http://66.213.69.5/files/original/0652aaab48607ff9514f42d61d3e2a39.pdf 70a2f69f56f45250ae560c4319571908 PDF Text Text P~,tge 86 • The Daily Sentinel www .mydailysentinel:com Monday, October 29. 2007 ' AP IMPACT: More than 1 in 10 high .· schools in America are 'dropout factories, A2 Ohio high school.f~tball.onal · .quarterfinal playoff pairings · COLUMBUS (AP) - Rogional quor· torllnal high 6Cl1ool footl>oll playoff pair· inga, with seedinga. ea provided by tile Ohio High School Altlletic Association (exact sites, times to be confirmed.by 10 a.m. Tue.. .ay): DIVISION I AP photo NASCAR drive r Jimmie Joh nson, right, and crew chief Chad Kanus pose with the trophy in victory lane after winn 1ng the Pep Boys Auto 500 auto race at Atlanta· Motor Speedway in Hampton. Ga., on Sunday. Johnson wins second straight race HAMPTON . Ga. (AP) A two-tire stoe for Jimmie Johnson paid off with a victory Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. turning the Chase for the Ncxtel Cuf championship into a virtua dead heat between the reigning champion and teammate Jeff Gordon. Johnson and Gordon. who came into the Pep Boys Auto. 500 separated by 53 points. both struggled during most of the race before winding up first and seventh, leaving four-time champion Gordon with a nine-point lead with three remaining. With · all the leaders concerned about running out of gas, rookie Johnny Sauter's blown tire brought out the · II th of a track record 12 caution flags on the 31Rth of a scheduled 325 laps on the 1.5-mile oval. . Denny Hamlin, who had been runnin g si xth. was the only leader ' who stayed on track, taking the . lead. The others pitted and John son jumped from lifth to second as crew chief Chad Knaus made a late decision to change only two tires. . The · race restarted on. lap 323, but Hamlin ran out of gas on the restart and cars began dodging everywhere to try to miss him and each other. Martin Truex Jr., who had one of the best cars. all day, wound up slamming into the rear of Hamlin and the caution waved again. That left Johnson, who barely dodged Hamlin ·s slow car, in the lead, with Carl Edwards and Dale Earnhardt Jr. right behind and set up a two-lap overtime. The race resumed on lap .328 and. before the leaders got through the first turn, something snapped in the rear of Earnhardt's car, sending him spinning into the wall. He ·collected Jamie McMurray, who had been running fifth, and the race ended under yellow with All Games at 7 p.m. 5aturdsy Rog1011 1: 8 Palnesvnle Riverside (7·3) at 1 Mentor (7-2): 5 N P .• yalton (9·1) at 4 Solon (8·2); 7 Cleve. G len ~ lle (8-2) at 2 Cleve. St. Ignatius [B-2); 6 Youngs. Boardrrian (7-3) at 3 EuFIId (9-1) Region 2: 8 Canton GlenOak (6-4) at 1 BNnswick 11M): 5 Wadsworth (9·1) at 4 To!. Whitmer (8·2); 7 To!. st. John's (6-4) at 2 l'l. Canton Hoover (8-2); 6 PerfYsburg (8·2) at 3 Macedonia Nordonia (9-1 ). Aogion 3: 8 Upper Arlington (8-2) at 1 Hilliard . Darby (9-1); 5 GroveportMadison (7-3) at 4 Cola. Brookhaven (91); 7 Lancaster (7-3) et 2 ~kerlngto n Cent. (to.<>); 5 Gahanna Lincoln (7·3) et 3 Dublin Coffman (10.0). Rogion 4: 8 Cin, Elder (7-3) at 1 Cln . St. Xavier (1().()); 5 Cln. PMnceton (B-21 at 4 Cantervllle (8-2); 7 Clayton Northmont (7·3) at 2 Cli1. Colerain (toO): 8 · Cin. Moeller (6·3) at 3 Cin. Sycamore (9-1 ). ' II Dlvi..SION AI( GamBB at 7:30p.m. Frldsy Aogion5:·8Madloon(7-3)at1 Warren Howland (1().()); 6 Mayfield (7·3) at 4 Parma Padua (7·3); 1 Akron Firestone (7-3) at 2 Tallmadge (9-t); 6 Clove: South (8·2) at 3 Parma Normandy (8·2). Aoglon 6; ~ Graft;ln Midvlew (8,2) at 1 Avon Lake (1 0.,0); 5 Powell Olentangy liberty (8-2) at 4 Ashland (9·1); 7 Lexington (8-2) at 2 ·sytYania Southview (9·1); 6 Piqua (7-3) at 3 To!. Cant. Cath. (8-2). • Aegton '7: 8 zanesville (8' 2) at 1 Cola.' ll<15ales (1 D-0); 5 Cots. Morton-Franklin (9-1) at 4 Canflerd (9-t); 7 Uniontown lake (7-3)· at 2 louisville (8-2); 6 Dresden Tri.Vallow (9'1)at 3 Logan (9· 1-). Rejjlon 8: 8 Ctn. Winton Woods {7-3) at 1 Cin. Turpin (I D-O); 5 TrotwoodMadisc;m. (7~3) ·at 4 Trenton Edgewoocl (8-1); 7 Kl~gs' Miils Kings (8-2) at 2 Cln. ·Ahdo<Ji!>h (8-2): e Day. Carroll (9' 1) at:l Johnson picking up his eighth win of the season and second in a row. "Today wasn' t the best day for our car," said Johnson, who swept both Atlanta races this season. "Circumstances at the end really worked out for us. When I left pit road and there were five or six cars behind us, ., knew the two tires had probably paid off.'' Gordon, who saw his lead almost 'disappear, said the pressure is on even more heading into next Sunday 's race at Texas. "I feel like we' ve got the team and the equipment to do Eastern 32.~ Southern 7 it, but those guys are tough Eastern' . 7. . 7 12· 6 ..., 32 7 o o ·o- 7 and they're showing it every · Southern weekend. All rm focusing Scoring summary right now is trying not to have First Quarter the bad day and, for a while, E--:Kyle RawsOn 6 run (Zach · it looked like today was ':f&ndrix IIJck) 7:28 s-Anthony Shamblin 1 run (J.R. going to be the bad day. . "We struggled ther~ for a Grady kick) 1:12· ·· · ·. Second Quarter · . while and, to come back and finish seventh, it was a great E--:Kiiht COnnery 4 run (Hendrix . : day, even though Jimmie kick) 4:26 Third Quarter won." E"-Qmnety ll run (kick failed) 9:02 Cin. Withrow (9· 1). DIVISION V DIVISION Ill All games srat1 st 7:30 p.m. Friday Region 9: 8 Mogadore Field (9 -1) at 1 Cuyah oga Falls Walsh Jesu ~ (8·11: 5 COrtlahd Lakeview (8·2) at 4 Aurora (91); 7 Hubbard {7•3) at 2 Rocky River (10·0); 6 Ravenna (8·2) at Mentor Lake Cath. (6·4). Region 10 8 Ro<;siord (6·41 at 1 Sunbuf'l Big Walnut (11-1 ); 5 Shelby (8· 2) at 4 Belletontaine (9-11; 7 Urba na (9· 1.) at 2 Napoleon (9· 1); 6 Ctyde (9-1) at 3 11pp'City Tippecanoe (10.0). Rogion 11: 8 Poland SemlnafY (7·31 at 1 Canal Fullon Northwest (10..0); 5 C ton South (6·4) at 4 Dover (7-3); 7 Granville (7·3) at 2 · Newark Licking Valley ( 9~ 1 ); 6 Now Concord John Glenn (8·2) at 3 Beloi t West Branch (8· 2). All Games at 1:31) p.m. Friday Region 17: 8 Kirtland (8-2) at 1 N. Lima S. Range (1 0.0); 5 VIenna . Mathews (10·0) at 4 Gates Mllls Gilmour Acad. (8-1): 7 Bedford~~ (&4) at 2 Youngs. ·ursuline (8·2) 6 West Salem ~orthwestern (9·1) at 3 ,ll,pple~ Creek Waynedale(8·2). . _• Region t8: 8 Liberty Center (7·3) at 1" Patrick Henry (9· 1); 5 Bticyrus Wynfortf (10·0) at 4 Lima Cent Oath. (9·1); 7 Archbold (7-3) at 2 Findlay liberty'; Benton (10·0): 6 De fiance Tinora (8·21· at 3 Sherwood Fairview (9·1). Region 19: 8 Belpre (7·3) At t CQts:' Ready (9-t ): 5 Mlnfom (8·2) at 4 Johnstown-Monroe • (8·2) ; . t Fredericktown (8·2) at 2 lore C~ Buckeye Trail (to.<>): 6 Wos1Lafayette Rkfgewood 19-1) at 3 Wheeler&t!tJrg (7·. Region 12: a Eaton {6-4} at 1 Cln. 3 ). ' Indian HIU (8-2); 5 Circleville (7-3) at 4 " Aeglon 20: 8 Milford Center Fairbanks Washington Court House (8-2): 7 (9-1) at 1 Wast Jefferson (1M): 5 Germantown Valley Vie w (5-5) at 2 Waynesville (7-3) at 4 Weot Llbl>rty· Canal Winchester (9·1 ): 6 Monroe 18-2) Salem 19-11: 7 Casstown Miami E. 111-21 at 2 Mario Stein Marton LQCOI (1M); 6 at 3 Goshen (9·1). Cln. Hills Christian ACad.- (8·2) at 3 Cin., Deer Park (8-2). . DIVISION IV All Games at 7 p.m. Saturday Region 13: 8 Coshocton (7·31 et 1 Youngs. Mooney (10·01: 5 Perry (9· 1) at 4 Akron St. VIncent-St. MOlY (8·2): 7 Cuyahoga VaHey Cl"liistl an Academy (91) at'2 Steubenville (10·0); 6 Zoa!VIIIe Tuscarawas Valley (8·21 at 3 Canton Cent. Coth. (9·i). Rogion 14: 8 Elyria Cath. (B-2) at 1 Pernbe!VIIIe Eastwood (9-1 ); 5 Genoa Area (9-1) at 4 Sparta Highland t9· 1): 7 . Ottawa-Glandorf (8-2) at 2 Fostoria (8· 2); 6 Oak Hatbor (8·2) at 3 Marion Pleasant (9·1 ). Region 15: B Ironton Rock Hill (7·3) at 1 St Clairsville (1().()); 5 Portsmouth (82) at 4 Pataskala Lk:klng Helghls (9·1); ·7 New Lexington (8-2) at 2 Williamsport Westlall {1D-0); 6 Belmont Union Local (9·tlot 3 Waverly (9-1). Roglon t6: 8 Day. OakWood (7 -3) at 1 Kettering Archbishop Alter (1 0-0): 5 Coldwater(9-1) at 4 Plain City Jonathan Alder (8·2); 7 Brookville (7·3) at 2 West Milton Milton~I,Jniori (9-1 ); 6 Cin. Wyoming (8·.2) at 3 Clarksville Cllnton. Massie (9-1). .Eastem~Southem DIVISION VI failed) 2:08 Fotlrth Quarter htdlvldu.ol Statiallct E s Rushing: E-Kyle Rawson 2Q·186 Klint Connery 12-70, 'Ale Burroughs 6·85. S- Anthony Shaml)fln,· ·10·72 Taylor Lemley 6-18,' Gteg Jenkin 8-12, J.R Grady 2-12. . Paaslng: E-Braydeh Pratt ().4-( 15 8 0. .E -Rawson 10 run (kick failed) 8:58 First Downs Rushing yaids . Passing yards Total yards COmp-att-lnt 366 o 366 0·4-0 Fumbles-lost 1·0 Penaflles-yards ' 4-40 ' 92 67 s-Ayan Chapman 3·8-0 · Jordan Taylor 2-19·111. · 56 Receiving: 159 E-None. 5-17-1 . s-wes Riffle 2-52, Byar t-Q Chapman ·1-8, Jordan Taylor 1-5 3-90 ' Chris Justis h 1. • · • ' . ·. • ' .. . ,.,,,.·,,· ·~··;:.:·:· ,, Cl · I\i'l S • \ 'ol. :;-. No. .•. '". •·!···, <. ···•·• g11HL Tl ' l·.SIJ.\ Y. OC I OIH.K (H) ;$0 , 1\WI\.m~dait~"·ntim·l.• ""' :!oo- Absentee deadline approaches for November election ·SPORTS . • Martindale finishes 45th at meet. See Page 81 " BY BRIAN J. ·REEO BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL .COM POMEROY - Election Day is a week away, and those who plan to vote by absentee ballot must make application hy Saturday. Director Rita Smith of the Meigs County Board of Elections said the board has received around 300 applications for absentee ballots for the general election. In the villages of Middleport, Pomeroy, Racine, Rutland and Syracuse, voters will elect mayors and members of village council. Township trustees and township fiscal officers and school board members will be elected county-wide. Several levies are also on the Nov. 6 ballot, including an operating levy and · fire protection levy in · Middleport, and a levy for road maintenance in Rutland. Ohio now allows absentee voting by anyone, without reql!iring a rea- son to do so. According to Smith, applications for absentee ballots must be received by mail no later than noon on Saturday. If voters are uncertain whether their application will be received by the board .in time, they should vote in person at the board of elections, Smith said. Voters may also cast their ballots at the board office without requesting an application by mail. The board office will be open from 9 a.m. to receive applications and to allow voters to cast absentees in person at the office . It is open daily• from 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m. Monday is the final day to vote in person by absentee ballot at the board office on Mulberry Heights. "If voters are uncertain whether they can request and return an absentee ballot by noon on Satu rday, we recommend that they vote in person at the board office." Smith said. The deadline for voter registration in the general election has passed. Southern receives Early Childhood Grant BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM RACINE - For the first time the Southern Local School District will be offering preschool services thanks to a $ 199,480 Early Childhood Grant Award. According Page AS to Superintende'nt Tony • Larry Emest Griffin Deem the grant will allow • Velma Taylor Southern to offer a halfday preschool, four days a week at the elementary school for a maximum of · The 40 st'udent s. preschool , which is to • After wildfires, families . begin Dec . I , is for three years of age and up and who lost homes apply for the district will receive aid, begin long rebuilding $4,997 per student. . Tile- presch'ool wiil be subcontracting the • . Messy? No, just preschool through ihe in retreat socially. Athens-Mei¥s See Page ' A3 Educational Servtce Center. Families must . • Grange meets. meet income guidelines See Page A3 up to a 200 percent pover. • Wood family reunion . ty level. Call Betsy Nicodemus at 992-1740 to held. See Page A3 Beth Sefllent/photo mall.e an appointment for • Another kind Lisa and Dave Averion hold their daughter Gianna who was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after her birth. The registration on Nov. 9 at of 'vampire' Averions have established a fund to help raise awareness, fund research and find resources for individuals with "Downs" Southern Elementary. Deem said the grant, victimizes Americans in Southeast Ohio. is funded for two which this Halloween. years, will both 'benefit See Page A3 students by famili arizing them with the district and • DofA observes identifyi'ng areas of Halloween. improvement for students See Page ·AS . before they ever e nter · • PERSPECTIVE: kindergarten, making the transition easier for the ·has affected her parents in Ohio. The Averions wanted not do. BY BETil SERCIENT . Empty ballot could get full BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINELCOM many ways, including push- to establish the fund to raise "Yes, there are limits, but kids. during presidential year. Th~ Early Childhood ing them into a role they awareness about the disorder their limits are as much as POMEROY - There's a never expected which is that and to· help fund ~search you give them," Lisa said Grant Award. was accerted See Page AS popular song out right now of advocate for families liv- ·after finding limited about people ":Vith the disor- at the recent meeting o · the • Defense: Investment that speaks of the twists and ing with "Downs." In fact, resources in Meigs and sur- der. · · Southern Local School adviser's loss of money · turns of fate and how our the Averions who own Bun's rounding counties to help For both Lisa and husband Board. lives are made in the "small Party Barn, are celebrating with their own child. They Dave who already have not a crime. In other school board hours," full of "litile won- Down Syndrome Awareness also hope · to raise enough three developmental-normal business: See Page A6 ders" such as a child with Month by establishing a funds to hold their own children, the birth of a child ·was Amy Roush Down syndrome. fund to benefit children of "Buddy Walk" which raises with a chromosomal abnor- employed as a Some may not call a child Southeast Ohio as · well as awareness for Down syn- mality came as a total and Reconnection Youth with "Downs" a "little wontheir families who are living drome. utter shock. They learned instructor for the 2007-08 WEATIIER der" but they'd be wrong, with the genetic disorder. Raising awareness and they are part of a larger pop- school year for a 12-month just ;tsk Dave and Lisa Today from 1 a.m. - 9 p.m. bringing the genetic disorder ulation that sees Down syn- period at a salary of Averion, parents to 10- at Bun's Party Barn the out of the proverbial closet drome occur in one out of $40,000. The salary is month old Gianna who was Averions are having all day is what motivates Lisa who every 7J3 live births, affect- grant funded through. the diagnosed with Down syn- deli specials and are taking says she wants people to ask ing people of all ages, races Grant to Reduce Alcohol drome a week after she was donations for the newly questions to dispel the myths and economic levels. In a Abuse which is federally established Down Syndrome about what her daughter, and born. Please see Downs, AS Please see Grant. AS The "wonder" of Gianna Association of Southeast others like her, can and can- OBITUARIES INSIDE ,.--A2-. process. • Buy a STIHL ·IO$$. ' ,)O All Gain.. at 7 p.m. Safultt8y 114 Region 21 : 8 Leetonia (7·3) at 1 ,Bascom HopeweHoudon (1M): 5 Columbiana (7-3) at 4 Mogodo~ (9-1); 7 Monroavile (6-4) at 2 Noow$1k Sl Paul (9-1); 8 McDonald (8·2) at .3 Warren JFK (8-2). • Rejjlon 22: 8 Tot Christian (8-2) at 1.' McComb (9-1); 5 West Unity Hilltop. (&,. 2) at 4 Arling!on (8-2) 7 Doflanlie, Ayersvllle 17-3) at 2 Carey (8,2); · 6 Antwerp (7-3) at3 Ma (6-4) . , • Region 23: 8 Sugar Grove Berne · Union (6-4) at 1 Newark Cath. (8-2); 5 Malvern (8·2) at 4 Danville (7-3)! 7' Steubenville Cath . Cent: (8·2) . at :II Shadyside (9-1): 6 Beallsville (to.<>) at 3 Hannibal River 19-1). , Aegioo ·24: a PQrtstnouth Notre OaiT!Ii (6-4) at 1 Covington (1M); 5 Sidney> .lotlman Calt1 .'(7-3) at 4 Loclifand (7-3)~ 7 Waynesville-Goshen (8-~) at 2 Springfield Calh . Ce~ t. (10·0): 6 Meohar\~sburg (6·4f iot ·s ~ortsmouth· Sciotoville Community (10·0). 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"We couldn't have asked for a better place than (the cancer center)," Hazel said. · "We' re so thankful it's this close . Driving a few hours for treatment was not worth the hassle, and the time." • Dudding was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in December 2005 at the VA hospital in Dayton and intraduced to the cancer center the following month. The last thing they wanted was long commutes to Columbus or Cleveland for treatment. The outlook was not good, but Bobby and his wife, kepi their faith in God and in themselves. "In the beginning, you go through so many emotions," · Hazel said. She relied on friends for support and tried to stay strong in front of her busband. Bobby was shocked that he had cancer. He admitted he had the attitude that it would not happen to him, but it did. The treatment began immediately after ·his diagnosis, and it was hard on Bobby. His treatments wore him down only a little, but Hazel was there to care for him every step of the way. She made him fruit smoothies every day. and stayed strong. When Hazel first learned of Bobby's cancer, she hoped her husband would be by her side through their 50th , wedding anniversary. She took him to every treatment· at. the Cancer Center and cried every time he left her. Hazel hated that Bobby had to be without her, even for a short time, but every time, Bobby came out smil. ' mg. They'both stayed positive. He kept good nutrition and took vitamins and minerals; something he believes helped him overcome his Please see Cancer, AS Bobby and Hazel Dudding • .· �The Daily Sentinel NATION • WORLD PageA2 Tuesday, October 30, 2007 ·APIMPACT: More than 1 in 10 high schools in America are 'dropout factories' BY NANCY ZUCKERBROD AP EDUCATION WRITER WASHINGTON - . It's a . niclmame no principal could be proud of: "Dropout Factory," a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That dubious distinction applies to more than one in 10 high schools across America. "If you're born in a neigh- · borhood or town where the only high school is one where graduation is not the norm. how is this living in the land of equal opportunity?" asks Bob Balfanz. the researcher at Johns Hopkins University who detines such a school as a "dropout factory." , ' · There are about 1,700 regular or vocational high schools natio11wide that fit that description, according to an analysis of Education · Department data conducted by Johns Hopkins for The Associated Press. That's 12 percent of all such schools, no more than a decade ago but no less. either. While some of the missing · students transferred, most dropped out, Balfanz sa~s. . The data tracked semor classes for three years in a row - 2004. 2005 and 2006 - to make sure local events like plant closures weren't to blame for the low retention rates. The highest concentration of dropout factories is in large cities or high-poverty rural areas in the South and Southwest. Most have high proportions of minority students. These schools ate tougher to turn around, because their students face challenges well beyond the academic ones - the need to work as well as go to school, for example, or a need for social services. Utah, which has low poverty rates and fewer minorities than most states, is the only state without a dropout factory. Florida and South Carolina have the highest rt:rcentages. About half of high schools in those states classify as dropout factories. "Part of the problem we've had here is we live in a state that culturally and AP photo Baltimore Talent Development students ,Dyshea Smith, left, and Christian Hudson, read during their English class, Wednesday, Sept. 19 in Baltimore. traditionally has not valued a high school' education," said Jim Foster, a spokesman for South Carolina's Department of Education. He ooted that South Carolina residents once could get gOod jobs in textile mills without a high school degree. but that those jobs are now much harder to come by. Federal lawmakers haven't focused much attention on the problem. The No Child Left Behind education law, for example, pays much more attention tO' educating younger students. But that appears to be changing. House and Senate proposals ·to renew the five-year·old No Child law would give high schools more federa! money and put more pressure on them to Improve, · and the Bush administration supports the idea. The current law imposes serious consequences on schools that report low scores on math and reading tests, such as having to replace teachers or principals, but it lacks the same kind of teeth when it comes to graduation rates. Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time with a regular diploma. For Hispanic and black students, the proporlion drops to about half. · The legislative pl'9posals would: • Make sure schools report their graduation rates by racial, ethnic and other subgroups and are judged on those. That's to ensure schools aren't just gradualing white students in high numbers, but also are working to ensure minority students get diplomas. · ' • Get states to build data systems to keep track of students throughout · their school years and more accu· rately measure graduation and dropout rates. • Ensure states count graduation rates in a unifonn way. States have used a variety of formulas, including counting the percentage of entering seniors who get a diploma. That measurement ignores the fact that kids who drop out typically do so before their senior year. . • Create strong progress goals for g~aduation rates and impose sanctions on schools that miss them. Most states currently Jack meaningful goals, according to The Education Trust, a nonprofit that advocates for · poor and minority children. The current law requires testing in reading and math once in Jiigh school, and those tests take on added importance because of. serious consequences for a school that fails. Critics say that ·creates a perverse incentive for schools to encourage kids to ctrop out before they bring down a school's scores. "The vast majority of educators do not want to push out kids, but the pressures to raise .teq scores above all else are intense." said Bethany Little, vice president for policy at the Alliance for ' Excellent Educaiion, an advocacy group focused on high · schools. "To k11ow if a high school is doing its job, we need to consider tes.t scores and graduation rates equally." Little said some students pushed out of high schools are encouraged to enroll in programs that prepare them to take the GED exam. People who pass that test get certificates indicating they have high-school level academic skills. But the research shows getting a GED doesn't lead to the kind of job or college success associated with a regular diploma. Loretta Singletary, 17, enrolled in a GED prqgram after <!rapping out of a Washington, D.C., high school that she describes as huge, chaotic and violent. "Girls got jumped, boys got jumped, teachers (were) fighting and hitting students," she said . She said teachers had low expectations for students, which led to dull classes. · "They were teaching .me stuff I already knew ... basic nouns, simple adjectives." Singletary said she loved science but wasn't offered.it and her · complaints to administrators went unanswered. "I was illlerested in experiments," she said. "I didn't have science in 9th or 1Oth grade." A GED classmate of Singletary's is 23-year-old Dontike Miller, who attended and left two D.C. high schools on the dropout factory li st. Miller was brought up by a single mother who After wildfires, families who lost homes apply for aid, begin long .rebuilding process BY CHELSEA J. CARTER AND AARON C. DAVIS ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS RAMONA, Calif. Nichole Booth's hands were stained with ash from pick~ ing .through the blackened and twisted pieces left of her life after an mfemo engulfed everything she owned. She tried not to cry in . front of her four children. But in the few moments she can steal away, the tears spill down her cheeks. · Like so many others, Booth took the first steps : toward rebuilding her life · Monday, a week after a frrestorm destroyed her San Diego County home and business. "I feel ashamed. I've : never had to ask for help. I · don't lmow what to· say to · people," Booth says, her voice dropping to a whisper. The w.ildfires, which destroyed more than 2,000 homes, continued to bum Monday. With more than a · dozen blazes fully surrounded, frrefighters were trying to gain control of six others that were at least half contained. The flames have killed 14 people and blackened 809 square miles from the Mexican border to Los Angeles. · In the weeks ahead, the " Booths and hundreds of other families who lost their homes will be at the mercy of the federal government for grants, loans and other assistance. Some help can be offered quickly, but ·Jarger decisions about the future will ta\ce weeks, and be decided by federal workers shuffling mountains of loan applications in Ft. Worth, Texas, • and suburban Maryland. lessons from the confusion A week ago, the Booths that arose after Hurricane ran for their lives - carry- Katrina about where to tum ing only the essentials: a for fedeml assistance. change of clothes for the The agency has sent children, and oxygen tanks, scores of neatly dressed a wheelchair and medication agency representatives to for a daughter paralyzed by the San Diego area. Large brain tumors who survives signs and tents bearing the on life support. The fire agency's name direct vicswallowed their house tims to one-stop centers before their eyes as they where victims can redirect pulled out of the driveway. their mail, apply for build. The family lived in a mod- ing permits and register for est home that was passed FEMA disaster assistance. down to her husband, · But the scale of the disasRobert Booth. from his ter here is much smaller than father, and they never put . in New Orleans, where huntheir names on the deed, dreds of thousands of people which could delay tens of were left homeless. thousands of dollars 'in aid. Hector Valazquez, 52, In the meantime, the who lost his home in Booths will have to depend Delzura last Sunday said on charity. The Red Cross is he's felt reassured by his the only agency still provid- first interactions with friending hotel assistance for fire ly FEMA workers, but the victims. proof of how well the "For them, I think the agency deals with the disaswrinkles can be worked out, ter has yet io be seen. but it's going to take many 'They are going to show agencies, and probably us that what happened in going to take volunteer Katrina can be done better agencies to ·step in, too," here," Valazquez said. said rEMA spokesman "Until we have a home, there's no proof" Michael Raphael. If FEMA denies their Typically. only homeowners are eligible for FEMA's request, the Booths could maximum $28,200 payout apply for up to $40,000 in for lost property. But loans from the Small Raphael satd the agency Business Administration to may be able to bend the replace the contents of their rules if they were paying the home. mortgage. For . the Southern FEMA · has already California fires, the federal received nearly 8,300 appli- government has already cations for aid and visited offered a 2.937 percent 641 homes to assess damage interest rate, and homeownin the seven counties ers can have up to 30 years· declared a major federal dis- to repay the loan. aster area. As of Monday, It isn't just the Booths' the agency ha<;l paid out house and all their belong$600,000, •and was on pace . ings that were destroyed. to. settle about 75 claims a Their business , Booth's day. Pump and Crane Service, Fire victims have said also burned and so did all of FEMA appan; nily learned the equipment. • 0 used drugs, and he said teachers and counselors seemed oblivious to what was going on in his life. He would have liked for someone to sit him down and say: "You really need to go to dass. We ' re ,going, to work wtth you. W.e re gomg to help you," Miller said. Instead, "I had nobody." Teachers and administmtors at Baltimore Talent Development High School, where 90 percent of kids are on track toward graduating on time, are working hard to make sure students don '.t have an experience ·like Miller's The school, .which sits in the middle of a high-crime .. impoverished neighborhood two miles west of downtown Baltimore, was founded by Balfanz and others four years ago as a laboratory for getting kids out on time with il diploma aQd ready for college. Teachers, students and administratOrs at the school know each other welL "! know teachers that have knocked on people's doors. They want us to succeed," 12th-grader Jasmine Coleman said during a lunchtime chat in the cafeteria. Community Cal~ndar Public meetings Wednesday, Ocl. 31 RACINE - · Financial . Planning Supervision . Commission , 10:30 a.m., Southern High School , media room . Monday, Nov. 5 RUTLAND - Rutland . Township Trustees meet in regular session, 5 p.m., fire sta. tion. Bids for carport will .be opened. Thesday, Nov. 6 REEDSVILLE - Olive Township Trustees, 7:30 p.m., Olive Township Garage. Clubs and organizations • Wednesday, Oct. 31 POMEROY The Middleport Literary Club will meet at 2 p.m . at the Pomeroy Library. Pat Holter will be hostess. Nadine Goebel will ' review "East Wind, Rain." Thursday, Nov. 1 CHESTER The Chester-Shade Historical i Association wei! meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Courthouse. Planning will be held for the Christmas holiday observances. and the calendar for 2008 will be discussed . Church events Birthdays · Saturday, Nov. 3 SALEM CENTER Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange #878 meet in regular session with potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. Nov~ 5 (f,";:ix ftln.r!J jusl 53 flJ(Q · Sign Up Online! www.LocaiNtt.com ~ I Toc:ta~ 8 Se..e! 992·6260 f{ph,>Oir lnlf"l j'l fu 1 ,., ~ • 1 1'1'' I Friday, Nov. 2 MIDDLEPORT Ed Stiles will observe hi s 90th birt)lday with an open house from 2 to 4 on Saturday Nov. 3 at 243 S. Second Ave., Middleport. It is requested that gifts be omitted . Messy? No, just in retreat socially BY KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY 5uoAR complete checkup, and you lence shelter in Florida, I am should alert the doctor lo your amazed by the generosity of concerns. in advance. It's pos· the community during the hoisible her problems are med- iday season, as they give so ' Dear Annie: My 20-year- ical, and she also might be abundantly to women and old daughter goes to college more inclined to listen if the children est:aping domestic full time and holds down .a doctor makes suggestions. violence. full-time job. The problem is, Dear Annie: My in-laws However, at the same time,! "Nia" has terrible hygiene invited my 13-year-old son to am shocked at some of the habits. Her room is always go to England ·next summer. I toys that have been donated. trashed with dirty clothes and assumed they were treating, as We have received countless papers. She has old food and they have plenty of money. violent loys, including one half-full drinks all. over the However. when we met to dis- labeled "Punch 'n' Crush." place, and wmppers and trash cuss the specifics of the trip. Annie, these children have everywhere. She showers they informed me it would had violence take such a every c.lay but 'rarely brushes cost us a little under $4,000. 1 prev<!lent part in their lives, her teeth. has friends · · She ·a~· 'th th but had already told my son he they do not need toys that remdoesn't socJ tze wt em. could go, but 1 ne•·er would "torce the bruta1·tty they have She only sees them at school have agreed if I knew they observed on a daily basis at or work. She is on the Internet were expecting us to pay. h h d r· PI for hours at a time. t e an s o a parent ease 1think if you invite a grand- tell your readers that we Nia is bright but just doesn't child on such a trip, you deeply appreciate their donacare about her appearance. should pay. I am already pre- tions. but when they are purShe does lack self-esteem but pared to say no next time chasing toys for charity, we tries really hard to hide it I unless it is a gift. What do you would appreciate it more if really see her.a~ socially awk- say?_ Surprised in Iowa they would donate only nonviward. Dear Surprised: When olent items. - Cottcerned the Violence I have tried therapy arid . grandparents invite a grand- About talking with her, but nothing child on an overseas trip. it is Bombarding Our Children helps. A doctor gave her med- understood that they are pay- · Dear Concerned: Many ication for depression and put ing for most, if not all. of the people who are eager to help her in group therapy, which excursion. Your in-laws out don't consider the signifishe did not like, and she did should have made it quite cance of what they are donalnot get any _better. She has had clear when they inittally ing. Thanks for the reminder , three boyfriends, but that was issued the invitation that they to be thoughtful as well as in name only.. I don't kn~w · expected you to foot the bill. It helpful. what to do. Nta has a ~ltd, was unfair of them to let you Annie's. Mailbox is wrilten mtact famtly, and we cant fig- think otherwise (and allow by Kathy Mile/tell and Marcy ure out why she doesn't under- you to inform your son) before Sugar, longtime editors of the stand that taking care of your- dropping the other shoe. If the Ann Landers column. Pkase self matters.- Need Help money is a hardship, you e-mail your questiorzs to Dear Need Help: Many 20- should have' no qualms about anniesmailbox@comcast.net, year-olds are slovenly about telling your in-laws the trip is or write to: Annie's·Mailbox, their ·personal space and off. If you can afford it, how- P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL hygiene habits. It often takes e~er, please \et your son enJOY 60611. To find out more . an outside party (a boyfriend, this hme . wtth hts grandpat_'- about Annie's Mailbox, and a boss) to make an impression. ents. It wtll be a great expen- read features by other The real issue is that Nia ence for him. And you'll know Creators Syndicate writers seems to be retreating from better if there's a "next time." and cartoonists, visit the social contact. Your daughter Dear Annie: As the execu- CreaJors Syndicate Web page should see a physician for a tive director of a domestic vio- aJ www.creators.com. Another kind of 'vampire' victimizes. Americans this Halloween Bv JUUE CARR SMYTH • Ins<.ant Me!IIIOQinO- keeP yoor buO<t)' tiet! • 10 e-rn;~~ a~es wilr1 Webmaill . • c~stom start P~ - t'\e'WI, Mal!tr & ~' POMEROY Meigs County Cancer Initiative, regular meeting, noon, conference room, Meigs County Senior Citizens Center, new members welcome, bring own lunch. Friday, Nov. 2 Thesday, Nov. 6 POMEROY - Caregiver TUPPERS PLAINS support grol}p will meet at Eastern Music Boosters, 7 noon, Nov. 2 at the Senior p.m. , band room . Citizens Center conference room , Ken Stewart, Alzheimer's Associaton, will talk on caregiver stress. Friday, Nov. 2 All caregivers, fami ly memLANGSVILLE bers and others interested welcome to attend. The Revival services at the meeting is sponsored by House of Healing Ministries Partners in Care early me m- Nov. 2, 3 and 4, 7 p.m. each Ot')' loss respite group. For evening, with Prophet Bob more information contact Smith of Grove Spring, Mo. Kathy McDaniel , 992-2161. Robert and Roberta Musser Refrehments. are pastors of the church. TUPPERS PLAINS For more information call The Tuppers Plains Post 992-3630. 9053 Ladies Afixiiary will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday. Monday, Tuesday, October 30, 2007_ ANNIE'S MAILBOX labels to consumer products, detailing how much energy a charger, compvter. DVD COL,UMBUS - Vampire player, microwave or coffee electronics, a force as insid- maker uses when on. off and ious as Bram Stoker's lead- on standby Though such proposals ing man, are quietly sucking a nickel of every c,Jollar's aren't commonplace, the worth of the electricity seep- notion should grab the attention of Americans buried by ing from your outlets. high electric bills. Scary. "It's definitely not new, Insert the little fangs of but it's something people your cell ' phone charger in the outlet and leave it there, don't know about," said phone attached? That's vam- Dave Walton, director .of home ideas for the energy pire electronics. company Direct efficiency Allow your computer to hide in the cloak of darkness Energy, which has a main in suburban · known as "standby mode" office Columbus. "It's become : rather than shutting it offl for many reasons, important · That's vampire electronics. The latest estimates show including the changing land: -that 5 percent of electricity scape on pricing and the general olms on homeown· usage in the United States is ers be more in the. fore· now from standby power, a frontto. of monitoring their phenomenon energy effi- own energy usage." · : ciency experts find all the The Jntemational Energy : more terrifying as energy Agency in Paris has est imat· prices rise and the planet ed that standby energy ~sed : warms.- That amounts to by vampire electronics · about $4 billion a year. amounts to between 200 terThe percentage could rise awatts and 400 terawatts a : to 20 percent by 2010, year. · according to the U.S. Picture any appliance that : Department of Energy. displays a clock while otherThe issue is particularly wise idle, such as, a : pressing in Ohio, the microwave oven, coffee · nation 's No. I emitter of maker, or DVD player. They : toxic air emissions - most- are constantly consuming : ly from electricity produc- little bits of energy that : lion at the state's coal-fired : power plants. ·. In environment-conscious : California, Democratic : Assemblyman Lloyd Levine : pushed a proposal last year · to add vamp!re electronics AP STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT ~ fREE 24/1 TtchniCIISU,.ort PageA3 BYTHEBEND The Daily Sentinel eventually add up, Walton said. Ditto for things that charge, such as cell phones, PDAs or portable tools. In a world where consumers go through batteries like . kids go through . Halloween candy, some chargers trickle a charge even after the device you are charging is at capacity. POMEROY - Grange Members w.ere reminded Washington and the other To address the problem, activities were announced at that 2008 contest rules were Benjamin Franklin, who as consumers can purchase chargers that halt the flow of . the recent meeting of included in the September- the first postmaster. Ohio Grange In 1851 Hemlock Grove current when it's not. need- Hemlock Grange held at the October hall. Jim Fry, master pro Magazine. opened its first posit office, ed, something that should Plans were made for seJv- and in 1962 the first U. S. happen automatically with tern, conduCted the meeting. Roy Grueser, legislative ing refreshments at an auc- Christmas stamp was issued. chargers for lithium ion batchairman, giving a report of tion. Kim Romine, lecturer Zip codes were introduced teries. If you are uncertain, a corn maze being eaten by noted ' that October IS in 1963 and in 1974 selfWalton advises unplugging bears. Meetings announced postage stamp month. She adhesive stamps came chargers when not in use. In included the annual Grange said the first stamps were about. She said a person his perfect energy-efficient barbecue, the officers con- produced in 18480 in , who collects stamps is call a world, many household ference and the regular England, with the United philatelist. She gave · mainstays from the grange meeting to be held States putting out the first Halloween candy to the microwave to the DVD Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. with a two postage stamps in 1847. members following her preplayer would be ham dinner preceding. one featuring George sentation. unplugged each night to save power. For most people, the inconveniences of having to reset clocks, channels and · . ' timers will discourage them Subscribe today • 992-2J55 from going to that extreme. But Walton said people are often unaware that they are usipg power by letting compulers and other gadgets fall · into standby mode, thinking it is · the same as turning them off. Grange meets . .·Proud to be apart of yaur life. ' . Wood family reunion held· POMEROY -· The 35th annual Wood family reunion was held recently at the Deloris, Cyndi ~nd David King home on Smith Ridge. · . · Recognized were Norman Wood, 80, the oldest family members there, Ronnie Wood, 48, the youngest one; Gail and. Joe Milligan from Florence, Ala., the ones who traveled the farthe st. Stephan King won the guessing game. Officer retained for another year ·were David King, president; Jean Wood, secretary-treasurer. Next year's reunion will be held on the first Sunday in October at the King residence. Attending were Gail and : Jo Milligan of Florence, : Ala; Grace and Jon Scott, Mansfield; Mary and Wilma Davidson, Langsville; Jean, Norman and Ronnie Wood, Sue and Steve Bricklcs, Mary, Cyndi, David, Philip and Stephan King, Jimmie Cummings , Bob Arnold. Alan Holiday of Pomeroy, and Dale Hoffman , Athens. • 6:00pm MEIGS COUNTY Holzer Tobacco Prevention 115 w. ,_•.,.""' freedom )acx;o, inCluding :lf'0111AC1 SkillS fOr - ' - , IITf I ,,, ,,, II d\ 1-.'i00 -2 011-~00~ 0 1 01 ll11 'fni< 11 ...1 17-tlll bh7--\SS ''i't,\,lt'"1UIII '• 11 ~~ �The Daily Sentinel NATION • WORLD PageA2 Tuesday, October 30, 2007 ·APIMPACT: More than 1 in 10 high schools in America are 'dropout factories' BY NANCY ZUCKERBROD AP EDUCATION WRITER WASHINGTON - . It's a . niclmame no principal could be proud of: "Dropout Factory," a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That dubious distinction applies to more than one in 10 high schools across America. "If you're born in a neigh- · borhood or town where the only high school is one where graduation is not the norm. how is this living in the land of equal opportunity?" asks Bob Balfanz. the researcher at Johns Hopkins University who detines such a school as a "dropout factory." , ' · There are about 1,700 regular or vocational high schools natio11wide that fit that description, according to an analysis of Education · Department data conducted by Johns Hopkins for The Associated Press. That's 12 percent of all such schools, no more than a decade ago but no less. either. While some of the missing · students transferred, most dropped out, Balfanz sa~s. . The data tracked semor classes for three years in a row - 2004. 2005 and 2006 - to make sure local events like plant closures weren't to blame for the low retention rates. The highest concentration of dropout factories is in large cities or high-poverty rural areas in the South and Southwest. Most have high proportions of minority students. These schools ate tougher to turn around, because their students face challenges well beyond the academic ones - the need to work as well as go to school, for example, or a need for social services. Utah, which has low poverty rates and fewer minorities than most states, is the only state without a dropout factory. Florida and South Carolina have the highest rt:rcentages. About half of high schools in those states classify as dropout factories. "Part of the problem we've had here is we live in a state that culturally and AP photo Baltimore Talent Development students ,Dyshea Smith, left, and Christian Hudson, read during their English class, Wednesday, Sept. 19 in Baltimore. traditionally has not valued a high school' education," said Jim Foster, a spokesman for South Carolina's Department of Education. He ooted that South Carolina residents once could get gOod jobs in textile mills without a high school degree. but that those jobs are now much harder to come by. Federal lawmakers haven't focused much attention on the problem. The No Child Left Behind education law, for example, pays much more attention tO' educating younger students. But that appears to be changing. House and Senate proposals ·to renew the five-year·old No Child law would give high schools more federa! money and put more pressure on them to Improve, · and the Bush administration supports the idea. The current law imposes serious consequences on schools that report low scores on math and reading tests, such as having to replace teachers or principals, but it lacks the same kind of teeth when it comes to graduation rates. Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time with a regular diploma. For Hispanic and black students, the proporlion drops to about half. · The legislative pl'9posals would: • Make sure schools report their graduation rates by racial, ethnic and other subgroups and are judged on those. That's to ensure schools aren't just gradualing white students in high numbers, but also are working to ensure minority students get diplomas. · ' • Get states to build data systems to keep track of students throughout · their school years and more accu· rately measure graduation and dropout rates. • Ensure states count graduation rates in a unifonn way. States have used a variety of formulas, including counting the percentage of entering seniors who get a diploma. That measurement ignores the fact that kids who drop out typically do so before their senior year. . • Create strong progress goals for g~aduation rates and impose sanctions on schools that miss them. Most states currently Jack meaningful goals, according to The Education Trust, a nonprofit that advocates for · poor and minority children. The current law requires testing in reading and math once in Jiigh school, and those tests take on added importance because of. serious consequences for a school that fails. Critics say that ·creates a perverse incentive for schools to encourage kids to ctrop out before they bring down a school's scores. "The vast majority of educators do not want to push out kids, but the pressures to raise .teq scores above all else are intense." said Bethany Little, vice president for policy at the Alliance for ' Excellent Educaiion, an advocacy group focused on high · schools. "To k11ow if a high school is doing its job, we need to consider tes.t scores and graduation rates equally." Little said some students pushed out of high schools are encouraged to enroll in programs that prepare them to take the GED exam. People who pass that test get certificates indicating they have high-school level academic skills. But the research shows getting a GED doesn't lead to the kind of job or college success associated with a regular diploma. Loretta Singletary, 17, enrolled in a GED prqgram after <!rapping out of a Washington, D.C., high school that she describes as huge, chaotic and violent. "Girls got jumped, boys got jumped, teachers (were) fighting and hitting students," she said . She said teachers had low expectations for students, which led to dull classes. · "They were teaching .me stuff I already knew ... basic nouns, simple adjectives." Singletary said she loved science but wasn't offered.it and her · complaints to administrators went unanswered. "I was illlerested in experiments," she said. "I didn't have science in 9th or 1Oth grade." A GED classmate of Singletary's is 23-year-old Dontike Miller, who attended and left two D.C. high schools on the dropout factory li st. Miller was brought up by a single mother who After wildfires, families who lost homes apply for aid, begin long .rebuilding process BY CHELSEA J. CARTER AND AARON C. DAVIS ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS RAMONA, Calif. Nichole Booth's hands were stained with ash from pick~ ing .through the blackened and twisted pieces left of her life after an mfemo engulfed everything she owned. She tried not to cry in . front of her four children. But in the few moments she can steal away, the tears spill down her cheeks. · Like so many others, Booth took the first steps : toward rebuilding her life · Monday, a week after a frrestorm destroyed her San Diego County home and business. "I feel ashamed. I've : never had to ask for help. I · don't lmow what to· say to · people," Booth says, her voice dropping to a whisper. The w.ildfires, which destroyed more than 2,000 homes, continued to bum Monday. With more than a · dozen blazes fully surrounded, frrefighters were trying to gain control of six others that were at least half contained. The flames have killed 14 people and blackened 809 square miles from the Mexican border to Los Angeles. · In the weeks ahead, the " Booths and hundreds of other families who lost their homes will be at the mercy of the federal government for grants, loans and other assistance. Some help can be offered quickly, but ·Jarger decisions about the future will ta\ce weeks, and be decided by federal workers shuffling mountains of loan applications in Ft. Worth, Texas, • and suburban Maryland. lessons from the confusion A week ago, the Booths that arose after Hurricane ran for their lives - carry- Katrina about where to tum ing only the essentials: a for fedeml assistance. change of clothes for the The agency has sent children, and oxygen tanks, scores of neatly dressed a wheelchair and medication agency representatives to for a daughter paralyzed by the San Diego area. Large brain tumors who survives signs and tents bearing the on life support. The fire agency's name direct vicswallowed their house tims to one-stop centers before their eyes as they where victims can redirect pulled out of the driveway. their mail, apply for build. The family lived in a mod- ing permits and register for est home that was passed FEMA disaster assistance. down to her husband, · But the scale of the disasRobert Booth. from his ter here is much smaller than father, and they never put . in New Orleans, where huntheir names on the deed, dreds of thousands of people which could delay tens of were left homeless. thousands of dollars 'in aid. Hector Valazquez, 52, In the meantime, the who lost his home in Booths will have to depend Delzura last Sunday said on charity. The Red Cross is he's felt reassured by his the only agency still provid- first interactions with friending hotel assistance for fire ly FEMA workers, but the victims. proof of how well the "For them, I think the agency deals with the disaswrinkles can be worked out, ter has yet io be seen. but it's going to take many 'They are going to show agencies, and probably us that what happened in going to take volunteer Katrina can be done better agencies to ·step in, too," here," Valazquez said. said rEMA spokesman "Until we have a home, there's no proof" Michael Raphael. If FEMA denies their Typically. only homeowners are eligible for FEMA's request, the Booths could maximum $28,200 payout apply for up to $40,000 in for lost property. But loans from the Small Raphael satd the agency Business Administration to may be able to bend the replace the contents of their rules if they were paying the home. mortgage. For . the Southern FEMA · has already California fires, the federal received nearly 8,300 appli- government has already cations for aid and visited offered a 2.937 percent 641 homes to assess damage interest rate, and homeownin the seven counties ers can have up to 30 years· declared a major federal dis- to repay the loan. aster area. As of Monday, It isn't just the Booths' the agency ha<;l paid out house and all their belong$600,000, •and was on pace . ings that were destroyed. to. settle about 75 claims a Their business , Booth's day. Pump and Crane Service, Fire victims have said also burned and so did all of FEMA appan; nily learned the equipment. • 0 used drugs, and he said teachers and counselors seemed oblivious to what was going on in his life. He would have liked for someone to sit him down and say: "You really need to go to dass. We ' re ,going, to work wtth you. W.e re gomg to help you," Miller said. Instead, "I had nobody." Teachers and administmtors at Baltimore Talent Development High School, where 90 percent of kids are on track toward graduating on time, are working hard to make sure students don '.t have an experience ·like Miller's The school, .which sits in the middle of a high-crime .. impoverished neighborhood two miles west of downtown Baltimore, was founded by Balfanz and others four years ago as a laboratory for getting kids out on time with il diploma aQd ready for college. Teachers, students and administratOrs at the school know each other welL "! know teachers that have knocked on people's doors. They want us to succeed," 12th-grader Jasmine Coleman said during a lunchtime chat in the cafeteria. Community Cal~ndar Public meetings Wednesday, Ocl. 31 RACINE - · Financial . Planning Supervision . Commission , 10:30 a.m., Southern High School , media room . Monday, Nov. 5 RUTLAND - Rutland . Township Trustees meet in regular session, 5 p.m., fire sta. tion. Bids for carport will .be opened. Thesday, Nov. 6 REEDSVILLE - Olive Township Trustees, 7:30 p.m., Olive Township Garage. Clubs and organizations • Wednesday, Oct. 31 POMEROY The Middleport Literary Club will meet at 2 p.m . at the Pomeroy Library. Pat Holter will be hostess. Nadine Goebel will ' review "East Wind, Rain." Thursday, Nov. 1 CHESTER The Chester-Shade Historical i Association wei! meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Courthouse. Planning will be held for the Christmas holiday observances. and the calendar for 2008 will be discussed . Church events Birthdays · Saturday, Nov. 3 SALEM CENTER Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange #878 meet in regular session with potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. Nov~ 5 (f,";:ix ftln.r!J jusl 53 flJ(Q · Sign Up Online! www.LocaiNtt.com ~ I Toc:ta~ 8 Se..e! 992·6260 f{ph,>Oir lnlf"l j'l fu 1 ,., ~ • 1 1'1'' I Friday, Nov. 2 MIDDLEPORT Ed Stiles will observe hi s 90th birt)lday with an open house from 2 to 4 on Saturday Nov. 3 at 243 S. Second Ave., Middleport. It is requested that gifts be omitted . Messy? No, just in retreat socially BY KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY 5uoAR complete checkup, and you lence shelter in Florida, I am should alert the doctor lo your amazed by the generosity of concerns. in advance. It's pos· the community during the hoisible her problems are med- iday season, as they give so ' Dear Annie: My 20-year- ical, and she also might be abundantly to women and old daughter goes to college more inclined to listen if the children est:aping domestic full time and holds down .a doctor makes suggestions. violence. full-time job. The problem is, Dear Annie: My in-laws However, at the same time,! "Nia" has terrible hygiene invited my 13-year-old son to am shocked at some of the habits. Her room is always go to England ·next summer. I toys that have been donated. trashed with dirty clothes and assumed they were treating, as We have received countless papers. She has old food and they have plenty of money. violent loys, including one half-full drinks all. over the However. when we met to dis- labeled "Punch 'n' Crush." place, and wmppers and trash cuss the specifics of the trip. Annie, these children have everywhere. She showers they informed me it would had violence take such a every c.lay but 'rarely brushes cost us a little under $4,000. 1 prev<!lent part in their lives, her teeth. has friends · · She ·a~· 'th th but had already told my son he they do not need toys that remdoesn't socJ tze wt em. could go, but 1 ne•·er would "torce the bruta1·tty they have She only sees them at school have agreed if I knew they observed on a daily basis at or work. She is on the Internet were expecting us to pay. h h d r· PI for hours at a time. t e an s o a parent ease 1think if you invite a grand- tell your readers that we Nia is bright but just doesn't child on such a trip, you deeply appreciate their donacare about her appearance. should pay. I am already pre- tions. but when they are purShe does lack self-esteem but pared to say no next time chasing toys for charity, we tries really hard to hide it I unless it is a gift. What do you would appreciate it more if really see her.a~ socially awk- say?_ Surprised in Iowa they would donate only nonviward. Dear Surprised: When olent items. - Cottcerned the Violence I have tried therapy arid . grandparents invite a grand- About talking with her, but nothing child on an overseas trip. it is Bombarding Our Children helps. A doctor gave her med- understood that they are pay- · Dear Concerned: Many ication for depression and put ing for most, if not all. of the people who are eager to help her in group therapy, which excursion. Your in-laws out don't consider the signifishe did not like, and she did should have made it quite cance of what they are donalnot get any _better. She has had clear when they inittally ing. Thanks for the reminder , three boyfriends, but that was issued the invitation that they to be thoughtful as well as in name only.. I don't kn~w · expected you to foot the bill. It helpful. what to do. Nta has a ~ltd, was unfair of them to let you Annie's. Mailbox is wrilten mtact famtly, and we cant fig- think otherwise (and allow by Kathy Mile/tell and Marcy ure out why she doesn't under- you to inform your son) before Sugar, longtime editors of the stand that taking care of your- dropping the other shoe. If the Ann Landers column. Pkase self matters.- Need Help money is a hardship, you e-mail your questiorzs to Dear Need Help: Many 20- should have' no qualms about anniesmailbox@comcast.net, year-olds are slovenly about telling your in-laws the trip is or write to: Annie's·Mailbox, their ·personal space and off. If you can afford it, how- P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL hygiene habits. It often takes e~er, please \et your son enJOY 60611. To find out more . an outside party (a boyfriend, this hme . wtth hts grandpat_'- about Annie's Mailbox, and a boss) to make an impression. ents. It wtll be a great expen- read features by other The real issue is that Nia ence for him. And you'll know Creators Syndicate writers seems to be retreating from better if there's a "next time." and cartoonists, visit the social contact. Your daughter Dear Annie: As the execu- CreaJors Syndicate Web page should see a physician for a tive director of a domestic vio- aJ www.creators.com. Another kind of 'vampire' victimizes. Americans this Halloween Bv JUUE CARR SMYTH • Ins<.ant Me!IIIOQinO- keeP yoor buO<t)' tiet! • 10 e-rn;~~ a~es wilr1 Webmaill . • c~stom start P~ - t'\e'WI, Mal!tr & ~' POMEROY Meigs County Cancer Initiative, regular meeting, noon, conference room, Meigs County Senior Citizens Center, new members welcome, bring own lunch. Friday, Nov. 2 Thesday, Nov. 6 POMEROY - Caregiver TUPPERS PLAINS support grol}p will meet at Eastern Music Boosters, 7 noon, Nov. 2 at the Senior p.m. , band room . Citizens Center conference room , Ken Stewart, Alzheimer's Associaton, will talk on caregiver stress. Friday, Nov. 2 All caregivers, fami ly memLANGSVILLE bers and others interested welcome to attend. The Revival services at the meeting is sponsored by House of Healing Ministries Partners in Care early me m- Nov. 2, 3 and 4, 7 p.m. each Ot')' loss respite group. For evening, with Prophet Bob more information contact Smith of Grove Spring, Mo. Kathy McDaniel , 992-2161. Robert and Roberta Musser Refrehments. are pastors of the church. TUPPERS PLAINS For more information call The Tuppers Plains Post 992-3630. 9053 Ladies Afixiiary will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday. Monday, Tuesday, October 30, 2007_ ANNIE'S MAILBOX labels to consumer products, detailing how much energy a charger, compvter. DVD COL,UMBUS - Vampire player, microwave or coffee electronics, a force as insid- maker uses when on. off and ious as Bram Stoker's lead- on standby Though such proposals ing man, are quietly sucking a nickel of every c,Jollar's aren't commonplace, the worth of the electricity seep- notion should grab the attention of Americans buried by ing from your outlets. high electric bills. Scary. "It's definitely not new, Insert the little fangs of but it's something people your cell ' phone charger in the outlet and leave it there, don't know about," said phone attached? That's vam- Dave Walton, director .of home ideas for the energy pire electronics. company Direct efficiency Allow your computer to hide in the cloak of darkness Energy, which has a main in suburban · known as "standby mode" office Columbus. "It's become : rather than shutting it offl for many reasons, important · That's vampire electronics. The latest estimates show including the changing land: -that 5 percent of electricity scape on pricing and the general olms on homeown· usage in the United States is ers be more in the. fore· now from standby power, a frontto. of monitoring their phenomenon energy effi- own energy usage." · : ciency experts find all the The Jntemational Energy : more terrifying as energy Agency in Paris has est imat· prices rise and the planet ed that standby energy ~sed : warms.- That amounts to by vampire electronics · about $4 billion a year. amounts to between 200 terThe percentage could rise awatts and 400 terawatts a : to 20 percent by 2010, year. · according to the U.S. Picture any appliance that : Department of Energy. displays a clock while otherThe issue is particularly wise idle, such as, a : pressing in Ohio, the microwave oven, coffee · nation 's No. I emitter of maker, or DVD player. They : toxic air emissions - most- are constantly consuming : ly from electricity produc- little bits of energy that : lion at the state's coal-fired : power plants. ·. In environment-conscious : California, Democratic : Assemblyman Lloyd Levine : pushed a proposal last year · to add vamp!re electronics AP STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT ~ fREE 24/1 TtchniCIISU,.ort PageA3 BYTHEBEND The Daily Sentinel eventually add up, Walton said. Ditto for things that charge, such as cell phones, PDAs or portable tools. In a world where consumers go through batteries like . kids go through . Halloween candy, some chargers trickle a charge even after the device you are charging is at capacity. POMEROY - Grange Members w.ere reminded Washington and the other To address the problem, activities were announced at that 2008 contest rules were Benjamin Franklin, who as consumers can purchase chargers that halt the flow of . the recent meeting of included in the September- the first postmaster. Ohio Grange In 1851 Hemlock Grove current when it's not. need- Hemlock Grange held at the October hall. Jim Fry, master pro Magazine. opened its first posit office, ed, something that should Plans were made for seJv- and in 1962 the first U. S. happen automatically with tern, conduCted the meeting. Roy Grueser, legislative ing refreshments at an auc- Christmas stamp was issued. chargers for lithium ion batchairman, giving a report of tion. Kim Romine, lecturer Zip codes were introduced teries. If you are uncertain, a corn maze being eaten by noted ' that October IS in 1963 and in 1974 selfWalton advises unplugging bears. Meetings announced postage stamp month. She adhesive stamps came chargers when not in use. In included the annual Grange said the first stamps were about. She said a person his perfect energy-efficient barbecue, the officers con- produced in 18480 in , who collects stamps is call a world, many household ference and the regular England, with the United philatelist. She gave · mainstays from the grange meeting to be held States putting out the first Halloween candy to the microwave to the DVD Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. with a two postage stamps in 1847. members following her preplayer would be ham dinner preceding. one featuring George sentation. unplugged each night to save power. For most people, the inconveniences of having to reset clocks, channels and · . ' timers will discourage them Subscribe today • 992-2J55 from going to that extreme. But Walton said people are often unaware that they are usipg power by letting compulers and other gadgets fall · into standby mode, thinking it is · the same as turning them off. Grange meets . .·Proud to be apart of yaur life. ' . Wood family reunion held· POMEROY -· The 35th annual Wood family reunion was held recently at the Deloris, Cyndi ~nd David King home on Smith Ridge. · . · Recognized were Norman Wood, 80, the oldest family members there, Ronnie Wood, 48, the youngest one; Gail and. Joe Milligan from Florence, Ala., the ones who traveled the farthe st. Stephan King won the guessing game. Officer retained for another year ·were David King, president; Jean Wood, secretary-treasurer. Next year's reunion will be held on the first Sunday in October at the King residence. Attending were Gail and : Jo Milligan of Florence, : Ala; Grace and Jon Scott, Mansfield; Mary and Wilma Davidson, Langsville; Jean, Norman and Ronnie Wood, Sue and Steve Bricklcs, Mary, Cyndi, David, Philip and Stephan King, Jimmie Cummings , Bob Arnold. Alan Holiday of Pomeroy, and Dale Hoffman , Athens. • 6:00pm MEIGS COUNTY Holzer Tobacco Prevention 115 w. ,_•.,.""' freedom )acx;o, inCluding :lf'0111AC1 SkillS fOr - ' - , IITf I ,,, ,,, II d\ 1-.'i00 -2 011-~00~ 0 1 01 ll11 'fni< 11 ...1 17-tlll bh7--\SS ''i't,\,lt'"1UIII '• 11 ~~ �' . The Daily Sentinel Tuesday, October 30, 2007 PageA4 · OPINION Obituaries ' Tuesday, October 30, :t007 Furious ( 08 debate over health care could be good The Daily Sentinel Something remarkable reasonably clever way to selling in the states. 