drew the other first-place votes. “It’s pretty cool,” Gardenhire said on a conference call from Florida. The last time a manager won the award without making the playoffs was 2006, when Joe Girardi got it with Florida. The pitching-rich Padres were a surprise all season, and led the division by 6? games on Aug. 25. But San Diego’s inability to hit proved to be its downfall. Needing a win to keep playing, San Diego lost 3-0 at San Francisco on the last day and tarnished the year — “162 defines your season,” Black summed up. “It still stings,” he said. Black moved the Padres within one win of a playoff berth for the second time in his four seasons. His first season as manager, in 2007, the Padres lost an epic 13inning wild-card tiebreaker game at Colorado. A former pitcher who once played under Baker, Black was hired by the Padres after Bochy was forced out following the 2006 season. Black and Bochy are the lone Padres winners for the manager award, first presented in 1983. That first year, Tom Lasorda of the Dodgers beat Houston’s Bob Lillis by one point. In 1985, St. Louis’ Whitey Herzog topped Cincinnati’s Pete Rose by a point. Gardenhire became the first manager in baseball history to win six division titles in his first nine seasons. Despite another loss to the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs, there are many in the Minnesota organization who feel that he had his best year as a manager. “A lot of good things came out this season,” he said. Always focusing on fundamentals, he won his 800th career game in September and another division title despite playing the entire year without closer Joe Nathan and most of it minus former MVP Justin Morneau. Gardenhire shuffled his lineups and batting order constantly. Minnesota finished 9468 in its first season at Target Field. The Twins were swept by New York in the opening round, the fourth time in eight seasons they’ve been eliminated by the Yankees. “It’s getting old, getting knocked out,” Gardenhire said. “Not finishing second” in the voting, “that’s good. Now if we go whack the Yankees in the playoffs next year, we’ll get that done.” Gardenhire joined Tom Kelly as the only managers in Twins history to win the award. Gardenhire finished second the last two years, along with 2006, ‘04 and ‘03. The next BBWAA award will be the AL Cy Young, to be announced Thursday. from Page B1 had 13 first-place votes and 103 points. Bruce Bochy of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants, Atlanta’s retiring Bobby Cox and Philadelphia’s Charlie Manuel got the other first-place votes. “This was a great year in the NL,” said Black, who was on a golf course near San Diego when he got the word. “I guess this vote could’ve gone either way. I feel fortunate that I won. All these guys are so deserving.” Baker, a three-time Manager of the Year, led the NL Central champion Reds to their first playoff spot since 1995. He was listed on 27 of the 32 ballots while Black was picked on 26. “I’m not terribly disappointed because I didn’t expect it,” Baker told The Associated Press. “Buddy did a great job.” Baker was in the mountains of California when he heard the vote totals. 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Yellowbush Mining, LLC, offers a competitive benefits package including: company sponsored medical, dental and vision, 401(k) with company match, paid vacation and holidays and future professional growth opportunities. Qualified applicants may forward resumes to: Yellowbush Mining, Attention HR, P.O. Box 238, New Haven, WV 25265 or fax Attn: HR (304) 882-1379. EOE M/F/D/V 100 Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday November 20 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second , Pomeroy, Ohio. The Farmers Bank and Savings Company is selling for cash in hand or certified check the following collateral:2005 Scion JTLKT32435019916 8The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Pomeroy, Ohio, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to withdraw the above collateral prior to sale. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted.The above described collateral will be sold “as iswhere is”, with no expressed or implied warranty given.For further information, or for an appointment to inspect collateral, prior to sale date contact Cyndie or Ken at 992-2136. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18, and FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2010 PUBLIC NOTICE The following applications and/or verified complaints were received, and the following draft, proposed and final actions were issued, by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) last week. "Actions" include the adoption, modification, or repeal of orders (other than emergency orders); the issuance, denial, modification or revocation of licenses, permits, leases, variances, or certificates; and the approval or disapproval of plans and specifications. "Draft actions" are written statements of the Director of Environmental Protection’s (Director’s) intent with respect to the issuance, denial, etc. of a permit, license, order, etc. Interested persons may submit written comments or request a public Thursday, November 18, 2010 Legals meeting regarding draft actions. Comments or public meeting requests must be submitted within 30 days of notice of the draft action. "Proposed actions" are written statements of the Director’s intent with respect to the issuance, denial, modification, revocation, or renewal of a permit, license or variance. Written comments and requests for a public meeting regarding a proposed action may be submitted within 30 days of notice of the proposed action. An adjudication hearing may be held on a proposed action if a hearing request or objection is received by the OEPA within 30 days of issuance of the proposed action. Written comments, requests for public meetings and adjudication hearing requests must be sent to: Hearing Clerk, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049 (Telephone: 614-6442129). "Final actions" are actions of the Director which are effective upon issuance or a stated effective date. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 3745.04, a final action may be appealed to the Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC) by a person who was a party to a proceeding before the Director by filing an appeal within 30 days of notice of the final action. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 3745.07, a final action issuing, denying, modifying, revoking or renewing a permit, license or variance which is not preceded by a proposed action, may be appealed to the ERAC by filing an appeal within 30 days of the issuance of the final action. ERAC appeals accompanied by a $70.00 filing fee which the Commission in its discretion may reduce if by affidavit the appellant demonstrates that payment of the full amount of the fee would cause extreme hardship, must be filed with: Environmental Review Appeals Commission, 309 100 Legals South Fourth Street, Room 222, Columbus, Ohio 43215. A copy of the appeal must be served on the Director within 3 days after filing the appeal with ERAC. APPLICATION FOR ANTIDEGRADATIO N PROJECT SHELLY MATERIALSPORTLAND SAND & GRAVEL 54301 MCDADE ROAD PORTLAND, OH 45770 OH ACTION DATE : 11/16/2010 RECEIVING WATERS: OHIO RIVER FACILITY DESCRIPTION: WASTEWATER IDENTIFICATION NO. : 0IJ00050/699251 ANTIDEGRADATIO N PROJECT AS DEFINED BY OAC 3745-1-05 AN EXCLUSION OR WAIVER IS APPLICABLE. REQUESTS TO BE ON THE INTERESTED PARTIES MAILING LIST SHOULD BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 30 DAYS TO OHIO EPA-DIVISION OF SURFACE WATER, ATTENTION: PERMITS PROCESSING UNIT, 50 WEST TOWN STREET, P.O. 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The Unknown Defendant, being the Unknown Occupant of manufactured home located at 7 Lincoln Drive, Pomeroy, OH 45769, will take notice that on July 22, 2010, the Plaintiff Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., filed its Complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs County, Ohio, 100 Second Street, Case No. 10-CV-072, seeking possession of its secured property, being one manufactured home, 76' X 14' 1998 OAKWOOD 0421000 MANUFACTURED HOME; SERIAL NO. HONC03315854; WITH ACCESSORIES: SKIRTING, A/C UNIT, located at 7 100 Legals Lincoln Drive, Pomeroy, OH.The Unknown Defendant, being the Unknown Occupant of said manufactured home, is required to answer the Plaintiff’s Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last date (December 8, 2010 )of publication of this notice. In the event that the Unknown Defendant fails to respond in the allotted time, judgment by default can be entered against him/her for the relief requested in the Plaintiff’s Complaint. DIANE LYNCH, CLERK. 