http://66.213.69.5/files/original/7cb7d8b8a3fd37295a80f2018c54a515.pdf d40f863932cd333944f6ec9c82220577 PDF Text Text ·. Letters to Santa special edition inside today's Sentinel Sponsored by: , Ingels Electronics Jewelry & Pictiii'O GoUery 106 N. 2nd Ave. Middleport, Ohio Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio :;o l" I· :\TS • \ , tl. ."i~. :\ o . 1 116 "" " ·"" d.ti I"'' 111 i '"'1.'·'"" TIll ' RS J) \ ' • D ECEI\1 B EK 211, :.!oo- Couple subject of state-fded ·civil action R~ SPORTS • Knicks rout Cleveland. _See PageB1 Bv BRIAN J. · BREEOOMYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY -The Ohio Attorney General has filed a civil lawsuit against · the owners of a former Pomeroy-based monument company, seeking restitution to those who ordered products but did not receive them and a civil fine of at least $25,000. Kenneth Hobbs II of Pomeroy and his wife, Vickie Hobbs, Oklahoma City, Okla. are named defendants in the lawsuit filed last week in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. It was filed by Attorney General Marc Da_n~ ·~ consumer protectton diVISIOn: Earlier th1s month, Kenneth Hobbs was sentenced in Meigs County Common Pleas Court to 18 months in prison on a charge of grand theft from an elderly person, for failing to deliver monuments paid for by customers of Meigs Memory 9ardens . and . his owp ~usmes s, Beautiful Memones Monuments. Hobbs was also orde~ed to pay ·$2?,0.00 m re,stltut~on to the VICtims. H1s w1fe, Vickie, has not been named in any criminal complaint. ln the complaint, Dann . said there is reasonable cause to believe the couple xiolated Ohio's consumer protection laws. "Defendants accepted money from consumers for the purchase of ~oods and serv1ces and perm1tte~ eight wee~s to . elapse . Without makmg sh1pment or deltvery of the goods or services _ SUspect ordered, making a full refund, or advising the consumer of the duration of an extended delay and offering to send the consumer a refund within two. weeks if the consumer so requested or furnishing similar goods or services of equal or greater value as a good faith substitute." Please see Lawsuit. AS Southern offering free breakfast to all students ' BY BETH S~OENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT<i!>MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM OBITUARIES Page A5 .• Elaine Harper, 91 • E. Louise Harrison, 90 • Ola stobart Hysell, 96 • Lois Musser, 70 • Cora Wo~e. 80 INSIDE • Family Medicine: Cold or flu? - When in doubt call your doctor. See Page A3 • Transfers posted. See Page A5 • Local Briefs. See Page A5 • For the Record. 8ee Page A5 •. OVCS students donate Christmas gifts. See Page A7 • Christmas program. See Page A7 ' POMEROY Pomeroy man "remains at large while charges of violating a protection order and kidnapping are pending · against him in Meigs County Court. According to the Pomeroy Police Department, Albert James Bradford, Jr., 34, Pomeroy, alle~edly kid· napped Natqsh1a Jackson; 24, Pomeroy, who was later found in Columbus, telling Columbus Police she was not abducted. The . Pomeroy Police Department said the saga began around 3 a.m. on Dec. II when Bradford was arrested by the department for felony domestic vio· · lence in relation to Jackson. Bradford was transported to the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail and was seen later that day in Meigs County Court where he was released 0 n an own recognizance bond and a protec· lion order was put in place on behalf of the victim, Jackson. The same day he was Meigs released · from County Court, the Pomeroy Police Department received a call from Jackson's mother at about 4 p.m. that led police to believe Jackson had been forced into a vehi· de with Bradford and they were headed for Columbus. WEATHER Please see Suspect. AS Charlene Hoenlch/photo Jane Harris of Dan's looks over the variety of items in the Pomeroy Merchants Association gift basket to be awarded Friday. Holiday·gift basket to be awarded P OMEROY Everything from a holiday sweatshirt to pretty earrings are included in the Pomeroy Merchant's Association's basket of gifts to be awarded Friday night. Annually the merchants contribute items for a the lucky winner.. Christmas gift basket and In the basket are numerous then invite their customers merchandise items including to sign up for the drawing. a cookbook, scrapbook supOn Friday evening slips plies, a purse, a Cat's Meow, from all the stores will be a Farmers Bank crock, a combined and someone ·bank,' a fabric sewing kit, and will draw out the name of · numerous gift certificates. MEMORIAL D·ONATION .... ..... Detail• on Pace AS INDEX 2 SECilONS - 16 PAGES Calendars A3 A3 Classifieds Bs-6 Annie's Mailbox Comics B7 ' Obituaries A4 · As As Places to go B3 Editorials Movies ' ' Sports B Section Weather AS © 2007 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. .,, ' ·'• A stenciled crock circa 1885-1895 has been donated to the Chester Courthouse Museum by Mike and Sharon Roberts in memory of Carol Freund Grueser. Carol was the wife of Walter "Wally" Grueser of Pom'eroy, longtime friend of Mike Roberts. The 16-gallon stone jar was manu· factured ih the pottery of Hamilton Jones , Greensboro, Pa. It is stenciled "J.A. Franz & Sons Staple and Fancy Groceries, Pomeroy, Ohio." Because of its size the stone jar is very rare and.highly collectible. The Roberts delivered the piece to the Chester Courthouse Saturday. Submitted photo• • RACINE - Like Meigs and Eastern before it, the Southern Local School District will be offering free breakfast to all district students beginning Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. Initially, Southern found the free breakfast program wouldn't be cost effective due to numbers sent to them from the state. Superintendent Tony Deem began looki'ng at these numbers more closely and found them · incorrect. The. correct numbers presented a whole different story. '"I know our district is very similar to Eastern. so I was curious as to why the program would work there and not here," Deem said. "What I found was that the figqres previously recorded to calculate the feasibility of the program were nearly doubling the costs and making tlje breakfast program appear to be a tremendous financial burden to implement. Once the right numbers were plugged in I saw the program would work and we actually could at least break even." In order to brelik even, Southern must have around 80 percent of its students participating in the program. Recent numbers · reflect 40 percent of students at the elementary school and 26 percent of students at the high school are eating breakfast on campus. These students reflect those that already receive free breakfast as well as reduced price breakfast· and students that pay full price. Students who . pay the full breakfast price currently are charged $1 and those on the reduced program pay 40 cents. With around 70 percent already eating breakfast at school, Deem is hoping free breakfast for all will entice more students to get the most important meal of- the day at schooL "The numOer of students who participate will be what , makes or breaks the program." Deem said. "The more meals we provide the cheaper it gets for the meaL" If the district could get 94 percent participation, projections show the district does more than break even but may end up in the black. It could do this because it already receives reimbursements from state and federal agencies for each . student that eats breakfast at schooL The district · currently receives $1.61 per student Ot:J the free breakfast program, $1'.31 per student on the reduced price program and 24 cents for students who pay the full price. Deem said serving breakfast currently, costs the district 61 cents per Plftse see Southem, AS " "'' �' The Daily Sentinel ·A cROSS THE NATION EPA denies California's bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles BY KEN THOMAS Enviro·n mentalists and Democratic lawmakers also ANO denounced the decision. ERICA WERNER Sen. Barbara Boxer: DASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS , Calif., who chairs the WASHINGTON - The Senate's environment comEnvironmental Protection mittee, said she'd question Agency on Wednesday Johnson at a hearing. Rep. slapped down California's Henry Waxman, D-Calif., bid for first-in-the-nation chairman of the government greenhouse gas limits on oversight and reform comcars, trucks and SUVs, refus- mittee in the House, vowed ing the state a waiver that to investigate, alleging the would have allowed those decision was dictated by restrictions to take effect. politics something "The Bush administration · Johnson denied. "This · federal agency is movin~ forward with a clear nattonal solution blunder is bad policy and not a confusing patchwork worse law," Connecticut of state rules," EPA Attorney General Richard Administrator Stephen L. Blumenthal said. "We will Johnson told reporters on a take the EPA to court if neeconference call. "I believe essary and once again this is a better approach demonstrate that no one is than if individual states above the law. If the EPA were to act alone." won't obey the law or take The long-awaited deci- the. lead, at least it should sion amounted to a serious get out of the way so states setback for California and at can ~rot eel 9ur en vi ronleast 16 other states seeking ment. ' . · . the new car regulations to Automakers applauded achieve their anti~global the outcome. General Motors Corp. said warming goals. It was a victory for automakers, who in a statement that "by contended they would have removing the disproportionbeen forced to reduce their ate burden of complying with selection of vehicles in the a patchwork of state-specific states that adopted regulations that would divert California's standards. our resources, automakers The tailpipe standards can concentrate on developCalifornia adopted in 2004 ing and implementing the would have forced . advanced technologies in automakers to cut green- ways' that will · meet house gas emissions by 30 America's driving needs." percent in ne.w cars and Wednesday's decision light trucks by 201'6, with was fUrther confirmation of · the cutbacks beginning in the Bush administration's adamant opposition to the 2009 model year. · Under the Clean Air Act, mandatory limits on greenthe state needed a federal bouse gas emissions, even waiver to implement the after a strin~ of court decirules. sions affirmmg the right of "It is disappointing that states and the federal govthe federal government i,s emment to ·regulate ~arbon standing in our way and dioxide and other greenignoring the will of tens of · house gases. millions of people across ' It was the first time the the nation,' said Gov. EPA had fully denied Arnold Schwarzenegger. California a Clean Air Act "California sued to compel waiver since Congress gave the agency to act on our California the right to obtain waiver, and now we will sue such waivers in 1967. to overturn today's decision The auto regulations-were and allow Californians to to have been a major part of protect our environment." California's first-in-theTwelve other states nation global warming law Connecticut, Maine, which aims to reduce greenMaryland, Massachusetts, house gases economy-wide New Jersey,. New Mexico, by 25 percent - to 1990 New York, Oregon, levels -by 2020. The auto · Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, emission reductions would Vermont and Washington have accounted for about 17 have adopted the California percent of the state's proemissions standards, and the posed reductions. governors of . Arizona, Nichols said California Colorado, Florida and Utah expects to win on aJ?peal have said they also plan to and <1, •c' not plan to shtft its adopt them. The rules were stralc~ '' to meeting greenalso under consideration in house gas reduction goals. Iowa. Despite the Bush adminWith Wednesday's denial, istration's opposition to those other states are also mandatory greenhouse gas prevented from moving for- limits, some congressional ward. Democrats hope to craft 'a In explaining his decision, federal law. Earlier this Johnson cited energy legis· month Boxer's committee lation approved by Congress passed a bill with mandataand signed mto law ry caps on greenhouse gases Wednesday by President although approval by the Bush. The law requires full Senate next year is far automakers to achieve an from certain and there· are industrywide average fuel no immediate plans for the efficiency for cars, SUVs . House to act. California had been waitand small trucks of 35 miles per gallon by 2020. ing for Wednesday 's deciJohnson said Congress' sion for two years. EPA put approach would .be better it off while a Supreme Court than a "partial state-by-state · case was pending ori approach." He said whether the agency could California's law would have regulate greenhouse gases. yielded a 33.8 mpg stan- In AJ;>ril, the Supreme Court dard, but California Air said tl could. Resources Board chair In the wake of that ruling, Mary Nichols said President Bush directed fedJohnson's, math was "just ·era! agencies to craft regulations to cut gree'nhouse gas wrong." She said the California emissions from motor vehiregulations would have cles. Johnson said resulted in a 36.8 miles per Wednesday he · would gallon average and would review the. newly signed have taken effect sooner· energy bill to see what addithan the federal standards. tiorial steps might need to "EPA is now trying to be taken. hide behind the ·passage of . Associated Press writer (fuel economy) legislation," Samantha · Young in Nichols said. "This is really Sacramento contribute!i to unconscionable." this report. ·.PageA2 ne 3 BY KATHY MITCHELL • Public meetings This is the one gift that won't be returned. Clubs Youth events ·.;. Church events Feeling the stress of holiday shopping? Let the Daily Sentinel ease your tension with one-size-fits all . Gift Subscription! 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If your job Dear Dishes: This situa- ever with th~ir dominant Q11estion: Can rou reji'esh mr memorr Ofl tlw differences Dear Anni'e: I am a 23- offers an employee assis- lion calls for complete di~- hand while , che cking the similarities betH·eell the C0/11111011 cold and the flu ? and year-old mother and I' rn lance program, make an closure. Invite both daugh- time on the other arm . fl'l'IT rear when people i11111yfamily get sick, we are never depressed all the time ~ I appointment to speak to ters-in-law to your home. Kaneohe, Hawaii sure if"''' 11eed to go to the doctor or not. We cdl got our flu can't 'sleep, I can't eat and someone. You can al ' o try Tell them Daughter-in -Law ·Dear Kaneohe : Quite a shots this rm1; so lwp~filllr no one will get sick. l'.m mad at myself for tak - the Depression and Bipolar A has asked for China Blue few readers wanted to know ing it out on evel)'one I Support Alliance (dbsa l- and you said she could if we were contortionists. Answer: This is a great que.stion as flu season commonknow. I thought u was li ance.org) at 1-800-826- have it. However, sinc e and we have to admit, we ly starts in January.lfyou haven ' t gotten a llu shot yet, it is 'because of being around my 3632. In the meantime , then, you have discovered tried winding a standard not too late and there is still plenty of vaccine available . . '?: month-old daughter so exercise. It can lift depres- that China Blue appears to watch on our right wrist much, so I went bac~ to sion and you can do it for be worth more than China with our left hand and Infl uenza, or flu as it is more commonly called. usually is y;ork, but now I only feel .free. Please get help. Your Sea , although you aren.' t thought about joining the wof\e than JUSt a cold . Tl1e differenc e in sy mptom s can be somewhat subtle worse. I worry about her daughter deserves a healthy certain . If the difference in circus. Mo st left-handed with a go od deal of ove rlap. I can . though, give you until I get home. mother. value turns out to be sub- readers said they simply · I'm losing my mind . I've Dear Annie: I have t\YO stantial , yo u might offer to remove the watch when so me ge neral guidelines to help distinguish between the . even started to think how 1 sets of antique English give a second hei rloom to they have to wind or set it. two ailments . First, let's look at the s imil ar i ti~s. Both a cold and flu can could end it all. My china. Even after research- the other daughter-in -law, But , actually, we were produce a sore throat , a runn y or stuffy nose and a cough. "boyfriend of almost fo11r ing the value of the sets, I but whatever you do, make thinking of watches specifiyears has tried to help, bull didn ' t have a clear pictu're the arrangements in front cally made for left-hand ed lnlluenza, on the other hand. often adds to the misery with think he's getting tired of it. of how, much they were of both of them , be sure people that have. the wind- additional sy mptoms such as fever. headache, fatigue and f can't talk to anyone I worth . One of my two they agree, and then put it ing mechani sm on the , left general body aches. The cough associated with the tlu is know about what's going on daughters-in-law liked one · in writing. side of the watch . Anyone more likely to be a dry ratherthan a mucous-producing because they will judge me particular set, and I told her Dear Annie: Thank you who is interested can find cough. Your doctor will probably refer to the latter as simply a '·productive cough." as a bad person and try to she could have it when I for proving you are human them on th e Internet. Cold s do not us1,1ally le ad to serious complications take away my baby. I have was ready to clear out my after all. The majority of Annie's Mailbox is writsuch as bacterial pneumonia. ear infections, and sinu s no insurance . What can I china cabinet. your answers and sugges- tm by Kathy Mitchell and do? Miserable · in Since then , I've discov- lions are right on, but your Marcy Sugar, longtime edi- infectio ns. They also do not as a rul e make common Kentucky ered that the set she wants is answer to "W.W." about tors of the Ann Landers medi cal conditions like asthma, diabetes and heart failDear Kentucky: The qu'ite valuable. The second wearing a wristwatch made column. Please e-mail your ure worse. People with colds typically do not have to be hospitalbirth of a child can create set doesn't appear to be for a good laugh. You said questions to anniesmailized. By contrast , in t,he United States more than 200,000 hormonal fluctuations that worth as much. Now I'm right-handed people wear box@cnmcast.llet, or write people are hospitalized annually with tlu . And yes, people cause post-partum depres- worried that by giving the watches on their left wrist to: Annie~~ Mailbox, P.O. ca11 die From tlu and it s complications - about 36,000 sion. No one will judge you more valuable china to one and vice versa. Box 118190, Chicago, IL eacl1 year. if you get help. The impor- daughter-in-law, it will seeni First, hardly any watches 60611. To ji11d out more tant thing is that you recog- like I'm showing favoritism. made these days require about Annie's Mailbox, · The American Academy of Family Physicians' website nize you are depressed and I can't go back on my winding. But a left-handed and read features by otlter has a neat little chart to help you distinguish a cold from the want to get better. Fitst talk . ~ord , but I don't want to person wearing a watch on . Creators Syndicate writers flu : fa mi lydoctur.urg/o nl ine/famdocen/home/tool s/sympto your gynecologist. Then hurt the feelihgs of my other the right wrist would need and cartoonists, visit the tom/517.html. If you are not su re what is go ing on, you should be in · check out your local hospi- , daughter-in-law. I'm upset to be a cpntortionist to set Creators Syndicate Web contact with your phy s ician. Many time s que stions can tal psychiatry departments and not sure how to handle the time. A more ·logical page at www.creators.com. be an swered over the phone . If you are elderly, have ongoing medical conditions, or 'are caring for a young child, I recommend · that you be more aggressive in • seeking medical care. That means going to see a doctor soo ner rather than later - even if you think you just htJve a co ld . Generally with either a cold or the tlu, treating the sympcombined choirs at the Middleport First Baptist 302, Overbrook Center. 333 toms such as fev er, runny nose and cough with over-thePomeroy and Enterprise Church. Page St. , Middleport, Ohio counter remedies can help the ill person to rest and eat betUnited Methodist Churches MIDDLEPORT 457oo. Saturday, Dec. 29 ter during the illness. Staying well hydrated is important · at the Enterprise Church. Middleport First Monday, Dec. 24 when managing' almost any illness. There are antiviral POMEROY·- .Bedford LONG BOTTOM Presbyterian Church RACINE - Vinas Lee of medications that can be of help with the flu. but can only be Township Trustees, end of Bottom United Christmas Eve candlelight Racine will observe her obtained by prescription and my not be the right thing to do year and ·organizational Long Methodist Church, 6:30 communion services. 7 p.m. 93rd birthday on Dec . 24 .. 111 every case. meeting, I p.m. at the town p.m., Christmas program . Pastor Jim Snyder. Cards may be sent to her at · hall. As with must, diseases. prevention is usually the best Monday, Dec. 24 Tuesday, Dec. 25 Mayfair Village Retirement medicine. However, even if you 'get a flu shot you can still PORTLAND - Lebanon POMEROY - Vigil POMEROY - Christmas Center, Room 325, 30 II get flu, but it will probably be a milder case . Township Trustees year-end meeting, 8 a.m., township Mass with children's partic- Day Mass , 9:30 a.m., Hayden Road , Columbus, If you come down with tlu or a cold, regular and Ohio 43235. building. Organizational ipation, 5:30 p.m., Sacred Sacred Heart Church. thorough handwashing can help to minimize the spread Wednesday, Dec. 26 Thursday, Dec. 27 meeting for 2008 to follow. . H~art Church. Midnight of the illness. Don't forget to wipe down common surMass with choral presentaPOMEROY - Revival MIDDLEPORT Monday, Dec. 31 faces at home as well as objects like the phone and the PAGEVILLE - Scipio tion beginning at II: 15 p.m .. services, at the Faith Valley Elizabeth Davi s will be 90 remote control. RUTLAND - Oasis Tabernacle Church. Bailey on Dec . 27. Cards may be Township Trustees, 6:30 U11furiunately with influenza , you are generally contaChristian Fellowship Run Road. Dec. 26-Dcc. 29, sent to her at Overbrook p.m. at the Pageville town gious one day before you get any symptoms. But if you hall. Organizational meet- Christmas Eve service, 5 7 p.m. nightly. Church 1.7 Center, 333 Page St. , practice good handwashing hygien e as a regular habit, ing followed by regular p.m. , Meigs Middle School. miles off State Route 124; Middleport, Ohio 45760. you will he addin g yet another layer to your preventative Candlelighting ceremony. Questions call Emmett POMEROY - Jessie C. medical armor. · meeting. and musical presentation by Rawson, 992-5 746, Debbie White, longtime Meigs children, " Behold the Lamb yeauger, 992-3427. County resident, now residFamily Medicine® is a weekly column. To submit ques· ~nd of God ." Informal dress. Tuesday, )!Jn. I . ing in Duncan Falls, will tions, write to Martha A. Simpso11, D.O., · M.B.A., Ohio POMEROY -St. Paul POMEROY - Mass at observe her birthday on University College' of Osteopathic Medicine, P.O. Box organizati~ns Lutheran Church . 10 p.m. Sacred Heart Church, 9:30 Dec. 26. Local re sidents are 110, Athens, Ohio 45701, or via e-mail to readerques· candlelight service with a.m. planning a card shower for tions@familymedidnenews.org. Medical information in Wednesday, Dec. 26 speaker Linea Warmke. her. Cards may be sent to this column is provided a8 an educational service only, It POMEROY - Oh-Kan RACINE St. John her at 310 Mapi,le St., doe.~ not replace tlrejudgment of your personal physician, Coin Club, 7 p.m. at the Lutheran Church, Pine Duncan Falls. Ohio 43 734. wlro should be relied 011 to diagnose mtd recommend Pomeroy Library, meeting Grove Road , Racine, Saturday, Dec. 29 treatment for aity ·medical conditions. Past columns are and auction. Public wel- Christmas Eve candlelight Thursday, Dec. 20 CHESTER - An open available online at www.familymedicinenews.org. TUPPERS PLAINS come. service, 8:30 p.Jll. with house celebration in obserChristmas TUPPERS PLAINS concert by Pastor Frank Johnson. vance of the 80th birthday VFW Post 9053 will meet at POMEROY -Christmas Eastern choir, band, bell of Robert Wood will be held 7 p.m. in regular session at Eve service at Trinity choir and drama class, 7:30 the VFW hall. . . p.m. in the high school gym- at the Chester Firehouse Church, with bmss ensemfrom 2 to 4 p.m. The family ble at 7:30 p.m., piano nasium. Admission is free. asks that there be no gifts. AND MARCY 5UOAR a The man remembered being given coffee and doughnuts while serving in World War II and wanted to return the kindness, Morgan said. His name was on the check and he has given large amounts in the past, but he< asked the Salvation Army not to identify him. '. No one.will judge you for. getting help ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Salvation Army bell-ringer gets $1 OK from Army veteran as thanks for wwn coffee, doughnuts "P.F.C.'' "Seems fair to me after 40+ years, with inflation and everything." The Irian gave the check to a volunteer outside a department store at the Exton Mall on Friday, said Capt. Gerald Morgan, a spokesman for the Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia. ANNIE 1 S MAILBOX BY JULIET WILLIAMS PARADISE, Calif -· A father and three children who vanished . on a Christmas tree-cutting trip in the Northern California mountains were found alive Wednesday after huddling in a culvert for warmth during three days of heavy ·snow. A California Highway Patrol helicopter crew spotted Frederick Dominguez waving his arms atop a small bridge and landed nearby, sinking into 2 feet of snow, flight officer David White said. White said the crew found the family on their last pass over the area as snow from another storm. even bigger than the first, started to fall heavily. Hours later, after he had ' AP photo/sacrament.o Bee, Rlf1dy Pench been checked at a hospital, Dominguez described three Butte County Sheriff Perry Reniff, left, and Capt. Jerry Smith, fight help Alexis Domingue~ harrowing nights in the 15, to an ambulance after she was rescued by a helicopter Wednesday near Paradise, wild as he tried to keep his Calif. A father and three children who vanished on a Christmas tree-cutting trip ,in the children from panicking Northern California mountains were found alive Wednesday after huddling in a culvert for and· succu)llbing to the warmth during three days of heavy snow. numbing cold. they were all trying to keep Because Dpminguez' hod "You jus~ want your kids cue Wednesday .. It was to be safe and you're just miserable place - dark, their frozen feet warm when custody of his chi ldren· i(t prayin*, 'God., keep my kids cramped, wet and cold they heard the helicopter and the time, his ex-wife did not alive," he told reporters but provided just enough told their father, ,shouting, know they were ' missing gathered at Feather River shelter.. "Helicopter, helicopter." until she discovered that her Hospital in Paradise. One night it rained; send"We were all just happy, youngest child failed ' .to The rescue came as their ing snow .· melt shooting happy to be rescued," show up at school Monday. family and friends were through the tunnel. At one Christopher said. All four were .checked for Authorities were alerted a.( 8 starting to lose hope, with point, Alexis lost a shoe and another storm moving in slept a night with her foot dehydration, hypothermia p.m. Monday and immediand beginning to dump yet exposed. Dominguez ripped and frostbite, treating physi- ately began a search. more snow in the foothill his sweat shirt and tied the cian Kurt Bower said. They . region about 100 miles shreds around her foot, rub· were released later in the day. north of Sacramento. ''I'm surprised how good bing it to keep it warm. "Our hearts are all full right Outside, they used twigs they are," he said. "There's now," said Cory Stahl, who and branches to create 11n a miracle from God in there closed his pest control busi- SOS - "Help." somewhere." ness so his employees could The family's ordeal took The family used ·humor help look for Dominguez, an and songs from their church place about 100 miles north employee. "It's a very merry to lift their spirits. of Sacramento. IM!orillo 17131!11 Christmas now." Dominguez's pickup truck The break in the search • FREE 2•11 Lin T•chnlcal Support The helicopter ferried the came mid-afternoon was found Monday night • lnatanl Mesaag11g • keep your buddy list family to safety in two trips; Wednesday when a state parked along a mountain • 10 e-mail addresses wuh Spam Prote etiOII Alexis, 15, and Joshua, 12, highway patrol helicopter road some 25 miles north• Cus!Qm Star! P<tge · news, waalher & more! were taken out of the woods spotted the father atop a east of Chico, near the hamfirst . Dominguez, 38, small bridge and landed . let of Inskip. smiled at cheering family .)learby, sinking into 2 feet The skies were clear when and friends as he .and 18- of snow. Dominguez said he the family entered the Sign Up Ontlnel www.l(UINit.com year-old Christopher ran across rocks and snow woods Sunday and for Clo!I-Today &5avei emerged from the helicopter in his bare feet when Alexis hours arterward. The first a short time later. storm wave didn't hit until heard the helicopter. .. "Fm just amazed how Christopher told CNN Monday. well they did," Lisa Sams 'I said after seeing her chit-· dren and ex-husband for the first time since they were rescued. "It was like butterflies in my stomach, like if you were goin~ to go on a very first date.' Domin~uez, seated in a wheelchrur at the hospital and wigglin~ his toes beneath thick socks, described days aild nights · split between despair and a . ~ hunger to survive. He admitted he was terrified they would not make it out, but remained strong for his children as he turned to his faith. ' His youngest, • Joshua, needed constant reassurance. . . "I said, 'Son, I would tell you what I bought you for Christmas if I thought we weren't going to m~e it,"' Dominguez recalled. "My kids were relying on me, and I'm scared, but you can't · tell them you're scared." As they searched for a tree Sunday, they gottumed around in the woods and ended up on the wrong road. The first night, they used their saw to cut tree branches ana create a crude shelter. They awoke to 8 inches of snow and began trying to get back to their truck. "I just remember walking and walking ·and thinking, . 'We're not going to make it.' I remember being really, rewly scared," Alexis told CNN :W!oldnesday night. .They. eventually wan• RATE GOOD FOR 1-jOME DELIVERY ONLY de]ed into a culvert that Just call The Daily Sentinel at (740) 992-2155 to order: allowed ·a creek to flow Be sure to include the gift recipient's name, address and phone number, · beneath a dirt road and stayed there until their resas well as l~mgt~ of subscription and the date you would like it to start. . · PageA:J BYTHEBEND · The Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 20, 2oO, · We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. EXTON, Pa. (AP)- An Army veteran who remembered getting free coffee and doughnuts from the Salvation Army decades ago gave a $10,000 check to a dumbfounded beU-ringer. ''The $10,000 is to .help pay for · my coffee and donuts," he said in a handwritten note signed, • • Friday, Dec. 21 LANGSVILLE - House of Healing Ministries, Langsville ; "Joy and Celebration service, 7 p.m. at the church. Sunday, Dec. 23 REEDSVILLE Reedsville Un'ited Methodist Church Christmas program, 7 p.m . RACINE CarmelSutton, Racine Methodist, Morning Star, Bethany Dorcas, Christmas cantata, "Jesus, There's Something About that Name" 7 p.m. at the Carmel-Sutton UMC fellowship hall, Carmel Road, Racine. The cantata director is Nancy Circle with Pastors John Gilmore and Kelly Wood as narrators. RUTLAND - Oa6is Christian Fellowship annual . Christma,s party, 4:30 to 8 p.m., Meigs Middle School. ··Food, music, games. Informal dress . MIDDLEPORT Children's Christmas progmm at the Victory ·Baptist Church, 7 p.m . with the ·theme "Chnstmas Around :the World." POMEROY Zion Church of Christ, State :Route 143, 9 :30 a.m. :sunday school, 10:30 a.m. children's program, 7 p.m. cantata "The Love of God at :christmas" followed · by :refreshments. Pastor, Roger Watson. . POMEROY - Christmas ·cantata, "His Name is ' Jesus:· performed by the mu sic at 7:45, cantata, "A Shepherd's Tail." at 8 p.m. Music will include choir, hand bells, piano, trumpet, flute, percussion and guitar. MIDDLEPORT Christmas Eve candlelight service, 7 p.m., at the Birthdays Saturday, Dec. 22 MIDDLEPORT - Julia Norris will celebrate her 82nd birthday on Dec. 22. Cards. may be sent to Room Monday; Dec. 31 .POMEROY Jane Teaford will observe her . 88th birthday on Dec. 31. Cards may be sent to her at .· I00 East Memorial Drive. Apt. I 08. Pomeroy. Ohio 45769. 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Barbara Boxer: DASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS , Calif., who chairs the WASHINGTON - The Senate's environment comEnvironmental Protection mittee, said she'd question Agency on Wednesday Johnson at a hearing. Rep. slapped down California's Henry Waxman, D-Calif., bid for first-in-the-nation chairman of the government greenhouse gas limits on oversight and reform comcars, trucks and SUVs, refus- mittee in the House, vowed ing the state a waiver that to investigate, alleging the would have allowed those decision was dictated by restrictions to take effect. politics something "The Bush administration · Johnson denied. "This · federal agency is movin~ forward with a clear nattonal solution blunder is bad policy and not a confusing patchwork worse law," Connecticut of state rules," EPA Attorney General Richard Administrator Stephen L. Blumenthal said. "We will Johnson told reporters on a take the EPA to court if neeconference call. "I believe essary and once again this is a better approach demonstrate that no one is than if individual states above the law. If the EPA were to act alone." won't obey the law or take The long-awaited deci- the. lead, at least it should sion amounted to a serious get out of the way so states setback for California and at can ~rot eel 9ur en vi ronleast 16 other states seeking ment. ' . · . the new car regulations to Automakers applauded achieve their anti~global the outcome. General Motors Corp. said warming goals. It was a victory for automakers, who in a statement that "by contended they would have removing the disproportionbeen forced to reduce their ate burden of complying with selection of vehicles in the a patchwork of state-specific states that adopted regulations that would divert California's standards. our resources, automakers The tailpipe standards can concentrate on developCalifornia adopted in 2004 ing and implementing the would have forced . advanced technologies in automakers to cut green- ways' that will · meet house gas emissions by 30 America's driving needs." percent in ne.w cars and Wednesday's decision light trucks by 201'6, with was fUrther confirmation of · the cutbacks beginning in the Bush administration's adamant opposition to the 2009 model year. · Under the Clean Air Act, mandatory limits on greenthe state needed a federal bouse gas emissions, even waiver to implement the after a strin~ of court decirules. sions affirmmg the right of "It is disappointing that states and the federal govthe federal government i,s emment to ·regulate ~arbon standing in our way and dioxide and other greenignoring the will of tens of · house gases. millions of people across ' It was the first time the the nation,' said Gov. EPA had fully denied Arnold Schwarzenegger. California a Clean Air Act "California sued to compel waiver since Congress gave the agency to act on our California the right to obtain waiver, and now we will sue such waivers in 1967. to overturn today's decision The auto regulations-were and allow Californians to to have been a major part of protect our environment." California's first-in-theTwelve other states nation global warming law Connecticut, Maine, which aims to reduce greenMaryland, Massachusetts, house gases economy-wide New Jersey,. New Mexico, by 25 percent - to 1990 New York, Oregon, levels -by 2020. The auto · Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, emission reductions would Vermont and Washington have accounted for about 17 have adopted the California percent of the state's proemissions standards, and the posed reductions. governors of . Arizona, Nichols said California Colorado, Florida and Utah expects to win on aJ?peal have said they also plan to and <1, •c' not plan to shtft its adopt them. The rules were stralc~ '' to meeting greenalso under consideration in house gas reduction goals. Iowa. Despite the Bush adminWith Wednesday's denial, istration's opposition to those other states are also mandatory greenhouse gas prevented from moving for- limits, some congressional ward. Democrats hope to craft 'a In explaining his decision, federal law. Earlier this Johnson cited energy legis· month Boxer's committee lation approved by Congress passed a bill with mandataand signed mto law ry caps on greenhouse gases Wednesday by President although approval by the Bush. The law requires full Senate next year is far automakers to achieve an from certain and there· are industrywide average fuel no immediate plans for the efficiency for cars, SUVs . House to act. California had been waitand small trucks of 35 miles per gallon by 2020. ing for Wednesday 's deciJohnson said Congress' sion for two years. EPA put approach would .be better it off while a Supreme Court than a "partial state-by-state · case was pending ori approach." He said whether the agency could California's law would have regulate greenhouse gases. yielded a 33.8 mpg stan- In AJ;>ril, the Supreme Court dard, but California Air said tl could. Resources Board chair In the wake of that ruling, Mary Nichols said President Bush directed fedJohnson's, math was "just ·era! agencies to craft regulations to cut gree'nhouse gas wrong." She said the California emissions from motor vehiregulations would have cles. Johnson said resulted in a 36.8 miles per Wednesday he · would gallon average and would review the. newly signed have taken effect sooner· energy bill to see what addithan the federal standards. tiorial steps might need to "EPA is now trying to be taken. hide behind the ·passage of . Associated Press writer (fuel economy) legislation," Samantha · Young in Nichols said. "This is really Sacramento contribute!i to unconscionable." this report. ·.PageA2 ne 3 BY KATHY MITCHELL • Public meetings This is the one gift that won't be returned. Clubs Youth events ·.;. Church events Feeling the stress of holiday shopping? Let the Daily Sentinel ease your tension with one-size-fits all . Gift Subscription! 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But a left-handed and read features by otlter has a neat little chart to help you distinguish a cold from the want to get better. Fitst talk . ~ord , but I don't want to person wearing a watch on . Creators Syndicate writers flu : fa mi lydoctur.urg/o nl ine/famdocen/home/tool s/sympto your gynecologist. Then hurt the feelihgs of my other the right wrist would need and cartoonists, visit the tom/517.html. If you are not su re what is go ing on, you should be in · check out your local hospi- , daughter-in-law. I'm upset to be a cpntortionist to set Creators Syndicate Web contact with your phy s ician. Many time s que stions can tal psychiatry departments and not sure how to handle the time. A more ·logical page at www.creators.com. be an swered over the phone . If you are elderly, have ongoing medical conditions, or 'are caring for a young child, I recommend · that you be more aggressive in • seeking medical care. That means going to see a doctor soo ner rather than later - even if you think you just htJve a co ld . Generally with either a cold or the tlu, treating the sympcombined choirs at the Middleport First Baptist 302, Overbrook Center. 333 toms such as fev er, runny nose and cough with over-thePomeroy and Enterprise Church. Page St. , Middleport, Ohio counter remedies can help the ill person to rest and eat betUnited Methodist Churches MIDDLEPORT 457oo. Saturday, Dec. 29 ter during the illness. Staying well hydrated is important · at the Enterprise Church. Middleport First Monday, Dec. 24 when managing' almost any illness. There are antiviral POMEROY·- .Bedford LONG BOTTOM Presbyterian Church RACINE - Vinas Lee of medications that can be of help with the flu. but can only be Township Trustees, end of Bottom United Christmas Eve candlelight Racine will observe her obtained by prescription and my not be the right thing to do year and ·organizational Long Methodist Church, 6:30 communion services. 7 p.m. 93rd birthday on Dec . 24 .. 111 every case. meeting, I p.m. at the town p.m., Christmas program . Pastor Jim Snyder. Cards may be sent to her at · hall. As with must, diseases. prevention is usually the best Monday, Dec. 24 Tuesday, Dec. 25 Mayfair Village Retirement medicine. However, even if you 'get a flu shot you can still PORTLAND - Lebanon POMEROY - Vigil POMEROY - Christmas Center, Room 325, 30 II get flu, but it will probably be a milder case . Township Trustees year-end meeting, 8 a.m., township Mass with children's partic- Day Mass , 9:30 a.m., Hayden Road , Columbus, If you come down with tlu or a cold, regular and Ohio 43235. building. Organizational ipation, 5:30 p.m., Sacred Sacred Heart Church. thorough handwashing can help to minimize the spread Wednesday, Dec. 26 Thursday, Dec. 27 meeting for 2008 to follow. . H~art Church. Midnight of the illness. Don't forget to wipe down common surMass with choral presentaPOMEROY - Revival MIDDLEPORT Monday, Dec. 31 faces at home as well as objects like the phone and the PAGEVILLE - Scipio tion beginning at II: 15 p.m .. services, at the Faith Valley Elizabeth Davi s will be 90 remote control. RUTLAND - Oasis Tabernacle Church. Bailey on Dec . 27. Cards may be Township Trustees, 6:30 U11furiunately with influenza , you are generally contaChristian Fellowship Run Road. Dec. 26-Dcc. 29, sent to her at Overbrook p.m. at the Pageville town gious one day before you get any symptoms. But if you hall. Organizational meet- Christmas Eve service, 5 7 p.m. nightly. Church 1.7 Center, 333 Page St. , practice good handwashing hygien e as a regular habit, ing followed by regular p.m. , Meigs Middle School. miles off State Route 124; Middleport, Ohio 45760. you will he addin g yet another layer to your preventative Candlelighting ceremony. Questions call Emmett POMEROY - Jessie C. medical armor. · meeting. and musical presentation by Rawson, 992-5 746, Debbie White, longtime Meigs children, " Behold the Lamb yeauger, 992-3427. County resident, now residFamily Medicine® is a weekly column. To submit ques· ~nd of God ." Informal dress. Tuesday, )!Jn. I . ing in Duncan Falls, will tions, write to Martha A. Simpso11, D.O., · M.B.A., Ohio POMEROY -St. Paul POMEROY - Mass at observe her birthday on University College' of Osteopathic Medicine, P.O. Box organizati~ns Lutheran Church . 10 p.m. Sacred Heart Church, 9:30 Dec. 26. Local re sidents are 110, Athens, Ohio 45701, or via e-mail to readerques· candlelight service with a.m. planning a card shower for tions@familymedidnenews.org. Medical information in Wednesday, Dec. 26 speaker Linea Warmke. her. Cards may be sent to this column is provided a8 an educational service only, It POMEROY - Oh-Kan RACINE St. John her at 310 Mapi,le St., doe.~ not replace tlrejudgment of your personal physician, Coin Club, 7 p.m. at the Lutheran Church, Pine Duncan Falls. Ohio 43 734. wlro should be relied 011 to diagnose mtd recommend Pomeroy Library, meeting Grove Road , Racine, Saturday, Dec. 29 treatment for aity ·medical conditions. Past columns are and auction. Public wel- Christmas Eve candlelight Thursday, Dec. 20 CHESTER - An open available online at www.familymedicinenews.org. TUPPERS PLAINS come. service, 8:30 p.Jll. with house celebration in obserChristmas TUPPERS PLAINS concert by Pastor Frank Johnson. vance of the 80th birthday VFW Post 9053 will meet at POMEROY -Christmas Eastern choir, band, bell of Robert Wood will be held 7 p.m. in regular session at Eve service at Trinity choir and drama class, 7:30 the VFW hall. . . p.m. in the high school gym- at the Chester Firehouse Church, with bmss ensemfrom 2 to 4 p.m. The family ble at 7:30 p.m., piano nasium. Admission is free. asks that there be no gifts. AND MARCY 5UOAR a The man remembered being given coffee and doughnuts while serving in World War II and wanted to return the kindness, Morgan said. His name was on the check and he has given large amounts in the past, but he< asked the Salvation Army not to identify him. '. No one.will judge you for. getting help ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Salvation Army bell-ringer gets $1 OK from Army veteran as thanks for wwn coffee, doughnuts "P.F.C.'' "Seems fair to me after 40+ years, with inflation and everything." The Irian gave the check to a volunteer outside a department store at the Exton Mall on Friday, said Capt. Gerald Morgan, a spokesman for the Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia. ANNIE 1 S MAILBOX BY JULIET WILLIAMS PARADISE, Calif -· A father and three children who vanished . on a Christmas tree-cutting trip in the Northern California mountains were found alive Wednesday after huddling in a culvert for warmth during three days of heavy ·snow. A California Highway Patrol helicopter crew spotted Frederick Dominguez waving his arms atop a small bridge and landed nearby, sinking into 2 feet of snow, flight officer David White said. White said the crew found the family on their last pass over the area as snow from another storm. even bigger than the first, started to fall heavily. Hours later, after he had ' AP photo/sacrament.o Bee, Rlf1dy Pench been checked at a hospital, Dominguez described three Butte County Sheriff Perry Reniff, left, and Capt. Jerry Smith, fight help Alexis Domingue~ harrowing nights in the 15, to an ambulance after she was rescued by a helicopter Wednesday near Paradise, wild as he tried to keep his Calif. A father and three children who vanished on a Christmas tree-cutting trip ,in the children from panicking Northern California mountains were found alive Wednesday after huddling in a culvert for and· succu)llbing to the warmth during three days of heavy snow. numbing cold. they were all trying to keep Because Dpminguez' hod "You jus~ want your kids cue Wednesday .. It was to be safe and you're just miserable place - dark, their frozen feet warm when custody of his chi ldren· i(t prayin*, 'God., keep my kids cramped, wet and cold they heard the helicopter and the time, his ex-wife did not alive," he told reporters but provided just enough told their father, ,shouting, know they were ' missing gathered at Feather River shelter.. "Helicopter, helicopter." until she discovered that her Hospital in Paradise. One night it rained; send"We were all just happy, youngest child failed ' .to The rescue came as their ing snow .· melt shooting happy to be rescued," show up at school Monday. family and friends were through the tunnel. At one Christopher said. All four were .checked for Authorities were alerted a.( 8 starting to lose hope, with point, Alexis lost a shoe and another storm moving in slept a night with her foot dehydration, hypothermia p.m. Monday and immediand beginning to dump yet exposed. Dominguez ripped and frostbite, treating physi- ately began a search. more snow in the foothill his sweat shirt and tied the cian Kurt Bower said. They . region about 100 miles shreds around her foot, rub· were released later in the day. north of Sacramento. ''I'm surprised how good bing it to keep it warm. "Our hearts are all full right Outside, they used twigs they are," he said. "There's now," said Cory Stahl, who and branches to create 11n a miracle from God in there closed his pest control busi- SOS - "Help." somewhere." ness so his employees could The family's ordeal took The family used ·humor help look for Dominguez, an and songs from their church place about 100 miles north employee. "It's a very merry to lift their spirits. of Sacramento. IM!orillo 17131!11 Christmas now." Dominguez's pickup truck The break in the search • FREE 2•11 Lin T•chnlcal Support The helicopter ferried the came mid-afternoon was found Monday night • lnatanl Mesaag11g • keep your buddy list family to safety in two trips; Wednesday when a state parked along a mountain • 10 e-mail addresses wuh Spam Prote etiOII Alexis, 15, and Joshua, 12, highway patrol helicopter road some 25 miles north• Cus!Qm Star! P<tge · news, waalher & more! were taken out of the woods spotted the father atop a east of Chico, near the hamfirst . Dominguez, 38, small bridge and landed . let of Inskip. smiled at cheering family .)learby, sinking into 2 feet The skies were clear when and friends as he .and 18- of snow. Dominguez said he the family entered the Sign Up Ontlnel www.l(UINit.com year-old Christopher ran across rocks and snow woods Sunday and for Clo!I-Today &5avei emerged from the helicopter in his bare feet when Alexis hours arterward. The first a short time later. storm wave didn't hit until heard the helicopter. .. "Fm just amazed how Christopher told CNN Monday. well they did," Lisa Sams 'I said after seeing her chit-· dren and ex-husband for the first time since they were rescued. "It was like butterflies in my stomach, like if you were goin~ to go on a very first date.' Domin~uez, seated in a wheelchrur at the hospital and wigglin~ his toes beneath thick socks, described days aild nights · split between despair and a . ~ hunger to survive. He admitted he was terrified they would not make it out, but remained strong for his children as he turned to his faith. ' His youngest, • Joshua, needed constant reassurance. . . "I said, 'Son, I would tell you what I bought you for Christmas if I thought we weren't going to m~e it,"' Dominguez recalled. "My kids were relying on me, and I'm scared, but you can't · tell them you're scared." As they searched for a tree Sunday, they gottumed around in the woods and ended up on the wrong road. The first night, they used their saw to cut tree branches ana create a crude shelter. They awoke to 8 inches of snow and began trying to get back to their truck. "I just remember walking and walking ·and thinking, . 'We're not going to make it.' I remember being really, rewly scared," Alexis told CNN :W!oldnesday night. .They. eventually wan• RATE GOOD FOR 1-jOME DELIVERY ONLY de]ed into a culvert that Just call The Daily Sentinel at (740) 992-2155 to order: allowed ·a creek to flow Be sure to include the gift recipient's name, address and phone number, · beneath a dirt road and stayed there until their resas well as l~mgt~ of subscription and the date you would like it to start. . · PageA:J BYTHEBEND · The Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 20, 2oO, · We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. EXTON, Pa. (AP)- An Army veteran who remembered getting free coffee and doughnuts from the Salvation Army decades ago gave a $10,000 check to a dumbfounded beU-ringer. ''The $10,000 is to .help pay for · my coffee and donuts," he said in a handwritten note signed, • • Friday, Dec. 21 LANGSVILLE - House of Healing Ministries, Langsville ; "Joy and Celebration service, 7 p.m. at the church. Sunday, Dec. 23 REEDSVILLE Reedsville Un'ited Methodist Church Christmas program, 7 p.m . RACINE CarmelSutton, Racine Methodist, Morning Star, Bethany Dorcas, Christmas cantata, "Jesus, There's Something About that Name" 7 p.m. at the Carmel-Sutton UMC fellowship hall, Carmel Road, Racine. The cantata director is Nancy Circle with Pastors John Gilmore and Kelly Wood as narrators. RUTLAND - Oa6is Christian Fellowship annual . Christma,s party, 4:30 to 8 p.m., Meigs Middle School. ··Food, music, games. Informal dress . MIDDLEPORT Children's Christmas progmm at the Victory ·Baptist Church, 7 p.m . with the ·theme "Chnstmas Around :the World." POMEROY Zion Church of Christ, State :Route 143, 9 :30 a.m. :sunday school, 10:30 a.m. children's program, 7 p.m. cantata "The Love of God at :christmas" followed · by :refreshments. Pastor, Roger Watson. . POMEROY - Christmas ·cantata, "His Name is ' Jesus:· performed by the mu sic at 7:45, cantata, "A Shepherd's Tail." at 8 p.m. Music will include choir, hand bells, piano, trumpet, flute, percussion and guitar. MIDDLEPORT Christmas Eve candlelight service, 7 p.m., at the Birthdays Saturday, Dec. 22 MIDDLEPORT - Julia Norris will celebrate her 82nd birthday on Dec. 22. Cards. may be sent to Room Monday; Dec. 31 .POMEROY Jane Teaford will observe her . 88th birthday on Dec. 31. Cards may be sent to her at .· I00 East Memorial Drive. Apt. I 08. Pomeroy. Ohio 45769. 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Dan Goodrich Publisher Charlene Hoeflich Gen eral Manager-News Editor Congress shall make no law respecting an es.tablishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the · Government for a redress of grievances. -The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution READER'S VIEW .Keep it up And ~'ll all be broke Dear Editor: Well, America, your environmentalist groups and Sierra Club with their money have spent their way to Washington D.C. and here in Ohio and Meigs County. I would like to say as an American in the United States, the great state of Ohio and the wonderful world of Meigs County, yes, we would like ·to see it all stay green and beautiful forever, but you just can't build electric power plants anywhere, and other power sources are under the gun too. What's wrong with a windmill? Well, America, where the wind blows and the water flows so goes the power. industry. We in A!llerica better wake up or the groups such as Sierra or citizens and environmental people will have us the people who can least afford to pay hundreds of dollars for electric each month such as them there rich. Oh, did I say rich, yes, me and normal Joe don't fight to stop jobs. We just want to eat. So much for Southern Ohio. All we ever got was food stamps. Keep raising them taxes, Washington, because in America if you keep fighting building industry you're going to have a lot of Americans not paying taxes and receiving food stamps and yes, money to pay that electric bill. Wake up, America. Floyd Cleland Pomeroy PageA4 Thursday, December 20, Thursday, December 20, no easy feat. The credit ctiAP BUSINESS WRITER sis,. which has grown OUt Of the collapse in the mortgage NEW YORK - Alan and liousing markets, has Greenspan think s there is a boosted borrowing costs 50 percent chance the econ- and restricted the availabiliomy will head into a rec.es- ty of credit for consumers sion. Let's hope this is just and businesses. another fumbled forecast To prevent that from sinkby the former Federal ing the economy, the Fed Reserve chairman. under the leadership of He certainly doesn't · Greenspan's suc_cessor, Ben have hi s prognostication Bernanke - has cut the rate record on his side. Neither on overnight loans that do many of his .economist banks make to each other by peers, who have · often a full percentage point to missed the mark in predict- 4.25 percent in three rate ing when the economy 's reductions since September. growth would begin to The Fed new is somewhat contract. handcuffed in how much In the past, they've large- more it can slash this rate. ly been too upbeat about the lntlationary pressures have economy's prospects, fail- begun to mount , and lower ing to see a recession had rates would only fuel higher already begun. This go prices by adding more around, many are expecling money to the economy. It the worst, forecasting that a also could affect consumer recession will hit next year. and business spending The trouble is that reces- becau se everything costs sion forecasting is largely a· · more, and the overall econguessing game. It takes omy suffers as a result. The last thing the Fed hindsight to really know if economic growth has con- wants to see is an economy tracted for a period of slowing at the same time months - sometimes you that intlation is rising. are in a recession and don't That ugly scenario, which came to be known as even know it. The National Bureau of stagnation, first appeared Economic Research, a pri- in .the 1970s when a series vate, non-profit, non-parti- of oil -price shocks sent san research organization, intlation soaring while the ultimately decides when economy struggled with recessions start and end, · stagnant growth. based on historical data. Greenspan touched on Figuring out what's going . that as he made his talkon with the economy now is show rounds in recent days. Retired from the Fed for nearly two years and now an independent consultant, he sti ll 1s in much demand for his vie\1\S on the current state of economic affairs. 'The probabilities of a recession have moved up to close to 50 percent whether it 's above or below is really extraordinarily difficult to tell. I think tqat's correct," he said during an interview on ABC's "This Week"' that was broadcast OQ Sunday. That's a grim assessment from Greenspan, who during his 18-year tenure at the Fed's helm gave some rosy outlooks that often turned out to be bad calls, according to Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington . For instance. the bioggers at Calculated Ri sk, which offers commentary on finance and economics, dug up some remarks made by Greenspan in 1990 that eventually proved to be wide 6f the mark. • "In the very near term, there's little evidence that I can see to suggest the economy is tilting over," he said . in July of that year, during a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee. • "Those who argue that we are already in a recession I think are reasonably certain to be wrong," he followed up with 1n ANY ++-HI::- , ~ GCXJD JOKES Lois ~USSf!r POMEROY Lois Musser. 70, Pomeroy, passed away Tuesday Dec. 18, 2007, at O' Bieness Memorial Hospital in Athens. · Born July 6, 1937, in Flatwoods, she was the daughter of the late Carl Victor and Helen Elizabeth ·Young Pullins. She was a mother and homemaker. She is survived by children Ruth Ann (Randy) Ebersbach of Langsville, William T. (Mary Beth) Musser of Racine, Dennis L Musser, John W. Musser, Barbara L (Tom) Krau tter Lois Musser all of Pomeroy, Michael T. (Debbie) Musser of Whitehall , Dorothy L Musser of Albany, Rt,~dy R. Musser of Whitehall, Mendi D. (Russell) Haning of Albany; 18 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a sister, Alberta (Roger) Smith of Pomeroy; a brother, Carl Victor Pullins, Jr., of Cincinnati; brothers and sistersin-law, John and Dottie Musser of Pomeroy, Rul)y Ann Henderson of Columbus, and Pat and Junior Rice of Athens. · Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William R. Musser; mother and father-in-law, William K. and Ruth F. Musser; sisters, Mildred E. and Anna M. Pullins;·and a brother-in-law, James D. Henderson. Funeral will be at I p.m. on Saturday at Bigony-Jordan Funeral Home, Albany, with Pastor Bob Robin son ofliciating . Burial will be in Athens Memory Gardens. Visitation is 2 to-4 and fi to 8 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. · Ola Stobart Hysell RACINE - Ofa Stobart Hysell, age 96, formerly of Racine, passed away at Holzer Medical Center Dec. 18, 2007. She was a homemaker and caregiver. She is survived by two daughters. Shirley (Tom) Roberts and Mary Grace . (Ron) Cowdery and two grandchildren Larry (Kim) Cowdery and Melinda (Mike) Smith." Also surviving is a sister-in-law, Naomi Stobart. She was preceded in death by her first husband Lewis Stobart · .in 1942 and her second husband William Hysell in 1986. Ewing Funeral Home is in charge of services to be held . at the Letart Falls Cemetery Chapel Saturday Dec. 22, at II · a.m., Joe Allan Kapraun, great nephew officiating. In lieu of tlowers contributions may be made in Mrs . Hysell 's name to The Senior Citizen Home Delivered Meal Program, P.O. Box 722, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. The family would like to thank the staff of Overbrook Center, Dr. Witherell, the Senior Citizens staff, our family and friends for their visits, cards and flowers over the years. E r LATELY? Evelyn Harrison · POMEROY - Evelyn Louise Harrison, 90, of Pomeroy, passed away on Dec. 18, 2007, at Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center in Pomeroy. . She was born on July 29, 1917, in Pomeroy, daughter of the late John Carl and Lydia McCumber. She was a member of the Carleton Church where she taught the Cradle Roll class for over 47 years. · In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Olen D. Harrisbn; her grandson, Rodd H::jrrison; and her brothers and sisters, Leo Carl, Dale Carl , Ralph Carl, Mabel Brickles and Faye Pratt. