http://66.213.69.5/files/original/edaf3aa2627a58c8071da46257352ff4.pdf d9fe657d6d05e4fc8bf5ec06ff3515e6 PDF Text Text Page D8 • 6unllap ~imn -6entind Billy Graham: By RICHARD N. OSTUNG AP RellgioD Writer NEW YORK -The Rev. Billy Graham has lived through 81 of the 20th century's 100 years and experienced its wonders and upheavals: technological wizardry, antibiotics, transatlantic flight, war and rampant evil, Christian and Muslim advancement and serious cultural challenges to religion. But one thing hasn 't changed, says America's best-known religious leader: humanity's quest for salvation. During a New York trip to address a banquet for United Nations diplomats this week, Graham reflected on religious developments during an astonishing century, and he looked ahead. The 21st century will be the same spiritually as the 20th because "man's heart has not changed. God has not changed," he asserted in an interview with The Associated Press. "Some of the things I've heard are going to happen technologically are way beyond anything I can think about. I don't think that's going to change society. Society is made up of people, and people are the same the world over." In the early 1900s, he reflected, optim ism reigned among liberal Christians. "Some forecast that this would be 'The Christian Century.' A magazine was named that. They believed things would get better and better in the world." .Then came World War II,. which ''exploded a lot of this. It was as devastating a war as the world had ever known, with the atomic bomb and so forth, and it had a great impact on all religions.'' People deve loped a deeper sense of sin, he suggested. and looked beyond political nostrums for answers. He finds the social location of religion has changed dramatically. "I grew up in the South, and church was a big thing in our lives. I suppose it was throughout the country. In the schools, ministers were brought in to preach sermons, and the Bible was read every day. We had prayer in high school classes. This helped mold my character and my thinking. I knew some Pomt~roy • Middleport • Gallipolis, Ohio • Point PIMMnt, WV Monday Sunday, December 19, 1999 December 20, 1999 Everything changed in 20th century- ·except humanity things were wrong and some things greatest impact of any pope in the were right. We've lost that ." last 200 years," Graham thinks. " I U.S. Supreme Court rulings in admire his courage, determination, the 1960s banished such religious intellectual abilities and his underexercises from public schools, and standing of Catholic, P,rotestant and other cultural shifts brought a Orthodox differences, and the greater secuhirization of society. attempt at some form of reconciliaAnd yet Graham, the still-active tion ." evangelist, finds the century ending Another huge change 1s with ever growing religious inter- improved relations between Chrisest. tians and Jews. "We have grown. "I see people believing more The two don 't see the vast differand more and more in Christ. ences and hold the prejudices they Maybe not to surrender their lives did. People have friends across all to him, but they believe he is the kinds of lines." only answer to life's problems." Looking at the global scene, He thinks young Americans Graham says Islam's spread is one especially are· "searching for some- of the century's major trends . thing. They may not know what it "There are things about Islam that is, but a great segment of youth are appeal to people. Strict rules. Peoon this spiritual quest." He noted ple want discipline and some that high school students are form- authority, " he said. ing their ow.n prayer and Bible Still, he added, " I think Islam clubs, even though " the culture is also is divided, just as much as not with them. " Christianity." Simultaneously, Graham Graham thinks Islam is gaining believes American youth is in seri- numerically, relative to Christianious trouble morally. For instance, ty, and believes his own faith has a he finds reports of widespread competitive weakness, especially in cheating among high school and modern America and Western college students disheartening. The way out?' " Repentance of ~our sin and faith in God, the same way that Mr. Clinton says he taken." Asked what he makes of the president's efforts, Graham """'P' J-=•'·" quoted Scripture: "Jesus said, their fruits ye shall know them. " ' Surveying changes the ce~llury brought to America, he pointe\:! to the end of racial segregation, which "was an accepted part of the culture" when he was a farm boy nea,·.-· Charlotte, N.C. The racial lines persist in churches, Graham observed, and he believes different styles worship between black and ...