1.11 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio - and good - has happrove that the private secOther studies. document (740) 992-2156 • FAX (740) 992-2157 pened in the health care tor doesn ' t work and have that public satisf11ction with www.mydallysentlnel.com debate : Almost . everyone the government swoop in . Canada's single-payer sys: agrees that all Americans on a white horse .... (She's) tern is low because of long Ohio Valley Publishing Co. need to have insurance covnot jumping · immediately waits for diagnostic tests Morton erage. The debate now to a single-payer system and surgery. Canada 's Kordac:tce Dan Goodrich and it will be furious - is politically, that ' s a smart Supreme Court overruled over how to bring . that move - (but) indirect! y." Publisher the government's ban on about. Antos and others contend private insurance. Two leading Democratic that Clinton's proposed Charlene Hoeflich If Clinton's plan IS Democrats far more than requirements that insurance presidential candidates General Manager-News Editor flawed· and Edwards and Sen. Hillary Rodham Republicans on the health companies cover everyone Obama also propose govClinton (New York) and care issue. But the election who wants a policy ("guaranteed issue") and charge ernment-run plans that former Sen. John Edwards debate has just begun. In it, Republicans charge everyone the same premi- individuals may choose (North Carolina) - advo. Congress shall make no law respecting an cate a government mandate that Clinton's plan, in par- urn regardless of health, so are Republican ideas. - establishment of religion, or prohibiting the requiring all Americans to ticular, is designed to lead age or pre-exi'sting medical GOP· candidates sensibly free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of have insurance coverage, to a Canadian-style, gov- conditions ("community wa~ to end tax di scriminathat favors employeespeech, or of the press; or the right of the peo- though Sen. Barack Obama ernment-run, single-payer rating") . will hugely raise tiou sponsored insurance over system with little or no pri- the price of private insurdoes not. ple peaceably to assemble, and to petition the (Illinois) On the Republican side, vate Insurance and long ance, giving an advantage individual-market in surGovernment for a redress grievances. national mandates are· waits for care. to her government-run ance and encourage people to be cost-conscious about They contend that their insurance plan. anathema, but candidates There's no question that health care. - The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution like former New York alternative - a competiOn the other hand, tax Mayor Rudy Giuliani , for- tive private insurance mar- Clinton's rhetoric betrays mer Massachusetts Gov. · ketplace financed by tax hostility. toward private deductions or credits may - will make indiencourage younger, healthMitt Romney and Sen. breaks viduals more attentive to insurance companies John McCain (Arizona) health costs and make cov- whose former lobby, the . ier workers to drop compa·Today is Tuesday, Oct. 30, the 303 rd day of 2007. There contend that their proposed · Health Insurance ny coverage and buy cheap more affordable. Association of America, policies on their own, raiserage tax deductions or credits are 62 days left in the year. On the other hand, Today 's Highlight in History: will enable everyone to buy led the way in defeating her ing the cost for older work· Democrats charge that 1993 health plan. · On Oct 30, 1938, the radio play "The War of the private insurance. ers left behind. schemes will underAt. a forum last week GOP Worlds," starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. (The live (Romney signed an indiCompromise plans like mine the employer-based ~rama, which employed fake breaking hews repons, panvidual mandate into law in insurance system and throw sponsored by the Kaiser Wyden's . and the CEO's ic,ked some listeners who thought the ponrayal of a Manian Massachusetts and someolder and sicker Americans Family Foundation, would change the tax laws, invasion was real.) times says it's a model for into an unregulated market Clinton said, "We're going give individuals more 'On this date: other · states but won ' t where they will not be able to change the way insur- choice and money to buy In 1735, the second president of the United States. John advance it as a national to afford insurance. ance companies do busi- private insurance - not ·Adams, was born in Braintree, Mass. program. He now f'<lvors There is merit to each ness in America. Right government in surance : In 1885,. poet Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho. In 1944, the Martha Graham ballet "Appalachian making all ·medical expens- case, and the best answer now, (they) spend $50 bit- and set regulations for how may be a compromise that . lion a year trying to figure the private insurance marSJ?.ring," with music by Aaron Copland, premiered at the es tax-deductible.) The agreement on uni- involves mandatory cover' out how not to cover pea- ket operates. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., with Graham in versal coverage is good age, tax credits and a regu- pie. Well, J:m going to save a leading role. · The administration might In 1961, the Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb, the because if~veryone is cov~ lated private market Such them a fortune and a whole have helped Republicans "Tsar Bomba," with a force estimated at about 50 mega- ered - young and healthy, a plan has been proposed lot of time because the new get a start in the '08 debate tons. middle-aged and sick, well- by Sens. ·Ron Wyden, D· policy is, no more discrimby presenting a full-blown . In 1961, the Soviet Party Congress unanimously off and poor - average Ore., and Bob Bennett, R- ination, period." tax credit plan but failed to approved a resolution ordering the removal of Josef Stalin's msurance premiums can Utah, and another by the Clinton's $50 billion fig- do so - and the veto of a body from Leniq 's tomb. · come down, making cover- Committee for Economic ure seems to encompass all In 1979, President Caner announced his choice of feder- age more affordable and Development, a big-busi- underwriting, marketing bipartisan plan to cover children gives a boost to al appeals Judge Shirley Hufstedler to head the newly cre- ending the need for anyone 11ess-oriented think tank. and administrative costs for 'bemocrills. · ated Depanment of Education. to seek medical care in hos: The case against the insurance industry. She In 1995, by a razor-thin vote of 50.6 percent to 49.4 perBut this debate is just pita! emergency rooms. said government programs Clinton 's health plan cent, federalists prevailed over separatists in a Quebec beginning in earnest. How to provide coverage and it's applicable to were far more efficient but secession referendum. Republicans are starting Ten years ago: A jury in Cambridge, Mass., convicted IS going to be one of the Edwards and Obama as neglected to note that from behind, but they can British au pair Louise Woodward ofsecond-degree murder major issues of the 2008 well - ·is that by creating a insurance companies procatch up if they emphasize in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen. (The judge, campaign, leading - one Medicare-like government vide services like disease Hiller B. Zobel, later reduced the verdict to manslaughter can only hope - to pas- alternative to private insur- management that public that they want to cover everyone, as Democrats and set Woodward free.) <::on fronting some of his harshest sage of national health ance and heavily regulating . plans don't. reform during the next private plans, people will Various studies show that definitely want to do. critics ~ Chinese President Jiang Zemin defended his councoverage" president' s first term. try's human rights record before members of Congress. tlood to the government several states that have "Universal be everyone's Movie director Samuel Fuller died in Hollywood. So far, polls indicate that plan, .leading to Canadian- imposed guaninteed-issue should Five years ago: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's" the public regards health style medicine. mantra. and community-rating broad-based coalition collapsed when Cabinet ministers care as the No. 2 issue to be (Morton Kortdracke is As Joseph Antos, a schol- requirements 111 the past from the .moderate Labor Party resigned in a dispute over addressed by '08 candi- ar executive editor of Roll at the American ultimately repealed them funding for Jewish settlements. Walter Mondale returned to dates - Iraq is No. I Enterprise Institute, put it, after insurance ~ompanies Call, the newspaper of politics as Minnesota Democrats approved the former vi'ce and that voters trust Clinton has designed "a dropped coverage and quit Capitol Hill.) president as a fill-in for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone less • than a week before the election . (However, Mondale ended up losing to Republican Norm Coleman.) Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell), a rapper with the Run-D.M.C. hip-hop group, was killed in a shooting in New York; he was 37. One year ago: Mass. Sen. John Kerry told a California college audience that young people who didn't study hard might "get stuck in Iraq," prompting harsh Republican criticism; Kerry later said it was a botched joke against ~resident Bush's handling of the war. Larry Nelson and Vijay Siflgh were among five people inducted into the This is the most secretive that we must "trust" it to Circuit, in which the alWorld Golf Hall of Fame. . close courtrooms requires a Haramain Islamic · Thought for Today: "There are things that are known and administration in American history because it has so suspension of disbelief that Foundation claims it was tpings that are unknown ; in between are doors." much lawlessness to hide. responsible American citisubject to secret govern~nonymous. In August, as tlie 9th Circuit zens should not provide. ment surveillance without Coun of Appeals heard Can we trust an indepencoun app(Oval, the goyernNat LETTERS TO THE arguments on the governdent judiciary to examine ment - claiming that "state Hentoff ment' s invoking "state the evidence the govern- secrets" require, in the • EDITOR •• secrets" to absolutely close ment should provide in sup- interests of national securi • Letters to the editor are welcome. They should be les,, down a case, Judge Harry port of its claimed "state ty, that the case must be disthan 300 words. All lerters are subject to editing, must be Pregerson said to Deputy secrets" privilege? missed without being heard, §igned, and include address and telephone numbet: No Solicitor General Gregory conservative constitutional Responds the Constitution argued: / rtnsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in Garre, appearing . before scholar Richard Epstein Project: "Whether plaintiffs were g,ood taste, addressing issues, not personalities. Letters of him: "The; bottom line here (University of Chicago) to Congress has already, in a thanks to organizations and individuals will not be accept- is the government .declares liberal civil libertarian liti- range of statuies, . "recog- subject to surveillance is a state secret, and information for publication. sornething is a state secret, ' gator David . Cole nized major r~sponsibilities tending to confirm or deny . and that's the end of it. The (Georgetown University of federal judges in the area that fact should · be priviking- can do no wrong." Law Center) and the ardent of national security. Judges leged." 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Constitution Project, its as valid on their face, courts · tion of determining the facts This is the land of the report on state secrets is by undermine the principle of on wh.ich admissibility of free? Mall Subacrlptlon its Liberty and Security judicial independence, the evidence depends, will fur· · _ (Nat Hentoff is a nation General Manager Inside Meigs County in conjunction adversary process, fairness nish · to bureaucratic offi- ally renowned authority on Committee Charlene Hoeflk:h, Ext. 12 13 Weeks ' 32.26 with the equally indepen- · in the courtroom, and our cials too ample opportuni- the First Amendmimt and 26 Weeks . ' 64.20 dent Coalition to Defend constitutional system' of ti es for ~busing the privi- the Bill of Rights'and author 52 Weeks ' 127.11 E-mail: Checks & Balances. The co- . checks and balances." lege .... Both principle and of many books, inclrtdinfi news@mydailysentinel.cam Outside Meigs County authors of the repon range Since this particular policy demand that the "The War on the Bill of 13 Weeks '53.55 from David Keene, chair- administration has violated determination of the privi- Rights and the Gathering 1 107.10 Web: 26 Weeks man of the American so many legal anq constitu- lege shall be for the Court." Resistance " (Seven Stories 52 Weeks • '214.21 www.mydailysentinel .corn Conservative Union, and tiona! rights, its assurance ' In · a case before the 9th Press, 2004).) of Larry Emest Griffin · RACINE - ·Larry Ernest Griffin. 64, of Racine passed unexpectedly on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 at the Holzer Med1cal Center. He was born on Oct. 29 , 1942 in Long Bottom , to Ernest Griffin and the late June (Newlun) Griffin. Larry was an auto body shop manager at Smith Buick for many years. He also served in the United States Air Force and was a mell)ber of the Ameri can Legion. He is survived by his wife, Grace Griffin. Racine; children : Ernest Griffin, Tuppers Plains, Eddie (Melissa) Griffin. Reedsville, Mark (Tonya) GrifTin, Tuppers Plains; his father, Ernest Emerson Griffin, Long Bottom; brothers, Errol (Connie) Griffin. Greenfield, Ind ., Roger Griffin, Long Bottom; sisters, Pamela (Richard) Webber, Sylvester, Ga. Debbie (Joe) Null, Belpre; step-children , Brady (Terri) Huffman, Jr., Greg (Liz) Huffman, Ponland,Beth (Rob Eddy) Brown, Racine; grandchildren. Lance, Derek , Bradley, Angel and Mandy; step-grandchildren: Dustin, Julyan, Alex, Ozzy Huffman. Jackie and Jessie Gloyd, and Cole and Bradley Brown; one great grandchild. and several nieces and nephews. He is. preceded in death by his mother and brother Phillip Griftin. Services will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007 at I p.m . at the Pomeroy Chapel of Fisher Funeral Homes with the Rev. Larry Fisher officiating. Burial will follow in the Letan Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m . on Monday, Oct 29, 2007 at the funeral home Online condolences may be sent to www.fisherfuneralhomes.com. · awa~ TODAY IN HISTORY ' ' Opening courtrooms closed by.Bush . .. ¥ :. The Daily Sentinel • Velma Taylor MIDDLEPORT- Velma Taylor, 66, Middleport passed away Oct. 29, 2007 in Charleston, W. Va. after a brief illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announce by the Fisher Funeral Homes in Middlepon. Cancer "It makes you appreciate life better if you go through something like that," he said. "But , (Holzer Center from PageA1 for Cancer Care) is just a cancer. He never had a bad nice place to visit. I hope I mood and never lost his never have to go back under faith jn God, he said. serious circumstances." Bobby had a prayer circle While in treatment, he stretching across the globe,. became close with the staff Hazet · said. "Our church and other patients. "You feel family was such a blessi ng, like a family when you go too," she said. The doctors there," hi s wife said. failed to find any trace of Bobby retired from the cancer in his body during United States Air Force in his last major checkup in 1980 after . 27 combined October 2006. The couple years of service . He served believes their faith cured the last six months of the Bobby. The news was over- Korean War and also served whelming to them. and at in Vietnam. Of all the years the same time. a hu ge sense in the USAF, Bobby has of relief. never faced a challenge like "It's amazing . how you cancer. "It's a small price to can go through all these pay to still be above the things . You don ' t realize sod," Bobby said, jokingly. how tired you are until it's "But, I'm OK." all over," Hazel said. After With their 50th anniverovercomin~; cancer at 71, he sary date a year away, it moves a httle slower, but looks as if n()w they will still manages to play several make it and see many more. rounds of golf a · week. "I ..yake up every morning, When he's not golfin~. he is and I say 'Thank God for fishing and entertainmg hi!> another day,'" Hazel said. "I seven-year·old grandson." I think he's done a remarkwould say that's ~retty able job for what he's been good, wouldn't you . " he through" commented. Bobby still "It's a long story," he said. takes vitamins and keeps "But, it has a good ending;" eating the right foods. his wife responded. Grant from PageA1 funded. Deem said this portion of the grant targets 12 "at .risk" students in grades nine-12, includes individual. counseling and a curriculum that runs over the course of a year, including summer schooL Kyle Wickline was employed as a long term sub-intervention ~pecialist for the remainder of the 2007-08 school year. The following certified substitute s.taff were approved: Jennifer Baldwin, Rebecca Carson, Leland Carver, Brian Doherty, Chad Hu ston, Christiane Marshall, Jody Wamsley, Kyle Wickline, Melissa Queen, Sara Dodson, · Louanna Smeck. Melissa Reedy was employed as a substitute bus driver. The board accepted a $450 grant from the Gall ia-J ac kson .- Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services. The board revised the attendance policy that now says half-day absences refle-c t a half-day with anything less than a halfday being counted as tardy. Board member Don Smith voted against the motion. The board approved the first reading of the district's bylaw s, policy, admini strative guidelines and forms. The board voted to move the district' s busine ss INVESTME INSURANC HANKIN POINT PLEASANT 304.675.4480 POINT PLEASANT N 304.675.8130 GALLIPOLIS 740.446.0902 • www.mydaiiysentinel.com . The Daily Sentinel • Page As PERSPECTIVE: Empty ballot could get full during presidential year Bv JULIE CARR SMYTH AP STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT COLUMBUS Next month 's ballot will be free of statewide issues - but don 't think voters in a state so pivotal to the 2008 election will find such a light lineup next year. With the presidential contest coming, outside groups with a stake in who wins are sure to find Ohio's ballot an attractive place to help them reach their political goals. The strategy helped elect President Bush in 2004 when conservative voters came out in high numbers to approve the gay-marriage ban supported by one of Bush's biggest contributors and grou ndwork is already b!!ing laid to ·adjust voter mindsets in ways beneficial to certain candidates before next year. Though labor unions have played down the link, the sick-day initiative they're backing for a possible ballot spot in 2008 would bring out many voters who'll side with whatever Democratic candidate ends up winning the party's nomination. They'll be trying first to force the Legislature to pass it. Dubbed the "Hea lthy Families Act," the manda,te to require bigger employers to offer a minimum of seven sick days per year will surely resonate with the state's working class voters, most of whom lean Democrat or independent. In an August poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, 88 _percent of registered Democrats and -84 percent of independents reported being either favorable or indifferent to union endorsements of candidates, an atiitude that presumably means• those voters are amenable to the work-life issues ihat unions push. Building on the victory of a similar issue in San Francisco last year, 14 states and two other cities are now pursuing si milar measures, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families. The issue could be panicularly helpful to Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton, , if she becomes the nominee, by bringing out the women's vote she is cultivating. In a state where 61 percent of Local Briefs · Correction TUPPERS PLAINS -The craft show sponsored by the Eastern Music Boosters will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. I 0 at the high school. Taking toy applications ' POMEROY - The Meigs County Biker 's Association is now taking applications for its Christmas toy giveaway. The parents/guardians of 100 children, ages birth to 16 may apply for the toys on a first come, first served basis from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Meigs County Health Depanment (MCHD). Bring medical card or proof of household gross income when applying with Counney Sim of the MCHD. Call Sim at 992-6626 or Rosalyn Stew an at 992-0060, 9926288. . '. . Veterans to be honored POMEROY- Veterans will be honored at the Thursday evening dinner at the Senior Citizens Center. All veterans will eat free but must make a reservation by Tuesday. The price for others coming to dinner is $6.50. All ages are welcome. The menu will consist of a choice of soup, vegetable or chicken noodle, a sandwich, dessrt and dnnk. A shan program honoring veterans will b held following the dinner. accounts to Farmers Bank. The board approved the five-year forecast as required by Oct. 31, including the annual spending plan in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code. The board approved the sale of the elementary school's Frymaster to Rally's of Parkersburg for $2,500. Board · member Peggy Gibbs voted against the motion . The board approved employing Tim Thoren on a one-year contract as the EMIS preschool coordinator at a rate of $3,000. Board members Gibbs and Smith voted against the motion . The following supplemental po sitions for the 2007-08 school year were approved: Ryan Lemley, eighth grade boy's basketball coach, $1,202J 2; Stephen Randolph, freshmen boy's basketball coach, $1 ,284.08; Brian Weaver, junior varsity girl's basketball coach, $1,922.96; Jennifer Holt, prom advisor, $479. 16; Brent Smith, seventh and eighth grade girls basket~ ball, $1,202.12, seventh grade, $1,202. I 2, eighth grade. The board approved the advance of $1,000 from 300 fund to the athletic checking account to be used to cover officials and miscellaneou s fees . · An overnight out-ofstate field trip for the FFA was approved to attend the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., Oct . 