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Dale E. and Marlene Harrison of Pomeroy and Phillip R. and Paulette Harrison of Pomeroy; grandchildren, Scott Harri son of Middleport, Jodi (Delmar) Shultz of Pomeroy, ".and Trevor (Rainy) Harrison of Pomeroy ; great grandchii' . 'dren : Ernalee Glass, Evan George, Casey Harri son, Braylon Harrispn ; special friend, Bonnie Lightfoot of Pomeroy; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral will be held at II a.m. on Saturday. Dec. 22. 2007, at the Pomeroy "Chapel of Fisher Funeral Home with Pastor Tom Runyon officiating. Burial will follow at the Carleton Church Cemetery. The family will receive fri ends from 6-9 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home . Memorial donations may he made to the home delivered meals program at the Meigs Multipurpose Senior Center. P.O. Box 722, Pomeroy. Ohio 45769. · A registry is available online by vi siting www.fisherfuneralhomes.coin . TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2007. There are II days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On D.ec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was formally transferred from France io the United States during ceremonies in New Orleans. In 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union. In 1945, the Office of Price Administration announced the end of tire rationing, effective Jan. I, 1946. In 1989, the United States launched Operation Just Cause, sending troops into Panama to topple the government of Gen. Manuel Noriega. Thought for Today: "I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against."- Damon Runyon, American writer ( 1884-1946). ·· Huckabee can't whine away ·murderer-rapist Dumond Pundits and TV anchorcreatures love .pronouncing about politicians' "character,'' when all they're really talking about is personality. Hence glib, superficially Gene charming candidates invariLyons ably win plaudits in the reality-TV epics we call presidential elections. This year's GOP Prince LETTERS TO THE Charming is former · Stevens not only reported EDITOR Arkansas Gov. Mike the crime, she later recogHuckabee. When it comes nized the newly cleanLetters to the editor are welcome. They should be less thar1 300 words. All/etters are subject to editing, must be to ingratiating himself, few shaven perp on the sfreet, signed, and include address and telephone number. No surpass the onetime' Baptist and agreed to testify. unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in preacher. He's witty, he's Previous Dumond vicjims good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. Letters of warm and, doggone it, peo- had been too scared. While free on bond, thanks ro organizations and individuals will not be accept· ple like him. Character consists of Dumond was found by his ed for publication. something deeper. That 's children castrated on the why it's important to know ·floor of their" remote mobile the truth about Wayne home, an empty bottle of Dumond, the serial rapist Jack Daniels nearby and his and murderer Huckabee own bloody footprints (USPS 213-960) ·Reader Services freed from the Arkansas everywhere. Dumond's. Ohio Valley Publishing penitentiary to kill again. blood alcohol level was 2.8, Co. Correction Polley Unfortunately, that's the last falling-down" drunk. His Our main concern in all stOries is to Published every afternoon. Monday thipg you 'II hear from the wife asked police if he'd through Friday, 111 Court Street, candidate himself. be accurate. If you know of an error Pomer.oy, Ohio. mutilated himself. Second-class Dumond was a cunning Investigators suspected he in a story, call the newsroom at (740) postage paid at Pomeroy. con man, a predatory psy- had. It 's an uncommon but 992-2156. M«tmber: The Associated Press and chop:,tth adept at playing not unknown sympathy the Ohio Newspaper Association . victim. A naive and inexpe- ploy. No evidence of the Poatmaater: Send address correc· Our main number Is tions to The Daily Sentinel, 111 Court rienced Huckabee went for masked intruders Dumond (740) 992-2156. Street, Pomeroy, Ohto 45769. it, hook. line and sinker: So claimed gelded him ever Department extensions are: did others for whom profes- emerged. . Subscription Rates sional skepticism is supTwo things made the case · By carrier or motor route posed · to be a job require- notorious. In a touch of · News One month '1 0.27 ment. In springing Dumond, Arkansas gothic, the St. One year Editor: Chartene Hoeflic~, Ext. 12 '1 15.84 the Arkansas Republican Francis County . sheriff Dally 50' Reporter: Brian Reed, Ext. 14 courted praise from the (who'd played no role in the Senior Citizen rates Reporter; Beth Sergent. Ext. t3 Clinton-hating right-wing rape investi~ation) exh ibit ~ One month '1 0.27 press, whose responsibility ed Dumond s testicles in a One year '103.90 Subscribers should remit in advance for the two murders the ex- jar. Second, although her Advertising direct to the Dai.ly Sentinel. No sub· con committed within identity wasn't initially disOutside Sales: Dave Harris. Ext. 15 scription by mail permitted in areas weeks of his release should- . closed, young Stevens was Outside Sales: f!renda Davis. Ext t6 Where home carrier service is avail· " 't be overlooked. a distant cousin of thenClassJCirc.: Judy Clark. Ext. 10 able. .. Here's the back story: In Gov. Bill Clinton. 1985, D~mond ; a handyman After Clinton became ·Mall Subscription , General Manager with a long rap sheet, kid- president, Dumond porInside Meigs County Charlene Hoellich, E~tt . 12 napped 17 -year-old Forrest trayed himself as an inno13 Weeks '32 .26 · 26 Wee~s '64. 20 City, Ark ., cheerleader cent victim of the satanic 52 Weeks ' 127.1 1 Aohley Stevens and raped "Ciinton -machine ." E-mail : her at knifepoint. Dumond's Softheaded conspi~acy thenews@mydai!ysentinel .com Outside Meigs County . was cutting off orists who circulated trademark 1 3 Weeks '53.55 hi s victims ' brassieres wi th "Clinton death list s" found 1107. tO · Web: 26 Weeks a huntin g knife, vowing to the notion irresistible. 52 Weeks '214.21 www.mydailysentinel.com murder them if they told. New York rost co lumni st The Daily Sentinel • and "Current Affairs" c"orrespondent ·Steve Dunleavy churned out articles of nearhallucinatory inaccuracy ch_ampioning Dumond's cause. He portrayed Dumond as a blameless Vietnam vet with no criminal history. In fact, to avoid prison in Oklahoma for beating a man to death with a claw hammer, Dumond testified against his accomplices. He'd been convicted of molesting a teenager in Oregon, and arrested for previous rapes in Arkansas. Dunleavy claimed DNA evidence exonerated Dumond, but that a vengeful Clinton prevente4 his release . Both were categorically false. No DNA evideuce existed; Clinton had recused. Dumond became a rightwing cause celebre. Guy Reel wrote a book entitled "Unequal Justice," parroting the . same bogus claims. Most significantly, Jay Cole, a Fayetteville, Ark., Bapti st pastor and pal of Huckabee's bought into the delusion. No sooner had Huckabee become governor after Kenneth Starr's con.viction of his Democratic predecessor, Jim· Guy Tucker, tha11 he began tllll\.ing about commuting the presumptively innocent Dumond 's sentence . He clearly expected to be congratulated. Instead, prosecutor Fletcher Long erupted. How could the governor even think of doing that without reading the trial transcript? Abandoning her anonymity, Ashley, Stevens invaded Huc!Qabee's personal space: -"This is how close I was to Wayne Dumond," she said. "I will never forget his face. And now I don't want you .ever to forget my face ." Previous victims wrote ago- nized letters begging Huckabee to desis\. · · Today; Huckabee alibis that nobody could have predieted Dumond's Missouri crimes. Many 'people did. Even this column warned that: "Rape's not a crime of passion; it's a crime of rage. Violent sex offenders, innu" merable case studies show, keep at it until something stops them. If Huckabee doesn't understand that, he's got no business getting involved." Instead of backing off, Huckabee got tricky. He held an improper closeddoor meeting with the parole board, several of whom say they'd felt pressured. . Last week, Huckabee's then-chief counsel, Olan "Butch" Reeves, basically seconded their claims. After the board voted to parole Dumond to .Missouri, Huckabee wrote a "Dear Wayne" le.tter stressing "my desire .:. that ·you be released from pri son" the proverbial smoking gt,~n he can't now rationalize or whine away. Angry Missouri cops say Dumond's victims' severed bra straps were like a calling card. They found · his DNA under their fingernails. Huckabee's latest book claims that Dumond died in ~rison before commg to tnal. In fact, he was convicted of murdering Carol Sue Shields on Nov. 12, 2003. · You 'd , think Gov. . Huckabee · might have noticed. (Arkansas DemocratGazette columnist Gehe Lyons is a 11ational magazine award win11er and co" author of "'The Hunting of the President" (St. Martin's Press, 2000). You can email Lypns at gene lyons2@shcglobal.net.) www .mydailysentinel.com <lbituaries August 1990, at the FOMC meeting. • "The economy has not yet slipped into recession," Greenspan said in October 1990. It turned out the recession he didn't see coming had already started- in July of that year. · . Greenspan isn't alone in getting it wrong. Baker also notes that in the fall of 2000, not one of the "Blue Chip 50" forecasters saw the 2001 recession coming. He also points to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's twice-yearly Livingston Survey of ecol1omists, which in June and December of 200 I "saw nothin~ but clear skies ahead,' Baker said. It turns out that the National Bureau of Economic Research later deemed that the recession had begun in March of that year. · This time around, the 36 respondents to the December Livingston Survey - a who's who in the economics world - collectiyely aren 't forecasting a recession yet, though they slashed their estimates for growth in the first half of 2008 to 1.9 percent from 2.9 percent in June. Plenty of those prominent economists, like Greenspan, still believe that a recession could come. A year from· now we should know jf they called this one right. ~ HEARD 2007 The Daily Sentinel • Page As ·- 2007 !ILL .BUSINESS:· Economists say recession could loom, ·but should we believe them? · Bv RACHEL BECK i Deaths Cora Wolfe REEDSVILLE - Cora Wolfe, 80, Reedsvill e, died Saturday, Dec. 15 , 2007, in a houseflre. . Arrangements are under the direction of W~ite­ Schwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville and will be announced when completed. Elaine Harper POINT PLEASANT. W,Va. - Elaine (Smith) Harper, 91, of Point Pleasant, W.Va. , died, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2{)07. at the Pleasant ValleY, Hospital. Funeral services w11l be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at the Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, ·with Rev. John Holland, officiating. The family will receive .friends from 6:30p.m. until service time at the funeral home. There will be. a pnvate burial on Friday, Dec. 21, 2007. Elaine's care has been entrusted to Crow-Hussell Funeral l'lome, Point Pleasant. Online guest regimy can be expressed to the fami_ly at www.crowhussellfh.co~. least breaking even . Deem gave .~redit to the school board for pursuing the program as well as the from PageA1 kitchen staff which have student. a figure that does been working to figure out not have labor factored in it. the ,logistics of hopefully At th is point Deem said the feeding more children · the program is set to run from most important meal of the Jan. 7 through the end of the . day. The free breakfasts will 2008 school year. Deem, be "g_rab-and-go" for the alon~ with the district:s food older students who can actu.servtce coordinator, will ally take the food out of the ·evaluate how the program is cafeteria to eat while kinderdoing in three months as well garten. preschool, first and as at the end of the year to second grades will still determine if the district is at receive breakfast with trays. .Southern I I SFERS POSTED • . POMEROY - Mei~s County Recorder Kay H1ll reported the following transfers in real estate: Patty J. Massey to Marvin G. Massey, Patty J. Massey. Darrick E. McCloud to U.S. Bank , sheriff's deed, Salem. Harry S. Bailey, deceased, to George R. Miller, Kerrie L. Miller, deed~ Rutland. Frederick E. Fillinger, Shirley E. Fillinger, to Linda J. Harri son, Herman A Roberts; Lind a L. Roberts, deed, Sali sbury. Anita M. Foster, Frank E. Foster to Frank and Anita Foster Family Trost, Anita· M. Foster, Frank E. Foster, deed, Village of Middleport. Anita Foster, Frank E. Foster, to Anita M. Foster, Frank E. Foster, Frank and Anita Foster Family Trust. deed, Village of Middleport . · Lori Andams Warden , Douglas Warden, Jessica A. Adams, Nicholas Adams, Ryan Adams, to James· E. Diddle, deed, Sutton~ Matthew · A. Justice, Amanda Justice, to Shane P. Napper, Terry D. Napper, . deed, Village of Rutland. Lesia L Varney to Jack . William s, Peggy Williams, deed, Salem. Etta Lemley Will to Stanley . Richard Lemley, deed, Village of Pomeroy. Tim Smith, Karne Smith, to Tammy J. Cremeans, Shannon L. Cremeans, deed, Chester. Terry L George, Rebecca M. George, to Terry Lee George , Rebecca Mac George, deed, Chester. . James F. Doan, Wilma E. Doan, James F. Doan and Wilma E. Doan, to Helen Kousaleos, Jonathan Peter Kousaleos, · . Sharon Kousaleos, Peter George Kousaleos, deed, Chester. Charles F. Chancey. Karah M. Chancey, Donald C. Shaffer, Heather D. Shaffer, to Douglas P. Baker, Tinki M. Baker, deed, Sutton. J. Tucker Williams, Jessica R. Williams, to Tony B. H&wk, Mary Elizabeth Hawk. deed, Village of Syracuse. Scott L. Walton, Geri L. Walton, to Mason County E Corp., deed , Village of Pomeroy/Salisbury. James R. Kimes, Sharon L. Kimes, ·to Susan M. Lecates, deed, Chester. Randy P. Snider, Janet S. Snider, to Harold L. Whitteki nd, Daniel S. Whittekind, deed, Salisbury. Jerry W. Colmer, Barbara M. Colm er, to Randy P. Snider, Janet S. Snider. deed, Salisbury. Village of Pomeroy to Mei gs County Community Improvement Corporation, deed, Village of Pomeroy. Thomas S. Bragg, Glen na Maria Bragg, to James M. Bragg, deed , Village of Middleport/Salisbury. Bruner L;tnd Co., Inc. to Tamara D. Bi ssell . deed, Bedford. Ro semary J. Prunty, Ro semary J. Kennon. Dennis Kennon, to Denni s Kennon, deed, Letart. Patrick L. Lawson, Julie Law son, to Columbu s Southern Power, easement. Columbia. Lea Wandling, Joshua D. Wandling . tu Columbus Southern Power, easement. Co lumbia. · Bret Franklin Howard, Bret Howard, Penny A. Howard, to . Columbus Southern Pow~r. easement, Columbia. Zachaty J. Glaze, K;1ra M. Glaze, to Columbus Southern Power, easement, Chester. Brenda Taylor · Hill , Robert Jay Hill , to Columbus Southern Power, easement, Chester. Parker to Bradle y Columbus Southern Power, easement, Olive. Harvey Bartimus, Carol Bartimus. to Carol Bartimus, Jon M. Bartimu s, Harvey Bartimu s, Jr., deed. Olive. Harvey Bartimus, Carol Bartimus, to Carol Bartimus, Harvey Bartimus, Jr., Jon M. Bartimus, deed, Olive. Harvey Bartimus, Carol Bartimus, to Carol Bartimus, Harvey Bartimus; Jr. , Jon M. Bartimus, deed, Olive. Christopher S. Ransom to Kent Haley, Andra Haley, Harry Spiegal, deed. Bedford. Eli se Dodderer, deceased, to Frank E. Dodderer, affi davit, Olive. Georgeann Dobbs to Gall ia County Rural Water, right of way, Salisbury. Timmy R. Hood to Heidi A. Hood, deed, Rutland. Mary Kathleen Jordan. Lavern Jordan, Janet Anne Dunham. John Dunham. Richard Jeffers, Lois J. Jeffers , Lee Sterling Jeffers, Mary Jeffers, lo Wellspring Retreat , deed, Scipio. Freda Delong to Freda J. Delong Revocable Tru st, Freda J. Delong, deed. Lebanon . Local Briefs Christmas Masses POMEROY - Rev. Walter Heinz has announced the Christmas and New Year's Mass schedule at Sacred Heart Church. Rev. Heinz will celebrate the Christmas Vigi"l Mass at 5:30p.m. on Monday, with children participating in ministries. The Midnight Christmas Mass will begin with a choral presentation at II: 15 p.m. Christmas Day Mass will be celebratet.l at 9:30a.m. Mass will be celebrated at 7 p.m. on New Year 's Eve, and 9:30a.m. o~ New Year's Day. Confessions will be heard from 4:45 to 5: 15 p.m . on Saturday and 8:45a.m. to 9:15a.m. on Sunday. _Decorating contest winners announced RACINE - Winners in the annual Racine Area Community Organization's home decorating contest have been announced. They are Cheryl Marnhout, first. with a prize of $50; Dave and Tina Neigler, second place with a prize of $30, and Virginia Cleek, third with a prize of $20. For the Record Marriages POMEROY - Marriage licenses were issued in Meigs County Probate Court to Damon Leonard Miller, 41, Parkersburg, W.Va. and Lisa Charles, 41 , Delbarton, W.Va., and Brandon Carpenter, 21. and Bobbi Jo Gordon, 20, Middleport. Riley Spaun, Gage Spaun Spann birth CHESHIRE - Je ss ica and . Travis . Spaun of Cheshire are announcing the birth of a son, Gage Benton Spaun, on Sept. 13, 2007. He weighed 8 pounds , 3 ounces and was 21-112 inches long. He was welcomed home by his sister, Riley Morgan Spaun , 2. Maternal grandparents are Marilyn and Olin "Rinky" Blain of Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va : Paternal grandparents are Nola Young of Athens, and Bob and Betty Spaun of Cheshire. Maternal great-grandparents are the late Harry and Frances Walli s. Paternal great-grandparents are Martha Parsons of Racine and th e late Marvin Parsons, and Marie Spaun of Pomeroy and the ial e Junior Spaun. Suspect dren were found and were ·'fine and not in harm." The Pomeroy Police Department said at this from PageA1 point Bradford remains a POMEROY - Dissolutions were granted in Meigs County Common Pleas Court to Opal Whitlatch and Neal After releasing the infor- suspect at large and the. D. Bonecutter, Jr., Jeffrey B. Smith and Catherine E. Smith, mati.on of a possible abduc- charges filed against him and Michelle Renee Starcher and Tony D. Starcher. tion to stille-wide law have not been dropped. The case was initially enforcement agencies , handled by . Pomeroy Pomeroy received a call. from the Columbus Police Assistant Chief of Police POMEROY - Divorces were granted in Meigs County Department at I0:45 p.m. Alan Queen ant.l also Common Pleas Court to Joseph M. Powell from Laura A. the same day sayi ng involved the Meigs County Powell and Rebecca J. Weaver from Joshua B. Weaver. Jackson and two minor chil- Sheritrs Office. Dissolutions Divorces lJt ~-:;> C ·i~j· judgments are paid in full , sentence on the grand theft and to impose a civil penal- charge, he was also sen•. :" ;.r • .1'ty of at least $25,000. tenc~d to 18 months on an \J..l : -; ~ . :-:The case against the cou- . unrelated assault charge . from Page A1 · ..... _-· 4:...................... pie was begun earlier this l>fRJ II~'II'l ; \llhrF\TIIJ "Defendants accep"ted yt;ar, when complaints were to the Ohio New Years Eve Gala money from consumers as made Limited Seating RSVP deposits for the purchase of Cemeteries Commission 121t7/07 'THURS 12/2il/O;I goods or services without about their alleged illegal Dec. 31 WWW.SPRINGVALLEVCINEMA .COM having available sufficient activites. The case was later 8011 Office Opens @ 7pm 6:30PM FOR EVENING SHOWS & goods or services to satisfy referred to Prosecuting 12 :30 PM FOR SAT I SUN MAnNEES all consumers who have Attorney Patrick Story and . IS BARGAIN County Grand the Meigs Give the Gift made deposits." Jury, which returned an Those acts were in violaAn Ariel Seat! tion of the Failure to indictment against Kenneth A Memory Forever! Deliver Rule in the Ohio Hobbs this fall. He was tran sported to Administrative Code and Box OHice: 428 2nd Ave. prison earlier this month. In the Consumer Sales Gallipolis, OH (740) 446-ARTS Practices Act, the complaint addition to the 18 month against the couple said. Hobbs has "also been accused of bilking customers in Gallia County and Mason County, W.Va . Last year, West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw ordered Hobbs to reimburse customers in that state for merchandise never received from his company. In addition to orliering Kenneth and Vickie Hobbs to reimburse "customers for the goods they never deli vered, Dann has asked Judge Fred W: Crow Ill to enjoin them from further violations 113 Court Street Historic Pomeroy, OhiQ 740-992-2054 of the two consumer protection laws and from any other sales until unpaid ·"' Lawsuit 9; ~· · -··---·-- . ................... <!Clark's J etuel YOOR tmrO\'m CH~STUAS ~~NGS a EXTENDED HOLIDAY SHOPPING HOURS . muRSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SA'ruRDAY9:00 A.M. •9:00P.M. SUNDAY 9:00A.M.- 9:00P.M. ........................ �... ~. . . \..1-'tl• ol "'•~ ....... .. . ', OPINION The Daily Sentinel The Daily Sentinel 111 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio (740) 992-2156 • FAX (740) 992-2157 www.mydallysentlnel.com Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Dan Goodrich Publisher Charlene Hoeflich Gen eral Manager-News Editor Congress shall make no law respecting an es.tablishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the · Government for a redress of grievances. -The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution READER'S VIEW .Keep it up And ~'ll all be broke Dear Editor: Well, America, your environmentalist groups and Sierra Club with their money have spent their way to Washington D.C. and here in Ohio and Meigs County. I would like to say as an American in the United States, the great state of Ohio and the wonderful world of Meigs County, yes, we would like ·to see it all stay green and beautiful forever, but you just can't build electric power plants anywhere, and other power sources are under the gun too. What's wrong with a windmill? Well, America, where the wind blows and the water flows so goes the power. industry. We in A!llerica better wake up or the groups such as Sierra or citizens and environmental people will have us the people who can least afford to pay hundreds of dollars for electric each month such as them there rich. Oh, did I say rich, yes, me and normal Joe don't fight to stop jobs. We just want to eat. So much for Southern Ohio. All we ever got was food stamps. Keep raising them taxes, Washington, because in America if you keep fighting building industry you're going to have a lot of Americans not paying taxes and receiving food stamps and yes, money to pay that electric bill. Wake up, America. Floyd Cleland Pomeroy PageA4 Thursday, December 20, Thursday, December 20, no easy feat. The credit ctiAP BUSINESS WRITER sis,. which has grown OUt Of the collapse in the mortgage NEW YORK - Alan and liousing markets, has Greenspan think s there is a boosted borrowing costs 50 percent chance the econ- and restricted the availabiliomy will head into a rec.es- ty of credit for consumers sion. Let's hope this is just and businesses. another fumbled forecast To prevent that from sinkby the former Federal ing the economy, the Fed Reserve chairman. under the leadership of He certainly doesn't · Greenspan's suc_cessor, Ben have hi s prognostication Bernanke - has cut the rate record on his side. Neither on overnight loans that do many of his .economist banks make to each other by peers, who have · often a full percentage point to missed the mark in predict- 4.25 percent in three rate ing when the economy 's reductions since September. growth would begin to The Fed new is somewhat contract. handcuffed in how much In the past, they've large- more it can slash this rate. ly been too upbeat about the lntlationary pressures have economy's prospects, fail- begun to mount , and lower ing to see a recession had rates would only fuel higher already begun. This go prices by adding more around, many are expecling money to the economy. It the worst, forecasting that a also could affect consumer recession will hit next year. and business spending The trouble is that reces- becau se everything costs sion forecasting is largely a· · more, and the overall econguessing game. It takes omy suffers as a result. The last thing the Fed hindsight to really know if economic growth has con- wants to see is an economy tracted for a period of slowing at the same time months - sometimes you that intlation is rising. are in a recession and don't That ugly scenario, which came to be known as even know it. The National Bureau of stagnation, first appeared Economic Research, a pri- in .the 1970s when a series vate, non-profit, non-parti- of oil -price shocks sent san research organization, intlation soaring while the ultimately decides when economy struggled with recessions start and end, · stagnant growth. based on historical data. Greenspan touched on Figuring out what's going . that as he made his talkon with the economy now is show rounds in recent days. Retired from the Fed for nearly two years and now an independent consultant, he sti ll 1s in much demand for his vie\1\S on the current state of economic affairs. 'The probabilities of a recession have moved up to close to 50 percent whether it 's above or below is really extraordinarily difficult to tell. I think tqat's correct," he said during an interview on ABC's "This Week"' that was broadcast OQ Sunday. That's a grim assessment from Greenspan, who during his 18-year tenure at the Fed's helm gave some rosy outlooks that often turned out to be bad calls, according to Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington . For instance. the bioggers at Calculated Ri sk, which offers commentary on finance and economics, dug up some remarks made by Greenspan in 1990 that eventually proved to be wide 6f the mark. • "In the very near term, there's little evidence that I can see to suggest the economy is tilting over," he said . in July of that year, during a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee. • "Those who argue that we are already in a recession I think are reasonably certain to be wrong," he followed up with 1n ANY ++-HI::- , ~ GCXJD JOKES Lois ~USSf!r POMEROY Lois Musser. 70, Pomeroy, passed away Tuesday Dec. 18, 2007, at O' Bieness Memorial Hospital in Athens. · Born July 6, 1937, in Flatwoods, she was the daughter of the late Carl Victor and Helen Elizabeth ·Young Pullins. She was a mother and homemaker. She is survived by children Ruth Ann (Randy) Ebersbach of Langsville, William T. (Mary Beth) Musser of Racine, Dennis L Musser, John W. Musser, Barbara L (Tom) Krau tter Lois Musser all of Pomeroy, Michael T. (Debbie) Musser of Whitehall , Dorothy L Musser of Albany, Rt,~dy R. Musser of Whitehall, Mendi D. (Russell) Haning of Albany; 18 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a sister, Alberta (Roger) Smith of Pomeroy; a brother, Carl Victor Pullins, Jr., of Cincinnati; brothers and sistersin-law, John and Dottie Musser of Pomeroy, Rul)y Ann Henderson of Columbus, and Pat and Junior Rice of Athens. · Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William R. Musser; mother and father-in-law, William K. and Ruth F. Musser; sisters, Mildred E. and Anna M. Pullins;·and a brother-in-law, James D. Henderson. Funeral will be at I p.m. on Saturday at Bigony-Jordan Funeral Home, Albany, with Pastor Bob Robin son ofliciating . Burial will be in Athens Memory Gardens. Visitation is 2 to-4 and fi to 8 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. · Ola Stobart Hysell RACINE - Ofa Stobart Hysell, age 96, formerly of Racine, passed away at Holzer Medical Center Dec. 18, 2007. She was a homemaker and caregiver. She is survived by two daughters. Shirley (Tom) Roberts and Mary Grace . (Ron) Cowdery and two grandchildren Larry (Kim) Cowdery and Melinda (Mike) Smith." Also surviving is a sister-in-law, Naomi Stobart. She was preceded in death by her first husband Lewis Stobart · .in 1942 and her second husband William Hysell in 1986. Ewing Funeral Home is in charge of services to be held . at the Letart Falls Cemetery Chapel Saturday Dec. 22, at II · a.m., Joe Allan Kapraun, great nephew officiating. In lieu of tlowers contributions may be made in Mrs . Hysell 's name to The Senior Citizen Home Delivered Meal Program, P.O. Box 722, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. The family would like to thank the staff of Overbrook Center, Dr. Witherell, the Senior Citizens staff, our family and friends for their visits, cards and flowers over the years. E r LATELY? Evelyn Harrison · POMEROY - Evelyn Louise Harrison, 90, of Pomeroy, passed away on Dec. 18, 2007, at Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center in Pomeroy. . She was born on July 29, 1917, in Pomeroy, daughter of the late John Carl and Lydia McCumber. She was a member of the Carleton Church where she taught the Cradle Roll class for over 47 years. · In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Olen D. Harrisbn; her grandson, Rodd H::jrrison; and her brothers and sisters, Leo Carl, Dale Carl , Ralph Carl, Mabel Brickles and Faye Pratt. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Dale E. and Marlene Harrison of Pomeroy and Phillip R. and Paulette Harrison of Pomeroy; grandchildren, Scott Harri son of Middleport, Jodi (Delmar) Shultz of Pomeroy, ".and Trevor (Rainy) Harrison of Pomeroy ; great grandchii' . 'dren : Ernalee Glass, Evan George, Casey Harri son, Braylon Harrispn ; special friend, Bonnie Lightfoot of Pomeroy; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral will be held at II a.m. on Saturday. Dec. 22. 2007, at the Pomeroy "Chapel of Fisher Funeral Home with Pastor Tom Runyon officiating. Burial will follow at the Carleton Church Cemetery. The family will receive fri ends from 6-9 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home . Memorial donations may he made to the home delivered meals program at the Meigs Multipurpose Senior Center. P.O. Box 722, Pomeroy. Ohio 45769. · A registry is available online by vi siting www.fisherfuneralhomes.coin . TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2007. There are II days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On D.ec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was formally transferred from France io the United States during ceremonies in New Orleans. In 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union. In 1945, the Office of Price Administration announced the end of tire rationing, effective Jan. I, 1946. In 1989, the United States launched Operation Just Cause, sending troops into Panama to topple the government of Gen. Manuel Noriega. Thought for Today: "I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against."- Damon Runyon, American writer ( 1884-1946). ·· Huckabee can't whine away ·murderer-rapist Dumond Pundits and TV anchorcreatures love .pronouncing about politicians' "character,'' when all they're really talking about is personality. Hence glib, superficially Gene charming candidates invariLyons ably win plaudits in the reality-TV epics we call presidential elections. This year's GOP Prince LETTERS TO THE Charming is former · Stevens not only reported EDITOR Arkansas Gov. Mike the crime, she later recogHuckabee. When it comes nized the newly cleanLetters to the editor are welcome. They should be less thar1 300 words. All/etters are subject to editing, must be to ingratiating himself, few shaven perp on the sfreet, signed, and include address and telephone number. No surpass the onetime' Baptist and agreed to testify. unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in preacher. He's witty, he's Previous Dumond vicjims good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. Letters of warm and, doggone it, peo- had been too scared. While free on bond, thanks ro organizations and individuals will not be accept· ple like him. Character consists of Dumond was found by his ed for publication. something deeper. That 's children castrated on the why it's important to know ·floor of their" remote mobile the truth about Wayne home, an empty bottle of Dumond, the serial rapist Jack Daniels nearby and his and murderer Huckabee own bloody footprints (USPS 213-960) ·Reader Services freed from the Arkansas everywhere. Dumond's. Ohio Valley Publishing penitentiary to kill again. blood alcohol level was 2.8, Co. Correction Polley Unfortunately, that's the last falling-down" drunk. His Our main concern in all stOries is to Published every afternoon. Monday thipg you 'II hear from the wife asked police if he'd through Friday, 111 Court Street, candidate himself. be accurate. If you know of an error Pomer.oy, Ohio. mutilated himself. Second-class Dumond was a cunning Investigators suspected he in a story, call the newsroom at (740) postage paid at Pomeroy. con man, a predatory psy- had. It 's an uncommon but 992-2156. M«tmber: The Associated Press and chop:,tth adept at playing not unknown sympathy the Ohio Newspaper Association . victim. A naive and inexpe- ploy. No evidence of the Poatmaater: Send address correc· Our main number Is tions to The Daily Sentinel, 111 Court rienced Huckabee went for masked intruders Dumond (740) 992-2156. Street, Pomeroy, Ohto 45769. it, hook. line and sinker: So claimed gelded him ever Department extensions are: did others for whom profes- emerged. . Subscription Rates sional skepticism is supTwo things made the case · By carrier or motor route posed · to be a job require- notorious. In a touch of · News One month '1 0.27 ment. In springing Dumond, Arkansas gothic, the St. One year Editor: Chartene Hoeflic~, Ext. 12 '1 15.84 the Arkansas Republican Francis County . sheriff Dally 50' Reporter: Brian Reed, Ext. 14 courted praise from the (who'd played no role in the Senior Citizen rates Reporter; Beth Sergent. Ext. t3 Clinton-hating right-wing rape investi~ation) exh ibit ~ One month '1 0.27 press, whose responsibility ed Dumond s testicles in a One year '103.90 Subscribers should remit in advance for the two murders the ex- jar. Second, although her Advertising direct to the Dai.ly Sentinel. No sub· con committed within identity wasn't initially disOutside Sales: Dave Harris. Ext. 15 scription by mail permitted in areas weeks of his release should- . closed, young Stevens was Outside Sales: f!renda Davis. Ext t6 Where home carrier service is avail· " 't be overlooked. a distant cousin of thenClassJCirc.: Judy Clark. Ext. 10 able. .. Here's the back story: In Gov. Bill Clinton. 1985, D~mond ; a handyman After Clinton became ·Mall Subscription , General Manager with a long rap sheet, kid- president, Dumond porInside Meigs County Charlene Hoellich, E~tt . 12 napped 17 -year-old Forrest trayed himself as an inno13 Weeks '32 .26 · 26 Wee~s '64. 20 City, Ark ., cheerleader cent victim of the satanic 52 Weeks ' 127.1 1 Aohley Stevens and raped "Ciinton -machine ." E-mail : her at knifepoint. Dumond's Softheaded conspi~acy thenews@mydai!ysentinel .com Outside Meigs County . was cutting off orists who circulated trademark 1 3 Weeks '53.55 hi s victims ' brassieres wi th "Clinton death list s" found 1107. tO · Web: 26 Weeks a huntin g knife, vowing to the notion irresistible. 52 Weeks '214.21 www.mydailysentinel.com murder them if they told. New York rost co lumni st The Daily Sentinel • and "Current Affairs" c"orrespondent ·Steve Dunleavy churned out articles of nearhallucinatory inaccuracy ch_ampioning Dumond's cause. He portrayed Dumond as a blameless Vietnam vet with no criminal history. In fact, to avoid prison in Oklahoma for beating a man to death with a claw hammer, Dumond testified against his accomplices. He'd been convicted of molesting a teenager in Oregon, and arrested for previous rapes in Arkansas. Dunleavy claimed DNA evidence exonerated Dumond, but that a vengeful Clinton prevente4 his release . Both were categorically false. No DNA evideuce existed; Clinton had recused. Dumond became a rightwing cause celebre. Guy Reel wrote a book entitled "Unequal Justice," parroting the . same bogus claims. Most significantly, Jay Cole, a Fayetteville, Ark., Bapti st pastor and pal of Huckabee's bought into the delusion. No sooner had Huckabee become governor after Kenneth Starr's con.viction of his Democratic predecessor, Jim· Guy Tucker, tha11 he began tllll\.ing about commuting the presumptively innocent Dumond 's sentence . He clearly expected to be congratulated. Instead, prosecutor Fletcher Long erupted. How could the governor even think of doing that without reading the trial transcript? Abandoning her anonymity, Ashley, Stevens invaded Huc!Qabee's personal space: -"This is how close I was to Wayne Dumond," she said. "I will never forget his face. And now I don't want you .ever to forget my face ." Previous victims wrote ago- nized letters begging Huckabee to desis\. · · Today; Huckabee alibis that nobody could have predieted Dumond's Missouri crimes. Many 'people did. Even this column warned that: "Rape's not a crime of passion; it's a crime of rage. Violent sex offenders, innu" merable case studies show, keep at it until something stops them. If Huckabee doesn't understand that, he's got no business getting involved." Instead of backing off, Huckabee got tricky. He held an improper closeddoor meeting with the parole board, several of whom say they'd felt pressured. . Last week, Huckabee's then-chief counsel, Olan "Butch" Reeves, basically seconded their claims. After the board voted to parole Dumond to .Missouri, Huckabee wrote a "Dear Wayne" le.tter stressing "my desire .:. that ·you be released from pri son" the proverbial smoking gt,~n he can't now rationalize or whine away. Angry Missouri cops say Dumond's victims' severed bra straps were like a calling card. They found · his DNA under their fingernails. Huckabee's latest book claims that Dumond died in ~rison before commg to tnal. In fact, he was convicted of murdering Carol Sue Shields on Nov. 12, 2003. · You 'd , think Gov. . Huckabee · might have noticed. (Arkansas DemocratGazette columnist Gehe Lyons is a 11ational magazine award win11er and co" author of "'The Hunting of the President" (St. Martin's Press, 2000). You can email Lypns at gene lyons2@shcglobal.net.) www .mydailysentinel.com <lbituaries August 1990, at the FOMC meeting. • "The economy has not yet slipped into recession," Greenspan said in October 1990. It turned out the recession he didn't see coming had already started- in July of that year. · . Greenspan isn't alone in getting it wrong. Baker also notes that in the fall of 2000, not one of the "Blue Chip 50" forecasters saw the 2001 recession coming. He also points to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's twice-yearly Livingston Survey of ecol1omists, which in June and December of 200 I "saw nothin~ but clear skies ahead,' Baker said. It turns out that the National Bureau of Economic Research later deemed that the recession had begun in March of that year. · This time around, the 36 respondents to the December Livingston Survey - a who's who in the economics world - collectiyely aren 't forecasting a recession yet, though they slashed their estimates for growth in the first half of 2008 to 1.9 percent from 2.9 percent in June. Plenty of those prominent economists, like Greenspan, still believe that a recession could come. A year from· now we should know jf they called this one right. ~ HEARD 2007 The Daily Sentinel • Page As ·- 2007 !ILL .BUSINESS:· Economists say recession could loom, ·but should we believe them? · Bv RACHEL BECK i Deaths Cora Wolfe REEDSVILLE - Cora Wolfe, 80, Reedsvill e, died Saturday, Dec. 15 , 2007, in a houseflre. . Arrangements are under the direction of W~ite­ Schwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville and will be announced when completed. Elaine Harper POINT PLEASANT. W,Va. - Elaine (Smith) Harper, 91, of Point Pleasant, W.Va. , died, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2{)07. at the Pleasant ValleY, Hospital. Funeral services w11l be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at the Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, ·with Rev. John Holland, officiating. The family will receive .friends from 6:30p.m. until service time at the funeral home. There will be. a pnvate burial on Friday, Dec. 21, 2007. Elaine's care has been entrusted to Crow-Hussell Funeral l'lome, Point Pleasant. Online guest regimy can be expressed to the fami_ly at www.crowhussellfh.co~. least breaking even . Deem gave .~redit to the school board for pursuing the program as well as the from PageA1 kitchen staff which have student. a figure that does been working to figure out not have labor factored in it. the ,logistics of hopefully At th is point Deem said the feeding more children · the program is set to run from most important meal of the Jan. 7 through the end of the . day. The free breakfasts will 2008 school year. Deem, be "g_rab-and-go" for the alon~ with the district:s food older students who can actu.servtce coordinator, will ally take the food out of the ·evaluate how the program is cafeteria to eat while kinderdoing in three months as well garten. preschool, first and as at the end of the year to second grades will still determine if the district is at receive breakfast with trays. .Southern I I SFERS POSTED • . POMEROY - Mei~s County Recorder Kay H1ll reported the following transfers in real estate: Patty J. Massey to Marvin G. Massey, Patty J. Massey. Darrick E. McCloud to U.S. Bank , sheriff's deed, Salem. Harry S. Bailey, deceased, to George R. Miller, Kerrie L. Miller, deed~ Rutland. Frederick E. Fillinger, Shirley E. Fillinger, to Linda J. Harri son, Herman A Roberts; Lind a L. Roberts, deed, Sali sbury. Anita M. Foster, Frank E. Foster to Frank and Anita Foster Family Trost, Anita· M. Foster, Frank E. Foster, deed, Village of Middleport. Anita Foster, Frank E. Foster, to Anita M. Foster, Frank E. Foster, Frank and Anita Foster Family Trust. deed, Village of Middleport . · Lori Andams Warden , Douglas Warden, Jessica A. Adams, Nicholas Adams, Ryan Adams, to James· E. Diddle, deed, Sutton~ Matthew · A. Justice, Amanda Justice, to Shane P. Napper, Terry D. Napper, . deed, Village of Rutland. Lesia L Varney to Jack . William s, Peggy Williams, deed, Salem. Etta Lemley Will to Stanley . Richard Lemley, deed, Village of Pomeroy. Tim Smith, Karne Smith, to Tammy J. Cremeans, Shannon L. Cremeans, deed, Chester. Terry L George, Rebecca M. George, to Terry Lee George , Rebecca Mac George, deed, Chester. . James F. Doan, Wilma E. Doan, James F. Doan and Wilma E. Doan, to Helen Kousaleos, Jonathan Peter Kousaleos, · . Sharon Kousaleos, Peter George Kousaleos, deed, Chester. Charles F. Chancey. Karah M. Chancey, Donald C. Shaffer, Heather D. Shaffer, to Douglas P. Baker, Tinki M. Baker, deed, Sutton. J. Tucker Williams, Jessica R. Williams, to Tony B. H&wk, Mary Elizabeth Hawk. deed, Village of Syracuse. Scott L. Walton, Geri L. Walton, to Mason County E Corp., deed , Village of Pomeroy/Salisbury. James R. Kimes, Sharon L. Kimes, ·to Susan M. Lecates, deed, Chester. Randy P. Snider, Janet S. Snider, to Harold L. Whitteki nd, Daniel S. Whittekind, deed, Salisbury. Jerry W. Colmer, Barbara M. Colm er, to Randy P. Snider, Janet S. Snider. deed, Salisbury. Village of Pomeroy to Mei gs County Community Improvement Corporation, deed, Village of Pomeroy. Thomas S. Bragg, Glen na Maria Bragg, to James M. Bragg, deed , Village of Middleport/Salisbury. Bruner L;tnd Co., Inc. to Tamara D. Bi ssell . deed, Bedford. Ro semary J. Prunty, Ro semary J. Kennon. Dennis Kennon, to Denni s Kennon, deed, Letart. Patrick L. Lawson, Julie Law son, to Columbu s Southern Power, easement. Columbia. Lea Wandling, Joshua D. Wandling . tu Columbus Southern Power, easement. Co lumbia. · Bret Franklin Howard, Bret Howard, Penny A. Howard, to . Columbus Southern Pow~r. easement, Columbia. Zachaty J. Glaze, K;1ra M. Glaze, to Columbus Southern Power, easement, Chester. Brenda Taylor · Hill , Robert Jay Hill , to Columbus Southern Power, easement, Chester. Parker to Bradle y Columbus Southern Power, easement, Olive. Harvey Bartimus, Carol Bartimus. to Carol Bartimus, Jon M. Bartimu s, Harvey Bartimu s, Jr., deed. Olive. Harvey Bartimus, Carol Bartimus, to Carol Bartimus, Harvey Bartimus, Jr., Jon M. Bartimus, deed, Olive. Harvey Bartimus, Carol Bartimus, to Carol Bartimus, Harvey Bartimus; Jr. , Jon M. Bartimus, deed, Olive. Christopher S. Ransom to Kent Haley, Andra Haley, Harry Spiegal, deed. Bedford. Eli se Dodderer, deceased, to Frank E. Dodderer, affi davit, Olive. Georgeann Dobbs to Gall ia County Rural Water, right of way, Salisbury. Timmy R. Hood to Heidi A. Hood, deed, Rutland. Mary Kathleen Jordan. Lavern Jordan, Janet Anne Dunham. John Dunham. Richard Jeffers, Lois J. Jeffers , Lee Sterling Jeffers, Mary Jeffers, lo Wellspring Retreat , deed, Scipio. Freda Delong to Freda J. Delong Revocable Tru st, Freda J. Delong, deed. Lebanon . Local Briefs Christmas Masses POMEROY - Rev. Walter Heinz has announced the Christmas and New Year's Mass schedule at Sacred Heart Church. Rev. Heinz will celebrate the Christmas Vigi"l Mass at 5:30p.m. on Monday, with children participating in ministries. The Midnight Christmas Mass will begin with a choral presentation at II: 15 p.m. Christmas Day Mass will be celebratet.l at 9:30a.m. Mass will be celebrated at 7 p.m. on New Year 's Eve, and 9:30a.m. o~ New Year's Day. Confessions will be heard from 4:45 to 5: 15 p.m . on Saturday and 8:45a.m. to 9:15a.m. on Sunday. _Decorating contest winners announced RACINE - Winners in the annual Racine Area Community Organization's home decorating contest have been announced. They are Cheryl Marnhout, first. with a prize of $50; Dave and Tina Neigler, second place with a prize of $30, and Virginia Cleek, third with a prize of $20. For the Record Marriages POMEROY - Marriage licenses were issued in Meigs County Probate Court to Damon Leonard Miller, 41, Parkersburg, W.Va. and Lisa Charles, 41 , Delbarton, W.Va., and Brandon Carpenter, 21. and Bobbi Jo Gordon, 20, Middleport. Riley Spaun, Gage Spaun Spann birth CHESHIRE - Je ss ica and . Travis . Spaun of Cheshire are announcing the birth of a son, Gage Benton Spaun, on Sept. 13, 2007. He weighed 8 pounds , 3 ounces and was 21-112 inches long. He was welcomed home by his sister, Riley Morgan Spaun , 2. Maternal grandparents are Marilyn and Olin "Rinky" Blain of Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va : Paternal grandparents are Nola Young of Athens, and Bob and Betty Spaun of Cheshire. Maternal great-grandparents are the late Harry and Frances Walli s. Paternal great-grandparents are Martha Parsons of Racine and th e late Marvin Parsons, and Marie Spaun of Pomeroy and the ial e Junior Spaun. Suspect dren were found and were ·'fine and not in harm." The Pomeroy Police Department said at this from PageA1 point Bradford remains a POMEROY - Dissolutions were granted in Meigs County Common Pleas Court to Opal Whitlatch and Neal After releasing the infor- suspect at large and the. D. Bonecutter, Jr., Jeffrey B. Smith and Catherine E. Smith, mati.on of a possible abduc- charges filed against him and Michelle Renee Starcher and Tony D. Starcher. tion to stille-wide law have not been dropped. The case was initially enforcement agencies , handled by . Pomeroy Pomeroy received a call. from the Columbus Police Assistant Chief of Police POMEROY - Divorces were granted in Meigs County Department at I0:45 p.m. Alan Queen ant.l also Common Pleas Court to Joseph M. Powell from Laura A. the same day sayi ng involved the Meigs County Powell and Rebecca J. Weaver from Joshua B. Weaver. Jackson and two minor chil- Sheritrs Office. Dissolutions Divorces lJt ~-:;> C ·i~j· judgments are paid in full , sentence on the grand theft and to impose a civil penal- charge, he was also sen•. :" ;.r • .1'ty of at least $25,000. tenc~d to 18 months on an \J..l : -; ~ . :-:The case against the cou- . unrelated assault charge . from Page A1 · ..... _-· 4:...................... pie was begun earlier this l>fRJ II~'II'l ; \llhrF\TIIJ "Defendants accep"ted yt;ar, when complaints were to the Ohio New Years Eve Gala money from consumers as made Limited Seating RSVP deposits for the purchase of Cemeteries Commission 121t7/07 'THURS 12/2il/O;I goods or services without about their alleged illegal Dec. 31 WWW.SPRINGVALLEVCINEMA .COM having available sufficient activites. 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In addition to orliering Kenneth and Vickie Hobbs to reimburse "customers for the goods they never deli vered, Dann has asked Judge Fred W: Crow Ill to enjoin them from further violations 113 Court Street Historic Pomeroy, OhiQ 740-992-2054 of the two consumer protection laws and from any other sales until unpaid ·"' Lawsuit 9; ~· · -··---·-- . ................... <!Clark's J etuel YOOR tmrO\'m CH~STUAS ~~NGS a EXTENDED HOLIDAY SHOPPING HOURS . muRSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SA'ruRDAY9:00 A.M. •9:00P.M. SUNDAY 9:00A.M.- 9:00P.M. ........................ �The Daily Sentinel AROUND THE WORLD PageA6 Thursday, December 20, 2007 LOCAL :OVCS students donate gifts !he Daily Sentinel • STATE · Bv M.R. KROPKO . AP plloto President-elect Lee Myung-bak of the conservative ·main opposition. Grand National Party, left, and his wife Kini Soo.n-ok wave their hands to supporters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday. Former Hyundai executive elected South Korean president in ·landslide victory AP photo Pakistani paramilitary troops and rescue workers search for victims of a train derailment near Mehrabpur, about 400 kilometers (250 miles ) north of Ka rachi, Pakistan on Wednesday. An express train crowded with holiday travelers derai led in southern Pakistan early Wednesday, killing at leetst 56 people and injuring some 150 others, officials sa1d. Train carrying holiday travelers derails in Pakistan, killing 58 people Bv ASHRAF KHAN said he suspected a problem With the track. "My guess is that there MEHRABPUR, Pakistan was some piece of rail miss: - Plunged Into darkness ing and the engine jumped and chaos, Shahid Khan the missing track and the used the light from his cell following wagon got phone Wednesday to escape stuck," he said. the wreckage of an express After the crash, a section train that had been taking of one rail had been torn · holiday travelers home. loose. The engine came to a It was 2 a.m., and what halt about a mile farther up was left of the train, crowd- the line. ed with 900 people beading Brig. Nazhar Jamil , the from Karachi to near army officer in charge ofthe Lahore in southern relief operation, said an iniPaktstan, lay scattered about tial inspection of the track a . waterlogged field, with · found no sign of sabotage. cnes from the trapped and He said excessive speed coupled with poor mainteinjured ringing out. At least 58 peopl~ died nance might have been to and 150 more were InJured blame. The train had been when about 12 of the 16 full, but not overcrowded. Rescuers brought 58 bodcars came off the rails near Mehrabpur. about 250 miles ies to three nearby hospitals, north of Karachi. said Mumtaz Ali, an official "The train was going at from the Edhi Foundation, full spe,ed. Then there was a Pakistan's largest privately sudden jer~ and we felt the run emergency service. tram smkmg mto the earth. Col. Abbas Malik, an There ,wa_s chaos . every- army doctor, said about ISO where. satd the 25-year-old people were InJured. Many Khan, sitting next to bun- of the passengers were headdies ot luggage he bad sal- ing home for the holiday of vaged from a car lying on its Eid al-Adha, when Muslims side. He had been traveling commemorate the prophet w1th SIX relat1ves. Abraham's willingness to Another passenger, sacrifice hi s son for God. Mohammed Yusuf, sat on a Army engineers used two pink blanket next to a pile of cranes and cutting equipshoes and clothes, wailing ment to free the last surin grief at ihe death of hi s vivors , including a girl younger brother. about 3 years old who bad a Yusuf, 26, said his brother bloodied left foot:· survived the impact and was Dozens of soldiers and crying out in pain , but was police helped tend the unable to free his trapped injured and carry them away leg from the wreckage. to ambulances, as hundreds " It's unbearable. Don't of people from the surroundsay that he is dead," he ing villages looked ·on. pleaded, as other relatives Deadly accidents are a regular occurrence on tried to console him. He said his wife; two chi!- · Pakistan 's colonial-era raildren and another brother way network. were injured and taken to a A speeding train struck a hospital , their conditions crowded bus at a railway unknown. crossing near Lahore in It was unclear lvhat October, killing 12 people caused the accident, which and injuring about 50. About left hundreds of terrified 130 people died in July 2005 passengers trying to claw when three trains collided in their way out of the wreck- southern Pakistan. age in total darkness. Associated f'ress writers Mohammed Khalid , a Matthew Pennington in railway official who was Mehrabpur and Zarar Khan tra,veling in one .of the rear in Islamabad comribured to cars thai stayed on the rails. this rep01:t. AS SOCIATED PRESS WRITER veto such legislation before 'The North's ·abandon- mental credibility and were he leaves office for the sake ment of its nuclear pro- viewed as redemption for of the national unity," Kang grams is the way for the earlier eyesores he built with SEOUL, South Korea - . Jae-sup, chairman of the ['Jorth to develop" its econo- Hyundai in the country's A former Hyundai CEO Grand National Party, told my, 'Lee said Thursday. haste to develop. known as "The Bulldozer" KBS radio Thursday. "Full-fledged economic It was during his three for hls determination to get Presidential spokesman · exchanges can start after decades with the Hyundai things done rolled over all Oh Young-jin responded by North Korea dismantles its Group that Lee earned the opposition and financial saying Roh had earlier nuclear weapons." nickname "Bulldozer" for fraud allegations to win expressed his intention to Lee said he would not shy hi> drive to push through South Korea's presidency sign the investigation bill. away from raising the North's challenges. In one instance, Wednesday, ending a Lee emphasized the econ- shprtcomings. "I think uncon- he completely took apart a decade of liberal rule. omy in his campaign with a ditionally avoiding critiCism bulldozer to study its mechA day after his landslide "747" pledge - promising toward North Korea would anism and figure out why it victory, Lee My11ng-bak to raise annual growth to 7 not be appropriate." kept breaking down. pledged to work for a nuclear- percent, double the country's On relations with Seoul's "I feel good that the right free Korean peninsula and per capita income to $40,000 key Washington ally, Lee person was elected. I voted strengthen Seoul's alliance and lift South Korea to said he would "renew the for him because he is an with the United States. among the world's top seven common values and peace economic president," said "The most important · economies. He also pro- based on trust." Lee Myung-ja, 60, a housething is for North Korea to posed a "Grand Canal" linkThe Bush administration wife who was amon·g get rid of its nuclear ing Seoul to the southern congratulated Lee on his crowds gathered . to watch weapons." he told a news port city of Busan that would victory, saying it expected vote results near a restored con r~re nce Thursday. improve transport and be a close cooperation with his stream in central Seoul that Lee, who turned 66 on tourist attraction. government over· the North .was Lee's landmark project election day Wednesday and "Today, the . people gave Korean nuclear dispute. · as mayor. "I hope President has served as the mayor of me absolute support. I'm "We .have a long history Lee Myunj;·bak will focus Seoul. earned his win on a well aware of the people's of cooperation and friend- on economtc growth so as to wave of discontent with wishes," Lee told supporters ship With South Korea and make the people better-off." incumbent. Presi dent Roh at his party's headquarters. fully expect that'll continue Taking the luster off Lee's Moo-hyun, whom many In hts comments Thursday, with this new government;'' victory were lingering ailebelieve bungled the econo- Lee said he would ."foster an said State Department gations of involvement in a my and dragged down the environment where compa- spokesman Tom Casey stock manipulation case in co1.1ntry's rapid growth. nies can operate freely." Hundreds of supporters which a former business The National . Election "The atmosphere was . watching the results on a · associate faces criminal Commission said Lee had anti-business and anti-cor- giant TV in front of the charges for illegal gains of 48.7 percent of the vote porate so that companies Grand National Party's millions of dollars. A video after all ballots were count- were reluctant to invest." 'be headquarters burst into song released Sunday by his tibered. Liberal Chung Dong- said of the last two liberal Wednesday evening as al rivals. showed Lee saying young was a distant second · administrations, adding that Lee's victory became clear. in 2000 that be founded the with 26. l percent. his government would court "I am very happy and it is · firm at the center of the case. It was the biggest margin · foreign investment. like retaking democracy Lee has said the taped of victory in any South Lee heads t" nffice amid after a· decade" of liberal comments were taken out of Korean presidential· elec- progress in the long-running rule, said ~ark Mi-won, . a context and denied the ailetion. The candidate with the standoff over North Korea's · housewife in her 50s. · gations, but consented to the most votes wins and there nuclear weapons program, Lee rose from the poverty independent counsel to clear are no run-offs. Turnout was fostered by U.S. political that gripped the _peninsula his name. He is the couna record low 63 percent of and economic concessions after the 1950-53 Korean War try's ftrst president-elect to 37.7 million eligible voters. to Pyongyang. and worked as a janitor to put face a criminal probe. South Koreans apparently The president-elect 1s himself through college. By South Korean law, a wanted change so badly that expected to tie aid to contin- · He first gained prominence president-elect can be prosethey were willing to over- ued compliance with intema- as head of Hyundi)i's con-, cuted but he would receive look accusations of ethical tiona! demands in the atomic struction unit, which symbol- immunity from most criminal lapse s that dogged Lee dispute in line with ized South Korea's meteoric lawsuits after inauguration. · throughout his campaign . . Washington's wishes, but wa~ economic rise in the 1960Associated Press writers Just days before the elec- not expected to make any dra- 70s. As Seoul's mayor from Jae-soon Charzg, Hyung-jin tion, parliament approved matic change in assistance 2002-2006, he undertook Kim, Kwang-tae Kim and an independent counsel while the · North remains on beautilication projects in the Jae-yeon Lim contributed to city that earned him environ- this report. inve sti gation into allega- the path to. disannament. tions that Lee ma1iipulated stock. The investigation is to be completed before the Feb. 25 inauguration, and Lee has said he will step down if found at fault ;{nd the stockings "After all , the people were hut~ra... chose the economy over morality," the Maeil Business Newspaper wrote in an editorial for its Thursday editions. Lee's conservative Grand National Party asked for a veto of the independent counsel bill. "What I'm asking for President Roh to do is . . Christmas program. Bv BURT HERMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOLEDO (AP)- Ronald Ramm was aware natural gas rates were going up, but hi s latest residential bill from Columbia Gas of Ohio still came as a -shock. It was for $5,559.60, due Wednesday. Ramm, 55 , said he'd never seen anything like it in the more than 30 years he's lived in his home on Submitted photo Tuesday the Ohio Valley Christian School presented its high school Christmas program entitled, "An Oh1o Valley Christmas." f!oger Williams, the music teacher. led the choirs and band in performing a variety of favorite Christmas selections. Sandy Mock, third grade teacher, was the guest conductor for, "A Merry Mozart Christmas" and Patrick O'Donnell ~ang , "Joseph's Song." Seventh grader Madison Crank conducted the junior high choir in "Candle Light." Here high school band members Annee Carman and Lindsey Miller perform "A Christmas Tribute" with the band. .. Planned building would be Cincinnati's tallest structure . CINCINNATI (AP) - A . Western & Southern did building proposed for not say what the project is downtown Cincinnati expected to cost, or how it financed. would be the city's lallest would · be structure, a 40-story office Chairman John F. Barrett has sent invitations to local tower near the Ohio River. Western & Southern developers and dignitaries Financial Group mel with for what is billed as a major city officials on Tuesday to announcement Thursday propose a time I ine for its afternoon. A I ,500-space parking Queen City Square project, at the site .would garage which could open in 20 II. Turner Construction · have to be demolished . "We are excited that would be the project managWestern & Southefn is taker. The plan is for 800,000 square feet of office space, ing this opportunity to invest 2! ,000 square feet of in the city," said Holly ~ound-level retail and I ,300 Childs, the city's economic parking spaces on nine lev- development director. "Their commitment to Queen City o!ls, city officials said. : A distinctive·arching roof Square is a catalytic develwould make it taller than opment for the Banks project the 574-foot Carew Tower. and the future of the centml even though it would have business district."