•.:...... churches have been "a bmier coming together," Other barriers have down. "The ecumenical mo•verr1ent began to bring Christians togeth•er from different theologies." The cha Catholic attitudes toward tants is "like night and day," said. If G~aham were to pick the of the century it might be John Paul II. He "has brought Europe. There, Christian beliefs coexist, often uncomfortably, alongside "our absorption of materialism and our worldliness, which the Bible warns us of: That's a temptation for all of us ... " Technology has opened great opportunities for faith, he thinks. Electronic amplification, something we take for granted, has made preaching far easier, and broadcasting also provides evangelistic opportunities. At the same time, he said, "TV is a big negative, because people normally given to devotions and prayer and family circles neglect that now because somebody's favorite program is on. Some programs have deteriorated into the worst image of human nature. There's so much violence." Looking toward the 21st century, Graham knows he won't keep up with all the changes in gadgetry, but he is unconcerned. "I have made some advances. I have learned to turn my computer on. That's about as far as I've gotten," he said with a characteristic chuckle. MQr~ TOday: Rainy · ':(Jgh: 50s; Low: 30s T~esday: Rainy ~lgh: 40s; Low: 30s Christmas parade photos, Page 3 Ohio editorials, Page 4 Animals in the Wild, Page 6 · • ,' a1 ., Meigs County's \ohml<' ~II. :\umlll'r l.l~ Hometown Newspaper \lidtllcport • incident on the back pages. The Sultana was designed carry 376 passengers but was ly overloaded. The 260-foot stae:•4J wheeler had only two life boats 76 life preservers. Potter said the Sultana's c:::~ J. Cass Mason, may have I Union officers so he could many soldiers as possible. Army was payihg $5-a-head each soldier shipped home steamboat. Most of the soldiefli, some sick and hobbled by wounds, had recently been release< from Southern prison camps. were gathered at Vicksburg, to be shipped home. Using Army records on train shipments to Vicksburg passenger figures for other ste1linl~ boats, Potter puts the number of diers and civilians aboard the lana at more than 2,400. "Some of the men couldn't-......-:find a place to lie down," Pol·telt. said. In his memoirs, Pvt. Collins most of the soldiers were when the boilers exploded at 3 a.m., bringing the upper decks the Sultana down upon them setting the boat ablaze. "Men lay everywhere scalded death by the hot, hissing steam and everywhere on the ill-fated death was visible in countless ble and shocking forms," he The exact number of dead was determined. Shelby Foote, a noted Civil historian and author from Me•rnplli! estimates 1,585 to 1,800 killed. Gene Salecker, author another book on the Sultana, ""'••,..., aster on the Mississippi," estimate the number at more than 1,700. About 600 soldiefli survived. The death coun.t for the T~~~~~ which went down in the Atlantic in 1912, was 1,517. The Anny appointed a corr1mi< sion to investigate the disaster. officer, Capt. Frederic Speed, court-martialed on neglect of autll"..iil FC ch;uges. But ultimately, no officers were punished. Capt. Mason died aboard Sultana. The survivors formed the tana Association in 1885, their fiflit meeting in Fostoria, They petitioned Congress for a lana monument but, as one sul"vivr wrote in his memoifli, the was met with "cold indiffe:ren,ce. Now the association has 220 scribers to its newsletter and up to 150 participants at its meetings. The group maintains Web site (www.sultana.org). ,.. "The men who survived made vow to meet until the last one Shaw said. "We're just the meetings to keep that w"""" ment alive." "Some of the things I've heard are going to happen technologicaUy are way beyonJ anything I can think about. I don't think that's going to change society. Society Is made up of people, and people are the same the world over., Billy Graham "This is the first trial of any kind in here since '45 ... 1845." Local blood donors visit bloodmobile POMEROY - Meigs County residents donated 79 units of blood when the American Red Cross Bloodmobile visited the Meigs County Multipurpose Senior Center last week. The bloodmobile came at a time when the Red Cross began an appeal for three types of blood in severe shortage: 0 negative, A negative, and B negative. The blood shortage comes at a time further complicated by a labor strike by workers in the Tri-State Region, which began last week. Although bloodmobiles and blood collection have stopped in the area because oJ the strike, blood will be supplied in emergency cases by other sources. According to the Tri-State Region Blood Services division of the Red Cross, inventory for those three blood types have fallen below a one and a half-day level, which is 50 percent of what is needed. The negative