http://66.213.69.5/files/original/fc7a28aaeaf9f3573eee625ce3c3543a.pdf 8707452739893e59b8a5adfff06026ea PDF Text Text Page 86 • The Dally Sentinel www.mydallysentlnel.com Dear Abb Y . ADVICE can no longer afford to be his client. Consider asking him to recommend a less expensive shop and a hairdresser who can keep you as well-coiffed as ever. It's possible that Jordy's expenses have increased dramatically, or he may have become so popular he's reducing his client list. Whateve'r the reason, his response will help you get to the "root" of his price increase. P.S. He may offer you a reduced rate, given your long association. DEAR ABBY: Five years ago, my family and I attended a friend's party. I'll call her "Vanetta." My son, "Paul," was a young teenaj;er. We didn't know at the time that he had fallen in with a bad crowd and was using drugs. The day after the party, Vanetta called and said a portable radio had I Astrograph Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003 ness or money matters you There are strong probabili- have with friends today. ties that a number of interest- There is more to be gained by ing changes could be in the loosening the purse strings offing for you in the year than there is to be lost. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ahead, makmg life exciting. Some will be initiated byJou, - Try to yield to your nobler others will be governe by instincts and put the priorities circumstances. · or interests of others above AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. your own wht!n you can tO· 19)- Don't gamble on situa- day. Not only will the~ think tions today that could affect you're wonderful, you II like others as well as yourself. I yourself as well. don't know who would feel CANCER (June 21-July worse about the loss if your 22) - Letting emotio.n alone calculations misfire, you or assess an important situation your cohort. today could lead to erroneous PISCES (Feb. 20-March thinking and undesirable re20) - What starts out as a suits later in the day. Gather rather wonderful day could all the facts first, so you tum sour if you insist upon ar- won' t be disappointe~ later. guing over a petty point with LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -. your mate. Let it go. Exam me your recent expendoARIES (March 21-April tures so th;u you can deter19) - You can get associates mine the difference between to work with you today, but essential and nonessential . you can't necessarily get them spending. You may be in to perform your way. Thmgs good shape now, but not if could get a bit testy if you you continue on the same start bossing them around. path. : TAURUS (April 20-May VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) 49 Mo. for Anawor to Prnloua PIIZZia Libras 1 C.booaa'e 50 Europeplace Asia range 5 Resort 52 Calcutta 8 Hoap. nanny . etaffer 54 Bruce-of 11 Yvea' kunglu girlfriend 55 Malden or 12 Look after Menninger 14 Have being 58 Border 15 Mlrea 57 Slip up 16 .Fencing 58 Farm weapon enclosure 17 Soldier,in 59 Blend gray 18 Smooth DOWN 20 Rug maker 24 Main rd. 39 Least amt. 22 Ancient 1 Malasl)eep 25 Help40 Historical Tokyo 2 Fllghtleee wanted record• 23 Be sincere birda abbr. 41 Track 24 Chiefe 3 Verdi 28 Magazine competitor 27 Dutch heroine 42 Walk In tillers colonial 4 Satdown 27 Flberglasa 43 Young 29 Take vows 5 OHioe bundle mare 30 Type of lute staffer 44 Plot lncon· 28 Slnght 34 Brldelvell 6 Vigor 30 Former elatency Falla parte 7 Over again apace lab 45 Eventful 37 Rowirig a lniiiiCI a111ge 31 "Iron Man" periods Item 9 Primp -Gehrig 47 Radiata 38 Tentllke 10 Llncoln'a 32 John, in 48 Asian dwelling at. · princess • Aberdeen 39 -Loa 13 Regarded 33 Sharp51 Landscape 41 Small bad as shooter's or portrait 19 An••lu•l'o 43 Fish org. 53 Yacht balancer 35 Leered at pronoun 44 Deal with 38 Eskimo boot been stolen ' from her 1home drugs, is profoundly sorry for and implied that it was taken what he did, and hopes that by one of the kids who had she wi!l understand and . attended. I questioned Paul; accep,t.h1s apology. he demed knowmg anythmg . Let s hope Van_etta ':VIII ~nd about ot. It m ber heart to-forgive h1m, My 'son is now a young but ,even if she d~sn\ your. adult and, thankfully, has ·· soQ .s .consc1ence w1ll be clear, stopped using drugs. He · and he can put this sad chaprecently admitted to me that ter in his life be~ind .him. he and another teenage boy Dear Abby u wriNen by ~ad stolen the ~adio and sold Abigail Van' Burl!n: also 11. In spite of th1s, I ].;now Paul known as Jeanne Ph1l11ps, and is a good person who has was founded by her mother, made some bad choices. I Pauline Phillips. Write Dear asked him if he would go to Abby at www.DearAbby.com Van etta, confess· and reim- or P. 0 . Box 69440, Los burse her for it. He said he Angeles, CA 90069. was too "embarrassed." Abby, Vanetta tends to be judgmental and would most likely respond to Paul in a condemning way. I'm not defending my son's behavior, but Vanella has never had children and does not understan'il the peer pressures young people face today. Should T encourage Paul to go to Vanetta and make amends, or let it stay in the past and be forgotten? ANONYMOUS MOM IN A No matter what SMALL TOWN direction you turn DEAR ANONYMOUS MOM: Encourage your son you can always to speak to Vanella and, with cash in hand, explain to her It In the that he was young, was stupidly experimenting with · others the help of people who have been instrumental in your success today will assure you of their continued support. It' ll be another story if you don't. · LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23) - Profit from your past experiences today and guard against tendencies to repeat a comfortable old mistake that continually causes you problems . Live and learn. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Before acting on a decision of which you're onsure, consult a close friend who has the reputation of being cool under fire. He or she w111 steer you away from CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) - Injecting your serious philosophical beliefs into lighthearted discussions with others today may be of interest to you but could be a bore for your listeners. Let others dictatb the iopics. j . - • 81 AVERAGE GAME 14s-1ss Juoo·sror•L 228 ~t.TI'1 ~ OOl\.. A~U\-10 \\~ ~ WA'<, \S\•\'i \i :> ~~ POMEROY Meigs County Sheriff Ralph Trussell faced frozen water pipes and a flooded jail Tuesday morning, and says repairs will not be made unless authorized by Meigs County commissioners. The jail has been closed since September (see related story), and will likely remain closed, but Trussell said Thesday the flooding could cause permanent damage to the 100 year-old facility, and could prevent any reopening. The boiler system in the sheriff's office was shut down two weeks ago by the Ohio Industrial Commission, and since that time, office staffers have relied on space heaters, two of which were purchased by commissioners, and blankets on windows to block the cold. ~-~~ to AVERAGE GAME 225-235 by JUDD HAMBRICK Word FOUR PLAY TOTAL = TIME LIMIT: 20 MIN DIRECTIONS: Make a 2- to 7-!ener wortl trom !h8 1enn on each yardline. Scrimmage · ~ME OPI:<'O A?!i.. U\.1'01 1#41C.A.L, ~"'1 \\.\£'<., Staff writer ~n..,_ ,..., Add polnls 10 each word or letter USing scofing directions at fighl. Seven-letter words get a 60-point bonus. AM words can be tound tn Webster'l New Wor1CJ College Dictionary. JUDO'S SOLUTJON TOMORROW ,,.., .,.,. ...,,..,,..,_..,... ~-fuarl~~q~~-A~oow~giqinfioot~~·:-;;;~~~~;~-~~~~~~~~~~~===~~::~---------------~ 00 Trussell said the broken water pipes are a · further result of the failed heating system. Water service to the jail and sheriff's offices was shut off at 9 p.m. Monday, bu~ water continues to pour from the exposed waterfipes and solid steel ceiling o the first-floor jail cells. In places, the riveted steel has bowed from the pressure of water trapped between the ceiling 11nd the second floor's concrete floor. "I don't plan to order any repairs until the commissioners authorize them," Trussell said. "I can't afford expensive repairs from my budget, and this is (the commissioners') building, anyway." Trussell maintains that county commissioners authorized $6,000 in plumbing repairs in order to re-open the J. REED Pleese sH Floodlnr. AS POMEROY - Tickets are on sale for anwit!bt''Tribute to ~v;i\7 , previous = 82 BY BRIAN ~ ~= - ~wel'n' . · . lAIIi TAKt tiYIRUf. Of OUt\ 0111'-l um.e sPACE~, liiE MORE OffiCE WI'PUE~ M~ BU'I. OfFICE 5UPI'Lit~ Ill£ BO~, litE '"ME WE CH~E OUR 1)]110(£ MfJI5URE Of ~UC(;E~S . Index 2 SedJORI - 12 Paps .. WILL THE FABRIC· EATING MIC-.cJIOTS OF DoCTOR POK DE \lOU R , ~EI'11'1! F~T~LI1Y 'S 111DRiff · 81\R!NG TAN!<. TOP .ANb MINI - SHORT~?" Cost of operation prohibitive BY BRIAN f STUPIDITY . INSURANCf ACME IT'S AN ll>EA wt40St / ' TIM~ t4AS Calendar Classifieds Comics Dear Abby Editorials Movies Obituaries Sports Weather J. REED Staff writer Jail Administrator Many Wood mops water from the Meigs County Jail, which flooded the facility Monday after exposed water pipes froze and broke. (Brian J. Reed) POMEROY- The Mei~s County Jail will remam closed indefinitely as a cost· saving measure . Jail Administrator Mony Wood said Monday that housing prisoners in the Noble County Jail and other regional facilities costs Sherill' Ralph Trussell little more than the cost of operating the local holding facility, and could allow deputies to remain on the job later in the year. Trussell closed the jail last September with his first round of deputy layoffs, and it has remained closed since that time. The antiquated jail is a five-day housing facility with capacity for six prisoners. Under a ~ontinuing contract for prisoner housing, Meigs County pays Noble County $200 (JCr day for beds for five male mmates. The contract is binding regardless of whether the beds are filled, but Wood said MondaX the county "almost always ' has its five beds filled with local prisoners. "It costs us between $40 and $60 per day, per prisoner, to open the jail here," Wood said, "but because we're a five.day holding facility, it doesn ' t really help us, because .most of our prisoners are incarcerated on charges in the common pleas court, they are long-term prisoners, and must be moved out after five days, anyway." "When the jail is open, it costs between $I ,200 and $2,000 just for SaltatorY:.. food for prisoners, and the depal:biieilt, I a w . deftclti,,, requires a , page~ . full-time J ' • ·.~ correc. tions officer and an on-call physician to be in place." Meigs County also houses prisoners, including women, in the Washington County Jail, at $55 per day, and in the Gallia County a11d Middleport jails, when space is available . Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail is also available to house local prisoners, but the cosi is considerably higher than other jails, Wood said. The cost of utilities, cooks' salaries, and maintenance and repair on the century-old Meigs jail takes funding from line items needed for law enforcement protection, specifically deputies' · salaries, Wood said. On Monday, Meigs Count}' had six prisoners housed in the Noble County Jail and one in the psychiatric ward of the Southeastern Ohio Regional facility. on:Wierlffa ., · _,. ·Saturdily. ruglit at Metgs :HigH ·•· · School to !Jene~alt.J\1~}!~ .. Thomas Memon ;:~cnuliirsmp fund. . . The tickets at $5 each are for sale at Fanners .· Bank . of PQineroy, GallipOlis and · Thppers Plains, Bob's Market of Mason, W.Va., Kroger of Pomeroy, Valley Lumber of Middleport, and Thomas Do-It Center of Point Pleasant, W.Va., and Gallipolis. Tickets will also be available ar the door at $7 each. There is no charge for children 5 and under. The music for the concert, billed as "Memories of Love," will begin at 7 p.m. with High Country doing a show to open for · 'O'<i; ·~'~'· The Elvis ~rsrinatol' Win be backed by ·the Promiseland Show Band. The show will go on until 9:30 p.m. Tn addition to paying admis· sion, those attending will be given a second opportunity during the concert .to contribute to the scholarship fund to memorialize Brandi Thomas, who was killed several months ago in'lln automobile accident. .ur ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ closed indefinitely News editor Answer =~ Flood·ing increases woes at Meig·s jail Wood: Meigs jail BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH IVORIJ scRIMMAGE" SOLUTION av JUDD HAMBRICK 1&1DOWN Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 'Tribute to Elvis' tickets now on sale trouble. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -If things are running smoothly by following your own inclinations today, do not change course and listen to an unenthusiastic associate who thinks he or she knows better. If it isn't braken, don't fix it. "'""""'"'••-.,_...... • ACROSS High-priced hairdresser gets cut from woman's budget DEAR ABBY: I have a terrific hairdresser I'll call "Jordy." He owns the salon I have patronized for more than 20 years. His work 1s outstanding, and I always get compliments about my hair. However, because ofh1s latest price increases and my being on a fixed inc~me, 1. can no longer afford h1s serv1ces. In years past. the price would increase a couple of dollars . But this ;<ear, Jordy increased it 10 percent. I make appointments six months in advance because it's easier to plan around a set appointment than vice versa. My dilemma: How should I .go about canceling my four appointments? Should I write Jordy a letter? What should I say? We have be.come quite good friends over the years, and I hate to leave, but my limited income can be stretched only so far. HAIR-RAISED IN KENTUCKY DEAR HA.IR-RAISED: In light of your long-standing relationship, you should tell Jordy exactly what you have told me. If that is too embarrassing, write him a letter. Tell him that although you are very fond of him, because you are now on a fixed income, with the latest price hike you Ralden ready for Super Bowl, 81 Monday; January 20, 2003 A3 B4·5 B6 B6 A4 A3 AS Bl·3 A2 C 2003 Ohio Valley Publishinil Co. Mayor's court may be out of·order the warrant and his con~ Staff writer victions had violated his right to due process. POMEROY _ Several The court would say that local municipalities may the mayor should have be at risk because a mayor never sat on the judge's still sits on the judge's bench because the mayor bench. is responsible for the Mayor 's court' may city's fiscal health and for become a thing of the past · appointing police officers. due . to constitutional and The U.S . Supreme Court hab1~1ty problems for the supported the arguments mumc1paht1es they serve . against this unhealthy courts are · h' b · h Mayor s sar•ng t e responsible for traffic ~.elations 1P cases and m inor legal mere ~o ss:b•hty of ap infractions. unconstllutwnal overlap Since municipalities get of police and judicial a share of the fines or powers is enough. Many Meigs Courty costs, this .could affect the ability to judge fairly. municipalities sdll In 1994, one . mllll in employ mayor's courts . Macedoma, Ohw chal- · The Columbus Dispatch lenged the system. . reported that in the late Chnstopher . DePiero 1990s that of the state's . rece1ved a parkmg ticket from the city. He ignored 942 mayors, les.s than ~00 the ticket until a few mayors were still holdtng weeks later when he was co urt. arrested· for a traffic In addition, more than offense. DePiero learned I 00 other small cities and that Macedonia had put villages depend on ticket out a warrant for his arrest revenue for 50 percent of for failure to pay the park- their budget. ing ticket. More than three years When DePiero finally answered for the ticket, ago, Pomeroy replaced the the mayor of Macedonia mayor with a magistrate, made him pay $50 for ille- who is a licensed attorney. gal parking and $100 for In certain cases, mayors criminal contempt. who still hold court can be DePiero succe ssfully held personally liable for appealed both charges and the outcomes of case they sued the mayor. He said hear. BY Girl Scouts Rachael Markworth, of Eastern Brownie Troop 1316, Hailey Ebersbach of Middleport Junior Troop 12\'6, and Kerrl Van Reeth of Salisbury Junior Troop 1290, take advantage of Monday's holiday to raise funds for their local scout troops by selling Girl Scout cookies to Jim Anderson of Racine. (Brian J. Reed) · 'Dream Big' as Girl Scout cookie sale gets underway BY BRIAN J. Staff writer REED POMEROY - Just when you thought your new year's diet couldn't be more challenging, area Girl Scouts have begun their annual cookie sale. Everyone's favorite cook· ies - Samoas, thin mints, Tagalongs and Do- si-dosare available for purchase froni scouts in the Big Bend Service unit. Local troops earn 50 cents per $3-box sold. Proceeds help fund their year-round activities. " Dream Big" is the theme for this year 's cookie sale. The annual tradition was begun in 1920, as a way for troops to raise funds for their activities. The program , however, has since become one designeq to instill confidence and courage, and to develop entrepreneurial skills, such as taking orders, handling money, tallying sale s and delivering goods, according to Cheryl King, the service unit' s cookie clu ster chairman . "As competitiOn in the work world increases, and labor staustocs show women are still far outpaced by their male counterpart s, we understand how important it is for our scouts to have business ahd financial skills," King said. Outstanding salesgirls will earn bronze, silver and gold medallion awards , and prize incentives. Sales will continue throu gh Feb. 2. Delivery of cookies will begin on Feb . 26. J. MILES LAYTON r COM~. Thursday, January 30 YOU THINK YOU HAVE PROBl.EM!l . •• ~ mM'S to!Z. ~· Qol 5£LONt:> THOU6~\ ... 8 am · 12 Noon • Meigs County Health Department Free Screenings • Health Information SPECIAL UPID PROFilE SCREENING · Measuring Tolal Cholesierol Screening includes a 1O· hour fast beforehand . Spaces are limited for' lhis screening, so call now to reserve a space. ..._. Contact Courtney Sim at liNm.mll'lff,~ rh1• llul:rr Metl ioal Cf'/lff'r (740) 992·6626 MEDI~AL CENTER Discover the Holzer Difference www.holzer .org IJwhf' fi' V E•llll ·mronDtportmtllf. wirl! a.ui.nar~c4" frnm tflt UM C C.~nm~.~nrt:<~ Ht>alth (//lei Uf'llll t' \1 [Jt'f'ilr/n1tlll tmcl tlll' M••ip,.~ Cmmry He11/th Department. · HNlliJI .,. ' �Ohio The Daily Sentinel ' VVIdnelday,Jen.22 SPRINGFIELD (AP) _;__ When school lets out at Springfield South High School, Renae Walker walks downstairs to the basement to pick up her 7-month-old daughter. Walker is one of II girls in the district who participate in the Learning Center, a day-care center and transportation program for teen parents. The program is designed to keep teen mothers in school, but the district said it can't afford the $104,000 it costs a year. The center was closed earlier this month but reopened two days later. The district will keep the center open through the end of this school year and will make a decision on its future then. The program is open to any Springfield student with a child who is between 4 weeks and 3 years old. A district van provides transportation and the cafeteria provides lunches. Students don't pay anything but have to attend school regularly, pass their classes, enroll in a parenting program and stay out of trouble. Senior Candace Johnson is fighting to save the program for other students. "I get no child support, no welfare and I'm going to make it," she said. "But I'm angry because if they change this place, lots of others won't get a chance. What about all them?" School officials said they will study the program and are confident it will continue in some form, perhaps at an off-site location. But they said the main issue is money. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and other social-service ·agencies reimburse the center on a per-child, per-day basis, providing • ••• •• •IColumbua 11'124' o •••~·~· -· - · T..rorms F1urrila Rall Snow Ice Another cold week for region near 10 above. Northeast winds The Arctic Express will be 5 to 10 mph. making a stop in the area during Wednesday... Partly cloudy the week. and still cold. Highs in the mid Cold air originating from the 20s. North winds 5 to I0 mph. Arctic will plunge south over Wednesday night...Mostly the next few days. Lows are cloudy with a chance of snow. expected to fall to around zero · Little or no snow accumulation degrees while highs remain in expected. Lows near 10 above. the teens or 20s through Chance of snow 50 percent. Thursday. Extended forecast: These temperatures will Thursday... Mostly cloudy make animals of the arctic feel with scattered snow showers. welcome. However, for us Light accumulation. Colder. humans, there is some relief in Highs 15 to 20. Chance of snow sight as the high pressure 50 moves southeast. This will percent. allow a southwest wind to Thursday night...Partly cloudy with a chance snow develop over the area by early showers. Little or noof snow next week and temperatures accumulation expected. Lows 5 will not only break the freezing to I0 above. Chance of snow 50 mark, but may even reach 40 degrees early next week. percent. The forecast calls for a week Friday... Mostly clear. Highs of rather benign weather with.a in the upper teens. chance of snow showers Saturday... Partly cloudy and Wednesday night and Thursday not as cold. Lows near 10 above as an upper fevel distwbance and highs in the upper 20s. moves through the area. Sunday.. .Mostly cloudy with Otherwise, the first half of the a chance of snow showers. weekend is shaping up to be dry Lows in the mid 20s and highs but . another chance for some in the mid 30s. snow is expected on Sunday. Monday...Partly cloudy. Weather forecast: Lows in the upper teens and Tonight... Mostly clear. Lows highs in the mid 30s. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ........ CINCINNATI (AP) - Four men were arrested after police said they found 1, 125 boxes of stolen Levi jeans worth an estimated $800,000 in a warehouse north of Cincinnati. "At this point, obviously, we are interested in getting the bigger picture," West Chester Township Police Chief John Monday. Bruce said "Somebody doesn't steal a tractor-trailer full of jeans if they don't have somewhere to take them." The tractor-trailer was taken from a truck stop in Walton, Ky., police said. Bond for each man was set at $1 million Monday because ~lice could not confirm their Identities and feared they would flee if released. The driver of the stolen tractor-trailer, identified as Raul Blanco, 28, of-Miami, Aa., was charged with receiving stolen property and fleeing and eludmg police. Three men charged with complicity to receiving stolen property were identified by police as Evelio Horta, 37, of Miami., Aa.; Noel Facundo Gonzalez, 36, no address available; and Recaredo Hugo Gutierrez, 28, of Miami. The stolen tractor-trailer was reported missing about 12:30 p.m. Sunday and was spotted outside a warehouse late that night. When officers approached the four men Monday as they were about to leave the warehouse with the truck. all surrendered without incident except for the driver, police said. Blanco sped the truck through a field, crashed it into trees and ran. He jumped into a parked, occupied pickup truck 10 a parldng lot but was apprehended moments later without incident, Bruce said. All four were being held in the Butler County jail awaiting arraignment Thesday in Area m McCartney and the Rolling Stones. That helped offset a drop in income tax revenue. Campbell must get City Council's approval for unexpected spending. Council President Frank Jackson said the mayor's plan will be debated as part of council's 2003 budget hearings that start Thesday. Campbell had planned to hire 30 new police officers, but now wants to hire 60. About 40 officers are expected to retire this year. I The mayor also proposes to put $250,000 back into the rainy-<lay fund. Last year, the city withdrew $6 .million from the fund to offset a deficit. Reserve accounts such as the rainy.<Jay fund are used to determine the city's bond rating. ( . BY MARTHA A• .SIMPSON bring on menstruation. The contemporary use of black cohash - often sold Question: My wife has under the name of several friends who are, Remifemin - is primarily as a treatment for hot and other taking 'black cohash to flashes reduce the symptoms · of menopause ·- particularly menopausal symptoms. hot .flashes . ,. All ,these Although the few studies that have been done are women say that it works, encouraging, the National f< but one of them has been bothered by . headaches Center or Complementary Medicine (NCCAM) says since she started taki~g that they can't ~et recomthts he_rbal. product. I m mend its use 10 treating ~ondenng tf b!ack cohash . menopausal symptoms. On 1s realLy_ safe 10 ca~e my . the other hand, in 200 I the College of wtfe dectdes t<;> take tt- • · 'Americ·an Answer: Fust let .ine 'Obstetricians and gtve you a httle back- ' Gynecologists- primarily ground on th1s herb. The based on the experiences sale of black cohas_h, also of its members with their spe_lled cohos.h, 10 the patients -approved a stateUmted States IS not con- ment that said that black trolled by the Food and cohash may be helpful for Drug . .Admini~tration short term use (less than b~cause tt 1s cla~stf1ed as a six months) in the treatdietary supplement rather ment of women with than a ·~ru,g. C~rrently, as menopausal symptoms. your w1fe .s fnends have The mechanism of action said, its most popular use of black cohash is not is .for contro!lihg hot flash· known, and many studies es and menopausal symp- have produced contradictoms. Over the past seve!~! tory results. It is believed have estrogen-like hundred years, though, Its to been used as a. medicinal activity. Because · black herb to trea~ a wtde vanety cohash in this country is of human atlm~nts. . . sold as a dietary suppleNorth Amencan Indtans ment without FDA assuryse\l~~Jc. :'Jf-ohash ,_(Qr ..:a.u.ces of quality, tl)ere is ,no ~tilli1se ~ ' g_ynecolo¥u::a11 gu·arantee_ that the product problems, k1dney dtsor- you buy ts pure and ~Qn· ders, mild 'joint jliiTii' 'iii'id tairis" the amount of ·the sore throats. They also herb that's stated on the used it to enhance milk label. There . have been some production in lactating females. In the- 1800s it side. eff~cts reported with was a popular ·h'!