· The new building would f.ewer tloors. NOW OPEN Reed & Baur. Insurance Ae:ency The Daily Sentinel Subscribe today 992-2155 111 Announces they are accepting patients · at their new location "!ff' it~if·:~~ . ·, ' ttl -~'!'~ *· r, '£. POntei'O)f, ~~ · ,r' . -14CH92..()$40· • ' • Provider Beverly Phillips CNP-Certified Nurse Practitioner Most insurance's accepted including Tri·Care Sliding fee Available for those who qualify the city's south side. ";rhe highest gas bill I've ever had si nce I've been here was $31 0," Ramm said Tuesday, noting that that was a bill lie got. lasl winter. Columbia Gas investigated and determined that the eye-popping bill resulted from an error made when the company replaced Ramm 's basement meter with an outdoor one in October. spokesman Chris Kozak said. Ramm and his wife were credited Wednesday for an overcharge of approximately $5,300, Kozak said, adding that the Ramms were never at risk of having their gas turned off if they didn't pay their original, four-figure bill. Inmates, prison staff spread holiday cheer . Keeping Meigs informed CLEVELAND - The youngest brother of Democratic presidential candidate Denni s Kucinich was found dead at his home Wedne sday morning, the Cuyahoga County Coroner's office said. There were no signs of foul .play, said Powell Caesar, spokesman for the office of Dr. Frank Miller. An autopsy was performed Wednesday to determine cause of death of Perry Kucinich, 52, Caesar said. Results were not -yet available, Caesar said. He did not know whether any tests were done for drugs or alcohol. Perry Kucinich, about I U yoors younger than his well known congressman broth er, lived bv himself in an apartment 'above Becker's Donuts, a bakery in a twostory brick building on Clevelanll's southeast side. A nei ghbor, Donalll Tanks, said Perry Kucini ch was friendly, out qui~t. "He had a hearing problem, I know ~hat," Tanks said. ·'He was a nice guy to me. I had no problems with him. He . always kept. to himself, like a loner. He wa' an artist. He Kucinich said hi s brother could draw real good.' ' was a talented artist who Tanks said Dcnni s ' had some of his works on Kucinich would sometime' display recently at a local visit his brother. art gallery. "I saw his brother, th e "He had extraordinary congres~man. come by and in .sighis. Although he strugpick him up," Tanks said. gled with mental illness, Perry Kucini ch was with the help of his family found face down in the · and friends , he was able to kitchen by another brother, lead a productive life," Larry, at about 9 a.m. al his Dennis Kucinich said in the l\partment. He told officers prepared statement. that his brother had a histoIn December 197S, at a ry of mental illness and time when Dennis Kucinic~ had stopped takin g his was ma yor of Cleveland medication , according lo a and in a struggle with police report. . bankers who claimed Lany Kucinich had taken Cleveland was in default on his brother shopping loans. Perry Kucinich . Tuesdav anti then took him demanded money at a bank home but couldn't gel an branch and was arrested for an,wer when he tried calling bank robbery. A federal him Wednesday, Caesar sa id. Judge later ruled him Dennis Kucinich. a U.S. incompetent to stand trial. represemative who reprePerry Kucinich was the sents I he I Oth congre,sional tilth child ol Frank and district in noi1heast Ohio. Virginia Kucinich. The famtook a !light from ily's strugg les are discussed Washin gton back 10 in Dennis Kucinich's Cleveland after learning of rece ntly released book, the de ath and was not "The Courage to Survive." immediately available for Funeral arrangements are comment, said his con gres- pending. Be, ides his brothsional pre ss secretary. er Dennis. Perry Kucinich Natalie Laber. is survived by brothers "He was very close to Frank, Gary, and Larry, and Perry and he's taking this by sisters Theresa and Beth very hard,'' Laber said. · Ann. They all live in north· Later, in a press release , e·ast Ohio. Ohio man receives natural gas bill for $5,559.60 ~ffice locate/'i;t county Submitted photo Ohio Valley Christian School students in grades K-12 participated in the . program called Operation Christmas Child to send shoeboxes filled with gifts and a gospel message to children acmss the world. OVCS students and_teachers prepared and collected 115 boxes. Christy Perkins , the student council advisor, organized the program. Here students Sarah Absten and Madision Crank add their boxes to the collection. Thursday, December 20,2007 Coroner's office: Kucinich brother dead, no sign of foul play ASSOCIAf ED PRES S WRITER . Page A7 992-3600 . www.reedbaur.com Providing Insurance Solutions Home Auto Farm Business Health be adjacent to .the 303 Broadway building. the first new office tower builfdowntown in 14 years. It opened in 2Q05 and is almost full. facilities, Carson said. In addition to making Christm as greeting cards. some of the nearly 50.000 inmates overseen by the department are given a special chan~e during the holidays to be with their chil dren to play games, sing songs, and complete arts and crafts projects: · Maintaining connecti ons to the outside world, particularly through the ·'Child and · I" programs, helps when offenders are eventu ally released. state pri sons director Terry Collins ·said in a statement . "A strong family connection is a significant key to success upon release. and COLUMBUS (AP) Residents of southeastern Ohio nursing homes received Christmas cards this year from an unlikely source: prison inmates. Creating the cards is one of the ways the Ohio Department .of Rehabilitation and Correction marks the hoi iday season, said spokeswoman Andrea Carson. The department's 14,000 staff members also donated time. money, . clothing , blankets. gifts and food for the needy across the state and to military personnel overseas. she said. All told, $3 1,000 worth of goods were donated to local food pantri es, homel ess shelters, schools ·and similar activities such as these are examples of how DRC is \vorking to maintain and strengthen these important family bonds," he said. 'fahltile~ G/(,1'U/ ;J~.k.l ora 'Diammuf.s-'J{.:(j 740-446-3484 . mbe ~a(hpohsllailp mrtbune, miJC ~oint ~(casant l\cgtster and The Daily Sentinel have launched a new page every Friday called "Faith and Family". If you have a testimonial story, · life-changing event about yourself or even a poem that you would . like to share please email to: kkelly@ mydailytribune.com nfields@mydailyregister.com hoeflich@ mydailysentinel.com. Limit your story to -· 500-750 words. Please include a phone number · in your email.. I '/ �The Daily Sentinel AROUND THE WORLD PageA6 Thursday, December 20, 2007 LOCAL :OVCS students donate gifts !he Daily Sentinel • STATE · Bv M.R. KROPKO . AP plloto President-elect Lee Myung-bak of the conservative ·main opposition. Grand National Party, left, and his wife Kini Soo.n-ok wave their hands to supporters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday. Former Hyundai executive elected South Korean president in ·landslide victory AP photo Pakistani paramilitary troops and rescue workers search for victims of a train derailment near Mehrabpur, about 400 kilometers (250 miles ) north of Ka rachi, Pakistan on Wednesday. An express train crowded with holiday travelers derai led in southern Pakistan early Wednesday, killing at leetst 56 people and injuring some 150 others, officials sa1d. Train carrying holiday travelers derails in Pakistan, killing 58 people Bv ASHRAF KHAN said he suspected a problem With the track. "My guess is that there MEHRABPUR, Pakistan was some piece of rail miss: - Plunged Into darkness ing and the engine jumped and chaos, Shahid Khan the missing track and the used the light from his cell following wagon got phone Wednesday to escape stuck," he said. the wreckage of an express After the crash, a section train that had been taking of one rail had been torn · holiday travelers home. loose. The engine came to a It was 2 a.m., and what halt about a mile farther up was left of the train, crowd- the line. ed with 900 people beading Brig. Nazhar Jamil , the from Karachi to near army officer in charge ofthe Lahore in southern relief operation, said an iniPaktstan, lay scattered about tial inspection of the track a . waterlogged field, with · found no sign of sabotage. cnes from the trapped and He said excessive speed coupled with poor mainteinjured ringing out. At least 58 peopl~ died nance might have been to and 150 more were InJured blame. The train had been when about 12 of the 16 full, but not overcrowded. Rescuers brought 58 bodcars came off the rails near Mehrabpur. about 250 miles ies to three nearby hospitals, north of Karachi. said Mumtaz Ali, an official "The train was going at from the Edhi Foundation, full spe,ed. Then there was a Pakistan's largest privately sudden jer~ and we felt the run emergency service. tram smkmg mto the earth. Col. Abbas Malik, an There ,wa_s chaos . every- army doctor, said about ISO where. satd the 25-year-old people were InJured. Many Khan, sitting next to bun- of the passengers were headdies ot luggage he bad sal- ing home for the holiday of vaged from a car lying on its Eid al-Adha, when Muslims side. He had been traveling commemorate the prophet w1th SIX relat1ves. Abraham's willingness to Another passenger, sacrifice hi s son for God. Mohammed Yusuf, sat on a Army engineers used two pink blanket next to a pile of cranes and cutting equipshoes and clothes, wailing ment to free the last surin grief at ihe death of hi s vivors , including a girl younger brother. about 3 years old who bad a Yusuf, 26, said his brother bloodied left foot:· survived the impact and was Dozens of soldiers and crying out in pain , but was police helped tend the unable to free his trapped injured and carry them away leg from the wreckage. to ambulances, as hundreds " It's unbearable. Don't of people from the surroundsay that he is dead," he ing villages looked ·on. pleaded, as other relatives Deadly accidents are a regular occurrence on tried to console him. He said his wife; two chi!- · Pakistan 's colonial-era raildren and another brother way network. were injured and taken to a A speeding train struck a hospital , their conditions crowded bus at a railway unknown. crossing near Lahore in It was unclear lvhat October, killing 12 people caused the accident, which and injuring about 50. About left hundreds of terrified 130 people died in July 2005 passengers trying to claw when three trains collided in their way out of the wreck- southern Pakistan. age in total darkness. Associated f'ress writers Mohammed Khalid , a Matthew Pennington in railway official who was Mehrabpur and Zarar Khan tra,veling in one .of the rear in Islamabad comribured to cars thai stayed on the rails. this rep01:t. AS SOCIATED PRESS WRITER veto such legislation before 'The North's ·abandon- mental credibility and were he leaves office for the sake ment of its nuclear pro- viewed as redemption for of the national unity," Kang grams is the way for the earlier eyesores he built with SEOUL, South Korea - . Jae-sup, chairman of the ['Jorth to develop" its econo- Hyundai in the country's A former Hyundai CEO Grand National Party, told my, 'Lee said Thursday. haste to develop. known as "The Bulldozer" KBS radio Thursday. "Full-fledged economic It was during his three for hls determination to get Presidential spokesman · exchanges can start after decades with the Hyundai things done rolled over all Oh Young-jin responded by North Korea dismantles its Group that Lee earned the opposition and financial saying Roh had earlier nuclear weapons." nickname "Bulldozer" for fraud allegations to win expressed his intention to Lee said he would not shy hi> drive to push through South Korea's presidency sign the investigation bill. away from raising the North's challenges. In one instance, Wednesday, ending a Lee emphasized the econ- shprtcomings. "I think uncon- he completely took apart a decade of liberal rule. omy in his campaign with a ditionally avoiding critiCism bulldozer to study its mechA day after his landslide "747" pledge - promising toward North Korea would anism and figure out why it victory, Lee My11ng-bak to raise annual growth to 7 not be appropriate." kept breaking down. pledged to work for a nuclear- percent, double the country's On relations with Seoul's "I feel good that the right free Korean peninsula and per capita income to $40,000 key Washington ally, Lee person was elected. I voted strengthen Seoul's alliance and lift South Korea to said he would "renew the for him because he is an with the United States. among the world's top seven common values and peace economic president," said "The most important · economies. He also pro- based on trust." Lee Myung-ja, 60, a housething is for North Korea to posed a "Grand Canal" linkThe Bush administration wife who was amon·g get rid of its nuclear ing Seoul to the southern congratulated Lee on his crowds gathered . to watch weapons." he told a news port city of Busan that would victory, saying it expected vote results near a restored con r~re nce Thursday. improve transport and be a close cooperation with his stream in central Seoul that Lee, who turned 66 on tourist attraction. government over· the North .was Lee's landmark project election day Wednesday and "Today, the . people gave Korean nuclear dispute. · as mayor. "I hope President has served as the mayor of me absolute support. I'm "We .have a long history Lee Myunj;·bak will focus Seoul. earned his win on a well aware of the people's of cooperation and friend- on economtc growth so as to wave of discontent with wishes," Lee told supporters ship With South Korea and make the people better-off." incumbent. Presi dent Roh at his party's headquarters. fully expect that'll continue Taking the luster off Lee's Moo-hyun, whom many In hts comments Thursday, with this new government;'' victory were lingering ailebelieve bungled the econo- Lee said he would ."foster an said State Department gations of involvement in a my and dragged down the environment where compa- spokesman Tom Casey stock manipulation case in co1.1ntry's rapid growth. nies can operate freely." Hundreds of supporters which a former business The National . Election "The atmosphere was . watching the results on a · associate faces criminal Commission said Lee had anti-business and anti-cor- giant TV in front of the charges for illegal gains of 48.7 percent of the vote porate so that companies Grand National Party's millions of dollars. A video after all ballots were count- were reluctant to invest." 'be headquarters burst into song released Sunday by his tibered. Liberal Chung Dong- said of the last two liberal Wednesday evening as al rivals. showed Lee saying young was a distant second · administrations, adding that Lee's victory became clear. in 2000 that be founded the with 26. l percent. his government would court "I am very happy and it is · firm at the center of the case. It was the biggest margin · foreign investment. like retaking democracy Lee has said the taped of victory in any South Lee heads t" nffice amid after a· decade" of liberal comments were taken out of Korean presidential· elec- progress in the long-running rule, said ~ark Mi-won, . a context and denied the ailetion. The candidate with the standoff over North Korea's · housewife in her 50s. · gations, but consented to the most votes wins and there nuclear weapons program, Lee rose from the poverty independent counsel to clear are no run-offs. Turnout was fostered by U.S. political that gripped the _peninsula his name. He is the couna record low 63 percent of and economic concessions after the 1950-53 Korean War try's ftrst president-elect to 37.7 million eligible voters. to Pyongyang. and worked as a janitor to put face a criminal probe. South Koreans apparently The president-elect 1s himself through college. By South Korean law, a wanted change so badly that expected to tie aid to contin- · He first gained prominence president-elect can be prosethey were willing to over- ued compliance with intema- as head of Hyundi)i's con-, cuted but he would receive look accusations of ethical tiona! demands in the atomic struction unit, which symbol- immunity from most criminal lapse s that dogged Lee dispute in line with ized South Korea's meteoric lawsuits after inauguration. · throughout his campaign . . Washington's wishes, but wa~ economic rise in the 1960Associated Press writers Just days before the elec- not expected to make any dra- 70s. As Seoul's mayor from Jae-soon Charzg, Hyung-jin tion, parliament approved matic change in assistance 2002-2006, he undertook Kim, Kwang-tae Kim and an independent counsel while the · North remains on beautilication projects in the Jae-yeon Lim contributed to city that earned him environ- this report. inve sti gation into allega- the path to. disannament. tions that Lee ma1iipulated stock. The investigation is to be completed before the Feb. 25 inauguration, and Lee has said he will step down if found at fault ;{nd the stockings "After all , the people were hut~ra... chose the economy over morality," the Maeil Business Newspaper wrote in an editorial for its Thursday editions. Lee's conservative Grand National Party asked for a veto of the independent counsel bill. "What I'm asking for President Roh to do is . . Christmas program. Bv BURT HERMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOLEDO (AP)- Ronald Ramm was aware natural gas rates were going up, but hi s latest residential bill from Columbia Gas of Ohio still came as a -shock. It was for $5,559.60, due Wednesday. Ramm, 55 , said he'd never seen anything like it in the more than 30 years he's lived in his home on Submitted photo Tuesday the Ohio Valley Christian School presented its high school Christmas program entitled, "An Oh1o Valley Christmas." f!oger Williams, the music teacher. led the choirs and band in performing a variety of favorite Christmas selections. Sandy Mock, third grade teacher, was the guest conductor for, "A Merry Mozart Christmas" and Patrick O'Donnell ~ang , "Joseph's Song." Seventh grader Madison Crank conducted the junior high choir in "Candle Light." Here high school band members Annee Carman and Lindsey Miller perform "A Christmas Tribute" with the band. .. Planned building would be Cincinnati's tallest structure . CINCINNATI (AP) - A . Western & Southern did building proposed for not say what the project is downtown Cincinnati expected to cost, or how it financed. would be the city's lallest would · be structure, a 40-story office Chairman John F. Barrett has sent invitations to local tower near the Ohio River. Western & Southern developers and dignitaries Financial Group mel with for what is billed as a major city officials on Tuesday to announcement Thursday propose a time I ine for its afternoon. A I ,500-space parking Queen City Square project, at the site .would garage which could open in 20 II. Turner Construction · have to be demolished . "We are excited that would be the project managWestern & Southefn is taker. The plan is for 800,000 square feet of office space, ing this opportunity to invest 2! ,000 square feet of in the city," said Holly ~ound-level retail and I ,300 Childs, the city's economic parking spaces on nine lev- development director. "Their commitment to Queen City o!ls, city officials said. : A distinctive·arching roof Square is a catalytic develwould make it taller than opment for the Banks project the 574-foot Carew Tower. and the future of the centml even though it would have business district."· The new building would f.ewer tloors. NOW OPEN Reed & Baur. Insurance Ae:ency The Daily Sentinel Subscribe today 992-2155 111 Announces they are accepting patients · at their new location "!ff' it~if·:~~ . ·, ' ttl -~'!'~ *· r, '£. POntei'O)f, ~~ · ,r' . -14CH92..()$40· • ' • Provider Beverly Phillips CNP-Certified Nurse Practitioner Most insurance's accepted including Tri·Care Sliding fee Available for those who qualify the city's south side. ";rhe highest gas bill I've ever had si nce I've been here was $31 0," Ramm said Tuesday, noting that that was a bill lie got. lasl winter. Columbia Gas investigated and determined that the eye-popping bill resulted from an error made when the company replaced Ramm 's basement meter with an outdoor one in October. spokesman Chris Kozak said. Ramm and his wife were credited Wednesday for an overcharge of approximately $5,300, Kozak said, adding that the Ramms were never at risk of having their gas turned off if they didn't pay their original, four-figure bill. Inmates, prison staff spread holiday cheer . Keeping Meigs informed CLEVELAND - The youngest brother of Democratic presidential candidate Denni s Kucinich was found dead at his home Wedne sday morning, the Cuyahoga County Coroner's office said. There were no signs of foul .play, said Powell Caesar, spokesman for the office of Dr. Frank Miller. An autopsy was performed Wednesday to determine cause of death of Perry Kucinich, 52, Caesar said. Results were not -yet available, Caesar said. He did not know whether any tests were done for drugs or alcohol. Perry Kucinich, about I U yoors younger than his well known congressman broth er, lived bv himself in an apartment 'above Becker's Donuts, a bakery in a twostory brick building on Clevelanll's southeast side. A nei ghbor, Donalll Tanks, said Perry Kucini ch was friendly, out qui~t. "He had a hearing problem, I know ~hat," Tanks said. ·'He was a nice guy to me. I had no problems with him. He . always kept. to himself, like a loner. He wa' an artist. He Kucinich said hi s brother could draw real good.' ' was a talented artist who Tanks said Dcnni s ' had some of his works on Kucinich would sometime' display recently at a local visit his brother. art gallery. "I saw his brother, th e "He had extraordinary congres~man. come by and in .sighis. Although he strugpick him up," Tanks said. gled with mental illness, Perry Kucini ch was with the help of his family found face down in the · and friends , he was able to kitchen by another brother, lead a productive life," Larry, at about 9 a.m. al his Dennis Kucinich said in the l\partment. He told officers prepared statement. that his brother had a histoIn December 197S, at a ry of mental illness and time when Dennis Kucinic~ had stopped takin g his was ma yor of Cleveland medication , according lo a and in a struggle with police report. . bankers who claimed Lany Kucinich had taken Cleveland was in default on his brother shopping loans. Perry Kucinich . Tuesdav anti then took him demanded money at a bank home but couldn't gel an branch and was arrested for an,wer when he tried calling bank robbery. A federal him Wednesday, Caesar sa id. Judge later ruled him Dennis Kucinich. a U.S. incompetent to stand trial. represemative who reprePerry Kucinich was the sents I he I Oth congre,sional tilth child ol Frank and district in noi1heast Ohio. Virginia Kucinich. The famtook a !light from ily's strugg les are discussed Washin gton back 10 in Dennis Kucinich's Cleveland after learning of rece ntly released book, the de ath and was not "The Courage to Survive." immediately available for Funeral arrangements are comment, said his con gres- pending. Be, ides his brothsional pre ss secretary. er Dennis. Perry Kucinich Natalie Laber. is survived by brothers "He was very close to Frank, Gary, and Larry, and Perry and he's taking this by sisters Theresa and Beth very hard,'' Laber said. · Ann. They all live in north· Later, in a press release , e·ast Ohio. Ohio man receives natural gas bill for $5,559.60 ~ffice locate/'i;t county Submitted photo Ohio Valley Christian School students in grades K-12 participated in the . program called Operation Christmas Child to send shoeboxes filled with gifts and a gospel message to children acmss the world. OVCS students and_teachers prepared and collected 115 boxes. Christy Perkins , the student council advisor, organized the program. Here students Sarah Absten and Madision Crank add their boxes to the collection. Thursday, December 20,2007 Coroner's office: Kucinich brother dead, no sign of foul play ASSOCIAf ED PRES S WRITER . Page A7 992-3600 . www.reedbaur.com Providing Insurance Solutions Home Auto Farm Business Health be adjacent to .the 303 Broadway building. the first new office tower builfdowntown in 14 years. It opened in 2Q05 and is almost full. facilities, Carson said. In addition to making Christm as greeting cards. some of the nearly 50.000 inmates overseen by the department are given a special chan~e during the holidays to be with their chil dren to play games, sing songs, and complete arts and crafts projects: · Maintaining connecti ons to the outside world, particularly through the ·'Child and · I" programs, helps when offenders are eventu ally released. state pri sons director Terry Collins ·said in a statement . "A strong family connection is a significant key to success upon release. and COLUMBUS (AP) Residents of southeastern Ohio nursing homes received Christmas cards this year from an unlikely source: prison inmates. Creating the cards is one of the ways the Ohio Department .of Rehabilitation and Correction marks the hoi iday season, said spokeswoman Andrea Carson. The department's 14,000 staff members also donated time. money, . clothing , blankets. gifts and food for the needy across the state and to military personnel overseas. she said. All told, $3 1,000 worth of goods were donated to local food pantri es, homel ess shelters, schools ·and similar activities such as these are examples of how DRC is \vorking to maintain and strengthen these important family bonds," he said. 'fahltile~ G/(,1'U/ ;J~.k.l ora 'Diammuf.s-'J{.:(j 740-446-3484 . mbe ~a(hpohsllailp mrtbune, miJC ~oint ~(casant l\cgtster and The Daily Sentinel have launched a new page every Friday called "Faith and Family". If you have a testimonial story, · life-changing event about yourself or even a poem that you would . like to share please email to: kkelly@ mydailytribune.com nfields@mydailyregister.com hoeflich@ mydailysentinel.com. Limit your story to -· 500-750 words. Please include a phone number · in your email.. I '/ �Page A~ The Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 20, 2007 Local Weather Dec. 20 High I_Low temps POMEROY - A sc:hedule of upcoming high school varsit~ sporting ev!llnts involving teams rrom Meigs County. 35°125° Thymdoy Qac 20 Girls Basketball Faitland at River VaHey, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Green, 6 p.m. OVCS at Calvary. 6:15p.m. Soultlern at Trimble, 6 p.m. Mansfield• 35° 125° Miller at Eastern, 6 p.m. Meigs at Nelsonville-York. 6 p.m. Soya Ba1ketball OVCS at Calvary, 7:30p.m. Friday pee- 21 Boys Basketball . . Gallia Academy at Portsmouth, 6 p.m . Southern at Eastern, 6 p.m. Meigs at Wellston, 6:30 p.m. SDtyrday AI' photo Olrte Baaketball l'ortamCMJth at Gallia Academy, 1 p.m. wr..tllng Gallla ·Academy at West Muskingham Invitational River Valley at West Musklngham Invitational, tO a.m. Hello; Cleveland!' with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Sunday ... Rain showers likely. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 60 per, cent. Sunday night and Monday ... Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the lower 40s. · Monday nlght...Cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Christmas Day.:.Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs around 40. Chance of rain 30 percent. we "Rear~tiful BY TERRY KINNEY ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Colors To Chouse From" of sizes... · CINCINNATI Mexican government officials and U.S. federal imrni!!ration authorities are help· mg police in their investigation of the stabbing deaths of four men in a suburban Cincinnati apartment, officials said Wednesday. Authorities indicated that the names of at least some of the men had been determined, but they were waiting: for complete identilications and notifications· of families before releasing them. "Things are progressing," said Lt. John Cook, ·Sharonville police spokesman. "But there's nothing I can release." 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Hamilton County Coroner O'dell Owens' office said Wednesday it wasn't ready to release names of the men, who were believed to have worked for a concrete and stonework contractor in Mason, north of Cincinnati. week to nine days after their deaths and their bodies had started decomposing. Alday, a . Ricardo spokesman at the Mexican embassy in Washington, told The Associated Press earlier that all four men were· from the town of Zacaton, in the northern Mexican state of San Luis Potosi. An official at the Mexican consulate in Indianapolis said Wednesday officials have met with Sharonville police and are in communication with viCtims' relatives. "We have met with the Sharonville Police Department and have talked with relatives and are ready to provide whatever assis- ·10 Inch Regular $19. 98 Now $ . . . .98 . }usl .&.-, FRESH FlORIDA CITRUS. 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I • Please check appropriate box: I _ lnHonorlif > I_ 1pm-9pm 9am-9pm 11am-9pm . es and less than an interception a game. Some were even whispering that Boeckman might be just as good as the man he replaced, Heisman Trophy wmner Troy Smith, who graduated and is now with the Baltimore Ravens. Then over the last two games· a 28-2 1 loss to the lllini and a 14-3 win at Michigan in which the offense effectively buttoned up at halftime because the Buckeyes had the lead and the weather was bad - Knicks rout Cavs for easiest victory of season ·1 tNameofindivldual(s): GaR/polls Facility Athens & Jackson Facilities Meigs Facility guilty to a minor . misdemeanor count of loitering for prostitution - apparently is now second team for the bowl. But more on that momentous change later. Boeckman was leading the Big Ten and was sixth in the nation in passing efficiency throug~ the first l 0 games, all wins by top-ranked Ohio State. Heading into the Nov. 10 game at home a~ainst unranked llhnois, Boeckman had completed 66 percent of his passes for an average of 197 yards, with more than two TO pass- Kansas' Mangino winsAP Coach of the Year 1.tTelepl\One:·_ ~-------- New Yur'a Eve, December 31 GaUipolis Facility Jackson,Athens, Meigs·Facilities COLUMBUS - For lO games, Todd Boeckman was downright Heismanlike as Ohio State's lirst-year starting quarterback. After closing the season with games in which he played about like a bronze statue. the Buckeyes are hoping that Boeckman can return to form heading into their game against LSU for the Bowl Championship Series national title. "He p~obably didn't have as consistent a games in the know he' s been working · hard these last few practices on really going back and thinking about footwork. This has been a good opportunity for Todd from that standpoint." The quarterback position is at the forefront of a lot of Ohio State .fans' tension these days, ever since Tressel stunningly revealed last two as he did in the lirst that Boeckman's ·backup, 10," coach Jim Tressel said Robbie Schoenhoft, has of his junior quart<:rback. been working out at tight "But he's the kmd of guy, end. That move means that he's going to study it and third-stringer Antonio he's going to go back and Henton - suspended earlier work on his fundamentals. I thls season until pleading :I I City, Stafu&Zip; _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Chrlltmaa Dly. Dtctmber 21 GaR/polls Facility RUSTY MILLER ASSOCIATED PRESS :l • Naine:-------.,.----..,..4 IAddress: ~-------,---,..- 112.02 Champion INASDAQ) - 4 . 71 Chl[nnlnl Shopa (NASDAQ)- 5 City Holdl"'i (NASDAQ I - 34.31 Collins (NVSE) -71.116 , Bv COLUMBUS (AP) Both Ohio State and LSU will wear their preferred home uniforms when they ~quare off on Jan. 7 in the Bowl Championship Series national title game. As the higher-ranked Bv DOUG TUCKER team in the game at the ASSOCIATED PRESS Louisiana Superdome, No. l .Ohio State (Il-l) got first LAWRENCE, Kan.- It choice in selecting its jersey began as a friendly basketcolor. The Buckeyes opted ball game in Mark for their usual home color Mangino's of scarlet. They will wear old neighgray pants, the school conborhood of firmed in an e-mail on N e w Wednesday. Castle, Pa. With Ohio State picking One of the dark jersey color, the · Mangino's Tigers (11--2) were permit-teammates te<;l to go with their tradikept mak. tiona! white home jerseys in ing misthe game. takes. Mangino Finally, ·..Jbe.lluckeyes· wore white Mangino jerseys a year ago when threw up his hands and let they were beaten 41-14 by the kid have it. Florida in the BCS champiThose leadership skills 40 onship game in Glendale, Aril;. . years later would steer surprising Kansas into national LSU has worn white jerchampionship contention seys. in seven consecutive and help . him become The bowl games, including all Associated Press Coach of tliree of its Sugar . Bowl the Year. ~pearances this decade . "Mark ran the kid off the lhl: last time LS U wore a · court, out of the building \1olor other than white in a APphoto and into the street," recalled .b.Owl game came in 2000 Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James, left, spins around New York Knicks' Zach Randolph in the first quarter during NBA baslifelong friend Tom ·)!!flen the purple-clad Tigers ketball action Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Tommelleo. "Mark's always ilosted a 28-14 win over been a coach. We just didn't :Georgia Tech in the Peach know it then. He would 'B.owl. study every sport we played and see thmgs the rest of us their heart and toughness, tonight and give it our best." which has lost nine of II. couldn't see. The thing that Bv BRIAN MAHONEY ASSOCIATED PRESS the Knicks (8-17) had all the . Hours after a rally for fans The Cavaliers had little lit his fuse the most was CoNrAcrUs answers. New York shot a who wanted Thomas fired, energy two nights after a somebody not giving his . NEW YORK The season-best 56.2 P,ercent the Knicks won for only the double-overtime victory best effort ." 1-740-446-2342 ext. 33 Knicks have heard it from from the lield and leil by as second time· in eight games. over Milwaukee, and Drew In his sixth season with the fans and media all sea- many as 24 points in their Zach Randolph had 17 Gooden was · the only other Kansas, Mangino has gotten Fax- 1-740-446-3008 son. When the criticisms most. comp\ete effot:t during P'?ints and Quentin player in double figures with an exceptional effort from E-maU- sports@mydailytribune.com started coming from their d1sappomtmg lust 25 Rtchardson added 16. a ll points. Soorts StaH Jayhawks. Long-woeful coach, it was time to games. "It's our job to go out Cavaliers coach Mike the won a school-record Bryan Walters, Sports Writer respond. "It was really a bit of an there and play hard, and play Brown looked disgusted Kansas II games, had two All-. (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 David Lee scored 17 of his embarrassment and discour- with pride and heart like he with his team, twice walking Americans and earned a bwalters 0 mydailytrlbune.com 22 points in the first half, agement just after Monday's said,' Richardson said. onto the court in the fourth spot in the Bowl Eric Randolph, Sports Writer Jamal Crawford added 21, game, getting beat by 30 "Re~ardless of anything else quarter even before his time- Championship Series for and New York · beat the points in a quarter," Lee said that s going on, it's our job out had been granted (740) 446·2342, ext. 33 the lirst time. On Jan. 3 in sportaOmydallysenlinel.com Cleveland Clj.valiers I 08-90 of New York's 119-92 loss to go out and play with full bumping into James on the Miami, the Jayhawks will second one. . . Wednesday for its most lop- to Indiana. "Having the fans effort." l:.erry Crum, Sports Writer play Virginia Tech in their "l)efensively, this is one sided victory of the ·season. and the media have it get to LeBron James had 32 (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 Two nights after lsiah the point that it is how, we points, eight rebounds and lcrumO mydailyregiS1er.com Please see C.vs, 82 Please see M•nsJno. 82 Thomas publicly questioned knew we had to come out six assists for Cleveland, Chrlatmia Eve. December 24 1pm-6pm 12pm-6pm Boeckman says confidence.problems led to poor finish Bucks, Tigers both wearing home unifonns .. Two Convenient Locations GaR/pol/a FeCIIity 22 Rock Hill at Gallia A~JI:..p;m. Belpre at River Valley, 6 p.m. · Oak Hill at South Gallla, 6 'p.m. A.couple walks into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Wednesday, in Cleveland. It was announced that the city will rock in early 2009 when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony r.eturns to the museum for the first time in more than a decade. Mexican and U.S. federal investigators help in slayings probe ptc Boys Baekltblll' · Southern at Wahama. e..w.~ .1~ Thursday ... Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. East Bv JOE MILICIA "We intend to make this er and needs the support of is planning a major renova- winds around 5 mph. ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER work in 2009," Jackson said. the recording industry to tion. Peresman attributtl6 the Thursday night. .. Mostly · "We know the concerns of make it successful. rising attendance to a mar- cloudy. Lows in the mid CLEVELAND - Rock the foundation and the reaJackson credited keting push to get more 30s. East winds around 5 on, Cleveland. son why they have not taken Peresman, who joined t,he locals to visit the museum mpl!. The home to the Rock and this approach in the past." Friday ...Cloudy. Highs in foundation 18 months ago, as well as attracting tourists. Roll Hall of Fame will host . The New York-based with opening the discussion Last week, the Rock Hall the lower 50s. Southeast its induction ceremony in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to .bring the ceremony to announced its 2008 class of winds around 5 mph. 2009 after more than a Foundation sponsors the Cleveland. Over the last year, inductees: Madonna, John Fr-iday nlght..:Cloudy. decade-long · absence, induction ceremony, which government officials and the Mellencamp, The Ventures, Lows hi the upper 30s. Mayor Frank Jackson features a concert perfor- business. community worked Leonard Cohen and The Southeast winds around 5 announced Wednesday. . mance by . the inductees with the foundation 's leaders Dave Clark Five. A panel of mph. The events have typically . that's broadcast live on to figure out how to make the 600 industry figures selected Saturday ... Mostly been held in New York -a VH l Classic. event a financial success in the five acts to be inducted at cloudy. Highs in the mid sore spot for manx the· annual ceremony, to be 50s. The event has only been Cleveland. Clevelanders. After the held once in Cleveland, in Saturday nlght...Cioudy "Everybody started to held March lO in New York. March 2009 event, it could 1997, since the Rock Hall realize we need these kind return to the Cleveland hall opened here 12 years !!-go. of events in Cleveland. How every three years. The inductions were rou- many events do we go out "No guarantees. But let's tinely held in New York and chase?" Stewart said. make 2009"work and it'll be because ifs one of the cen- "This is one can have here in 2012," T~rry Stewart, ters of the entertainment here on a regular basis. president and CEO of the industry and is where the We've all kind of pulled Rock Hall, said during a foundation got its start, said · together to make it happen." news conference at City Hall. Joel Peresman, the foundaThe announcement comes Jackson then stepped for- tion's president and CEO . . in a vear where the Rock ward and guaranteed it The ceremony serves as the Hall has seen a I 0 percent would be back. foundation's main fundrais- increase in attendance arid Thursday, December 20, 2007 • LocAL ScHEDULE Rock Hall ceremony returns to Cleveland in '09 Bl The Daily Sentinel Thomas anchors Browns'line, Page B2 Memphis beats Bearcats, Page B4 Simon gets 30-game suspension, Page B4 Cltyn!eg~ Today's Forecast Forecastfo<Thu~Wey, Inside , __I_ _ _ _ For more information please cal~ (304) 675-4340, Ext. 1326. -' �Page A~ The Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 20, 2007 Local Weather Dec. 20 High I_Low temps POMEROY - A sc:hedule of upcoming high school varsit~ sporting ev!llnts involving teams rrom Meigs County. 35°125° Thymdoy Qac 20 Girls Basketball Faitland at River VaHey, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Green, 6 p.m. OVCS at Calvary. 6:15p.m. Soultlern at Trimble, 6 p.m. Mansfield• 35° 125° Miller at Eastern, 6 p.m. Meigs at Nelsonville-York. 6 p.m. Soya Ba1ketball OVCS at Calvary, 7:30p.m. Friday pee- 21 Boys Basketball . . Gallia Academy at Portsmouth, 6 p.m . Southern at Eastern, 6 p.m. Meigs at Wellston, 6:30 p.m. SDtyrday AI' photo Olrte Baaketball l'ortamCMJth at Gallia Academy, 1 p.m. wr..tllng Gallla ·Academy at West Muskingham Invitational River Valley at West Musklngham Invitational, tO a.m. Hello; Cleveland!' with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Sunday ... Rain showers likely. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 60 per, cent. Sunday night and Monday ... Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the lower 40s. · Monday nlght...Cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Christmas Day.:.Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs around 40. 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Then over the last two games· a 28-2 1 loss to the lllini and a 14-3 win at Michigan in which the offense effectively buttoned up at halftime because the Buckeyes had the lead and the weather was bad - Knicks rout Cavs for easiest victory of season ·1 tNameofindivldual(s): GaR/polls Facility Athens & Jackson Facilities Meigs Facility guilty to a minor . misdemeanor count of loitering for prostitution - apparently is now second team for the bowl. But more on that momentous change later. Boeckman was leading the Big Ten and was sixth in the nation in passing efficiency throug~ the first l 0 games, all wins by top-ranked Ohio State. Heading into the Nov. 10 game at home a~ainst unranked llhnois, Boeckman had completed 66 percent of his passes for an average of 197 yards, with more than two TO pass- Kansas' Mangino winsAP Coach of the Year 1.tTelepl\One:·_ ~-------- New Yur'a Eve, December 31 GaUipolis Facility Jackson,Athens, Meigs·Facilities COLUMBUS - For lO games, Todd Boeckman was downright Heismanlike as Ohio State's lirst-year starting quarterback. After closing the season with games in which he played about like a bronze statue. the Buckeyes are hoping that Boeckman can return to form heading into their game against LSU for the Bowl Championship Series national title. "He p~obably didn't have as consistent a games in the know he' s been working · hard these last few practices on really going back and thinking about footwork. This has been a good opportunity for Todd from that standpoint." The quarterback position is at the forefront of a lot of Ohio State .fans' tension these days, ever since Tressel stunningly revealed last two as he did in the lirst that Boeckman's ·backup, 10," coach Jim Tressel said Robbie Schoenhoft, has of his junior quart<:rback. been working out at tight "But he's the kmd of guy, end. That move means that he's going to study it and third-stringer Antonio he's going to go back and Henton - suspended earlier work on his fundamentals. I thls season until pleading :I I City, Stafu&Zip; _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Chrlltmaa Dly. Dtctmber 21 GaR/polls Facility RUSTY MILLER ASSOCIATED PRESS :l • Naine:-------.,.----..,..4 IAddress: ~-------,---,..- 112.02 Champion INASDAQ) - 4 . 71 Chl[nnlnl Shopa (NASDAQ)- 5 City Holdl"'i (NASDAQ I - 34.31 Collins (NVSE) -71.116 , Bv COLUMBUS (AP) Both Ohio State and LSU will wear their preferred home uniforms when they ~quare off on Jan. 7 in the Bowl Championship Series national title game. As the higher-ranked Bv DOUG TUCKER team in the game at the ASSOCIATED PRESS Louisiana Superdome, No. l .Ohio State (Il-l) got first LAWRENCE, Kan.- It choice in selecting its jersey began as a friendly basketcolor. The Buckeyes opted ball game in Mark for their usual home color Mangino's of scarlet. They will wear old neighgray pants, the school conborhood of firmed in an e-mail on N e w Wednesday. Castle, Pa. With Ohio State picking One of the dark jersey color, the · Mangino's Tigers (11--2) were permit-teammates te<;l to go with their tradikept mak. tiona! white home jerseys in ing misthe game. takes. Mangino Finally, ·..Jbe.lluckeyes· wore white Mangino jerseys a year ago when threw up his hands and let they were beaten 41-14 by the kid have it. Florida in the BCS champiThose leadership skills 40 onship game in Glendale, Aril;. . years later would steer surprising Kansas into national LSU has worn white jerchampionship contention seys. in seven consecutive and help . him become The bowl games, including all Associated Press Coach of tliree of its Sugar . Bowl the Year. ~pearances this decade . "Mark ran the kid off the lhl: last time LS U wore a · court, out of the building \1olor other than white in a APphoto and into the street," recalled .b.Owl game came in 2000 Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James, left, spins around New York Knicks' Zach Randolph in the first quarter during NBA baslifelong friend Tom ·)!!flen the purple-clad Tigers ketball action Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Tommelleo. "Mark's always ilosted a 28-14 win over been a coach. We just didn't :Georgia Tech in the Peach know it then. He would 'B.owl. study every sport we played and see thmgs the rest of us their heart and toughness, tonight and give it our best." which has lost nine of II. couldn't see. The thing that Bv BRIAN MAHONEY ASSOCIATED PRESS the Knicks (8-17) had all the . Hours after a rally for fans The Cavaliers had little lit his fuse the most was CoNrAcrUs answers. New York shot a who wanted Thomas fired, energy two nights after a somebody not giving his . NEW YORK The season-best 56.2 P,ercent the Knicks won for only the double-overtime victory best effort ." 1-740-446-2342 ext. 33 Knicks have heard it from from the lield and leil by as second time· in eight games. over Milwaukee, and Drew In his sixth season with the fans and media all sea- many as 24 points in their Zach Randolph had 17 Gooden was · the only other Kansas, Mangino has gotten Fax- 1-740-446-3008 son. When the criticisms most. comp\ete effot:t during P'?ints and Quentin player in double figures with an exceptional effort from E-maU- sports@mydailytribune.com started coming from their d1sappomtmg lust 25 Rtchardson added 16. a ll points. Soorts StaH Jayhawks. Long-woeful coach, it was time to games. "It's our job to go out Cavaliers coach Mike the won a school-record Bryan Walters, Sports Writer respond. "It was really a bit of an there and play hard, and play Brown looked disgusted Kansas II games, had two All-. (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 David Lee scored 17 of his embarrassment and discour- with pride and heart like he with his team, twice walking Americans and earned a bwalters 0 mydailytrlbune.com 22 points in the first half, agement just after Monday's said,' Richardson said. onto the court in the fourth spot in the Bowl Eric Randolph, Sports Writer Jamal Crawford added 21, game, getting beat by 30 "Re~ardless of anything else quarter even before his time- Championship Series for and New York · beat the points in a quarter," Lee said that s going on, it's our job out had been granted (740) 446·2342, ext. 33 the lirst time. On Jan. 3 in sportaOmydallysenlinel.com Cleveland Clj.valiers I 08-90 of New York's 119-92 loss to go out and play with full bumping into James on the Miami, the Jayhawks will second one. . . Wednesday for its most lop- to Indiana. "Having the fans effort." l:.erry Crum, Sports Writer play Virginia Tech in their "l)efensively, this is one sided victory of the ·season. and the media have it get to LeBron James had 32 (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 Two nights after lsiah the point that it is how, we points, eight rebounds and lcrumO mydailyregiS1er.com Please see C.vs, 82 Please see M•nsJno. 82 Thomas publicly questioned knew we had to come out six assists for Cleveland, Chrlatmia Eve. December 24 1pm-6pm 12pm-6pm Boeckman says confidence.problems led to poor finish Bucks, Tigers both wearing home unifonns .. Two Convenient Locations GaR/pol/a FeCIIity 22 Rock Hill at Gallia A~JI:..p;m. Belpre at River Valley, 6 p.m. · Oak Hill at South Gallla, 6 'p.m. A.couple walks into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Wednesday, in Cleveland. It was announced that the city will rock in early 2009 when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony r.eturns to the museum for the first time in more than a decade. Mexican and U.S. federal investigators help in slayings probe ptc Boys Baekltblll' · Southern at Wahama. e..w.~ .1~ Thursday ... Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. East Bv JOE MILICIA "We intend to make this er and needs the support of is planning a major renova- winds around 5 mph. ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER work in 2009," Jackson said. the recording industry to tion. Peresman attributtl6 the Thursday night. .. Mostly · "We know the concerns of make it successful. rising attendance to a mar- cloudy. Lows in the mid CLEVELAND - Rock the foundation and the reaJackson credited keting push to get more 30s. East winds around 5 on, Cleveland. son why they have not taken Peresman, who joined t,he locals to visit the museum mpl!. The home to the Rock and this approach in the past." Friday ...Cloudy. Highs in foundation 18 months ago, as well as attracting tourists. Roll Hall of Fame will host . The New York-based with opening the discussion Last week, the Rock Hall the lower 50s. Southeast its induction ceremony in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to .bring the ceremony to announced its 2008 class of winds around 5 mph. 2009 after more than a Foundation sponsors the Cleveland. Over the last year, inductees: Madonna, John Fr-iday nlght..:Cloudy. decade-long · absence, induction ceremony, which government officials and the Mellencamp, The Ventures, Lows hi the upper 30s. Mayor Frank Jackson features a concert perfor- business. community worked Leonard Cohen and The Southeast winds around 5 announced Wednesday. . mance by . the inductees with the foundation 's leaders Dave Clark Five. A panel of mph. The events have typically . that's broadcast live on to figure out how to make the 600 industry figures selected Saturday ... Mostly been held in New York -a VH l Classic. event a financial success in the five acts to be inducted at cloudy. Highs in the mid sore spot for manx the· annual ceremony, to be 50s. The event has only been Cleveland. Clevelanders. After the held once in Cleveland, in Saturday nlght...Cioudy "Everybody started to held March lO in New York. March 2009 event, it could 1997, since the Rock Hall realize we need these kind return to the Cleveland hall opened here 12 years !!-go. of events in Cleveland. How every three years. The inductions were rou- many events do we go out "No guarantees. But let's tinely held in New York and chase?" Stewart said. make 2009"work and it'll be because ifs one of the cen- "This is one can have here in 2012," T~rry Stewart, ters of the entertainment here on a regular basis. president and CEO of the industry and is where the We've all kind of pulled Rock Hall, said during a foundation got its start, said · together to make it happen." news conference at City Hall. Joel Peresman, the foundaThe announcement comes Jackson then stepped for- tion's president and CEO . . in a vear where the Rock ward and guaranteed it The ceremony serves as the Hall has seen a I 0 percent would be back. foundation's main fundrais- increase in attendance arid Thursday, December 20, 2007 • LocAL ScHEDULE Rock Hall ceremony returns to Cleveland in '09 Bl The Daily Sentinel Thomas anchors Browns'line, Page B2 Memphis beats Bearcats, Page B4 Simon gets 30-game suspension, Page B4 Cltyn!eg~ Today's Forecast Forecastfo<Thu~Wey, Inside , __I_ _ _ _ For more information please cal~ (304) 675-4340, Ext. 1326. -' �Page B2 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, December 2o, 2007 No:Average Joe, rookie tackle Thomas anchors Browns' offensive line BY ToM WITHERS ' ASSOCIATED PRESS BEREA Across a crowded banquet room filled with some of . Cleveland's biggest sports celebrities, Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, a Hall of Famer himself, stood at the dais and singled out the one person he wanted to meet. Joe Thomas w;~s caught off guard. "That was pretty cool," Cleveland's left tackle said "I dido 't Wednesday. expect it. I was kind of surprised." It may be 'the only time Thomas has been shocked by anything all season. The No. 3 overall pick in this year's draft, Thomas · has quickly established himself as one of the game's top offensive.· lineman. On Tuesday, the former Wisconsin AllAmerican who skipped an invitation to New York on draft day so he could go · fishing with his dad and friends , was named a Pro Bowl alternate. · It's a nire nod for a rookie, especially' one playing one of the NFL's most demanding positions. Thomas, though, isn't your typical rookie. He's no average Joe. From the moment he walked through the doors at Browns' headquarters, AP photo Thomas . has acted like a seasoned pro on the field Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Joe Thomas loosens up during football camp at the j::teveland Browns Training facility, in this July 27 file photo, in ~rea. Cleveland's left oftenand off it. During the team's first sive tackle has made a seamless transition from college All-American to Pro J;!owl alternate mini-camp in May, center in his first NFL season with the Browns. Hank Fraley was initially struck by Thomas' attention .how the 6-foot-6, 315- not a real rookie," Fraley years." While he came in more to detail and how hard he pound Thomas performed said. "If you didn't know who he was and somebody polished · then a typical and the · with p~ds on. . · studied Browns • thick playbook. Sufftce to say, he passed just told you he was drafted rookie, Thomas has benefitthis year, you'd think he'd ed from playing alongside Fraley, however, reserved the test. . "Vou're ltke man he's been playing for a few guard Eric Steinbach, who • • • . final judgment until he saw film Cavs fromPageBl of the worst performances that I've ever been a part of," Brown said. "And it starts with me." · A day · that could have turned into a referendum on Thomas' tenure in New York instead ended with his team getting a number of ovations. Many fans stood and cheered as the Knicks walked off the floor at halftime with a 13-point leadthough there were still a few "Fire Isiah!" chants in the In hi s first season with fewest in the leag ue and Cleveland, has helped Thomas has ye t to give up a transform the Brown s' sack in pass ing situati ons offen sive line from a con - where he's been one-on-one with a rusher. stant worry to a strength. Like Fraley, Steinbach , ·'Joe has answered every also named a Pro Bowl challenge, every weeJ-,:' alternate for a trip to Steinbach said. _ Honolulu, had hi s doubts Back. in April' s draft. thf about Thomas. Browns were faced with ).! " I thought, 'OK, this guy dil emma. Pickin g lhifll had a great college overa II , they could hav.e career '," he said . "You do gone another direction a~ see some college guys have chosen ninnin g bac!; great careers and A hen Adrian Peterson or qu artercome in the NFL and not bac k Brad y Quinn, whom they later traded back intt> Pan· out. 1 knew right away th e first round to get. ; Joe was a guy wh0 ·was But with its first selectio~ · going to pan out for the Cl evelan-d nabbed Thom.i next 10 or 12 years and be to he its cornerstone ufi one of tho~~ long-term . front. and the 23-year-olp great left tackles. " has not di sappointed. J~mal Lewis know s one If not for Peterson':S already. ga;1dy numbers wit~ Lewis played · tn Minnesota, Thomas m1ght Baltimore for seven sea- be the league's rookie of sons with man-giant the year. : Jonathan Ogden. the "Joe's just special~' Ravens' Ie_ft tackle Just Fraley said. ''I'm working named to h1s II th stra1ght on bein g his agent tor h1s Pro Bowl. Basing his eval- next deal. " . uation on 14 games, Lewis ·· While he may. be getting Jeels .Thomas has the more attention because of potential to be just as good the Brown s' surprising seaas his former teaml}late, a son . Thomas remain;; certain 'future Hall of grounded. He didn ' t tal¢ Farner. not making the Pro Bowl a~ "Jonathan Ogden is , a a starter as a snuh. He great player, they have knows his time will come.; pretty much the sam.e body . "One of my goals comin}l type, sam~ build," Lewis · in was to go to the Pf!J. satd. "I thmk. he .