blood types as a group are not as common as the positive blood types, according to Cheryl Gergely of the Red Cross. Type 0 negative is the universal blood type, and can be given to anyone with any other type of blood. "Hospitals have to keep a certain amount of 0 negative blood at all times,"·Gergely said. "Some people, such as trauma victims, need to be transfused immediately. There may not even be time to -determine a patient's blood type; in those situa" lions, 0 negative can m~an the difference between life and death." The upcoming holidays also bring a traditional shortage of all blood types. The period between ...ilit::::j . mid-November and mid-January is, therefore, one of the most critical collection periods during the entire year. "We work to have enough visits scheduled during this time to give people the opportunity to donate blood. Even around the holidays, the Red Cross needs 240 blood donors a Good Afternoon! 98 FORD ISCORT ZX2 Aut~raol &mort 995 1 Secdonl • 10-Pllpl ~~I~Ii~ar § ~ll!!l!lli~! H ·Comlg 9 ~ ~ t;ditorials IAQ1'03t Ext Clb, VI,~. XLT, Eddlt lllu. pllg, IOpplr Local IA00771 ve, 1uto, AIC 16,995 ~&10 ~DOI'ts Cllllllt 3 Weather 55,995 Lotleries Wwl . . Pick 3: 0-4-:1· Pick 4: 3-9-t-7 . :JMIC!: 4-8-16-26-.28-45 .. kicker: 5-t-8-3-8·1 . -~ · .. . .: :D•lly 3: 5·8-9; D~tlly 4: 5-5-5·9 • I I \ ( ( l I '\ o ,' ,/ll'l'l l I I \' l1 1ft _____________ .;,_ . .... .. ·.· tm Ot.~o vul<y t:"blllllna eo. . . By mOMAS J, SHEERAN Assodated Press Writer CLEVELAND -Third Federal · Savings & Loan would never open on New Year's Day, especially on a Saturday holiday. But this New Year's will be differenJ for Third fet;leral and • few other Ohio banks that will open to answer the "What if?" question. "We have a lot of older customer5," .Said Monica Martines. of the. Clcv~land~ Third. Federal, which wtll open e1ght of 28 brancheson Ne\v Year's Day. · , "They have heard a1lpt of thinp and they>ve been thiouah the Depression, so they have had a scare already." The decision to open on the holiday "is iO assure Ill our custom~rs. but pllrlicularly our ol'!cr ~ustomers, '' Martines said. Still, Third Federal officials have -n litde wncem . that the Y2K bug ' ~ will strike. Two Y2K seminars.for customers were held in June but a third one in November attiacted just two people and the final two were canceled. In southeast Ohio, First National Bank of McConnelsvnie · will be open ·for a double celi:br&lion at the strike of midnight and again on Nc')V Yeu's DDy, · . · , The ~k is marking completion of a $2 million renova~on and wants ·tb Sho~ 9Jf ita Y2K ~ness. ~ 'bank wiJI hJVe door pn:r.es Jlt!d, npt ;- ~~r, niidniaJ!t, will usc a pro~ to ili~a)' alliiCCOUIIt beirig upda!Cd. "If by some accident we lose electricity, our backup system will provide power," President Rod H. Gallagher said. · "'We just f~l we're going to be prepared. We've tested and retested and tested our backup systems and w¢ feel we have addrellled the tech· nology,'' Gallagher said. '· ' .. er-. dooora wllo vlollod 1110 Bloodmollllo ln Pomeroy 1011 -11. day," Gergely said. Donations during the holiday season drop, while patient requirements for blood remain steady. Accident victims, surgery patients, and patients receiving treatment for leukemia, cancer and other diseases all require blood transfusions. However, people get busy with holiday preparations and often forget that blood donations arc needed during these times, as well. "Sometimes people dop 't under· stand why we ask them to donate at inconvenient times," Gergely said, "but it's because there are people in hospitals who are in need. Membefli of the Service Employees Union International Local 1199 went on strike last week, but the Red Cross office in Huntington said that blood will still be supplied to the region's 30 hospitals by other blood banks. However, bloodmobiles and blood collection at fixed Red Cross centefli in the region have been suspended for the duration throughout Plnee- Blood on Page 2 Few banks plan to be open New Year's Sentinel 98 fORD WINDSTlR LOCAL BLOODMOBILE- Jo,.my Chlldofo, • phlebotomlet with the Amerl011n Red 1o ploturwd IHiollng ..,. o l r t - MILLENNIUM MATTERS Today's ___________________________________ ; including money from the Meigs County the time. It's nice to watch these kids ... they Board of Commissioners, who were also on . put so much effort into it," Lentes said. Courthouse volunteers were . pleased to hand for Thufliday's mock trial. · All three of the county's school districts see the building employed after years of dis: are participating in the program, which use. "I think it's great," said restoration comworks in conjunction with high school senior government classes. The program is mittee co-chairwoman Pat