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Trey West Patrick Hintz Cody Mann Austin McMaster Brandon Noble Boo Woods Bubba Wood Jake Murphy Eli Pennington Chad Fisher Jonathon Holbrook Adam Lee Chris Donohue Will McCollister Trey Wilds Tevin Mitchell Chris Ferguson Cody Holley Will Smith Chesapeake Chesapeake Chesapeake Chesapeake Chesapeake Coal Grove Coal Grove Coal Grove Coal Grove Fairland Fairland Fairland Rock Hill Rock Hill Rock Hill South Point South Point River Valley River Valley FB-LB RB-DB OL-DL QB-DB E-LB RB-DB FB-DL WB-DB OL-LB RB-QB-DB WR-DB OL-DL OL-DL QB-DB WR-DB QB-DB OL-DL OL-DE OL-DL 5-10 5-07 5-10 6-05 5-11 5-09 6-00 6-01 5-10 5-11 6-01 6-05 6-00 6-04 5-10 5-07 6-03 6-03 6-00 185 145 195 170 175 150 230 170 160 160 175 350 235 220 170 145 294 200 215 Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. HONORABLE MENTION Player School Pos. Ht. Wt. Gr. Jon Pinson Brad Pike Brady Burton Brandon Pratt Jon Baise Matt Campbell Shane Harper Steve Lewis Kyle Dickess Trey Campbell Steven Brown Jacob Hefner Chesapeake Chesapeake Coal Grove Coal Grove Fairland Fairland Rock Hill Rock Hill South Point South Point River Valley River Valley E-DB OL-DL OL-DL OL-DL QB-LB OL-DL RB-LB RB-LB WB-DB RB-DB C-LB QB-DB 6-03 6-00 6-02 6-00 5-09 6-01 5-10 6-00 5-09 5-10 6-00 5-10 175 275 265 270 150 240 185 175 160 155 180 160 Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Coach of the Year: Phil Davis, Chesapeake Phils’ Halladay unanimously wins NL Cy Young Award NEW YORK (AP) — Roy Halladay arrived in Philadelphia to a standing ovation, a $60 million contract extension and the billing as baseball’s top ace. That was before he threw a single pitch. Doc delivered, and then some. Halladay added another victory to an almost perfect season Tuesday, unanimously winning the NL Cy Young Award and becoming the fifth pitcher to earn the honor in both leagues. “It’s by far the most fun I’ve ever had playing this game,” he said on a conference call from Mexico, where he was golfing with Phillies teammate Mike Sweeney, Cardinals star Chris Carpenter and pitcher Chris Young. “It was everything I hoped it would be,” Halladay said. In the Year of the Pitcher, he became the only one ever to throw a perfect game and no-hitter in the same season. Halladay was an easy choice after going 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA and 219 strikeouts. He led the league in wins and topped the majors in innings (250 2-3), shutouts (4) and complete games (9). Halladay received all 32 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Adam Wainwright of St. Louis was second and Ubaldo Jimenez of Colorado was third. San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum, who won the past two NL Cy Youngs, finished 11th. “It’s surprising,” Halladay said. “There could have been a lot of cases made, strong cases.” This year’s AL Cy Young Award winner will be announced Thursday. It could be a much more complicated race. Felix Hernandez went 13-12, but topped the majors with a 2.27 ERA, led the AL in innings and was second in strikeouts. His Seattle Mariners had the worst record in the league and were either shut out or held to one run in 10 of his 34 starts. CC Sabathia of the Yankees went 21-7 with a 3.18 ERA and Tampa Bay’s David Price was 196 with a 2.72 ERA. “Obviously, Felix’s numbers are very, very impressive,” Halladay said. “Ultimately, you look at how guys are able to win games. Sometimes, you find a way to win games.” Acquired from Toronto last December, Halladay quickly adjusted to a new league and added to the 2003 AL Cy Young he won with the Blue Jays. Halladay threw a perfect game at Florida on May 29, then tossed a nohitter against Cincinnati in his postseason debut. Voting for the award ended after the regular season. Three days later, Halladay completely overmatched the Reds, the top-hitting team in the NL, in their playoff opener. Halladay split a pair of matchups with Lincecum in the NL championship series. The Giants won in six games, blunting the Phillies’ bid to reach the World Series for the third straight year. “We fell short,” he said. “That part is definitely tough.” Halladay’s seven-year gap between Cy Youngs ties the longest in history, matching Tom Glavine. “To be able to do it again after so long,” he said, “means a lot to me.” Halladay joined Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and Gaylord Perry as pitchers to earn the award in both leagues. He credited catcher Carlos Ruiz, pitcher Jamie Moyer, pitching coach Rich