~e re"!e- ·the, .use of black co hash. dy for fever· and JOtlit pam. Headaches, as you menIt was also used at that tioned, as well as stomach time as a diuretic and to discomfort and weight Danielle Dyer, left, rests against the wall with her daughter, Destiny Murnahan, on her lap in the Learning Center at Springfield South High School in Springfield. Daycare staffers Connie Elton, rear left, and Danielle's mother, Pam, holding a baby, look on. The program at the center is designed to keep teen mothers In school, but the district said it can't afford the $104,000 it costs a year to run it. (AP) aqout $80,000 to help pay for supplies and five staff members. If enrollment declines or when babies don't attend, funding drops proportionately but expenses don't. That has created a $60,000 deficit, said Frank Schiraldi, the district's director of school improvement. Angela Howard, a teacher at the school, has more than a casual interest in seeing the program remain. She was a South student when her son Adrian was born' in 1990. Without the program, Howard said she wouldn't have .finished school. "There's no ~uestion I would have been a dropout, ' she said. "Having it all right here - getting to come rock him to sleep during my study halls that kept me going." ONLY sgg You will get... OR #3 - Low Risk: #4 • Short Commitment: #5 - Professionally created ads: •4 b T e Daily sen . t•me1 111 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 !_u~-i~-e~-5-~-0~_?_:!.;.?,;. /,;. :89.;.;()().;.?m.;.2,;. ~2.;.5:.;.~;.:;.5...~------....J L...,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 'I ...' . problems ·were the most commonly reported problems . It might be a good idea for your wife's friend who was suffering from headaches to stop raking the black cohash and see if the headaches go away. I strongly recommend that women who are pregnant or who have had breast cancer not take this herb. We need to know a. lot more about the biochemistry of this herb before we can be sure it is safe for these women. Personally, I would rec~ ommend against any woman using this drug to control hot flashes until the results are in fromrigorous ongoing studies cur. rently . being funded by NCCAM. But, if your wife does choose to use it, she should.let her doctor know. It's a common misconception that herbal preparations aren't <Jrugs. They are. That's why it's important to include herbs like black cohash anytime a doctor, dentist or other health-care practitioner asks what drugs you are taking. Herbs can and do interact with other overthe-counter drugs and prescription medications. ' ( ••' I ..• Thesday, January 21, 2003 .. chances are you won't go over holiday earnings. Your employthose limits, so you should be er is required ro withhold payOK. roll taxes whether you're 16 In 2002, the earnings thresh- years old or 116 years old and old was $11,280. For every S2 whether you're a Social · reciptent · or not. You earned more than that, $1as secunty withheld from your Social There is a slim chance those Security check. So unless you taxes you pay and the · earnings were working earlier in the year, your holiday earnings they represent could translate probably did not put you over into extra Social Security benethe $ 11 ,280 limit. If you rumed fits. Here's how that works. 65 in 2002, your earnings When we figured your original threshold was S30,000 for the Social Security benefit, we months before you turned 65. based it on your average monthIf your holiday work carried ly wage using the highest earnover into 2003, a whole new ings on your Social Security clock started ticking. The earn- record. If the money you make ings threshold went up to on seasonal jobs raises your $11,520 effective January l, lifetime average monthly wage, 2003. Also, the so-called "full then we will refigure your benretirement age" went up to age efil and give you any increase 65 and two months. In other due. Most people don't get such words, if you are under age 65 an increase because their earnand two months in 2003, $1 will ings are just not enough to raise be deducted from your benefits their average monthly wage. for every $2 you earn over But if your extra earnings do $1l,520· And if you will tum mean extra benefits, you'll autoagt; 6~ II{IQ t..yo ri!im~ in 2003 • •maticalty·get the increase some• your earnings threshold is $30,720 for the months before time during 2003 with payyou turn full retirement age. But ments retroactive to January. once you reach age ~5 and two For mnre if!fomwrion, visi( months, there is 1]0 Jin;J.it on our website at www.ssa.gov 0~ your earnings. . call 1-800-772-1213. /fyou No matter which year you are deaforhardofhearing, you can working, you will have to pay . call our 17Y number, /-BOOSocial Security taxes on y9ur 325-0778. are . _, .. . · Science-fiction novel ·reviewed . Literary Club members MIDDLEPORT - Terry Goodkind's "science-fiction novel, 'The Pillars of Creation" was reviewed by Pauline Honon at Wednesday's meeting of the Middleport Literary Club. In her review Horton noted that the writer has created seven books in his "Sword of Truth" series with "Pillars" being the last book in the series and differing from the .others in tht; variation of characters. .... "There are two worlds in which ·the action happens," said the reviewer, the Old World ·and the Midlands." She introduced the main character, 20-year-old Jennsen, the daughter of Lord Rahl, who appears in all the previous books, and told of how Jennsen and her mother have been running for many years because she is one of the ungifted ones who is apparently to be "F-amily ,.Mifdicipe" is. o weekly column. To submit questions, write to Martha A. Simpson, D.O., M.B.A .. Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, PO. Box 110, Athens•. Ohio 45701. Past ·columns are available online at www.fhradio.org/fm. ' HORVATH "Welcome to Wal-Mart!" "Would you like to super-size that order'!' · . "M~y I sho~ y~~ something 10 a different s1ze . . · These are .some of,the phrases and questions you might start practicing if you're among the millions of Americans who take seasonal jobs to bring in a little extra spending money. And if your paycheck will augment your Social Security check, you've probably got some extra quesuons. "Will the money I make mess up my Social Security check?' "Do · they take Social Security taxes out of my paycheck when I'm already getting benefits?" "If they do, will the extra taxes I pay increase my Social Security check?" The quick answers, respectively, are: no; yes; and probably not. But here are the explanations. · If you're age 65 or older, you can make a million dollars and we won't take a ·nickel out of your Social Security benefits. However, if you:re younger than 65, you're stuck wtth ~orne limits on your earnings. But ~· Columnist . AKRON (AP) - Medical and effective for treating able to the public for that palsy to walk without braces research will try to f10d out if headaches of children, purpose. and ride tricycles, said Dr. L. the cosmetic drug Botox can longer, scientifically In a study published in Andrew Koman, the lead relieve chronic headaches in designed patient trials would November's issue of researcher and an orthopedic children. be held in various places Pediatrics, the toxin enabled surgery professor at Wake The Food and Drug before the drug became avail- some children with cerebral Forest University. Administration last . year approvedBotox as a wrinkle . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - remover for adults. But during testing, doctors noted that people who got Botox injections also reported having fewer headaches. That led to new tests .of Botox as a possible therapy for adult chronic headaches. A doctor at Children's Hospital Medical Center of AkrOn wants to determine if Botox also might help youngsters I 0 and older with the debilitating condition. "Headaches are really common in children,'' said the study's director, Dr. Roben Burnstine, head of pediatric or.hthalmology at the hospita . "There isn't a day that goes by that I don't see at least five kids with headaches." Pediatricians who cannot determine why a child is having persistent headaches often conclude that poor vision must be responsible and send the patient to Burnstine for an exam. But The Dally Sentinel Is read by over 1.000 Burnstine says that in most of those cases, the child's adults every weekdayl eyes are fine. · Although Botox is now widely known as a wrinkle remover, the FDA approved the drug more than a decade ago to treat the involuntary muscle contractions that cause crossed eyes and uncontrollable blinking. Botox, a brand name for botulinum ·toxin type A, temporarily paralyzes muscles at spots where it is tl' 2 ads this size with picture in Saturday or injected. Bumstine said he has used · Sunday's newspaper Botox extensively in tl' 15 word line ad for 15 days patients with.,eye problems. From that expenence, he pro.posed the child headache tl' 4 ads this size with picture in the Sentinel. study to Allergan Inc., maker of Botox. tl' 15 word line ad for 15 days Burnstine said he will recruit I 0 to 20 volunteers from.patients referred to him over the next few months by A small price to pay for Jl BIG SALE. · the hospital's pediatric neurology program. Only chilNo lon1·term contracts. dren who are not responding to available treatments will our deslpen· be considered. • •re the best In the areal AUergan is supplying free Botox, which normally costs 1 up to $400 a treatment. After the patients receive injections in the face and . . neck, they will keep a "headache diary" for three months to compare . how they fared before and after uw:~::;~ a p t t.o be safe BY Lou Social Security Manager, Athens The jury's out on ·the safety of black co hash #l - Low Cost: • ·' PageA3 Paychecks and Social Security chEtcks Corps Achieve'ment Medal. He is married to the former Cindy,Domigan, who attended the ceremony along with his parents, Ray and Bernice Midkiff, his son, Sgt. Christopher Midkiff, his sister and brother-in~aw, Linda and Larry ·' Montgomery, Danielle, Mark and Chandler Merrell, and Justin Midkiff. . Hot flash ' # 1 - Exposure: Cleveland has budget surprise CLEVELAND (AP) Mayor Jane Campbell has about $2.6 million more to spend this year than the city had anticipated. She wants to use it on more police and housing inspectors. The city's Recreation Department would get $1 million for ~y olises and !0 study the condition of recreation centers. This year's nearly $500 mil· lion proposed budget includes an unexpected boost because the city was conservative in its revenue projections last year, the mayor Said. The city also generated an extra $1.5 million in admissions taxes from big-ticket events such as the Cirque du Solei! performances and concerts by Paul CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. an enlist- Master Gunnery Sgt. ed Marine Daniel R. Midkiff recently c a n retued from the United achieve, States Marine Corps, after in. April, 30 years of service. His 1999. retirement ceremony was He has b e e n held at Camp Lejeune, N.C. · awarded two Navy Midkiff, a 1972 graduate a n d of Meigs High School, entered the Marine Corps Daniel Midkiff M a r i n e . Corps i n 197'3, and was promoted medals to Master Gunnery Commendation and one Navy and Marine Sargeant, the highest rank .....--, Advertising Paclaae Court. -- · Master gunnery sargen~ retires Doctor will study if Botox can ease headaches Four arrested with $800,000 in stolen Levis Lo·cal NeWs The Daily Sentinel 'fuesday, January ll, 1003 High school's day-care center may be in jeopardy Ohio weather Stmy Pt Clx.dy Cloudy PageA2 killed. of the story fmds that she hljS The reviewer described how help from an unexpected so~: the children in the story are She described the book as invincible to magic and Lord having the classic clash between Rahl's sorceresses. Because of good and evil found in so much thi_s trait, _they can ~ring an end I? science-fiction, as containing .ll evil- mag~c by_pass10g on to.~tr great deal of violence, and prechi\dren the ~of mvmctbility. sented in a vivid and description . H~rton. conunuc:ct her· rev1ew · style. ·. of this sc1e_nce-ficuon best-seller The· meeting as held at the by recounllpg some of the many Racine Library with Jeanne adv.enMil~ of the cbara~ter Bowen presenting the nominal~ Jennsen and . a companiOn . · . Sebastian, who she later fmds mg report. The sla!7 officers out is a traitor. The adventures elected were. Frankie Hu~~l, lead··the main character• to the president; Ohta He1ghton, vtce-. Pillars of Creation, hence the president; Jeanne Bowen, secretitle. These pillars are in a place tary; ',ffid An~ Rupe: treasurer. located in the Old World, a place The v1ce prest~nt will serve as of unbearable heat where pillars the program chattman. Jean Ann . of rock reach heavenward. Here Azur was welcomed as a guest. the worst villain Oba must be The riext meeting of the clu~ overcome, and the final fight for will be held Wednesday at the domination of the world takes home of Sara Owen, with Dan11 place. Horton said that heroine Kessinger as the book reviewe(., .. . . ' . Transfers posted' . " Emest,M. Shuler, Mary .L. - right of way, Sl\l~Jm. '. . . · · Sulef, to Douglas Powell, J&M Lands, Ltd., to BREC, Beneficial Ohio, Inc.' Beneficial Mortgage Co. , to · POMEROY · - · Meigs Teresa Powell, deed, Letart. right of way, Columbia. Robert E. Klein, deed, County•'RecorcJerM .