(Thomas) Bowl imd be a Hall ol is that next Jonathan Famer," he said . ."On~e y~ Ogden.'; · . · gain that reputation, those Unlike the 6-foot-9, 345- kinds of things happen. " pound . Ogden, · Thomas Sieinbach noticed special doesn't merely overpower qualities about Thomas tl¢ opponents with size ahd first time they met. .: strength. He's more of a "You could tell by h1s teclinician, relying on his demeanor . . He didn ' t walk speed, range and footwork in and act like he was the to shield off defenders third pick," Steinbach while. protecting quarter- recalled. "He 's a very humback. Derek Anderson's ble guy, a good, blue-coll~r blind side. guy who came up from The Browns' .offensive Wisconsin so you knew 1¢ line has allowed just 17 was going to handle it sacks - .tied for I; second well. " • . . ·• ' to help the Knicks closing minutes of the only so much he can do I 1 points from the sideline. So the take a 31-30 lead. Lee had game. "I understand how players he puts out there · three buckets during a 10-2 important it is to make have to make it happen." spurt that extended the lead people feel good when At the 'g ame, one fan to 53-43, and New York had they leave this arena," held a pink sign reading: I its biggest lead of the seaThomas said. "That is what am at the last game Isiah son when two free throws we are trying to do. We ever coached, and the by Fred Jones made it a ISunderstand the. frustration 'Daily News printed a large point game with 27 seconds and we want to please block letter sign in left in the half. them." Wednesday's editions "We let them shoot 56 Earlier Wednesday, two reading "FIRE JSIAH," percent from the field. dozen fans rallied outside saying it was meant to be That's not a good defensive Madison Square Garden, held up during the "next effort," James said. "I don't know if it's the worst we've holding a signed 8-by-4- Knicks blowout." It was a blowout all right ever played defensivelr,. foot pink placard urging Garden chairman James - just not the kind the That's what Coach thinks. ' Dolan to fire Thomas. The Knicks were up 63~nicks are usually in. Richardson fueled the 50 at halftime after shoot"I continue to stress he's not playing, he's coaching," Knicks: strong start, making ing 59 percent. Crawford said. "There~s three 3"pointers and scoring The· Cavs made the first osu making mistakes and . bouncing right back. At the end .I wasn't bouncing back as quickly. You can't let a from Page Bl turnover affect your entire game. I'm going to shrug Boeckman looked like a those off and keep going." scared rookie. Even with the sour finish Over those two games, to the regular season, be completed 56 percent of Boeckman has been surprishis passes for a total of 206 ingly good for the yards with four intercep-. Buckeyes. Remember, he lions and no touchdowns. carne in having spent the Boeckman said he and last two seasons watching · Tressel, a former college Smith take almost every · quarterback, looked at film· snap. Boeckman had never and noticed tliat he was started a collegiate game opening up his stance too and had thrown just .JO much when throwing to his passes in six mop-up perforleft. That error led to inter- mances. ceptimis, which then Yet his 2007 numbers still cauS!!d him to lose his con- are comparable to those of fidence. Ohio State's most exalted "Maybe I got down on recent quarterbacks. He finmyself too much at the ished with a :645 compleend," he said. "At the begin- tion rate for 2, 171 yards ning of the season I was with 23 touchdowns and 12 Mangino the mid ' 90s. Things have turned out well for Mangino, the . studious- kid who always from Page Bl demanded the best back on the playgrounds of first major bowl since 1969. Mahoningtown, the workIn voting by AP college ing-class Italian-American football poll voters, . community in western Man~ino =ived 28 of a Pennsylvania where his posstble 58 votes, eastly character was sl\aped. outdistancing Missouri's Kids (llayed hard in the Gary Pinkel, who had 11. close-knit neighborhood of Hawaii's June Jones was mostly first- and second· third (seven votes) and generation ·Italians where Illinois coach Ron Zook fathers worked 12-hour fourth (five votes). shifts in the rail yards and Mangino is the first steel mills. Moms and dads Kansas coach to win the had full authority to correct award since the AP started other peoples' kids, and · bandiili It out in 1998 and often d1d. the .thlril Big 12 coach, join- · "In · our neighborhood, ing Oklahoma's Bob Stoops arguing and fighting were (2000) and Kansas State's an expression of affection," Bill Snyder (1998). Stoops Tommelleo said . "Mark was and Mangino were both always at .the top of the assistants for Snyder during chain. ------ -- - - - -· interceptions in 12 games. junior was just helping out A year ago Smith was at . on the scout team and had .653 and threw ·for 2,542 not changed positions. yards and 30 TDs with six But wide receiver Brian · picks in 13 games. Craig Hartline said, "It is going to Krenzel, who led the be as permanent as ·he Buckeyes to the 2002 (Schoenhoft) wants it to be" national title as a junior, had - whatever that means. . a .594 completion percentHenton has played only age for 2, II 0 yards antl 12 sparingly this season, and . touchdowns with 7 inter- never with a game in the ceptions in 14 games. balance. But no matter who "Todd had a great year," backs up Boeckman, the said his favorite target, replacement would not be a Brian Robiskie, .who has 50 seasoned vet. "It woufdn'-t really matter catches. "Obviously there were a ton of question if Boeckman goes down marks with him coming in. · anyway (because) we might . We kind of knew the kind be in some trouble," -of worker he was and what Hartline said. "Both guys he had the potential to do (Henton and Schoenhoft) this year. He just continued ·are going to be good but to grow from game to they're not ready yet." Stay tuned. The drama at game." As for Schoenhoft's curi- quarterback may not be ous move to tight end, remotely close to being over Tressel .said the big, burly just yet. "Snmetimes," he added and looked just like his pop, with a chuckle, "Mark could the adults nicknamed him .be a gigantic pail) in the "Little Bear." butt. We were just playing He got his first big break the games . But he was in 1991 when Snyder always a stickler for detail. brought him to Kansas State He was I 0 years old and he as an assistant. When was out there trying to fig- Stoops become coach at ure out the right strategy, Oklahoma, he brought where you should stand, Mangino with him as an how you should use your assistant. Two years after hands." · the Sooners won the nationThe late Tom Mangino, al championship and who went to Penn State on a Mangino, as offensive coorfootball scholarship and dinator, was named the played for freshman coach country's top assistant Joe Paterno, was .one of the coach, he agreed to take few adults in over the Jayhawks. . · Mahoningtown at the time "Coach has be.e n around. who had a college degree. A He really knows people," standout high school foot· Kansas defensive tackle ball player and a very large James McClinton said. man, Mark Mangino's "When he gets after you, he father was affectionately really gets after you. But I known as "Bear." thank the Lord I have him in When Mark came along my life." basket of the third quarter, Sunday and played Monday, but Crawford hit two 3s but didn't practice Tuesda} and Richardson added on what would have beell another in a 13-0 spurt, Donald Marbury's birthdat. with Crawford's 19-footer ... The Knicks entered Ia~ making it 76-52 with 8:37 in the league in field go~! remaining il) the period. percentage defettsef a~ The Knicks led 87-70 head- blocked shots per gam' ing to the fourth. They were allowing tea~ Notes: Point guard _ to shoot 48.5 percent, we!J Stephon Marbury, mostly . above the league average <if away from the team recent- 45.2 .... It was New York~ ly after the recent death of first victory against a team his father, was in uniform other than New Jersey sin& but didn't play. Marbury beating Milwaukee on Noy. had rejoined the team 30. ;. • ,. Page B3 • The Daily Sentinel ., ' Thursday, December 20, Joy Kocmoudjphoto From left, cast members Anna Nicole Holley, Elizabeth Dyer. Abigail Myers, Trent Miller, Tanner Few and Wesley Collins rehearse one o.f the fan, tasy sequences from this weekend's proauction of "A Christmas Story" scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the University of Rio Grande's Fine and Performing Arts Center. . · · . 'Christmas Story' told again in weekend stage production R · IO GRANDE It's Christmas · in Hohman , Ind., and 9-year-old. Ralphi_e Parker has one thin~ on hts mmd, a legendary · ofhctal Red Ryder 200 Shot Carbine Action Range Model. Air Rifle with a compass and this thing which tells time built right into the stock. On Friday and Saturday, · Ralphi~ Parker's story will . come · to hfe m the stage production of "A Christmas Story," a play by Philip Grecian, based on the motion picture written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark and Shepherd's In God We A community production, "A Christmas Story" stars Stephen Sisson as older Ralph Parker, who spins the tale of that. long-ago Christmas reliving the events through his younger self, Ralphie, . played by Trent Miller. On Ralphic's side arc his two friends, Flick, played by Wesley Collins and Schwartz, played by Tanner Few, who help Ralphie in his quest for the BB gun while steenng clear of bully Scut Farkas, played by Logan Few, . and the girls, Esther Jane, Helen and Brooke, played by Elizabeth Dyer, Anna Nicole Holley and Abigail Myers. Blocking Ralphie 's quest are his mother, played by Tracy Good and his teacher, played by Tracy Luoma, who constantly tell the young boy, "You'll shoot your .· eye out!" His father, played by Chris Good, however, is only concerned about two things, turkey and his major award, the hideously famous leg lamp. In addition to trying llJ change the minds of his elders, Ralphie must endure the antics of his younger brother, Randy, played by Trace Neal; the infamous pink bunny pajamas; having his mouth washed out with soap; and the affections of a girl. The stage production of "A Christmas Story" will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the URG Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tickers are $5 each, general admission and are available at The Purple Turtle in Gailipolis, the URG Theatre Office, any cast member or by calling (740) 709-9903. Tickets will also go on sale one hour prior to performances. Doors will open at 6:30p.m. "A Christmas Story' is the first production ror four local theatre enthusiasts who decided to form their own production group called Shifting Stage Productions. · 'This has been- a huge learning experience," said director · and production group member, Michelle Miller. "And we have gotten a lot of support in the community. We really wanted to do this play and the universi ty's stage was open so we gave it a shot." Miller said the play is a big product ion that has many of the same elements as the movie. " I really hope everyone enjoys · it," said Miller. "All the cast and crew have worked really hard. · It's not going to be llashy. but it'li be fun." The production group also includes Shelly Few, Kim Vanco ami Terence "Bear" Hopkins. :Middleport holiday events climax Friday : ·MIDDLEPORT - . The ·Middleport Community Association's Christmas celebration will come to an exciting conclusion Frida~, :with the annual Frannc Santa shop ing s ree, and the awardlng of several grandprizes to shoppers. · The association will also ·announce the winner of the "Rusty the Snowman" decorating contest and award a ;.- >I, ' Christ Cards trophy to the bus_iness decorated the wmner. Frantic Santa is an annu- ' al Middleport holiday tradition, usually held the day before Christmas Eve. The date has been moved up this year because of the Part1c1pat1ng weekend. merchants will remain open for late shopping hours. f~om 6 to 9 p.m. Fnday mght, and the assonut10n w~1ch has_ planned sev~ral other acttv1ttes -all free to the public - to encourage. lastminute shopping.: , Plans for . thts yea.r s Franuc Santa mcludc a hve nativity, Christmas carolmg, free refreshments , VJSns !rom Santa .and Mrs. . Claus and the Gnnch. Free horse-drawn carriage rides .· w1l l be_ oltered !rom 6-8 p.m. , w1th ndes startmg at Peoples ~~nk... . . The assoc1at10n Will draw the_ w1nners of four grand pr!zes on WY_YKFM at _mtd;day on Fnday. The pnzes mclude $500 .tn cash,. a $100 . grocery g1tt cert1f1cat~ fron~ Powell s Fo_o~fa1r, a ~pec1~l hmttededtt10n Ohto R1_ver . Bear, and a . school J_ackct ol chmce . from Locker 219 . The wmne1s will he t:ho- sen from entries collected for weekly drawmgs at parttc!pattng Mtddleport merchants. . .. The v.mn~r ?.f the .~usty the Snowman . decoraung cont.: st Will be announced at the same tune. VIs_ItoJs have been mvtted to Ju.dge the contest bJ. usmg a ballot pnnted 111 ;he . Da~ly Sent~nel or by \Otmg .tt part1c1patmg stores. Henderson hosts Christmas parade Saturday 1.99:aox plenty of participants in the HENDERSON, W.Va. Santa Claus has just one parade, which will include more stop to make before local 4-H groups, antique .heading back to the North cars, firetrucks, ambuPole to get ready fo'r · lance s and law enforcement officers from Christmas Eve. ' His. destination? The II th Henderson and the Mason Sheriff 's :annual Christmas Parade, County particiDepartment. Also Tots to Teens toy giveaway ·and dinner in Henderson pating will be the West Virginia Divi sion of 'this weekend. · The parade will begin at 5 Natural Resources. which p.m. Saturday and will trav- has hosted several hunter's el throughout the town, education classes in the. · Mayor Jack McCoy said. community center. · ' McCoy, his family and Then, from 6-9 p.m. in the other community and non· Henderson · Community :Center, children will be ahle community residents help to select three toys for with the annual weekend Christmas. Dinner will be festivities. Also, he said lhe elected officials have .~rved 2-5 p.m. Sunday at been instrumental through ·the community center. the years with th eir dona· McCoy said there will be Start YourNe'Y ,Years Out ~ight Transfer Your Prescription To Swisher & Lohse Pharmacy Call 992-~955 For Details. t 2007 Cardigan Club Christmas dinner set for today Trust, All Others Pay Cash. es Off - www.mydailys~ntinel.com I tions and working to help pass out toys. . "This is not a political thing," he said: "I look at this as spiritual assistance . · Thi s is a way we can look at the tru e meaning of Christmas. enjoy it and rellect on anythin g that gives to the grace of God." He said seeitlg the children go around the . tables that are loaded with toys and seeing their faces is heartwarming. And as in years past, adults are welcome to sit in a roped-off section and experience the event. "To God be the glory," McCoy quoted . "Everyone that assists us is an absolute blessing to not only me but ' the entire county." many donations of toys He said he is proud of the · come in through the year. residents in Mason County . right up to the time of the and that his heart reaches giveaway. On Sunday, area residents out to residents who live in a welcome ' for the United States. But it are does not end there. Christmas dinner. Mccoy "This i.s not constricted to said he wanted to he able to this area," he said. " I am help the senior citizens and proud of the other commu- other residents who need a nities . , and organizations Christmas dinner. Currently, McCoy said who arc doing these events a'nd drives . This is hard the town is accepting orders work , and everyone fnr -clelivery as long as the deserves to be recognized. drive '· is within reason of This means a lot to me." Henderson. F (Jr more ;,~fo rmation · Many may think McCoy starts organizing the parade. abour rh e fe.Hi l'i ries or 10 giveaway and dinner when make a ,donarhm. call the holidays near. Not so, he McCoy ar (304) 675-5722 said. He begins followin g or 6 74- 11156; Cam! \'II New Year's Day festiviti es Mt ·Cov ar 6 75- lflR2 ; "or with a country dance. And Mar.~ McCoy at 593 -5035. I RIO GRANDE - The Madog Center for Welsh Studies at the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College invites all area residents to the Cardigan Club Christmas dinne( on Thursday, Dec. 20: . The Madog Center also recently assisted with the annual Chri.stmas at . Tyn Rhos celebration, which was held at the Welsh Tyn Rhos Church, located just outside the vi II age of Rio Grand~. · Christmas at Tyn Rhos was held Dec. 15 and featured performances by several people who came to the event. Jeanne Jindra, director of the Madog Center, explained that everyone was invited to bring something to share, such as songs, poems or refreshments. Raymond Lynn Booth served as the song leader and pianist for the event. and Jindra helped to coordinate the celebration. The performers included Sarah Hammerick Thorne, who played the violin, Booth. who sang three Welsh carols, and Micaela Owens, who · played the piano and the llute. A group made up of Hope Keller. Beverly Morris, Roseanne Hughes and Booth also sang Christmas songs together. . The Rev. John Jackson read "The Christmas Story" i1t the event, while Christine Hunt · performed on the penny whistle, Jasmine Owens played the piano and Hope Keller presented "A Tea.;her's Christmas Story." Santa Claus also made an appearance at the event, and he gave gifts to everyone in attendance. "All of the people who didn't present brought food with them, so we had lots of refreshments," Jindra said. The Tyn Rhos Church was filled with friends and neighbors for the evem, and was decorated for the season. The Madog Center will also take part in a Christmas celebration on Thursday, Dec. 20, when the annual Cardigan Welsh Club Christmas Dinner is held at the University of Rio Grande President's House, beginning ar 5:30 p.m. Area residents do not have to be members of the Cardigan Club to attend the event, but they do need to call ahead to make reservations. "It's a holiday get together," Jindra said about the event, which will feature a short presentation, an excellent meal, a gift exchange and time for visiting with old and new friends. The Cardigan Club is a southeastern · Ohio Welsh club formed in 1975 in order to promote. honor and preserve ·the local Welsh heritage. Area resi" dents do not have to have Welsh backgrounds in order to join the club. they just have to have an interest m the Welsh culture. All area residents are invited to the Cardigan Club Christmas Dinner. and the numerou s events held by the organization throughout the year. Visit us online at . . www.mydallysentlnel.com Your online source for news �Page B2 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, December 2o, 2007 No:Average Joe, rookie tackle Thomas anchors Browns' offensive line BY ToM WITHERS ' ASSOCIATED PRESS BEREA Across a crowded banquet room filled with some of . Cleveland's biggest sports celebrities, Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, a Hall of Famer himself, stood at the dais and singled out the one person he wanted to meet. Joe Thomas w;~s caught off guard. "That was pretty cool," Cleveland's left tackle said "I dido 't Wednesday. expect it. I was kind of surprised." It may be 'the only time Thomas has been shocked by anything all season. The No. 3 overall pick in this year's draft, Thomas · has quickly established himself as one of the game's top offensive.· lineman. On Tuesday, the former Wisconsin AllAmerican who skipped an invitation to New York on draft day so he could go · fishing with his dad and friends , was named a Pro Bowl alternate. · It's a nire nod for a rookie, especially' one playing one of the NFL's most demanding positions. Thomas, though, isn't your typical rookie. He's no average Joe. From the moment he walked through the doors at Browns' headquarters, AP photo Thomas . has acted like a seasoned pro on the field Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Joe Thomas loosens up during football camp at the j::teveland Browns Training facility, in this July 27 file photo, in ~rea. Cleveland's left oftenand off it. During the team's first sive tackle has made a seamless transition from college All-American to Pro J;!owl alternate mini-camp in May, center in his first NFL season with the Browns. Hank Fraley was initially struck by Thomas' attention .how the 6-foot-6, 315- not a real rookie," Fraley years." While he came in more to detail and how hard he pound Thomas performed said. "If you didn't know who he was and somebody polished · then a typical and the · with p~ds on. . · studied Browns • thick playbook. Sufftce to say, he passed just told you he was drafted rookie, Thomas has benefitthis year, you'd think he'd ed from playing alongside Fraley, however, reserved the test. . "Vou're ltke man he's been playing for a few guard Eric Steinbach, who • • • . final judgment until he saw film Cavs fromPageBl of the worst performances that I've ever been a part of," Brown said. "And it starts with me." · A day · that could have turned into a referendum on Thomas' tenure in New York instead ended with his team getting a number of ovations. Many fans stood and cheered as the Knicks walked off the floor at halftime with a 13-point leadthough there were still a few "Fire Isiah!" chants in the In hi s first season with fewest in the leag ue and Cleveland, has helped Thomas has ye t to give up a transform the Brown s' sack in pass ing situati ons offen sive line from a con - where he's been one-on-one with a rusher. stant worry to a strength. Like Fraley, Steinbach , ·'Joe has answered every also named a Pro Bowl challenge, every weeJ-,:' alternate for a trip to Steinbach said. _ Honolulu, had hi s doubts Back. in April' s draft. thf about Thomas. Browns were faced with ).! " I thought, 'OK, this guy dil emma. Pickin g lhifll had a great college overa II , they could hav.e career '," he said . "You do gone another direction a~ see some college guys have chosen ninnin g bac!; great careers and A hen Adrian Peterson or qu artercome in the NFL and not bac k Brad y Quinn, whom they later traded back intt> Pan· out. 1 knew right away th e first round to get. ; Joe was a guy wh0 ·was But with its first selectio~ · going to pan out for the Cl evelan-d nabbed Thom.i next 10 or 12 years and be to he its cornerstone ufi one of tho~~ long-term . front. and the 23-year-olp great left tackles. " has not di sappointed. J~mal Lewis know s one If not for Peterson':S already. ga;1dy numbers wit~ Lewis played · tn Minnesota, Thomas m1ght Baltimore for seven sea- be the league's rookie of sons with man-giant the year. : Jonathan Ogden. the "Joe's just special~' Ravens' Ie_ft tackle Just Fraley said. ''I'm working named to h1s II th stra1ght on bein g his agent tor h1s Pro Bowl. Basing his eval- next deal. " . uation on 14 games, Lewis ·· While he may. be getting Jeels .Thomas has the more attention because of potential to be just as good the Brown s' surprising seaas his former teaml}late, a son . Thomas remain;; certain 'future Hall of grounded. He didn ' t tal¢ Farner. not making the Pro Bowl a~ "Jonathan Ogden is , a a starter as a snuh. He great player, they have knows his time will come.; pretty much the sam.e body . "One of my goals comin}l type, sam~ build," Lewis · in was to go to the Pf!J. satd. "I thmk. he .(Thomas) Bowl imd be a Hall ol is that next Jonathan Famer," he said . ."On~e y~ Ogden.'; · . · gain that reputation, those Unlike the 6-foot-9, 345- kinds of things happen. " pound . Ogden, · Thomas Sieinbach noticed special doesn't merely overpower qualities about Thomas tl¢ opponents with size ahd first time they met. .: strength. He's more of a "You could tell by h1s teclinician, relying on his demeanor . . He didn ' t walk speed, range and footwork in and act like he was the to shield off defenders third pick," Steinbach while. protecting quarter- recalled. "He 's a very humback. Derek Anderson's ble guy, a good, blue-coll~r blind side. guy who came up from The Browns' .offensive Wisconsin so you knew 1¢ line has allowed just 17 was going to handle it sacks - .tied for I; second well. " • . . ·• ' to help the Knicks closing minutes of the only so much he can do I 1 points from the sideline. So the take a 31-30 lead. Lee had game. "I understand how players he puts out there · three buckets during a 10-2 important it is to make have to make it happen." spurt that extended the lead people feel good when At the 'g ame, one fan to 53-43, and New York had they leave this arena," held a pink sign reading: I its biggest lead of the seaThomas said. "That is what am at the last game Isiah son when two free throws we are trying to do. We ever coached, and the by Fred Jones made it a ISunderstand the. frustration 'Daily News printed a large point game with 27 seconds and we want to please block letter sign in left in the half. them." Wednesday's editions "We let them shoot 56 Earlier Wednesday, two reading "FIRE JSIAH," percent from the field. dozen fans rallied outside saying it was meant to be That's not a good defensive Madison Square Garden, held up during the "next effort," James said. "I don't know if it's the worst we've holding a signed 8-by-4- Knicks blowout." It was a blowout all right ever played defensivelr,. foot pink placard urging Garden chairman James - just not the kind the That's what Coach thinks. ' Dolan to fire Thomas. The Knicks were up 63~nicks are usually in. Richardson fueled the 50 at halftime after shoot"I continue to stress he's not playing, he's coaching," Knicks: strong start, making ing 59 percent. Crawford said. "There~s three 3"pointers and scoring The· Cavs made the first osu making mistakes and . bouncing right back. At the end .I wasn't bouncing back as quickly. You can't let a from Page Bl turnover affect your entire game. I'm going to shrug Boeckman looked like a those off and keep going." scared rookie. Even with the sour finish Over those two games, to the regular season, be completed 56 percent of Boeckman has been surprishis passes for a total of 206 ingly good for the yards with four intercep-. Buckeyes. Remember, he lions and no touchdowns. carne in having spent the Boeckman said he and last two seasons watching · Tressel, a former college Smith take almost every · quarterback, looked at film· snap. Boeckman had never and noticed tliat he was started a collegiate game opening up his stance too and had thrown just .JO much when throwing to his passes in six mop-up perforleft. That error led to inter- mances. ceptimis, which then Yet his 2007 numbers still cauS!!d him to lose his con- are comparable to those of fidence. Ohio State's most exalted "Maybe I got down on recent quarterbacks. He finmyself too much at the ished with a :645 compleend," he said. "At the begin- tion rate for 2, 171 yards ning of the season I was with 23 touchdowns and 12 Mangino the mid ' 90s. Things have turned out well for Mangino, the . studious- kid who always from Page Bl demanded the best back on the playgrounds of first major bowl since 1969. Mahoningtown, the workIn voting by AP college ing-class Italian-American football poll voters, . community in western Man~ino =ived 28 of a Pennsylvania where his posstble 58 votes, eastly character was sl\aped. outdistancing Missouri's Kids (llayed hard in the Gary Pinkel, who had 11. close-knit neighborhood of Hawaii's June Jones was mostly first- and second· third (seven votes) and generation ·Italians where Illinois coach Ron Zook fathers worked 12-hour fourth (five votes). shifts in the rail yards and Mangino is the first steel mills. Moms and dads Kansas coach to win the had full authority to correct award since the AP started other peoples' kids, and · bandiili It out in 1998 and often d1d. the .thlril Big 12 coach, join- · "In · our neighborhood, ing Oklahoma's Bob Stoops arguing and fighting were (2000) and Kansas State's an expression of affection," Bill Snyder (1998). Stoops Tommelleo said . "Mark was and Mangino were both always at .the top of the assistants for Snyder during chain. ------ -- - - - -· interceptions in 12 games. junior was just helping out A year ago Smith was at . on the scout team and had .653 and threw ·for 2,542 not changed positions. yards and 30 TDs with six But wide receiver Brian · picks in 13 games. Craig Hartline said, "It is going to Krenzel, who led the be as permanent as ·he Buckeyes to the 2002 (Schoenhoft) wants it to be" national title as a junior, had - whatever that means. . a .594 completion percentHenton has played only age for 2, II 0 yards antl 12 sparingly this season, and . touchdowns with 7 inter- never with a game in the ceptions in 14 games. balance. But no matter who "Todd had a great year," backs up Boeckman, the said his favorite target, replacement would not be a Brian Robiskie, .who has 50 seasoned vet. "It woufdn'-t really matter catches. "Obviously there were a ton of question if Boeckman goes down marks with him coming in. · anyway (because) we might . We kind of knew the kind be in some trouble," -of worker he was and what Hartline said. "Both guys he had the potential to do (Henton and Schoenhoft) this year. He just continued ·are going to be good but to grow from game to they're not ready yet." Stay tuned. The drama at game." As for Schoenhoft's curi- quarterback may not be ous move to tight end, remotely close to being over Tressel .said the big, burly just yet. "Snmetimes," he added and looked just like his pop, with a chuckle, "Mark could the adults nicknamed him .be a gigantic pail) in the "Little Bear." butt. We were just playing He got his first big break the games . But he was in 1991 when Snyder always a stickler for detail. brought him to Kansas State He was I 0 years old and he as an assistant. When was out there trying to fig- Stoops become coach at ure out the right strategy, Oklahoma, he brought where you should stand, Mangino with him as an how you should use your assistant. Two years after hands." · the Sooners won the nationThe late Tom Mangino, al championship and who went to Penn State on a Mangino, as offensive coorfootball scholarship and dinator, was named the played for freshman coach country's top assistant Joe Paterno, was .one of the coach, he agreed to take few adults in over the Jayhawks. . · Mahoningtown at the time "Coach has be.e n around. who had a college degree. A He really knows people," standout high school foot· Kansas defensive tackle ball player and a very large James McClinton said. man, Mark Mangino's "When he gets after you, he father was affectionately really gets after you. But I known as "Bear." thank the Lord I have him in When Mark came along my life." basket of the third quarter, Sunday and played Monday, but Crawford hit two 3s but didn't practice Tuesda} and Richardson added on what would have beell another in a 13-0 spurt, Donald Marbury's birthdat. with Crawford's 19-footer ... The Knicks entered Ia~ making it 76-52 with 8:37 in the league in field go~! remaining il) the period. percentage defettsef a~ The Knicks led 87-70 head- blocked shots per gam' ing to the fourth. They were allowing tea~ Notes: Point guard _ to shoot 48.5 percent, we!J Stephon Marbury, mostly . above the league average <if away from the team recent- 45.2 .... It was New York~ ly after the recent death of first victory against a team his father, was in uniform other than New Jersey sin& but didn't play. Marbury beating Milwaukee on Noy. had rejoined the team 30. ;. • ,. Page B3 • The Daily Sentinel ., ' Thursday, December 20, Joy Kocmoudjphoto From left, cast members Anna Nicole Holley, Elizabeth Dyer. Abigail Myers, Trent Miller, Tanner Few and Wesley Collins rehearse one o.f the fan, tasy sequences from this weekend's proauction of "A Christmas Story" scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the University of Rio Grande's Fine and Performing Arts Center. . · · . 'Christmas Story' told again in weekend stage production R · IO GRANDE It's Christmas · in Hohman , Ind., and 9-year-old. Ralphi_e Parker has one thin~ on hts mmd, a legendary · ofhctal Red Ryder 200 Shot Carbine Action Range Model. Air Rifle with a compass and this thing which tells time built right into the stock. On Friday and Saturday, · Ralphi~ Parker's story will . come · to hfe m the stage production of "A Christmas Story," a play by Philip Grecian, based on the motion picture written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark and Shepherd's In God We A community production, "A Christmas Story" stars Stephen Sisson as older Ralph Parker, who spins the tale of that. long-ago Christmas reliving the events through his younger self, Ralphie, . played by Trent Miller. On Ralphic's side arc his two friends, Flick, played by Wesley Collins and Schwartz, played by Tanner Few, who help Ralphie in his quest for the BB gun while steenng clear of bully Scut Farkas, played by Logan Few, . and the girls, Esther Jane, Helen and Brooke, played by Elizabeth Dyer, Anna Nicole Holley and Abigail Myers. Blocking Ralphie 's quest are his mother, played by Tracy Good and his teacher, played by Tracy Luoma, who constantly tell the young boy, "You'll shoot your .· eye out!" His father, played by Chris Good, however, is only concerned about two things, turkey and his major award, the hideously famous leg lamp. In addition to trying llJ change the minds of his elders, Ralphie must endure the antics of his younger brother, Randy, played by Trace Neal; the infamous pink bunny pajamas; having his mouth washed out with soap; and the affections of a girl. The stage production of "A Christmas Story" will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the URG Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tickers are $5 each, general admission and are available at The Purple Turtle in Gailipolis, the URG Theatre Office, any cast member or by calling (740) 709-9903. Tickets will also go on sale one hour prior to performances. Doors will open at 6:30p.m. "A Christmas Story' is the first production ror four local theatre enthusiasts who decided to form their own production group called Shifting Stage Productions. · 'This has been- a huge learning experience," said director · and production group member, Michelle Miller. "And we have gotten a lot of support in the community. We really wanted to do this play and the universi ty's stage was open so we gave it a shot." Miller said the play is a big product ion that has many of the same elements as the movie. " I really hope everyone enjoys · it," said Miller. "All the cast and crew have worked really hard. · It's not going to be llashy. but it'li be fun." The production group also includes Shelly Few, Kim Vanco ami Terence "Bear" Hopkins. :Middleport holiday events climax Friday : ·MIDDLEPORT - . The ·Middleport Community Association's Christmas celebration will come to an exciting conclusion Frida~, :with the annual Frannc Santa shop ing s ree, and the awardlng of several grandprizes to shoppers. · The association will also ·announce the winner of the "Rusty the Snowman" decorating contest and award a ;.- >I, ' Christ Cards trophy to the bus_iness decorated the wmner. Frantic Santa is an annu- ' al Middleport holiday tradition, usually held the day before Christmas Eve. The date has been moved up this year because of the Part1c1pat1ng weekend. merchants will remain open for late shopping hours. f~om 6 to 9 p.m. Fnday mght, and the assonut10n w~1ch has_ planned sev~ral other acttv1ttes -all free to the public - to encourage. lastminute shopping.: , Plans for . thts yea.r s Franuc Santa mcludc a hve nativity, Christmas carolmg, free refreshments , VJSns !rom Santa .and Mrs. . Claus and the Gnnch. Free horse-drawn carriage rides .· w1l l be_ oltered !rom 6-8 p.m. , w1th ndes startmg at Peoples ~~nk... . . The assoc1at10n Will draw the_ w1nners of four grand pr!zes on WY_YKFM at _mtd;day on Fnday. The pnzes mclude $500 .tn cash,. a $100 . grocery g1tt cert1f1cat~ fron~ Powell s Fo_o~fa1r, a ~pec1~l hmttededtt10n Ohto R1_ver . Bear, and a . school J_ackct ol chmce . from Locker 219 . The wmne1s will he t:ho- sen from entries collected for weekly drawmgs at parttc!pattng Mtddleport merchants. . .. The v.mn~r ?.f the .~usty the Snowman . decoraung cont.: st Will be announced at the same tune. VIs_ItoJs have been mvtted to Ju.dge the contest bJ. usmg a ballot pnnted 111 ;he . Da~ly Sent~nel or by \Otmg .tt part1c1patmg stores. Henderson hosts Christmas parade Saturday 1.99:aox plenty of participants in the HENDERSON, W.Va. Santa Claus has just one parade, which will include more stop to make before local 4-H groups, antique .heading back to the North cars, firetrucks, ambuPole to get ready fo'r · lance s and law enforcement officers from Christmas Eve. ' His. destination? The II th Henderson and the Mason Sheriff 's :annual Christmas Parade, County particiDepartment. Also Tots to Teens toy giveaway ·and dinner in Henderson pating will be the West Virginia Divi sion of 'this weekend. · The parade will begin at 5 Natural Resources. which p.m. Saturday and will trav- has hosted several hunter's el throughout the town, education classes in the. · Mayor Jack McCoy said. community center. · ' McCoy, his family and Then, from 6-9 p.m. in the other community and non· Henderson · Community :Center, children will be ahle community residents help to select three toys for with the annual weekend Christmas. Dinner will be festivities. Also, he said lhe elected officials have .~rved 2-5 p.m. Sunday at been instrumental through ·the community center. the years with th eir dona· McCoy said there will be Start YourNe'Y ,Years Out ~ight Transfer Your Prescription To Swisher & Lohse Pharmacy Call 992-~955 For Details. t 2007 Cardigan Club Christmas dinner set for today Trust, All Others Pay Cash. es Off - www.mydailys~ntinel.com I tions and working to help pass out toys. . "This is not a political thing," he said: "I look at this as spiritual assistance . · Thi s is a way we can look at the tru e meaning of Christmas. enjoy it and rellect on anythin g that gives to the grace of God." He said seeitlg the children go around the . tables that are loaded with toys and seeing their faces is heartwarming. And as in years past, adults are welcome to sit in a roped-off section and experience the event. "To God be the glory," McCoy quoted . "Everyone that assists us is an absolute blessing to not only me but ' the entire county." many donations of toys He said he is proud of the · come in through the year. residents in Mason County . right up to the time of the and that his heart reaches giveaway. On Sunday, area residents out to residents who live in a welcome ' for the United States. But it are does not end there. Christmas dinner. Mccoy "This i.s not constricted to said he wanted to he able to this area," he said. " I am help the senior citizens and proud of the other commu- other residents who need a nities . , and organizations Christmas dinner. Currently, McCoy said who arc doing these events a'nd drives . This is hard the town is accepting orders work , and everyone fnr -clelivery as long as the deserves to be recognized. drive '· is within reason of This means a lot to me." Henderson. F (Jr more ;,~fo rmation · Many may think McCoy starts organizing the parade. abour rh e fe.Hi l'i ries or 10 giveaway and dinner when make a ,donarhm. call the holidays near. Not so, he McCoy ar (304) 675-5722 said. He begins followin g or 6 74- 11156; Cam! \'II New Year's Day festiviti es Mt ·Cov ar 6 75- lflR2 ; "or with a country dance. And Mar.~ McCoy at 593 -5035. I RIO GRANDE - The Madog Center for Welsh Studies at the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College invites all area residents to the Cardigan Club Christmas dinne( on Thursday, Dec. 20: . The Madog Center also recently assisted with the annual Chri.stmas at . Tyn Rhos celebration, which was held at the Welsh Tyn Rhos Church, located just outside the vi II age of Rio Grand~. · Christmas at Tyn Rhos was held Dec. 15 and featured performances by several people who came to the event. Jeanne Jindra, director of the Madog Center, explained that everyone was invited to bring something to share, such as songs, poems or refreshments. Raymond Lynn Booth served as the song leader and pianist for the event. and Jindra helped to coordinate the celebration. The performers included Sarah Hammerick Thorne, who played the violin, Booth. who sang three Welsh carols, and Micaela Owens, who · played the piano and the llute. A group made up of Hope Keller. Beverly Morris, Roseanne Hughes and Booth also sang Christmas songs together. . The Rev. John Jackson read "The Christmas Story" i1t the event, while Christine Hunt · performed on the penny whistle, Jasmine Owens played the piano and Hope Keller presented "A Tea.;her's Christmas Story." Santa Claus also made an appearance at the event, and he gave gifts to everyone in attendance. "All of the people who didn't present brought food with them, so we had lots of refreshments," Jindra said. The Tyn Rhos Church was filled with friends and neighbors for the evem, and was decorated for the season. The Madog Center will also take part in a Christmas celebration on Thursday, Dec. 20, when the annual Cardigan Welsh Club Christmas Dinner is held at the University of Rio Grande President's House, beginning ar 5:30 p.m. Area residents do not have to be members of the Cardigan Club to attend the event, but they do need to call ahead to make reservations. "It's a holiday get together," Jindra said about the event, which will feature a short presentation, an excellent meal, a gift exchange and time for visiting with old and new friends. The Cardigan Club is a southeastern · Ohio Welsh club formed in 1975 in order to promote. honor and preserve ·the local Welsh heritage. Area resi" dents do not have to have Welsh backgrounds in order to join the club. they just have to have an interest m the Welsh culture. All area residents are invited to the Cardigan Club Christmas Dinner. and the numerou s events held by the organization throughout the year. Visit us online at . . www.mydallysentlnel.com Your online source for news �Page B4 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, December 20, 2007 ·Thursday, December 20, 2007 www.mydailysentinel.com Dolphills, Parcells near 4-year deal to lead operations No guarantees: Steelers' DAVIE, Fla Bill Parcells' day began with reports he would rebuild the Atlanta Falcons. It ended with him on the cusp of t~k­ ing the same job with the Miami Dolphins. · · Parcells and Dolphins owner Wayne Hui zenga agreed Wednesday on a four-year contract to be Miami 's vice pres1dent of football operations, accordIng to ESPN, which employs the two-time Super Bowl-wmning coach as an analyst. The Dolphins declined comment, only saying no contract has been signed, and no one at Huizenga's business office was authorized to comment when reached Wednesday evening by The Associated Press. Miami's players were also caught off-stride by the news, which broke after they finished practice. "I don't know anything," defensive end Jason Taylor said. So, for the second time in less than a · v.eek, an offfield story is dominating the conversation at Miami's training complex. The first revelation came last Friday: Huizenga has been in talks about selling the team to two real estate developers for about $ 1.1 billion. Huizenga later said those discussions. had been going on for months, and the story has since changed to the billionaire owner considering selling only a 49 percent stake in the team. And now this: Parcells, who previously coached the Giants, Patriots, Jets and Cowboys, is apparently set to return to the NFL "Really'!" defensive lineman Vonnie Holliday said when told by The AP about Parcells' apparent interest in the Dolphins. "You can't control it. But somebody m;ribune - Sentinel - l\e lster · Smith may lose starting job BY TtM REYNOLDS ASSOCIATED PRESS BY ALAN ROBINSON ASSOCIATED PRESS AP photo I Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells coaches dunng a football game against the Washington Redskins 1n Irving, Texas, in th1s Sept 17, 2006, f1te photo. Parcells could become the Miami Dolphins' v1ce president of football operations. like the·Big Tuna, regardless of who's in the front office or who's not, brings a lot of respect and a lot .o f credibility with him .... If you're a free agent out there, that might draw you in." When the Falcons announced Parcells turned them down - while also releasing that he was in negotiations with the Dolphins - several Miami players were playing cards and dominoes in the locker room. "We met 'with him this morning to complete the contract. At that time, we were made aware by Parcells that he was considering a revised offer from the Miami Dolphins," Falcons owner Arthur Blank said. "He later informed us that he would not be signing a contract with us." Huizenga has long sought Many Dolphins immedi- different ways of doing ately turned their attention exactly that. If that contract to the television, seekmg gets signed, bringing in the more information . Clearly, 66-year-old Parcells might the mere mention of wind up being the latest big Parcells coming to Miami Huizenga move. created an immediate buzz. In January 2004, he hired "I have a lot of respect for Miami's greatest player, what he's been able to do in ~ Dan MarillJ), as senior vice other places and F d expect, president of football operaif he did come in here, for tions, a job created just for him to do the same," him. Marino resigned from Holliday said. "I don't know the loosely defined role 22 what's going to happen days later, saying he didn ' t upstairs. I have no 1dea. I want to change his lifestyle. Later that year, Huizenga have a lot of respect for (GM) Randy Mueller, as hired coach Nick Saban well. But my interest is in away from LSU; he lasted what's best for this team and only two seasons in Miami getting us in the nght direc- before bolting after the 2006 tion." campmgn to return to colWith h1s team mired in the lege football at Alabama. "Bill Parcells." Holliday longest playoff" drought in franchise history six said, pausing and smiling. years and counting "That's a big name." PITTSBURGH Anthony Smith is quickly learning there are no guarantees in the NFL. Smith, the second-year Pittsburgh Steelers free safety who · riled up the New England Patriqts by guaranteeing a win against them two weeks ago, may not start Thursday night's game in St. Louis. After being in coverage for three long pass plays in two games, Smith may be benched for Tyrone Carter against St. Louis . Carter said the coaches tQld him he would start. Smith's only chance of starting would appear to be if the Steelers open the game with three safet1es and a cornerback in their secondary, a configuratio-n they used ai times during their 29-22 loss Su!)day to Jacksonville. Steelers coach Mike Tom! in was unhappy that Smith was beaten on Dennis Northcutt's 55-yard TD catch Sunday, a week after Smith was in coverage on Randy Moss ' 63yard TD play and Jabar Gaffney's 56-yard scoring pass play for New England. Smith made his second interception of the season in the Jacksonville game, but it apparently wasn't enough to guarantee him a starting job Thursday. Smith became a starter after Ryan Clark developed a season-ending spleen problem six games into the season. "The last couple of games, we've given up big plays," Tomlin said. "We've got to get that corrected We can· t allow that to be a consistent pattern. We can't allow that to happen in St. Louis if we want win 10 St. Louis " A week after New England threw for 399 yards in its 34-13 win over Pittsburgh, Jacksonvi lle was held to 197 yards passing but ran for 224 yards !n outgaining the Steelers 421-217. The Steelers have had little time on the practice field to work out their problems. They had a full practice on Tuesday, normally the players' day off, but were limited to what essentially was a walkthrough session before leaving Wednesday for St. Louis. "It's always for us, in the' secondary, all about making sure we give up as few big passes as we can," cornerback Deshea Townsend sa1d. "Don't give teams the easy way, no big plays, make them earn it and if we do that we'll be fine." The Steelers may ma~e another change in their secondary, with Bryant McFadden replacing Ike Taylor at cornerback if Taylor can't play because of a sore knee. Taylor did not practice Tuesday. Rookie outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley may make his first career start for the injured Clark Haggans (knee), although Haggans said he did not intend to miss the game. Despite the. Rams' 3-11 record, they have two receivers who can present coverage problems in Torry Holt (83 catches for I ,055 yards and seven touchdowns) and Isaac Bruce (46 catches, 607 yards, 3 TDs). "For us, !l's about making sure we're doing it ri'ght; making sure we'(e playing good team defense," Townsend said. "And we have to get back to playing the type of defense we are capable of." IRVING, Texas Terrell Owens has a message for Jessica Simpson: Stay away. The· 27-year-old singeractress has become Public Enemy No. I among Dallas Cowboys fans because of a link be1ng made between her appearance at Sunday 's game and the poor performance of her new boyfnend, quarterback Tony Romo. Asked Wednesday about the Simpson scenario , Owens playfully chimed in: "Right now, Jessica Simpson Is not a fan favorite - in this locker or in Texas room Stadium." The Cowboys lost I 0-6 to the Philadelphia Eagles and Romo had what was statistically the worst game of his career, all while Simpson sat in a luxury box weariqg a pink No. 9 jersey she proudly showed off for television cameras. The problem for her is, Romo 's' previous worst game came last December at home to the Eagles when then-girlfriend Carrie Underwood was in attendance. "With everything that has happened , obviously the way Tony played and the comparison between her and Carrie Underwood, I think a Jot of people feel like she's kind of taken his focus away," Owens said, echoing the chatter on sports-talk radio and blogs. "Other than that she was hot on my list ' until last week. "Oh, I got a message for her when we make the playoffs. Just stay tuned." BY IRA PODELL ASSOCIATED PRESS UNIONDALE. N.Y. To his coach and teammates, Chris Simon isn't the skatestick-swinging, stomping fiend outsiders view him to be. To the NHL, he is an out of control enforcer who keeps pushing the league ·to never before seen heights of discipline. The New York Islanders forward was hit with a 30game suspension Wednesday, breaking the mark of 25 he set in March with a ban thai stretched into this season. Sin1on, on a leave of absence from the team following the Saturday night dustup with Pittsburgh' s Jarkko Ruutu, will miss more than a third of the season and can't return until point play gave Cincinnati Feb. 21 agamst Tampa Bay. "Chris is a good, solid its• first basket of the half and cut it to 44-40, getting the guy," teammate Bryan AP photo less-than-capacity crowd Berard said. "He does have that switch where he can New York Islanders' Chris Simon looks on from the bench back into the game. Rose NHL hockey game against the snap, and 1 think that's why dunng the first period of an asserted himself again, makBuffalo Sabres in Buffalo, N.Y., In this Jan. 1 f1le photo. he's been in the league for ing another 3-pointer, and Willie Kemp's three-point so long. It's a tough sport." S1mon drew a 30-game suspension Wednesday, breaking The 35-year-old player the mark of 25 he set n1ne months ago. play otT u rastbreak rebuilt left the Islanders on s·1mon 's IS -season NHL the lead to 50-40. "It's a lot of games, for Andre Allen made a three- Monday to receive counsel- career have not been a sure," Sabres defenseman point play and two 3s that ing, then met with league deterrent. Toni Lydman said. "On the helped Memphis build its disciplinarian "I am hoping both the 30 other hand, those kinds of , Colin biggest lead, 65-50, with Campbell on Tuesday. 6:49 left. Two technical Campbell had said Simon games .. . and the actual help plays should be disciplined fouls - one on forward would receive drug and he's going to get and coun- and disciplined severely." Simon was ejected and the Joey Dorsey, another on alcohol treatment, but the seling he's going to get ... NHL later clarified that will help Chris and deal Islanders were a man short coach John Calipari blunted the 'momentum. Simon's treatment simply with the p1'oblem he has," for all but the final 54 seconds of the defeat. Memphis also missed four will take place undeJ the Campbell ·added. ausp ces of the league and The first game of the ban "When I hear 30 games, I 1 consecutive free throws, giving Cinci.nnati a final umon 's substance abuse and was Wednesday' night when think that's a lot," Berard behaviOral program. the Islanders faced the said. "I've seen worse chance. details are Buffalo Sabres. thmgs on the ice that have Counseling Vaughn's 3-pointer cut 1t to 68-62 with 3:50 to go, but kept confidentwl Islanders · "It's excess1~e," coach gotten a lot less games, Williamson missed a dunk spokesman Chris Botta con- Ted Nolan said. The league especially now with the that could have increased firmed drugs and alcohol suspended · h1m ... now we head injuries, guys hitting the 'pressure. Finally, Rose arc "not the issue." · have to support Chris while from behind and things like hit a 3-pointer from the right "The doctors who oversee he goes through this that, and guys getting two wing that made it 73-64 with the substance abuse aspect process." games. I'm sure it's a tough I :52 to go. of the JOint NHLINHLPA With 5:54 left in New one to acce(Jt but Chris is a Memphis has won its last program also oversee the York's 3-2 loss to Pittsburgh repeat offender." three games against aspect of behavioral on Saturday, Simon drew a On March II , Simon was Cincinnati, w1th a lreshman health," league spokesman match penalty when he suspended 25 games - 15 playing the leading role all Frank Brown said. "It would pulled out Ruutu 's leg w1th regular-season games, a three times. Two years ago, be improper to draw any his, sending the forward to five-game playoff series Antonio Anderson had inference as to whatever his knees between the loss to Buffalo, and five career-high 32 points again st treatment or counseling they benches. Simon then games to open this season CJncm1lalL Last season, may be providmg." stomped on the s kate of - for ]jis two-handed stick Willie Kemp scored 21 m an ' Campbell sa1d the seven Ruutu, who wasn 'l seriously attack to the face of Rangers 88-55 win pnor suspensions . in mjure'd. · forward Ryan Hollweg. Derrick Rose scores 26 points to lead Memphis over Bearcats, 79-69 Bv JoE KAY ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI 4 Freshman guard Derrick Rose sc.ored a career-high 26 points Wednesday night, steadymg No. 2 Memphis in a 79-69 victory over Cincinnati that left the Tigers frustrated but unbeat- ' . . en. Memphis Improved to 9-0 for the first time since 198586, when the Tigers won their first 20 games, a scho\)1 record. This one didn't come so eastly. Struggl!ng Cincinnati .(46) kept It close by takmg advantage of two secondhalf technical fouls and the Tigers' inability to sustam anything for more than a few mmutes. Deonta Vaughn scored 20 points forth~ Bearcats, who are off to the1r worst start m . 22 )!Cars. . . Cmcmnau was commg off tts most mspHed p~rformance, a 64-59 lo~s to crosstown r.1val Xav1er a week earlier. The Bearcats dido 't back down in that rough -and-tumble game, and came away convmced that they had grown up as a , team . Again~t another old rival, they lllltlally went back Into their shelL . Memphis got a lot of open shots on the perimeter early and took advantage, making seven of its first 12. The Tigers pulled ahead 26-14 and seemed to be ready to take controL Instead, they eased up, lost most of their lead and had'to sweat it out. The Tigers failed to score on their last five possessions of the first half when they had two tur~overs and shots. missed three Cincinnati's confidence grew during an Il-l run that culmmated with Jamual Warren's . jumper at th~ buzzer that trimmed the lead to 33-32. It was a s1gmficant deveiopment for the off-target Bearcats, who had shot 36 percent from the field in their last three games all losses. They went 13-~f-27 in the first half against a team that normally prides Itself on pressure defense .. Rose got the Tigers back on solid footing,. hitting a 3pointer and making two free throws to open the second half. Cincinnati also slipped back into its shooting doldrums, missing its first eight attempts. Still, Memphis struggled to put the Bearcats away. John Williamson ·~ three- • • ) '. 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It ended with him on the cusp of t~k­ ing the same job with the Miami Dolphins. · · Parcells and Dolphins owner Wayne Hui zenga agreed Wednesday on a four-year contract to be Miami 's vice pres1dent of football operations, accordIng to ESPN, which employs the two-time Super Bowl-wmning coach as an analyst. The Dolphins declined comment, only saying no contract has been signed, and no one at Huizenga's business office was authorized to comment when reached Wednesday evening by The Associated Press. Miami's players were also caught off-stride by the news, which broke after they finished practice. "I don't know anything," defensive end Jason Taylor said. So, for the second time in less than a · v.eek, an offfield story is dominating the conversation at Miami's training complex. The first revelation came last Friday: Huizenga has been in talks about selling the team to two real estate developers for about $ 1.1 billion. Huizenga later said those discussions. had been going on for months, and the story has since changed to the billionaire owner considering selling only a 49 percent stake in the team. And now this: Parcells, who previously coached the Giants, Patriots, Jets and Cowboys, is apparently set to return to the NFL "Really'!" defensive lineman Vonnie Holliday said when told by The AP about Parcells' apparent interest in the Dolphins. "You can't control it. But somebody m;ribune - Sentinel - l\e lster · Smith may lose starting job BY TtM REYNOLDS ASSOCIATED PRESS BY ALAN ROBINSON ASSOCIATED PRESS AP photo I Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells coaches dunng a football game against the Washington Redskins 1n Irving, Texas, in th1s Sept 17, 2006, f1te photo. Parcells could become the Miami Dolphins' v1ce president of football operations. like the·Big Tuna, regardless of who's in the front office or who's not, brings a lot of respect and a lot .o f credibility with him .... If you're a free agent out there, that might draw you in." When the Falcons announced Parcells turned them down - while also releasing that he was in negotiations with the Dolphins - several Miami players were playing cards and dominoes in the locker room. "We met 'with him this morning to complete the contract. At that time, we were made aware by Parcells that he was considering a revised offer from the Miami Dolphins," Falcons owner Arthur Blank said. "He later informed us that he would not be signing a contract with us." Huizenga has long sought Many Dolphins immedi- different ways of doing ately turned their attention exactly that. If that contract to the television, seekmg gets signed, bringing in the more information . Clearly, 66-year-old Parcells might the mere mention of wind up being the latest big Parcells coming to Miami Huizenga move. created an immediate buzz. In January 2004, he hired "I have a lot of respect for Miami's greatest player, what he's been able to do in ~ Dan MarillJ), as senior vice other places and F d expect, president of football operaif he did come in here, for tions, a job created just for him to do the same," him. Marino resigned from Holliday said. "I don't know the loosely defined role 22 what's going to happen days later, saying he didn ' t upstairs. I have no 1dea. I want to change his lifestyle. Later that year, Huizenga have a lot of respect for (GM) Randy Mueller, as hired coach Nick Saban well. But my interest is in away from LSU; he lasted what's best for this team and only two seasons in Miami getting us in the nght direc- before bolting after the 2006 tion." campmgn to return to colWith h1s team mired in the lege football at Alabama. "Bill Parcells." Holliday longest playoff" drought in franchise history six said, pausing and smiling. years and counting "That's a big name." PITTSBURGH Anthony Smith is quickly learning there are no guarantees in the NFL. Smith, the second-year Pittsburgh Steelers free safety who · riled up the New England Patriqts by guaranteeing a win against them two weeks ago, may not start Thursday night's game in St. Louis. After being in coverage for three long pass plays in two games, Smith may be benched for Tyrone Carter against St. Louis . Carter said the coaches tQld him he would start. Smith's only chance of starting would appear to be if the Steelers open the game with three safet1es and a cornerback in their secondary, a configuratio-n they used ai times during their 29-22 loss Su!)day to Jacksonville. Steelers coach Mike Tom! in was unhappy that Smith was beaten on Dennis Northcutt's 55-yard TD catch Sunday, a week after Smith was in coverage on Randy Moss ' 63yard TD play and Jabar Gaffney's 56-yard scoring pass play for New England. Smith made his second interception of the season in the Jacksonville game, but it apparently wasn't enough to guarantee him a starting job Thursday. Smith became a starter after Ryan Clark developed a season-ending spleen problem six games into the season. "The last couple of games, we've given up big plays," Tomlin said. "We've got to get that corrected We can· t allow that to be a consistent pattern. We can't allow that to happen in St. Louis if we want win 10 St. Louis " A week after New England threw for 399 yards in its 34-13 win over Pittsburgh, Jacksonvi lle was held to 197 yards passing but ran for 224 yards !n outgaining the Steelers 421-217. The Steelers have had little time on the practice field to work out their problems. They had a full practice on Tuesday, normally the players' day off, but were limited to what essentially was a walkthrough session before leaving Wednesday for St. Louis. "It's always for us, in the' secondary, all about making sure we give up as few big passes as we can," cornerback Deshea Townsend sa1d. "Don't give teams the easy way, no big plays, make them earn it and if we do that we'll be fine." The Steelers may ma~e another change in their secondary, with Bryant McFadden replacing Ike Taylor at cornerback if Taylor can't play because of a sore knee. Taylor did not practice Tuesday. Rookie outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley may make his first career start for the injured Clark Haggans (knee), although Haggans said he did not intend to miss the game. Despite the. Rams' 3-11 record, they have two receivers who can present coverage problems in Torry Holt (83 catches for I ,055 yards and seven touchdowns) and Isaac Bruce (46 catches, 607 yards, 3 TDs). "For us, !l's about making sure we're doing it ri'ght; making sure we'(e playing good team defense," Townsend said. "And we have to get back to playing the type of defense we are capable of." IRVING, Texas Terrell Owens has a message for Jessica Simpson: Stay away. The· 27-year-old singeractress has become Public Enemy No. I among Dallas Cowboys fans because of a link be1ng made between her appearance at Sunday 's game and the poor performance of her new boyfnend, quarterback Tony Romo. Asked Wednesday about the Simpson scenario , Owens playfully chimed in: "Right now, Jessica Simpson Is not a fan favorite - in this locker or in Texas room Stadium." The Cowboys lost I 0-6 to the Philadelphia Eagles and Romo had what was statistically the worst game of his career, all while Simpson sat in a luxury box weariqg a pink No. 9 jersey she proudly showed off for television cameras. The problem for her is, Romo 's' previous worst game came last December at home to the Eagles when then-girlfriend Carrie Underwood was in attendance. "With everything that has happened , obviously the way Tony played and the comparison between her and Carrie Underwood, I think a Jot of people feel like she's kind of taken his focus away," Owens said, echoing the chatter on sports-talk radio and blogs. "Other than that she was hot on my list ' until last week. "Oh, I got a message for her when we make the playoffs. Just stay tuned." BY IRA PODELL ASSOCIATED PRESS UNIONDALE. N.Y. To his coach and teammates, Chris Simon isn't the skatestick-swinging, stomping fiend outsiders view him to be. To the NHL, he is an out of control enforcer who keeps pushing the league ·to never before seen heights of discipline. The New York Islanders forward was hit with a 30game suspension Wednesday, breaking the mark of 25 he set in March with a ban thai stretched into this season. Sin1on, on a leave of absence from the team following the Saturday night dustup with Pittsburgh' s Jarkko Ruutu, will miss more than a third of the season and can't return until point play gave Cincinnati Feb. 21 agamst Tampa Bay. "Chris is a good, solid its• first basket of the half and cut it to 44-40, getting the guy," teammate Bryan AP photo less-than-capacity crowd Berard said. "He does have that switch where he can New York Islanders' Chris Simon looks on from the bench back into the game. Rose NHL hockey game against the snap, and 1 think that's why dunng the first period of an asserted himself again, makBuffalo Sabres in Buffalo, N.Y., In this Jan. 1 f1le photo. he's been in the league for ing another 3-pointer, and Willie Kemp's three-point so long. It's a tough sport." S1mon drew a 30-game suspension Wednesday, breaking The 35-year-old player the mark of 25 he set n1ne months ago. play otT u rastbreak rebuilt left the Islanders on s·1mon 's IS -season NHL the lead to 50-40. "It's a lot of games, for Andre Allen made a three- Monday to receive counsel- career have not been a sure," Sabres defenseman point play and two 3s that ing, then met with league deterrent. Toni Lydman said. "On the helped Memphis build its disciplinarian "I am hoping both the 30 other hand, those kinds of , Colin biggest lead, 65-50, with Campbell on Tuesday. 