Dubee and others for making his transition to the Phillies and the NL a smooth one. “I was definitely worried about going to a new team,” he said, adding he wondered: “How different are the leagues going to be?” His assessment of the NL: “More of a strategic game.” Halladay became the 13th pitcher to unanimously win the NL Cy Young, with Jake Peavy previously doing it in 2007. It has happened eight times in the AL, with Johan Santana last accomplishing the feat in 2006. Halladay is the 16th multiple winner of a Cy Young Award, a list headed by Clemens’ seven and Johnson’s five. Steve Carlton and Greg Maddux each won four times. The Cy Young started in 1956. Through the 1966 season, there was just one selection from both leagues. Halladay was the seventh Phillies pitcher to win the award. Along with Carlton, John Denny won in 1983 and reliever Steve Bedrosian got it in 1987. The Phillies paid a big price to get Halladay. They wound up trading 2009 postseason star Cliff Lee to Seattle as four teams wound up being part of the swaps. Halladay got to Philadelphia on the day of the trade and drew a standing ovation from nearly 20,000 fans when he was introduced in person at a 76ers game. Halladay was dominant in an opening-day victory at Washington and won his first four decisions. The next month, he threw the 20th perfect game in major league history — only after got pinch-hitter Ronny Paulino to hit a grounder for the final out did Halladay break into a big smile. It was a rare show of emotion. Halladay is well known for his focus and dedication to workouts. In spring training, it was not uncommon to see him in camp by 6 a.m. “Roy just set such a great example,” Dubee said. Halladay earned his 18th win in midSeptember. Despite all of their recent success, no Phillies had reached had won more than 17 since 1983, when Denny did it. The only pitchers picked on all the ballots were Halladay, Wainwright and Jimenez. There were two BBWAA voters in every league city, and each person listed five top choices. Halladay finished with a perfect 224 points. Wainwright (20-11, 2.42 ERA) got 28 second-place votes and 122 points and Jimenez (19-8, 2.88 ERA) got the other four seconds and 90 points. “It was definitely special for me ... knowing how great the competition was and how good guys were doing,” Halladay said. “To be able to finish it this way is a tremendous thrill.” At one point, Jimenez appeared to be a sure thing for the award. He started the All-Star game with a 15-1 record but tailed off. Atlanta’s Tim Hudson (17-9, 2.83) was fourth and Florida’s Josh Johnson, who led the NL with a 2.30 ERA, was fifth. Giants closer Brian Wilson, who led the majors with 48 saves, was highest-finishing reliever at seventh. Halladay received a $250,000 bonus, and Wainwright and Jimenez got $100,000 each. By finishing second, Wainwright’s $9 million option for 2012 and $12 million option for 2013 become guaranteed as long as he doesn’t finish the 2011 season on the disabled list because of an injury to his right arm. On Wednesday, the AL and NL managers of the year will be presented. BEREA, Ohio (AP) — If there were any doubts, any lingering questions, any deeper suspicions about whether he could handle the pressure of being Cleveland’s starting quarterback and all that goes with it, Colt McCoy has put them all to rest. The rookie passed his toughest test. In two minutes. With 70,000 Cleveland fans screaming their heads off, millions of TV viewers watching the drama unfold and the Browns needing a late touchdown to tie the New York Jets, McCoy calmly entered the huddle, looked into his teammates’ eyes and made a promise. “He said, ‘Look at me. We’re going to win this game,’” tight end Evan Moore said Monday. The kid was almost right. Making just his fourth pro start, McCoy drove the Browns down the field and threw a TD pass to wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi with 44 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. Cleveland eventually lost 26-20 to the Jets, who scored with 16 just seconds to play in the extra period. Still, McCoy made his mark. Facing his fourth straight tenacious defense — he hasn’t had an easy one yet — McCoy gave the Browns and their die-hard fans more reason to believe that he is the one they’ve been waiting for, the one to finally return Cleveland to pro football prominence. “Quote me on this: They have a quarterback now,” said Jets linebacker Trevor