· , · .' ' · Bryan H. Morris, Staci ·M. · Daniel 0. Toban, Valerie A. Salisbury. · reported·~the foll~ . .' ·,,,_; Morris, to . Columbus \'Tob~, to·. BREC, right of way, LaSalle Bank, N.A., fers of real estite~"'"' ' ,,. Southern Power, nght of way, Bedford. LaSalle National Bank, N.:A.. Connie M. Manley Trust to' Columbia. Gerald W. Howard, Barbarl! IQ Robert L. Imboden, Diana Roger L. Manley, Jr., deedillr Paul R. Roush, Barbara R. A. Howard, to BREC, right of L. Imboden, deed, Village of Village of Middleport. . Roush, to Columbus Southern way, Scipio. Middleport. Charles Glen Stout, Power, right of way, Orange. 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Syracuse Village/Sutton Community Calendar POMEROY - Caring and Sharing Support Group will meet at I p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center. The topic for 1\iesday, Jan. 21 the next two months will be CHESTER Special on advanced directives and -meeting , Shade River .living wills. Masonic Loge 453, 17 p.m. at the hall ., Work in the E. A. degree. TUesday, Jan. 21 Wednesday, Jan. 22 POMEROY - Hal Kneen POMEROY . The f 0 · ffi Middleport Liter Club will · o . the SU Extenston o 1ce, meet at 2 p.m. a~e home of wlil present pictures of the Sara Owen. Dana Kessin~er Dupont Estate at Lon~wood, will review "Futureland: Nme garde~s, 11 a.m. and d1scuss Stories of an Imminent World" pla~mng a spnng garden. by Walter Mosley. POMEROY - The Meigs County Health Department Thursday, Jan. 23 will conduct a childhood POMEROY - Alpha Iota Masters will meet at 6:30p.m. immunization clinic 9 to II Thursday at the Peking a. m an l to 3 p.m. Take shot records of the children who Restaurant in Mason, W. 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The opinions expressed in the column below are the consensus of the Ohio Valley PublishinR Co. s editorial board, unle~;s otherwise noted. . ','- NATIONAL VIEW All wrong ·,; ·. ., ·,. ·, • The Buffalo News, New York, on the use offoreign oil: If you think our dependence on foreign oil is a problem now, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Imported oil accounted for 55 percent of total U.S. oil demand in 2001, up from 37 percent in 1980 ·and 42 percent in 1990, according to the Energy Information Administration; an office of the Department of Energy. By 2025, the information administration forecasts that imports will make up 68 percent of petroleum demand, as U.S. energy consumption increases more rapidly than domestic energy production. Since his own administration is telling him that consumption will continue to outpace production, why does the Bush administration believe that production - rather than conservation - is the way to end our dependence on foreign oil? That belief is especially puzzling when most of the world's oil res~rves are .in the Middle East. Maybe that's why the administration fought so hard to keep secret the names of the folks who advised Vice President Cheney's energy task force. Who would want to take creditat least publicly - for such a wrongheaded policy? TODAY IN HISTORY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' Today is Tuesday, Jan. 2 1, the 2 ]st day of 2003 . There are 344 days left in the year. Today 's Highlight in History : On Jan. 2 1, 1793 , during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI , condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine. On this date : In 186 I, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senile. In I 9 15, the first Kiwanis Club was founded, in Detroit. In 1924, Rus sian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died at age 54. In 1942, Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded "One O' Clock Jump" in New York for Okeh Records . In 1950, former State Department official Alger ·Hiss, · accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found , guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. (Hiss, who always maintained hi s innocence, served less than four years in prison.) In 1950, George Orwell , author of " 1984," died in London. In 1954, the fir st atomic submarine, the USS "Nautilus," was launched at Groton, Conn. In 1976, the supersonic Concorde jet was put into service by Britai n and France. · In 1977, President Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders. In I 997. 6peaker Newt Gingrich was reprimanded and fined as the House voted for first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct. Ten years ago: Two U.S. warplanes fired on and bombed an iraqi air defe nse radar site in northern Iraq after radar was turned on them - Iraq denied provoking the attack. Five years ago: Pres ident C linton angrily denied reports he'd had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and tried to get her to lie about it. Pope John Paul II began a historic pilgrimage to Cuba. Actor Jack Lord of "Hawa ii Five-0" fa me died in Honolulu at age 77 . One year ago: Sultry singer Peggy Lee died in Bel Air, Cali!., at age 8 I. Today's Birthdays: Actor Paul Scofield is 81. Actress Ann Wedgeworth is 68. Bl ues si nger-musician Snooks Eaglin is 67. Golfer Jack Nicklaus is 63. O pera singer Placido Domingo is 62. Singer Richie Have ns is 62. Singer Mac Davis is 61. Singer Edwin Starr is 61 . Actress Jill Eikenberry is 56. Singersongwriter Billy Ocean is 53. Actor Robby Benson is 47 . Actress Geena Davis is 46. Basketball player Hakeem Oiajuwon is 40 . Actress Charlotte Ross is 35. Actor John Ducey is 34. Act re ss Karina Lom bard is 34. Rapper Levirt (BRock and the Bizz) is 33. Rock DJ Chris Kilmore (Incubus) is 30. Singer Emma Bunton (Spice Girls) is 27. Rhythm-andblues singer Nokio (Dru Hill ) is 24. Thought for Today : "The road to ruin is always kept in good repai r."- Anonymous. . ·,: .· ;· :·· ·. ' . . ·. ' HENTOFF'S VIEW Citizen senator qffers candid insight on Congress In his new memoir, "Square Peg: Confessions of a Citizen Senator" (Basic Books, 2002), Orrin Hatch. the senior Republican senator from Utah, is admirably candid, revealing insider stories of his influential service in that contentious arena since I 976. For example, he tells how both Republicans and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee play fierce hardball on judicial nominations by the president. The Constitution gives the Senate as a whole the right to "advise and consent" to these nominations ; but, as was evident last year, there are Democrats whose intent is not to advise but to kill the nominations of judges who may not vote on the bench as these ideological senators would. So, too, with Republicans. Hatch writes of how, in I 997, he successfully resisted a proposal by Washington State Republican Sen. Slate Gorton to give a single senator from just one of the nine states in a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals jurisdiction the power to veto a presidential nominee who came from any of those states. During a recent conversation, Hatch told me that he intends - as far as he is able as chairman of the Judiciary Committee - td adhere to what the Constitution and the Federalist Papers clearly . describe as the meaning of "advise and consent." The nominations of all federal judges, Hatch said, should ultimately go to the floor of the Senate for a vote, even when a majority of the Judiciary Committee votes against a nominee. Since the Senate represents the entire .country, it is there that the final decision . should be made. The litmus tests of some of the senators on the Judiciary Committee ought not to be enough to dismiss a qualified nominee - as happened last year with Priscilla Owen of Texas . Having written many times, during Nat Hentoff COLUMNIST "The maximum punishment for one : count of perjury or subordination of per- ; jury is fiVe years in prison, and for one ; count of witness tampering, 10 years. 1 The calculation of the actual sentence , would be a complex process governed by the federal sentencing guidelines. A , conservative estimate of the outcome (ignoring perjury in Clinton's answers : to the questions put to him by the House : Judiciary Committee and certain other peripheral offenses) would be a prison : ; sentence of 30 to 37 mo~ths." · As for Hatch's sugges(ton that at least · an adjournment of the impeachment process would have prevented the wide- ' spread belief that Clinton had actually been acquitted of the charges, the sena- · tor told me: "We could have done it, if I'd had one Democratic senator. Joe · Lieberman said he would, but then he · backed off." Hatch and I have often. disagreed on · civil liberties through the years, but. when I asked him about John : Poindexter' s massive ·· clltnputerized, Total Information Awareness Program at the Defense Department that can track the personal records of every . American, Hatch said that when he "read George Orweirs ' 1984' years ago, · I laughed at any prOSJ?CCt that our soci- : ety would ever be subject to that kind of : constant surveillance. But that's where , we are now. "We have to look at this operation very carefully," Hatch added, "and . maybe it shouldn't be allowed to go , ahead at all." The Senate . Judiciary · Committee has oversight powers over ·, this new plan. under Defense Secrelary , Donald Rumsfeld, to make "1984" a , reality in our lives. . I'm glad Sen. Orrin Hatch is appre- ' hensive. ' , the Clinton impeachment process, on why the president should have been convicted by the Senate, I asked Hatch why the House impeachment charges failed to persuade a majority of the Senate. What he told me may interest future historians: "I said to the Republicans," Hatch recalled , ''that we won't get one Democratic vote. Therefore, we should vote to adjourn the proceeding without prejudice. That is, wtth the possibility of resuming the impeachment process. In adjourning, we would say that although we don' t have the votes to convict, we acknowledge President Clinton committed perjury and we condemn it." By the Senate adjournin~ without prejudice, Hatch told me, "tf Clinton committed perjury or an impeachable offense again, we could reinstitute the proceeding. That would have been a true result by contrast with Clinton saying afterward that he had upheld the Constitution." Agreeing that Clinton did not hold uphold the Constitution, I mentioned to Hatch what Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner wrote in his book "An Affair of State: The Investigation, Impeachment and Trial of President Clinton" (Harvard University (Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned · Press, 2000). After detailing Clinton's authority on the First Amendment and . crimes, Posner wrote: the Bill of Rights.) KONDRACKE'S VIEW Corruption 5fallout pits accountants vs. lawyers - . Accountants and lawyers, two profession s enmeshed in last year's corporate scandals, now are fighting each other for billions of dollars worth of business and the Senate's only accountant is joining the fray to keep it fair. Sen . Mike Enzi (R -Wyo.) told me that he intends to see that tax lawyers are covered equally with ac countants under the Sarbane sOxley law passed in the wake of Enron, WorldCom and other scan dals. Accounting firm s ac cuse tax lawyers of using the Securities and Exchan ge C ommi ss ion 's rul e -mak ing process under the new law to squeeze them out of the lucrative bu si nes s of giving ta x adv ice to businesses they audit. The accountants also claim that law firm s are trying to scare cor pora te board s into hirin g law yer s instead of ac co untants to do their tax work in orde r to stay out of trouble wi th the go ve rnment. Tax lawyer s say th ey are merely ensurin g that the princi ple of "auditor indepe ndence" appl ies when corporatio ns get adv ice . on tax matt ers th at mi ght lead to trouble with th e Intern al Reven ue Service. E nzi, who took a lead ro le in fas h-1 ionin g parts of last year's reform law, said the bill erred in requirin g Morton Kondracke COWMNIST co rporatio n's a il -i mp o rtant a udit committees to giv e specific perm ission fo r the company's accounting firm to do ta x work , but not a law firm see king to do the same wo rk. He vo wed to "address thi s issue and other areas of conflict in the comi ng months b y working with the SEC and , if necessary, seeking correc ti ve legislat ion ." Actuall y, if he is goi ng to in terve ne wi th the SEC, he needs to do it fas t. The co mme n t periqd for the tax-advice rul e is abo ut to close, and the SEC is schedul ed to make a f inal ruli ng by the e nd of the month . If the accounti ng ind ustry were to be blocked fro m providing tax services to com panies it a·udi ts, it would represent yet .ano th er major blow to a once-hono red - and sti ll po lit ica l ~ I ... ........- - .... ' ·' : White House position on oil production appears puzzling · ~;a--~ - --·-· ~ ...... ·. ,.~ . . . ..,. , ..... .~, ,. .... h .. , . , , The Daily Sentin el• Page AS Pomeroy/Middleport, Ohio Thesday, January 21, 2003 ------~----------------_.