6:49 left. Two technical Campbell had said Simon games .. . and the actual help plays should be disciplined fouls - one on forward would receive drug and he's going to get and coun- and disciplined severely." Simon was ejected and the Joey Dorsey, another on alcohol treatment, but the seling he's going to get ... NHL later clarified that will help Chris and deal Islanders were a man short coach John Calipari blunted the 'momentum. Simon's treatment simply with the p1'oblem he has," for all but the final 54 seconds of the defeat. Memphis also missed four will take place undeJ the Campbell ·added. ausp ces of the league and The first game of the ban "When I hear 30 games, I 1 consecutive free throws, giving Cinci.nnati a final umon 's substance abuse and was Wednesday' night when think that's a lot," Berard behaviOral program. the Islanders faced the said. "I've seen worse chance. details are Buffalo Sabres. thmgs on the ice that have Counseling Vaughn's 3-pointer cut 1t to 68-62 with 3:50 to go, but kept confidentwl Islanders · "It's excess1~e," coach gotten a lot less games, Williamson missed a dunk spokesman Chris Botta con- Ted Nolan said. The league especially now with the that could have increased firmed drugs and alcohol suspended · h1m ... now we head injuries, guys hitting the 'pressure. Finally, Rose arc "not the issue." · have to support Chris while from behind and things like hit a 3-pointer from the right "The doctors who oversee he goes through this that, and guys getting two wing that made it 73-64 with the substance abuse aspect process." games. I'm sure it's a tough I :52 to go. of the JOint NHLINHLPA With 5:54 left in New one to acce(Jt but Chris is a Memphis has won its last program also oversee the York's 3-2 loss to Pittsburgh repeat offender." three games against aspect of behavioral on Saturday, Simon drew a On March II , Simon was Cincinnati, w1th a lreshman health," league spokesman match penalty when he suspended 25 games - 15 playing the leading role all Frank Brown said. "It would pulled out Ruutu 's leg w1th regular-season games, a three times. Two years ago, be improper to draw any his, sending the forward to five-game playoff series Antonio Anderson had inference as to whatever his knees between the loss to Buffalo, and five career-high 32 points again st treatment or counseling they benches. Simon then games to open this season CJncm1lalL Last season, may be providmg." stomped on the s kate of - for ]jis two-handed stick Willie Kemp scored 21 m an ' Campbell sa1d the seven Ruutu, who wasn 'l seriously attack to the face of Rangers 88-55 win pnor suspensions . in mjure'd. · forward Ryan Hollweg. Derrick Rose scores 26 points to lead Memphis over Bearcats, 79-69 Bv JoE KAY ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI 4 Freshman guard Derrick Rose sc.ored a career-high 26 points Wednesday night, steadymg No. 2 Memphis in a 79-69 victory over Cincinnati that left the Tigers frustrated but unbeat- ' . . en. Memphis Improved to 9-0 for the first time since 198586, when the Tigers won their first 20 games, a scho\)1 record. This one didn't come so eastly. Struggl!ng Cincinnati .(46) kept It close by takmg advantage of two secondhalf technical fouls and the Tigers' inability to sustam anything for more than a few mmutes. Deonta Vaughn scored 20 points forth~ Bearcats, who are off to the1r worst start m . 22 )!Cars. . . Cmcmnau was commg off tts most mspHed p~rformance, a 64-59 lo~s to crosstown r.1val Xav1er a week earlier. The Bearcats dido 't back down in that rough -and-tumble game, and came away convmced that they had grown up as a , team . Again~t another old rival, they lllltlally went back Into their shelL . Memphis got a lot of open shots on the perimeter early and took advantage, making seven of its first 12. The Tigers pulled ahead 26-14 and seemed to be ready to take controL Instead, they eased up, lost most of their lead and had'to sweat it out. The Tigers failed to score on their last five possessions of the first half when they had two tur~overs and shots. missed three Cincinnati's confidence grew during an Il-l run that culmmated with Jamual Warren's . jumper at th~ buzzer that trimmed the lead to 33-32. It was a s1gmficant deveiopment for the off-target Bearcats, who had shot 36 percent from the field in their last three games all losses. They went 13-~f-27 in the first half against a team that normally prides Itself on pressure defense .. Rose got the Tigers back on solid footing,. hitting a 3pointer and making two free throws to open the second half. Cincinnati also slipped back into its shooting doldrums, missing its first eight attempts. Still, Memphis struggled to put the Bearcats away. John Williamson ·~ three- • • ) '. 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Building Supplles ................................,. ....... 550 Business and Buildings ............................. 340 Buslnau Opportunity................................ 210 , Buolneaa Tralnlng ....................................... 140 Campers 6 Motor Homea ........................... 790 Camping Equipment ................................... 780 Carda of Thanks .......................................... 010 lf~lld/Eidorly Cllro ......................... :............. 190 laollclrlcai/Relrlgeratton ............................... 8'40 £qulpmentlor Rent ....,................................ 480 ExcaYIIIIng ................................................... 830 Farm Equlpment..........................................610 Farms lor Rent... .......................................... 430 Farms for Sele ............................................. 330 For loase ..................................................... 490 For Sale ........................................................ 585 For Sale or Trade .............................. ........... 590 Fruita & Vegetables .....................................580 Furnished Rooms ........................................ 450 General Haullng ...........................................aso Giveaway .....................................................040 Happy Ada ................................................·....050 Hay & Graln .................................................. 640 Help Wanted ................................................. 110 Home Improvements .................................. 810 Homes for Sale .......... 310 Houaehold Goods ..................................... 510 Houses for Rent .......................................... 410 In Memorlam ................................................ 020 h ................................ Insurance ..................................................... 130 Lawn 6 Garden Equlpmont ........................ 660 LIYIIOtock...................................................... 630 · Loot and Found ........................................... 060 Lots 6 Acraege ............................................350 Mlscellaneoua ........................ :... :................. 170 Miscellaneous Merchandlse....................... 540 Mobile Home Repair ...................................860 Mobile Homes lor Rent.. ............................. 420 Mobile Homes lor Sale ................................ 320 Money to loan'............................................. 220 Mo!orcyclos & 4 Wheelers ................ ......... 740 Musical Instruments ................................... 570 Personals ....................................................005 Pets for Sale .............................................. 560 Plumbing 6 Heatlng .................................... 820 · Proleaslonal Servlcea ................................. 230 Radio, TV 6 CB Repair .............................. 160 Real Estate wanted ................................... ,.360 Schoolalnalructlon.....................................150 Seed , Plant 6 Fertilizer .............................. 650 Situation• Wanted ....................................... 120 Space lor Rent ............................................ .460 Sporting Gooda ........................................... 520 SUV'a lor Sale .............................................. 720 Trucko for Sale ............................................ 115 Upholstery ................................................... 870 Vans For Sale...............................................730 Wanted to Buy .......................:..................... 090 Wanted to Buy- Farm Supplloa .................. 620 Wanted To Do .............................................. 180 wanted to Rent.. .......................................... 470 Yard Sale- Galllpolls....................................072 Yard Sale-Pomeroy/Middle .........................074 Yard Sale-Pl. Pleaunt ................................076 100WORKERS NEEDEO Assemble crafts, wood 1tams To $48.0/wk Matenals provided Free mformattan pkg 24Hr 801-428-4649 An E~cellent Wf1t/ to earn money The New Avon Call Manlyn 304·882-2645 AVON ' All Areas• lo ~uy or Sell Shirley Spears, 304 . 675· 1429 CLERICAL R+L CARRIERS, one ollhe nat1on's largest fam1ly owned LTL motor fre~ghl earners, has rmmed1ate open· 1ngs for Part·Ttme, Clerical/Data Entry/Billing pOSIIIOns, 2nd shift \M· F/"'.pm·10pm) Must type mrn 30 wpm w1th accuracy and possess excellent data entry/general off1ce sk1lls We otter a starting wage of $8.SO/hr and a comprehen· s1ve benef1ts package that 1ncludes a 401~ retirement plan and tree vacatiOn lodg· rng at our employee resorts m Ft Myers Beach & Daytona Beach, FL B1g Bear, CA, and Ptgeon Forge, Tn Come tor a per· sonal mterv1ew al 6163 Huntington Rd. GallipOlis Ferry, m 255 t5 PH 800· 669·1809 or lax to 304-675· 4682 MIF/0/V EOE www gorlc cow ww.w..rlr.: ~ Dnver Couner Dnver needed for lOcal area Part-t1me a lew hours mf We are looking for Independent Contracklrs ,w1th thetr own vehicle Ret~red or Sem1 Ret1red look1ng tor a few hrs a day Call 412·787·8800 lv mas· sage Elks Lodge m Gallipolis, Bartenders needed expen· anced preferred please send resume to PO.Box 303, Attn M1ke FEDERAL POSTAL JOBS $17 33·$27 58hlr , now hirIng For application and free governement JOb mfo, call AmeriCan Assoc ol Labor t913·599·8226 24fhrs emp ser\1 ""~'~P'I,;,;I r hoo~ups, r I ""'11:------., l!ii4 r GIVMWAY Lost. Sick, Female Fox Terner Lost on 12·14 on At 1 M pup. 1Owks old, blk & 141 , JUSt past Graham Road Call 446wh1te wf blue eyes W1ll be Schools 0150 med SIZe adult dog VERY good w1th cfllldren446·0189 Reward Lost short halfed 6 3 pupp1es wtil be sman month old male Beagle/Rat house dogs Call 441 ·0637 Tamer m1x Sunday mormng Rolltng Acres area on Just m T1me for Chnstmas 1nSandh1H Ad "Brook St" l<tds 16) lree Puppies Call Today ubllcatton or omis pets, they're concerned on of an advertise 304·675·5587 because of the cold weather ant Corrections wil To good home only 304-675-7682 or 304·593made In the firs Australian Shepherd and t, 62 vailable edttion Husky m1x pups 5M's and 2 F's Ready 11g2108 441- Reward M1ss1ng Dog Red Fo11 Pomeraman needs 1535 Box number ads a se1zer meds Please call 8111 lways confidential. To good home, 8 pups Blue & Sharon Sturgeon 304· HealerfGolden Ret m1x 10 675·1708 or 304·674·1707 Current ' rate car wks old Great with Children =:-~~---., ppllea. 379·9165 or 645·4320 WANTFll TO Buv Losrr AND All Real Eatat dvertisements ar FOUND Absolute Top Dollar u S ubJetlto the Fodera FOUNO Sl!l1dey Bank Solver and Gold Co1ns. air Housmg Act o Envelope at WV State Farm Proofsels, Gold Atngs, Pre968. 1935 US Currency, Museum call to ldenllfy 304- Sohta1re Diamonds· MTS 882·2413 C01n Sh op, 151 Secon d This newspape ccepls only hal Lost Dog 6 months old Avenue, Gallipolis 740-446female Shelhe·Beagfe m111 2842 anted ads meotln Looks like short"h81red Want to buy Junk Cars, call OE standards. mmu~ture. Collie Fur pre· 740·368·0884 Wt will not knowing dom1natet~ black Legs and accept any adver paws are wh1te w1th tan I '11'1 0 \ 'II"\ I laement in vlolatlo spots Last seen Country "'I I<' Jc 1 "lhe law. Club Ad Reward offered ~iiiii~~--iiiii~ . 304-675·6256 li 10 (.;,_ Mouu.t. Ho~ APARTMENTS t..-JiilmlliRioiRE-Nl;.,..,J 1,-....0FOR-.:RENT=;....,J For sale by owner 3BR N1ce 2BR at Johnsons Tara Townhouse Ranch, 1 bath, Fam1ly Mob1le Home Park 740-446- Apartments. Very SpaciOus Room, Stove/Fndge WID 2003 2 Bedrooms, CIA, 1 1/2 mcluded Askmg $70,000 - - - - - - - - Bath, Adult Pool & Baby Trarler for rent, 3BA, 2 BA Pool PaM. Start $425fMo Call 740·709 6339 Cai1367-7762 or 446·4060 No Pets. Lease Pius House for Sale by Owner, 2 Security Depos11 Requ~red APAR111\ENTS to 3br, 1 acres completely 1740)367-0547 remodeled, At 2 N9 m1les ~ 1 FOJIRENT ' -..........._,.1 Twtn R1vers Tower 1S accept· 304·895·3 I 29 1 and 2 bedroom apart- 1ng applications for wa111ng House for sale m Rac1ne ments, furnished and untur· list for Hud·subs1zed t· br, area Approx 4 acres, all mshed, and houses 1n apartment.for the professionally landscaped Pomeroy and Middleport. elderly/dtsabled call 675· Ranch style house w1th 4 secunty depos11reqUired, no 6679 Equal Hous1ng bedrooms, llv1ng room dm· pels 740·992·22t8 Opportunity mg room, kitchen. large fam- - - -- - Ily room, central a1r, gas heat 1 bedroom apt 2nd Ave Very clean, cozy, 2 BR apt and 1 f1 replace Add1!10n of a Gallipolis 740-446·4383 1n pnvate selling W/0 hookup NO smokmg NO large Flonda room com· pletely cedar opens onto 1 Bedroom Tn·level, Owe! pets $400+ ulllltres Depos1t patiO & pool area Heated rn location, close to hosprtal, requtred (740)992-41 19 ground poolenclosed by pn· References & Depos1t vacy lencmg and land· Required (740)446 2957 ~= scaped F1n1shed 2 car 1BR Apt, WID ________.! garage attached to house and fm1shed & heated 3 car Internet/satellite TV mel Need to Rent PaSiures tor a close to hospital Call few Cows 8. Horses. Will garage unattached w1rent. __0_·3_39_.0_3_62_ _ _ _ clean & fence 1lneeded 304· Excellent condttiOn ready to 74 move tn $255.000 00. Call 1BA. mcely furn OUJet area 675·2592 (740)949·22! 7 Su11a&ie for t adult pnvate 'IIIH II\ '\lll'-;1 dnveway w/carport No pets IP!!:-"_ _ _.;.......;...., New home m Gallipolis Rei dep req $200 j'O HOUSEHOlD ~~-'"'!"....- - - - . 2BA. 2BA. 3 acres M/L $375mo 740·446-4762 ~ GoollS MoNEY REDUCED• $80,000 Call TO LoAN 740.446.7029 ~=======~ Apartment for rent, 1·2 Carpet Sale Berber MOBILE HOME'S Bdrm, remodeled, new car 95/yd, plush, $5 95/yd, HJR SALE pet. stove & fr1g, water, $6 15'wlde & 13'6'wlde carpet **NOTICE** .._ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,.1 sewer, trash pd Middleport ..., 1n stock Mollohan Carpet BR $425 00 No pets Ref. 2212 Eastern Ave Borrow Smart Contact 2000 14K70, 3 · 28ALots requ~red 740·843·5264 1 d Gallipolis, OH Phone the Oh1o DIVISIOn of o up gra es on rented lot F1nanc1al Institution's 34 Kraus-Beck Ad A"pt lor Rent No Pets 740· (740)446·7444 Olfoce of Consumer GallipoliS 3 miles from _99_2_·5_65_8_____ -----Mollohan Furn1ture 588 446 Affa1rs BEFORE you rel1 · Gallipolis off SA · Bequtlful Apts at Jackson New Sofa & Love Seat $400 nance your home or 8935 $ 16 900 Estates. 52 Westwood 202 Clar~ Chapel Ad obtain a loan BEWARE 2002 16JCSO Oakwood 3bed Dnve, from $365 to $560 Bidwell, OhiO 740..388-0173 of requests for any large 2 bath, 1999 16x80 Fortune 740·446·2568 Equal advance payments of 3 bed 2 bath, 3 more 10 Hous1ng Opportunity ThiS ML'ICELI.ANffilJS tees or Insurance Call the choose from Day 740 _388. 1nst1tut10n IS an Equal MERffi4._'IDISE Off1ce of Consumer 0000 Evening 740.245.92 t3 Opportunity Provider and L.-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiili-.-J Affairs toll free at t-866_Em_pc_lo_:y_er___ _ _ 4x8 pool table, 4xB a1r hock· 278-0003 to learn 1f the New 3 Bedroom homes from ey table neon beer 51 gns mortgage broker ur $214 36 per month, Includes Beech St Middleport, 2 Br 2004 Honda Formen 450 lender 1s properly many upgrades delivery & furmshed apt , ut111t1es paid, 4)( 4 740_339 _3528 licensed (This rs a public set-up (740)385·2434 ·no pets. deposrl & refer serv1ce announcement ences 74Q-992·0165 Barrel Only' Aemmgton from the OhiO Valley LoTs & CONVENIENTLY LOCAT· Model 31 12 Ga, 26" Imp :P;u~bl:•s;hon:g:C:o:m;pa;n:y)=~ L--oiAiiiCREAiiiiiiiiGiiEiO'--" ED & AFFORDABLE! Cyl, vent nb th1s barrel has ' Townhouse apartments. r~t11ng for slug shootmg mce PROii~IONAI. MOBILE HOME LOT FOR and/or small houses FOR S175 Also Aemmgton SF..R\-ICF.S ARENT. 1031 Georges Creek RENT Call (740)441-t11t Model 870 t2 Ga 3o· lull. d' 441 -1111 forappilcatiOn & 1n1ormat1on earlymodelwnhsmallround grooved forend excellent TURNED DOWN ON Easy to treat upstairs 2bed· through-out, you won't fmd SOCIAL SECURITY /SSI? room apt Trash, water, stove another lh~s clean $395 No Fee Unless We Wmt HOliSI::S an d 1rldge me1uded $350 740·533·3870 _ _:_:_c..:__:__ _ __ 1·888·582·3345 rent $350 deposlf 441 -9872 ..__...~UiiKiloiiRENiiilii.'-,.t or 446-7620 or 709-9519 Brand new Nmtendo Wit .., Box never opened $500 =;;;~;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ~riO Ho~ 2 & 3 bedroom houses for Ell m View Cali 740 709-9532 L__;,:FO~R~S:OA:iiLE~·-· rent, no pets, (740)992-5858 A I JET partmen S AERATION MOTORS 2Br house on Neighborhood 0 down payment 4 bed- Rd $400/mo + $400idep •2&3 bedroom apartments Repaired, New & Aebwlt In rooms Large yard Covered Also 2Br 'tra 11er on •Central heat & AJC Stock Call Ron Evans t· 800·537·9528 dGck Attached garage 740- Neighborhood Ad $300/mo •Washefldryer hOokup 367-7t29 + $300/mo Call 740-256- •AU electnc- averag1ng NEW AND USED STEEL - - - - - - - - 8800 $50-$60/month A«ention! •Owner Pays water, sewer, Steel Beams P1pe Rebar For Cancrele AngleLocal company otfenng "NO 3 BA house m GallipOliS, trash Channel. Fta1 Bar Steel DOWN PAYMENT" pro- WIDconnection $450Jmo, 2 301 Grat1ng For Dra1ns grams for you 10 buy your $250/dep You pay all u1tl1 · (304)88 • 7 Driveways & Wal~ways l&L home rnstead of renting ties Call Wayne 404·456Scrap Metals Open Monday • tOO% lmancmg 3802 • Tuesday Wednesday & :c~:~~e~han perfect cred1t ~~~~ ~~~=~e p~~~~~:e~:~tl l , ~:~l'N Fnday, Bam·430pm Closed Thursday · Saturday & • Payment could be the new carpet very clean Sunday (740)446-7300 same as rent handicap accesstble $635 a Furn1shed upsta1rs 3 rooms - - - - -- Mortgage Locators month (740)949·2303 and bath Clean no pets (740)367·0000 deposit req 740·446 1519 www.comics.com l .wrlght2005@Comcasst net 1 r addedtoyourclossifiedads Borders $3 .00/per ad Graphics 504 for small $1 .00 for large POLICIES· Ohio Valley Publiehiflg reserves the r~ght to edit, reject. or cancel any ad at any t1me Errore must be reported on the first day of Tribune-Sentlnei·Regleter wit! be reaponelble tor no more thmn the coet ot the space occupied by the error and only the first Insertion we shall any Jose or IIIICpense that rlllulle from the publication or omiulon of an advertisement Correction will be made m the fifat available edition. •Boll are aiWaye confidential •Current rata card applies •All reel estate advertisements are 1Ub]8c1 to iha Federal Fair Housmg Act ot 1968 accepts only help wanted ads standards We Will not I accept any advertising m v1olat1on of the lew LOST Black case woth CO's 1n between Po1nt Pleasant Christmas Wreaths & Grave H1gh School & Wahama Blankels. $5·$25. (740)949- H1gh School Reward Call , 2115, 740-949-3151. Sue's 304·675-3935 or 304-593Greenhouse 8082 r ~ • All ads must be prepaid* • Start Your Ads With A Keyword • \"\\01 \{I \II \ I ' How you con have borders and graphics Lw-------" 110 r.T.i:-"-----., ""'"~" ,,~,.~ ll10 HELP WANTF1l Um oH.Lr 1 ' IndiVIdualneeded for reg1onPOST OFFICE NOW al EMS Statton Chief HIRING Experience 1n EMS manAvg Pay $20/hr or agament of public employ· $57K annuall y ees and labor relat1ons 1s, prelerred SuperviSOr plans, lnclud1ng Federal Benef1ts OT,Paid Tralnmg manages an d coo rdma1es andVacat10ns-FTIPT operations of a station and 1_866 542 _1531 several employees Excellent verbal and written USWA commun1ca110ns sk1Us and !!!::~~~~~~~ rope y manager nee e word processmg sk1lls rnew apartment comple reqwred State of Oh10 nPoint Pleasant Full ·bm Paramedic certificatiOn latus temporanly dunn required Full publiC employ- ease up penod and the ee benef1t package ava1l- ermanent part time w able Resumes wllh a cover Iter paid tralmng and flt}J(I letter should be e-ma1led to le hours Please fa operatiOns@seoems com or esume to 304.755.0957 me1ted or hand delivered to 3240 State Route 160, Super 8 Motel accepting Gallipolis. Ohio 45631. Attn applications for part-trme Drreclor of Fteld operat1ons desk c!erk Must be able 10 by 4 30 pm, December 28, work flexible hours and pos· _2o_o_7___ -c-.,-~ sass excellent customer Local Insurance Co look1ng se~1ce Skill s Apply mper· 1or represen 1a1IVB, 10 service son NO Phone Calls local areas Guaranteed first ·~------year Income plus commiS· SIOn Mlmmum :$1950 ""IWO s WI1chb oard opera 1ors needed 1n the GallipOlis monthly Please call 740· area. Must be Willing towork 701-2557 ema1l all three shifts. Payrate IS kyndle clark@"7sllfe com $8 OOhr plus differential oo ·mg or an emr1oyer Must have previous swllch· U1at will wotk WITH you? board e<penence Fax $8.50/HR resumes to 740·353·29t3 Y •ll ·:.·I! : .• Cus1_ome1 Wanted expenenced or Will· SerVICe Cflli!'i 1ng to be tramed to Install ,<,. 11 1'"' ' Outbound Cn lls and repair 2·way rad1o lr-t : 1 'IIi 1 •. 1 eqwpment Good pay, e•cellent benefits Ma1t or fax resume to. Gall Clutter. Lloyd's Electromcs Inc PO All emplo·fee~ OFF Christ mil~ P. New Y!';ns''' BoJC 250, , M illwood, WV ttl l ' ' , , '1-. 25262 304-273-2790 1>1, (phone), 304·273·0105 (fax) ··:/, -· -.1, I ,,,, 1.• ,.,, ·:· : 150 SCHOO~ Inbound : 1" I! I' ' II• it " i I ,'I ' L~SJRUCflON ,. rl ,. ~, ·I r r•o til 1 College (Careers Close To Home) Cali Today' 740·446·4367 1·888-tMC ·PAYU t·800·214·0452 Job ext . 2457 9alipoiiSC8!9&rCOIIege Com www .in loci s ion com At:credited Mamber Accrediting Counc•l tar lndc~endenl Collages McCiures Restaurant 12748 GaH1polts Only) now hmng and Schools All r881 estate ad\lertlslng II\\\( Ill part & full time - dayshtft 1n this newspaper is available Apply between 10 l'll'!10~~----., subject to the Federal BUSI Nil~ Fair Housing Act of 1968 and t IAM Monday · :..-,.:, Saturday L,io-Orliiiiioii•lilRT!Ciiii!NiillliTI;..,.I which makes 11 illegal ta advertise 'any -------- ~ OhiO Valley• Home Health, FiF.Iif.c.f.iffill:"P.i'm""""ii preference, limitation or dlacrlmlnatlon based on Inc h1nng STNA. CNA, race, color, religion, ••• Home Health Ardes and famHial atalus or national Personal Care A1des Full. origin, or any Intention to Builder/Dealer Part T1me and Per D1em make any such Dem1er0Brlght.net pos1!1ons available Apply prelerence, limitation or 740·222,6031 at t480 Jackson P1ke. discr1m1nat1on." Gallipolis, phone 441-1393 fo r Skilled OH1ce or apply at ~--'!!'!!~!'!!"-... This newspaper will nat knowingly accept 1456 Jackson P1ke. phone •NOTICE• advertiRements for real 441·9263 for Passport/Pnvate Care OHIO VALLEY PUBLISH· estate which Is In Off1ce Compet1t1ve Wages lNG CO recommends violation of the taw Our readers are her~by and Benet1ts mcludrng tttat you do business With Informed that all health msurance and people you know, and dwellings adver11aed In mtleage re1mbutsement NOT to send money lhls n1wspaper are through the ma1l unt1l you ava1table an an equal have mvest1 gated the Person for Dve 1n w1lh elderly oppor1unlty bases. oftenng lady Caii74Q-367·7129 II ···· Gallipolis Career r r W'NW '-------.IJ 2 Bedroom 1n R10 Grande area WeeKly or bl · week· ly rent Depos1t $400 740· 245·5591 01 740· 645·5429 2 or 3 bedroom ava1lable Water & trash 1ncluded No pets 740·441·7033 New Haven 1 Br furnished 2BA. mostly furnished No apt has WIDno pets Water pd $350/mo pels dep &rei 992 0165 $35Q. dep 441-0829 call after 5 pm Spac1ous second floor apt Galilpblls City L1ke Country? Tak10g appl1· overlooking Park and nver LR den, cations· 14x70, 38R, CIA, All electnc, Rio Grande large k1tchen·dm1ng area Wilh all new appliances & Area. (740)245·5893 cupboards 3BA oaund<y N1ce 2 bd tra1ler, New ~ta rea , 2 t/2 baths $900 per Haven, small year mcludes month Call 446·4425. or gas $415, (740]416 6622 446·2325 ' I - -- - ------·- - --- - - - - - -·------- We now have Bobo Fie~ CO's call 304-593-8187 or 304-593-8107m Mason.wv Wll Game system w/ 7 games. 3 controllers, 3 clubs, 3 plast1c covers fo, controllers Used only 15 minutes. $ 700 740 _388 . 8070 after 5pm.740-208· ,:.32:.;64__,a_:ny.;,flm:-:e==---. SHOP CLASSIFIED$ FOR L__;B;:.:_A;;,R.;.G;:.:_A;;,I:.;N;,;S__,..JI �Page 86 • Tl)e Uaily Sentinel Help Wanted Thursday, O.ecember 20, 2007 • Help Wanted Thursday, December 20, 2007 ALLEY OOP www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 87 -· NEA Crossword Puzzle BRIDGE WANTED: Buckeye Community Services is opening a new home and has the fo llowing positiOns available to assist two individuals with me ntal retardation in Chester (Meigs County : 1)40 hrs : 2:30 p- 12:30a SIS: 3 p- 12:.l0a Mrru 2) 35 hrs : 3 p - 12:30 a Wffh/F: 9 a - 2:30 p Su : 3) 35 hrs : 12:30 - 9 a S/S/Mffu 4) 32 hrs: 12:30-9 a wrrh: 12:30a - 2:30 p F: Must have high s~.:hOol diploma or GED. valid driver's license , three years good 'dri vi ng: experience and adcyuatt:.· automohile insurance. $7.50/hr. St:nd re su me to: P.O Box 6Cl4. Jacbon, 0 1-1 45640. Deadline fqr applicanh: 12/2 1/07. Pre-employment d111g tc..;ting. Equal Opponuni t)' Employer: , ';;:;:;,;;;:;,;;:;;;;;;:;;;;:;;;:;;;:;:;;;;;;::;,:;:;;:;:;;~ · ,. ADVERTISE IN THE BULLETIN BOARD FOR 'GREAT RESULTS -We are looking for · one good person to add to our Sales Team Musl be motivated lo succeed. Excellent inventory lo sell from 401 k, Medical insurance plan , good pay plan Apply in person Smith Superstore 1900 Eastern Ave. Gallipolis, OH 1 male Yorkie Puppy, very AKC English Springer Full blooded Rat Terrier lor Fo1 Christma5: 1999 Toyota tiny. 740·446·3398 Spaniel puppies, wormed , sale. 7 weeks old. No shots. Corolla, auto, well main1st shots ready to go $300 $50.00. ·Contad AO'; Miller tained. 160,000 mi. $2850. 3 AKC Black & Tan Brindle, registered Mini Dachshunds. long & short haired, red, black. & tan, sable " R~ady to Go" females & males $300 e;ach CKC 304-593-3820 BoKer pups, REDUCED! to $225.00 CKC Reg. Vet checKed, tails cropped, dew claws removed, rElacty to go. 6-females, 4-males. 740- 388-8845 ACA Lhasa Apse 2 Male 9 Weeks Old 2nd ro und ot shots and wormed. Great at opening gifts early . 425.00. ., -------CKC re{jstered Toy POOdle puppies, tails d ocked, dew- claws re moved. shots & vet fi rm. 304-544-5529. E-mail checked, colors blaclt. aprilovethereds@aol com. cot & cream, males $300 & females $350, (740)9927007 Adorable ready -~------ for Christmas CKC Yorkies. 2 CKC Toy Teacup Poodles. 3 very healthy males. ~ack & males. t remare. s3oo each. tan puppK1s 304-675-t298 740-446-4430 oc 339-9729 Captain Steamer is selling gift cards. Call Toll Free 888·338-7847 or 740-446-6784 or 304-675-4218 BINGO $500 Guaranteed Coverall $3000 ::-:---::-:-:-:-:--:::--=-:-- • Vinyl Siding 2007 KX100 Dirt Bike. lone • Replacement new, never raced $2,500 ndow 8 Mini Pinchers. Females, 1 304·882·2416 WI blkJian, 1 rusVred tail. Dew • Roofing claws cut, wormed, shots. 8 • Decks w<s $300. 740-386-6124 r.r~ Ii' -~~ • Garages 10:--~H~o-MMiniature Schnau~er pups IMPROVEMENlS · ; Pole Buildings bfacl< or sip $350. Standard Lw-iiiliiiiii.iiiiiiiiiiliior'· • Room Additions Poodle pups mlf black or BASEMENT Owner: cream $400. Boxer pupS 5 WATERPROOFING James Keesee II males, faun or bri ndle $300 Unconditional lifel1me guar742 2332 Miniature Pinscher pups m/f antee. Local references fur- .__ _ _~_ _ __, chocolate/tan $400. Collie nished. Established 1975. pups slw mH350. All AKC. Call 24 Hrs. (740) 446t-740-696·1065 . 0870, Rogers Basement Only two beautiful Bichon Waterproofing. Frise puppies availatile for 'that special ChriStmas pres29670 Bashan Road ent! One male ($300) and Racine, Ohio one female ($350). Please 45771 call (740) 247-4700 • 740-949-2217 Pitbull puppies great presems , affectionate, all shots, wormed,While with brindle spots $75.00.740-992·0219 . ADVERTISF YOUR BUSINESS IN THE CLASSIFIEDS 4 Leaf Clover • 7' ¥ AQ • Wt•st • ,J I 0 CAN l'REllY r>W(}I '0UAI<Ai'ITEt Yr:JJ I\1A1 1HA1 IS Hill's Self Storage 124 Highland Ave. Point Pleasant, WV 304-675-3877 CI .ASSIFIEDS EMPLOYMENT Public Notice • IT'S A POLITICAL PA~TY C.OMMITTee, MASrt~ ··· -~'.n / SOMeTtflNG GuHering , Roger ManleyOwner Seamless Gutters Rootin g, Siding, Gutters Insured & Bondvd 740-653-9657 A,OUT PUTTit/G TOGeTtt~~ A 12-20 ' Ti-i ""-" 5 BARf~EY Hardwood Cab!ne1t'f'And Furniture www.tlmbe>'cre•Jccabbllotr)'•......, Advertise in this space for $60 per month MEIGS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Prollt & Loss 'December 2006 through November 2007 Income: Season Tickets ~-~~~ $41,265.00 rP . Admission Tickets $89,781 .60 so Grandstand Events Starting Gate $700.00 $1 ,609.00 Photo Finish $400.00 Concession $10,935.00 Track Maintenance Space $919.98 Building $3,500.00 Announcer, Judge, Etc Space $1 ,160.00 Ground $7,080.00 Other Related Race Entry Fees $4,475.00 Expense $1,150.00 Speed Fees $9,925.00 Aide Company Other Race Receipts Expense $657.61 $425.00 · Legal Service $32.00 Class Entry Fees Auditing Services $471.00 .~3,977.94 Membership Fees Veterinary Services $2,000.00 $600.00 Contest Fees $7,248.00 C o n t r a c t u a I Building Rental E n -1 e r t a In men t $300.00 $25,902.75 Rental Ride Company Campsite ' $16;010.00 . Expense S19,342.19 Stall , Pens Rental Other Services $615.63 $3,403.00 Security Services Storage Rental $4,400.00 $4,058.00 Computer Services Reserve Parking $1,99 .00 CAN I JOIN THIS BOOK. CLUB, AUNT LO ? SHO,:(E, JUGHAID-LONG'S YORE CHORE MONEY COVERS IT AN' WHEN THEY START COMIN', · I'LL CLAIM SHE MUST- A ' MIS-HEARD ME!! 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'54 Before ' CELEBRITY CIPHER by Luis Campos Cel9tf 1y C~t:rer cryplcgrams arecreated f·om QJOia11ons oy lamou; ooople Each leiter 1n the c 1 ~he1 stands fo• arother past and presen1 TOday.s ciiJe: L equaJ.s D " C P W V B W l B T S C Z S K. C A V C PST H N X HYNASYI RNA INSYt CNN XBP XBP. " ZNW · TBY FVBY IN SY TNTCVBW PREVIOUS SOLUTION -"My son is now an 'entrepreneur ' That's whal you're called when you don'l have a job.'- Ted Turner '::~:ti~y S© tt~lA- ~ t.~s· eAMI -.---..,;,.. · ltllftd b, (lAY • . POUJ.N - - -·_ , . - 0 four Rearrange lortor• of tho ICramblod words beWOII low I to form four simple word1. LEGNOB Friday, Dec. 21, 2007 1 By Bernice Bede Oaol I Anticipating success predij:ated on practical lound8.tions is an excellent way to fulfill your ambitiOns in the year ahead Pati ence needs to be·another ingredient, HYUT 0 hoy..oever, to accomplish what you desire. · SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-0ec. 21) - You I will take much personal pride in completing some task s 0 1 assignments that require a grcat'deal of concentration'and perseverance. In fact, it will make you SER0 S 0 st3nd a lew teet tatter. CAPRICORN iDee. 22-Jcm. 19) - Your I I must be geiting old. I can organizati onal and managerial skills wil l be crying out for active expression or fulremember when a TV fillment. When you see somett11ng that needs someone to take charg e. offer M0 G 0 L y antenna was a status - . your services. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb. 19) - II is Complele the chuckle quo!od smart ro·be both hopeful and eMpectan) _ . . . _ _ by filling in !he mi3sing words regarding the oUtcome of events When t-..l-.....1--'-.....1.-t-..J you dtvelop from illl!p No. 3 below. you go in with a positive attitude, it will help you to do all the right things to make l 5 6 good thirl gs happen. PRINT NUMBERED LHTERS IN 1 I PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Because THESE SQUARES you already know all about what you have to say. be more oi a listener than a talker so you can hear lots of new inforLETTERs mation from others. The more you leam. t~e smarter you will get ARIES (March 21-April1 9)- Conditions will afford an opportunity to significantly SCRAM-LETS ANSWERS 12-19- o1 adJUSt your ,material means in ways that would better them considerably. Be Influx- Dandy - Twice - lltmger - NEW LE~ wats.t!fUI and re adY to capitalize on what occurs. Woman discussing her ex-boyfriend, "Some of us bave to TAURUS (April 20-May 201 -·Your probbe put out on a limb before we turn ov;r a NEW LEAF." ab•lities for achieving personal SUCC!;!SS look good . All you have to do is stick to endeavors that are traditional and prag ~ ARLO & JANIS malic- and avoid situation s ttlat require ewperimentation GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You shOuld not have to be told that' privacy will substantially ht::IP you get things resolved when it is necessary to d•scuss a seriQuS problem with ano!tler. Don't let c;\hers get involved CANCER (June 21-July 22) - This is an e•cellenl time to do what you can to -~--1 · strengthen relationships with several fri ends who are quite influential in furtherin g your interests. One can never hcwe too many contacts LEO (July 23-Aug: 22)- Now is the lime to ma p out your goal ~ and objective s tor the following wee!<:. Kn owing wnere you wan t to. go and with ymjr targets clearly d9fined, it will g1ve you a heads-up and an easier row to hoe VJ~GO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Keep matters that directly affect you m proper persp ~ctive. II you want desirable res ults. it ISto your advantage to approach all Situ ations philosoph ically a!> well as pragmati cally LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 2~) - Your chan ces tor turnin g a protit are likely to be far better in a joi nt endeavor 1ather ' th an OP.erating Independently. A pa rtnership will bring better returns. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. . 22) - Oon·t tune you r mate out thinkin g you have _the answer&. He or she will be the one whO has the better suggestions to offer In regards to a crl11cal matter that aftecte you bolh. Llaten U ~t; decide later. I 1I I I "' "' PEANUTS STAND CLOSER .. HE WANTS TO SHAKE HANDS , '(Oll BUILT A 6REAT SNOWMAN .. I 1--,,.......,.,-s..,..,...,,-6.,.,-i 0 • $ @) u~~R~~B~N~~~E COW and BOY LOOK AT HOW THE NEW-FALLEN SNOW BLANKETS THE LANDSCAPE, MAKING EVE~YTH ING IN THE WORLD LOOK CLEAN A~ WHITE. PROCESSING · & RManier.' · &Cy,c l ftg There is an Italian proverb that goes: "Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out" Or should th at be: manY a pair Of Italian shoes is bought? In thi s deal, there are severa l echoes of yesterday's. The North and East hands are th e same. The contract is unchanged at three no·tiu~p. The opening lead is anoth er case ot deja vu, being the spade ·,jack. The similarities continue when East Signals with his two and South takes the trick with his king And declarer again plays a club. putting West in. But what should happen now? Yesterday I pointed out that. North should immediately raise two no-trump to three no-trump_ When holding a good, long suit bid thr~ no-trump if you think the suit can be established and run, or get into three of your suit if you think it will be useful only as trumps. Do not pass out twO no-trump. From Eaf;t'S discouraging spade two, West knows that the spade suit is useless and that they need to win the next . four tricks in diamonds il they are to defeat th e contract So West shifts to the diamond tw o, th e low card saying that he has at least one honor in the suit and that he is trying to w1n tricks in this suit, not 1n another one Then East should win· the trick with his diamond ace and return the diamond 10. the higher of two remaining cards, not go back to spades. Here, this defense does exactly as Wesl had -hoped and South goes down one. Le8ding a low card in an unbid suit at any trick promises at least one honOr in thai suit 39 Flight paths 42 Li<:k 45 Luau welcome 46 Mahogany I II ·DEER r A pair for today and from yesterday G BIG NATE Cleaning and Janitorial $2,455.68 Grounds Keeping $3,500.00 Trash Hauling $879.12 Sound . System $2,995.00 Stanley TreeTex-Roal Eatate Trimming $223.10 Other Purchased & Removal Services $9,458.00 'Prompt and Quality Legal Ads $494.81 Work N e w s p a p e r Advertising $1,262.09 *Reasonable Rates Radio Advertising *Insured $600.00 . Printing Publication *Experienced Fees $3,008.79 Rcfcrcilccs Available! V.C . YOUNG Ill N e w s p a p e r Call Gary Swnley @ 992 6115 Advertising $190.00 P:-lln!'IOY Ohol) 740-742-2293 Equipment Repairs 2'1 Y('<Jr'> l (H , II E~p >(I( 1\( ( $41 .67 Motor Vehicles Repairs $104.10 Building Rspalrs $860.00 'Other Repairs $3,459.9t Liability Insurance $9,253.55 Liability Insurance $2,537.45 Rent Motor Vehicles $3,166.00 CORNER STONE Rent Equipment CONSTRUCTION $6,450.14 Capital Outley- -Motor Maplewood Vehicle $4,000.00 Roofing, Siding, Capital Outlay- Other Soffit, Decks, Lake $3,695.24 Doors, Windows, SR 124 Caplttil Outlay- Electric, Plumbing. Building $2,542 .19 Drywall, Between Capital Outlay· Electric Remodeling, Room Syracuse $657.81 Additions & R Interest Payment acme $125.00 • Local Contractor Summer Senior Fair Judges 740-367-0544 Sausage Made $1,249,50 Free Estimates Senior Fair Premium 740-367·0536 740-949-2734 $2,915.25 ~:;;;:==~;.==::;;:::::::: Other Senior Fair Expense $381 .33 Senior Fair Premium $800.00 Contest Judges $250.00 503•111~.:~=~ Contest Premiums $18,290.00 Junior Fair Premiums I • . .dltfi'Milii:II..UD $2 ,710.30 .· SMU-1:11&12:11•• Other Junior Fair Expense $9,524.00 Junior Fair Judges $1,337.80 1111111111m 0111 •••••••••• CllllldciiMrtln ...... Junior Fair Premiums $2,473.20 Other Junior Fair ICIII ftr Clrnll ftiCIII Expense $500.00 Other Junior Fair Wise Concrete Expense $69,340.83 All lypes of concrete Advances Out $11 ,850.00 Owner· Rick Wi se Non Sulficlent Fund . 740-992-5929 $315.00 740-416-16'}8 Refunds of Deposits $107.00 Other Mlac. Expen$53.00 Total 'Expense $310,504.34 Net ordinary Income $43,042.07 (12}20 - EXCEPT FO~ THAT PATCH OVER THERE. ~ GARFIELD t MISS t G<Of A CHRI5fMA5 HIM CARD FROM 170C BOY! .II PAYIIIUDPPIICES 101 ........... •• K .I 9 2 A 1 Old Chevy model 5 Thick wilh cattails 10 Whiokers 12 little finger 13 Trouble . brewing 14 Moot unusual 15 Longest river In the world 16 Elec. unit 18 Slalom gear 19 Office workers 23 Retiree 's ki11y 26 Feeling lousY 27 Wobbles, as a rocket 30 Hairpiece 32 Being nooy 34 Resides 35 Dog star 36 Lu~e or sle1gh 37 Camper, maybe 38 Riv1era sum.,er $10.50/100 (in only 53# or less) t Openin g lead: 1.t J Feed Coverall Progressive . fJ :l 2 fi ,l <! !) Dea)er: West 12% All Stock $2750 • • AW. ~AIR CANI>II>AH. Rental $4,0011.00 Ohio Fair Funds· General $2,587.45 Ohio Fair Funds· Race Related $5,000.00 Ohio Fair Funda- Stake Racing $17,696.00 Ohio Fair FundsJunior Fair $3,811.00 County Grant - Senior Fair $800.00 County Grant- Junior Fair $500.00 County Grant~ Capital I m p r o v e m e n 1s $3,200.00 County Grant- General Operations $2,500.00 S p o n so r s h I p s $12,340.00 Promotions $747.60 Other Restricted Support $4,647.63 Gtfta & Dofl81ion $1 .00 Other Unrestricted support $81 ,210.12 Advances · In $11,850.00 Interest Income $219.98 TOTAL INCOME $353,546.41 t;_xpense: Secretary's Salary $6,000.00 Grounds Maintenance Salaries $1,929.51 Other Salaries $2,070.13 Directors Expense $4,028.97 Secretary Expense $164.00 Membership $755.00 Other E,x penses $574.00 Other Race EKpensos $85.00 OH!co Supplies $781 .63 Grou~ds Maintenance Supplies $395.05 Other Supplies $180,~3 Electric $t0,038.08 Water $1 ,461.55 Telephono.$2,048.4t Electric $670.02 F!ace Purse $37,008.00 Announcer, Judge, Etc • Vulnerable: Bolh Focus, Cavalier. Lesabre, Impala. Grand-Am, Toyota. Mazda. Camara. Regal, small and luU size trucks . Compare · quality and price. Warranty on all vehicles_ Slop or call Cook MotONJL 328 JacKson Pike, 740-4460103 PUBUC NOTICE NOTICE:is hereby given that on Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second St., Pomeroy, Ohio. The Farmers Bank and Savings Compa•lif is selling lor cash in hand or cortlllod check the tollowlng collatorai : 1991 Oldsmobile 98 1G3CW53LXM4309021 1999 Ford, Explorer 1FMDU34E9XUB38308 1996 Ford Ranger 1FTCR10A4TUB50479 The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Ohio, Pomeroy, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to .w ithdraw the above collateral prior to sale. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves tho right to raject any or ail bids submitted. The above described collateral will be sold "as Is-whore Is", with no expressed or Implied warranty given. For further inlormalion, or lor an lippolnl· ment to Inspect cotlat· oral, prior to sale date contact Cyndle or Ken at 992-2136. (12) 19, 20, 21 R;. ... 6 5 2 WHAT A VEAl!!. Saturday, Dec. 22 l~ ast ~I K I0 7 likrr AN UNOC~ -AI< to.~ f\AIR - Call Captain Steame' Tuesday Nights Dec. 25 & Jari. 1st • Stop & Compare Toll free 1-888-338-764 7 or 740-446-6764 or 304-675-4218 BINGO ~N ~NI) 140-892-1871 98 Pontiac Firebird, V-6, 5 spd, T-Tops, dual flowm aster e~ ha u'st, K&N filter. da ily driver, PfW,P/L.$6000 OBO. 740-416-0860 or 441 -9335 Get $20 Gas Cash When you get 2 Avg. size rms. of carpet cleaned. $20 & Free Turkey 3 mns & hall or · $20 Free turkey & free Ham 5 nns Turkey with couch cleaned. J 6 3 4 KQ.flt191l .. MONTY •New Homes •-Garages • Complete Remodeling less) 124 Highland Ave . Point Pleasant, WV (304) 675-3877 12-20·.()7 North 03 Chevy Monte Carlo, 20 SS. 3800, 36,500mi , loaded, llhr, blk/silver. $10500. 4461610or441 -5640 BINGO Cover all in packs Extra Cover-all Sold on side Middleport, Ohio Construction 01 Hyundai Acce'nt Hatchback. 5 speed trans. 65,310 miles, good condi. lion. needs catai\•Hc converter: Asking $3200. Ca tl 740709-6339 . Foundatiol') 14- 100 Games $500 Cover All $30.00 up to 6 packs .IlBERT IISSUl CIISTIUCnll ALTOS IUNSAU: Thursday December 20th Middleport American Legion Doors Open At 4 PM 00 883 HD Spprtater, 2 seat, windshield, new exhaust; exc .-oond. $4000 4·1 -0243 eves 645-3589 days I I!\. \""l'f WI \.110'\ Christmas Special Can't think of that special gift to buy spmeone? How about getting someone's carpet or furniture cleaned. puppies. Now taking deposits to hold for Christmas Parentson prem· ises, wit h pedigree. Fi rst shots. vet checked end wormed. Call 740-388·9325 Pomeranian · Puppies, 3 Male. 2 red, 1 cream. 2 Females cream . $300. Ready t2-20. 740-366-6642 Point of Hope (32#'s or Phillip Alder Jr. 404 P~oneer Trial Ad. 446-9555 or 339-03 15 Patriot, Ohio 45658 304 -273~377 Long haired Dachshund - - - - - - - puppies. $450 _ Call 446 _ AKC Reg. Beagle Pups, lri- Just In Hme tor Christmas, 1237 colored, wormed & shots.$ 100 740-446·4172 or ceducad p~ce S2SO AKC Registered Boston Terrier 256-1619 Steve Stapleton 9 ACROSS 1 II 1 ·I 1 1 SOUP TO NUTZ we ti:N 'r e~w CWN ' MOn~ . MuCI4 Lilli a-.te \l-la'T Neec:IS FINilol 'upp /, ., �Page 86 • Tl)e Uaily Sentinel Help Wanted Thursday, O.ecember 20, 2007 • Help Wanted Thursday, December 20, 2007 ALLEY OOP www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 87 -· NEA Crossword Puzzle BRIDGE WANTED: Buckeye Community Services is opening a new home and has the fo llowing positiOns available to assist two individuals with me ntal retardation in Chester (Meigs County : 1)40 hrs : 2:30 p- 12:30a SIS: 3 p- 12:.l0a Mrru 2) 35 hrs : 3 p - 12:30 a Wffh/F: 9 a - 2:30 p Su : 3) 35 hrs : 12:30 - 9 a S/S/Mffu 4) 32 hrs: 12:30-9 a wrrh: 12:30a - 2:30 p F: Must have high s~.:hOol diploma or GED. valid driver's license , three years good 'dri vi ng: experience and adcyuatt:.· automohile insurance. $7.50/hr. St:nd re su me to: P.O Box 6Cl4. Jacbon, 0 1-1 45640. Deadline fqr applicanh: 12/2 1/07. Pre-employment d111g tc..;ting. Equal Opponuni t)' Employer: , ';;:;:;,;;;:;,;;:;;;;;;:;;;;:;;;:;;;:;:;;;;;;::;,:;:;;:;:;;~ · ,. ADVERTISE IN THE BULLETIN BOARD FOR 'GREAT RESULTS -We are looking for · one good person to add to our Sales Team Musl be motivated lo succeed. Excellent inventory lo sell from 401 k, Medical insurance plan , good pay plan Apply in person Smith Superstore 1900 Eastern Ave. Gallipolis, OH 1 male Yorkie Puppy, very AKC English Springer Full blooded Rat Terrier lor Fo1 Christma5: 1999 Toyota tiny. 740·446·3398 Spaniel puppies, wormed , sale. 7 weeks old. No shots. Corolla, auto, well main1st shots ready to go $300 $50.00. ·Contad AO'; Miller tained. 160,000 mi. $2850. 3 AKC Black & Tan Brindle, registered Mini Dachshunds. long & short haired, red, black. & tan, sable " R~ady to Go" females & males $300 e;ach CKC 304-593-3820 BoKer pups, REDUCED! to $225.00 CKC Reg. Vet checKed, tails cropped, dew claws removed, rElacty to go. 6-females, 4-males. 740- 388-8845 ACA Lhasa Apse 2 Male 9 Weeks Old 2nd ro und ot shots and wormed. Great at opening gifts early . 425.00. ., -------CKC re{jstered Toy POOdle puppies, tails d ocked, dew- claws re moved. shots & vet fi rm. 304-544-5529. E-mail checked, colors blaclt. aprilovethereds@aol com. cot & cream, males $300 & females $350, (740)9927007 Adorable ready -~------ for Christmas CKC Yorkies. 2 CKC Toy Teacup Poodles. 3 very healthy males. ~ack & males. t remare. s3oo each. tan puppK1s 304-675-t298 740-446-4430 oc 339-9729 Captain Steamer is selling gift cards. Call Toll Free 888·338-7847 or 740-446-6784 or 304-675-4218 BINGO $500 Guaranteed Coverall $3000 ::-:---::-:-:-:-:--:::--=-:-- • Vinyl Siding 2007 KX100 Dirt Bike. lone • Replacement new, never raced $2,500 ndow 8 Mini Pinchers. Females, 1 304·882·2416 WI blkJian, 1 rusVred tail. Dew • Roofing claws cut, wormed, shots. 8 • Decks w<s $300. 740-386-6124 r.r~ Ii' -~~ • Garages 10:--~H~o-MMiniature Schnau~er pups IMPROVEMENlS · ; Pole Buildings bfacl< or sip $350. Standard Lw-iiiliiiiii.iiiiiiiiiiliior'· • Room Additions Poodle pups mlf black or BASEMENT Owner: cream $400. Boxer pupS 5 WATERPROOFING James Keesee II males, faun or bri ndle $300 Unconditional lifel1me guar742 2332 Miniature Pinscher pups m/f antee. Local references fur- .__ _ _~_ _ __, chocolate/tan $400. Collie nished. Established 1975. pups slw mH350. All AKC. Call 24 Hrs. (740) 446t-740-696·1065 . 0870, Rogers Basement Only two beautiful Bichon Waterproofing. Frise puppies availatile for 'that special ChriStmas pres29670 Bashan Road ent! One male ($300) and Racine, Ohio one female ($350). Please 45771 call (740) 247-4700 • 740-949-2217 Pitbull puppies great presems , affectionate, all shots, wormed,While with brindle spots $75.00.740-992·0219 . ADVERTISF YOUR BUSINESS IN THE CLASSIFIEDS 4 Leaf Clover • 7' ¥ AQ • Wt•st • ,J I 0 CAN l'REllY r>W(}I '0UAI<Ai'ITEt Yr:JJ I\1A1 1HA1 IS Hill's Self Storage 124 Highland Ave. Point Pleasant, WV 304-675-3877 CI .ASSIFIEDS EMPLOYMENT Public Notice • IT'S A POLITICAL PA~TY C.OMMITTee, MASrt~ ··· -~'.n / SOMeTtflNG GuHering , Roger ManleyOwner Seamless Gutters Rootin g, Siding, Gutters Insured & Bondvd 740-653-9657 A,OUT PUTTit/G TOGeTtt~~ A 12-20 ' Ti-i ""-" 5 BARf~EY Hardwood Cab!ne1t'f'And Furniture www.tlmbe>'cre•Jccabbllotr)'•......, Advertise in this space for $60 per month MEIGS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Prollt & Loss 'December 2006 through November 2007 Income: Season Tickets ~-~~~ $41,265.00 rP . Admission Tickets $89,781 .60 so Grandstand Events Starting Gate $700.00 $1 ,609.00 Photo Finish $400.00 Concession $10,935.00 Track Maintenance Space $919.98 Building $3,500.00 Announcer, Judge, Etc Space $1 ,160.00 Ground $7,080.00 Other Related Race Entry Fees $4,475.00 Expense $1,150.00 Speed Fees $9,925.00 Aide Company Other Race Receipts Expense $657.61 $425.00 · Legal Service $32.00 Class Entry Fees Auditing Services $471.00 .~3,977.94 Membership Fees Veterinary Services $2,000.00 $600.00 Contest Fees $7,248.00 C o n t r a c t u a I Building Rental E n -1 e r t a In men t $300.00 $25,902.75 Rental Ride Company Campsite ' $16;010.00 . Expense S19,342.19 Stall , Pens Rental Other Services $615.63 $3,403.00 Security Services Storage Rental $4,400.00 $4,058.00 Computer Services Reserve Parking $1,99 .00 CAN I JOIN THIS BOOK. CLUB, AUNT LO ? SHO,:(E, JUGHAID-LONG'S YORE CHORE MONEY COVERS IT AN' WHEN THEY START COMIN', · I'LL CLAIM SHE MUST- A ' MIS-HEARD ME!! 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'54 Before ' CELEBRITY CIPHER by Luis Campos Cel9tf 1y C~t:rer cryplcgrams arecreated f·om QJOia11ons oy lamou; ooople Each leiter 1n the c 1 ~he1 stands fo• arother past and presen1 TOday.s ciiJe: L equaJ.s D " C P W V B W l B T S C Z S K. C A V C PST H N X HYNASYI RNA INSYt CNN XBP XBP. " ZNW · TBY FVBY IN SY TNTCVBW PREVIOUS SOLUTION -"My son is now an 'entrepreneur ' That's whal you're called when you don'l have a job.'- Ted Turner '::~:ti~y S© tt~lA- ~ t.~s· eAMI -.---..,;,.. · ltllftd b, (lAY • . POUJ.N - - -·_ , . - 0 four Rearrange lortor• of tho ICramblod words beWOII low I to form four simple word1. LEGNOB Friday, Dec. 21, 2007 1 By Bernice Bede Oaol I Anticipating success predij:ated on practical lound8.tions is an excellent way to fulfill your ambitiOns in the year ahead Pati ence needs to be·another ingredient, HYUT 0 hoy..oever, to accomplish what you desire. · SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-0ec. 21) - You I will take much personal pride in completing some task s 0 1 assignments that require a grcat'deal of concentration'and perseverance. In fact, it will make you SER0 S 0 st3nd a lew teet tatter. CAPRICORN iDee. 22-Jcm. 19) - Your I I must be geiting old. I can organizati onal and managerial skills wil l be crying out for active expression or fulremember when a TV fillment. When you see somett11ng that needs someone to take charg e. offer M0 G 0 L y antenna was a status - . your services. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb. 19) - II is Complele the chuckle quo!od smart ro·be both hopeful and eMpectan) _ . . . _ _ by filling in !he mi3sing words regarding the oUtcome of events When t-..l-.....1--'-.....1.-t-..J you dtvelop from illl!p No. 3 below. you go in with a positive attitude, it will help you to do all the right things to make l 5 6 good thirl gs happen. PRINT NUMBERED LHTERS IN 1 I PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Because THESE SQUARES you already know all about what you have to say. be more oi a listener than a talker so you can hear lots of new inforLETTERs mation from others. The more you leam. t~e smarter you will get ARIES (March 21-April1 9)- Conditions will afford an opportunity to significantly SCRAM-LETS ANSWERS 12-19- o1 adJUSt your ,material means in ways that would better them considerably. Be Influx- Dandy - Twice - lltmger - NEW LE~ wats.t!fUI and re adY to capitalize on what occurs. Woman discussing her ex-boyfriend, "Some of us bave to TAURUS (April 20-May 201 -·Your probbe put out on a limb before we turn ov;r a NEW LEAF." ab•lities for achieving personal SUCC!;!SS look good . All you have to do is stick to endeavors that are traditional and prag ~ ARLO & JANIS malic- and avoid situation s ttlat require ewperimentation GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You shOuld not have to be told that' privacy will substantially ht::IP you get things resolved when it is necessary to d•scuss a seriQuS problem with ano!tler. Don't let c;\hers get involved CANCER (June 21-July 22) - This is an e•cellenl time to do what you can to -~--1 · strengthen relationships with several fri ends who are quite influential in furtherin g your interests. One can never hcwe too many contacts LEO (July 23-Aug: 22)- Now is the lime to ma p out your goal ~ and objective s tor the following wee!<:. Kn owing wnere you wan t to. go and with ymjr targets clearly d9fined, it will g1ve you a heads-up and an easier row to hoe VJ~GO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Keep matters that directly affect you m proper persp ~ctive. II you want desirable res ults. it ISto your advantage to approach all Situ ations philosoph ically a!> well as pragmati cally LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 2~) - Your chan ces tor turnin g a protit are likely to be far better in a joi nt endeavor 1ather ' th an OP.erating Independently. A pa rtnership will bring better returns. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. . 22) - Oon·t tune you r mate out thinkin g you have _the answer&. He or she will be the one whO has the better suggestions to offer In regards to a crl11cal matter that aftecte you bolh. Llaten U ~t; decide later. I 1I I I "' "' PEANUTS STAND CLOSER .. HE WANTS TO SHAKE HANDS , '(Oll BUILT A 6REAT SNOWMAN .. I 1--,,.......,.,-s..,..,...,,-6.,.,-i 0 • $ @) u~~R~~B~N~~~E COW and BOY LOOK AT HOW THE NEW-FALLEN SNOW BLANKETS THE LANDSCAPE, MAKING EVE~YTH ING IN THE WORLD LOOK CLEAN A~ WHITE. PROCESSING · & RManier.' · &Cy,c l ftg There is an Italian proverb that goes: "Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out" Or should th at be: manY a pair Of Italian shoes is bought? In thi s deal, there are severa l echoes of yesterday's. The North and East hands are th e same. The contract is unchanged at three no·tiu~p. The opening lead is anoth er case ot deja vu, being the spade ·,jack. The similarities continue when East Signals with his two and South takes the trick with his king And declarer again plays a club. putting West in. But what should happen now? Yesterday I pointed out that. North should immediately raise two no-trump to three no-trump_ When holding a good, long suit bid thr~ no-trump if you think the suit can be established and run, or get into three of your suit if you think it will be useful only as trumps. Do not pass out twO no-trump. From Eaf;t'S discouraging spade two, West knows that the spade suit is useless and that they need to win the next . four tricks in diamonds il they are to defeat th e contract So West shifts to the diamond tw o, th e low card saying that he has at least one honor in the suit and that he is trying to w1n tricks in this suit, not 1n another one Then East should win· the trick with his diamond ace and return the diamond 10. the higher of two remaining cards, not go back to spades. Here, this defense does exactly as Wesl had -hoped and South goes down one. Le8ding a low card in an unbid suit at any trick promises at least one honOr in thai suit 39 Flight paths 42 Li<:k 45 Luau welcome 46 Mahogany I II ·DEER r A pair for today and from yesterday G BIG NATE Cleaning and Janitorial $2,455.68 Grounds Keeping $3,500.00 Trash Hauling $879.12 Sound . System $2,995.00 Stanley TreeTex-Roal Eatate Trimming $223.10 Other Purchased & Removal Services $9,458.00 'Prompt and Quality Legal Ads $494.81 Work N e w s p a p e r Advertising $1,262.09 *Reasonable Rates Radio Advertising *Insured $600.00 . Printing Publication *Experienced Fees $3,008.79 Rcfcrcilccs Available! V.C . YOUNG Ill N e w s p a p e r Call Gary Swnley @ 992 6115 Advertising $190.00 P:-lln!'IOY Ohol) 740-742-2293 Equipment Repairs 2'1 Y('<Jr'> l (H , II E~p >(I( 1\( ( $41 .67 Motor Vehicles Repairs $104.10 Building Rspalrs $860.00 'Other Repairs $3,459.9t Liability Insurance $9,253.55 Liability Insurance $2,537.45 Rent Motor Vehicles $3,166.00 CORNER STONE Rent Equipment CONSTRUCTION $6,450.14 Capital Outley- -Motor Maplewood Vehicle $4,000.00 Roofing, Siding, Capital Outlay- Other Soffit, Decks, Lake $3,695.24 Doors, Windows, SR 124 Caplttil Outlay- Electric, Plumbing. Building $2,542 .19 Drywall, Between Capital Outlay· Electric Remodeling, Room Syracuse $657.81 Additions & R Interest Payment acme $125.00 • Local Contractor Summer Senior Fair Judges 740-367-0544 Sausage Made $1,249,50 Free Estimates Senior Fair Premium 740-367·0536 740-949-2734 $2,915.25 ~:;;;:==~;.==::;;:::::::: Other Senior Fair Expense $381 .33 Senior Fair Premium $800.00 Contest Judges $250.00 503•111~.:~=~ Contest Premiums $18,290.00 Junior Fair Premiums I • . .dltfi'Milii:II..UD $2 ,710.30 .· SMU-1:11&12:11•• Other Junior Fair Expense $9,524.00 Junior Fair Judges $1,337.80 1111111111m 0111 •••••••••• CllllldciiMrtln ...... Junior Fair Premiums $2,473.20 Other Junior Fair ICIII ftr Clrnll ftiCIII Expense $500.00 Other Junior Fair Wise Concrete Expense $69,340.83 All lypes of concrete Advances Out $11 ,850.00 Owner· Rick Wi se Non Sulficlent Fund . 740-992-5929 $315.00 740-416-16'}8 Refunds of Deposits $107.00 Other Mlac. Expen$53.00 Total 'Expense $310,504.34 Net ordinary Income $43,042.07 (12}20 - EXCEPT FO~ THAT PATCH OVER THERE. ~ GARFIELD t MISS t G<Of A CHRI5fMA5 HIM CARD FROM 170C BOY! .II PAYIIIUDPPIICES 101 ........... •• K .I 9 2 A 1 Old Chevy model 5 Thick wilh cattails 10 Whiokers 12 little finger 13 Trouble . brewing 14 Moot unusual 15 Longest river In the world 16 Elec. unit 18 Slalom gear 19 Office workers 23 Retiree 's ki11y 26 Feeling lousY 27 Wobbles, as a rocket 30 Hairpiece 32 Being nooy 34 Resides 35 Dog star 36 Lu~e or sle1gh 37 Camper, maybe 38 Riv1era sum.,er $10.50/100 (in only 53# or less) t Openin g lead: 1.t J Feed Coverall Progressive . fJ :l 2 fi ,l <! !) Dea)er: West 12% All Stock $2750 • • AW. ~AIR CANI>II>AH. Rental $4,0011.00 Ohio Fair Funds· General $2,587.45 Ohio Fair Funds· Race Related $5,000.00 Ohio Fair Funda- Stake Racing $17,696.00 Ohio Fair FundsJunior Fair $3,811.00 County Grant - Senior Fair $800.00 County Grant- Junior Fair $500.00 County Grant~ Capital I m p r o v e m e n 1s $3,200.00 County Grant- General Operations $2,500.00 S p o n so r s h I p s $12,340.00 Promotions $747.60 Other Restricted Support $4,647.63 Gtfta & Dofl81ion $1 .00 Other Unrestricted support $81 ,210.12 Advances · In $11,850.00 Interest Income $219.98 TOTAL INCOME $353,546.41 t;_xpense: Secretary's Salary $6,000.00 Grounds Maintenance Salaries $1,929.51 Other Salaries $2,070.13 Directors Expense $4,028.97 Secretary Expense $164.00 Membership $755.00 Other E,x penses $574.00 Other Race EKpensos $85.00 OH!co Supplies $781 .63 Grou~ds Maintenance Supplies $395.05 Other Supplies $180,~3 Electric $t0,038.08 Water $1 ,461.55 Telephono.