Holter, who explained that part of the committee's goal now in its fifth year. Members of the prosecutor's staff visit was for the building to be used for mock trithe schools once a week, working with the als and other educational purposes. "I think it's great that we are able to use teens. The prosecutor's office develops the scenarios, usually based on real cases from this for the education of our youth," said other areas. Thursday's case involved a bar Dale Colburn, another courthouse restorashooting, with the defense anempting to por- tion committee co-chairman. "We look forward to further use (of the building) by the tray the incident as a case of self-defense. "We hear so much about the bad kids all youth of the county." GIFT OF LIFE · BRIAN J. REED photos 17. 995 ; Singil'l up1 • J5 Cl'nts Rutland loves a parade MARAUDER BAND- The Melga Mareudere Marching Band played "Sleigh Ride" during Rutland's Chrlatmaa paraCia, held Sunday. H8500 V8, lutO, POL, PW, P. Mil, '. e111&more Ohio By JIM FREEMAN but it was partially the antique courtroom Times-Sentinel Staff , background that made the proceedings stand CHESTER - For the first time in over out. 150 years, the old Meigs County Courthouse "This is the fiflit trial of any kind in here at Chester was filled by the noise and clam· since '45 ... 1845," said Meigs County Pros· or of an action-packed trial. ecuting Attorney John R. Lentes, whose Melp Proeec:utor John R. LeniN Never mind that Thursday's event was office administers the mock trial program. merely a mock trial for high school students, The courthouse, Meigs County's first, the sights and sounds of the packed building was built in 1823 at a cost of $2,156 at a were almost enough to take the casual time when Chester, not Pomeroy, was the new roof and windows, plaster, flooring, a observer back in time to when such events seat of Meigs County government. new staircase, heating and cooling system Thursday's event was also the fulfillment and period-type lighting. Workers also were commonplace. The mock trial saw student attorneys, of years of work by the Chester Courthouse repointed the masonry. outside and added a prosecutors and defendants trying their Restoration Committee, which has strived to new cupola. · cases before real judges who took time from . repair the old red brick building. The work was done with a combination their schedules to participate in the program, · The long-neglected structure received a of locally-raised funds and grant money, . SANTA AND COMPANY- Red "RoblniOn and Maureen Burna · were Sarita itnd his wlfa, and Corey Jarvia and ZaC:k Buma were elves In thla entry fl'om Rutland's Chrletmaa parade on Sunday. The antry,,rapraaantlng the Rutland Department Store, was pulled by a tractor. driven by James Birchfield. I 99 MERCURY COUGAR l'nmt-ro~. Old courthouse site. of new (mock) trials 'Sultana: Mississippi's Titanic' By WOODY BAIRD Associated Press Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. - They had survived some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War and the horrofli of the South's most brutal prison camps. Finally, they were going home. Packed aboard the steam boat Sultana, more than 2,000 Union soldiers were on their last journey of the war. Spirits were high. "AI last all dangers and hardships' were over ... and song and laughter would take the place of groans and tears of agony," Pvt. James Collins of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry wrote in his memoifli. But the agony wasn't over. Most of those soldiers got no closer to home lhan seven miles up the Mississippi River from Memphis. There, the Sultana blew its boilm, scalding to death hundreds and throwing the rest into the Mississippi. Up to 1,800 people were killed. It was- and still is- the woflit maritime disaster in U.S. history, killing more people than died on the Titanic, but it was oveflihadowed at the time by the recent assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, which dominated the nation's headlines. The timing relegated the Sultana to a footnote in American history, but descendants of the victims are working to ensure the disaster isn't forgotten . " Most people will say, 'I never heard of that before'," said Pam Newhouse, a member of the Sultana Association of Descendants and Friends. Newhouse's great-great grandfather, Pvt. Adam Schneider of the 183rd Ohio Infantry, died aboard the Sultana. "Like so many families, we don't know the particulafli of how he died," she said. "He got on and he did not come home." The association helps authofli with research and presents talks on !he Sultana to civic groups and at CiviJ War roundtab_les. The group also helped researchers with a 1998 documentary for the History Channel