--~ The Daily Sentinel Tuesday, January 21, 2003 • ~ · • •• , •"• j l ' ly powe rful - profe ssion . It became clear th at some accounting firm s, depended upon to furnish honest audits of ·corporate books, winked at or colluded in) llicit prac- . tices in order to secure fat contracts · · from co rporati ons. Arthur Andersen , accountant for Enro n and other troubled firm s, was ' indi cted and forced out of bu siness , in the sca ndal, reducing the indu s- · try 's Big Five fi rms to four. : The re maining firm s have bee n forced to stop consulting for compani es th ey audit , and Con gress' re form bill, named afte r Sen . Paul Sarban es ( D- Md.) and Re p . Mi ke · O xley ( R-Ohio), pro hibi ted the m • fro m other activi ti es, includ in g giv- , i ng legal advice, doing advocacy and . prov iding inf orma tio n-tec hn o logy servi ces. Bu siness gro up s such as the U.S . C hamber o f C ommerce and even the bus iness sectio n of the ABA are siding wi th the acco un ting professio n agains t the tax lawyers. · Oxley's staff said th at he was not going to get involved. He told B loomberg that the SEC s hould "define the intent of the law .. . a nd . m ove forward ." Hopefully, it ' II hap• , pen . (Morton Kondracke is executive editor of Roll Call, th e newspaper of· Capitol Hill.) ,'•,.' I ATHENS (AP) - So much of the time, depression proves itself a stronger force than the world outside IJane Bowen's door. Anxious and afraid, she stays in. "I tend to isolate myself," Bowen said. "Good days? I very seldom have good days. I have good moments. I live for the moments." Those brief, exhilarating snippets . of pleasure often come with a camera in hand. Part window and part shield, the little point-and-shoO! frees her. "A godsend," said Boweri, 42, reflecting on the day she first walked into Elise Mitchell Sanford's photography class. Confidence and creativity are but a few of the sweet byproducts of the Athens Photographic Project, born when Sanford decided to reach out to several local residents who, like her own son, suffer from mental illness. "I thought, 'What do I know how to do? I know how to take photographs. How can I tum that into something to help?'" The 73-year-old widow and photographic artist (ound donations and sponsors, secured a meeting place, then handed her students cameras and film. Document your lives, Sanford told them. Take pictures of your nei~borhood, your town, your friends, your family. Can't bring yourself to leave home? Don't give up. Shoot inside. The results - several I 0week classes, hundreds of rolls of film and thousands of frames later - have traveled throughout Ohio as an exhibit that is showing in Columbus through the end of the month at the Place To Be. "We made art," Sanford says in the exhibit introduction . "Art that is startling in its honesty." Although it would be silly to imagine th11t mental illness does not affect her students' BY J. MILES LAYTON Staff writer . Paul Reininga is ·framed through the body of a camera , in Columbus. Reininga, one of the students in Elise Mitchell Sanford's first photography classes during summer 2000, is a 51-year-old paranoid schizophrenic. That cruel fact often mars his life, he explained , but not his photographs. He is one of the photographers involved in the Athens Photographic Project that features images from people who suffer from mental illness'. (AP) work, Sanford rejects any sug- stuff better." gestion that it defmes it. · For the two exhibits pro"The vision of normals does duced so far - "I .have a not exist," she said. "Nor does . voice" and "Our Voices/Our a category exist for someone Worlds" - Sanford did not who suffers from mental ill- allow sentiment to dictate ness. There is no one mind-set, composition. She recruited a no one attitude, no rule for juror to choose work from each making art." photographer. Paul Reininga, one of the "That's the way it happens in students in Sanford's first the art world," she said. "We classes during summer 2000, is did it right." a 51-year-old paranoid schizo, . KarenSerago,coordinatorof phrenic. That cruel fact often the Southern Alleghenies mars his life, he explained, but Museum of Art in Altoona, Pa., not his photo~mphs. served as juror for the tirst proThey remam perfect, frozen ject. The work that came to her instances in time: a stark, in a bundle of white envelopes opened door; Reininga's mlr- appeared well-composed and ror-reflected self-portrait; four powerful. It also commanded young men at a gas station; respect, she thought to herself, dark clouds swirling above a because of the hurdles its ererooftop statue. ators overcame. "Nature," Reininga said ''They took risks many of us when asked what he most likes would not," Semgo writes in to photograph. "I keep trying to her juror's statement. "They go out to the Ridges in spring see the world through the darkand shoot the flowering trees. est oflenses and yet manage to But everyone likes my city disclose simple truths. Housing construction rises WASHINGTON (AP) Construction of new homes and apartments rose by . a solid 5 percent in December to cap the best year for housing construction since 1986, the government reported Thesday. The Commerce Department said that builders broke ground on 1.84 million new home homes and apartments at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in December compared to a 1.75 million unit pace in November, when activity had risen by 5.2 percent from the October level. For the year as a whole, work was started on I. 70 million homes and apartments, up 6.4 percent from 200 I and the best year for home builders since 1986. All the activity was bolstered by the lowest mortgage rates since the early 1960s, which fueled a boom in housing construction and sales . Housing was one of the few bright spots for the economy last year as the country endured an uncertain recovery from the 200 I recession. The unemployment rate at year's end stood at an eight-year high of 6 percent and many analysts believe it will go higher in coming months as concerns about what a possible war in Iraq will do to oil supplies continue to weigh on the U .S. economy. The Federal Reserve, trying . to bolster consumer demand, has pushed a key interest rate to a 41- year low. Mortgage rates have tracked the Fed's efforts with 30-year mortgages dropping to the lowest levels since the early 1960s. The mortgage rate last week, according to a survey by Freddie Mac, was 5.97 percent, up slightly from the four-decade low of 5.85 percent set at the beginning of this year. Analysts believe that rates will move slightly higher for this year and for that reason they are predicting that sales of both new and existing homes, which are expected to set records for 2002, will dip slightly in 2003 . The report on housing starts showed that builders began construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate on 1.47 million single-family homes in December; up 4 .9 percent from the November pace. This was the best monthly building pace for single-family home s since November· 1978. The pace of apartment construction rose by 3.9 percent in December, compared to November, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 321,000 units , the strongest pace since last August Housing construction was up in all areas, led by an 18.2 percent jump in activity in the Northeast, where constru ction climbed to an .annual rate of 169,000 units. Southeast Ohio electronics plant to close MCCONNELSVILLE , (AP) - Gould Electronics Inc. will close its plant in this southeast Ohio city, leaving 80 employees without jobs. The plant, Which makes . copper foil for rrinted circuit boards, wil be consol idated with the company' s Chandler, Ariz., facility, said company spokesman Jame s Roop. No closing Flooding _ from Page A1 jail a year ago, but said contractor Harry Leffl e was never paid for materials or labor, although commissioners have denied authorizing the work. Trussell sai!;l Johnson Controls, th e firm wh ich date has been set. Ro op said the entire printed circui t board industry is suffering, and he pointed out the McConnelsville pl ant had employed more than 25 0 people about two years ago . Roop sa id there is reduced demand for the company 's produ ct s a nd some manufac turing in the industry has been mo ved to maintains courtho use and sheriff's office heating and cooling syste ms, warned of an imminent bo iler failure late last year. Two weeks later, Trussell said, a boi ler in spec tor "red-tagged" the unit and ordered it turned off. Commissioners ordered replacement parts costing $.16,000, and those parts were receivedr Mo nday, Trussell said. forei gn companies. The company, base d in Eastlake, prev iou sly closed plants in M entor and Hampste ad, N.H., and tran sferre d productio n to Arizona. POMEROY Bud~et deficits have been an ongomg struggle Meigs County · Sheriff Ralph Trussell has had to deal with since he was · elected in 2000. Trussell expects layoffs and possibly a shutdown of shertff's operations by mid-year. Faced with this grim reality, Trussell has filed a brief with the Fourth Appellate Court of Appeals for a writ of mandamus, a court order demanding that the county provide reasonable funding for the continued operation of the sheriff's department. In the brief Trussell filed with the court, he said the sheriff's department was in debt for more than $80,000 prior to his election as sheriff tri t he fall of 2000. Commissioner County Mick Davenport said that while this is true, Trussell started his term of office with a clean slate free of this debt in 200 I. In that fiscal year, Trussell said his budget was reduced from $71 0,000, which had beeri the appropriation the previous year, to about than $667,000. Trussell said that he had a $30,000 debt in 200 I which he carried into 2002. According to the brief, hi s department was again reduced from the 200 I appropriated amount of more than $667,000 to about $596,000. According to County Commissioner Jim Sheets , most departments received an across-the-board cut of about 5 percent. While he contends that the sheriff's department was cut, the county commissioners only cut this department by about 2.3 percent. The funding for housing, food and medical care of inmates. which county commissioners are required , by state law to provide to prisoners in Trussell"s care, was not cut. In 2002, the sheriff's department exceeded appropriations, only this time it was oy more than $I 40,000, according to the brief. Tru ssell claims that hi s department had to pick up part of the p ounty commissioners' responsibilities by paying about $74,000 in expenses for operating the jail, and . providing the inmates food and medical care. This deficit problem threatened to shut down the sheriff's department because Trussell was hard-pressed to pay salaries. Several layoffs were narrowly averted due to a special ,$25,000 grant from the state, and a share of the money from the drug task force, which amo unted to $5,000. In 2003, the commissioners cut the sheriff' s department's budget by about 15 percent. All other departments accepted the same percentage of cuts. Down fro m last year 's budget of $596,000, the sheriff's department was cut to about $536,000. As in previous years. funding for housing, foo d and medical care for pri soners was not subject to cuts. The remaining fund s available amounted to total of about $271 ,000. According to Trussell . this represents a 55 percent reduction from the 2002 level. Since there is a debt carryover from the previous year, this amount has been reduced to about $200,000 . Trussell has said if his department continues to face these budge tary shortfalls, it will cease to provide adequate protection to the c ounty. If thi s were to happen, he argues that the commission- . ers would be in violation of the state constitution , the basis for his writ. Army sending 37,000 more troops to Gulf region as buildup accelerates WASHINGTON (AP) The Army is cocking the fist of its most modern heavy division and aiming it at Iraq. The 4th Infantry Division, equipped with tanks, attack helicopters, artillery .a nd other weaponry designed to defeat armored forces, is ·heading a group known collectively as Task Force Ironhorse, with a total of 37,000 soldiers. The Army announced on Monday that the task force has been ordered to "reposition" to the Central Command area that encompasses the Persian Gulf, where tens of thousands of other American forces are assembling in preparation for possible war against Iraq. . The 4th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Ivy Division, is considered the Army's most lethal, modern, and deployable heavy division, with the most sophisticated information-gathering and command and control equipment. In addition to about 12,500 soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, nearly 4,000 soldiers from the division's 3rd Brigade at Fort Carson, Colo ., and more than 20,000 troops for 10 other installations comprise the task force ; according to .Fort Hood spokesman Cecil Green. Green said he could not provide more details such as the couhtry in which the soldiers will be deployed,. or when they would ship out. Officials in Washington said it was po ssible that parts or all of the task force would go to Turkey. The Pentagon has wanted to put ground forces into Turkey to es tabi·ish the option o f invading Iraq from the ·north. Thousands of U.S . force s already are in Kuwait, training for a possible attack on Iraq from the south. There are alllllted SIPPIV II Coverall 11110 Cards lehl GeiiDUn at lhe · The Daily Sentinel 111 caun Slrtllt, P1m1ro1 wlllli SIPPIIII lastl T h e Turkish government, however, has so far refu sed to permit any sizable 0 . s . ground force to Rumsfeld assemble there. In a bid to clear the way for an agreement on U.S. troops, Gen . Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Turkish military leaders in Ankara, the capital. Afterward he refused to discuss details. "Turkey has been a very cooperative partner," Myers told reporters . "I would expect them to be in the future as well." Elsewhere on Iraq's periphery, the kingdom of Saudi Arabi a has been reluctant to hos t a large number of U.S. ground forces, although it doe s accommodate U.S . air force s. The operations · center from which the air portion of an Iraq war would be orchestrated is at Prince Sultan Air Base, south of Riyadh, the Saudi capital. In the 1991 Gulf War, most U.S. ground forces entered Iraq and occupied Kuwait from Saudi territory. Defense Secretary Donald H . Rumsfeld apparently gave the go-ahead to deploy Task Force Ironhorse last week. In remarks to the Reserve Officers . Association . on Monday; Rumsfeld made no reference · to the Army deployment and said it remained possible that the Iraqi crisis could be resolved peacefully. Va11pa BuRtt oak Haad CIII'Yed !bad ra11-81eiP Bed includes rails, triple dresser, <best wllh jewelry box and tri·view mirror Vaughn Bauett Oak Slat Bed Headboard, Footboard, 5 Drawer Chest, . Tripi~ VaapaBaltett O.a kl'oater Bedroem Salte Headboard, Footboard, S Drawer C hest, Triple druser with mirror Dresser w.ith Mirror �The Daily Sentinel PageA6. Business Inside: Scoreboard, Page 82 NBA roundup, Page 83 Tuesday, January 21, 2003 Supreme Court to hear ,arguments Study: University endowments down on Maine drug discount law SACO, Maine (AP) .Carleen Simpson planned carefully for a retirement that would allow her to travel, including regular trips north of the border for cheaper prescription drugs. On her first trip, she saved enough money to heat her house for a year. "I used to worry about being a little old lady eating dog food so I could pay for my prescriptions," Simpson said. "That's a sad situation when you're living in a country that's so wealthy." Maine legislators passed a groundbreaking law designed to lower drug prices for state residents without insurance coverage, but a drug industr~ legal challenge has blocked 1t from going into effect. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on an appeal. The Maine Rx law, enacted in 2000, would let the state negotiate for lower prices on behalf of more than 300,000 residents who pay for prescription drugs. If prices didn't drop in three years, the state could impose price controls. Twenty-eight states support Maine's position. And a dozen states are poised to act swiftly to adopt similar laws if the' Supreme Court rules in Maine's favor, said Bernie Hom, policy director for the Center for Policy Alternatives in Washington. For states, Maine Rx is attractive because it doesn't require federal approval and it costs taxpayers little. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, which sued to overturn Maine Rx, contends the law is unconstitutional because it regulates interstate commerce and runs afoul of Medicaid law. The Supreme Court will hear a three-sided argument Wednesday with lawyers for the state and the drug mdustry opposing each other, and the Bush administration staking out middle ground by arguing that Maine Rx would be legal if restricted to low -income Mainers instead of being made widely available. After Maine Rx was put on hold, the state obtained a Medicaid waiver to create the Healthy Maine prescriptions program to give discounts to more than I00,000 residents. But that, too, was blocked. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the Healthy Maine Prescriptions program, like a similar measure stru~k down in Vermont, illegally expanded the Medicaid program. The pharmaceutical industry has been vilified for fighting Maine Rx by critics who say it is concerned about profits. But Jeff · Trewitt, a spok.e.sman for the trade· group, said drug manufacturers are obligated to challenge a law they believe puts politicians in charge of the drugs available to patients. "We will and should object any time a state advocates a program that hurts poor Medicaid patients and violates federal law," he said. Simpson, a former bank Carleen Simpson, 66, holds some of the prescription drugs teller, prepared for retirement she takes daily at her home in Saco, Maine. If she did not get by saving money and con- her prescriptions at a discount from Canada, then she would tributing to an Individual be spending as much on drugs as she receives In Social Retirement Account and a . Security payments each month . (AP) 40 I (k) retirement plan. She has a pension and receives States allow travelers to bring Whatever happens before Social Security paymellls. in a 90-day personal supply. U.S. Supreme Court, the She was shocked when she Simpson, 66, expects to· Maine and eight other states found that her medications ate up nearly her entire monthly save $2,000 this year by trav- are seeking to negotiate bulk eling 240 miles to get her drug rates and Maine is seekSocial Security payment. Some of her drugs are avail- drugs in Canada, but she wor- ing revisions to its Medicaid able as generics but others are ries about others who aren't waiver so its Healthy Maine available only at full price. healthy enough to make the .Prescriptions will pass legal Together, they would cost her trip. "How far does the pharma- muster. $1,943.38 every six months. "It has always been our polIn Canada, she pays $910.26. ceutical industry want to push you? Until you sell your icy not to bet the store on any Prescription drugs are house?" said Simpson, who single strategy," said Human cheaper in Canada largely in a two-story duplex lives Services Commissioner because of government caps husshe and her 75-year-old Kevin Concannon. "I wouldon dru~ prices there. Federal regulations in the United band own with her brother. n't rule out other things." ' Segway hits legal pothole in San Francisco before they even hit the streets SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - With its love of geek chic and congested streets, San Francisco might have been expected to embrace Segway, the environmentally friendly, self-balancing personal vehicle that promises to entioe people out of their smog-spewing cars. Instead, the city on Monday becomes the first large municipality to outlaw the Segway Hu'man Transporter on its sidewalks more than a month before the chariot-like vehicles are made available to the public. The Board of Supervisors acted last month following intense lobbying by Segway LLC in state capitols to change laws to permit the two-wheeled vehicles on sidewalks. Thirty-three states, including California, approved Segway-enabling legislation . But that doesn't mean major cities will roundly embrace the scooters touted by inventor Dean Kamen, when he introduced them to great fanfare in December 200 I, as apt to "change civilization." California's law allows - cities to opt out. The upright device controlled by body movements with the help of tiny computers and balance-con trolling gyroscopes - has been tested across the country by postal workers, police officers and meter readers. They're on sale to the public at Amazon .com for $4,950 each and will begin shipping in March . Critic s say the Segway is a safety hazard on sidewalk s . because it weighs 69 pounds and travels at up to 12 .5 mph - three times faster than the typical pedestrian . No state is requ irip g that its dri vers be trained , although some have set minimum age and helmet requirements. "We don't want to say that it doesn't ever make sense. But in urban settings there isn't enough room for all the pedestrians," said Ellen Vanderslice, president of America WALKs, a pedestrian advocacy group based in Portland, Ore. In hilly San Francisco, officials feared the batterypowered Segways would cause more problems than they would solve, particularly fo,r . the disabled and semor citizens. "There were statistics submitted to us about injuries, and the Segways themselves did not have adequate safety features to alert people they might be behind them," said Tom Ammiano, a San Francisco supervisor who supported the ban. Kmart promotes company president to CEO DETROIT (AP) - The board of Kmart Corp. named a new chief executive Sunday to replace James B. Adamson, the company director named last year to shepherd the retailer's bankruptcy reorganization. Kmart president Julian C. Day will assume the top job, while Adamson will remain as non-executive chairman through the final months of the Chapter II bankruptcy, Kmart said in a statement. Day will retain his duties as president. His appointment comes as the retailer begins to shuffie its management ahead of its expected exit from Chapter II by April 30. Adamson and Day were not available for interviews Sunday, the company said. Day, 50, joined Kmart as president and chief operating officer in March. Previously, he was chief financial officer at Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Safeway Inc., the supermarket chain. Kmart tiled for bankruptcy protection in January 2002. Two months later, the Troy, Mich.-based company said it would close 283 stores, affecting about 22,000 jobs. On Tuesday, the retailer announced it planned to close another 326 stores and eliminate 37,000 jobs. If a federal judge approves those closings, Kmart will have about I ,500 stores, a third less than when it declared bankruptcy. Kmart's stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange last month. The company's common stock will have no value once Kmart leaves bankruptcy. PageBl Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6 percent in '02 · (AP) -' College endow, ing debt at lower rates. And; schools insist, ments last year turned in their worst performance receill losses are a small since 1974, a stark contrast price to pay for the enorto the investment boom of mous gains between 1992 the 1990s and a financial and 2000, when endowblow at a time when ·many ments enjoyed double-digit public schools are losing investment growth every year but one, according to state aid. The av.e rage · college NACUBO. Those gains scholarships, endowment shrank 6 per- funded cent in fiscal 2002, accord- research and an unpreceing to a survey of 660 insti- dented campus building tutions to be released boom. Tue~day by the National "You had the greatest Association of College and expansion probably in tile University . Business history of higher education Officers. The findings in terms of scholarship aid, matched those of another new facilities and new prostudy relea.sed last month grams;" Malpas said. by Commonfund Institute . For now, most such proIt was the first back-to- jects are ori hold. A few back decline since schools have laid off facuiW ash in g ton-based ty members. Many are NACUBO began its survey red!lcing staff through in 1971. The 200 I survey attrition. showed an average decline Illinois Wesleya!J of 3.6 percent. University, whose endowBelt-tightening is evident ment fell 22 percent to at schools such as Boston $136 million, will have $3 University, with 29,000 million less to spend this students, which is laying year than it projected in off faculty, and tiny 2000. The school has College in frozen departmental budHillsdale Michigan, which is cutting gets, is slightly acceleratfour varsity sports teams. ing tuition increases and is Even wealthy schools like dipping into some gifts it Dartmouth, · Duke and would normally set aside to · Stanford h11ve been forced prop up the endowment. to cut costs. "We've slacked off on · "It's forcing academic some of the technology leadership throughout the stuff, building smart classcountry to really think rooms, that kind of thing," about what's most impor- said Thomas Carts, presitant," said Scott Malpas, dent of Samford University vice president and chief in ·Birmingham, Ala., investment officer . at the where the endowment is University of Notre Dame, now $218 million after loswhere the endowment fell ing 19 percent of its value nearly 10 percent, to $2.55 last year. But he said he billion, in fiscal 2002. doubts students will notice "Some of it's healthy, but the effects. · on the other hand it!s a Riche• schools tended to tremendous challenge." better than other universiThe average •·school's ties. The •average school investments (not account- with an endowment of $1 ing for donations and billion or more lost 2.1 perspending) lost 6 percent. cent, while the average The best-performing school with less than $25 endowment earned I 0.1 million lost 6.1 percent. percent; the worst lost 19.8 At Harvard, the world's percent. NACUBO did not richest university with