$2,048.4t Electric $670.02 F!ace Purse $37,008.00 Announcer, Judge, Etc • Vulnerable: Bolh Focus, Cavalier. Lesabre, Impala. Grand-Am, Toyota. Mazda. Camara. Regal, small and luU size trucks . Compare · quality and price. Warranty on all vehicles_ Slop or call Cook MotONJL 328 JacKson Pike, 740-4460103 PUBUC NOTICE NOTICE:is hereby given that on Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second St., Pomeroy, Ohio. The Farmers Bank and Savings Compa•lif is selling lor cash in hand or cortlllod check the tollowlng collatorai : 1991 Oldsmobile 98 1G3CW53LXM4309021 1999 Ford, Explorer 1FMDU34E9XUB38308 1996 Ford Ranger 1FTCR10A4TUB50479 The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Ohio, Pomeroy, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to .w ithdraw the above collateral prior to sale. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves tho right to raject any or ail bids submitted. The above described collateral will be sold "as Is-whore Is", with no expressed or Implied warranty given. For further inlormalion, or lor an lippolnl· ment to Inspect cotlat· oral, prior to sale date contact Cyndle or Ken at 992-2136. (12) 19, 20, 21 R;. ... 6 5 2 WHAT A VEAl!!. Saturday, Dec. 22 l~ ast ~I K I0 7 likrr AN UNOC~ -AI< to.~ f\AIR - Call Captain Steame' Tuesday Nights Dec. 25 & Jari. 1st • Stop & Compare Toll free 1-888-338-764 7 or 740-446-6764 or 304-675-4218 BINGO ~N ~NI) 140-892-1871 98 Pontiac Firebird, V-6, 5 spd, T-Tops, dual flowm aster e~ ha u'st, K&N filter. da ily driver, PfW,P/L.$6000 OBO. 740-416-0860 or 441 -9335 Get $20 Gas Cash When you get 2 Avg. size rms. of carpet cleaned. $20 & Free Turkey 3 mns & hall or · $20 Free turkey & free Ham 5 nns Turkey with couch cleaned. J 6 3 4 KQ.flt191l .. MONTY •New Homes •-Garages • Complete Remodeling less) 124 Highland Ave . Point Pleasant, WV (304) 675-3877 12-20·.()7 North 03 Chevy Monte Carlo, 20 SS. 3800, 36,500mi , loaded, llhr, blk/silver. $10500. 4461610or441 -5640 BINGO Cover all in packs Extra Cover-all Sold on side Middleport, Ohio Construction 01 Hyundai Acce'nt Hatchback. 5 speed trans. 65,310 miles, good condi. lion. needs catai\•Hc converter: Asking $3200. Ca tl 740709-6339 . Foundatiol') 14- 100 Games $500 Cover All $30.00 up to 6 packs .IlBERT IISSUl CIISTIUCnll ALTOS IUNSAU: Thursday December 20th Middleport American Legion Doors Open At 4 PM 00 883 HD Spprtater, 2 seat, windshield, new exhaust; exc .-oond. $4000 4·1 -0243 eves 645-3589 days I I!\. \""l'f WI \.110'\ Christmas Special Can't think of that special gift to buy spmeone? How about getting someone's carpet or furniture cleaned. puppies. Now taking deposits to hold for Christmas Parentson prem· ises, wit h pedigree. Fi rst shots. vet checked end wormed. Call 740-388·9325 Pomeranian · Puppies, 3 Male. 2 red, 1 cream. 2 Females cream . $300. Ready t2-20. 740-366-6642 Point of Hope (32#'s or Phillip Alder Jr. 404 P~oneer Trial Ad. 446-9555 or 339-03 15 Patriot, Ohio 45658 304 -273~377 Long haired Dachshund - - - - - - - puppies. $450 _ Call 446 _ AKC Reg. Beagle Pups, lri- Just In Hme tor Christmas, 1237 colored, wormed & shots.$ 100 740-446·4172 or ceducad p~ce S2SO AKC Registered Boston Terrier 256-1619 Steve Stapleton 9 ACROSS 1 II 1 ·I 1 1 SOUP TO NUTZ we ti:N 'r e~w CWN ' MOn~ . MuCI4 Lilli a-.te \l-la'T Neec:IS FINilol 'upp /, ., �B8 The Daily Sentinel December 20, 2007 www.mydaily!ll!ntinel :com -wE MUST REDUCE OUR HUGE NEW • USED INVENTORY BY JAN 1., 1008 TO CUT PERSONAL PROPER1'Y TAXEst• Smith Superstore In·Gall~ polis, Ohio We Are Located.On Rt.7 South Of The Silver Memorial Bridge Next To Walmart Call Toll Free 1-877-446-2282 ...... ·- llt-~ -·. II tl~~ Prix Sun &: Shade Padilge, XM Radio, · P. Loeks & Windows IIICIUDI Price $20,467 lr RIIICI 0.0% tor liD MlllhS , Solstice l007 GXP Modd, 5 Speal Auto, l.O Turbo Engine, BriaiJI Red savesa.ooo · . or Finance 0.0% tor 60 Mtntlfr; · AD Rebates To Dealer . 03Ford 07Pontiac Grand Prix Escape 4r4, XLT, Was$16,900 wa& $1G,!I95 IIW$13,980 .NIW$9.800 OS CidiUac Escalade ~The Best! Fully IAJIIded, Only 11,000 Miles, AWDI DIIIIDODd W8S$39,99S NIW $31.011 Chevy Ext. Cab 06Satum lon 4 Door, 4 CyUnder, Automali<. 2 Wheel Drive, One Looal Owner Was$11,995 Wu$13,995 IIW$1UID 5 Speed, Air, Only 8,180 Miles 4 Cylinder Wu$11,908 . OSChevy Cobalt · 07 Chevy Malibu Maxx 4 Door,IAJIIded, Heated Seals, 14,000 Miles OS Cadillac ST'S Lotat, One Owner, l7-Miles, 4 Door, Extra Sharp, 29,100 Low Miles, ~dWblte · Wu$12,995 Wu$1S,9t5 W•$15,995 9:Z Buick Roadmaster Station W11100 ' 04 Pontiac · Bonneville GXP Loaded, . Only 34,8110 Milt$, Northstlll' VS, I W•ll.4t5 NIW 1,110 NIW$1UII Wu$17,995 Now$13.991 Naw$11.481 NIW$23,510 07 Chevy Malibu .. 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Only $,MO Miles SLI!, Ootb Interior, Locally OwnecJ GMtWurt Vmlde Extnl Nlee, Only 72,000 Miles Wu$18,995 Was$13,995 Was$1t,9t5 Wu$31,995 Escape »,eoo MU"" It Is An W1 Model! Was$1',900 Wu$15,995 W8S$8,99S Auto Wu $1!,900 IIIW $21,811 w.s $13.9!1! Naw$12.011 Factnry Demo, $1UII DIICIIIII OltSdeklr Ntwl IIIW$11,111 Naw$11.911 NIW$11,910 07 Buick LaCrosse O?Chevy Trailblazer 4x4 CXL, IAJIIded, Leather, Low Miles, White Wu $23,9!1!1 Wu$22,995 06Chery · Silverado Ext. Z-71, 2 Tone Pilot, . Ntw$11.480 Naw$22.111 IIIW$15,411 . IIOW$1,111 04Cbevy Tahoe 90GMC Pickup Vibe LS Model, 4x4 Model, Only ll,OeO Miles Z.71, Loaded, -b4 4x4, New PlliDt Gnat Fuel r.-OIIIy Was$lt,l00 Was$22,99! Was~ Was$16,99! Now$21.911 Naw$21.101 FWD, White, NIW$4.478 l:_: . ·' .• •' Wu~ · Wu$1'.99$ . ' Naw$15.211 . I \ l I I ( Wu$7,995 'IIIW$7,111 Lesabre Custom l«-IIJ Owned, Priad ToGo Just .Tnded, FWD, LS Model w. $10,9!1!1 NOW$1,161 98Jeep Cherokee 4..S Model, V8, Locally Owned W•$3,99! lowSU91 f • 'I -· -- -- �B8 The Daily Sentinel December 20, 2007 www.mydaily!ll!ntinel :com -wE MUST REDUCE OUR HUGE NEW • USED INVENTORY BY JAN 1., 1008 TO CUT PERSONAL PROPER1'Y TAXEst• Smith Superstore In·Gall~ polis, Ohio We Are Located.On Rt.7 South Of The Silver Memorial Bridge Next To Walmart Call Toll Free 1-877-446-2282 ...... ·- llt-~ -·. II tl~~ Prix Sun &: Shade Padilge, XM Radio, · P. Loeks & Windows IIICIUDI Price $20,467 lr RIIICI 0.0% tor liD MlllhS , Solstice l007 GXP Modd, 5 Speal Auto, l.O Turbo Engine, BriaiJI Red savesa.ooo · . or Finance 0.0% tor 60 Mtntlfr; · AD Rebates To Dealer . 03Ford 07Pontiac Grand Prix Escape 4r4, XLT, Was$16,900 wa& $1G,!I95 IIW$13,980 .NIW$9.800 OS CidiUac Escalade ~The Best! Fully IAJIIded, Only 11,000 Miles, AWDI DIIIIDODd W8S$39,99S NIW $31.011 Chevy Ext. Cab 06Satum lon 4 Door, 4 CyUnder, Automali<. 2 Wheel Drive, One Looal Owner Was$11,995 Wu$13,995 IIW$1UID 5 Speed, Air, Only 8,180 Miles 4 Cylinder Wu$11,908 . OSChevy Cobalt · 07 Chevy Malibu Maxx 4 Door,IAJIIded, Heated Seals, 14,000 Miles OS Cadillac ST'S Lotat, One Owner, l7-Miles, 4 Door, Extra Sharp, 29,100 Low Miles, ~dWblte · Wu$12,995 Wu$1S,9t5 W•$15,995 9:Z Buick Roadmaster Station W11100 ' 04 Pontiac · Bonneville GXP Loaded, . Only 34,8110 Milt$, Northstlll' VS, I W•ll.4t5 NIW 1,110 NIW$1UII Wu$17,995 Now$13.991 Naw$11.481 NIW$23,510 07 Chevy Malibu .. LT 9S Ford F-150 Pickup . 07 Pontiac G-6 OS Chevy TahoeZ71 V6, Air, Only ll,OOO Miles v'Locally EniJine, 5 Speed, Owned 04Cbevy Cavalier V6, Air, P. 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Thursday, December20, 2001 Dear Santa, Tell Mrs. Claus and the elves I said Hi and ly appreciate it. This year I want, if you could get me, a I would like a horse, a goat, a Merry Christma~!! tennis racket with a tennis dirtbike, a picture of Pat Love, bag and a jumbo stuffed Isaiah Stinson White, a poster of Pat White, Pluto. If you could get.me an Xbox 360, a picture of Dear Santa, any of those things, thank No. 35 on WVU, a Mery Christmas and Happy New Year to you. PlayStation 2, an airplane, Merry Christmas, Santa some racing boots, a you and your family. I have been good this Nintendo, any games, a year, my report card was all A's and B's. I Claus, and a Happy New · have worked hard in school. I would like for Year. PSP and a skateboard. Your ./riend, · you to bring me a ~ttery wheel with clay. I From, enjoy making thoings. Snow would really be Emily Akx Jo Carlisk nice for Christmas. . I have a baby brother who is too small to Dear Santa, Dear Santa, write and talk to you. He would like a light , Merry Christmas! I want For Christmas, I want a real small-sized and sound lawn mower. He will love play'ing a pony and Barbie doll. puppy. with it and driving the rest of the family batty Love, Akmndra Billingsworth with the sounds. He has been good enough for Kassie Casto his. age since he is still learning the meaning (Five years old) Dear Santa, Hi! How are you and the reindeers? I of no. Have a safe trip on Christmas Eve. Dear Santa, Love, . have been a good girl. I would like a Ba~y SanuJntha McCarty Alive, alarm clock dog, a baby that How are you? I have been good. This year I would like for Kaden to have someswims and anything el~ you want to Dear S,ata, ' . . thing. Thank you for reading my letter. bring me. I have been good this year. I am a blonde. I Have a great Christmas. , Love · ' · would . like a photograph of Pat White, a Lov~, Kelsey Casto · GameCube, Kierra Kammer to be my sister, a Trenton Walter · Razr phone, a pony that's name is Killer. Dear Santa, . I love you, Santa Claus. Dear Santa, My name is Isaiah and I am 5-112 l have been a good gk.~-1 would like Bratz xoxo years old. I have been super good dolls, a Barbie doH, a st:ooter, a doll house. this year. · Your friend, Miranda Bonecutter I love you Santa, Will you please bring me a punchHannah Holmes ing bag, a new bicycle and a Little (Six-years old) Dear Santa, . People bulldozer? I also love to do I love you Santa. I would like a Sponge Bob, Monopoly, crafts and to color and paint and Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, a Spiderman toy, a need some new markers. Mommy Dear Santa, . says I need new socks and t-shirts bell, markers and a Wii is everything I wanted on TV. I would also like a PlayStation, For Christmas I want a too. I would love to fly like you do convertible cars, a TV and a Nintendo D.S . Transformer police . car, a Your friend, · · on your sleigh. Maybe someday benlo watch and an army William Smith Ill you will take me for a ride? tank with a control. I Santa ... why do you have a have been good this year. beard? When I grow up, can I be · Dear Santa, Your friend, Thank you for my presents each year. I realthe next Santa? AaronHalky I want a makeup kit; a Bratz doll, a spy girl, paper fashion, a mo"'y maker, the neal kit, a flatscreen TV, a baby blue sparkly dress, Quick Gems, a poster, a bendable pencil and a game for my Nintendo. Dear Santa, .. ... . oc• OA8T ~AL-- ~ 00..-...:HT 8IZIIia 'YO"" .v.ftY -~ P8DAL 'I'OVe Ate) Pl.AV etiT8 AVAIL*••. I GAII.AT OIPTII POft YOUNG • Page3 Aft«) 3. Karaoke machine . 4. Smarter than a fifth grader. 5. And anything else you think I deserve. · · Thank you. cookies shaped like? Have . you been busy? My name is Evan Isaac Wiseman. And m:.~ybe some football cards. Are you on a diet? Love, Kaylee Clemens Love, Evan Isaac Wiseman Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a skateboard, an Xbox 360, a Game . Cube, a laptop , a SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 game, smack vs. raw 2007, another PSP, a Nintendo D.S. , a Dear Santa, computer, a new game boy and an element How are you? I have beert good. This year I skateboard. would like for Konnor to get better. This year Your friend, I would like some new games and a good Zavery Mcnem Christmas. · }'our friend; i\1/i, \ ic·ole Young · Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I have been good this year. I want Paige to have a good ·Christmas and Karlee too. I want them to have a bike and a baby doll. Thank you for the Baby Alive. from last year. I would like a Dear Santa, · Nintendo and four games for it, a baby I want- a Bratz, a Baby Alive, the Are You doll that talks and it is cute. Smarter Than a Fifth Grader game and a kitLove, ten for Christmas. Courtnee Wiliams, age 7 Please bring me a little computer for Christmas . Thanks! · Your friend, · Lauren Ball Love, Kaden Phoenix Dear Santa, Macke,zie,four-years old Dear Santa, Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like a Webkinz and a Shining Star. I would like a cellphone and some Nintendo game~. I want Animal Crossing, Cooking Mama and Flash Focus. I · also want .some books and a pair of shoes. That's what I want for Christmas. . Kali I have been a good girl. I am in fourth grade and I am working hard to get good grades. Here are a few things ... I. iPod and iTunes card . 2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . Love, your friend, Paige. Atkins, age 7 Your friend, Emily Kinnaird Dear Santa, Dear Santa, Dear Santa, . What I want for Christmas is an iPhone, a guitar, a Baby Alive, an iPo<f iDog, a camera, a ~ig nail kit, a makeup kit, long diamond earrings, a baby blue sparkly' 'dre'ss, · inoney. maker, Quick Gems and baby blue high heel hoes. I have been good this year. I help my aunt feed the animals. Will you please being my aunt Isabel some cross earrings. Thank you for my Barbie computer. I like Spongebob items , clothing, movies, Micro Gameboy games. I am writing this letter to give you my Christmas list. I have been really good. I would like some NFL gloves and a Bengals nerf football and T.J .'s football shirt and maybe a card holder, and I would love a dirt bike. · How are you and Mrs. Claus doing and the reindeer doing? Would you like wh ite or chocolate milk? What would you like your · How are you? I have been good this year. I would for my grandma to have a new blanket and I hope I will get some Heelies. Have a good Christmas. Thank you for . running my letter. I hope you have a good Christmas. ~.,......... Love, Owen White . 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PlayStation 2, an airplane, Merry Christmas, Santa some racing boots, a you and your family. I have been good this Nintendo, any games, a year, my report card was all A's and B's. I Claus, and a Happy New · have worked hard in school. I would like for Year. PSP and a skateboard. Your ./riend, · you to bring me a ~ttery wheel with clay. I From, enjoy making thoings. Snow would really be Emily Akx Jo Carlisk nice for Christmas. . I have a baby brother who is too small to Dear Santa, Dear Santa, write and talk to you. He would like a light , Merry Christmas! I want For Christmas, I want a real small-sized and sound lawn mower. He will love play'ing a pony and Barbie doll. puppy. with it and driving the rest of the family batty Love, Akmndra Billingsworth with the sounds. He has been good enough for Kassie Casto his. age since he is still learning the meaning (Five years old) Dear Santa, Hi! How are you and the reindeers? I of no. Have a safe trip on Christmas Eve. Dear Santa, Love, . have been a good girl. I would like a Ba~y SanuJntha McCarty Alive, alarm clock dog, a baby that How are you? I have been good. This year I would like for Kaden to have someswims and anything el~ you want to Dear S,ata, ' . . thing. Thank you for reading my letter. bring me. I have been good this year. I am a blonde. I Have a great Christmas. , Love · ' · would . like a photograph of Pat White, a Lov~, Kelsey Casto · GameCube, Kierra Kammer to be my sister, a Trenton Walter · Razr phone, a pony that's name is Killer. Dear Santa, . I love you, Santa Claus. Dear Santa, My name is Isaiah and I am 5-112 l have been a good gk.~-1 would like Bratz xoxo years old. I have been super good dolls, a Barbie doH, a st:ooter, a doll house. this year. · Your friend, Miranda Bonecutter I love you Santa, Will you please bring me a punchHannah Holmes ing bag, a new bicycle and a Little (Six-years old) Dear Santa, . People bulldozer? I also love to do I love you Santa. I would like a Sponge Bob, Monopoly, crafts and to color and paint and Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, a Spiderman toy, a need some new markers. Mommy Dear Santa, . says I need new socks and t-shirts bell, markers and a Wii is everything I wanted on TV. I would also like a PlayStation, For Christmas I want a too. I would love to fly like you do convertible cars, a TV and a Nintendo D.S . Transformer police . car, a Your friend, · · on your sleigh. Maybe someday benlo watch and an army William Smith Ill you will take me for a ride? tank with a control. I Santa ... why do you have a have been good this year. beard? When I grow up, can I be · Dear Santa, Your friend, Thank you for my presents each year. I realthe next Santa? AaronHalky I want a makeup kit; a Bratz doll, a spy girl, paper fashion, a mo"'y maker, the neal kit, a flatscreen TV, a baby blue sparkly dress, Quick Gems, a poster, a bendable pencil and a game for my Nintendo. Dear Santa, .. ... . oc• OA8T ~AL-- ~ 00..-...:HT 8IZIIia 'YO"" .v.ftY -~ P8DAL 'I'OVe Ate) Pl.AV etiT8 AVAIL*••. I GAII.AT OIPTII POft YOUNG • Page3 Aft«) 3. Karaoke machine . 4. Smarter than a fifth grader. 5. And anything else you think I deserve. · · Thank you. cookies shaped like? Have . you been busy? My name is Evan Isaac Wiseman. And m:.~ybe some football cards. Are you on a diet? Love, Kaylee Clemens Love, Evan Isaac Wiseman Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a skateboard, an Xbox 360, a Game . Cube, a laptop , a SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 game, smack vs. raw 2007, another PSP, a Nintendo D.S. , a Dear Santa, computer, a new game boy and an element How are you? I have beert good. This year I skateboard. would like for Konnor to get better. This year Your friend, I would like some new games and a good Zavery Mcnem Christmas. · }'our friend; i\1/i, \ ic·ole Young · Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I have been good this year. I want Paige to have a good ·Christmas and Karlee too. I want them to have a bike and a baby doll. Thank you for the Baby Alive. from last year. I would like a Dear Santa, · Nintendo and four games for it, a baby I want- a Bratz, a Baby Alive, the Are You doll that talks and it is cute. Smarter Than a Fifth Grader game and a kitLove, ten for Christmas. Courtnee Wiliams, age 7 Please bring me a little computer for Christmas . Thanks! · Your friend, · Lauren Ball Love, Kaden Phoenix Dear Santa, Macke,zie,four-years old Dear Santa, Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like a Webkinz and a Shining Star. I would like a cellphone and some Nintendo game~. I want Animal Crossing, Cooking Mama and Flash Focus. I · also want .some books and a pair of shoes. That's what I want for Christmas. . Kali I have been a good girl. I am in fourth grade and I am working hard to get good grades. Here are a few things ... I. iPod and iTunes card . 2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . Love, your friend, Paige. Atkins, age 7 Your friend, Emily Kinnaird Dear Santa, Dear Santa, Dear Santa, . What I want for Christmas is an iPhone, a guitar, a Baby Alive, an iPo<f iDog, a camera, a ~ig nail kit, a makeup kit, long diamond earrings, a baby blue sparkly' 'dre'ss, · inoney. maker, Quick Gems and baby blue high heel hoes. I have been good this year. I help my aunt feed the animals. Will you please being my aunt Isabel some cross earrings. Thank you for my Barbie computer. I like Spongebob items , clothing, movies, Micro Gameboy games. I am writing this letter to give you my Christmas list. I have been really good. I would like some NFL gloves and a Bengals nerf football and T.J .'s football shirt and maybe a card holder, and I would love a dirt bike. · How are you and Mrs. Claus doing and the reindeer doing? Would you like wh ite or chocolate milk? What would you like your · How are you? I have been good this year. I would for my grandma to have a new blanket and I hope I will get some Heelies. Have a good Christmas. Thank you for . running my letter. I hope you have a good Christmas. ~.,......... Love, Owen White . SFS Truck .sales, Inc~ . -·-.·------------- . .. -. -· -·-- ----·- -- - -·' .--- ·- -- -l C • ----~ lia.ht & Heavv Dutv Truck Parts • Chrome & Aluminum Accessories . . . - - - - - - - - - ___ + ___ - - - · - · ---- ·-- ----- - ·---· • • - ···-------- ·- Manufacturer of Dump Bodies & 1 Ton Flat Beds OLD 2150 Eastern Avenue Gallipolis, Ohio 456~ 1 1-800-280-6088' (740) 446-0351 . · �- Letters .to Santa Thursday, December 20,2007 Dear Santa, . ball so be can practice for his games. I would like a toy dog and a Tluurk you, I want a guitar. a cell phone, a Audrey Cli/fonl (Na-Na helped me write toy cat. I will leave cookies laptop.a waterbed, a really big and milk for you. I would TV and a bike. I really want becaMse I lUll. OM·year old) like a hair see How do you a good Christmas. I · also deliver all your presents. Dear Sturul, want to go to a Hannah Your friend, I would like a pink DS Lite and with Montana concert. ·another N"mtendo dogs for Christmas. Is Rudolph Kay/a E. dog and I want a cat. real? I will leave milk and cookies for you. Bye~ Dear Sanlll, Your friend, Elise Mayes Your~nd, Dear Sania, Mol& Waugh I would like a trane for Christmas·. You are nice. Dear Sanlll, How do you deliver all Dear Sturul, I would like a new Tomogochy for your presents in just one I would like a wagon . How do the reindeer. Christmas. How do you deliver all your pre- night. fly? How do the reindeer fly? How do you Your friend, deliver all your presents in just one night. I sent in just one night? You are nice . I will leave milk and cookies for you. Katk love you. Santa. Your ftVNl, Tulasi Tluzyaparan YourftVNl, Shannon Dear Santa, I would like a Bratz doll for Christmas. Dear Sanlll, . How are you? I have been good! This Dear Sanlll, I would like a new bike for Christmas. You are nice. Is Rudolph real? How do you delivyear I would like for my momand pop to have a good ChristmaS and I would like er all you presents in just one night. YourftVNl, a monSter truck. CheyenM Savage Thank you for reading my letter. I hope you have a nice Christmas. Lovt, . DearSanla, I would like a doll for Christmas. How do Tri.slan Polsley you deliver all your presents in just one night. Your ftVnd, . Dear StutiD., Kathryn How are you? I have been good! This year I would like for my mom Dear Sanlll, and dad to get a flag . I want a Dx . Thank you for reading my letter. I I would like a dog that crys for Christmas. hope you ha\'e a nice Christmas . How do you deliver all you presents in just Love, · one night. ChLyeiiM McGuire YourftVnd, }ayeltll Dear Stutla, . Please bring me a meow kitty cat. I really like maiL so. I would like a mail girl doll and Jeep . My big brother Dave wants a basket- DearSanla I would like a dog for Christmas. YourftVnd, Bayle Your friend, Haily Dear Santa, How are you? I have been good! This year I would like for my friend Cheyenne to have a horse when she moves again. I hope 1 get a DS! Thank you for reading m)' lener. I hope you have a nice Christmas. Love, · April Leann Sherwood ·. Dear Santa, I want an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3. a cats life, · SmackDown vs . Raw 2008, Kane the wrestler toy, money bank, to wrestle bener, a Sting toy, wrestler shirt (please be Kane) and a costume toy for a wrestling match. Your friend, CJ. Htljhill Merry Christmas ·& Best Wishes From .T hese Retail Merchants AAA Travel Acquisitions ·BCMR Publications . Bossard "'emorial Library City of Ga,llipolis · Courtside Bar & Grill Gallia Count)· \ 1sitors Center Gallipc)tis Career College Gallipolis Foodland Joe M~a:s Coffee HouSt> Midget Press . Norris Northup Dod~e Oak Banks O"Dell Lumber · Ohio )'aUt>~ Bank PauJ Da,ies jewelers Peoples Bank !'\A Smiths Superstore 93.1 Super K Motel Tawney .Jewelers & Studio The Gttllipolis Oaily Tribune The Purplt• 1\Jrtle Tht• Sluikt• Shoppe The \\'lst•num AJtent·~·· In('. Toj}l's Funllturc t 1s n1mk \ 'entm-..·s 1\', hu· . Thursday, December 20~ 2007 ·Letters to ·s ·anta • ~age 5 not listen~ My mom would like a' new ring. Dear Santa, How are you? I have been Thank you for the Bratz doll, a ring, earrings, I have been good this year. good this year. I would like for and bracelet. I would like a new Bratz doll, I like Christmas because we Zach to get a G~itar Hero for a dress, a new bracelet and earrings, and a get_presents. I want a laptop, Christmas . . X-box 360. trash can. and one thing that I love Thank you for reading my Your friend, about you is that you are Santa Claus and I love letter. I hope you have a ..Morgan Doczi, age 8 nice Christmas. Christmas. I can sing you a song, and I will sing it Love, Dear Santa, I want a Transformer sled, a dirtbike, a for you. You are nice and Hartley Watson drum, a basket, a necklace, a four-wheeler, a brave, too. I also want Sponge Bob Square Pants game, an Xbox something else, and that Dear Santa, - I have been good this year. I want you to 360, a snowboarding game, a dart board and a is a Bratz dollhouse. Your friend, bring my mom a gift please or she will be snow board. Your friend, Paula Sheets .begging you! Th!Ulk you for the Game boy and Gameboy case, too. I want you to bring Seth Bates DearSan(a, me an Xbox 360, a new Galneboy, and a All I want for Christmas is a Dear Santa, new game for my Gamboy called EX, and How are you? I have been good. This year I Pokemon PS2 game, a Star Wars III PS2 it is a new Pokemon Gameboy game. would like for my brother Dylan to get a train. game, a Gameboy, Pat White as ·my Your friend, -I would like you to bring me a bowling alley .brother, a dog, a cat, a fish, a snake and a Destiny Vining, age 7 toy. Thank you for reading my letter: I hope lizard. Your friend, you have a nice.Christmas. Dear Santa, Cole Linton I want a Wii, a new bike, for everyone Love, Nicholas Sheets to have a good Christmas, an iPod and Dear Santa, a money maker. How are you? I have been good! This Dear Santa, Your friend, I want an iPod, a· Nintendo DS and a year I would like for my papaw to have a Jason Norman Hannah Montana game. I really want a Bratz new tool for Christmas. I would like the new doll that comes with a camera, a ~aby Alive, r:ocket fishing rod. Thank you for reading my Dear Santa, How are you? I have been good a Bratz car, an mp3 players, High School letter. I hope you have a nice Christmas. Love, this year. I would like for my little Musical 1 and 2 and Quick Gems. Remember, Dakotah Fletcher brother to get an Elmo toy for I have been a good girl. Your friend, Christmas.} would like a Star Wars '· Kendra Weal Dear Santa, Lego Set 6210 for Christmas. How are you? I have been Thank you for reading my letter. I good. This year I would like Dear Santa, hope you have a nice Christmas. ·my dad to have a truck and . I have been a bad boy but I have also been a Love, good boy but not too good. Will you get for my I would like to have some Elij4h Baird brothers what they ask for and get my baby sis- Heelies. Merry Christmas, ter a tricycle? Now I want to have two things, Santa Claus. Thank you Dear Santa, _ for reading my letter. I have been good and bad. I and they are a fourwheeler and a dirtbike. Love, Love, , helped my dog get out of the Zachary Jones Tyson Boyles road because sometimes it does Dear Santa, a - --- -- �- Letters .to Santa Thursday, December 20,2007 Dear Santa, . ball so be can practice for his games. I would like a toy dog and a Tluurk you, I want a guitar. a cell phone, a Audrey Cli/fonl (Na-Na helped me write toy cat. I will leave cookies laptop.a waterbed, a really big and milk for you. I would TV and a bike. I really want becaMse I lUll. OM·year old) like a hair see How do you a good Christmas. I · also deliver all your presents. Dear Sturul, want to go to a Hannah Your friend, I would like a pink DS Lite and with Montana concert. ·another N"mtendo dogs for Christmas. Is Rudolph Kay/a E. dog and I want a cat. real? I will leave milk and cookies for you. Bye~ Dear Sanlll, Your friend, Elise Mayes Your~nd, Dear Sania, Mol& Waugh I would like a trane for Christmas·. You are nice. Dear Sanlll, How do you deliver all Dear Sturul, I would like a new Tomogochy for your presents in just one I would like a wagon . How do the reindeer. Christmas. How do you deliver all your pre- night. fly? How do the reindeer fly? How do you Your friend, deliver all your presents in just one night. I sent in just one night? You are nice . I will leave milk and cookies for you. Katk love you. Santa. Your ftVNl, Tulasi Tluzyaparan YourftVNl, Shannon Dear Santa, I would like a Bratz doll for Christmas. Dear Sanlll, . How are you? I have been good! This Dear Sanlll, I would like a new bike for Christmas. You are nice. Is Rudolph real? How do you delivyear I would like for my momand pop to have a good ChristmaS and I would like er all you presents in just one night. YourftVNl, a monSter truck. CheyenM Savage Thank you for reading my letter. I hope you have a nice Christmas. Lovt, . DearSanla, I would like a doll for Christmas. How do Tri.slan Polsley you deliver all your presents in just one night. Your ftVnd, . Dear StutiD., Kathryn How are you? I have been good! This year I would like for my mom Dear Sanlll, and dad to get a flag . I want a Dx . Thank you for reading my letter. I I would like a dog that crys for Christmas. hope you ha\'e a nice Christmas . How do you deliver all you presents in just Love, · one night. ChLyeiiM McGuire YourftVnd, }ayeltll Dear Stutla, . Please bring me a meow kitty cat. I really like maiL so. I would like a mail girl doll and Jeep . My big brother Dave wants a basket- DearSanla I would like a dog for Christmas. YourftVnd, Bayle Your friend, Haily Dear Santa, How are you? I have been good! This year I would like for my friend Cheyenne to have a horse when she moves again. I hope 1 get a DS! Thank you for reading m)' lener. I hope you have a nice Christmas. Love, · April Leann Sherwood ·. Dear Santa, I want an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3. a cats life, · SmackDown vs . 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I have been Thank you for the Bratz doll, a ring, earrings, I have been good this year. good this year. I would like for and bracelet. I would like a new Bratz doll, I like Christmas because we Zach to get a G~itar Hero for a dress, a new bracelet and earrings, and a get_presents. I want a laptop, Christmas . . X-box 360. trash can. and one thing that I love Thank you for reading my Your friend, about you is that you are Santa Claus and I love letter. I hope you have a ..Morgan Doczi, age 8 nice Christmas. Christmas. I can sing you a song, and I will sing it Love, Dear Santa, I want a Transformer sled, a dirtbike, a for you. You are nice and Hartley Watson drum, a basket, a necklace, a four-wheeler, a brave, too. I also want Sponge Bob Square Pants game, an Xbox something else, and that Dear Santa, - I have been good this year. I want you to 360, a snowboarding game, a dart board and a is a Bratz dollhouse. Your friend, bring my mom a gift please or she will be snow board. Your friend, Paula Sheets .begging you! Th!Ulk you for the Game boy and Gameboy case, too. I want you to bring Seth Bates DearSan(a, me an Xbox 360, a new Galneboy, and a All I want for Christmas is a Dear Santa, new game for my Gamboy called EX, and How are you? I have been good. This year I Pokemon PS2 game, a Star Wars III PS2 it is a new Pokemon Gameboy game. would like for my brother Dylan to get a train. game, a Gameboy, Pat White as ·my Your friend, -I would like you to bring me a bowling alley .brother, a dog, a cat, a fish, a snake and a Destiny Vining, age 7 toy. Thank you for reading my letter: I hope lizard. Your friend, you have a nice.Christmas. Dear Santa, Cole Linton I want a Wii, a new bike, for everyone Love, Nicholas Sheets to have a good Christmas, an iPod and Dear Santa, a money maker. How are you? I have been good! This Dear Santa, Your friend, I want an iPod, a· Nintendo DS and a year I would like for my papaw to have a Jason Norman Hannah Montana game. I really want a Bratz new tool for Christmas. I would like the new doll that comes with a camera, a ~aby Alive, r:ocket fishing rod. Thank you for reading my Dear Santa, How are you? I have been good a Bratz car, an mp3 players, High School letter. I hope you have a nice Christmas. Love, this year. I would like for my little Musical 1 and 2 and Quick Gems. Remember, Dakotah Fletcher brother to get an Elmo toy for I have been a good girl. Your friend, Christmas.} would like a Star Wars '· Kendra Weal Dear Santa, Lego Set 6210 for Christmas. How are you? I have been Thank you for reading my letter. I good. This year I would like Dear Santa, hope you have a nice Christmas. ·my dad to have a truck and . I have been a bad boy but I have also been a Love, good boy but not too good. Will you get for my I would like to have some Elij4h Baird brothers what they ask for and get my baby sis- Heelies. Merry Christmas, ter a tricycle? Now I want to have two things, Santa Claus. Thank you Dear Santa, _ for reading my letter. I have been good and bad. I and they are a fourwheeler and a dirtbike. Love, Love, , helped my dog get out of the Zachary Jones Tyson Boyles road because sometimes it does Dear Santa, a - --- -- �Letters to Santa Page 6 • Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I've been a good girl this year and I like to talk a lot. I helped my mom cook dinner. Santa, can you give my brother Dalton Council some classic cars? Thank you for the Bratz radio, dancing little Bratz baby, Bratz monster truck. I will like to have an electric horse, turtle clothes for my pet Speedy, a little electric fourwheeler for Lane, and a little toilet for Tylen. I have been very good. Santa please bring my cousin a PS3 . Thank you, Santa, for the present last year. Santa, please bring me a PS3, an Xbox 360, a four wheeler, a dirt bike and a Transformer. Santa, please get me all that stuff. · Jase Heckaman on my report card. I only got three B's on it. Now let's get on witq my Christmas list. I want a go-car and a Razr cell phone. That is all I can think of right now. So, have a good Christmas! Your friend, Alex Gibbs Dear Santa, Your friend, Bryan Hughes / Dear Santa, Love, Victoria Milkr Love, Garreu Saunders Ryan Geppert Dear Santa, Dear Santa Claus, I would like an Xbox, a PSP, a skateboard, remote control cars, an Xbox 360, a Dear Santa, Dear Santa, PlayStation 2, cars, a TV, a Wii; a snow How are you? I have been good. How .are you? I have been good. This year I globe, a PlayStation, a convertible, a snowThis year I want a Hannah Montana woullf like to get a PlayStation. I am getting board, a walkie-talkie, a rescue hero, a resTV. Thank you for · my TV. Merry archery. Thank you for reading my letter. I cue truck, a Nintendo DS and a Wii. Christmas, Santa. hope you have a Merry Christmas. Your friend, I have been bad and good. Please forgive me. J help my brother make his bed and he helped me make my bed. For Christmas I want a Playstation, on two, an Ipod, a skate board and a watch. Please bring my brothers some:thing, too. Thank you . Love, · Zach Young Dear Santa, I have been bad. I am sorry and been good too. I want a gun and a remote control, Dukes of Ha:zzard car, and an X box 360, and a Wii with games, please . Thank you for the stuff last year, thank you very much for them. Stephen Schartiger. Jr. Dear Santa, I have been trying to be really '""' good. I tried my best to be good. ...., I hope you can forgive me, so please forgive me. My brother and sister have been really good, so please give them a present. I am wishing for a master jam game for my game boy. From your friend, · Hayden Hysell I have been very good thi s year. I got all A's Letters to Santa Dear Santa, How ar.e you? I have been good. This year I would like for my dog Max to come back. I Dear Santa, would like to have a DS. Thank you for readHow are you? I have ing my letter. I hoope y_ou have a nice been good. This year I Your friend, Christmas. would like for yoti to get Savannah Council Love, me a Hannah Montana }enna Wood TV. Thank you for reading Dear Santa, my letter. I hope you have a mce I want a waterbed, a laptop, a Wii, a cat, DearSantq, Christmas. another golden retriever, a bowling ball . I want to be a horse that can talk like peoLOve, and sis.ters named Elise an4 Miranda ... ple. I wish I could be a horse. I wish that outHaley Hughes xoxo side there was a fence . Your friend, Kkrra Kammer ' .· Thursday, December 20, 2007 phones for my mp3 player. How are you? I have been Dawson Crihfield good this year. I would like a bike with snake wheels. I Dear Santa, want rings for mom and I have been a little bad and a little good. I dad. Thank you for reading helped my dogs and cats. Can you get my sismy letter. · ter an ipodwith games please, and my brother Love, a Transformer, the yellow and black one. Austin Beaver Thank you for everything you gave me 'last year. And can you get me a new pink Dear Santa, Nintendo with a Mario game, pretty please, My name is Chloe DeWeese. I'm 3 and a new pet shop part for my other ones and · years old. I've been a good girl this year. I a soft teddy bear and a girl puppy, pretty pretwant a Dora Kitchen, Baby Alive, Bratz dolls ty please? I want a puppy . most of all and I and that's all. I'll leave you cookies and milk want it to be a real one, and for you and Mrs. and a carrot for Rudolph. Claus to be happy! · Merry Christmas, Santa. · Tyler Mitchell Love, Chloe DeWeese Dear Santa, • Page. 7 oats in the yard for your reindeer, and I'll leave your reindeer some carrots on the porch on a napkin. Merry Christmas, Kenly Arbogast Age4 Dear Santa, I love you! Why do you put toys under the tree? I like your reineer. I would like to feel them to see if they are soft. Could you please bring me 'another stuffed animal dog? Love, Hannah My name is Brandon. I am 6 years old. I Dear Santa, would like a telescope and a new train s~t. I Dear Santa, My name is Destiny. Christmas is my would also like an art set and bendy pens. For . For Christmas this year I want a new favorite time of the year. I want my puppy, Charley, I would like a new chew- football. I want a new PSP with $20' and Nintendos and a ride on your sled. I love bone. ' . some games for the PSP. you Santa. I will leave cookies and milk for you and Cameron PoUer com and carrots for the reindeer. Merry Dear Santa, Christmas and have a safe trip: Dear Santa, I hope my family gets good presents Love, How are you? How do you make stuff? I for . Christmas, and I hope . my Brandon Duncan · would like to have something that can Grandma and Grandpa have a good pump gas. Christmas. I want my cousin, my Dear Santa, . Love, aunt Cathy and my Uncle Jeff to I want Kody to get better! I also want candy Emma have a very very good Christmas. too! Trystin Lee Isabella Mershon Dear Santa, Dear Santa, . I want a WII or DS. I also want · I have been a good, good girl. Could you the movie Hair Spray and two please bring me a Tinkerbell suit that has .a microphones. · Santa attached, a glass puppy dog, a Barbie Aaliyah Howell buggy and a Littlest Pet Shop. I would also like some Pocket puppies and a Polly Pocket D1!ar Santa, car with polka dots. What I want for Christmas is a I will leave you some chocolate Hershey Guitar Hero 3 game and head- . kiss cookies and chocolate milk, I will leave Dear Santa, I would like these PS2 games for Christmas: Crash of the Titans, Transformers and Test Drive Eve of Destruction. And the toy I want is called Spy Gear. · That is OK if you don't get it all . Cody Thomas ' Not ev•ryone who loves Bob Evans• Is this dlrectl So think about all the ·import'!'nt pe.ople In your l_lfe and give them what they really want: 4 Bob EVcJP~ 6ift' Card. Available In any amount. . Buy them here or online at www.bobevans.com. ·:J'. ~ • - ~t!?~ . . 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Now let's get on witq my Christmas list. I want a go-car and a Razr cell phone. That is all I can think of right now. So, have a good Christmas! Your friend, Alex Gibbs Dear Santa, Your friend, Bryan Hughes / Dear Santa, Love, Victoria Milkr Love, Garreu Saunders Ryan Geppert Dear Santa, Dear Santa Claus, I would like an Xbox, a PSP, a skateboard, remote control cars, an Xbox 360, a Dear Santa, Dear Santa, PlayStation 2, cars, a TV, a Wii; a snow How are you? I have been good. How .are you? I have been good. This year I globe, a PlayStation, a convertible, a snowThis year I want a Hannah Montana woullf like to get a PlayStation. I am getting board, a walkie-talkie, a rescue hero, a resTV. Thank you for · my TV. Merry archery. Thank you for reading my letter. I cue truck, a Nintendo DS and a Wii. Christmas, Santa. hope you have a Merry Christmas. Your friend, I have been bad and good. Please forgive me. J help my brother make his bed and he helped me make my bed. For Christmas I want a Playstation, on two, an Ipod, a skate board and a watch. Please bring my brothers some:thing, too. Thank you . Love, · Zach Young Dear Santa, I have been bad. I am sorry and been good too. I want a gun and a remote control, Dukes of Ha:zzard car, and an X box 360, and a Wii with games, please . Thank you for the stuff last year, thank you very much for them. Stephen Schartiger. Jr. Dear Santa, I have been trying to be really '""' good. I tried my best to be good. ...., I hope you can forgive me, so please forgive me. My brother and sister have been really good, so please give them a present. I am wishing for a master jam game for my game boy. From your friend, · Hayden Hysell I have been very good thi s year. I got all A's Letters to Santa Dear Santa, How ar.e you? I have been good. This year I would like for my dog Max to come back. I Dear Santa, would like to have a DS. Thank you for readHow are you? I have ing my letter. I hoope y_ou have a nice been good. This year I Your friend, Christmas. would like for yoti to get Savannah Council Love, me a Hannah Montana }enna Wood TV. Thank you for reading Dear Santa, my letter. I hope you have a mce I want a waterbed, a laptop, a Wii, a cat, DearSantq, Christmas. another golden retriever, a bowling ball . I want to be a horse that can talk like peoLOve, and sis.ters named Elise an4 Miranda ... ple. I wish I could be a horse. I wish that outHaley Hughes xoxo side there was a fence . Your friend, Kkrra Kammer ' .· Thursday, December 20, 2007 phones for my mp3 player. How are you? I have been Dawson Crihfield good this year. I would like a bike with snake wheels. I Dear Santa, want rings for mom and I have been a little bad and a little good. I dad. Thank you for reading helped my dogs and cats. Can you get my sismy letter. · ter an ipodwith games please, and my brother Love, a Transformer, the yellow and black one. Austin Beaver Thank you for everything you gave me 'last year. And can you get me a new pink Dear Santa, Nintendo with a Mario game, pretty please, My name is Chloe DeWeese. I'm 3 and a new pet shop part for my other ones and · years old. I've been a good girl this year. I a soft teddy bear and a girl puppy, pretty pretwant a Dora Kitchen, Baby Alive, Bratz dolls ty please? I want a puppy . most of all and I and that's all. I'll leave you cookies and milk want it to be a real one, and for you and Mrs. and a carrot for Rudolph. Claus to be happy! · Merry Christmas, Santa. · Tyler Mitchell Love, Chloe DeWeese Dear Santa, • Page. 7 oats in the yard for your reindeer, and I'll leave your reindeer some carrots on the porch on a napkin. Merry Christmas, Kenly Arbogast Age4 Dear Santa, I love you! Why do you put toys under the tree? I like your reineer. I would like to feel them to see if they are soft. Could you please bring me 'another stuffed animal dog? Love, Hannah My name is Brandon. I am 6 years old. I Dear Santa, would like a telescope and a new train s~t. I Dear Santa, My name is Destiny. Christmas is my would also like an art set and bendy pens. For . For Christmas this year I want a new favorite time of the year. I want my puppy, Charley, I would like a new chew- football. I want a new PSP with $20' and Nintendos and a ride on your sled. I love bone. ' . some games for the PSP. you Santa. I will leave cookies and milk for you and Cameron PoUer com and carrots for the reindeer. Merry Dear Santa, Christmas and have a safe trip: Dear Santa, I hope my family gets good presents Love, How are you? How do you make stuff? I for . Christmas, and I hope . my Brandon Duncan · would like to have something that can Grandma and Grandpa have a good pump gas. Christmas. I want my cousin, my Dear Santa, . Love, aunt Cathy and my Uncle Jeff to I want Kody to get better! I also want candy Emma have a very very good Christmas. too! Trystin Lee Isabella Mershon Dear Santa, Dear Santa, . I want a WII or DS. I also want · I have been a good, good girl. Could you the movie Hair Spray and two please bring me a Tinkerbell suit that has .a microphones. · Santa attached, a glass puppy dog, a Barbie Aaliyah Howell buggy and a Littlest Pet Shop. I would also like some Pocket puppies and a Polly Pocket D1!ar Santa, car with polka dots. What I want for Christmas is a I will leave you some chocolate Hershey Guitar Hero 3 game and head- . kiss cookies and chocolate milk, I will leave Dear Santa, I would like these PS2 games for Christmas: Crash of the Titans, Transformers and Test Drive Eve of Destruction. And the toy I want is called Spy Gear. · That is OK if you don't get it all . Cody Thomas ' Not ev•ryone who loves Bob Evans• Is this dlrectl So think about all the ·import'!'nt pe.ople In your l_lfe and give them what they really want: 4 Bob EVcJP~ 6ift' Card. Available In any amount. . Buy them here or online at www.bobevans.com. ·:J'. ~ • - ~t!?~ . . "<" Crow's Fami-y Restaurant Bob Evans · ~ · ~ -.4/ ~;ve..//~ 20 Mallard Lan~ rason, WV "?/ . . . . . 1-304-77 112 .. ' •o 16 • " I ' o o ' f .... ' .. .. . . . . ... . ' ... . ' .. - . . . ,' ' ' .. ' ' .. 228 W. Main ' . . ...... ~ 992-5432-Pomeroy, OH �Page 8 • Letters to Santa · Dear Santa, Dear Santa, For Christmas I want a Car Petz, two DS I want a WVU football helmet, a talking cash register and a games, Rescue Pet Train and play puppy. I computer. I also want a also want a 2007 Holiday Barbie. Bailey Ward Game Boy. I love you. Dear Santa, Thank you. I would like to have a husky, some pretend Love, pencils in 10 different colors, hats and markers. AI!ram Love, 6yean old Alexa Dear Santa, What I forgot last time was a cell phone. A Dear Santa, Thank you for the toys last year. I liked Nintendo OS with a Tommy Hawk game and them. Carr you get me a drum set? And get Mario games, also a PlayStation 2. some toys for my brother and sister, please, and get my big sister something too, and a Dear Santa, I really want all the girls' stuff that your ring for my mom and dad. Thank you. · Britney Pridemore elves can make. Thank you! Love, Dear Santa, Mary Grace I have been a very good girl this year. I want Dear Santa, a horse, horse toys, cowgirl boots and clothes .. For Christmas I want a OS. Also, I Bring my Mommy and Daddy something want a Game Boy. Also, I need a new too. Don't forget my brothet: and sisters. Christmas tree. Also~ a WII. I also want · Love you, a lighting . McQueen car. Also, the Haylee Shane DeWitt movie Cars. Dear Santa, Shaniah I would like a journal, a kitten, make up, Dear Santa, Dora dress up, more dress up, and a Dora . My name is Abby. I am 3. I would game. like a princess snowboard, a Baby · .Love, Sophia Alive and a Barbie. I would also like a blanket and a binky for my baby. · Dear Santa, Thank you, I want a OS and the game AippinFrogs. Abby Pauley Ben · Thursday, December 20, 2007 Dear Santa, Do the reindeer live with you? Thank you for giving presents to kids. I like how your reindeer fly. Please bring me a doll for Christmas. Love, . Kylie Dear Santa, I want a skateboard remote controller loader. And a tractor, punching bag and punching gloves. I will leave you cookies. Tell the reindeer hello. Love, Luke Logan Age6 Dear Santa, I want a new Dell computer. I want a' four-wheeler and a new house that's big. I also want a cell phone. David Hatfield Dear Santa, I want a Game Boy Advance _..d a game. I also want two PlayStation, two games a two Bionicle. I also want 120 cell phone minutes. Blaze Armenta Dear Santa, I would like to have two guitars and a Cadillac and a Gator and Lightning McQueen things. I went to Dear Santa, Dear Santa, the mall and I saw you For Christmas I want a . cell I want a OS game for my DS. I also want a one day. We got our picphone. I also want an X-box ·Bart Simpson book. And a PlayStation and an · ture taken together. 360. X-box 360 and PSP games for my PSP. Merry Christmas, Wyatt Raymond W. Lewis . Audrey Letters to Santa Thursday, December 20, 2007 • Page 9 motorized scooter. Santa, cookies and milk and for toys. I want princess .and Tinkerbell dolls . I · will can you get mom a new the deer carrots and oats . leave out cookies and milk . couch? Thank you, Steven Lee Trent Love, · Chase Mackenzie Logan Age 2112 Dear Santa, Dear Santa, . Hello, my name is Steven My name is Caleb Hunter Lee Trent, and I am 5 years Trerit, and I am 3 years old . Dear Santa, old. I go to Roosevelt I have been a good boy this I would like a bike for Elementary School. I am in year. I am writing you thi s Christmas. I am going to Mrs. Susan's class. I hope letter to let you know what I leave chocolate milk and everyone at the North Pole would like for Christmas. cookies for you. I would like a motorcycle, Merry Christmas, is good. Keaton I am writing you this let- Hot Wheels cars, a truck, ter to tell you what I would some Playdough, Batman Dear Santa, like for Christmas. I would toys, Transformers and a How are you ? Please like a Bumble · Bee horse. Could you bring my Transformer. a PSP hand- doggie a doggie bone? I am bring me a horse that talks. held · game, games to go . going to leave you cookies It also eats carrots, talks and with it, a Hot Wheels race and milk ~ and for the deer it moves . Dear Santa, Love, I have been good. Could track, some Hot Wheels I'll leave deer food . Valerie cars, books so I can get Thank you, you bring me an ice cream . Dear Santa, Caleb Hunter Trent wrinkles in my brain, some maker? I want games for DearS· 1, Playdoh and some Batman Love, I waht a wii, all of the my Nintendo DS . I Dear Santa, toys. Heaven would like a Smack I want a Mickey Mouse TMT. I also want a go-cart. Down And could you bring my vs. Raw too. dog, Lexy, a chew toy? I Clubhouse . I want · Pooh , Can I fly the sled? Dear Santa, Fil Dustin Barber · .I know you ride with rein- will be leaving you some Tigger, Daisy and Pluto deer. I like how they fly. I've already mailed you some other letters and I have everything. Thanks! Merry Christmas, "1!te;•dng is not my probJQm~ unders,tanding is .. Will Dear Santa, My name is Kadence Kay and I have been a very good girl this year. If you could, I would like a .new babydoll with pretty hair and pretty eyes. I would also like a play tent with Dora on it, and maybe a kitchen with pots and pans and food, like my Mommy. Thank you. Mommy and me will have cookies, milk and treats for !he reindeer and you waitmg. 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And get Mario games, also a PlayStation 2. some toys for my brother and sister, please, and get my big sister something too, and a Dear Santa, I really want all the girls' stuff that your ring for my mom and dad. Thank you. · Britney Pridemore elves can make. Thank you! Love, Dear Santa, Mary Grace I have been a very good girl this year. I want Dear Santa, a horse, horse toys, cowgirl boots and clothes .. For Christmas I want a OS. Also, I Bring my Mommy and Daddy something want a Game Boy. Also, I need a new too. Don't forget my brothet: and sisters. Christmas tree. Also~ a WII. I also want · Love you, a lighting . McQueen car. Also, the Haylee Shane DeWitt movie Cars. Dear Santa, Shaniah I would like a journal, a kitten, make up, Dear Santa, Dora dress up, more dress up, and a Dora . My name is Abby. I am 3. I would game. like a princess snowboard, a Baby · .Love, Sophia Alive and a Barbie. I would also like a blanket and a binky for my baby. · Dear Santa, Thank you, I want a OS and the game AippinFrogs. Abby Pauley Ben · Thursday, December 20, 2007 Dear Santa, Do the reindeer live with you? Thank you for giving presents to kids. I like how your reindeer fly. Please bring me a doll for Christmas. Love, . Kylie Dear Santa, I want a skateboard remote controller loader. And a tractor, punching bag and punching gloves. I will leave you cookies. Tell the reindeer hello. Love, Luke Logan Age6 Dear Santa, I want a new Dell computer. I want a' four-wheeler and a new house that's big. I also want a cell phone. David Hatfield Dear Santa, I want a Game Boy Advance _..d a game. I also want two PlayStation, two games a two Bionicle. I also want 120 cell phone minutes. Blaze Armenta Dear Santa, I would like to have two guitars and a Cadillac and a Gator and Lightning McQueen things. I went to Dear Santa, Dear Santa, the mall and I saw you For Christmas I want a . cell I want a OS game for my DS. I also want a one day. We got our picphone. I also want an X-box ·Bart Simpson book. And a PlayStation and an · ture taken together. 360. X-box 360 and PSP games for my PSP. Merry Christmas, Wyatt Raymond W. Lewis . Audrey Letters to Santa Thursday, December 20, 2007 • Page 9 motorized scooter. Santa, cookies and milk and for toys. I want princess .and Tinkerbell dolls . I · will can you get mom a new the deer carrots and oats . leave out cookies and milk . couch? Thank you, Steven Lee Trent Love, · Chase Mackenzie Logan Age 2112 Dear Santa, Dear Santa, . Hello, my name is Steven My name is Caleb Hunter Lee Trent, and I am 5 years Trerit, and I am 3 years old . Dear Santa, old. I go to Roosevelt I have been a good boy this I would like a bike for Elementary School. I am in year. I am writing you thi s Christmas. I am going to Mrs. Susan's class. I hope letter to let you know what I leave chocolate milk and everyone at the North Pole would like for Christmas. cookies for you. I would like a motorcycle, Merry Christmas, is good. Keaton I am writing you this let- Hot Wheels cars, a truck, ter to tell you what I would some Playdough, Batman Dear Santa, like for Christmas. I would toys, Transformers and a How are you ? Please like a Bumble · Bee horse. Could you bring my Transformer. a PSP hand- doggie a doggie bone? I am bring me a horse that talks. held · game, games to go . going to leave you cookies It also eats carrots, talks and with it, a Hot Wheels race and milk ~ and for the deer it moves . Dear Santa, Love, I have been good. Could track, some Hot Wheels I'll leave deer food . Valerie cars, books so I can get Thank you, you bring me an ice cream . Dear Santa, Caleb Hunter Trent wrinkles in my brain, some maker? I want games for DearS· 1, Playdoh and some Batman Love, I waht a wii, all of the my Nintendo DS . I Dear Santa, toys. Heaven would like a Smack I want a Mickey Mouse TMT. I also want a go-cart. Down And could you bring my vs. Raw too. dog, Lexy, a chew toy? I Clubhouse . I want · Pooh , Can I fly the sled? Dear Santa, Fil Dustin Barber · .I know you ride with rein- will be leaving you some Tigger, Daisy and Pluto deer. I like how they fly. I've already mailed you some other letters and I have everything. Thanks! Merry Christmas, "1!te;•dng is not my probJQm~ unders,tanding is .. Will Dear Santa, My name is Kadence Kay and I have been a very good girl this year. If you could, I would like a .new babydoll with pretty hair and pretty eyes. I would also like a play tent with Dora on it, and maybe a kitchen with pots and pans and food, like my Mommy. Thank you. Mommy and me will have cookies, milk and treats for !he reindeer and you waitmg. 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I am 5 years old, Quick Gems by Conair and anything you and I have been a good boy this year. think you will get me. I willleave you milk and cookies by the Love, frreplace . Miranda Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I can't wait until you come! I excited! I For Christmas I want a · new horse want a skateboard, drum set and a bookbag . because my horse got ran over. Your friend, Ciera Mikayla am Dear Santa, Please bring me presents. Will you wrap them up? I am going to leave you a Santa book on Christmas Eve. I'll put out so~e reindeer food for your · reindeer. Merry Christmas! Love, Olivia Thursday, Decembe~ 20, 2007 I have tried to be good, but it's been real hard. Your friend, Kody Dear Santa, I would like a little dog, a pink bear, five cats, and a doll house. I also want 18 dolls . Your friend, Alyssa Thomas Dear Santa, I like presents. I need them! I'll take anything like a big sucker or some· thing. ·Love, Easter Dear Santa, I hope I get what I want for Christmas, and I love the things th!lt I get for Christmas. _And I love ·that Christmas brings families together, and that's why I love Christmas. From, Courtney Clinton 7 years old Dear Santa, I know you and Rudolph give presents. I know that all of. your reindeer have black · noses except for Rudolph : He has a glowing red one. Santa, I would like to have a giant robot - one that has a doqr that I can get inside of. Then I could make it walk and go places. Dear Santa, I wish I had lots of cuddly dogs, a camera, a I will not say I am the best kid of all . I wan1 snow globe and a real television . That's all . . a~. MP3 player and a go-cart. I also want ~ Dear Santa, Love, Wll ; ,. My name is Braedyn Issac Ga"ett Your friend, Thomas. I am 9 months old. This Cameron Salyers · . is my first Christmas. I would like Dear Santa, a walk-n-ride and some ne'w My name is Kody Swisher. I am 10 years Dear Santa, clothes and toys. old. I would like a camouflage gun case, Razr I want another penguin phone with a blue tooth ear piece , Guitar and a monkey. My brother Dear Santa, Hero I, 2, 3 and 4, PS3, Xbox 360,some new wants one of my penI want a scooter. Also I want a hunting boots (size 5), new pants, shirts, guins , too. bike . Also I want a tent. games for my Game Boy, new DVDs (Need Love, Mendy Swords , . For Speed Underground 2): Connor Thursday, December 20, 2007 Letters to Santa Down vs. Raw 2008 and a DVD player. Dear Santa, I want a train, toy baby set, a . Your friend, Dakota · pair of Clifford the Big Red Dog shoes and a new game. Love, Dear Santa, What I want for Christmas is a dog and a Chonslyn cat. I love Christmas and you. Dear Santa, Your friend, . Guess what I want for XCaitlin mas? I want a .Fur Burrie, Little Lovables, Fluffy Factory Dear Santa, and another Fur Berrie . I would 'like one of those fighting things that wrestle like. I would also like some games Your friend, and a real roller coaster. Darrian Love, ·· Tyler Dear Santa, My name is Colton Swisher. I am 10 years old. I would like soll)e new clothes, new Dearest Santa, My name is KyraLynn Rockelle Zuspan. I camouflage coveralls, boots, some new games for my Game Boy, Xbox and a am 2 years old. I have been a good girl most PlayStation 2. I have tried to be good, but of the time this year, but you know how it is · I slip up at times (lots). I have a 6-month- being t\yo. old brother, Corey Swisher, and he wants For Christmas, I would like to have a toy r.arrot, a pair of diamond earrings and my lost some new clothes and toys, too. dog "Baby" to come home to me. Your friends, Much love1 Colton and Corey Kyrti Lflm 'lrtrpan Dear Santa, Dear Santa, ' · · · I want a DVD player and Game I am proud of you . You give a gift for love Boy. I wa:nt any Barbie. and we all love you. You make me proud of Your friend, · Christmas . Tiffany Bryce Dear Santa, Dear Santa, Please bring me a new game for For Christmas this year, I would like a my toy and new batteries for il,' too . Please bring me a new ga•ne motorcycle . Not a real one, just one I can play with. I also want lots of toys . for my V-smile , too . Love, Love, . Tanner Kaydee ·• Page 11 baby doll that swims, some High School Musical stuff, some Barbie and the Island Princess stuff and a tele- · ·phone for my room. I will leave you some -cookies and milk to eat. And some reindeer food · for all of the reindeer. Love, Abby Taylor Dear Santa, My name is Brennan and I am 5 years old . For Christmas , I would like for you to bring me a Game Boy with some games , a money in the bank wrestling ring , 2 new wrestlers (Rob VanDam and Mr. McMahon) and a Diego Rescue a friend (the monkey one). I will leave you cookies and milk for your snack and Rudolph some ~heese. Please have a safe trip and God Bless you. Love, Brennan Grate Dear Santa, This year I'm going to make chocolate cookies. This year 1 want the Ratatouille DVD and Shrek the Third. Your friend, Chloe Rowley Dear Santa, I would ' like Belle, Super Hills, toys and a bike . I know your reindeer go hop , hop, hop,. Your reindeer are also brown and. have a red nose . Santa, you say, ho , ho , ho! Dear Santa, Dear Santa, My name is Abby and l _am 5 years old. For . Love, I' ve been good and I want" a Faith bike and MP3 player, Smack C hri stmas.