called "Sultana: The Mississippi's Titanic." The Sultana exploded on April 27, 1865, just 13 days after Lincoln's ao;sassination and 18 days after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender. John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin, was found and killed the day before the Sultana went up in flames. Jerry Potter, a Memphis lawyer · and author of the book "The Sultana Tragedy," said many riewspaperli of the day played down the disaster because the public; after four yews of war, was tired of hearing about death and destruction. . The Army was happy to keep the Sports Ohio State thumps Eastern Kentucky -PageS ' ·, The year 2000 prompted concern in Cleveland plans to open all 20 that computers might malfunction branches. Cleveland's KeyCorp, which has because they have been pro· 951 branches in 13 states, will close grammed to recognize only the last two digits of a year and may mistake for the holiday but will maintain its ATMs. But hoarding money at 2000 for 1900. lrv Chudner, 72, of Cleveland, home raises a robbery risk, bank and isn't concerned and won't be bank- . public officials have warned. "The safest place for their ing on the holiday. "I get the feeling money is their bank," said Keyit has been taken care of. The banks Corp's Mike Conway. are insistent on avoiding panic," he The Federal Reserve Bank of 1 said Cleveland, whose region includes The 206-member Ohio Bankers Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Association expects few of its banks to opei'IIC on the holiday, and none Kentucky and the northern panhanof the biggest dle of West Virginia, will have extra The decision to stick to a closed people on duty for the holiday so holiday schedule "is a signal by banks can assess electronic wirebanks to customers that they are transfer and.check-clearing capabilready," • said Mike Van Buskirk, ities. executive vice JRSident of the bank The Federal De(l06it Insurance association. 0 Corp. said banks are ready for Y2K, FirstMerit Corp. in Akron will with contingency plans allowing open some br'anches on New Year's them to take deposits and dispense Day and Metropolitan Bank & Trust cash even if computers fail. days until Christmas �\ I The Dall~ Sentinel • Page 3 Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio Monday, December 20, 1999 Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio Plge 2 • The Dilly Sentinel Newspaper: Police rarely uphold citizen complaints• • f Lemma .L. Johnson •. COLUMBUS (AP) - Columbus police 21, accusing' officers of abusing civil rights mentlo have evidence of wrongdoing before But James E. Phillips. an attorney for · make necessary changes if the Justitie rately find complaints of police wrongdoing by filing false charges, using excessive force filing a civ il lawsuit. Federal officials will Capital City Lmjge No. 9 of the Fraternal Department can show proof of problems. to he valid or discipline officers accused of and conduciing illegal searches and seizures. not discuss the matter. The newspaper 's analysinhows Colum Order of Police, liaid the federal prosecutors misconduct, according to a newspaper The federal lawsuit demands improveCity Attorney Janet'lackson also refused hav e to prove that the city repeatedly violat- bus validates fewer complaints than ,police ) nalysis of citizen complaints reviewed by ments in the training and supervision of to comment, citing the lawsuit. Police Chief ed constitutional rights. He doesn't believe in other Ohio cities. '· ihe Justice Department. 1,700-member department and the investi- James Jackson, who is not related to Janet they can. Cincinnati sustained nearly 68 percent qf : A computer analysis of 323 cases by The gation of civilian complaints. Jackson, declined to talk and ordered offiThe U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that citizen allegations against police in the fir~t :Columbus Dispatch for a story Sunday The Justice Department says it based its cers not to comment. plaintiffs musl show first what constitution- 10 months of this year. In Akron, 13 of 122 showed that only 4 percent of citizen com- lawsuit on a review of 300 to 400 comGregory Connor, a paid federal consul- al right was allegedly infringed rather than citizen complaints, or 11 percent, were plaints between 1992 and 1996 were upheld plaints. Police turned over reco rds for the tant on the case, believes the department how some general excessive force standard found to be valid in 1998. ·. by internal police reviews. The 323 cases 323 cases after the newspaper went to court became a target because of policies and was violated, he said. In Toledo, only one of 84 complaints 'of included 656 allegations against officers, 26 to obtain the information. practices