identify the schools. $17 .5 billion, the endowColleges typically spend ment did comparatively about 5 percent of their well, finishing last year endowment per year. The 6 down just 2.7 percent·. percent decline outperThose who invested formed all of the major aggressively say they have stock market indexes. And · no regrets. while the bear market has "We still' want to be in made it more difficult to the equity market. We recraise money, two-thirds of ognize that in the longthe institutions in term that's the best place to Commonfund's survey said be," ·said Ken Browning, they expected donations to vice president of business , be at least as strong this and finance at Illinois year as last. Wesleyan, which bet heavMany schools have also ily on stocks. "Universities found a silver lining to the are the ultimate long-term slump: They are refinanc- investors." Shockey fined $1 0,000 of the millions who suffer from incontinence, Holzer Clinic may have the answer to help you take control of your life. You can end the restrictions you place on yourself, and BY ScoTT WoLFE Sports correspondent WELLSTON - Doubling the score on Southern tl•e second half 30-15, Well ston defeated the Lady Tornadoes 54-43 in nonleague action Monday night at Wellston. Hillary Patrick led Wellston with 18 points, Kim Cremeans had 15, and Alex Massie 13. Holly Rader had four, Thomas two and Lisa Bunnell two. Southern (I 0-3) was without the services of senior post Rachel Chapman who sprained her ankle severely in a Saturday practice. Southern was led in scoring by Deana Pullins and Amy Lee with eleven points each, Brigette Barnes eight, Ashley Dunn six, and. Katie Sayre seven. Southern went up 4-0, but Wellston came back to take a 5-4 lead before SHS went up 11-9. Wellston tied it at 11-11 after one round. In the second period, Southern came on strong to lead 2824 at the half. After three rounds, the Stern defends ·suspension MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)Commissioner David Stern defended the NBA's sevengame suspension of Portland Trail Blazers' star Rasheed Wallace, saying the league won't tolerate threats against officials. Wallace was suspended Saturday for a confrontation with referee Tim Donaghy on the Rose Garden loading dock in Portland after the Trail Blazers' 100-92 victory over Memphis last week. MacTavish ,. hounds Flames' . mascot CAI.:GARY, Alberta (AP) - Edmonton Oilers coach Craig MacTavish ripped out the tongue of Calgary Flames mascot Harvey the Hound after the 6-foot -6 dog repeatedly taunted him at the • · bench. Roy plays 1,OOOth game DENVER (AP) Colorado's Patrick Roy added to his considerable list of ' achievements, becoming the first NHL goalie to play in I ,000 games. USOC plans investigation DENVER (AP) - The U.S. Olympic Committee plans an independent investigation of Lloyd Ward following the resignation of five members angered by his exoneratipn on ethics charges. The investigati'on comes amid a report in the Los Angeles Times that the U.S. Justice Department plans to to the send officials Dominican Republic to investigate a\ deal between the 2003 Pan American Games and a company with ties to Ward's brother. Slutskaya finishes second MALMOE, Sweden (AP) - Olympic silver medalist Irina Slutskaya finished second in qualifying at . the European Figure Skating Championships to Elena Sokolova, who ended a nearly five -year hiatus from major competition. Sokolova hit seven triple jumps to top world champion Slutskaya. Local Caring: / www.holzerclinic.com • (740) 441-8051 ·, Southern falls to Wellston CLEVELAND (AP) Keith Smart was named Cleveland's fourth coach in four years, replacing John Lucas who was fired after going 8-34 and failing to develop the Cavaliers' younger players. Lucas, fired I 1/2 years into a three-year, $9 million contract, couldn't make winners out of the lowly Cavs. Smart is best known for making the game-winning jump shot for Indiana in the 1987 J'.!~AA championship game against Syracuse. He inherits the league's youngest team. Medical Excellence. ' Super Bowl Smart named Cavs coach the embarrassment. call for details about our thorough testing and treatment plans. Call Holzer Clinic at (740)441-8051. Now there's a reason to face each day again with confidence. HOLZER CLINIC Prep basketball NEW YORK (AP) . Giants rookie Jeremy Shockey was fined $10,000 for throwing a cup of ice into the stands and making an obscene gesture during · a first-round playoff loss at San Francisco. Urinary Incontinence? Confidence can• change ev_ g. ~you're one The Daily Sentinel Vikings score win over Eagles Oakland Raiders' managing general partner AI Davis Is l\Sl>ISiteo down the stairs from the in San Diego. (AP) airplane upon the team's arrival for the Super Bowl, Davis, Raider N on baCk at the S... r Bowl SAN DIEGO (AP) Wearing his trademark black jacket and white slacks, AI Davis stepped off his team's chartered plane the one tattooed in Oakland Raiders' decals looking fit for a fight and ready to conquer the NFL again. Behind him were the American Football Conference champions, sporting the same no-nonsense look of their maverick owner, only a tad more formal in shirts and ties. "We're dressed for business," All-Pro tackle Lincoln Kennedy said. The business ·of winning the Super, Bowl began Monday with the arrival of the Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winners of the National Football Conference. The Raiders haven ' t been to a Super Bowl in 19 years; thlt Buccaneers are making their debut. Davis once made a living out of ~oing to Super Bowls with hts team - they won three of four visits until their long dry spell. He also made a habit of ·suing the league, winning his share of the battles and reinforcing his rebel image. "There is a mystique about the Raiders and it starts with .the owner," said Raiders linebacker Bill Romanowski, who owns four Super Bowl rings, two with San Francisco and two with Denver. "The owner only cares about two things: players and winning. Who score stood tied at 35-35., blasted but Wellston Snnthern in the last round. Southern went through a string of 0-6 from the field, and had no offensive rebounds in a serJes of one and out possessions. Southern went just 4-18 from the field the second half in .a frigid cold streak. Southern hit 11-of-39 • shots from the field, inclduing 2-of-7 3-pointers. SHS had 36 rebounds (Dunn 12,' Lee 8, Barnes 8), six steals, I 0 assists (Barnes 5) and 17 turnovers: Wellston (5-8) hit 23-Qf<. • 44 field goal attemp(!f,. Wellston had 35 rebounds (Cremeans 7, Massie 7}, three steals, five assists and 13 turnovers . Southern won the reserv~ game 37-14 led by Kristiinll Williams with 12 and Susan Brauer with 7. · Southern hosts Trimble in the Tri-Valley Conferen~e showdown Thursday jil: Racine. Tentatively there ji;no reserve gaDjle Thursdey, so the varsity game starts :lit 6 p.m. · 8v ScoTT WoLFE Sports correspondent TUPPERS PLAINS Coming off a big win against then league-leading Trimble, Eastern suffered a serious let- else would you rather play for?'' Jon Groden, maybe? He's the coach who taught the Buccaneers how to vanquish the demons of failures past. The same Gruden who coached the Raiders the season before and joined Tampa Bay only after the Bucs paid a very hijlh price - four high draft ptcks and $8 million . A bargain, certainly, in hindsight. Gruden was set to make another transcontinental journey on Tuesday after staying behind an extra day with his coordinators to game-plan. His players, though. were loose and playful. · · Keyshawn Johnson down, falling to upper-division foe Vinton County Monday 48-37 in an inter-dvisionsal Tri-Valley Conference girls basketball game.. Eastern (10-4) was led in scoring by Morgan Weber, who had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Jess Hupp and Alyssa, Holter each had "Six points, Jen Hayman added five and Krystal Baker chipped in two. Vinton County (6-5) was led by Tiffany Patterson with 12 points, Brittany Sowers had 10, Hayley Sowers added seven, Kayhi Jewett seven, Holly Pridemore four, and two each by Ginger Gill, Jessie Caudill, Amanda Ratcliff, and Beth Allen. Vinton County jumped out to a small lead of 8-5 in the Please see Football 81 first quarter and edged to a 2319 lead at the half. The game was close throughout, but Eastern's great floor play of Saturday was not present. Vinton County maintained a 37-24 lead after three periods and held on for the win. Eastern was 14-of-59 from the field and 7-18 at the line. Eastern had 30 rebounds (Weber 10), 9 steals, seven assists (Holter 3) and 23 turnovers. Vinton County hit 18-of-44 field goal attempts and was 11-of-16 at the free throw line. Vinton County had 32 rebounds (Pridemore II), five assists; eight steals and 17 turnovers. Vinton County won the reserve game 37-22 led by K.Jistin Collins with seven, Heather Ousley six and Erica Reed six. Eastern was led by Krista White, Hallie Brooks, and .Cassie Nutter with five each .. Eastern hosts Miller Thursday, · Tennis Venus Williams, Andre-Agassi advance into semifinals: MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Venus Williams slammed down powerful aces, and Andre Agassi used precision serves as both advanced to the semifinals of the Australian Open. After spectators loudly called some of her shots out, Williams responded with a burst of winners midway . through the first set that helped carry her to a 6-4, 6-3 victory over seventh-ranked Daniela Hantuchova on Tuesday. Williams also served six aces at speeds of up to 125 mph, shown as 20 I kilometers per hour on the board. ·~I don't know if I served well , but did everyone see the 201 ?" Venus asked in a postmatch interview. "I was surprised when I saw that speed. I got a bit distracted, so I said, "Venus, focus back on the match."' She's been concentrating on accuracy over speed since prOducing the fastest recorded serve in women's tennis, clocking 127 mph at Zurich in 1998. But her powerful serve had her thinking of changing her tactics. " Now I'm going to start trying to see if I can serve it even bigger than the record." Williams said . Williams got match point with a backhand crosscourt winner on the run: losing her earring in the process. She replaced the jew~lry, composed herself and won it on the next point when Hantuchova sent a backhand long. Venus was testing the limits of her serve and groundstrokes. Her five double faults and 32 unforced errors giving Hantuchova some free points and contributing to a dropped service game in each set. "I was fortunate to get through," Williams said. "I don't think Daniela played as well as she wanted to today." She will meet No. 5 seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne in the semifinal after the Belgian beat Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2, 6-2. Henin-Hardenne, who tumbled to the court with leg cramps in a 3 1/2-hour fourth-round win .over former No . I Lindsay Davenport on Sunday, dropped her opening service game and trailed 0-2 before she rallied to win eight in a row. "I' ve played a lot of close matches against Venus. I believe in my chances and I Andre Agassi plays a shot in his quarterfinals match against will go on court to win the Sebastien Grosjean from France at the Australian Open tennis tournament today in Melbourne . The second seed American is Please see Tennis, 81 seeking his fourth Australian Open title. (AP) • .. • ���Page B 6 • The Dally Sentinel . ." www.~ydallysenflnel.com ; Tuesday, January 21, 2003 Recruits mu.st read.fine print before signing on dotted line ACROSS . 1 5 8 11 . I Dear Abby ADVICE tion. Read on: DEAR ABBY: This is for anyone who's considering joining any branch of military service. Even if you are sure which branch you want to join, talk to recruiters from other branches - and also different recruiters in the branch you are considering. Some re.cruiters are more knowledgeable than others, and an inexperienced recruiter's ignorance can cause new recruits to miss out on opportunities such as bonuses, tuition and initial entry rank. -PROUD AIRMAN, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. DEAR PROUD AIRMAN: That's valuable advice for anyone considering a stint in the armed forces. DEAR ABBY: I am a former Marine and would like to comment on the letter from the young man who is considering joining the armed (2 wds.) the military was both exciting and challenging. It is life on the edge, and you ~et out of it what you put mto 11. P.S.. Stay away from ladders! , 1 Dear Abby is written by Abigail- Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother; Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P. 0. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. • actually org. • · 63 Chirp 18 Orbit 84 Caallll 20 Perspiring 85 Vapor 11gment 22 Volcanic flow we• H Low card 25~ Detective's cry 1 2 28 Tenda.lhe 3 topic - lawn 31 Marched 33 Stlmpy's buddy 34 eager's 39 Pidure yourself • 1n a new career. 40 41 • 44 45 48 ~~'product 4 5 8 7 A'stooge 8 Dexterity 9 Make cenaln 10 GuH st. 14 Duck's foot 18 LL.D. r.-'"T-l""~-r.:-- . 