24-27. women over age 16 are now the primary breadwinners in their families, female voters may be motivated to force their employers to offer them more sick time. Republicans, though, may emerge with a family issue of their own to counter the Democrats' values talk : a gay adoption ban. Social conservatives (rom Citizens for Community Values who backed the 2004 prohibition against gay marriage- an issue that caught fire in ll states that yearhave signaled that keeping same-sex couples from adopting chi ldn;n is the next logical step in their effon. An Ohio proposal to ban gay adoption fizzled last year, after Republican House Speaker Jon Husted rejected it as too divisive. But th e issue, with variations on the theme, is far from dead. After bills or ballot initiative s that wou ld have ban ned gay adoptions appeared - in 16 states, including Ohio, in ~006, it is logical to assume that the iss ue has si mply gone dor-. mant iri anticipati on of the . 2008 election . · . DofA observes Halloween CHESTER - Halloween was observed at the recent meeting of the Past Councilors Club of Chester Council No. 323, held at the Masonic hall with prizes going to those in the best costumes. Winning prizes were Thelma White , the prettiest; Doris Grueser, the ugliest, and Mary K. Holter, the most comical. Gary Holter, vice president , opened the meetin g with Psalrn I, the Lord 's Prayer and pledge to the American tlag in uni- · son. Members named their favorite thing about Halloween , in response to roll call. It was noted that Opal Eichinger will soon be coming home following her knee surgery. Next meeting will be held on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. Attending the meeting were Mary Jo Barringer, Charlotte Grant, Gary Holter, Doris Grueser; Opal Hollon, Jo Ann Ritchi e, Goldie Frederick, Julie Aeming, Laum Mae Nice, Dorothy Myers. Thelma White, Mary K. Holter, and Sandra White, a· visitor. Mary · J6 Barringer and Mary K. Holter were hostesses. Games were conducted by Goldie Frederick and JoAnn Ritchie. Downs from PageA1 way, having Down syndrome is like a involuntary fraternity/sorority for not only the individual but their · families. ' Still, it's not such a bad club to belong to according to theAverions, in fact, they call the club and more imponantly, Gianna, "a ·gift from God." "We look at it like we were C'hosen to have this gift," Lisa said about her youngest daughter. According to some, the gift of "Downs" is found in that extra chromosome people with the disorder possess, often called "the love chromosome" which is reflected in the unconditional love people with "Downs" often exhibit. Writer Wendy Holden wrote Down syndrome is (metaphorically)' "contagious' in that "family members (and even friends) of individuals with Down syndrome often find themselves exhibiting dramatic changes due to this 'something extra' permeating their bodies at the cellular level." For Lisa and Dave tha( "something ·extra" has come in the form of advo• cacy and educating themselves on the mi sconceptions Of the disorder. "I was worrying she wouldn 't live a full life and I le arned that's untrue." Dave said , say ing he· learned Gianna, and others like her, can go to school; even college, hold a job and have normalcy in her life . . · "She's going to live as full a life as anyone." Lisa said. . Despite all the statistics and opportunities they've learned about their daughter, the Averions have also learned from her, saying she has taught them every- . one has some cross to bear · and the antidote is realizing everyone needs accep.tance. For more information on Down syndrome go to the website for the National Down Syndrome Society at www.nd ss.org or stop by Bun's Party Barn on East Main Street. .,., ,,N CiR -8-' Q:;- < ~ . .. ~ c~ ' ,' \ 'i ... ~ ·t 0 );- --i y. -_)- · '> . . ~. . ............. ...... .. -···--·--- I PF:Rf\)JI\ll~'C ·\Ill'~ 0.\I"!U' . 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Due to Federal Lead Based paint Laws, contractors' must also have a Lead-Safe . Remodeling & Renovati on Training Certificate or be willing to attend a one day class to obtain suck cenification. Thi s is a Registration is less than $20.00. Contractors onthe Meig s Chip 'eli gibility li sting will have the opportunity to submit bids on Housing Rehabilitation and Home Repair Projects. Questions can be referred to Jean Trusse ll, Grants Admini strator at 740· 992-7908 . Jean Trussell Meigs CHIP Administrator �' . The Daily Sentinel Tuesday, October 30, 2007 PageA4 · OPINION Obituaries ' Tuesday, October 30, :t007 Furious ( 08 debate over health care could be good The Daily Sentinel Something remarkable reasonably clever way to selling in the states. 1.11 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio - and good - has happrove that the private secOther studies. document (740) 992-2156 • FAX (740) 992-2157 pened in the health care tor doesn ' t work and have that public satisf11ction with www.mydallysentlnel.com debate : Almost . everyone the government swoop in . Canada's single-payer sys: agrees that all Americans on a white horse .... (She's) tern is low because of long Ohio Valley Publishing Co. need to have insurance covnot jumping · immediately waits for diagnostic tests Morton erage. The debate now to a single-payer system and surgery. Canada 's Kordac:tce Dan Goodrich and it will be furious - is politically, that ' s a smart Supreme Court overruled over how to bring . that move - (but) indirect! y." Publisher the government's ban on about. Antos and others contend private insurance. Two leading Democratic that Clinton's proposed Charlene Hoeflich If Clinton's plan IS Democrats far more than requirements that insurance presidential candidates General Manager-News Editor flawed· and Edwards and Sen. Hillary Rodham Republicans on the health companies cover everyone Obama also propose govClinton (New York) and care issue. But the election who wants a policy ("guaranteed issue") and charge ernment-run plans that former Sen. John Edwards debate has just begun. In it, Republicans charge everyone the same premi- individuals may choose (North Carolina) - advo. Congress shall make no law respecting an cate a government mandate that Clinton's plan, in par- urn regardless of health, so are Republican ideas. - establishment of religion, or prohibiting the requiring all Americans to ticular, is designed to lead age or pre-exi'sting medical GOP· candidates sensibly free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of have insurance coverage, to a Canadian-style, gov- conditions ("community wa~ to end tax di scriminathat favors employeespeech, or of the press; or the right of the peo- though Sen. Barack Obama ernment-run, single-payer rating") . will hugely raise tiou sponsored insurance over system with little or no pri- the price of private insurdoes not. ple peaceably to assemble, and to petition the (Illinois) On the Republican side, vate Insurance and long ance, giving an advantage individual-market in surGovernment for a redress grievances. national mandates are· waits for care. to her government-run ance and encourage people to be cost-conscious about They contend that their insurance plan. anathema, but candidates There's no question that health care. - The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution like former New York alternative - a competiOn the other hand, tax Mayor Rudy Giuliani , for- tive private insurance mar- Clinton's rhetoric betrays mer Massachusetts Gov. · ketplace financed by tax hostility. toward private deductions or credits may - will make indiencourage younger, healthMitt Romney and Sen. breaks viduals more attentive to insurance companies John McCain (Arizona) health costs and make cov- whose former lobby, the . ier workers to drop compa·Today is Tuesday, Oct. 30, the 303 rd day of 2007. There contend that their proposed · Health Insurance ny coverage and buy cheap more affordable. Association of America, policies on their own, raiserage tax deductions or credits are 62 days left in the year. On the other hand, Today 's Highlight in History: will enable everyone to buy led the way in defeating her ing the cost for older work· Democrats charge that 1993 health plan. · On Oct 30, 1938, the radio play "The War of the private insurance. ers left behind. schemes will underAt. a forum last week GOP Worlds," starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. (The live (Romney signed an indiCompromise plans like mine the employer-based ~rama, which employed fake breaking hews repons, panvidual mandate into law in insurance system and throw sponsored by the Kaiser Wyden's . and the CEO's ic,ked some listeners who thought the ponrayal of a Manian Massachusetts and someolder and sicker Americans Family Foundation, would change the tax laws, invasion was real.) times says it's a model for into an unregulated market Clinton said, "We're going give individuals more 'On this date: other · states but won ' t where they will not be able to change the way insur- choice and money to buy In 1735, the second president of the United States. John advance it as a national to afford insurance. ance companies do busi- private insurance - not ·Adams, was born in Braintree, Mass. program. He now f'<lvors There is merit to each ness in America. Right government in surance : In 1885,. poet Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho. In 1944, the Martha Graham ballet "Appalachian making all ·medical expens- case, and the best answer now, (they) spend $50 bit- and set regulations for how may be a compromise that . lion a year trying to figure the private insurance marSJ?.ring," with music by Aaron Copland, premiered at the es tax-deductible.) The agreement on uni- involves mandatory cover' out how not to cover pea- ket operates. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., with Graham in versal coverage is good age, tax credits and a regu- pie. Well, J:m going to save a leading role. · The administration might In 1961, the Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb, the because if~veryone is cov~ lated private market Such them a fortune and a whole have helped Republicans "Tsar Bomba," with a force estimated at about 50 mega- ered - young and healthy, a plan has been proposed lot of time because the new get a start in the '08 debate tons. middle-aged and sick, well- by Sens. ·Ron Wyden, D· policy is, no more discrimby presenting a full-blown . In 1961, the Soviet Party Congress unanimously off and poor - average Ore., and Bob Bennett, R- ination, period." tax credit plan but failed to approved a resolution ordering the removal of Josef Stalin's msurance premiums can Utah, and another by the Clinton's $50 billion fig- do so - and the veto of a body from Leniq 's tomb. · come down, making cover- Committee for Economic ure seems to encompass all In 1979, President Caner announced his choice of feder- age more affordable and Development, a big-busi- underwriting, marketing bipartisan plan to cover children gives a boost to al appeals Judge Shirley Hufstedler to head the newly cre- ending the need for anyone 11ess-oriented think tank. and administrative costs for 'bemocrills. · ated Depanment of Education. to seek medical care in hos: The case against the insurance industry. She In 1995, by a razor-thin vote of 50.6 percent to 49.4 perBut this debate is just pita! emergency rooms. said government programs Clinton 's health plan cent, federalists prevailed over separatists in a Quebec beginning in earnest. How to provide coverage and it's applicable to were far more efficient but secession referendum. Republicans are starting Ten years ago: A jury in Cambridge, Mass., convicted IS going to be one of the Edwards and Obama as neglected to note that from behind, but they can British au pair Louise Woodward ofsecond-degree murder major issues of the 2008 well - ·is that by creating a insurance companies procatch up if they emphasize in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen. (The judge, campaign, leading - one Medicare-like government vide services like disease Hiller B. Zobel, later reduced the verdict to manslaughter can only hope - to pas- alternative to private insur- management that public that they want to cover everyone, as Democrats and set Woodward free.) <::on fronting some of his harshest sage of national health ance and heavily regulating . plans don't. reform during the next private plans, people will Various studies show that definitely want to do. critics ~ Chinese President Jiang Zemin defended his councoverage" president' s first term. try's human rights record before members of Congress. tlood to the government several states that have "Universal be everyone's Movie director Samuel Fuller died in Hollywood. So far, polls indicate that plan, .leading to Canadian- imposed guaninteed-issue should Five years ago: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's" the public regards health style medicine. mantra. and community-rating broad-based coalition collapsed when Cabinet ministers care as the No. 2 issue to be (Morton Kortdracke is As Joseph Antos, a schol- requirements 111 the past from the .moderate Labor Party resigned in a dispute over addressed by '08 candi- ar executive editor of Roll at the American ultimately repealed them funding for Jewish settlements. Walter Mondale returned to dates - Iraq is No. I Enterprise Institute, put it, after insurance ~ompanies Call, the newspaper of politics as Minnesota Democrats approved the former vi'ce and that voters trust Clinton has designed "a dropped coverage and quit Capitol Hill.) president as a fill-in for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone less • than a week before the election . (However, Mondale ended up losing to Republican Norm Coleman.) Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell), a rapper with the Run-D.M.C. hip-hop group, was killed in a shooting in New York; he was 37. One year ago: Mass. Sen. John Kerry told a California college audience that young people who didn't study hard might "get stuck in Iraq," prompting harsh Republican criticism; Kerry later said it was a botched joke against ~resident Bush's handling of the war. Larry Nelson and Vijay Siflgh were among five people inducted into the This is the most secretive that we must "trust" it to Circuit, in which the alWorld Golf Hall of Fame. . close courtrooms requires a Haramain Islamic · Thought for Today: "There are things that are known and administration in American history because it has so suspension of disbelief that Foundation claims it was tpings that are unknown ; in between are doors." much lawlessness to hide. responsible American citisubject to secret govern~nonymous. In August, as tlie 9th Circuit zens should not provide. ment surveillance without Coun of Appeals heard Can we trust an indepencoun app(Oval, the goyernNat LETTERS TO THE arguments on the governdent judiciary to examine ment - claiming that "state Hentoff ment' s invoking "state the evidence the govern- secrets" require, in the • EDITOR •• secrets" to absolutely close ment should provide in sup- interests of national securi • Letters to the editor are welcome. They should be les,, down a case, Judge Harry port of its claimed "state ty, that the case must be disthan 300 words. All lerters are subject to editing, must be Pregerson said to Deputy secrets" privilege? missed without being heard, §igned, and include address and telephone numbet: No Solicitor General Gregory conservative constitutional Responds the Constitution argued: / rtnsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in Garre, appearing . before scholar Richard Epstein Project: "Whether plaintiffs were g,ood taste, addressing issues, not personalities. Letters of him: "The; bottom line here (University of Chicago) to Congress has already, in a thanks to organizations and individuals will not be accept- is the government .declares liberal civil libertarian liti- range of statuies, . "recog- subject to surveillance is a state secret, and information for publication. sornething is a state secret, ' gator David . Cole nized major r~sponsibilities tending to confirm or deny . and that's the end of it. The (Georgetown University of federal judges in the area that fact should · be priviking- can do no wrong." Law Center) and the ardent of national security. Judges leged." 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Constitution Project, its as valid on their face, courts · tion of determining the facts This is the land of the report on state secrets is by undermine the principle of on wh.ich admissibility of free? Mall Subacrlptlon its Liberty and Security judicial independence, the evidence depends, will fur· · _ (Nat Hentoff is a nation General Manager Inside Meigs County in conjunction adversary process, fairness nish · to bureaucratic offi- ally renowned authority on Committee Charlene Hoeflk:h, Ext. 12 13 Weeks ' 32.26 with the equally indepen- · in the courtroom, and our cials too ample opportuni- the First Amendmimt and 26 Weeks . ' 64.20 dent Coalition to Defend constitutional system' of ti es for ~busing the privi- the Bill of Rights'and author 52 Weeks ' 127.11 E-mail: Checks & Balances. The co- . checks and balances." lege .... Both principle and of many books, inclrtdinfi news@mydailysentinel.cam Outside Meigs County authors of the repon range Since this particular policy demand that the "The War on the Bill of 13 Weeks '53.55 from David Keene, chair- administration has violated determination of the privi- Rights and the Gathering 1 107.10 Web: 26 Weeks man of the American so many legal anq constitu- lege shall be for the Court." Resistance " (Seven Stories 52 Weeks • '214.21 www.mydailysentinel .corn Conservative Union, and tiona! rights, its assurance ' In · a case before the 9th Press, 2004).) of Larry Emest Griffin · RACINE - ·Larry Ernest Griffin. 64, of Racine passed unexpectedly on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 at the Holzer Med1cal Center. He was born on Oct. 29 , 1942 in Long Bottom , to Ernest Griffin and the late June (Newlun) Griffin. Larry was an auto body shop manager at Smith Buick for many years. He also served in the United States Air Force and was a mell)ber of the Ameri can Legion. He is survived by his wife, Grace Griffin. Racine; children : Ernest Griffin, Tuppers Plains, Eddie (Melissa) Griffin. Reedsville, Mark (Tonya) GrifTin, Tuppers Plains; his father, Ernest Emerson Griffin, Long Bottom; brothers, Errol (Connie) Griffin. Greenfield, Ind ., Roger Griffin, Long Bottom; sisters, Pamela (Richard) Webber, Sylvester, Ga. Debbie (Joe) Null, Belpre; step-children , Brady (Terri) Huffman, Jr., Greg (Liz) Huffman, Ponland,Beth (Rob Eddy) Brown, Racine; grandchildren. Lance, Derek , Bradley, Angel and Mandy; step-grandchildren: Dustin, Julyan, Alex, Ozzy Huffman. Jackie and Jessie Gloyd, and Cole and Bradley Brown; one great grandchild. and several nieces and nephews. He is. preceded in death by his mother and brother Phillip Griftin. Services will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007 at I p.m . at the Pomeroy Chapel of Fisher Funeral Homes with the Rev. Larry Fisher officiating. Burial will follow in the Letan Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m . on Monday, Oct 29, 2007 at the funeral home Online condolences may be sent to www.fisherfuneralhomes.com. · awa~ TODAY IN HISTORY ' ' Opening courtrooms closed by.Bush . .. ¥ :. The Daily Sentinel • Velma Taylor MIDDLEPORT- Velma Taylor, 66, Middleport passed away Oct. 29, 2007 in Charleston, W. Va. after a brief illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announce by the Fisher Funeral Homes in Middlepon. Cancer "It makes you appreciate life better if you go through something like that," he said. "But , (Holzer Center from PageA1 for Cancer Care) is just a cancer. He never had a bad nice place to visit. I hope I mood and never lost his never have to go back under faith jn God, he said. serious circumstances." Bobby had a prayer circle While in treatment, he stretching across the globe,. became close with the staff Hazet · said. "Our church and other patients. "You feel family was such a blessi ng, like a family when you go too," she said. The doctors there," hi s wife said. failed to find any trace of Bobby retired from the cancer in his body during United States Air Force in his last major checkup in 1980 after . 27 combined October 2006. The couple years of service . He served believes their faith cured the last six months of the Bobby. The news was over- Korean War and also served whelming to them. and at in Vietnam. Of all the years the same time. a hu ge sense in the USAF, Bobby has of relief. never faced a challenge like "It's amazing . how you cancer. "It's a small price to can go through all these pay to still be above the things . You don ' t realize sod," Bobby said, jokingly. how tired you are until it's "But, I'm OK." all over," Hazel said. After With their 50th anniverovercomin~; cancer at 71, he sary date a year away, it moves a httle slower, but looks as if n()w they will still manages to play several make it and see many more. rounds of golf a · week. "I ..yake up every morning, When he's not golfin~. he is and I say 'Thank God for fishing and entertainmg hi!> another day,'" Hazel said. "I seven-year·old grandson." I think he's done a remarkwould say that's ~retty able job for what he's been good, wouldn't you . " he through" commented. Bobby still "It's a long story," he said. takes vitamins and keeps "But, it has a good ending;" eating the right foods. his wife responded. Grant from PageA1 funded. Deem said this portion of the grant targets 12 "at .risk" students in grades nine-12, includes individual. counseling and a curriculum that runs over the course of a year, including summer schooL Kyle Wickline was employed as a long term sub-intervention ~pecialist for the remainder of the 2007-08 school year. The following certified substitute s.taff were approved: Jennifer Baldwin, Rebecca Carson, Leland Carver, Brian Doherty, Chad Hu ston, Christiane Marshall, Jody Wamsley, Kyle Wickline, Melissa Queen, Sara Dodson, · Louanna Smeck. Melissa Reedy was employed as a substitute bus driver. The board accepted a $450 grant from the Gall ia-J ac kson .- Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services. The board revised the attendance policy that now says half-day absences refle-c t a half-day with anything less than a halfday being counted as tardy. Board member Don Smith voted against the motion. The board approved the first reading of the district's bylaw s, policy, admini strative guidelines and forms. The board voted to move the district' s busine ss INVESTME INSURANC HANKIN POINT PLEASANT 304.675.4480 POINT PLEASANT N 304.675.8130 GALLIPOLIS 740.446.0902 • www.mydaiiysentinel.com . The Daily Sentinel • Page As PERSPECTIVE: Empty ballot could get full during presidential year Bv JULIE CARR SMYTH AP STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT COLUMBUS Next month 's ballot will be free of statewide issues - but don 't think voters in a state so pivotal to the 2008 election will find such a light lineup next year. With the presidential contest coming, outside groups with a stake in who wins are sure to find Ohio's ballot an attractive place to help them reach their political goals. The strategy helped elect President Bush in 2004 when conservative voters came out in high numbers to approve the gay-marriage ban supported by one of Bush's biggest contributors and grou ndwork is already b!!ing laid to ·adjust voter mindsets in ways beneficial to certain candidates before next year. Though labor unions have played down the link, the sick-day initiative they're backing for a possible ballot spot in 2008 would bring out many voters who'll side with whatever Democratic candidate ends up winning the party's nomination. They'll be trying first to force the Legislature to pass it. Dubbed the "Hea lthy Families Act," the manda,te to require bigger employers to offer a minimum of seven sick days per year will surely resonate with the state's working class voters, most of whom lean Democrat or independent. In an August poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, 88 _percent of registered Democrats and -84 percent of independents reported being either favorable or indifferent to union endorsements of candidates, an atiitude that presumably means• those voters are amenable to the work-life issues ihat unions push. Building on the victory of a similar issue in San Francisco last year, 14 states and two other cities are now pursuing si milar measures, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families. The issue could be panicularly helpful to Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton, , if she becomes the nominee, by bringing out the women's vote she is cultivating. In a state where 61 percent of Local Briefs · Correction TUPPERS PLAINS -The craft show sponsored by the Eastern Music Boosters will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. I 0 at the high school. Taking toy applications ' POMEROY - The Meigs County Biker 's Association is now taking applications for its Christmas toy giveaway. The parents/guardians of 100 children, ages birth to 16 may apply for the toys on a first come, first served basis from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Meigs County Health Depanment (MCHD). Bring medical card or proof of household gross income when applying with Counney Sim of the MCHD. Call Sim at 992-6626 or Rosalyn Stew an at 992-0060, 9926288. . '. . Veterans to be honored POMEROY- Veterans will be honored at the Thursday evening dinner at the Senior Citizens Center. All veterans will eat free but must make a reservation by Tuesday. The price for others coming to dinner is $6.50. All ages are welcome. The menu will consist of a choice of soup, vegetable or chicken noodle, a sandwich, dessrt and dnnk. A shan program honoring veterans will b held following the dinner. accounts to Farmers Bank. The board approved the five-year forecast as required by Oct. 31, including the annual spending plan in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code. The board approved the sale of the elementary school's Frymaster to Rally's of Parkersburg for $2,500. Board · member Peggy Gibbs voted against the motion . The board approved employing Tim Thoren on a one-year contract as the EMIS preschool coordinator at a rate of $3,000. Board members Gibbs and Smith voted against the motion . The following supplemental po sitions for the 2007-08 school year were approved: Ryan Lemley, eighth grade boy's basketball coach, $1,202J 2; Stephen Randolph, freshmen boy's basketball coach, $1 ,284.08; Brian Weaver, junior varsity girl's basketball coach, $1,922.96; Jennifer Holt, prom advisor, $479. 16; Brent Smith, seventh and eighth grade girls basket~ ball, $1,202.12, seventh grade, $1,202. I 2, eighth grade. The board approved the advance of $1,000 from 300 fund to the athletic checking account to be used to cover officials and miscellaneou s fees . · An overnight out-ofstate field trip for the FFA was approved to attend the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., Oct . 24-27. women over age 16 are now the primary breadwinners in their families, female voters may be motivated to force their employers to offer them more sick time. Republicans, though, may emerge with a family issue of their own to counter the Democrats' values talk : a gay adoption ban. Social conservatives (rom Citizens for Community Values who backed the 2004 prohibition against gay marriage- an issue that caught fire in ll states that yearhave signaled that keeping same-sex couples from adopting chi ldn;n is the next logical step in their effon. An Ohio proposal to ban gay adoption fizzled last year, after Republican House Speaker Jon Husted rejected it as too divisive. But th e issue, with variations on the theme, is far from dead. After bills or ballot initiative s that wou ld have ban ned gay adoptions appeared - in 16 states, including Ohio, in ~006, it is logical to assume that the iss ue has si mply gone dor-. mant iri anticipati on of the . 2008 election . · . DofA observes Halloween CHESTER - Halloween was observed at the recent meeting of the Past Councilors Club of Chester Council No. 323, held at the Masonic hall with prizes going to those in the best costumes. Winning prizes were Thelma White , the prettiest; Doris Grueser, the ugliest, and Mary K. Holter, the most comical. Gary Holter, vice president , opened the meetin g with Psalrn I, the Lord 's Prayer and pledge to the American tlag in uni- · son. Members named their favorite thing about Halloween , in response to roll call. It was noted that Opal Eichinger will soon be coming home following her knee surgery. Next meeting will be held on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. Attending the meeting were Mary Jo Barringer, Charlotte Grant, Gary Holter, Doris Grueser; Opal Hollon, Jo Ann Ritchi e, Goldie Frederick, Julie Aeming, Laum Mae Nice, Dorothy Myers. Thelma White, Mary K. Holter, and Sandra White, a· visitor. Mary · J6 Barringer and Mary K. Holter were hostesses. Games were conducted by Goldie Frederick and JoAnn Ritchie. Downs from PageA1 way, having Down syndrome is like a involuntary fraternity/sorority for not only the individual but their · families. ' Still, it's not such a bad club to belong to according to theAverions, in fact, they call the club and more imponantly, Gianna, "a ·gift from God." "We look at it like we were C'hosen to have this gift," Lisa said about her youngest daughter. According to some, the gift of "Downs" is found in that extra chromosome people with the disorder possess, often called "the love chromosome" which is reflected in the unconditional love people with "Downs" often exhibit. Writer Wendy Holden wrote Down syndrome is (metaphorically)' "contagious' in that "family members (and even friends) of individuals with Down syndrome often find themselves exhibiting dramatic changes due to this 'something extra' permeating their bodies at the cellular level." For Lisa and Dave tha( "something ·extra" has come in the form of advo• cacy and educating themselves on the mi sconceptions Of the disorder. "I was worrying she wouldn 't live a full life and I le arned that's untrue." Dave said , say ing he· learned Gianna, and others like her, can go to school; even college, hold a job and have normalcy in her life . . · "She's going to live as full a life as anyone." Lisa said. . Despite all the statistics and opportunities they've learned about their daughter, the Averions have also learned from her, saying she has taught them every- . one has some cross to bear · and the antidote is realizing everyone needs accep.tance. For more information on Down syndrome go to the website for the National Down Syndrome Society at www.nd ss.org or stop by Bun's Party Barn on East Main Street. .,., ,,N CiR -8-' Q:;- < ~ . .. ~ c~ ' ,' \ 'i ... ~ ·t 0 );- --i y. -_)- · '> . . ~. . ............. ...... .. -···--·--- I PF:Rf\)JI\ll~'C ·\Ill'~ 0.\I"!U' . SPRI~<(; V~;~LEY , .j II ' I ' 7 ' I '' TUES. 10/30107 Haunted Theater Oct. 25 - 31st WWW.SPRINGVALLEYCINEMA.COM Box Ottlca Opena 0 6:30 PM Ohio Valley Symphony November3 8:00pm Box Office: 428 2nd Ave. Gallipolis, OH (740) 446·ARTS ' NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Meigs County has been awarded a CHIP grant award froll) the State each year since 1994 and Meigs County has again been awarded another two year program grant. The CHIP program provides grant funding to qualified applicants for the rehabilitation of their home>: . Qualified contractors interested in bidding on jobs for . the Meigs County Community lmprovemenl program, : may request an application (Contractor's Statement of : Qualifications) from the CHIP Program at the Meig s · County Annex at 117 East Memorial Drive. Suite 5, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 or call Jean Trussell at 740-9927908. When the completed application is returned , it should be accompanied by proof of Liability In surance and Workmen's Compensation. Due to Federal Lead Based paint Laws, contractors' must also have a Lead-Safe . Remodeling & Renovati on Training Certificate or be willing to attend a one day class to obtain suck cenification. Thi s is a Registration is less than $20.00. Contractors onthe Meig s Chip 'eli gibility li sting will have the opportunity to submit bids on Housing Rehabilitation and Home Repair Projects. Questions can be referred to Jean Trusse ll, Grants Admini strator at 740· 992-7908 . Jean Trussell Meigs CHIP Administrator �OHIO STATE, BUSINESSES SEEKING NEW USES FOR DINNER SCRAPS PageA6 The Daily Sentinel COLU MB US·, Ohio (AP) - Half-ea ten food may be unappetizing, but it is beginnin g to have value beyond the dinner table. Grocery stores, researchers and gove rn ment entities are looking at ways to reduce the envi ro nmental impac t of the 2 million tons of food Ohioans se nd to the dump :· .. each year - by turning it into co mpost or alternative energy. About 97 percent of the ·state'' food waste ends up in land fill s, compared to half the state's empty aluminum cans and two in 10 disc arded newspapers. - "That's a lot of food, a lot of food ," said Terrie TerMeer, deputy chief of recycling and litter prevention for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. · Her department is working with the Ohio Grocers Association on a pilot program to assess whether grocery stores can cut their landfill costs, or at least break even , by recycling unused food into compost. Six Kroger stores statewide will be part of the experiment , slated to begin next year. The department also has spent $1 million in the last year helping create or expand food composting efforts, TerMeer satd. Kurtz Bros. Inc . of Ohio northwestern received a $250,000 state recycling grant to help build · a "digester" on Columbus' south side. lt turns food, restaurant oils, manure and sewage sludge into energy. The mixture creates methane gas as a byproduct, which is purified and sold as natural gas, said company owner Tom Kurtz. Ohio University in southeast Ohio received a AP photo Whole Foods Market employee Chad Newman cups up pineapples. putting waste into a container that will be emp. tied into a compost on Oct. 24 in Columbus. Grocery stores. researchers and government entities are looking at ways to reduce the environmental impact of the 2 million tons of food Ohioans send to the dump each year, by turning it into compost or alternative energy. Whole Foods Market on Columbus· northwest side collects food scraps in special bins that are emptied into a compactor. The compacted waste is sold for recycling at about the $33.50 a ton it would cost to deposit it In a landfill, said Mark Smallwood, a Whole Foods green mission specialist. $250,000 state grant to buy and ·install a 3-ton food composting machine for the school's main cafeteria. Recycling food isn 't as simple as setting it out at the curb. Mg,st,g.OJllmunity and curbside programs don't accept any food wastes, meaning ' that an estimated t:• ·l3:h(Jlil0 tons went to the Franklin County landfill in central Ohio last year. A supermarket can produce one to I 0 tons of food waste in a week, said John Connolly, a consultant working with the state, the grocers and Barnes Nursety Inc ., a food composting company in northwest Ohio's Erie County. The challenge is persuading businesses that they can recycle food and the cardboard and paper it comes in - as cheaply as they can discard it, Connolly said. Only three Ohio companies recycle food waste into compost and mulch that can be sold for landscaping, gardens and flower beds, he said. Some other businesses sell food wast\!S to be com posted. Whole Foods Market on Columbus' northwest side collects food scraps in special bins that are emptied ilito a compactor. The compacted waste is sold for recycling at about the $33.50 a ton it would cost •to deposit it in a landfill, said Mark Smallwood, a . Whole Foods green mi ssion specialist. "It's about a break-even for us," · he said. "The issue is there are just not enough facilities that will take food waste." Price Farms .Organics, a 22-acre site ·in • central Ohio's Delaware County, accepts food scrap waste. Owner Tom Price said lawn clippings and manure make up 90 percent of his business, with food accounting for I 0 percent or less of the materiaLhe composts. "We'd like to get more (food)," Price said. "We've got the space and the ab'ility to handle it." . Tuesday, October 30, 2007 ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER AKRON - An adviser lost near!y all of the $225 million the state agency for injured workers put into a high-risk hedge fund, but that doesn't mean it was a crime, his attorney said Monday as his trial' ended. Mark Lay, chief executive and founder of MDL Capital Management of Pittsburgh, was following a strategy that officials at the Ohio Bureau i>f Workers' Compensation agreed upon, defense attor-. ney Richard Kerger said during closing arguments at Lay 's fraud trial in U.S. District Court. ''There is nothing in the charges that says loss is a crime," Kerger said. Kerger put his hand on Lay's shoulder and refuted the labels of liar and cheater that prosecutors placed on him: "There are liars in this · ~ouitroom - two of them," said Kerger, referring to the proseCutors. "None of them Mark Lay." : Lay hid the extent of the risk he took, which went way . beyond the limit that state · officials set. said assistant · U.S. Attorney Antoinette Bacon. Lay . occasionall y shook his head during her closing argument. "Because of his cheating, because of his lies, he turned what would have been a $2 million market loss to over $200 million," Bacon said. Nearly $216 million was lost from the $225 million fund. Lay, 44, was indicted in June on charges of investment advisory fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud as part of an investigation into a wide-reaching investment scandal at the state's agency for injured workers that reached to fonner Gov. Bob Taft. Jurors deliberated for about two hours Monday after hearing two weeks of testifllony in the case and then went home. Bacon said the risk Lay took could be equated with someone driving more than 7,000 mpb in a 5~ mph zone. ''This is beyond crazy. This is a suicidal level of risk. In one trade you could win it all or lose it all. This is absolutely insane," Bacon said. Defense lawyer Percy Squire said the hedge fund included a guideline describing the amount of risk that should be taken, but there was no f1JT11 limit. "Mr. Lay should have never even been indicted," he told the jury. The bureau was the sole CINCINNATI (AP) - President Bush says he won7t weigh in on the 2008 presidential campaign, at least not until after the primaries. He showed Monday, though, that he has no intention of staying out of lower-ticket contests. The president spent the better part of his day flying to Pennsylvania and then Ohio to raise money for Republican candidates. The Cincinnati visit al so had a baseball theme. Bush, a big baseball fan , was welcomed by the Reds owner Bob Castellini and then made a surprise appearance at a birthday party for Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench. His travels had at least one thing in common with his silent stance so far on the race to succeed him in the White House: He was under wraps the whole time. Bush went first to one large nome in a well-manicured neighborhood and then another. for gripping-and-grinning with wealthy GOP supporters out of sight of the media and without a single public utterance . The media that normally sticks close by the president, even when he is in closed events, was kept at buildings far from the fundraisers. . The president 's first stop was the Bryn Mawr, Pa., home of Jack and Pina Templeton. The event drew about 200 people to the leafy Philadelphia suburb, and added about $600,000 to the state GOP's coffers, said spokesman Mike Barley. . Next up was the home of Castellini and his wife, Susie. The reception benefited the re-election campaign of Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot, who hqlds a swing seat in a difficult district, and the National Republican Congressional Committee, the political arm of House Republicans in Washington. Chabot said the event was expected to raise about $575,000, with some going to the national committee. The seven-term Cincinnati Republican is likely to face a strong challenge next year from Democratic state Rep. Steve Driehaus. In both stops Monday, J3ush was greeted by small and polite groups of protesters, who fqcused on issues ranging from the war in Iraq to the current debate over expanding a government health insurano;;e program for children .. ''We just want to let Mr. Bush know that we don't support his · war," said Atia Huff, amon~ some two dozen demonstrators on the corners of im mtersection on the presidential motorcade's route in Cincinnati. One banner read: "Mission Not Accomplished." Bush, a former co-owner of the Texas Rangers, talked a little baseball here. Pete Witte, a local community leader, helped greet Bush at Cincinnati's Lunken Airport. "I said please tell Bob Castellini when you' re at his house to go out and get some more·pitching for the Reds," Witte recounted. "He laughed, and he said, 'It always comes down to that, doesn't it?'" .The president caused a small stir by making an unannounced stop at the 60th birthd~y party for Bench, a star of the 1975-'76 world champion Reds. Bush 's motorcade suddenly ·pulled up to the Montgomery Inn Boathouse, a famous local ribs restaurant, and the president mingled with patrons before heading upstairs for Bench's festivities. "Sixt~ is not all that old," joked the 61 -year-old president, hts arm around Bench, who had also attended the Chabot fu/\1).\l)s~; ·He can still play." "My accountant want~ me to," Bench joked back. • Bush left with a bag full of three sides of ribs, potato chips, onion straws and sauce for his trip back to .Washil!gtOI!f!-lfle·'l'eStaurant refused to let him pay. . investor in the hedge fund that Lay set up in Bennuda, according to the indictment against him. He is accused of repeatedly failing to tell bureau officials when ques.tioned beginning in 2004 about the extent of the risk he was taking with the fund. The defense contends that Lay was not an investment adviser to the bureau - only to the hedge fund in which it invested, therefore he had no fiduciary responsibility to bureau officials. But prosecutors say Lay acknowledged his investment adviser relationship to the bureau while giving a deposition in a civil case. "Mark Lay admitted under oath seven times that the bureau was his client," 'ass is. tant U.S. Attorney Benita Pearson said. The jury asked to hear that testimony · again and Judge David D. Dowd Jr. told jurors it would be read to them Tuesday morning. The case against Lay emerged from a probe into another case, the 2005 revelation that Republican donor Tom Noe was investing state money in rare coins. Noe's now serving IS years in pri son for theft and other crimes. Nineteen people have .been convicted in the scandal. Local weather Tuesday , .. Wide spread frost with patchy fog in the morning. Sun ny. Highs in the mid 60s . Light and variable winds.. . Becoming south around 5 mph in the. afternoon. Thesday night... Ciear. Lows in the upper 30s. South winds around 5 mph in the evening ... Becom ing . light and variable. Wedne sday ... Sun ny. Hi ghs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to I0 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Wednesday night...Partly cloud y. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Thursday ... Mostly cloudy in the morning... Then clearing.