~ I would like for you to bring me a �Letters to Santa Page 10 • Dear Santa, Dear Santa, F9r Christmas I want a Teacup What do you do at the North Pole? Do you Puppy and a OS and a make toys? What do your reindeer do? I PlayStation. would like a four-wheeler and a Red Rider BCameron Cooper B Gun'. Merry Christmas! From, Dear Santa, Corbyn My name is Miranda. I am 8 years old. I have been Dear Santa, a good· girl. I would like to I would like a camera, Diego truck with anihave a real puppy, a Razr phone, mals (mobile rescue unit), green computer, . a boy Baby Alive, an electric guitar, a Curious George book, flippers and Superman . diamond ring, a baby brother, a bike with shoes . . pegs, a kid gun (but not a b.b. gun), spy gear, My name is Jordan Craft. I am 5 years old, Quick Gems by Conair and anything you and I have been a good boy this year. think you will get me. I willleave you milk and cookies by the Love, frreplace . Miranda Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I can't wait until you come! I excited! I For Christmas I want a · new horse want a skateboard, drum set and a bookbag . because my horse got ran over. Your friend, Ciera Mikayla am Dear Santa, Please bring me presents. Will you wrap them up? I am going to leave you a Santa book on Christmas Eve. I'll put out so~e reindeer food for your · reindeer. Merry Christmas! Love, Olivia Thursday, Decembe~ 20, 2007 I have tried to be good, but it's been real hard. Your friend, Kody Dear Santa, I would like a little dog, a pink bear, five cats, and a doll house. I also want 18 dolls . Your friend, Alyssa Thomas Dear Santa, I like presents. I need them! I'll take anything like a big sucker or some· thing. ·Love, Easter Dear Santa, I hope I get what I want for Christmas, and I love the things th!lt I get for Christmas. _And I love ·that Christmas brings families together, and that's why I love Christmas. From, Courtney Clinton 7 years old Dear Santa, I know you and Rudolph give presents. I know that all of. your reindeer have black · noses except for Rudolph : He has a glowing red one. Santa, I would like to have a giant robot - one that has a doqr that I can get inside of. Then I could make it walk and go places. Dear Santa, I wish I had lots of cuddly dogs, a camera, a I will not say I am the best kid of all . I wan1 snow globe and a real television . That's all . . a~. MP3 player and a go-cart. I also want ~ Dear Santa, Love, Wll ; ,. My name is Braedyn Issac Ga"ett Your friend, Thomas. I am 9 months old. This Cameron Salyers · . is my first Christmas. I would like Dear Santa, a walk-n-ride and some ne'w My name is Kody Swisher. I am 10 years Dear Santa, clothes and toys. old. I would like a camouflage gun case, Razr I want another penguin phone with a blue tooth ear piece , Guitar and a monkey. My brother Dear Santa, Hero I, 2, 3 and 4, PS3, Xbox 360,some new wants one of my penI want a scooter. Also I want a hunting boots (size 5), new pants, shirts, guins , too. bike . Also I want a tent. games for my Game Boy, new DVDs (Need Love, Mendy Swords , . For Speed Underground 2): Connor Thursday, December 20, 2007 Letters to Santa Down vs. Raw 2008 and a DVD player. Dear Santa, I want a train, toy baby set, a . Your friend, Dakota · pair of Clifford the Big Red Dog shoes and a new game. Love, Dear Santa, What I want for Christmas is a dog and a Chonslyn cat. I love Christmas and you. Dear Santa, Your friend, . Guess what I want for XCaitlin mas? I want a .Fur Burrie, Little Lovables, Fluffy Factory Dear Santa, and another Fur Berrie . I would 'like one of those fighting things that wrestle like. I would also like some games Your friend, and a real roller coaster. Darrian Love, ·· Tyler Dear Santa, My name is Colton Swisher. I am 10 years old. I would like soll)e new clothes, new Dearest Santa, My name is KyraLynn Rockelle Zuspan. I camouflage coveralls, boots, some new games for my Game Boy, Xbox and a am 2 years old. I have been a good girl most PlayStation 2. I have tried to be good, but of the time this year, but you know how it is · I slip up at times (lots). I have a 6-month- being t\yo. old brother, Corey Swisher, and he wants For Christmas, I would like to have a toy r.arrot, a pair of diamond earrings and my lost some new clothes and toys, too. dog "Baby" to come home to me. Your friends, Much love1 Colton and Corey Kyrti Lflm 'lrtrpan Dear Santa, Dear Santa, ' · · · I want a DVD player and Game I am proud of you . You give a gift for love Boy. I wa:nt any Barbie. and we all love you. You make me proud of Your friend, · Christmas . Tiffany Bryce Dear Santa, Dear Santa, Please bring me a new game for For Christmas this year, I would like a my toy and new batteries for il,' too . Please bring me a new ga•ne motorcycle . Not a real one, just one I can play with. I also want lots of toys . for my V-smile , too . Love, Love, . Tanner Kaydee ·• Page 11 baby doll that swims, some High School Musical stuff, some Barbie and the Island Princess stuff and a tele- · ·phone for my room. I will leave you some -cookies and milk to eat. And some reindeer food · for all of the reindeer. Love, Abby Taylor Dear Santa, My name is Brennan and I am 5 years old . For Christmas , I would like for you to bring me a Game Boy with some games , a money in the bank wrestling ring , 2 new wrestlers (Rob VanDam and Mr. McMahon) and a Diego Rescue a friend (the monkey one). I will leave you cookies and milk for your snack and Rudolph some ~heese. Please have a safe trip and God Bless you. Love, Brennan Grate Dear Santa, This year I'm going to make chocolate cookies. This year 1 want the Ratatouille DVD and Shrek the Third. Your friend, Chloe Rowley Dear Santa, I would ' like Belle, Super Hills, toys and a bike . I know your reindeer go hop , hop, hop,. Your reindeer are also brown and. have a red nose . Santa, you say, ho , ho , ho! Dear Santa, Dear Santa, My name is Abby and l _am 5 years old. For . Love, I' ve been good and I want" a Faith bike and MP3 player, Smack C hri stmas.~ I would like for you to bring me a �- Page 12 • Dear Santa Claus, Thank you for the toys you left last year. I have been a very good girl this year. I would like a Grow Puppy, a purple dress, a bean bag chair, a TV for my room.• a baby doll and a new mov1e . I wanted to know, how do your reindeer fly? .Have a safe trip on Christmas Eve. Merry Chris(mas, Kassidy Jordan Letters to Santa nice car, a drum set and a four-wheeler. Your friend, Dru Thursday, December 20,2007 Dear Santa, I ~ant a Bratz doll and a machine to make ice cream. Your friend, Hannah Dear Santa, I want a puppy that is fake and a cat that is real, and I want a turtle that is real . I also want Dear Santa, · a zebra that is real. I want a go-cart with Your friend, two seats for me . Will Alyssa Jordan you get a toy for Braden? I also want a new truck . Dear Santa, Your friend, My name is Caleb and I am 7 years old . I ' Wyatt Lee have been a good boy this year and would like Guitar Hero 3, a toy gun, snow boots, Call Dear Santa, Dear Santa, Duty 4 for PlayStation 2 and toy cars. My name is Gage I want aX-Box 360 and a robot panda and Could you also bring presents for my broth- Smith; I have tried to be a a remote T-rex and a new robot raptor and a er, Isaac , and sister, Chloe, and for my mom good boy this year, even though it was new computer, please. · and dad? · very hard. Sincerely, Some things I would like for Dear Santa, Caleb Dean Christmas are: Lego tires and wheels , My name is Bryton and I am 8 years games for my GameCube, Game Boy old. For Christmas I would like for you Dear Santa, games, Hot Wheel stuff or. anything el se to bring me 3 new wrestlers (the Great I want a monster, a big bicycle and a scoot- you think I would like. Khali, Mr. McMahon and Umaga), a er. Merry Christmas. Thank you, Santa. How Also, could you please bring my baby guitar, a Miami Heat No. 3 Wade bas- do your reindeer pull that big sleigh? sister, Bailey, a baby play seat she can sit . ? . ketball jersey and a Play Station 2 with · Love, . . ·· · · m. some games. Josh Sincerely, I will leave you cookies and milk Gage Smith, 6 for your snack and Rudolph some Dear Santa, cheese. Please have a safe trip and I want aqua doodle bear, spy gadgets, a Dear Santa, God Bless you. . bouncy ball , a pony, a lock and a dog . I want a dollhouse and games because I like Your friend, Love, games. I also want a Bratz kids. Santa •~ Bryton Grate Emily going to be at our house. He's going to wrap up my presents .....__, · Dear Santa, . . Dear Santa, and hide them . I would like a baby, a pink II want a transformer that's big, a reindeer Love, pod, some blue pajamas and a toy, a train that has a guy with it, a little Logan new ·DVD player. Spiderman that looks kinda mean but he's Love, really nice . !he mean part is just on the suit.. Dear Santa, Arielle On the mov1~, ~e saves someone. Thank you , · . I want an ice skating Santa, for bnngmg me toys . Bratz doll. , Dear Santa, Love, Your friend, I want a dirt bike, a truck, a Jonah Emily Riggle Twin Oaks Federal Credit Union . . . Letters to Santa Thursday, December 20, 2007 Dear Santa, I want a rocket ship that flies when you pull the switch. Your friend, Thaxton Dear Santa, I wish that everyone has · a good Christmas this year and the war was over and that the troops come home . And I want lots of presents, too, and some of them . are iPod, a digital camera, clothes, make-up and that the poor have clothes and toys so· I am going to give them some this year so that they get them and that the homeless had a home. And the animal shelter has lots of animals that need your help, so call the animal shelter. Love, Jesica Cornell Dear Santa, . I want a Bratz, a doll, another Bratz, a Christmas thing that's mine and a Bratz. Love, Cadie Dear Santa, My name ·is Ira and I am 6 years old. For Christmas I would like a bow, hover car, Guitar Hero 3, a deer riffle 223 and a puppy. Thank you for the presents last year. And could you bring something for my sister and mom and dad? Sincerely, Ira Blain Dear Santa, 1 want a toy car, some art sup- plies, and a robot man. I would also like a jewelry ( 14 karat gold) . Thank you!! Beyblade toy and a Pokemon toy. Your friend, Samantha Blain Jordan Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I want a Scooby-Doo My name is Lee and I am 6 years old. I have dog . been good this year and would like an Xbox, Your friend, a race car, an ax, a Transformer car and a Emily Robson 20/20 gun for Christmas. Also, <>ould you remember my si sters and .Dear Santa, I would like Lightning mom and dad for Christmas? Sincerely, McQueen, a Hot Wheels car, a Christmas hat, a Lee Cornell choo-choo train and a motorcycle . I love iny Dear Santa, family. Thank you for my I want a dog . . family. Christmas is for popcorn. Your friend, Austin Lov.e, Ethan Dear Santa, My nllQle is Kendra~· I have been really, real-. Dear Santa, I want a big dirt bike like the big guys on ly good. I want a blue Razr cell phone and a TV have when you're older. I want a helmet, blue iPod to match the phone. big gloves, a chest protector, riding boots, That will be all, thank you much! !! also a four-wheeler and pants with a zipper. Sincerely, Love, . Kendra Plants Aiden Dear Santa, . I would like to have a talking journal that Dear Santa; I would like to have a Bratz doll for says "Welcome back." Christmas. Your friend, Your friend, · Abby MacKenzie Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I would like to have a princess doll for My name is Dylan. I have Christmas. been really good this year. I Your friend, would really 'like to have a Ashley Wii game sy stem and some new games and a Dear Santa, . My name is Samantha. I have beeri espe- super soaker. Sincerely, cially good this year. I want an iPod and a new Razr cell phone. Then I want clothes and . Dylan Kitchen $CASH$ No Hassle, No Credit Check We Can Help! Serving Mason County For 30 Years · uPeople Helping People,, 2411 Jackson Ave. Rt. 2 South Pt. Pleasan4 WV Apple Grove, WV 304-675-5510 . 304-576-4056 OHIO lAllEY CHECK CASHING &lOAN 2·1 6 Upper River Rd. 446-2404 · . • Page 13 1-888-446-2684 1 /2 . Gallipolis, Ohio Mile south of the Silver Bridge License CC700077-000 and 001 License CI750048-000 and 001 . ~~J~~~c~~!i'i :lf.!"~ • �- Page 12 • Dear Santa Claus, Thank you for the toys you left last year. I have been a very good girl this year. I would like a Grow Puppy, a purple dress, a bean bag chair, a TV for my room.• a baby doll and a new mov1e . I wanted to know, how do your reindeer fly? .Have a safe trip on Christmas Eve. Merry Chris(mas, Kassidy Jordan Letters to Santa nice car, a drum set and a four-wheeler. Your friend, Dru Thursday, December 20,2007 Dear Santa, I ~ant a Bratz doll and a machine to make ice cream. Your friend, Hannah Dear Santa, I want a puppy that is fake and a cat that is real, and I want a turtle that is real . I also want Dear Santa, · a zebra that is real. I want a go-cart with Your friend, two seats for me . Will Alyssa Jordan you get a toy for Braden? I also want a new truck . Dear Santa, Your friend, My name is Caleb and I am 7 years old . I ' Wyatt Lee have been a good boy this year and would like Guitar Hero 3, a toy gun, snow boots, Call Dear Santa, Dear Santa, Duty 4 for PlayStation 2 and toy cars. My name is Gage I want aX-Box 360 and a robot panda and Could you also bring presents for my broth- Smith; I have tried to be a a remote T-rex and a new robot raptor and a er, Isaac , and sister, Chloe, and for my mom good boy this year, even though it was new computer, please. · and dad? · very hard. Sincerely, Some things I would like for Dear Santa, Caleb Dean Christmas are: Lego tires and wheels , My name is Bryton and I am 8 years games for my GameCube, Game Boy old. For Christmas I would like for you Dear Santa, games, Hot Wheel stuff or. anything el se to bring me 3 new wrestlers (the Great I want a monster, a big bicycle and a scoot- you think I would like. Khali, Mr. McMahon and Umaga), a er. Merry Christmas. Thank you, Santa. How Also, could you please bring my baby guitar, a Miami Heat No. 3 Wade bas- do your reindeer pull that big sleigh? sister, Bailey, a baby play seat she can sit . ? . ketball jersey and a Play Station 2 with · Love, . . ·· · · m. some games. Josh Sincerely, I will leave you cookies and milk Gage Smith, 6 for your snack and Rudolph some Dear Santa, cheese. Please have a safe trip and I want aqua doodle bear, spy gadgets, a Dear Santa, God Bless you. . bouncy ball , a pony, a lock and a dog . I want a dollhouse and games because I like Your friend, Love, games. I also want a Bratz kids. Santa •~ Bryton Grate Emily going to be at our house. He's going to wrap up my presents .....__, · Dear Santa, . . Dear Santa, and hide them . I would like a baby, a pink II want a transformer that's big, a reindeer Love, pod, some blue pajamas and a toy, a train that has a guy with it, a little Logan new ·DVD player. Spiderman that looks kinda mean but he's Love, really nice . !he mean part is just on the suit.. Dear Santa, Arielle On the mov1~, ~e saves someone. Thank you , · . I want an ice skating Santa, for bnngmg me toys . Bratz doll. , Dear Santa, Love, Your friend, I want a dirt bike, a truck, a Jonah Emily Riggle Twin Oaks Federal Credit Union . . . Letters to Santa Thursday, December 20, 2007 Dear Santa, I want a rocket ship that flies when you pull the switch. Your friend, Thaxton Dear Santa, I wish that everyone has · a good Christmas this year and the war was over and that the troops come home . And I want lots of presents, too, and some of them . are iPod, a digital camera, clothes, make-up and that the poor have clothes and toys so· I am going to give them some this year so that they get them and that the homeless had a home. And the animal shelter has lots of animals that need your help, so call the animal shelter. Love, Jesica Cornell Dear Santa, . I want a Bratz, a doll, another Bratz, a Christmas thing that's mine and a Bratz. Love, Cadie Dear Santa, My name ·is Ira and I am 6 years old. For Christmas I would like a bow, hover car, Guitar Hero 3, a deer riffle 223 and a puppy. Thank you for the presents last year. And could you bring something for my sister and mom and dad? Sincerely, Ira Blain Dear Santa, 1 want a toy car, some art sup- plies, and a robot man. I would also like a jewelry ( 14 karat gold) . Thank you!! Beyblade toy and a Pokemon toy. Your friend, Samantha Blain Jordan Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I want a Scooby-Doo My name is Lee and I am 6 years old. I have dog . been good this year and would like an Xbox, Your friend, a race car, an ax, a Transformer car and a Emily Robson 20/20 gun for Christmas. Also, <>ould you remember my si sters and .Dear Santa, I would like Lightning mom and dad for Christmas? Sincerely, McQueen, a Hot Wheels car, a Christmas hat, a Lee Cornell choo-choo train and a motorcycle . I love iny Dear Santa, family. Thank you for my I want a dog . . family. Christmas is for popcorn. Your friend, Austin Lov.e, Ethan Dear Santa, My nllQle is Kendra~· I have been really, real-. Dear Santa, I want a big dirt bike like the big guys on ly good. I want a blue Razr cell phone and a TV have when you're older. I want a helmet, blue iPod to match the phone. big gloves, a chest protector, riding boots, That will be all, thank you much! !! also a four-wheeler and pants with a zipper. Sincerely, Love, . Kendra Plants Aiden Dear Santa, . I would like to have a talking journal that Dear Santa; I would like to have a Bratz doll for says "Welcome back." Christmas. Your friend, Your friend, · Abby MacKenzie Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I would like to have a princess doll for My name is Dylan. I have Christmas. been really good this year. I Your friend, would really 'like to have a Ashley Wii game sy stem and some new games and a Dear Santa, . My name is Samantha. I have beeri espe- super soaker. Sincerely, cially good this year. I want an iPod and a new Razr cell phone. Then I want clothes and . Dylan Kitchen $CASH$ No Hassle, No Credit Check We Can Help! Serving Mason County For 30 Years · uPeople Helping People,, 2411 Jackson Ave. Rt. 2 South Pt. Pleasan4 WV Apple Grove, WV 304-675-5510 . 304-576-4056 OHIO lAllEY CHECK CASHING &lOAN 2·1 6 Upper River Rd. 446-2404 · . • Page 13 1-888-446-2684 1 /2 . Gallipolis, Ohio Mile south of the Silver Bridge License CC700077-000 and 001 License CI750048-000 and 001 . ~~J~~~c~~!i'i :lf.!"~ • �' ,Letters to Santa Page 14 • ' Thursday, December 20, Dear Santa, I need a new dirt bike, a big, I want a motorcycle, a tractor and a fire huge truck and a puppy. But I engine. Thanks! already have a new puppy. Your friend, Love, Bostic -~·· Dear Santa, Your friend, Broadie Tyler Connor I want Barbie dolls. Your frlend, Desirea Dear Santa, I have been good for Christmas. I would like a Dear Santa, I do know I want a Hot Wheels car, a bike bike, a candycane and a My name is Brandon and like Griffy's and some more Hot Wheels cars. Polly Pocket. I have been a very good boy Santa, I know your reindeer have pointy Your friend, this year. I would like to have my horns and they are black. Jennifer Patterson very own four-wheeler like my dad's Love, and a puppy too! . Coulter Dear Santa, Sincerely, I want a Hot Wheels Brandon Adkins Dear Santa, 'car and a motorcycle, a I would like to have a phone for Christmas. choo~choo train, a Dear Santa, Your friend, . firetruck and a race car I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas! Jeffery with a track. · · Dear Santa, · Dear Santa, I would like to have an tee maker for Christmas. ere~ Your friend, Sha ' l)'liJ ,, Dear Santa, I have been good this >'ear. I want a game, a dog, a cat, clothes, a parr of shoes, mp3 player, a case, a new be~room set, a new blanket, a <:omputer, a camera, a case of makeup, a swmg set, a pool, a Bratz doll, a ball, a charm bracelet, ~ · new backpack, a pack of hair bows, A Ltttlest' Pet Shop and a desk. Your friend, " '• · ' Carrington McCoy . . I want a Dream Life Superstar, Strawberry Shortcake . baby, those snowflake Dora pajamas because they're purple and something for my mom. I know Santa that you live at the North Pole. Mrs. Claus · lives with you, too. It's really cold at the North Pole, Dear Santa, I would like to have a Bratz doll. Your friend, Amaya I want a remote control car that I saw on the magazine that Richie showed me. A new Lightning McQueen control car. J don't need a new four-wheeler because my dad's going to charge it up. I would like a new red Power Ranger set with a cape and a Lightning McQueen car that sneezes, ·and a Star Wars football . because Mr. Mike has one. I would also like a Thomas the Train set because my cousin Joey has one. Love, Cadan Love, lsaoc Dear Santa, . I want a phone that's orange because that's my favorite color, a choo-choo train toy and a play toy for outside. Santa I saw you once. I want a candy cane. ' Love Ty ' · Dear Santa, .I want a remote control helicopter. I Dear Santa, I I would like to have a race car for Christmas. , I have been really good. Do you know what I want for Christmas? I want Moon Sand, a fishing rod, sled, animal toys, magnetics, Moon Shoes, a slinky and a candycane filled with candy. Your friend, Josie Cooper Dear Santa, . Dear Santa, I want . the ice skating Bratz doll. • Your friend, · Kelsey Dear Santa, · I have been good this year. I I • ..\ ' Your friend, Dakota Your friend, Emily . · · Dear Santa, . I would like some "Go Bucks" things. Ohio Dear Santa, State Buckeyes that is. I · My name is Andy. I have been really good. would also like Mickey . I would like to have a cell phone, a phone in Mouse Clubhouse toys, a my room and an iPod. Santa toy, a Santa costume and a new Sincerely, Mater toy because the tow thing on Andy Ball mine broke. I like your reindeer, Santa. Love, Will Dear Santa, I would like a. little Thomas the Train Your friend, thing, a transformer, Spiderman gloves so I Roy Chandler don't get cold in winter. I would like a Hot Wheel thing that races down and gets in the Dear Santa, · dragons way and the dragon catches the car. 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Coulter Dear Santa, Sincerely, I want a Hot Wheels Brandon Adkins Dear Santa, 'car and a motorcycle, a I would like to have a phone for Christmas. choo~choo train, a Dear Santa, Your friend, . firetruck and a race car I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas! Jeffery with a track. · · Dear Santa, · Dear Santa, I would like to have an tee maker for Christmas. ere~ Your friend, Sha ' l)'liJ ,, Dear Santa, I have been good this >'ear. I want a game, a dog, a cat, clothes, a parr of shoes, mp3 player, a case, a new be~room set, a new blanket, a <:omputer, a camera, a case of makeup, a swmg set, a pool, a Bratz doll, a ball, a charm bracelet, ~ · new backpack, a pack of hair bows, A Ltttlest' Pet Shop and a desk. Your friend, " '• · ' Carrington McCoy . . I want a Dream Life Superstar, Strawberry Shortcake . baby, those snowflake Dora pajamas because they're purple and something for my mom. I know Santa that you live at the North Pole. Mrs. Claus · lives with you, too. It's really cold at the North Pole, Dear Santa, I would like to have a Bratz doll. Your friend, Amaya I want a remote control car that I saw on the magazine that Richie showed me. A new Lightning McQueen control car. J don't need a new four-wheeler because my dad's going to charge it up. I would like a new red Power Ranger set with a cape and a Lightning McQueen car that sneezes, ·and a Star Wars football . because Mr. Mike has one. I would also like a Thomas the Train set because my cousin Joey has one. Love, Cadan Love, lsaoc Dear Santa, . I want a phone that's orange because that's my favorite color, a choo-choo train toy and a play toy for outside. Santa I saw you once. I want a candy cane. ' Love Ty ' · Dear Santa, .I want a remote control helicopter. I Dear Santa, I I would like to have a race car for Christmas. , I have been really good. Do you know what I want for Christmas? I want Moon Sand, a fishing rod, sled, animal toys, magnetics, Moon Shoes, a slinky and a candycane filled with candy. Your friend, Josie Cooper Dear Santa, . Dear Santa, I want . the ice skating Bratz doll. • Your friend, · Kelsey Dear Santa, · I have been good this year. I I • ..\ ' Your friend, Dakota Your friend, Emily . · · Dear Santa, . I would like some "Go Bucks" things. Ohio Dear Santa, State Buckeyes that is. I · My name is Andy. I have been really good. would also like Mickey . I would like to have a cell phone, a phone in Mouse Clubhouse toys, a my room and an iPod. Santa toy, a Santa costume and a new Sincerely, Mater toy because the tow thing on Andy Ball mine broke. I like your reindeer, Santa. Love, Will Dear Santa, I would like a. little Thomas the Train Your friend, thing, a transformer, Spiderman gloves so I Roy Chandler don't get cold in winter. I would like a Hot Wheel thing that races down and gets in the Dear Santa, · dragons way and the dragon catches the car. I . want .a PlayStation Two. I want a four- I also want a race track or motorcycles. Last wheeler. I want a PlayStation Three. Thank year, Santa, you got me a Stanley the you. Stinkbug movie. I would like a bow and Love, arrow and a gun when I grow up to be 10! J Alex Priddy sat on your lap, Santa, but today is ~ not Christmas, so I didn't today. ....., Dear Santa, I have my Harley Davidson Can I have a red Nintendo D.S., V-bot, Wii, but Santa has his sleigh. If Santa had a motorcycle he jack in the box and games? Yt~ur friend, would go really fast withJacob Keyser out a brake past all .the children's homes if he Dear Santa, had a motorcycle. I want a Hannah doll, baby doll, a_horse, a Lov(!, lipstick, Chapstick, lap top, Bratz and Hannah Trey -l'itiGIDA.I_R E -c •••• . 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I want a · Dear Santa, Play Station 2 game. The name of the game is I would like a four-wheeler. I would like Sponge Bob Squarepants Atlantis. a Playstation. i would like a remote conThat is all I want this Christmas. trol car. Your friend, · Your friend, Tyler Dear Santa, How are the elf's and the reindeers? How are you? I want a phone. Love, Clayton Landalcer Your friend, Johnathon Burke • Dear Santa, Please get me a 410 kids' shotgun, a skateboard and a Playstation. Thank you. Dear Santa, Holzer Clinic Urgent Care Holiday Hours Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Baylee Morgan Loudin. I'm 3 years old. I saw you at the lights place and shook your hand. I have been a pretty good girl. · I Wlll)t you to bring presents. I want a Rose Petal House, -ball tent, big jumpy thing, games, a doggy doctor kit, Lauri Burkner CDs, a CD player and a computer like Daddy's. Bring. Brecken some ::=~ toys and Chancey Dog a doggie Charles Bryan Wallace II We will leave you milk and cookies and a fruity bar for Rudolph. · Dear Santa, Thank you. Bye. · l want a big dog and I ~lUll. a video camera. Baylee Loudin . I want to not have school. Love, · Gabe Canady · Dear Santa, Dear Santa, . I want moon sand, a car and a laptop. I've been good, Santa. I would also like an X-Box 360 . . Dear Santa, I have been pretty good this year. This Your friend, I want a phone for Christmas and year I would like more My Pets and some · Jarod a Transformer and I also want a Yu-Gi-Oh cards . .J would like Nintendo D.S . . toy Santa. I love Santa. games and some animal toys. I would like a Santa Claus, Love, slinky. Can I have a phone? . TJ Your friend, Please, please, please I'm Sarah Tucker begging. The kind of Dear Santa, phone I . want . is a How have you been? I have Dear Santa, Motorola Cl68 or an been really good this year. This year I want an Xbox 360 and a Wii. 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Local Caring.- · �Letters to Santa Page 16 • Thursday, Dece~ber 20, 2007 • Thursday, December 20, 2007 Letters to Santa • Page 17 I I'•I .Dear Santa, I have been very good. I want a PlayStation 2, a toy truck, an Xbox 360 and other toys. Your friend,. Sawyer Casto Dear Santa, · I want a Hot Wheels. · Your friend, Austin Next, some games for Xbox 360. Your friend, Nathan McQueen I've been good and I want to get dirtbikes and I want to get an X-Box 360 and I want a motorcycle. Dear Santa, I·want a laptop and a journal and a big, big, · big blanket. Your friend, Skylar Jones · This year I want a Nintendo D.S. game, a bike. blackout, sled, Moon Sand, rabbit, ball and a Wii. Your friend, Jacob Tomlinson Dear Santa, Love, Gage Michael Dear Santa, This year I am going to ask you Santa for something that is very hard to get. I want a · Dear Santa, Play Station 2 game. The name of the game is I would like a four-wheeler. I would like Sponge Bob Squarepants Atlantis. a Playstation. i would like a remote conThat is all I want this Christmas. trol car. Your friend, · Your friend, Tyler Dear Santa, How are the elf's and the reindeers? How are you? I want a phone. Love, Clayton Landalcer Your friend, Johnathon Burke • Dear Santa, Please get me a 410 kids' shotgun, a skateboard and a Playstation. Thank you. Dear Santa, Holzer Clinic Urgent Care Holiday Hours Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Baylee Morgan Loudin. I'm 3 years old. I saw you at the lights place and shook your hand. I have been a pretty good girl. · I Wlll)t you to bring presents. I want a Rose Petal House, -ball tent, big jumpy thing, games, a doggy doctor kit, Lauri Burkner CDs, a CD player and a computer like Daddy's. Bring. Brecken some ::=~ toys and Chancey Dog a doggie Charles Bryan Wallace II We will leave you milk and cookies and a fruity bar for Rudolph. · Dear Santa, Thank you. Bye. · l want a big dog and I ~lUll. a video camera. Baylee Loudin . I want to not have school. Love, · Gabe Canady · Dear Santa, Dear Santa, . I want moon sand, a car and a laptop. I've been good, Santa. I would also like an X-Box 360 . . Dear Santa, I have been pretty good this year. This Your friend, I want a phone for Christmas and year I would like more My Pets and some · Jarod a Transformer and I also want a Yu-Gi-Oh cards . .J would like Nintendo D.S . . toy Santa. I love Santa. games and some animal toys. I would like a Santa Claus, Love, slinky. Can I have a phone? . TJ Your friend, Please, please, please I'm Sarah Tucker begging. The kind of Dear Santa, phone I . want . is a How have you been? I have Dear Santa, Motorola Cl68 or an been really good this year. This year I want an Xbox 360 and a Wii. Secondly, · a sled . I want a skateboard, a snake and games. Love, · . Austin Billingsley I •• w............. . . . . . . . . ......,• • , a . . . . . . .1ft...... . GaiNpolla ~clllty J.ckaon. Athena. 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I would like to have Bratz, a four~wheel­ er, outfit, High School Musical 2, High School 2 clock and High School 2 comforter set. I love yok Santa. Cien-a Jo Smith Thursday, December 20, ~007 bulb for my Easy Bake Oven and a real pig for my Dad and a big sunflower for my mommy. Love, . Bethany Ba"ett Dear Santa, I want three Bratz dolls because they are fun to Dear Santa, I would like a Transformer for Christmas play with because you and a dirt bike and an X-Box 360 and five can play with them. I cars, a laptop, a NASCAR game and a pool like them. Sineerely, table game. . . Chelsie Your .frkrul, Jaeob BliSh Dear Santa, Dear Santa, My name is Hunter Holcomb. I have ~s is. what I w~t for Christmas. Please been a good boy. bong an 1Pod and vtdeo camera. thank you! · I -would like some presents for · · Love, · · C~stmas. I want a CD player, SCQOter,. Kack Ballard - Nmtendo D.S., hunting movies, Air Hogs Love, helicopter, an iDog and a lot of West Kenly Dear Santa, Virginia stuff. Please don't forget me, My name is Trevor. I have been good. Santa! l)ear SIUIIIJ, Here's my list: a green four-wheeler and a I'll leave cookies for you. All I want for Christmas is to See pocket rocket. I love Santa. · Merry Christmas, your reindeer and a spy videocar and Trevor Smith Hunter a blue skateboard. Th{lllk you. Dear Santa, Love, Dear Santa, . Will you please give me a Transformer Brody Dellavalle For Christmas I would like a craft kit that called Bumble Bee. I want a DS Lite and c?mes with scissors, glue, paper, tape, penMary Kate and Ashley Bratz. Dear SIUIIIJ, ells, colored pencils and crayons. I have been good and I want a Your .frknd, Sincerely, · Bratz doll and a bow shot and a Alyssa Katie Ja"ell roller book bag for Christmas. Your friend, . Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I want the Transformers movie and cowboy · I like your sled and your Kkrsten boots. reindeers. Have a happy Your friend, Dear Santa, new year. I want a wheelI want little's pet shop, My Cameron ie tennis shoes and I want . Little Pony. il skateboard . Thank you . Dear Santa, Love, · Love, · I ~ant a toy dog . I want a bike and a light AUison H~stine Molly Landaker Detu Santa, My name is Kenly and I am 4 years old. I have been a very good girl all year. Here is a list of what I wish · for Christmas this year: a butterscotch pony with a carrot to feed it; a robot pony and a robot doggy that is small. I would also like a Mommy LOok at Me I can Swim Doll, a Wac-a-Mole tower and a teddy bear that has a bow on its neck. I will leave you milk, cookies and popcom. I will also leave your.reindeer some oats and carrots. · Thank you, Santa! BEND AREA CHIROPRACTIC CENTER Dr. Kelsey M. Henry, D.C • I 1065 South Second St. Mason, WV 25260 Most Insurances Accepted lndudlng (Vledicald, Medicare ~ Caresource 304-773-5773 . Thursday, December 20, 2007 - -- Letters to Santa • Page my report card. I · . would love some presents for Christmas. I would like an iDog, Bratz car, CD players, scooter, Taylor Swift COs, jewelry, clothes, Nintendo D.S., makeup, iPod and a baby doll. · Thank you Santa Claus, Hannah Holcomb De~rSanta, P.S. Give Rudolph a treat for me. I love Thanks for the letter you sent me. My mother was you, Santa Claus. shocked to see I was on the tip of Dear Santa, the nice list. She said I should be on the I want an electric guitar because when I mean list. But I know she didn't mean it. Oh! my acoustic guitar I can practice my practice And Santa, all I want for Christmas is a friend. You know, like a puppy, something . :electric guitar, and electric guitars are awethat you can talk to whenever you want, well some. Sincerely, almost whenever. . Addison . How are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and all your reindeer doing? I hope you like cookDear Santa, ies because that's what your going to get at I would like a dirt bike, helmet, skate board, my house on Christmas Eve! It's a chocopaint ball, Madden '08, Gridiron Gang movie, late no-bake, yum! Oh! And I hope you andQyour elves h11ve a good tim~ in the .CD player, PSP player and Under Armour shirts. workshop. Bryce Hankinson Love, · MarU Johnson Dear Santa, . I have tried 'to be very polite, helpful and Dear Santa, I want a Wii because it is fun. I thoughtful this year. If you are wondering hope I can ·get some games too. I what I'd like for Christmas, here are a few suggestions: diapers, a toy rattle, food, mu~ic want NCAA 08 and NBA 08 . toy, wipes, clothes, socks and happiness. Sincerely, I also wish for good "health and happiness Curtis for all ~he kids in the world! Thanks for everything, Dear Santa, Ethan I want a Play~tation Three and I want a transformer and I want a Dear Santa, . , PlayStation One. Thank you. Are you doing good at the North Pole? Do Love, you know what I want for Christmas? I would Carter Smith like an iPod and I would like a mommymakemebetter. Thank you . Dear Santa, Love, My name is Hannah. I have Gracie Hill been a goOd girl. I got all A's on Dear Santa, Please bring a PSP for me. And I hope everything is going good at the workshop.· Love, Kevin Young ~~~ . 19 ~ Dear Santa, I would ,like a four -heeler, helmet, Under Armour shirts, NCAA '08, iPod, fishing pole, tackle box and an Xbox 360. Austin Hankinson Dear Santa, What is it like to travel around the world and to go down chimneys nad to deliver presents? What is it like to do that stuff? I want a basketball. . Thank you. Love, Dylan Davidson Dear Santa, I would like Call of Duty, the game. I want the game because it looks fun because you shoot bad guys. Sincerely, Jerry Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like to have a real golden retriever:That's all I would like for Christmas. I wduld train it, and then I would keep it inside. I would play with,it. I would feed it. I would buy a bed and a nice collar with its name on it. · Love, A_utumn Brooke Morgan Dear Santa, I ·want a teddy bear and a ball. I love you arid your. elves too. I hope that ;'OU bring me toys on Christmas. Love, Shalynn Mitchell ,~,\!·ilfJ~/ ' t 4- Woodwick Candles · ~~Hear what y(.lu,ve been missing.,, Noel, Snowflake, Gingerbretul, Caramel~ 418 Main Street Pt. Plea•ant. WV 25550 304-875-3400 o t ,6 ~ I I t 't 1 ° ' ' , o I I I I t 1 1 ·, ' • ' •. , o ••• I Va~tilla ~ WaiMart Plaza ' Galllpoll~Ohio 45631 740 l l 0 t I 1 ', 1 • 6-3283 ..... .... • ' • + • t I I • ' I I ', • 0 •• • • · • · · ~-' • • �...... .. Letters to Santa I ! ' , PagelS • Dear Santa, , I want a dirt bike and training wheels and I want spy gear and an X-Box 360. Your friend, Tyler Maynard Dear Santa, My name is Cierra. I have been good this year. I would like to have Bratz, a four~wheel­ er, outfit, High School Musical 2, High School 2 clock and High School 2 comforter set. I love yok Santa. Cien-a Jo Smith Thursday, December 20, ~007 bulb for my Easy Bake Oven and a real pig for my Dad and a big sunflower for my mommy. Love, . Bethany Ba"ett Dear Santa, I want three Bratz dolls because they are fun to Dear Santa, I would like a Transformer for Christmas play with because you and a dirt bike and an X-Box 360 and five can play with them. I cars, a laptop, a NASCAR game and a pool like them. Sineerely, table game. . . Chelsie Your .frkrul, Jaeob BliSh Dear Santa, Dear Santa, My name is Hunter Holcomb. I have ~s is. what I w~t for Christmas. Please been a good boy. bong an 1Pod and vtdeo camera. thank you! · I -would like some presents for · · Love, · · C~stmas. I want a CD player, SCQOter,. Kack Ballard - Nmtendo D.S., hunting movies, Air Hogs Love, helicopter, an iDog and a lot of West Kenly Dear Santa, Virginia stuff. Please don't forget me, My name is Trevor. I have been good. Santa! l)ear SIUIIIJ, Here's my list: a green four-wheeler and a I'll leave cookies for you. All I want for Christmas is to See pocket rocket. I love Santa. · Merry Christmas, your reindeer and a spy videocar and Trevor Smith Hunter a blue skateboard. Th{lllk you. Dear Santa, Love, Dear Santa, . Will you please give me a Transformer Brody Dellavalle For Christmas I would like a craft kit that called Bumble Bee. I want a DS Lite and c?mes with scissors, glue, paper, tape, penMary Kate and Ashley Bratz. Dear SIUIIIJ, ells, colored pencils and crayons. I have been good and I want a Your .frknd, Sincerely, · Bratz doll and a bow shot and a Alyssa Katie Ja"ell roller book bag for Christmas. Your friend, . Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I want the Transformers movie and cowboy · I like your sled and your Kkrsten boots. reindeers. Have a happy Your friend, Dear Santa, new year. I want a wheelI want little's pet shop, My Cameron ie tennis shoes and I want . Little Pony. il skateboard . Thank you . Dear Santa, Love, · Love, · I ~ant a toy dog . I want a bike and a light AUison H~stine Molly Landaker Detu Santa, My name is Kenly and I am 4 years old. I have been a very good girl all year. Here is a list of what I wish · for Christmas this year: a butterscotch pony with a carrot to feed it; a robot pony and a robot doggy that is small. I would also like a Mommy LOok at Me I can Swim Doll, a Wac-a-Mole tower and a teddy bear that has a bow on its neck. I will leave you milk, cookies and popcom. I will also leave your.reindeer some oats and carrots. · Thank you, Santa! BEND AREA CHIROPRACTIC CENTER Dr. Kelsey M. Henry, D.C • I 1065 South Second St. Mason, WV 25260 Most Insurances Accepted lndudlng (Vledicald, Medicare ~ Caresource 304-773-5773 . Thursday, December 20, 2007 - -- Letters to Santa • Page my report card. I · . would love some presents for Christmas. I would like an iDog, Bratz car, CD players, scooter, Taylor Swift COs, jewelry, clothes, Nintendo D.S., makeup, iPod and a baby doll. · Thank you Santa Claus, Hannah Holcomb De~rSanta, P.S. Give Rudolph a treat for me. I love Thanks for the letter you sent me. My mother was you, Santa Claus. shocked to see I was on the tip of Dear Santa, the nice list. She said I should be on the I want an electric guitar because when I mean list. But I know she didn't mean it. Oh! my acoustic guitar I can practice my practice And Santa, all I want for Christmas is a friend. You know, like a puppy, something . :electric guitar, and electric guitars are awethat you can talk to whenever you want, well some. Sincerely, almost whenever. . Addison . How are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and all your reindeer doing? I hope you like cookDear Santa, ies because that's what your going to get at I would like a dirt bike, helmet, skate board, my house on Christmas Eve! It's a chocopaint ball, Madden '08, Gridiron Gang movie, late no-bake, yum! Oh! And I hope you andQyour elves h11ve a good tim~ in the .CD player, PSP player and Under Armour shirts. workshop. Bryce Hankinson Love, · MarU Johnson Dear Santa, . I have tried 'to be very polite, helpful and Dear Santa, I want a Wii because it is fun. I thoughtful this year. If you are wondering hope I can ·get some games too. I what I'd like for Christmas, here are a few suggestions: diapers, a toy rattle, food, mu~ic want NCAA 08 and NBA 08 . toy, wipes, clothes, socks and happiness. Sincerely, I also wish for good "health and happiness Curtis for all ~he kids in the world! Thanks for everything, Dear Santa, Ethan I want a Play~tation Three and I want a transformer and I want a Dear Santa, . , PlayStation One. Thank you. Are you doing good at the North Pole? Do Love, you know what I want for Christmas? I would Carter Smith like an iPod and I would like a mommymakemebetter. Thank you . Dear Santa, Love, My name is Hannah. I have Gracie Hill been a goOd girl. I got all A's on Dear Santa, Please bring a PSP for me. And I hope everything is going good at the workshop.· Love, Kevin Young ~~~ . 19 ~ Dear Santa, I would ,like a four -heeler, helmet, Under Armour shirts, NCAA '08, iPod, fishing pole, tackle box and an Xbox 360. Austin Hankinson Dear Santa, What is it like to travel around the world and to go down chimneys nad to deliver presents? What is it like to do that stuff? I want a basketball. . Thank you. Love, Dylan Davidson Dear Santa, I would like Call of Duty, the game. I want the game because it looks fun because you shoot bad guys. Sincerely, Jerry Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like to have a real golden retriever:That's all I would like for Christmas. I wduld train it, and then I would keep it inside. I would play with,it. I would feed it. I would buy a bed and a nice collar with its name on it. · Love, A_utumn Brooke Morgan Dear Santa, I ·want a teddy bear and a ball. I love you arid your. elves too. I hope that ;'OU bring me toys on Christmas. Love, Shalynn Mitchell ,~,\!·ilfJ~/ ' t 4- Woodwick Candles · ~~Hear what y(.lu,ve been missing.,, Noel, Snowflake, Gingerbretul, Caramel~ 418 Main Street Pt. Plea•ant. WV 25550 304-875-3400 o t ,6 ~ I I t 't 1 ° ' ' , o I I I I t 1 1 ·, ' • ' •. , o ••• I Va~tilla ~ WaiMart Plaza ' Galllpoll~Ohio 45631 740 l l 0 t I 1 ', 1 • 6-3283 ..... .... • ' • + • t I I • ' I I ', • 0 •• • • · • · · ~-' • • �' Letters to Santa Page 20 • Dear Santa, Thursday, December 20, 2007 Dear Santa, Dear Santa, one more thing, will you brjng me a cell · ' · phone? I have been rotten this year. I want a baby packet, a jewLove, elry and a jewelry box, Logan Bolin make-up, Goose Bumps Sincerely, books, a ring, chalk board, Dear Santa, Leanne Hively The thing I want most is a drum set. I want chalk and my erasable . it because I have never played a drum before board . Dear Santa, I love you Santa and the I am writing to let you in my whole life! elves a lot. Sincerely, know that I have been very Love, Chelsea Pelfrey good this year. If you are trying Breanna Chapman . to figure out what to give me, here are Dear Santa, some suggestions: new clothes, underwear, Dear Santa, · I hope that you, Mrs . Claus and the reindeer Little Pet Shop, cash register, dollhouse furniI want an electric guitar are all doing well. I have tried very hard to be ture , a new movie, socks and a game. for Christams. I'd like to I hope you have a very Merry Christmas good this year, so here is what I hope you'll bring me for Christmas: Little Pet Shops, have one because I could and a Happy New Year! some clothes, beanbag, c.d. player, diary, practice trying to play songs and my Thanks for everything, dad likes classic rock. COs, Perfection and a computer. Olivia Dotson Sincerely, . Thank you, and have a safe trip! I· want a OS for Christmas because they are really fun to play with . Sincerely, Brenna Dotson Dear Santa, Christmas is coming around the comer. I want a new bike because my old bike has broken peddles and handles . Dear Santa, For Christmas this year I would really like a Playstation 3. I like it because when it stand right-side up it looks cool. Sincerely, Ga"ett -· I want a telescope so I can. see the moon and all the nine planets. I've heard that telescopes are pretty cool or fantastic. Awesome! Sincerely, Caden Please bring me a Jeep Hurricane . I can ride it in the driveway and grass. Jacob Morgan ·Dear Santa, Sie"aMayes Dear Santa, Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a bike. I've had mine for many years anq thafs all I want for Chri stmas. I want an art board for Christmas because I like to draw a lot. I will draw a horse first. I like your e lves. I like your · .Sincerely re indeer and I like you , and Whyatt Sincerely, Kaylee Merrv .. Christtnas! Gitl Certificates Available ! Conveniently l<.) cated at the int . of S R 7 and 33 ....... ...... . -. - ••• • ~ - ~ • • .- ........r-- I would like. an Xbox 360 and a TV. Bring Mrs . Loudin a gift and a Nintendo DS for me. Love, Brailey Neal Dear Santa, . I have been nice this year. I want these for Christmas: a Lego Clone Turbo Tank, a paper that would teach me every German word, a toy airplane and a bag of toy German army men that are gray. I will leave you milk and cookies. Love, Shane Pickens Dear Santa, You are a neat · man beacuse you give what we want. It is fun to have our stuff. Thanks, Santa. Sincerely, Chelsie ••, On· ' I hav.e been pretty good this year. I . want a Legend of Spyro game. I like to ha.ve bee game. I · want a remote. I like to have a laptop computer. I want Goosebumps books. I would like to have an Xbox 360. I want a wiener dog. Love, Logan Nibert · Dear Santa, I know you're real. I want bratz.com and a real computer. Dear Santa, " ' • • ••• 21..... (740) 99 2-1438· ~., Love, Jill Casto RoeeJai's frotn Gheen Rentals we·· can v• a wide selection of winter wo1k gl ove~ ! Dear Santa, Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I have been very good this year. I would like to have a newborn Baby Alive boy doll, Mommy and Me doll and a Cabbage Patch · Dear Santa, What I want for Christmas is a Dora Saves doll with a Care Bear. I will leave you milk and cookies. the ·Mermaids game. I don't think I can get it Love, · because i never saw it in stores. Dear Santa, From, Hannah Fortner Dear Santa, Dear Santa, . Cody Hall I want an Ant cell phone because I can caB I have been good this year. my friends and for an emergency, and also to What I want for Christmas is an iPod call my grandma in the hospital. Sincerely, and an iOog. My second thing I want for Bridget Vanco Christmas is a Hannah Montana doll. My third thing I want is a picture of Rudolph. My Dear Santa, last one is a Hannah Montana OVD . I want pet diary and OS. Love, Megan Shorl P.S. I'll give you cookies. You can go to the North Pole for Christmas. Please bring me a four wheeler and a brother. Thank you. Love, Harley McDonald Dear Santa, Please bring me a Hannah Montana doll, please bring a Hannah Montana: mat, please bring me a lap top . Love, Rhainee Lowe Sincerely, Deana Sincerely, Wyatt Newman • Page 21 Dear Santa, I want an electric guitar for I have been good this year. I want an iPod Christmas because I like play- game .and a puppy, an iPhone and last I want ing the guitar. I want a guitar Call of Duty 4 game. · because I want to learn how Thank you! to play the guitar. Love, Dear Santa, O Dear Santa~ . Dear Santa, · Dylan I love you Santa. Will you bring sht>es with wheels? ' Sincerely, Ethan DearSantq, Letters to Santa Thursday, December 20, 2007 ·· · I hope you do good on Christmas night. Me , my brother, and my little sister will have cookies, milk, and carrots waiting for you. Sincerely, Sammi Dear Santa, ' I want an MP3 player. I want a doll house. }enna Brammer ( - Dear Santa, I have been nice this year. · I want a Nintendo OS and a Game Boy and a mini bike. I will give you cookies·. Thank you! Love, Cole Potts I have been pretty good this year. I wish I Dear Santa, had a Power Ranger and a new stuffed aniI would like it if you bring mal. I wish I had a puppy, too. Last, I wish me X-box and I want a that my mom and dad could have presents, dinosaur egg and a Buzz too. Lightyear Remote Love, Control Jeep . DJ. White P.S .I will leave you cookies and ca"ots for Rudolph. Love, · Tristan and Ashton �' Letters to Santa Page 20 • Dear Santa, Thursday, December 20, 2007 Dear Santa, Dear Santa, one more thing, will you brjng me a cell · ' · phone? I have been rotten this year. I want a baby packet, a jewLove, elry and a jewelry box, Logan Bolin make-up, Goose Bumps Sincerely, books, a ring, chalk board, Dear Santa, Leanne Hively The thing I want most is a drum set. I want chalk and my erasable . it because I have never played a drum before board . Dear Santa, I love you Santa and the I am writing to let you in my whole life! elves a lot. Sincerely, know that I have been very Love, Chelsea Pelfrey good this year. If you are trying Breanna Chapman . to figure out what to give me, here are Dear Santa, some suggestions: new clothes, underwear, Dear Santa, · I hope that you, Mrs . Claus and the reindeer Little Pet Shop, cash register, dollhouse furniI want an electric guitar are all doing well. I have tried very hard to be ture , a new movie, socks and a game. for Christams. I'd like to I hope you have a very Merry Christmas good this year, so here is what I hope you'll bring me for Christmas: Little Pet Shops, have one because I could and a Happy New Year! some clothes, beanbag, c.d. player, diary, practice trying to play songs and my Thanks for everything, dad likes classic rock. COs, Perfection and a computer. Olivia Dotson Sincerely, . Thank you, and have a safe trip! I· want a OS for Christmas because they are really fun to play with . Sincerely, Brenna Dotson Dear Santa, Christmas is coming around the comer. I want a new bike because my old bike has broken peddles and handles . Dear Santa, For Christmas this year I would really like a Playstation 3. I like it because when it stand right-side up it looks cool. Sincerely, Ga"ett -· I want a telescope so I can. see the moon and all the nine planets. I've heard that telescopes are pretty cool or fantastic. Awesome! Sincerely, Caden Please bring me a Jeep Hurricane . I can ride it in the driveway and grass. Jacob Morgan ·Dear Santa, Sie"aMayes Dear Santa, Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a bike. I've had mine for many years anq thafs all I want for Chri stmas. I want an art board for Christmas because I like to draw a lot. I will draw a horse first. I like your e lves. I like your · .Sincerely re indeer and I like you , and Whyatt Sincerely, Kaylee Merrv .. Christtnas! Gitl Certificates Available ! Conveniently l<.) cated at the int . of S R 7 and 33 ....... ...... . -. - ••• • ~ - ~ • • .- ........r-- I would like. an Xbox 360 and a TV. Bring Mrs . Loudin a gift and a Nintendo DS for me. Love, Brailey Neal Dear Santa, . I have been nice this year. I want these for Christmas: a Lego Clone Turbo Tank, a paper that would teach me every German word, a toy airplane and a bag of toy German army men that are gray. I will leave you milk and cookies. Love, Shane Pickens Dear Santa, You are a neat · man beacuse you give what we want. It is fun to have our stuff. Thanks, Santa. Sincerely, Chelsie ••, On· ' I hav.e been pretty good this year. I . want a Legend of Spyro game. I like to ha.ve bee game. I · want a remote. I like to have a laptop computer. I want Goosebumps books. I would like to have an Xbox 360. I want a wiener dog. Love, Logan Nibert · Dear Santa, I know you're real. I want bratz.com and a real computer. Dear Santa, " ' • • ••• 21..... (740) 99 2-1438· ~., Love, Jill Casto RoeeJai's frotn Gheen Rentals we·· can v• a wide selection of winter wo1k gl ove~ ! Dear Santa, Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I have been very good this year. I would like to have a newborn Baby Alive boy doll, Mommy and Me doll and a Cabbage Patch · Dear Santa, What I want for Christmas is a Dora Saves doll with a Care Bear. I will leave you milk and cookies. the ·Mermaids game. I don't think I can get it Love, · because i never saw it in stores. Dear Santa, From, Hannah Fortner Dear Santa, Dear Santa, . Cody Hall I want an Ant cell phone because I can caB I have been good this year. my friends and for an emergency, and also to What I want for Christmas is an iPod call my grandma in the hospital. Sincerely, and an iOog. My second thing I want for Bridget Vanco Christmas is a Hannah Montana doll. My third thing I want is a picture of Rudolph. My Dear Santa, last one is a Hannah Montana OVD . I want pet diary and OS. Love, Megan Shorl P.S. I'll give you cookies. You can go to the North Pole for Christmas. Please bring me a four wheeler and a brother. Thank you. Love, Harley McDonald Dear Santa, Please bring me a Hannah Montana doll, please bring a Hannah Montana: mat, please bring me a lap top . Love, Rhainee Lowe Sincerely, Deana Sincerely, Wyatt Newman • Page 21 Dear Santa, I want an electric guitar for I have been good this year. I want an iPod Christmas because I like play- game .and a puppy, an iPhone and last I want ing the guitar. I want a guitar Call of Duty 4 game. · because I want to learn how Thank you! to play the guitar. Love, Dear Santa, O Dear Santa~ . Dear Santa, · Dylan I love you Santa. Will you bring sht>es with wheels? ' Sincerely, Ethan DearSantq, Letters to Santa Thursday, December 20, 2007 ·· · I hope you do good on Christmas night. Me , my brother, and my little sister will have cookies, milk, and carrots waiting for you. Sincerely, Sammi Dear Santa, ' I want an MP3 player. I want a doll house. }enna Brammer ( - Dear Santa, I have been nice this year. · I want a Nintendo OS and a Game Boy and a mini bike. I will give you cookies·. Thank you! Love, Cole Potts I have been pretty good this year. I wish I Dear Santa, had a Power Ranger and a new stuffed aniI would like it if you bring mal. I wish I had a puppy, too. Last, I wish me X-box and I want a that my mom and dad could have presents, dinosaur egg and a Buzz too. Lightyear Remote Love, Control Jeep . DJ. White P.S .I will leave you cookies and ca"ots for Rudolph. Love, · Tristan and Ashton �Letters to Santa Page 22 • Dear Santa, Thursday, December 20, 2007 chalkboard, iPod and a DVD player. I will I want a My Little Pet Shop leave you some cookies and milk. Dairy~ I also want Love, Morgan Adkins FlippinFrogs. I want a stuff cat. I also want a stuff dog. P.S. - I have never had Dear Santa and Mrs. Claus, detention and have been My name is Kenton Ramsey. I am 6 years really good this Christmas. old. For Christmas I would like to have some toys because I have been a good boy and have Love, received lots of gold stars. Here is my list: HanaMarcum I . Walkie-talkies. Second grade 2. PSP Street Ball game. 3. A new bookbag-Ryan Newman Dear S(J.nta, 4. Anything that you want. I have been pretty good this year. I wish I had a Game Boy, a pet reindeer, a Nintendo DS ., a phone and all the R.L. Stine thriller Dear Santa Claus, books. · · · This is my wish list. Leave me a picture of a reindeer please . I . Hannah Montana guitar. 2. Scooter. Thanks! 3. Bratz dol.l. Love, 4. Puppy. .Alex Prichard 5. Bubbles. I have one very special wish, that you cure . Dear Santa, my Uncle Billy and Grandpa Buford from I would like the following for · Christmas if you can. One Superman their illnesses. watch, Curious George, a remote conLove, Destiny Dotson ' ·· · · trol car, a doll for my 1-year-old sist7r Katelyn, and to make sure every ktd 6 years old . . '' ... has a good Cllristmas . for my wonderful Mommy. My daddy needs some medicine to get better. He's the .best. A little singing dog for my beautiful grandma for company. We have you some milk and cookies when you visit us. Thanks Santa~ Love, Austin Burris First grade Dear Santa, What I want for Christmas most are Heelies and a bike and a dirt bike and some Boxers. Your friend, TJ. Cochran Dear Santa, How are .your reindeer? How is Mrs. Claus, Santa? How are the. elves doing? Your friend, Baile Waite Dear Santa, I have been good this year. I would like a I have been good this year. This is what I Ga~e Boy and a coloring book and crayons. want for Christmas. I want new dolls, a real Thank you! horse or pony, a little sister, a chalkboard and Love, Dear Santa, Sara Lewis I have been good thi s year. I wish a dollhouse. I'll leave you milk and cookies . I can have a bike· apd a camera too. Dear Santa, I especially want an Xbox 360! · Love, . All I want for Christmas is Emily Smith Merry Christmas! to be happy for Christmas, a Love, Playstation J, Gameboy and Dear Santa, Alex Lemieux How are you and Mrs. Cluas? How are the a Lelo and Stitch game, and Baby Alive and a movie reindeer and your elves doing? Dear Santa, and a my little baby. I love you Santa! I have been good this year. I Your friend, I would like a bseketball hoop game and want a new Barbie house and a Chia Pet. Some chocolate-covered cherries Erika Bias new cell phone. I also want a real Thank you bunches, Daniel Wallace Hatfield Dear Santa, Thursday, December 20, 2007 Dear Santa, Letters to Santa Thanks! I'll leave you cookies and milk. My name is Dakotah. I live Love, . with my Nanny and Papaw. I Christopher Connor have been pretty good. I would like for Dear Santa, Christmas: I have been nice this year. Some of the I. Rocket Fishing lunch. · things I would like are Nintendo DS, Game 2 . . How Wheels-Spin Boy games, new clothes, Nintendo DS ' City. games. 3. Scooter. Thank you for the presents. ·4. Wheel of Fortune game. Love, 5. V Flash game. Noah Smith 6. Train track. • 7. Big dump truck. Dear Santa, Thank you, I have been good this year. Some of the Dakotah Fletcher ·· things I,would like are aGameBoy and a blue four-wheeler. See you at Christmas Dear Santa, I am writing this letter to give you my Christmas list. I have been really good. I want Butterscotch and I want a dummy, and a skateboard and Hamsters Game Boy game. And I want a Zelda game that you play on TV. And I want the · Horseland stuff too. And the girls that ride the horses. Do your elves work hard? Do your reindeer really fly? Does Rudolph have a red nose. Are there nine rein- · deer? How can you reindeer carry 'your sled and fly? Are your reindeer very, very strong? Love, Caitlynn Hardman Dear Santa~ Happy Holidays! I know you are very busy this time of the year, but could you bring me a "Mommy Make Me Better" doll, a Thomas the Train track, Math Missions Leapster Cartridge , and a paint set? I will set out gingerbre!ld cookies and milk. Have a safe trip! . Thank you and Merry Christmas! Olivia Jade Harrison Dear Santa, • Page 23 - . .. ..;. Dear Santa, How's you elves and rein" deers doing? I hope so. I hope they're not injured or · cut or have broken bones or something like that. Can I set out carrots and apples and maybe oats and orange juice? Please write back. Dear Sa~, Students in Mrs. Nikki's preschool class at Beale Elementary have done their very best to be good this year. Here is a list of . things they would like for you to bring: Jacob wants tractors, a semi and a helicopter, Riley wants an Xbo.ll., Cabelas Big Game Hunter video game; Hailey wants a Barbie cash register, baby dolls and a Bratz ·guitar; Caleb· wants a big blue guitar, big ' John Deer tractor and a bale hay wagon; . Kevin wants a train 'piggy bank, crash game and a basketball hoop; Skylar wants a gravedigger buck, remote control mustang and a new bike; Kadann wants a baby doll, bike and a teddy bear; Joey wants a train, mooster tfllck and V-tech; Levi wants a bulldozer with two lift-up things, a new mommy puppy arid a Christmas toy; Christopher wants a big toy motorcycle, new fishing pole and a new fishing pole for his brother; and ...,...,. Brayden wants a skateboard, cars ...., and skates. My name is Morgan Allan Junior Bechtle. I am 5 years old. I am in kindergarten. I have Love~ been good. I want a BB gun, dirt bike, Power Taylor Bevan Rangers and clothes. Don't forget to bring something for my mommy and daddy., my Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I have been pretty good this mama, papa and all my classmates. Bring my I would like a Bike Ben year. I want a cell phone, mini pal as all he wants .. Also, don't forget our troops may they be home soon. · 10 watch, Spiderman dart bike, a new bike, an Xbox 360, a Thanks Santa, imd long shot. I have tag puppy, a watch, a ring for my Morgan Allan Junior Bechtle been very good this year. mom , a dirt bike, kitty cat, a tree, P.S. - Have cookies, something for your Sidney Shaffer clothes, new books, a fan , clock 'deers. 