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If he declines, he n!lums to civilian life and drills once a month with his assigned unit. In adcition, he serves two weeks in the summer with his reserve unit when it goes on annual duty training. The rest of the time, he's a civilian. BILL IN FULLERTON, CALIF. DEAR BILL: That sounds like an intelligent alternative. DEAR ABBY: While get· ting injured or killed in the military is a possibility, there are tremendous personal rewards. I have traveled the world with the Air Force without serious injury, yet I fell off a ladder in my back yard last year and nearly killed myself. Go figure! MAJ. MICHAEL C., USAFR, RET. DEAR . MICHAEL: Ninety-nine percent of those who wrote to comment on "Not in Boot Camp's" letter expressed that the1r stint in t 12 Vehicle · ahacfe 13 "Get real!" 55 Caviar, u DEAR ABBY: I read with interest the letter from the 25year-old man who's considermg joining the military, and whose family and friends think he's lost his mind. I'm a retired Army colonel and think how fortunate this country would be if more people had that young man's attitude. My strongest recommendation to that fell a - or anyone JOimng the m1htary - IS to make absolutely sure of what you are signing up for. Read the DD Form 4, Enlistment Contract - every word. If a recruiter promises something, have that promise put in writing on tl)e DD Form 4 or it is not considered binding. Also. don't let a recruiter tell you "now or never." He may say that only to fulfill a quota. Yes, there are restrictions and qualification factors , but a good recruiter will lay out all of those openly and work with the applicant to satisfy the individual's need as well as the military's. - COL. MM, HUNTSVILLE, ALA. DEAR COL. MM: You have written an important letter, and I hope that "Not in Boot Camp Yet" takes it to heart. I'm sure it will help not only him, but also any high school senior who is unsure about what to do after gradua- holder 49 Capbrtm Crane anna 51 Kitchen Dog'i bark gadget Bottle cap 53 Hubbies Decree 54 Pantyhose 111"'-r.!'"-- · refuut 50 CENTS • Vol. 53, No . 110 43 Nlgh1 www.mydailysentinel.com WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2003 before 45 Mllfonunea C8 Dlanay aile 47 "Uncle Millie" 150 Out of piiCt 52 An<IIU maclel 53 Chana 58 By meen1 of German anlcle 59 Klkl ar Joey 58 80 007's occupation ,.......,...,.._ I Deputies forego·pay raise to protect jobs BY BRIAN Staff writer J. REED POMEROY _ Meigs County sheriff's deputies will forego a pay increase this year in an attempt to protect their jobs, according to a union spokesman. ~ Deputies also have agreed to other temporary terms designed to reduce payroll costs. · Deputy Edward Patterson Jr., assistant director of the local Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, said 1\tesday deputies have agreed to decline a second-year pay increase included in their three-year negotiated contract with Sheriff Ralph Trussell. soon transferred into other line items "Our union members agfeed to do for the payment of this in an attempt to stay employed 2002 bills. throug.h the year,': Patterson said. "The Additional funds pa~ ratS<? wou!~ t do us much good if will likely be trnnswe re bud off. . ferred to meet curThe agreement was s1gned by rent operating T~ssell, Patterson and local OPBA expenses, including Director Kevm Duglllllast week. . cruiser repair and Trussell has satd another round of maintenance, office depl:lty I.ayoff~ could begm as early as . Tressel supplies and uniApnl, ctttng msuffic1ent funds to pay forms. deputies and their benefits. Last year, County commissioners appropriated deputies received a 46-cent, across$536,600 into Trussell's . salaries line the-board pay increase as a term of earlier this month, but $74,200 was their three-year contract with Trussell. They are also entitled to paid overtime at time and a half, and holiday pay at double-time and a half. According to Patterson, those conditions of the contract will also be waived until the fmancial crisis is over. Instead, deputies have agreed to take paid compensation- or time off work - at time and a half, in place of paid overtime, at a maximum of two consecutive days and a total of three days per month. 'The agreement is not precedent setting," the agreement states, "and will be good through Dec. 31 unless the Eastern does well on state report card Astrograph Wednesday . Jan. 22. 2003 BY BERNICE BEDE 0sOL In the year ahead friends and acquaintances could play significant roles in your affairs. By making friendship an important element of yqur life. your exposure to opportunities grows substantially. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You'll be in your own element today if you find yourself involved in a group activity. Good things can develop for you because of your natural liking for people from all walks of life. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20).-- It could be rather easy for you to achieve your aims and objectives today. This is because your effectiveness and competency will be supported by a large dose of good luck. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Do not be afraid to trust your own judgment today. Your mind 1s active and "Very capable of drawing upon the knowledge and experience you've acquired to guide your thinking on present conditions. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- There's a chance today that you might find a good way to generate funds from other than your usual sources. but be sure be ·sure to still capitalize properly on what you already have going for you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Your presence is likely to be sought out today by friends and associates. Everyone knows you 'II add zest to the group. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- If you' ve got a lot on .the burner today, g~t an early start. You' re capable of juggling several situations simul taneously and still doing a great job on each one. . LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --If there is something that hasn't been running as smoothly as you would like, today may be the day to step in and assume a more direct control of the maller. You ' ll know how to deal with it. I. CJ:U\D '1>\1~ (:() Rl< ALITILE 1'\G\i;- ME-\.11' .. . ~ ~~~ good uses. You won't let anything deter you from accom-. pltshmg your objectives. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -- Your enthusiasm today pertaining to a cause in which you're involved will be contagious. You could win over a person who may have never rreviously thought of supportmg your position. , VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Someone with whom you have strong emotional bonds. such as a family member, will be the luckiest for you materially today. This person could be directly responsible for gains you' II achieve. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23)- Anything you personally inaugurate or control has excellent chances for success today. Rather than delegating any part of your authority, try to handle the. lion' s share yourself. SCORPIO (Oct. .24-Nov. 22) -- Persistence and tenacity are your most reliab allies -and today yo ' t them to Felli~ CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) --Draw upon that inner strength ¥OU possess sliould you get mvolved in a competitive development today. The reservoir of power you store will give you the edge over your competition. l\'rldll::tle, rot. - 2nd 00Wf.4 3fd00WN Answer to previous Word Scrimmage • 84 1S100WN ·....!!!.. • 78 - • 78 ..AVERA.GE .... GA.ME 225-235 JUDO'S TOTAL 357 AVERAGE GAME 140-150 by JUDD HAMBRICK ~~uEAL~~~~~ = DIRECTIONS: Make a 2· to 7·1etter word from tne teners on tiCh vardlne. Add pein!S to eaCh wort1 01fettflf using ACOriog directions a! ri{tlt. S.ven-llltllr words got! a 60-point bonus. AI! WCNds can be 101.1"\d In Wetlstlf's New Wol1d Colege ~ry. JUDD'S SOLUTION TOMORROW Cl2003 Urtlled Ftllllll'l Syncllolle, Inc. 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Last pared how different groups of year, the school district received students performed in the a . grade of "continuous state's testing system. The Ohio improvement" by making 14 Department of Education out of 27 standards. (ODE) found large gaps in The state clumged the num- achievement based on race and ,~~·~' \Qi~ .year. The .. povet:tY. ... ' . •· ..7 . ~Stn~t 11Mlrece~¥ed a grade ~ According to ~ ODE, in c~ntmuo~s l~provement, fourth grade reading, each ~hich m~ans 11 met and group of children improved by 1mproved m 14 out of 22 stan- at least 7.7 percentage points dards. . over last year. In o~ ~o get this grade, a Although the gap in reading school distt'!ct must develop a was reduced by 1.8 percentage three-year rrnprovem~nt plan points from last year, the gap and must make satisfactory between the highest and lowest progress · ·n 38 8 Superintendent Deryl Well i:~~s IS sn · percentage attributes Eastern's success to Lik~ many district~ in southteachmg ded1catton and student Oh' h fu d' . involvement. e~ IO, sc oo1 . n mg IS proThe schools offered interven- Vlded through mamly property tion after Labor Day last year to taxes. ~le. the school fu~ng help students taking the test in formula IS still a hot top1c of October. · deba~ m Columbus, the f~ '1 attribute the success to the n:mwns that many rural disstudent preparedness and tncts are unable . to spend as teacher dedication," he said. much on. education as more "We teach our kids to rise to the aftluent distncts. occasion." That being said, Well said he Well said the district shO()ts wishes the school district was for higher standards than the able to offer more classes such . state, which is why the students as advanced placement courses, scored more than the state man- which are taught at the college dated benchmark of 75 percent level. At the end of the year, a in most areas. student passing an advanc~ For instance, the percentage placement exam, can get colof students at or above the pro- lege credit. ficiency level on the fourth Anyone interested in seeing grade writing tests in the district subject by subject scores can exceeded 91 percent. log onto: http://webappl. This category was not ode.state.oh.us/district_ratingld unique. The percentage of stu- etail.asp?id=428 BY MILES LAYTON Staff writer WOilll SCRIMMAGE" SOLUTION E~ JUDD HAMBRICK C 20IQ U""-d sheriff wins the lawsuit filed against the county commissioners, at which time we will go back to contract language." The agreement also calls for the indefinite closing of the Meigs County Jail. . Trussell has appealed a ruling by Judge Warren Lotz, made late last year, denying him authority to hire legal counsel to represent him in his budget disputes with the commissioners. The agreement between Trussell and the union will be considered void in the event of layoffs, according to its terms. CHARA CT ER~• Area couple jolted by theft of wife' s identity 12 ...... · A3 84-5 86 86 A4 A3-A5 AS 81-3 A2 c 2003 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. • BY MtwsstA RussELL Staff writer credit card in her name. "We'd never even heard of this card," the 61-year-old GALLIPOLIS _ "I've truck driver said. "And .we seen things like this on televi-· ··get a call fro~ a collectton sion, but 1 never thought it age~cy at 9 o clock at mght, could happen here," said saymg that we are past due on Gallipolis resident Brice o~~ payments. . Hanning, who discovered , We . k~pt telh~g them, Monday that someone had Th1s 1sn ~ us, we ve. never stolen his wife's identity and had anytlting to do w1th th1s put more than $6 400 on a card,"' he said. ' Hanning then began to question the credit card representative about the security information on the card. He discovered that they did have his wife 's correct Social Security number, but her birthdate and her mother's maiden name were incorrect. Hanning said that he contacted Gallipolis City Police immediately. Officers are investigating the incident. He now fears that the indi- vidual who illegally obtained this credit card may have also used the same information to get more cards in his wife's name. "We know about this one now," he said. "Bu t how many more will there be'r' Hanning said he was told he would not be held responsible for the balance on the card, but it will go against his credit. "We don't have a lot of money," he said. "But we do have pretty good credit. So, I guess you don 't have to be rich to be hurt by this, you just have to have good credit." Hanning hopes to obtain a printout of the purchases on the card, which may help track down the individual ~ Measeseelden~.AS Diabetes OUT OF THE: ORPII'IAR<o>, I MEAN 0 0 ,..~U~Y! OON'T r-\1=>5 OJT 00"' =: ,..Tt\1'-NK. GOOC>t-lf.-55 fQ<:. 11-\E. ., ~ ~N YENZ! l C.OVLD!-1'1 T1\I:EJ 0 00( MO~f._ C.OMME.i?.GIN.. fOK ..l ~f.. C.Po.ll- oo.J.£~'~ Z =: 'i(.l..i(;ffiD ::C,N.£.5 E.'lENT I Thursday, January 30 J1 8 am - 12 Noon • Meigs County Health Deportment free Screenings • Health Information · OUR StuiN.. ~W.I~It.IG. ~':> f..'if..N T 1 SPECIAL UPID PROFILE scREENING - Measuring Jolal Cholesterol . Screening includes a 10-hour last beforehand. . Spaces are limited for this screening, so call now to reserve a space. Contact Courtney Sim at (740)992·6626 0 CQ ~ ir.M 17A\1'15 f·ZI ~ L_::::=:;::::;;,. 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