Pryce, who played for Baltimore. “I’m glad I’m not in the AFC North anymore so I don’t have to see him get better. They’ve had problems for a long time. They now have a legit quarterback.” Catapulted up the depth chart because of ankle injuries to Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace, McCoy has taken the starter’s job and run with it. Nothing has fazed the easygoing 24-year-old Texan who seemed to be in over his head during training camp and preseason. But in four starts, he exuded confidence, fearlessness and leadership. McCoy handled Pittsburgh’s blitz, managed the Superdome’s din in a victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Saints, com- pleted 75 percent of his passes to win a matchup with New England’s Tom Brady and nearly knocked off the Jets. Before Sunday, all that was missing was a defining moment. The two-minute drive, covering 59 yards in 10 plays, gave him one. McCoy accounted for all 59 yards, completing 5 of 9 passes for 58 and sneaking the other 1 for a first down at midfield before the two-minute warning. Call him Colt McClutch. “Like I said after his first game in Pittsburgh, he’s been there,” Moore said. “He was the winningest quarterback in college, so for him to come in and put together a drive to win is just him playing football. That’s what he does. I’m not surprised. Browns coach Eric Mangini is running out of reasons not to keep McCoy behind center. Partly to keep opponents off balance, Mangini has been coy about naming his starter for each game, even though Delhomme and Wallace only returned to practice last week. The injuries have given Mangini a convenient escape route, and he has taken it every time to avoid stamping McCoy as his No. 1 quarterback. With Delhomme and Wallace healthier and closer than ever to playing, Mangini won’t be able to keep his guessing game going. On Monday, Mangini admitted that McCoy’s late-game performance deepened his and the coaching staff’s faith in the young QB. “That drive Colt put together was another part of him building trust,” Mangini said. “That’s not an easy defense to move the ball in a two-minute situation and go score a touchdown on. There’s poise there, some outstanding plays from everybody.” Mangini’s trust in McCoy was never more evident than when the Browns were backed up to their goal line in the final 1:35 of overtime. Instead of trying to run out the clock and settle for a tie, the Browns went for the win and ordered McCoy to throw from his end zone. On first down at the 3, McCoy overthrew tight end Benjamin Watson, who was briefly open on a seam route. Watson had made a nice, 17yard catch on the twominute drive, and McCoy went back to him after getting a matchup he thought would work in Cleveland’s favor. Although it was an incompletion, it may have been the Browns’ most important pass this season — a clear sign that Mangini and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll believed enough in McCoy to put the game in his hands. “It’s because I trusted him and trusted the group to be able to take that chance,” Mangini said. “That was why I made the decision I made at that point.” McCoy finished 18 of 31 for 205 yards and no interceptions, but his stats hardly mattered. He has blown the Browns away with other intangibles, and while Mangini may be reluctant to give him too much public praise, some of Cleveland’s players have bought into McCoy’s mystique. “We’ve always believed in him,” linebacker Eric Barton said. “Every week he goes out there, personally he impresses me more and more. He’s just got it. It’s one of those things where he’s not tall, he can’t throw real hard, he can’t do this, but he’s a winner. “You want like guys like that. He’s a natural leader and it’s infectious. I just love watching him. I love being around him. I think he’s a great quarterback.” And just maybe Cleveland’s starter the rest of this season. Mangini isn’t ready to go that far, but he came close when pressed on his quarterback situation. Anyway, that day is quickly approaching. The Browns may have finally found their franchise quarterback of the future, but Mangini isn’t about to saddle McCoy with that. “Oh, no,” Mangini said, emphatically. “I can’t say that. After four games, I can say I like a ton of the stuff about him, but I don’t want to put that pressure on him, either. We gotta let him continue to grow and develop. 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