5 years old and a desk. · Pt. Pleasant 67S-SS30 CWisftinorou a Vert ~err (]iristmas! William Hussell 11 0 2nd St. Mason, WV 25260 304-773-5942 l:J· Nation\.vide® Insuran ce & Fina ncial Services Gallipolis 44S-1400 .. �Letters to Santa Page 22 • Dear Santa, Thursday, December 20, 2007 chalkboard, iPod and a DVD player. I will I want a My Little Pet Shop leave you some cookies and milk. Dairy~ I also want Love, Morgan Adkins FlippinFrogs. I want a stuff cat. I also want a stuff dog. P.S. - I have never had Dear Santa and Mrs. Claus, detention and have been My name is Kenton Ramsey. I am 6 years really good this Christmas. old. For Christmas I would like to have some toys because I have been a good boy and have Love, received lots of gold stars. Here is my list: HanaMarcum I . Walkie-talkies. Second grade 2. PSP Street Ball game. 3. A new bookbag-Ryan Newman Dear S(J.nta, 4. Anything that you want. I have been pretty good this year. I wish I had a Game Boy, a pet reindeer, a Nintendo DS ., a phone and all the R.L. Stine thriller Dear Santa Claus, books. · · · This is my wish list. Leave me a picture of a reindeer please . I . Hannah Montana guitar. 2. Scooter. Thanks! 3. Bratz dol.l. Love, 4. Puppy. .Alex Prichard 5. Bubbles. I have one very special wish, that you cure . Dear Santa, my Uncle Billy and Grandpa Buford from I would like the following for · Christmas if you can. One Superman their illnesses. watch, Curious George, a remote conLove, Destiny Dotson ' ·· · · trol car, a doll for my 1-year-old sist7r Katelyn, and to make sure every ktd 6 years old . . '' ... has a good Cllristmas . for my wonderful Mommy. My daddy needs some medicine to get better. He's the .best. A little singing dog for my beautiful grandma for company. We have you some milk and cookies when you visit us. Thanks Santa~ Love, Austin Burris First grade Dear Santa, What I want for Christmas most are Heelies and a bike and a dirt bike and some Boxers. Your friend, TJ. Cochran Dear Santa, How are .your reindeer? How is Mrs. Claus, Santa? How are the. elves doing? Your friend, Baile Waite Dear Santa, I have been good this year. I would like a I have been good this year. This is what I Ga~e Boy and a coloring book and crayons. want for Christmas. I want new dolls, a real Thank you! horse or pony, a little sister, a chalkboard and Love, Dear Santa, Sara Lewis I have been good thi s year. I wish a dollhouse. I'll leave you milk and cookies . I can have a bike· apd a camera too. Dear Santa, I especially want an Xbox 360! · Love, . All I want for Christmas is Emily Smith Merry Christmas! to be happy for Christmas, a Love, Playstation J, Gameboy and Dear Santa, Alex Lemieux How are you and Mrs. Cluas? How are the a Lelo and Stitch game, and Baby Alive and a movie reindeer and your elves doing? Dear Santa, and a my little baby. I love you Santa! I have been good this year. I Your friend, I would like a bseketball hoop game and want a new Barbie house and a Chia Pet. Some chocolate-covered cherries Erika Bias new cell phone. I also want a real Thank you bunches, Daniel Wallace Hatfield Dear Santa, Thursday, December 20, 2007 Dear Santa, Letters to Santa Thanks! I'll leave you cookies and milk. My name is Dakotah. I live Love, . with my Nanny and Papaw. I Christopher Connor have been pretty good. I would like for Dear Santa, Christmas: I have been nice this year. Some of the I. Rocket Fishing lunch. · things I would like are Nintendo DS, Game 2 . . How Wheels-Spin Boy games, new clothes, Nintendo DS ' City. games. 3. Scooter. Thank you for the presents. ·4. Wheel of Fortune game. Love, 5. V Flash game. Noah Smith 6. Train track. • 7. Big dump truck. Dear Santa, Thank you, I have been good this year. Some of the Dakotah Fletcher ·· things I,would like are aGameBoy and a blue four-wheeler. See you at Christmas Dear Santa, I am writing this letter to give you my Christmas list. I have been really good. I want Butterscotch and I want a dummy, and a skateboard and Hamsters Game Boy game. And I want a Zelda game that you play on TV. And I want the · Horseland stuff too. And the girls that ride the horses. Do your elves work hard? Do your reindeer really fly? Does Rudolph have a red nose. Are there nine rein- · deer? How can you reindeer carry 'your sled and fly? Are your reindeer very, very strong? Love, Caitlynn Hardman Dear Santa~ Happy Holidays! I know you are very busy this time of the year, but could you bring me a "Mommy Make Me Better" doll, a Thomas the Train track, Math Missions Leapster Cartridge , and a paint set? I will set out gingerbre!ld cookies and milk. Have a safe trip! . Thank you and Merry Christmas! Olivia Jade Harrison Dear Santa, • Page 23 - . .. ..;. Dear Santa, How's you elves and rein" deers doing? I hope so. I hope they're not injured or · cut or have broken bones or something like that. Can I set out carrots and apples and maybe oats and orange juice? Please write back. Dear Sa~, Students in Mrs. Nikki's preschool class at Beale Elementary have done their very best to be good this year. Here is a list of . things they would like for you to bring: Jacob wants tractors, a semi and a helicopter, Riley wants an Xbo.ll., Cabelas Big Game Hunter video game; Hailey wants a Barbie cash register, baby dolls and a Bratz ·guitar; Caleb· wants a big blue guitar, big ' John Deer tractor and a bale hay wagon; . Kevin wants a train 'piggy bank, crash game and a basketball hoop; Skylar wants a gravedigger buck, remote control mustang and a new bike; Kadann wants a baby doll, bike and a teddy bear; Joey wants a train, mooster tfllck and V-tech; Levi wants a bulldozer with two lift-up things, a new mommy puppy arid a Christmas toy; Christopher wants a big toy motorcycle, new fishing pole and a new fishing pole for his brother; and ...,...,. Brayden wants a skateboard, cars ...., and skates. My name is Morgan Allan Junior Bechtle. I am 5 years old. I am in kindergarten. I have Love~ been good. I want a BB gun, dirt bike, Power Taylor Bevan Rangers and clothes. Don't forget to bring something for my mommy and daddy., my Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I have been pretty good this mama, papa and all my classmates. Bring my I would like a Bike Ben year. I want a cell phone, mini pal as all he wants .. Also, don't forget our troops may they be home soon. · 10 watch, Spiderman dart bike, a new bike, an Xbox 360, a Thanks Santa, imd long shot. I have tag puppy, a watch, a ring for my Morgan Allan Junior Bechtle been very good this year. mom , a dirt bike, kitty cat, a tree, P.S. - Have cookies, something for your Sidney Shaffer clothes, new books, a fan , clock 'deers. 5 years old and a desk. · Pt. Pleasant 67S-SS30 CWisftinorou a Vert ~err (]iristmas! William Hussell 11 0 2nd St. Mason, WV 25260 304-773-5942 l:J· Nation\.vide® Insuran ce & Fina ncial Services Gallipolis 44S-1400 .. �. ' i. '. \ ' • Letters to Santa Page 24 • l~ I' Thursday~ Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I have been good this year. I I have been pretty good this year I am in the would like a Take-Along com- fourth grade and I'm doing good with my puter that teaches you differ- grades so far. I .would like to have a Wii to ent languages. May God share with my sister, a PSP gameboy, a speed bless you Santa Claus! - thing that can show how fast you throw, a Merry Christmas Santa! skateboard kit and a baseball that is signed by Love, all the best baseball players ever. Merry Emilee Wallace Christmas, Santa. I Love You, Brian Hurt Dear Santa, I have been a very good girr. Please bring me a Bratz laptop, one dog, Miopup, Dear Santa, Hannah Montana 2 CD, High School Musical2 What I want for Christmas is a dirt biek. CD, Hannah Montana necklace, Hannah .. Please Santa. Amy my sister wants a horse for Montana shirt, Zoe girls CD, Hannah Montana Christmas. A little horse. A daddy ho(se. A wig and clothes, and Hannah Montana shoes. mommy horse. Three horses. _Thank you very much, Bur we have two goats and one -pig, and we Love' have a COW And my sister wants the baby Kelsie GiUispie horse to be your friends, .Michal and a girl age 7 horse, Chelsie? _ MiChael Cochran I Thursday, December 20,2007 Dear Santa, My name is Gage Simpkins and I'm 3-1/2 years old.l have been a very good · boy this year. So could you please bring me Moon Sand, a camera, cash register and please bring my little brother, Gaven, some toys to chew on. Love; Gage Simpkins .P.S.I wiU leave some cookies and milk! Dear Santa, , I have been really good this year. I would like to have a Wii to share with . my brother, a Nintendo DS; skateboard and a doll and would you say Hi to everyone at the North Pole. I' m in the second grade. /love you, Savannah Hurt l)ecember 20, 2007 Gage, a camera, he has been very nice. Love, Gaven Simpkins Dear Santa, I have been really good this year. I have played and . shared with . my brother like I am supposed to. This year for Christttlas I would like a BB gun, army · men, video games, remote control Jeep, Spiderman 3 and hoodies. I will also take whatever else you bring. I will leave cookies and milk for you to snack on. f,.ove, Kameron Weaver Dear Santa, Dear Santa, , I want an I pod, dirt bike and HBK, We are the three. grandchildren of the best grandpa in tt,e w9rld. But, October 2006, our sma<;k down, W.S.Raw 2007. I have been good this year. grandpa, D. Paul Stinson, went home to be Your friend, with Jesus. Our Christmas of 2006 was a very Austin sad Chnstmas. All we want for Christmas is Grandpa to be . happy in Heaven. Send him a big kiss and a Dear Santa, hug for us. Let him know we are being good I want a dirt bike, qiamonds and a gc as possible, but we still miss and love him cart. Your friend, very much . Also, we want everyone, especially family, Owen Davison friends and_ Grandma, not to cry but have · "Super Joy" this Christmas 2007 . Dear Santa, Bike , train track, In memoryofGrandpa, Christina, Isabella, Lily "Grace" Spiderm'!n dart ta g , Transformers, blasters , battleship . Dear Santa, I have been very good! My name is Gaven Simpkins and I have been very good. Please bring me some blocks Te"y Shaffer and teethers. and pleas bring my big brother, 8 years old Thanks For_ AGreat Season Merry · See You In The Spring! . -chri-s tmas • 2208 ·Jac ks.o n Ave. · Point Pleasant,WV 3 04-6 75-5427 .. Letters to Santa • Page 25 �. ' i. '. \ ' • Letters to Santa Page 24 • l~ I' Thursday~ Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I have been good this year. I I have been pretty good this year I am in the would like a Take-Along com- fourth grade and I'm doing good with my puter that teaches you differ- grades so far. I .would like to have a Wii to ent languages. May God share with my sister, a PSP gameboy, a speed bless you Santa Claus! - thing that can show how fast you throw, a Merry Christmas Santa! skateboard kit and a baseball that is signed by Love, all the best baseball players ever. Merry Emilee Wallace Christmas, Santa. I Love You, Brian Hurt Dear Santa, I have been a very good girr. Please bring me a Bratz laptop, one dog, Miopup, Dear Santa, Hannah Montana 2 CD, High School Musical2 What I want for Christmas is a dirt biek. CD, Hannah Montana necklace, Hannah .. Please Santa. Amy my sister wants a horse for Montana shirt, Zoe girls CD, Hannah Montana Christmas. A little horse. A daddy ho(se. A wig and clothes, and Hannah Montana shoes. mommy horse. Three horses. _Thank you very much, Bur we have two goats and one -pig, and we Love' have a COW And my sister wants the baby Kelsie GiUispie horse to be your friends, .Michal and a girl age 7 horse, Chelsie? _ MiChael Cochran I Thursday, December 20,2007 Dear Santa, My name is Gage Simpkins and I'm 3-1/2 years old.l have been a very good · boy this year. So could you please bring me Moon Sand, a camera, cash register and please bring my little brother, Gaven, some toys to chew on. Love; Gage Simpkins .P.S.I wiU leave some cookies and milk! Dear Santa, , I have been really good this year. I would like to have a Wii to share with . my brother, a Nintendo DS; skateboard and a doll and would you say Hi to everyone at the North Pole. I' m in the second grade. /love you, Savannah Hurt l)ecember 20, 2007 Gage, a camera, he has been very nice. Love, Gaven Simpkins Dear Santa, I have been really good this year. I have played and . shared with . my brother like I am supposed to. This year for Christttlas I would like a BB gun, army · men, video games, remote control Jeep, Spiderman 3 and hoodies. I will also take whatever else you bring. I will leave cookies and milk for you to snack on. f,.ove, Kameron Weaver Dear Santa, Dear Santa, , I want an I pod, dirt bike and HBK, We are the three. grandchildren of the best grandpa in tt,e w9rld. But, October 2006, our sma<;k down, W.S.Raw 2007. I have been good this year. grandpa, D. Paul Stinson, went home to be Your friend, with Jesus. Our Christmas of 2006 was a very Austin sad Chnstmas. All we want for Christmas is Grandpa to be . happy in Heaven. Send him a big kiss and a Dear Santa, hug for us. Let him know we are being good I want a dirt bike, qiamonds and a gc as possible, but we still miss and love him cart. Your friend, very much . Also, we want everyone, especially family, Owen Davison friends and_ Grandma, not to cry but have · "Super Joy" this Christmas 2007 . Dear Santa, Bike , train track, In memoryofGrandpa, Christina, Isabella, Lily "Grace" Spiderm'!n dart ta g , Transformers, blasters , battleship . Dear Santa, I have been very good! My name is Gaven Simpkins and I have been very good. Please bring me some blocks Te"y Shaffer and teethers. and pleas bring my big brother, 8 years old Thanks For_ AGreat Season Merry · See You In The Spring! . -chri-s tmas • 2208 ·Jac ks.o n Ave. · Point Pleasant,WV 3 04-6 75-5427 .. Letters to Santa • Page 25 �.. Thursday, December 20, 2007 •Pagf27 Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I want a long shot and some Yuiguo cards· and a p!lir of roller skates arid heelies .. Your friend, Jacob I'.S. • I have not had a detention so far this year. Dear Santa, I want an X-box 360, all Yuiguo cards, and a 5 foot trampoline, remote control monster truck, computer, diamond necklace, an I Pod, air hockey board and a bull dog. I'm good all year. Your friend, Aaron Dear Santa, I have been good this year. For Christmas I would like cars, trucks and tractors. I like to read books a lot. I'm sure I will like whatever you bring. I will be waiting on you on Christmas Eve. Love, . . Kollon Weaver Dear Santa, Letters to Santa Thursday, December 20, 2007 Letters to Santa .. Page 26 • • . I want a Playstatiol)~ I have been good. . Your friend, Malachi Hart Dear Santa, Students in my kindergarten class have tried to be very good this year, and I hope you can bring them these things for Christmas: Jason l(rouse wants a kids laptop computer, a fire truck and a remote control truck; Abby a Lo.ve, Love, Justin Ali Dear Santa, · Dear Santa, Sincerely, Mrs. Kendi Morris' Kindergarten class Beale Elementary School We have tried to •be very polite, helpful and thoughtful this year. If you are wondering what we would like for Christmas, here are a few suggestions: Desiree Bailes would like a little TV, Dora books and toys; Kayle Burris wishes for an Easy Bake oven, a doll baby and a big play Your friend, house; Tristan Pearson hopes you bring her a . Michal Cochran baby doll house, baby doll and a stuffed Dear Santa, · · · · ·· ' bunny;· · Colton Pearson is wishing for a Spiderman This year I want a Deago car .and computer, aT-Rex model that you get out of jeep for my brother, a remot~ control jeep. I also want some heehes and I rocks and put the bones together and Spy Pod and roller skates. I. would like a Dog; Bobby Kirby is wishing for a race car, a puppy at my. real Da~'s h?use. I baseball bat and a PlayStation 3; Noah haven't been m detention th1s year. De Weese hope you can bring him video · games, Dragon Ay and a helicopter; Gracie Your friend, Paul wishes for a Bratz · ice cream maker, a Kimberly Nintendo D.S. and an iPod; Tra Bryan really wants a PlayStation -3, Dear Santa, · Please bring me video games.· · Transformer and a Transformer bike; Kelsey Wymer . is hoping for a pink CD player, a Love, Baby Alive doll and a desk ; Maveric ~eely }ess!ca wishes for' a marble set, Thomas the Traut and puzzles; Dear Santa, · ' I want a Cinderella chair and ·Hunter Blain would like a play shot gun, a I want a dirt bike for Christmas and a 3 wheeler and a hockey board, too. Please get me these three things, Sa.nta. I have been good this year, Santa, so will you get these things for me this year. Please Santa. a ·o Mrs. Amy Elam Beale Elementary School Batman - laptop and PlayStation 2 games; Jacob Muncy hopes you can bring him an Xbox 360, a 410 shotgun and a bow; Mariah Jones wishes for a new bike, . move - Nemo and the Ice Age game; Syrus Cochran would really like to have a Spiderman Web Blaster, a Power Ranger helmet-and XbOx games; and Zoe Pearson hopes you can bring her a pair of cowboy boots and a cowboy hat and a teddy bear for her brother, Jacob. some Heelies and some Deago DVD's and an I Pod and a trampoline and a motorcycle and Please bring me video games a dirt bike and some diamonds and some and a bike. ·roller skates and a Playstation 1 and 2 arid Love, diary and a CD player, some make up ·and Dustin some brushes and some lotion and a MP3 player, oneJunch box and a Karaoke Machine . Dear Santa, I want a remote control and a Home theater system and a football a~d monster truck. Mom wants some hot wheels. This year I have been good. Your friend, some diamonds. My Maina Tanya wants a go cart. I want an I Pod. I want a Playstation 2. Dear9anta, I have been a very, very good boy. I never Please bring me a doll dog. have had a detention. Turner would like a bike, a MP3 player and a Dtar Santa, . GameBoy; Allison See hopes you can bring I want an I-Pod, scooter, her a new dress, a baby doll and Care Bears; roller skates, basketball,golf Ashlyn Nibert wants a Barbie house, a big cart and an MP-3 player. kitchen set and Dora Chutes and Ladders I also want a My Little game; Autumn Lambert really hopes to get a Pet Diary. I also want an big walking doll, a tea set and a Baby Alive Unuattack and shark that pees; . attack and Flippin Frogs Blake Towe is wishing for a train, football and I would like a black hat and a Aqua Doodle drawing set; Brittany and white dog. Long hopes you bring her a big doll house, a P.S. rainbow blanket and a yo-yo; Bryan Smith I have never had a would really like to get a pair of cowboy detention. I have been boots, a cowboy hat and a monster truck; CJ very good this Thornton wants his little sister, Katie, to be Christmas. born, a guitar and Cars video game; · Love your friend, HQIIQ Preslee Howard is hoping you bring her a train, kitchen set ~Al toy 1~ computer; Joseph Leport wail~ j Teenage.,MutaJit Ninja· Dear Salfta, Turtle motor bike, ·iCars ·Mega. t.fack ~~h For Christmas this year I want a bike, town and a Fisher Price camera; Josie . · scooter, Yuiguo cards, I Pod,- roller would really like Princess Throne, ~ the gl(ates, pool ta~le, CD player, knitting Semi an~ ~quakers; JuliaJ! <;ruz is. bopUlJ, .tQ. · s_ ticts, yam, skateboard, and heeti~s. get a film 4-wheeter, Nmtendo DS ana a · I have been good all week.·· Pirates of the Caribbean hand game; Your frienll, Kade Oliver wishes for Thomas and Percy's Mandy Swords carnival toy set, a remote control Thomas the Dear Santa, Train and ·a puppy; Klarissa-Plants hopes to get a cheerleader doll, a stroller and a kitchen · I want Heelies, a playstatiQn, ~ketball set; Nathan Conard really wants· a new bike, court, dirt bike, a go cart aiMh ~lineJ also want a pet bird and.I want a Littlest Pet Ben Ten toys and a tool set; . Peyton Hughes is wishing for a Don't Break Shop stuff. I have been good this year. Love, · the Ice game, Pokemon cards and a Brooklyn Spiderman Web Blaster; Shaya Robinson hopes you can bring her a Baby Alive, Dear Santa, Nintendo DS and SOJile new clothes; Wyatt Stanley would really like ·to get a skateboard, I want Heelies, Bratz stuff, a guitar and a rocket; and Lilly White is wish- and I Pod, a scooter, a diary, ing for a Bratz doll, .make-up and she hopes golf cart, basketball court that all kids get presents and that everyone and mllke-up. has a good Christmas. I have been gOod this year. Sincerely, Love, Katelyn Johnson Dear Santa, .. I have been good. · . I want lots of toys, like High School Musical stuff, Baby .Alive and Wiggles, makeup, a purse and an iPod. Love you, CareyWoyan Dear Santa, · , I want a cat and a baby alive. How are you1 reindeer? """" Youi' friend, Nilcole Beaver ..., Dear Santa, I want a TV and a cell phone, and a telephone too. How are your reindeers doing? Your friend, Abigail Darst ty son userving The Tri-county Area For Over 50 If You Have Greal Credit, · We Have GreatRales! Call Us At 675-4067 Yea~s,, . l~e,vu'e (..1Jor6arcr • ·t'nw~ ~oc6e.­ .c/l;c/c//e l..llorcg.1urn .c.A-rne~~on . •C/Iooc.-A . •e•••fMIII••Ibll a.U.eollil ' One Stop Shopping Store! nd Street 773-..5592 :Mason, 'W'V .........e•rson Blvd. • Point Pleasant, WV Delivery Through Christmas Eve ... .. ~ .. . . ' · • ,. .. • • I ' .. ; .. . . ; . . . .. . ' ~ :; .. • • 0 .. - • • • • . . . . - - • .. . . ~ .. . • �.. Thursday, December 20, 2007 •Pagf27 Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I want a long shot and some Yuiguo cards· and a p!lir of roller skates arid heelies .. Your friend, Jacob I'.S. • I have not had a detention so far this year. Dear Santa, I want an X-box 360, all Yuiguo cards, and a 5 foot trampoline, remote control monster truck, computer, diamond necklace, an I Pod, air hockey board and a bull dog. I'm good all year. Your friend, Aaron Dear Santa, I have been good this year. For Christmas I would like cars, trucks and tractors. I like to read books a lot. I'm sure I will like whatever you bring. I will be waiting on you on Christmas Eve. Love, . . Kollon Weaver Dear Santa, Letters to Santa Thursday, December 20, 2007 Letters to Santa .. Page 26 • • . I want a Playstatiol)~ I have been good. . Your friend, Malachi Hart Dear Santa, Students in my kindergarten class have tried to be very good this year, and I hope you can bring them these things for Christmas: Jason l(rouse wants a kids laptop computer, a fire truck and a remote control truck; Abby a Lo.ve, Love, Justin Ali Dear Santa, · Dear Santa, Sincerely, Mrs. Kendi Morris' Kindergarten class Beale Elementary School We have tried to •be very polite, helpful and thoughtful this year. If you are wondering what we would like for Christmas, here are a few suggestions: Desiree Bailes would like a little TV, Dora books and toys; Kayle Burris wishes for an Easy Bake oven, a doll baby and a big play Your friend, house; Tristan Pearson hopes you bring her a . Michal Cochran baby doll house, baby doll and a stuffed Dear Santa, · · · · ·· ' bunny;· · Colton Pearson is wishing for a Spiderman This year I want a Deago car .and computer, aT-Rex model that you get out of jeep for my brother, a remot~ control jeep. I also want some heehes and I rocks and put the bones together and Spy Pod and roller skates. I. would like a Dog; Bobby Kirby is wishing for a race car, a puppy at my. real Da~'s h?use. I baseball bat and a PlayStation 3; Noah haven't been m detention th1s year. De Weese hope you can bring him video · games, Dragon Ay and a helicopter; Gracie Your friend, Paul wishes for a Bratz · ice cream maker, a Kimberly Nintendo D.S. and an iPod; Tra Bryan really wants a PlayStation -3, Dear Santa, · Please bring me video games.· · Transformer and a Transformer bike; Kelsey Wymer . is hoping for a pink CD player, a Love, Baby Alive doll and a desk ; Maveric ~eely }ess!ca wishes for' a marble set, Thomas the Traut and puzzles; Dear Santa, · ' I want a Cinderella chair and ·Hunter Blain would like a play shot gun, a I want a dirt bike for Christmas and a 3 wheeler and a hockey board, too. Please get me these three things, Sa.nta. I have been good this year, Santa, so will you get these things for me this year. Please Santa. a ·o Mrs. Amy Elam Beale Elementary School Batman - laptop and PlayStation 2 games; Jacob Muncy hopes you can bring him an Xbox 360, a 410 shotgun and a bow; Mariah Jones wishes for a new bike, . move - Nemo and the Ice Age game; Syrus Cochran would really like to have a Spiderman Web Blaster, a Power Ranger helmet-and XbOx games; and Zoe Pearson hopes you can bring her a pair of cowboy boots and a cowboy hat and a teddy bear for her brother, Jacob. some Heelies and some Deago DVD's and an I Pod and a trampoline and a motorcycle and Please bring me video games a dirt bike and some diamonds and some and a bike. ·roller skates and a Playstation 1 and 2 arid Love, diary and a CD player, some make up ·and Dustin some brushes and some lotion and a MP3 player, oneJunch box and a Karaoke Machine . Dear Santa, I want a remote control and a Home theater system and a football a~d monster truck. Mom wants some hot wheels. This year I have been good. Your friend, some diamonds. My Maina Tanya wants a go cart. I want an I Pod. I want a Playstation 2. Dear9anta, I have been a very, very good boy. I never Please bring me a doll dog. have had a detention. Turner would like a bike, a MP3 player and a Dtar Santa, . GameBoy; Allison See hopes you can bring I want an I-Pod, scooter, her a new dress, a baby doll and Care Bears; roller skates, basketball,golf Ashlyn Nibert wants a Barbie house, a big cart and an MP-3 player. kitchen set and Dora Chutes and Ladders I also want a My Little game; Autumn Lambert really hopes to get a Pet Diary. I also want an big walking doll, a tea set and a Baby Alive Unuattack and shark that pees; . attack and Flippin Frogs Blake Towe is wishing for a train, football and I would like a black hat and a Aqua Doodle drawing set; Brittany and white dog. Long hopes you bring her a big doll house, a P.S. rainbow blanket and a yo-yo; Bryan Smith I have never had a would really like to get a pair of cowboy detention. I have been boots, a cowboy hat and a monster truck; CJ very good this Thornton wants his little sister, Katie, to be Christmas. born, a guitar and Cars video game; · Love your friend, HQIIQ Preslee Howard is hoping you bring her a train, kitchen set ~Al toy 1~ computer; Joseph Leport wail~ j Teenage.,MutaJit Ninja· Dear Salfta, Turtle motor bike, ·iCars ·Mega. t.fack ~~h For Christmas this year I want a bike, town and a Fisher Price camera; Josie . · scooter, Yuiguo cards, I Pod,- roller would really like Princess Throne, ~ the gl(ates, pool ta~le, CD player, knitting Semi an~ ~quakers; JuliaJ! <;ruz is. bopUlJ, .tQ. · s_ ticts, yam, skateboard, and heeti~s. get a film 4-wheeter, Nmtendo DS ana a · I have been good all week.·· Pirates of the Caribbean hand game; Your frienll, Kade Oliver wishes for Thomas and Percy's Mandy Swords carnival toy set, a remote control Thomas the Dear Santa, Train and ·a puppy; Klarissa-Plants hopes to get a cheerleader doll, a stroller and a kitchen · I want Heelies, a playstatiQn, ~ketball set; Nathan Conard really wants· a new bike, court, dirt bike, a go cart aiMh ~lineJ also want a pet bird and.I want a Littlest Pet Ben Ten toys and a tool set; . Peyton Hughes is wishing for a Don't Break Shop stuff. I have been good this year. Love, · the Ice game, Pokemon cards and a Brooklyn Spiderman Web Blaster; Shaya Robinson hopes you can bring her a Baby Alive, Dear Santa, Nintendo DS and SOJile new clothes; Wyatt Stanley would really like ·to get a skateboard, I want Heelies, Bratz stuff, a guitar and a rocket; and Lilly White is wish- and I Pod, a scooter, a diary, ing for a Bratz doll, .make-up and she hopes golf cart, basketball court that all kids get presents and that everyone and mllke-up. has a good Christmas. I have been gOod this year. Sincerely, Love, Katelyn Johnson Dear Santa, .. I have been good. · . I want lots of toys, like High School Musical stuff, Baby .Alive and Wiggles, makeup, a purse and an iPod. Love you, CareyWoyan Dear Santa, · , I want a cat and a baby alive. How are you1 reindeer? """" Youi' friend, Nilcole Beaver ..., Dear Santa, I want a TV and a cell phone, and a telephone too. How are your reindeers doing? Your friend, Abigail Darst ty son userving The Tri-county Area For Over 50 If You Have Greal Credit, · We Have GreatRales! Call Us At 675-4067 Yea~s,, . l~e,vu'e (..1Jor6arcr • ·t'nw~ ~oc6e.­ .c/l;c/c//e l..llorcg.1urn .c.A-rne~~on . •C/Iooc.-A . •e•••fMIII••Ibll a.U.eollil ' One Stop Shopping Store! nd Street 773-..5592 :Mason, 'W'V .........e•rson Blvd. • Point Pleasant, WV Delivery Through Christmas Eve ... .. ~ .. . . ' · • ,. .. • • I ' .. ; .. . . ; . . . .. . ' ~ :; .. • • 0 .. - • • • • . . . . - - • .. . . ~ .. . • �Thursday, Det:ember 20, 2007 • Page 29 Letters to Santa · --~------~------------------------------------------------· - Dear Santa, · · · 3. How are your reindeer, Santa? How are Dear Santa, I want a bike for Christmas you? How is Mrs. Claus? How are you? I want a baby. I want real and a Polly Pocket, jet, and Your friend, makeup and three purses. I Peyton Casteel Bratz. I am going to give the love you so much and you reindeer some celery. Oh! love me . How are your And I want baby born. I Dear Santa, .reindeers? I miss you very. believe in you! I want a terminator, arctic go cat, a gas pow- much. I love you. · · Your friend, ered truck, more trucks and a lot of army men. Your frined, Sarah Haskins Your friend, Ivy Sheets Michael Todd Grover Dear Mr. C, Dear Santa, I have been a good girl this year. Dear Santa, My name is Triston I want the boy Baby Alive on TV, Moon I have been good in school and a little bad Bayleigh McCoy. I am 5 Sand, pens, an iPod and maybe some makeup at home. I wear size 7 and 8 in pants and shirt. years old and I've been because my sister will not share and whatev- What · I would like for Christmas is really good. So can you er else you want to give me. Transformers the movie, Spin City racetrack, bring me a puppy and a Love you, X-Box 360, Wii, Playstation 2 and 3, and old- · baby doll, and I'll leave HaleyWoyan fashioned Hot Wheels. you cookies and milk. Your friend, Love, Dear Santa, Charles Cremeans Triston McCoy Please bring me a video game. ' KodyHollis Dear Santa, Dear Santa, _ I would like a four wheeler and a cell I would like an X-Box 360,.a Gameboy Dear Santa, phone and a bicycle and a guitar and a horse and a racetracl\ with two cars. How are I want my family to get better. I want and a dolphin and a toy car and a watch and your reindeer? How are you? a couple ·more video please. Is Rudolph a swing and a computer and a radio and _ Your friend, going to fly on Christmas? some pants and a Playstation 3 and an XLucas Bremner Your friend, Box and some Bratz clothes and a Game CJ Mayse Boy2. Dear Santa, Your friend, I'd like a 4-10 shotgun, a race Cl;lf track, a Dear Santa, Sara McGuire DS game called Zelda Phantom Hourglass Please bring me an American Flag and a game also called dears of War, but the and a PSP. . Dear·Santa, most wonderful present you can give me i~ I want a Barbie horse and a DS Lite and a my family. Tell your elves and ~ Ba"ett, mermaid. Age8 your reindeer I said hi. ....., Your friend, Love, Breanna Rose Montgomery Dear Santa, , . Colton Bowers I would like a PSP game and lots of candy. Dear Santa, Dear Santa, Your friend, · I love you and you love me. I want a body . Please bring me a nice Jeffrey Sheets ball and I want a car too. I love you. I also baby dolL 1 really Jove wa~:~t a snowmask. , •you. Dear Santa, Your friend, Your friend, I want a bike and a Playstation Shaylee Rose Angela Ellis · Dear Santa, · -milk. There is some more stuff in the fridge if Hardy, lap top, mp 3 player, a shotgun, Xbox 360, a camo I would like. a remote control ·you like Jello. Jeep and also a new pair of , Are you growing out Of your big red suit Gibson sg, Zelda phantom shoes. Merry Christmas and . yet? I'll buy you a new one. How are your hourglass, A link fathead, a trampoline and a phone. happy new year. · · · reindeers doing? Especially Rudolph. How is Mrs, Clause doing? Your friend, · Your Friend, How have your reindeer Hank Queen Alexis Kiser . P.S. I hope you have a good Chnstmas; been doing? Love, · Dear Santa, - There is a picture of you on the tree; I think David Mullins I wish I had a new bike for I can name all of your reindeer - Cupid, Christmas. i wish I had some Comet, Donner, Dancer, Prancer and Dear Santa, new clothes for Christmas. I wish I had Rudolph. I hope your reindeer are ready. I have been good this a remote control Jeep for Christmas. Hope your sled works. year. I'm not doing good Your friend, in math, but I'm good in Dear Santa, Anthony Ferguson art. This is what I want for This year I have been as good as an angel on top of a Christmas tree. How do your reindeer Christmas. I want a remote Dear Santa, fly? For Christmas I would like a lap top, a control Jeep. I want a iPod and I want it. I want a remote control truck. cell phone, and a camera car. I would like any to be blue. I want a big flat screen TV to Your friend, gift for Christmas as long as I get something go on my wall. I want my buck to go on TylerDion good. I think that I will not get any of these. my wall too. I wanted tickets to an AC/DC concert. I want my cousin Your friend, · Dear Santa, . to take me to the mall. Clayton Brandy Gilbert I want and MP3 player for Christmas. Your friend, I want a guitar for Christmas. I want a Garret Evans Dear Santa, dirt bike for Christmas. I would like new clothes for school. Happy Your friend, · Dear Santa; Chnstmas. Harley Thompson I have been very good this year. I wish I Your friend, could come to the North Pole and 'see you. Joey Swords Dear Santa, O.K., now I want to tell you what I want for I would like a Bratz Doll and new Chtjstmas. First I want a laptop. Next I want Dear Santa, Jeans. I want to come to the North Pole so I can pet a mansion. Then I want a computer and last I P. Gaskin your reindeer. I want to see your elves too. want a radio. Thank you, Santa ean you get me a nice blue and black · . Dear Santa, . Your I would like a My Little Pony red bike with flames on it? I want a good TV · · Tylerfriend, Reid Mayne so I can play my games on it. I want a real and a baby doll. dart board with six darts. I want a BB Pellet Love, Dear Santa, Rifle. I want some cars and a big semi. Isabella Cochran I would like a ps light Your friend, for Christmas. Is Rudolph Brian Lambert - Dear Santa, , real? I will leave cookies · I· have been really good. I and milk for you. Dear Santa, . would like if you'd bring a baby Your friend, I have been good this year. · doll set. I bought y~u a prese!lt. Buford What I want for Christmas is.a Wii, OS, Jeff We laid some cookies out w1th Letters to Santa Page 28 • • .. Thursday, December 20, 2007 • • '1 . ' Nationally Certified Tax-Preparers. ·FREE electr~c Flllng W/pald tax preparation • Courteous, personalized customer service · • Professionals who know all the tax law changes • ... Chesape~e 407 Third Chesapeake, OH 740-867-8022 Gallipolis Pomeroy Proctorville Pt. Pleasant 1828 Eastern Ave. Gallipolis, OH 224 1/2 Main St. Pomeroy, OH 7429 Co. Rd. 107 Proctorville, OH 740-446-8178 740-992-9355 740-886-8413 328 Main St. ~. Pleasant, WV 304-675-40~0 or call toll free 1-800-234-1040 ·Offices are indleo·enc:lel'11tly owned & operated -~~~-­ ·· -:-~- ~-· OHIO . 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Dear Santa, My name is Triston I want the boy Baby Alive on TV, Moon I have been good in school and a little bad Bayleigh McCoy. I am 5 Sand, pens, an iPod and maybe some makeup at home. I wear size 7 and 8 in pants and shirt. years old and I've been because my sister will not share and whatev- What · I would like for Christmas is really good. So can you er else you want to give me. Transformers the movie, Spin City racetrack, bring me a puppy and a Love you, X-Box 360, Wii, Playstation 2 and 3, and old- · baby doll, and I'll leave HaleyWoyan fashioned Hot Wheels. you cookies and milk. Your friend, Love, Dear Santa, Charles Cremeans Triston McCoy Please bring me a video game. ' KodyHollis Dear Santa, Dear Santa, _ I would like a four wheeler and a cell I would like an X-Box 360,.a Gameboy Dear Santa, phone and a bicycle and a guitar and a horse and a racetracl\ with two cars. How are I want my family to get better. I want and a dolphin and a toy car and a watch and your reindeer? How are you? a couple ·more video please. Is Rudolph a swing and a computer and a radio and _ Your friend, going to fly on Christmas? some pants and a Playstation 3 and an XLucas Bremner Your friend, Box and some Bratz clothes and a Game CJ Mayse Boy2. Dear Santa, Your friend, I'd like a 4-10 shotgun, a race Cl;lf track, a Dear Santa, Sara McGuire DS game called Zelda Phantom Hourglass Please bring me an American Flag and a game also called dears of War, but the and a PSP. . Dear·Santa, most wonderful present you can give me i~ I want a Barbie horse and a DS Lite and a my family. Tell your elves and ~ Ba"ett, mermaid. Age8 your reindeer I said hi. ....., Your friend, Love, Breanna Rose Montgomery Dear Santa, , . Colton Bowers I would like a PSP game and lots of candy. Dear Santa, Dear Santa, Your friend, · I love you and you love me. I want a body . Please bring me a nice Jeffrey Sheets ball and I want a car too. I love you. I also baby dolL 1 really Jove wa~:~t a snowmask. , •you. Dear Santa, Your friend, Your friend, I want a bike and a Playstation Shaylee Rose Angela Ellis · Dear Santa, · -milk. There is some more stuff in the fridge if Hardy, lap top, mp 3 player, a shotgun, Xbox 360, a camo I would like. a remote control ·you like Jello. Jeep and also a new pair of , Are you growing out Of your big red suit Gibson sg, Zelda phantom shoes. Merry Christmas and . yet? I'll buy you a new one. How are your hourglass, A link fathead, a trampoline and a phone. happy new year. · · · reindeers doing? Especially Rudolph. How is Mrs, Clause doing? Your friend, · Your Friend, How have your reindeer Hank Queen Alexis Kiser . P.S. I hope you have a good Chnstmas; been doing? Love, · Dear Santa, - There is a picture of you on the tree; I think David Mullins I wish I had a new bike for I can name all of your reindeer - Cupid, Christmas. i wish I had some Comet, Donner, Dancer, Prancer and Dear Santa, new clothes for Christmas. I wish I had Rudolph. I hope your reindeer are ready. I have been good this a remote control Jeep for Christmas. Hope your sled works. year. I'm not doing good Your friend, in math, but I'm good in Dear Santa, Anthony Ferguson art. This is what I want for This year I have been as good as an angel on top of a Christmas tree. How do your reindeer Christmas. I want a remote Dear Santa, fly? For Christmas I would like a lap top, a control Jeep. I want a iPod and I want it. I want a remote control truck. cell phone, and a camera car. I would like any to be blue. I want a big flat screen TV to Your friend, gift for Christmas as long as I get something go on my wall. I want my buck to go on TylerDion good. I think that I will not get any of these. my wall too. I wanted tickets to an AC/DC concert. I want my cousin Your friend, · Dear Santa, . to take me to the mall. Clayton Brandy Gilbert I want and MP3 player for Christmas. Your friend, I want a guitar for Christmas. I want a Garret Evans Dear Santa, dirt bike for Christmas. I would like new clothes for school. Happy Your friend, · Dear Santa; Chnstmas. Harley Thompson I have been very good this year. I wish I Your friend, could come to the North Pole and 'see you. Joey Swords Dear Santa, O.K., now I want to tell you what I want for I would like a Bratz Doll and new Chtjstmas. First I want a laptop. Next I want Dear Santa, Jeans. I want to come to the North Pole so I can pet a mansion. Then I want a computer and last I P. Gaskin your reindeer. I want to see your elves too. want a radio. Thank you, Santa ean you get me a nice blue and black · . Dear Santa, . Your I would like a My Little Pony red bike with flames on it? I want a good TV · · Tylerfriend, Reid Mayne so I can play my games on it. I want a real and a baby doll. dart board with six darts. I want a BB Pellet Love, Dear Santa, Rifle. I want some cars and a big semi. Isabella Cochran I would like a ps light Your friend, for Christmas. Is Rudolph Brian Lambert - Dear Santa, , real? I will leave cookies · I· have been really good. I and milk for you. Dear Santa, . would like if you'd bring a baby Your friend, I have been good this year. · doll set. I bought y~u a prese!lt. Buford What I want for Christmas is.a Wii, OS, Jeff We laid some cookies out w1th Letters to Santa Page 28 • • .. Thursday, December 20, 2007 • • '1 . ' Nationally Certified Tax-Preparers. ·FREE electr~c Flllng W/pald tax preparation • Courteous, personalized customer service · • Professionals who know all the tax law changes • ... Chesape~e 407 Third Chesapeake, OH 740-867-8022 Gallipolis Pomeroy Proctorville Pt. Pleasant 1828 Eastern Ave. Gallipolis, OH 224 1/2 Main St. Pomeroy, OH 7429 Co. Rd. 107 Proctorville, OH 740-446-8178 740-992-9355 740-886-8413 328 Main St. ~. Pleasant, WV 304-675-40~0 or call toll free 1-800-234-1040 ·Offices are indleo·enc:lel'11tly owned & operated -~~~-­ ·· -:-~- ~-· OHIO . VALLEY BANK OV A Lasting Trust with· our Community! www.ovbc.com . �Letters to Santa Page30 • ·Dear Santa, I have been good this year. I have been good in class and the whole school. Can I have a pet dog. My sister has a pet snake actually me and hers. My Christmas is going to be fun. I went to a Christmas dinner at my church. on Saturday. I love Christmas. I went to Crodail Park. I went to the farm museum. I love Christmas. Love, Branton Burd Dear Santa, I have been good this year and here's what I want for Christmas. I want clothes and a CD player with headphones and a Hannah Montana disc. I love Christmas. · Thank you Santa Claus. Love, Summer MuUins ' .. Dear Santa, How are you doing? How are the reindeer? All I want for Christmas is a Black DS, Pokemon diamond and my pup Thumper. Your Friend, • Casey Yeauger P.S. All I want the most is Thumper. Tell everybody that I said Merry Christmas. Dear Santa, Do you really live at the North Pole? Have you been really busy? I was wondering if you're not busy if you will get my mom something pretty? My mom might not get anything by cards. I've been very good. So what I Thursday, December 20, 2007 want for Christmas is a squawker mcaw,jewelry, clothes and a happy new year! Merry Christmas! · Thank you, Dayna Nance. this year. I would also love a bike and an electric blanket like my Mom and Dad have. Thank you for all you do! Love, Austin Joseph Neekamp AgelO Dear Santa, I want a cd player with all the cds. I want a . gaine system with all the games . I want all the DearHoHo! toys of the world. How are you? I hope Your friend, you are having a great Jared Simpson time this Christmas. My P.S. Let it snow this December. Mommy is helping me to get you a good snack Dear Santa, ready for Christmas Eve. Thank you for all the presents you have I am also going to bake given me. How are you and Mrs Claus doing? Baby Jesus something on I like the presents you gave me last year. May Christmas Eve because it is his birthI hav~ a spy car? It is so cool. You ca~, spy on day. I wan~ed to tell you 3 things I wantpeople! You no what else I want? I want a pic- ed for Chnstmas. First I would like nin-· ture of a butterfly. And please can I have a tendo OS with a Hannah Montana game. computer game. And I like art, so may I I wmdd also like a Hannah Montana doll please have some art things. or a Baby Alive Doll. My other present I Love, want is a Pet Diary. I wish everyone at the Jessi Steele North Pole a Merry Christmas. Love . Dear Santa, · -· Emilee Nicole Neekamp I hope you had fun with the elves. I miss 6 years old you. I have been good. All I want is a Wii and a Hannah Montana game. If that's too hard, I Dear Santa, want a couple of movies. There are only 15 I would like a pup for. Christmas. Is,Rudolph more days till Christmas'. · · ~eal? How do you deliver all your presents in Love, JUSt one night. I will leave cookies and milk f01 Sydney Little you. How do the reindeer fly. · P.S.I hope you love me and bring me preYour friend, sents . . Joseph Dear Santa, I have been very good this year: I wish I could come to the North Pole and see the workshop and the elves make toys. OK, now I want to tell you what I want for Christmas. First ·I want a Nintendo DS, a Lap t~p that is pink and lime green, Moon sand, tub n color Blendy pens, a jump rope, a hula hoop, a big bratz blow up Dear Santa, I would like a flat screen TV chair, a makeup set in a big rectangle for Christmas. How do the rein- case and I want a littlest pet shop digital pet diary. deer fly? Love, · .. Your friend, Katelynn Caldwell Seth Flinner Dear Santa, I would like a PS light for Christmas. How do you deliver all your presents iri just one night. Your friend, Caleb Dear Santa, . Dear Santa, · I would like a perI would like a foOtball for Christmas. I would doll for leave a glass of milk and some cookies. I live son in Gallipolis,. Ohio. How do you deliver all Christmas . . Your friend, yOW' presents in just ·one night? How do the .reindeerjly.? Cheyenne Your friend, Ia DearHoHo! Dear Santa, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I would like a dog for My Mom is helping my sister Emilee and me Christmas . How do you to get ready for the big night and give you and deliver all your presents the reindeer a~d good snack. We also · are in just one evening. making something for Baby Jesus. I really Your friend, want a PSP with some games for Christmas Courtney N~ WANT TO SAVE GAS MONEY? Check out our Mall brands Lots of Christmas sweaters, vests, dresses & kid's items ' Great Gift Ideas Designer purses • Scarves • Gloves • Sweaters • Lots more ER 330 2nd Ave. (Across from the park) Gallipolis, OH 441·9340 Mon-Sat. 11-6 . Lette.r s to Santa Thursday, December 20, 2007 Insurance Services 214 E. Main S~reet ·Pomeroy, Ohio ·. .r··· . • Page31 �Letters to Santa Page30 • ·Dear Santa, I have been good this year. I have been good in class and the whole school. Can I have a pet dog. My sister has a pet snake actually me and hers. My Christmas is going to be fun. I went to a Christmas dinner at my church. on Saturday. I love Christmas. I went to Crodail Park. I went to the farm museum. I love Christmas. Love, Branton Burd Dear Santa, I have been good this year and here's what I want for Christmas. I want clothes and a CD player with headphones and a Hannah Montana disc. I love Christmas. · Thank you Santa Claus. Love, Summer MuUins ' .. Dear Santa, How are you doing? How are the reindeer? All I want for Christmas is a Black DS, Pokemon diamond and my pup Thumper. Your Friend, • Casey Yeauger P.S. All I want the most is Thumper. Tell everybody that I said Merry Christmas. Dear Santa, Do you really live at the North Pole? Have you been really busy? I was wondering if you're not busy if you will get my mom something pretty? My mom might not get anything by cards. I've been very good. So what I Thursday, December 20, 2007 want for Christmas is a squawker mcaw,jewelry, clothes and a happy new year! Merry Christmas! · Thank you, Dayna Nance. this year. I would also love a bike and an electric blanket like my Mom and Dad have. Thank you for all you do! Love, Austin Joseph Neekamp AgelO Dear Santa, I want a cd player with all the cds. I want a . gaine system with all the games . I want all the DearHoHo! toys of the world. How are you? I hope Your friend, you are having a great Jared Simpson time this Christmas. My P.S. Let it snow this December. Mommy is helping me to get you a good snack Dear Santa, ready for Christmas Eve. Thank you for all the presents you have I am also going to bake given me. How are you and Mrs Claus doing? Baby Jesus something on I like the presents you gave me last year. May Christmas Eve because it is his birthI hav~ a spy car? It is so cool. You ca~, spy on day. I wan~ed to tell you 3 things I wantpeople! You no what else I want? I want a pic- ed for Chnstmas. First I would like nin-· ture of a butterfly. And please can I have a tendo OS with a Hannah Montana game. computer game. And I like art, so may I I wmdd also like a Hannah Montana doll please have some art things. or a Baby Alive Doll. My other present I Love, want is a Pet Diary. I wish everyone at the Jessi Steele North Pole a Merry Christmas. Love . Dear Santa, · -· Emilee Nicole Neekamp I hope you had fun with the elves. I miss 6 years old you. I have been good. All I want is a Wii and a Hannah Montana game. If that's too hard, I Dear Santa, want a couple of movies. There are only 15 I would like a pup for. Christmas. Is,Rudolph more days till Christmas'. · · ~eal? How do you deliver all your presents in Love, JUSt one night. I will leave cookies and milk f01 Sydney Little you. How do the reindeer fly. · P.S.I hope you love me and bring me preYour friend, sents . . Joseph Dear Santa, I have been very good this year: I wish I could come to the North Pole and see the workshop and the elves make toys. OK, now I want to tell you what I want for Christmas. First ·I want a Nintendo DS, a Lap t~p that is pink and lime green, Moon sand, tub n color Blendy pens, a jump rope, a hula hoop, a big bratz blow up Dear Santa, I would like a flat screen TV chair, a makeup set in a big rectangle for Christmas. How do the rein- case and I want a littlest pet shop digital pet diary. deer fly? Love, · .. Your friend, Katelynn Caldwell Seth Flinner Dear Santa, I would like a PS light for Christmas. How do you deliver all your presents iri just one night. Your friend, Caleb Dear Santa, . Dear Santa, · I would like a perI would like a foOtball for Christmas. I would doll for leave a glass of milk and some cookies. I live son in Gallipolis,. Ohio. How do you deliver all Christmas . . Your friend, yOW' presents in just ·one night? How do the .reindeerjly.? Cheyenne Your friend, Ia DearHoHo! Dear Santa, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I would like a dog for My Mom is helping my sister Emilee and me Christmas . How do you to get ready for the big night and give you and deliver all your presents the reindeer a~d good snack. We also · are in just one evening. making something for Baby Jesus. I really Your friend, want a PSP with some games for Christmas Courtney N~ WANT TO SAVE GAS MONEY? Check out our Mall brands Lots of Christmas sweaters, vests, dresses & kid's items ' Great Gift Ideas Designer purses • Scarves • Gloves • Sweaters • Lots more ER 330 2nd Ave. (Across from the park) Gallipolis, OH 441·9340 Mon-Sat. 11-6 . Lette.r s to Santa Thursday, December 20, 2007 Insurance Services 214 E. Main S~reet ·Pomeroy, Ohio ·. .r··· . • Page31 �.ast Minute Shopping Ideas holiday gift guide inside today's Sentinel I • Middleport • Pomeroy; Ohio :; o l'l .:--:TS • \' o I. ;;-. :-.1 o . 1o ; FIUIJ \\ , I H .C l•, i\ I B 1: R . '"'" .m) d:o il} ,cnt i n<·L<·om :! I , :!011';' . Rentech still studying Great Bend site for plant SPORTS : • Lady Eagles soar · past Miller. See Page 81 BY BRiAN J. REED BREEO@MYOAil:.YSENTINEL.COM ,, GREAT BEND - The company eyeing a Great · Bend site as a possible location for a plant that would conven coal into fuel is performing site work and still considering a plant here. Colorado-based Rentech, Inc. is a company that owns and licenses chemical processes that gasify coal and turn it into fuel, chemi cals and polymers. Since June, the company has held an option on a 400-acre site in Lebanon Township. The site is privately owned and was once markeled as a potential site for the U.S , Department of Energy's FutureGen projecl, but was ultimalely rejected for that purpose . The FutureGen site is now going to be located in Illinois. Meigs County Economic Development Director Perry Varnadoe said Rentech officials are now concentrating on the construction of a plant in New Mexico, but said site work The process involves barrels of fuel per day. is now underway, including sequestration, or underThe fac ility would use a core drilling to determine if ground release, and some combination of local coal, lhe Great Bend site would of the carbon dioxide can if available. and coal be suitable for the compa- be sold to companies that delivered to the site by ny's process. use it, such as fertilizer river barge. The company's technolo- manufacturers and soft · The Ohio Department of gy can conven coal, natural drink bottlers. Development awarded gas or even municipal solid The company estimates Rentech with a $250,000 waste into very clean, that construction of the grant to compte a feasibility biodegradable fuels, includ- . facility would involve an study for the site . The study ing ultra-low sulfur and investment of $3 billion, is expected to be completed transportation fuels. Other and a workforce of I ,500 to early in the new year, and products available from the build. It would employ will include a eonceptual process include waxes, feed about 250 people once design of the facility, envistock, and synthetic lubri- operational, and·would pro- ronmental permits and a cant base stock. duce an estimated 25,00() market analysis. Levies filed for March'o8 • pnmary BY BRIAN.J. REED BREEO@MVOAILY SENTINEL.COM 0BITUARIFS . Page 31•· . . . ... ' ~ .. ., -~tL8Uers...to.Sam,ta-· . . Thursday, December 20,2.007 . • TJ:liTlmy Chilcote, 31 • Henry Gibbs, 85 • Cora Wolfe, so INSIDE .... Meigs County .:~hurch Christmas See Page A2 ..services. Rev. O'Bryant . : I( . . ~ ;tetiring from ministry. --: See Page A3 . ··~• Christmas cantata. See Page A3 : ~ Why this motorcycle . had a special purpose. .See Page A5 · •. Students receive bett !-J>romotions in martial :ttrts: See Page A12 •I ' · . '. • ••• WEATIIER ,•••.. ,.". ~~ POMEROY Two county-wide tax proposals and three local tax issues have been filed for placement on the March, 2008 primary ballot. · Thursday was the deadline for local issues to appear on the primary ballot. ' Last week, Meigs County Commissioners authorized .. ~.......... ~· "··~···: .,...__,·IH the 1'la~ertiellrtlf'lf1':'1 ' fllill levy for the Meigs County Council on ·Aging, which will replace a one-mill levy now being collected. The levy would generate an estimated $293,060 per year, and will be used for direct services to senior citizens. It is a five-mill levy request. Commissioners also authorized a renewal levy ' Beth . .,.Ill/photO for the Meigs County Board Volunteers with the Meigs Cooperative Parish distributed over 700 bags of groceries this week for its Christmas giveaway. of Mental Retardation and Pictured (from left) are volunteers Dave Carter, Father Walter Heinz, Tom Ball, Roger Watson, Jim Fry, Pat Vaughan and Developmental Disabilities. honorary volunteer Shaggy.' The two-mill renewal levy would generate an estimated $486.358 for five years. The levy's proceeds would benefit pre-school. schoolBY BETH SERGENT received a bag of groceries. stocked at least until February and she aged and adult clients of the BSERGENTIIIMYOAILYSENTINEL.COM According to lenni Dunham of the anticipates a surge in clients next Carleton School and Meigs parish, each bag contained a box of nionth because of the financial crunch Industries. POMEROY - Although hunger {lCr- Jello, cereaL crackers, six-pack ramen Christmas ·presents for many families . Three other levies were sists year round in Mei~s County, It is noodles, instant potatoes, green beans, The parish relies on donations from filed before yesterday 's especially acute at Christmas and this com, peas, fruit, chicken noodle and churches, individua,ls, businesses year, as in years past, the Meigs County vegetable soups, peanut butter and organizations, etc. to keep the pantry, deadline: a two-mill , fiveCooperative Pansh stepped up to help macaroni and · cheese. Families · also which is inside the Mulberry year levy for police protection in Syracuse Village, a organize a Christmas food giveaway. recdved a ·Christmas ham. Community Center, stocked. This year renewal of a one-mill, five This year the giveaway is already Dunham said the number of gro- an anonymous donor once again well on its way to distributing 800 bags ceries distributed is up from last year's matched two $500 donations, one year levy for fire protection of groceries with the bulk of them giveaway reflecting a :need that only made from Powell's Food Fair and the m Rutland Township, and a gi"ven away on Wednesday and ,continues to grow. She added that peo- other from Save-A-Lot of Pomeroy. Pluse see Levies, AJ Thursday of this week. On those two ple in the community have been very Even as the giveaway went on this days tile parish organized a pick up sys'- generous donating to the parish's food week, clients not ·scheduled to receive tem outside the Mulberry Community pantry but that grpwing need was out- the groceries were arriving to ask for Center where volunteers passed out the weighing what :Was donated. Still, help, demonstrating the need that bags of groceries. Each family member Dunham feels the pantry is well never goes away. Remembering the hungry at Christmas God's NET plays Santa BY BETH SERCIENT BSERGENTC>MYOAILYSENTINELCOM POMEROY - ~eigs County. This week God's NET has been aying Santa by distributing toys to 206 children in 2 SEcnONS - 24 PAGES .'\nnie's Mailbox A2 Calendars AS Classifieds AS-10 Comics Au f:ditorials A4 ' Faith . • Values As-7 .. A3 A3 Movies Obituaries Spol'tll B Section . Weather A12 © •007 Ohio Valley Publliohllig Co. l ' ; ~ ' •' Beth sercont/ photo God's NET volunteers (from left) Ro semary Vance, Barbara Smith and Paula Fink are three of many volunteers that helped with this year's toy giveaway that helped 206 children. • Dee Rader, coordinator at God's NET, said this year has been particularly busy with receiving giveaway applications that only continued to grow as the Christmas season wore on. Rader said God's NET distributed toys .to children that had not been to "any other organization for help. This year, as in years past, God's NET relied on donations from the community, individuals, businesses and churches to provide donations to purchase the toys which were given out over a two day period this week at the Mulberry Community Center. Several toys were collected at the Pomeroy Dollar General Store this year. In addition, union tradesmen at American Electric Power's John Amos Plant took up donations to provide . 45 bicycles for children of all shapes and sizes. Of course, these are just two of countless more stories that helped the giveaway happen again this year. Rader said once again volunteers took four days to actulilly son and W(ap the gifts which started last week and culminated in the giveaway this week. S'till, despite the applications being ftlled out and the paperwork that went along with the event, God's NET was receiving even more calls for help as the countdown to Christmas goes into its final days. Remembering ·those living in nursing homes. BY CHARLENE HOEFliCH HOEFLICHIIIMYQAILYSENTINELCOM POMEROY Many Bend area residents are · 11 f Th respondmg to.a ca rom e Ohw Department of Aging for those of us who are well and )Jealthy to visit local nursing homes during thi s holiday season as a'show of concern and compassion for those tess fortunate . This is the second year Ohio has observed "Visit a Nursing Home Week" and Barbara E. Riley, director of the Department of Aging, is again asking everyone to slow down and take a little time to give those in nursing homes an opportunity to connect wi th the world around them and know that they are valued and loved. She said that nearly 1.000 facilities statewide provide 'services 10 an estimated 84,000 residents . 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