· Cooler with highs around 60. requin!d by the Antidegradation Rule, rule 3745-1-05 of the Ohio Administrative Coole( l"·"'"''three alternidives have been submitted for the projet:t. The applic:al!l's pn1posed rmmt alternative, If l!pproved, would result in a,total of 1.01 acres of wetland and.,.,.,:> feet of headwater streams being illled. The barge fleeting facility will involve placement ~il:::~:~~six unloading cells and a 60-foot wide by 260-foot long by 15-foot deep ch~m-( unloading. Rl.ver bank stabilization along the 1,800 foot upstream har·gel will Involve excavatlqn of the river bank to achieve a slope of no greater above and below normal pooL Stabilization will he achieved usl.ngapllroxlnut,elyl fJ::I,IIJUU CUhlc yards of riprap with an average diameter of .18 inches. ~ addition, a river water intake, consisting of two cylindrical wedgewire screen ele1met~ts,l he located approximately 80 feet offshore beyond the ordinary liigh water mark and below the surface at normal pool. A wastewater discllarge will he located about 900 llo•wm;tream of the Intake facility. The wastewater discharge ditch will he rip-rapped ~PIPI'II•xhnately a 30-inch thickness of riprap having an average diameter of 18 inches down · elevation approximately 5 feet below the Ohio River ordinary high water mark. applicant's proposed minimal degradation alternativl!. if approved, would eliminate the lirst cell of the on-site solid waste landfill. The size of the barge Heeling facility wn•llldl be n!duced to eight mooring cells and six uilloading cells, the mlillmum 0ecessary to the requln!d amount of coal to be deliven!d. The surface water intake structure wo1llldl ellmlnated In favor of several groundwater wells placed parallel to the Ohio River. ~~:=~:~.::treatment physlcal-dlemlcal processes would he replaced with advanced~~=: H and biological treatment proces.-. Filled wetlands will he reduced to 0.22 comprise a mill or category ll!fld category II. Filled headwater streams wUI be · lineal feet River bank stabilization along the upstream barge mooring facility wiD rectlua!CI to 1,400 feet with a commensurate n!duction In required riprap. Material renH1v1dl Initial dredging and. sbofeUne stabilization for the upstream barge mooring facility at up to 56,000 cubic yards total. The large equipment unloading facUlty and wa.•te-1 wUI be the same as the preferred design. The applicant's proposed nm•-d•e&-1 alternative, if approved, would bllve no direct impacts on waters of the state. I result in degradation to, or lowering or, 1 or the Ohio River and uplandwould quality tributaries and wetlands. Ohio EPA will revllewl application, and decide whether In grant or deny the application, in accordance with u~'"' ~~~~:~ 3745-1 and 3745-32, In accordance with OAC rule 3745-1-0S, an antid~gradlitlonl of the application will he conducted before deciding whether to allow a lowering lwa~er quality. All three proposed alternatives will be considered during the review pr(K:ess.l exclusions or waivers, as outlined by OAC rule 3745·1-05, apply or may be granted. ~~:~~'!: from the activity, If approved, M Thesday, October 30, 2007 . locAL SCHEDULE A schedule of upccming colsportr.g 4WintS ltvoMng.leam!l from Gallia and Meigs wooties. GALLIPOLIS - lege and N!jl SChool varsity ThuNdJV Noytmbor 1 Volloyball Divis ion IV R9giona/ Semifinals ·Eastern 'llersus Berlin Hiland at L.ancaster Hfgh School, late match Erldev. Noyembar 2 Football Point Pleasant at Chapman11ille Hannan at Hundred SB1yrdoy Nmmber 3 Cross Country DivisiOns 1-lll OHSAA state championships at Scioto Downs. 11 a.m. . Browns coach not ready to hail improved club's arrival just yet Bv TOM WITHERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BEREA - Usually, it's the coach who's on the receiving e.nd of an ice-cold celebratory bath. On Monday, Romeo Crennel dumped a. frosty bucket of reality on the Cleveland Browns. Sunday 's 27-20 comeback win over the injury-crippled and winless St. Louis Rams gave the Browns (4-3) several more reasons to feel good about themselves in an unexpected season of surprises. The victory was: -Cleveland's first on the road in 2007. , - The second straight for the Browns, giving them two in ·a row in the same season for the first time since 2003, stopping a 64-game drought. They've already matched their win total from last sea- son. Further proof that Cleveland's high-powered, multifaceted offense can strike from anywhere on the field if quarterback Derek Anderson gets time. - Crennel's 14th in three seasons, pushing tile Browns over .500 for the frrst time since he took ever in 2005. The Browns are rolling. Right, coac~? "All of those things are good things," Crennel said. "We know that we need to improve. We're not saying - by any stretch of the imagination ·- that we' ve .. ' Startir12 October 30, 2007, copies of the appUcatlon and tech illcal support informatkin Inspected at Ohio EPA-DSW, LIIZIIrus «:;overnment Center, 50 West Town Street, Columbus, Ohio, bl first calling (614) 644-2001. Copies nf the application and teclhnlcall ~~~:::~ intonnatlon 'ciJ. be made avalluble upon request at Ohio EPA District Offices p the sa~ number. l'er'SOriS wishing to 1) be on Obio EPA's Interested parties mailing ll~t for this project, ~~:~:~n~a public hearing, or 3) submit written comments for Ohio EPA's con~lderation ~ the appii<!Dtion should do So in writing to Ohio EPA-DSW, Attc!ntion: Per~ml:tsl Unlt,,P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049 within thirty days of thedate arrived. We 've got a lot of work to do." True, but Crennel gave hi s players - except for the rookies - the day off on Monday anyway, rewarding them for a win. that seemed in serious jeopardy when the Browns fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter to the undermanned Ram.;. But showing poise and resiliency, Cleveland overcame 14 penalties, two major gaffes by wide recei ver Braylon Edwards and got key defensive stops down the stretch to hold on and beat a team it was expected to beat. That's saying something for the Browns, who have crumbl ed in the past when thiqgs weren' t going the ir way. Confiden ce is high. Caution, too. Crennel fears he may have a handful of players who rn a~ have trouble squeezing the1r swelling heads inside their orange helmets thi s week. "Some of them think they've arrived and they've done more than they need to Please see Browns, B:Z to Brett Favre leads team to .victory Martindale finishes 45th at meet BY lARRY CRUM LCRUM@MYDAILYREGISTER.COM Barnesvilie took first place with a time of 18:23 followed by · Natalie PICKERINGTON - For Perzanowski ( 19:30) and the third straight year Lauren KeJiy Perzanowki ( 19:49) of Adkins will be making an Bellaire , Emily Skidmore appearance at the state cross ( 19:57) of Albany Alexander country meet. and Ali Ernest (20: 17) of This time, however, she Newark Catholic. will be going alone. Locally, Ri ver Valley 's Adkins finished fourth in Ashley Fitch placed 60th of the Division · II regional the 132 competitors with a · championship Saturday to time of 22:0R. advance to the state meet, but Overall, Bellaire St. John her team did not. Gallia Central placed first with a Academy finished 13th as a score of 46. Rounding· out team this weekend, failing to the top five were Galion advance to the state meet Northmor (103), Newark after moving on last year, Catholic ( 117), Magnolia Adkins' time of 20:09 in Sandy Valley (124) and Col. the Division II race was School for Girls (155). In the Division Ill boys fourth fastest behind race winner Kaylee Nutter of race Isaac Pates of Zanesville who finished the Fredericktown finished first. course at a pace of 19:50. with a time of 16:32. Jeremy Sherry Borsos (19:55) of . Anderson (16:42) of Beverly Rayland and Emily Pifer Fort Frye was second, fol(19:55) of Canal Winchester lowed by Bryson Wade finished in second and third (16:47) of.Newark Catholic. while Kate Hodgson (20: 14) Brad Olinger ( 16:50) of West of St. Clairsville finished out Lafayette and Sam Foster the top five. ()6:51) of Bellaire. Overall Canal Winchester Aaron Martindale of took first place with 84 Eastern placed 45th with a points, followed by Marietta time of IS: 12. (99), New Albany (106), Overall Bellaire St. John Caledonia River Valley ( 139) Central swept the boys .and and Dover ( 142). The Blue girls races with a score of 77 Angels finished 13th with in the boys race. Mt. Gilead 280 points.. (84) as second followed by Lee Ann Townsend was Col. Granview Heights the next highest finisher for (113), Magnolia Sandy Gallia Academy. cracking Valley ( 136) and Caldwell the top 25 with a time of ( 148). 20:59 for 24th place. Genna Now Adkins will prepare Baker (22:58) placed 94th, to go it alone this weekend Aarika Stanley (23:23) was when she travels to the state 103rd, Sara Elberfeld (25:01) meet. was !24th and Jessica Willet The Division II girls cham(26:37) finished 131 st. pion ship starts Saturday at In the Division III girls Scioto Downs around II :50 race Stephanie Morgan of a.m. BY ARNIE STAPLETON ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER It was another signature ·. moment in a career that is full of them. · On the first play following the kickoff in overtime, Brett Favre connected on an 82-yard touchdown pass with Greg Jennings and the Green Bay Paclters defeated . the Denver Broncos 19-13 on Monday night. Denver had tied the score at 13 on Jason Elam's 2I- · yard field goal as time ran put in regulation, setting the stage for another Favre comeback. Green Bay (6-1) won the coin toss and on the first play, Jennings was matched up in man-to-man coverage on the left side. Favre, who threw a 79-yard touchdown pass to James Jones in the first half, hit Jennings in stride at the Oenver 40. Cornerback Dre' Bly had no shot at catching the speedy wide receiver who trotted into the end zone as Favre rushed to celebrate Green Say's first 6-1 start in five years. The Broncos (3-4) sent it into overtime with a drive t~at began at their own 7 with 2:27 left . · ·Out of timeouts, the field goal unit scrambled onto the field and Elam calmly nailed the kick, just as he did two months ago when the Broncos ran the same . fire drill to beat Buffalo as time expired in the opener. Denver almost had to share the spotlight with the Colorado Rockies, who were scheduled to play Game 5 of the World Series on Monday night at Coors Field before they were swept by the Boston Red Sox Sunday night. Instead, they shared it with Favre, who was criti· cized for a series of underthrown passes against Washington last week. Some of his best moments bave come on Monday .night. from his incredible game in Oakland following the death of his father to his game-winner to Ant~nio . Freeman 111 overttme against Minnesota. Now he's 6-1 for the third lime in his career. · In I996, Favre and the Packers parlayed a similar start into their Super Bowl Iitie. The Packers also started out 6-1 in :a<J02, when ihey finished 12-4 but were done in by injuries and ........,........ "' 'b etru•uh .,.,., ....,,. O.'sr'IJtne ,.............. ftlllllll .. tltnfdlt •r s't " Please see Fnre, B:Z n Thursday nigh,t and Friday ... Most! y clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 60s. Friday night through cloudy. Sunday .. .Partly Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s. · Sunday night and Monday .. .Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 60s. Bl The Daily Sentinel Girardi offeml Yankees job, Page B2 Bush raises Chabot cash, joins Bench celebration Defense: Investment adviser's loss of money not a crime BY JOE MIUCIA · Inside Avenue .. WV25550 : CoNTAcrUs 1·740-446-2342 ext. 33 Fox - 1·740·446-3008 E•rMII- sportsOmydailytribune.com 75.4500 Sports Staff Bryan Watters, Sports Writer (740) 446-2342, 0><1. 33 bwaltersO mydallytribune.com Larry Crum, Sports Writer (740) 446-2342. ext. 33 ~c·rumOmydailyregiater. com -' , Gallia Academy's Lauren fu:!kins runs during the Division II girts cross country meet Saturday in Pickerington. - - - -- -------- ------~ __ .. - - -- ,, �OHIO STATE, BUSINESSES SEEKING NEW USES FOR DINNER SCRAPS PageA6 The Daily Sentinel COLU MB US·, Ohio (AP) - Half-ea ten food may be unappetizing, but it is beginnin g to have value beyond the dinner table. Grocery stores, researchers and gove rn ment entities are looking at ways to reduce the envi ro nmental impac t of the 2 million tons of food Ohioans se nd to the dump :· .. each year - by turning it into co mpost or alternative energy. About 97 percent of the ·state'' food waste ends up in land fill s, compared to half the state's empty aluminum cans and two in 10 disc arded newspapers. - "That's a lot of food, a lot of food ," said Terrie TerMeer, deputy chief of recycling and litter prevention for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. · Her department is working with the Ohio Grocers Association on a pilot program to assess whether grocery stores can cut their landfill costs, or at least break even , by recycling unused food into compost. Six Kroger stores statewide will be part of the experiment , slated to begin next year. The department also has spent $1 million in the last year helping create or expand food composting efforts, TerMeer satd. Kurtz Bros. Inc . of Ohio northwestern received a $250,000 state recycling grant to help build · a "digester" on Columbus' south side. lt turns food, restaurant oils, manure and sewage sludge into energy. The mixture creates methane gas as a byproduct, which is purified and sold as natural gas, said company owner Tom Kurtz. Ohio University in southeast Ohio received a AP photo Whole Foods Market employee Chad Newman cups up pineapples. putting waste into a container that will be emp. tied into a compost on Oct. 24 in Columbus. Grocery stores. researchers and government entities are looking at ways to reduce the environmental impact of the 2 million tons of food Ohioans send to the dump each year, by turning it into compost or alternative energy. Whole Foods Market on Columbus· northwest side collects food scraps in special bins that are emptied into a compactor. The compacted waste is sold for recycling at about the $33.50 a ton it would cost to deposit it In a landfill, said Mark Smallwood, a Whole Foods green mission specialist. $250,000 state grant to buy and ·install a 3-ton food composting machine for the school's main cafeteria. Recycling food isn 't as simple as setting it out at the curb. Mg,st,g.OJllmunity and curbside programs don't accept any food wastes, meaning ' that an estimated t:• ·l3:h(Jlil0 tons went to the Franklin County landfill in central Ohio last year. A supermarket can produce one to I 0 tons of food waste in a week, said John Connolly, a consultant working with the state, the grocers and Barnes Nursety Inc ., a food composting company in northwest Ohio's Erie County. The challenge is persuading businesses that they can recycle food and the cardboard and paper it comes in - as cheaply as they can discard it, Connolly said. Only three Ohio companies recycle food waste into compost and mulch that can be sold for landscaping, gardens and flower beds, he said. Some other businesses sell food wast\!S to be com posted. Whole Foods Market on Columbus' northwest side collects food scraps in special bins that are emptied ilito a compactor. The compacted waste is sold for recycling at about the $33.50 a ton it would cost •to deposit it in a landfill, said Mark Smallwood, a . Whole Foods green mi ssion specialist. "It's about a break-even for us," · he said. "The issue is there are just not enough facilities that will take food waste." Price Farms .Organics, a 22-acre site ·in • central Ohio's Delaware County, accepts food scrap waste. Owner Tom Price said lawn clippings and manure make up 90 percent of his business, with food accounting for I 0 percent or less of the materiaLhe composts. "We'd like to get more (food)," Price said. "We've got the space and the ab'ility to handle it." . Tuesday, October 30, 2007 ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER AKRON - An adviser lost near!y all of the $225 million the state agency for injured workers put into a high-risk hedge fund, but that doesn't mean it was a crime, his attorney said Monday as his trial' ended. Mark Lay, chief executive and founder of MDL Capital Management of Pittsburgh, was following a strategy that officials at the Ohio Bureau i>f Workers' Compensation agreed upon, defense attor-. ney Richard Kerger said during closing arguments at Lay 's fraud trial in U.S. District Court. ''There is nothing in the charges that says loss is a crime," Kerger said. Kerger put his hand on Lay's shoulder and refuted the labels of liar and cheater that prosecutors placed on him: "There are liars in this · ~ouitroom - two of them," said Kerger, referring to the proseCutors. "None of them Mark Lay." : Lay hid the extent of the risk he took, which went way . beyond the limit that state · officials set. said assistant · U.S. Attorney Antoinette Bacon. Lay . occasionall y shook his head during her closing argument. "Because of his cheating, because of his lies, he turned what would have been a $2 million market loss to over $200 million," Bacon said. Nearly $216 million was lost from the $225 million fund. Lay, 44, was indicted in June on charges of investment advisory fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud as part of an investigation into a wide-reaching investment scandal at the state's agency for injured workers that reached to fonner Gov. Bob Taft. Jurors deliberated for about two hours Monday after hearing two weeks of testifllony in the case and then went home. Bacon said the risk Lay took could be equated with someone driving more than 7,000 mpb in a 5~ mph zone. ''This is beyond crazy. This is a suicidal level of risk. In one trade you could win it all or lose it all. This is absolutely insane," Bacon said. Defense lawyer Percy Squire said the hedge fund included a guideline describing the amount of risk that should be taken, but there was no f1JT11 limit. "Mr. Lay should have never even been indicted," he told the jury. The bureau was the sole CINCINNATI (AP) - President Bush says he won7t weigh in on the 2008 presidential campaign, at least not until after the primaries. He showed Monday, though, that he has no intention of staying out of lower-ticket contests. The president spent the better part of his day flying to Pennsylvania and then Ohio to raise money for Republican candidates. The Cincinnati visit al so had a baseball theme. Bush, a big baseball fan , was welcomed by the Reds owner Bob Castellini and then made a surprise appearance at a birthday party for Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench. His travels had at least one thing in common with his silent stance so far on the race to succeed him in the White House: He was under wraps the whole time. Bush went first to one large nome in a well-manicured neighborhood and then another. for gripping-and-grinning with wealthy GOP supporters out of sight of the media and without a single public utterance . The media that normally sticks close by the president, even when he is in closed events, was kept at buildings far from the fundraisers. . The president 's first stop was the Bryn Mawr, Pa., home of Jack and Pina Templeton. The event drew about 200 people to the leafy Philadelphia suburb, and added about $600,000 to the state GOP's coffers, said spokesman Mike Barley. . Next up was the home of Castellini and his wife, Susie. The reception benefited the re-election campaign of Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot, who hqlds a swing seat in a difficult district, and the National Republican Congressional Committee, the political arm of House Republicans in Washington. Chabot said the event was expected to raise about $575,000, with some going to the national committee. The seven-term Cincinnati Republican is likely to face a strong challenge next year from Democratic state Rep. Steve Driehaus. In both stops Monday, J3ush was greeted by small and polite groups of protesters, who fqcused on issues ranging from the war in Iraq to the current debate over expanding a government health insurano;;e program for children .. ''We just want to let Mr. Bush know that we don't support his · war," said Atia Huff, amon~ some two dozen demonstrators on the corners of im mtersection on the presidential motorcade's route in Cincinnati. One banner read: "Mission Not Accomplished." Bush, a former co-owner of the Texas Rangers, talked a little baseball here. Pete Witte, a local community leader, helped greet Bush at Cincinnati's Lunken Airport. "I said please tell Bob Castellini when you' re at his house to go out and get some more·pitching for the Reds," Witte recounted. "He laughed, and he said, 'It always comes down to that, doesn't it?'" .The president caused a small stir by making an unannounced stop at the 60th birthd~y party for Bench, a star of the 1975-'76 world champion Reds. Bush 's motorcade suddenly ·pulled up to the Montgomery Inn Boathouse, a famous local ribs restaurant, and the president mingled with patrons before heading upstairs for Bench's festivities. "Sixt~ is not all that old," joked the 61 -year-old president, hts arm around Bench, who had also attended the Chabot fu/\1).\l)s~; ·He can still play." "My accountant want~ me to," Bench joked back. • Bush left with a bag full of three sides of ribs, potato chips, onion straws and sauce for his trip back to .Washil!gtOI!f!-lfle·'l'eStaurant refused to let him pay. . investor in the hedge fund that Lay set up in Bennuda, according to the indictment against him. He is accused of repeatedly failing to tell bureau officials when ques.tioned beginning in 2004 about the extent of the risk he was taking with the fund. The defense contends that Lay was not an investment adviser to the bureau - only to the hedge fund in which it invested, therefore he had no fiduciary responsibility to bureau officials. But prosecutors say Lay acknowledged his investment adviser relationship to the bureau while giving a deposition in a civil case. "Mark Lay admitted under oath seven times that the bureau was his client," 'ass is. tant U.S. Attorney Benita Pearson said. The jury asked to hear that testimony · again and Judge David D. Dowd Jr. told jurors it would be read to them Tuesday morning. The case against Lay emerged from a probe into another case, the 2005 revelation that Republican donor Tom Noe was investing state money in rare coins. Noe's now serving IS years in pri son for theft and other crimes. Nineteen people have .been convicted in the scandal. Local weather Tuesday , .. Wide spread frost with patchy fog in the morning. Sun ny. Highs in the mid 60s . Light and variable winds.. . Becoming south around 5 mph in the. afternoon. Thesday night... Ciear. Lows in the upper 30s. South winds around 5 mph in the evening ... Becom ing . light and variable. Wedne sday ... Sun ny. Hi ghs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to I0 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Wednesday night...Partly cloud y. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Thursday ... Mostly cloudy in the morning... Then clearing.· Cooler with highs around 60. requin!d by the Antidegradation Rule, rule 3745-1-05 of the Ohio Administrative Coole( l"·"'"''three alternidives have been submitted for the projet:t. The applic:al!l's pn1posed rmmt alternative, If l!pproved, would result in a,total of 1.01 acres of wetland and.,.,.,:> feet of headwater streams being illled. The barge fleeting facility will involve placement ~il:::~:~~six unloading cells and a 60-foot wide by 260-foot long by 15-foot deep ch~m-( unloading. Rl.ver bank stabilization along the 1,800 foot upstream har·gel will Involve excavatlqn of the river bank to achieve a slope of no greater above and below normal pooL Stabilization will he achieved usl.ngapllroxlnut,elyl fJ::I,IIJUU CUhlc yards of riprap with an average diameter of .18 inches. ~ addition, a river water intake, consisting of two cylindrical wedgewire screen ele1met~ts,l he located approximately 80 feet offshore beyond the ordinary liigh water mark and below the surface at normal pool. A wastewater discllarge will he located about 900 llo•wm;tream of the Intake facility. The wastewater discharge ditch will he rip-rapped ~PIPI'II•xhnately a 30-inch thickness of riprap having an average diameter of 18 inches down · elevation approximately 5 feet below the Ohio River ordinary high water mark. applicant's proposed minimal degradation alternativl!. if approved, would eliminate the lirst cell of the on-site solid waste landfill. The size of the barge Heeling facility wn•llldl be n!duced to eight mooring cells and six uilloading cells, the mlillmum 0ecessary to the requln!d amount of coal to be deliven!d. The surface water intake structure wo1llldl ellmlnated In favor of several groundwater wells placed parallel to the Ohio River. ~~:=~:~.::treatment physlcal-dlemlcal processes would he replaced with advanced~~=: H and biological treatment proces.-. Filled wetlands will he reduced to 0.22 comprise a mill or category ll!fld category II. Filled headwater streams wUI be · lineal feet River bank stabilization along the upstream barge mooring facility wiD rectlua!CI to 1,400 feet with a commensurate n!duction In required riprap. Material renH1v1dl Initial dredging and. sbofeUne stabilization for the upstream barge mooring facility at up to 56,000 cubic yards total. The large equipment unloading facUlty and wa.•te-1 wUI be the same as the preferred design. The applicant's proposed nm•-d•e&-1 alternative, if approved, would bllve no direct impacts on waters of the state. I result in degradation to, or lowering or, 1 or the Ohio River and uplandwould quality tributaries and wetlands. Ohio EPA will revllewl application, and decide whether In grant or deny the application, in accordance with u~'"' ~~~~:~ 3745-1 and 3745-32, In accordance with OAC rule 3745-1-0S, an antid~gradlitlonl of the application will he conducted before deciding whether to allow a lowering lwa~er quality. All three proposed alternatives will be considered during the review pr(K:ess.l exclusions or waivers, as outlined by OAC rule 3745·1-05, apply or may be granted. ~~:~~'!: from the activity, If approved, M Thesday, October 30, 2007 . locAL SCHEDULE A schedule of upccming colsportr.g 4WintS ltvoMng.leam!l from Gallia and Meigs wooties. GALLIPOLIS - lege and N!jl SChool varsity ThuNdJV Noytmbor 1 Volloyball Divis ion IV R9giona/ Semifinals ·Eastern 'llersus Berlin Hiland at L.ancaster Hfgh School, late match Erldev. Noyembar 2 Football Point Pleasant at Chapman11ille Hannan at Hundred SB1yrdoy Nmmber 3 Cross Country DivisiOns 1-lll OHSAA state championships at Scioto Downs. 11 a.m. . Browns coach not ready to hail improved club's arrival just yet Bv TOM WITHERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BEREA - Usually, it's the coach who's on the receiving e.nd of an ice-cold celebratory bath. On Monday, Romeo Crennel dumped a. frosty bucket of reality on the Cleveland Browns. Sunday 's 27-20 comeback win over the injury-crippled and winless St. Louis Rams gave the Browns (4-3) several more reasons to feel good about themselves in an unexpected season of surprises. The victory was: -Cleveland's first on the road in 2007. , - The second straight for the Browns, giving them two in ·a row in the same season for the first time since 2003, stopping a 64-game drought. They've already matched their win total from last sea- son. Further proof that Cleveland's high-powered, multifaceted offense can strike from anywhere on the field if quarterback Derek Anderson gets time. - Crennel's 14th in three seasons, pushing tile Browns over .500 for the frrst time since he took ever in 2005. The Browns are rolling. Right, coac~? "All of those things are good things," Crennel said. "We know that we need to improve. We're not saying - by any stretch of the imagination ·- that we' ve .. ' Startir12 October 30, 2007, copies of the appUcatlon and tech illcal support informatkin Inspected at Ohio EPA-DSW, LIIZIIrus «:;overnment Center, 50 West Town Street, Columbus, Ohio, bl first calling (614) 644-2001. Copies nf the application and teclhnlcall ~~~:::~ intonnatlon 'ciJ. be made avalluble upon request at Ohio EPA District Offices p the sa~ number. l'er'SOriS wishing to 1) be on Obio EPA's Interested parties mailing ll~t for this project, ~~:~:~n~a public hearing, or 3) submit written comments for Ohio EPA's con~lderation ~ the appii<!Dtion should do So in writing to Ohio EPA-DSW, Attc!ntion: Per~ml:tsl Unlt,,P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049 within thirty days of thedate arrived. We 've got a lot of work to do." True, but Crennel gave hi s players - except for the rookies - the day off on Monday anyway, rewarding them for a win. that seemed in serious jeopardy when the Browns fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter to the undermanned Ram.;. But showing poise and resiliency, Cleveland overcame 14 penalties, two major gaffes by wide recei ver Braylon Edwards and got key defensive stops down the stretch to hold on and beat a team it was expected to beat. That's saying something for the Browns, who have crumbl ed in the past when thiqgs weren' t going the ir way. Confiden ce is high. Caution, too. Crennel fears he may have a handful of players who rn a~ have trouble squeezing the1r swelling heads inside their orange helmets thi s week. "Some of them think they've arrived and they've done more than they need to Please see Browns, B:Z to Brett Favre leads team to .victory Martindale finishes 45th at meet BY lARRY CRUM LCRUM@MYDAILYREGISTER.COM Barnesvilie took first place with a time of 18:23 followed by · Natalie PICKERINGTON - For Perzanowski ( 19:30) and the third straight year Lauren KeJiy Perzanowki ( 19:49) of Adkins will be making an Bellaire , Emily Skidmore appearance at the state cross ( 19:57) of Albany Alexander country meet. and Ali Ernest (20: 17) of This time, however, she Newark Catholic. will be going alone. Locally, Ri ver Valley 's Adkins finished fourth in Ashley Fitch placed 60th of the Division · II regional the 132 competitors with a · championship Saturday to time of 22:0R. advance to the state meet, but Overall, Bellaire St. John her team did not. Gallia Central placed first with a Academy finished 13th as a score of 46. Rounding· out team this weekend, failing to the top five were Galion advance to the state meet Northmor (103), Newark after moving on last year, Catholic ( 117), Magnolia Adkins' time of 20:09 in Sandy Valley (124) and Col. the Division II race was School for Girls (155). In the Division Ill boys fourth fastest behind race winner Kaylee Nutter of race Isaac Pates of Zanesville who finished the Fredericktown finished first. course at a pace of 19:50. with a time of 16:32. Jeremy Sherry Borsos (19:55) of . Anderson (16:42) of Beverly Rayland and Emily Pifer Fort Frye was second, fol(19:55) of Canal Winchester lowed by Bryson Wade finished in second and third (16:47) of.Newark Catholic. while Kate Hodgson (20: 14) Brad Olinger ( 16:50) of West of St. Clairsville finished out Lafayette and Sam Foster the top five. ()6:51) of Bellaire. Overall Canal Winchester Aaron Martindale of took first place with 84 Eastern placed 45th with a points, followed by Marietta time of IS: 12. (99), New Albany (106), Overall Bellaire St. John Caledonia River Valley ( 139) Central swept the boys .and and Dover ( 142). The Blue girls races with a score of 77 Angels finished 13th with in the boys race. Mt. Gilead 280 points.. (84) as second followed by Lee Ann Townsend was Col. Granview Heights the next highest finisher for (113), Magnolia Sandy Gallia Academy. cracking Valley ( 136) and Caldwell the top 25 with a time of ( 148). 20:59 for 24th place. Genna Now Adkins will prepare Baker (22:58) placed 94th, to go it alone this weekend Aarika Stanley (23:23) was when she travels to the state 103rd, Sara Elberfeld (25:01) meet. was !24th and Jessica Willet The Division II girls cham(26:37) finished 131 st. pion ship starts Saturday at In the Division III girls Scioto Downs around II :50 race Stephanie Morgan of a.m. BY ARNIE STAPLETON ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER It was another signature ·. moment in a career that is full of them. · On the first play following the kickoff in overtime, Brett Favre connected on an 82-yard touchdown pass with Greg Jennings and the Green Bay Paclters defeated . the Denver Broncos 19-13 on Monday night. Denver had tied the score at 13 on Jason Elam's 2I- · yard field goal as time ran put in regulation, setting the stage for another Favre comeback. Green Bay (6-1) won the coin toss and on the first play, Jennings was matched up in man-to-man coverage on the left side. Favre, who threw a 79-yard touchdown pass to James Jones in the first half, hit Jennings in stride at the Oenver 40. Cornerback Dre' Bly had no shot at catching the speedy wide receiver who trotted into the end zone as Favre rushed to celebrate Green Say's first 6-1 start in five years. The Broncos (3-4) sent it into overtime with a drive t~at began at their own 7 with 2:27 left . · ·Out of timeouts, the field goal unit scrambled onto the field and Elam calmly nailed the kick, just as he did two months ago when the Broncos ran the same . fire drill to beat Buffalo as time expired in the opener. Denver almost had to share the spotlight with the Colorado Rockies, who were scheduled to play Game 5 of the World Series on Monday night at Coors Field before they were swept by the Boston Red Sox Sunday night. Instead, they shared it with Favre, who was criti· cized for a series of underthrown passes against Washington last week. Some of his best moments bave come on Monday .night. from his incredible game in Oakland following the death of his father to his game-winner to Ant~nio . Freeman 111 overttme against Minnesota. Now he's 6-1 for the third lime in his career. · In I996, Favre and the Packers parlayed a similar start into their Super Bowl Iitie. The Packers also started out 6-1 in :a<J02, when ihey finished 12-4 but were done in by injuries and ........,........ "' 'b etru•uh .,.,., ....,,. O.'sr'IJtne ,.............. ftlllllll .. tltnfdlt •r s't " Please see Fnre, B:Z n Thursday nigh,t and Friday ... Most! y clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 60s. Friday night through cloudy. Sunday .. .Partly Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s. · Sunday night and Monday .. .Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 60s. Bl The Daily Sentinel Girardi offeml Yankees job, Page B2 Bush raises Chabot cash, joins Bench celebration Defense: Investment adviser's loss of money not a crime BY JOE MIUCIA · Inside Avenue .. WV25550 : CoNTAcrUs 1·740-446-2342 ext. 33 Fox - 1·740·446-3008 E•rMII- sportsOmydailytribune.com 75.4500 Sports Staff Bryan Watters, Sports Writer (740) 446-2342, 0><1. 33 bwaltersO mydallytribune.com Larry Crum, Sports Writer (740) 446-2342. ext. 33 ~c·rumOmydailyregiater. com -' , Gallia Academy's Lauren fu:!kins runs during the Division II girts cross country meet Saturday in Pickerington. - - - -- -------- ------~ __ .. - - -- ,, �����' Page B6 • The Daily Sentinel Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.mydailysentinel.com • Women in Business edition inside today's Sentinel OHlOVALLEY BANK. 1Ql Second A.e. ~. OHalt (740) 446 446) UHastCST *""'" ()4 4Slill:l t't~*'XI58 ., lm-538-7674 . 'btkle FCHKI..... ~-. .......... - 446-2168 .-.side Willman 441-3575 2145Ealll'mA.. - · Pomeroy rocw_,_ oc. ---------·---· 192·2357 www.ovbc.com Week8 Winner I (,M. :uwrrwoLFE R•dne OPSB meeting on AMP plant tomorrow SPORTS Open SUn-s.t 7001-lOpm (740) 992-5252 L___________________ HOLZER CUNJC Pharmacy Open 111-F 94Hii-7pm S.90m5UI~m C:lesecl ~ I • No. 1 Buckeye5 prep for final three games. See Page 81 " BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT®MYDAilYSENTINEl.COM ROCK SPRINGS Beginning tomorrow the Ohio Power Siting Board will hold the first of two hearings on American Municipal Power-Ohio's application with the agency to construct · its proposed coal-fired power plant in Letart Falls. The !irst hearing is at 6 (740) 992-1536 We'"re Everywhen You Are! www.r...afalnnlu:unl 1.________________~---------- ~-----------------~------------------- p.m. tomorrow at Meigs High School and is called a "non-adjuicatory hearing." Shana ' Eiselstein, spokesperson for the OPSB stated this meeting is an opportunity for members of the public to provide testimony regarding the application and give remarks to the OPSB about the project. An attorney e"aminer will_preside over the hearing and a court reporter will compile a transcript, all of which will go into the record when considering the application. Eiselstein said there will be no question and answer session at this hearing . The OPSB is responsible for reviewing and approving plans for the construction of new energy facilities in Ohio. Before·any company can build a major utility facility like a new power plant, or an electric trans. mission line, or a gas transmi ssion pipeline, the OPSB says its responsibility is to assure it bene !its Ohio's citizens, promotes the state's economic interests. and protects the environment and land use. Before issuing or denying an application, according to law, the OPSB must find .and determine criteria which includes but is not limited to: The need for the facilit y; the probable environmental impact of the proposed facility; the facility represe nts the minimum environmental adverse impact, considering available technology and the nature and economics of alternatives; the facility will co mply with all air and water pollution control Please see Meetlnc. A5 HALLOWEEN HAUNTS I ~------------~----- Phantom. mists in Chester Township '··----------------- a_________________ ~------------------- Bv BETH SERGENT ta._·________________ BSERGENT@MYDAilYSENTINEl.COM later died and is buried in ' the Flatwoods Cemetery. After the baby died the young mother is said to have wailed and cried so loudly the neighbors could hear in "Echo" whi ch was what the Flatwoods area was called at the time. ''Echo" was and still is an appropriate name because of the way sound still travels across the hills and valleys. The young mother eventually grieved (Editor's note: The following is a story for a series of alleged hauntings and paranormal activity in Meigs County.) · CHESTER Long before the first settlers came to Meigs County, Native Americans had already staked their claim and some say evidence of their existence exists not just in artifacts but paranormal activity in Chester Township. Evidence that Native Americans made their home in Meigs County is everywhere, from the many Indian burial mounds found in the Long Bottom, Racine and Portland areas. In fact, the Stew art Cemetery on Sane! Hill Road· sits atop an Indian mound and technically some early settlers of Meigs County are ~uried on the top layer of the mound, according to local historian Betty Milhoan. There were also archaeological finds in Sutton Township earlier this year unearthed by an archeological team working near what will be the new Racine boat ramp. There, archeologists found items dating back a thousand years, from the Late Archaic Period (3,000300 BC) as well as the Late Woodland Pe~iod (5001.000 AD) . All of these items are evidence of people who have both lived and died in this area for longer than the mind can fathom. Please see Flatwoods, AS Please see Chester. AS n _________________ OBITUARIES Page AS • Velma L. Taylor, 66 INSIDE ·~·---------------- • Sorority raises funds for hospice. See Page A2 • Jury convicts investment adviser in Ohio scandal. See Page A2 • 'Volley for the Cure.' See Page A3 • Family Medicine: 'Foot writing' speeds ankle recovery. See Page A3 • For the Record. See Page AS ' • Ariel sets Maestro for a Moment competition. See Page A6 • Access Clinic now available. See Page . A~ NAME: ·---~------------ AOOBSS: ---------------- PRO~·------------- All Regul• Cab GMC . ' ~ .,,.;,.., ' . ' . •.! . ' ..., . ~, (-I" ' . ;··' WEATIIER PLEASANT VALLEY •' For Sixty .Months HOSPITAL Until October- 31. 2007 Beth sereentjphoto The Flatwoods Cemetery has graves dating back to the Revolutionary War .. It is also home to the legend of the Flatwoods ghost and strange lights have been spotted in and amongst the tombstones . The Flatwoods ghost BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT®MYDAilYSENTINEl.COM (Editor's note: This following is part of a series on alleged hiluntings and i1aranormal activities in Meigs County.) CHESTER - Back in the 1870's people came from miles around, parked their horses and buggies in the valleys and dirt paths near the Flatwoods Cemetery all to get a peak at its ghost, Long after the ghost caused its sensation, local historian Betty ·Milhoan of the Flatwoods area was told the' story as a child in the 1940's by an elderly mentor. Milhoan is now one of the few who remember the tale passed down from gel)erations. The tale has a sordid beginning with an unwed·, teenage girl becoming pregnant in a time when this was thought of as a di sgrace. The girl's father, who was rumored to be abusive, shut her up in a separate part of their house where she eventually had the baby. The baby was born alive but Patrol presses Council to reconsider traffic tlow fatality probe. ••1e a• & ~lj ifi,Pu:t::• .;;s::p:l ~, l'lltf~IP~~ 'fY.W. -."'flt · W.I"t.cMhlf: BY BRIAN J. REED BREED<i>MYOAILYSENTINELCOM Detalla on Pace A6 STAFF REPORT NEWS@MYDAilYSENTINEl.COM INDEX 2 SECilONS - 12 PAGES Annie's Mailbox Calendars A3 A3 Clas!)ifieds B2-4 Comics Bs Editorials A4 A5 Obituaries Sports Weather '• ---- ------ B Section. A6 © aoo70hio Valley PubU.hlna Co. MIDDLEPORT Middleport Village Council will reconsider action taken thi s ·summer to change traffic flow on North Fourth Avenue and Walnut Street. In June, Council approved making North Fourth a oneway street from Race Street to Walnut Street, and Walnut ALBANY - An in yestigation continues into an early Sunday acc ident on Ohio 32 in Meigs County that left a Wellsion man dead, the Gallia-Meigs Post of the State Highway Patrol reported.· Bret Q. Pierce, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 12:30 a.m. accident, troopers said. Troopers said the car Pierce and three other individuals rode in was Westbound when it left the road and struck an unoccupied and disabled pickup truck left on the highway 's westbound berm. . BY BRIAN J. REED The driver of the car that struck the pickup was not BREED@MYDAI LYS ENTINEL.C_DM immediately identi!ied by the patrol. Troopers" said a passenger · in the car, Joseph R. MIDDLEPORT The Ki sor, 21 , Wellston, was flm.vn to Ohio State of Middleport has Village University Hospitals in Columbus from the scene of the accident by MedF!ight. l'wo other Wellston men , received three appli cants for vaca nt Vi II age Marc Bishop, 43, and Thomas Bishop, 16, were taken , its Administrator position. by EMS to Holzer Medical Center-Jackson. · . At Monday's regular meetAs of Tuesday, the patrol offered no new information ing, vi ll age council discussed the vaca ncy. The administra: Please see Probe. AS one way from North Fourth to North Third Avenue. Eric Chambers, a resident of. Coal · Street, presented a rationale to council, and council acted on Chambers'suggestion the same night. Chambers asserted that two-way traffic on Fourth created a fire and safety hazard due to i~ s narrow .dimenstons. Additional parkmg ereated by rental units has nar- rowed North Fourth to impassaple conditions for some vehicles, he said, and some vehicles must back up to pass at the top of the hill on Walnut Street. Earlier thi s month, Don Stivers, a resident of Fisher Street in the area of North Fourth Avenue, said he and other residents are unhappy Please see Traffic. A5 Middleport discu.sses administrator, clerk positions • t tor hired must be licensed in it has with Pomeroy Village water and wastewater opera- Administrator John A. tions. as well as supervi se the Anderson for wastewater testpublic works. refuse and ing. Wehrung said the constreet departments. Mayor tract appears to present a conSandy Jannarelh sa id all fli ct of interest, although he t~ree app licants w1Il. be mter- did· not e la~or~te on what \lewed for the position. · . type of conflict It created. He Councilman Craig suggested council consider We hrung suggested that · coun •. cil reconsider a contract Please see Pos!tJons. AS • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 10. October Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource October 30, 2007 griffin taylor