that ignore abuse - not because M "That's why it 's so important to draw the excessive force was found to be valid and of which were valid. The city is the first in the nation to chal- · the number of complaints. line between constitutional issues' and bad the officer was fired. The department's interTwenty-two officers received some disci- lenge a Justice Department lawsuit that "I think individual cases can show pat- policing," Phillips said. "There's a big dif- nal affairs unit found 10 of 25 complaints qt pline, usually a verbal or wriuen reprimand. alleges a pattern of civil rights violations by lern and praclice by being blown off," he ference in saying there are civil-rights viola- conduct unbecoming an officer 'to be. valid Only one officer was suspended. a police department. said. " I don't think there's a specific number tions and proving them." with six officers receiving unpaid suspenThe Justice Department sued the city Oct. Federal law required the Justice Depart- to show it. " The union maintains that il is willing to sions. · State making millions off inmate calls CLEVELAND (AP)- The state makes millions of dollars annually off collect calls made from prisons, a policy that the inmates' families say is unfair and costly. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction requires that all phone calls from inmates to families members must he made collect through an exclusive contract with MCI Worldcom. MCI awards Ohio between 40 and '!9 percent of the first $3 million in annual phone receipts an~ 51 percent beyond that. The state made $16.4 million in 1998, an,!! the money was spent on prison recreation and education, said department spokesman Joe Andrews. Relatives of inmates are angry that the state is profiling while they struggle to pay the bills. "Society does not look at the family," said Heidi Cecil, who leads the Families United for Prison Ministry in s~burban East Cleveland. " They look at the individuals committing the crimes and forget it is the children, the wives and the grandmothers who are suffering." Cecil said her monthly bill has gotten as high as $1,200. Her brother, Darrell Bruce, is a prisoner at the Grafton Correctional Institution. "Families are going to talk to their loved ones and the DRC (correclions department) knows that," she said. "For every person in prison, to place a phone call is a stress reliever. It is home, it is being connected, it is being tied to their roots." Barbara Allen, whose husband Bob Allen is at the Allen Correctional Institution in Lima, said there have been cash-strapped weeks when she couldn 'I accept calls.. "I can't afford to se nd him a food box this year, but I iry to take those phone calls," she said. "Just to hear my voice over the phone calms hil')l down. " Ms. Allen said the prisons department is also placing tighter restrictions on the calls .. "We support family control, but where it goes up against security, we have to err on the side of security," Andrews said. He said the prisons department is renegotiating its contract with MCI in an effort to stabilize the rates families are charged. The department wants charges capped at 40 cents a minute and no more than a $2.50 .surcharge per call, locally and within the state, he sa id. "You have to be fair to the families," Andrews said. Off-readers, enviros at odds over vehicle use LOGAN (AP)- Off-road vehicles in restricted areas of national forests, including Wayne National Forest in southeast Ohio, are damaging the forests' ecology, environmental advocates say. Citing Wayne as a national case study in off-road vehicle use, the Wilderness Society and a coalition of other environmental groups last week petitioned the U.S. Forest Service to ban or further restrict the use of off-road vehicles in the nalional forests. The groups say off-road vehicles kill plants, harass visitors and animals, pollute the air, and tear up the forest floor, causing erosion in steep terrain. The Forest Service has set aside about 36,000 acres of the forest which covers 227,000 acres in 12 Ohio counties - for motorized recreation. But environmental advocates say many drivers don't stick to trails designated for offreading. Last year, Forest Service officers ticketed 51 people for riding without a permit and issued 76 warnings. About ISO were cited for riding off the trails. Off-road trails at Wayne closed for the winter last Wednesday. "People use the trails as a, springboard to the rest of the backcountry," said Bob Ekey, a spokesman for the Wilderness Soci- ely. "User-created trails are a serious problem throughout the West and the Midwest." Off-reader Tom Cowher says he wants the Forest Service to live up to its promise to establish more trails for motorized recreation. "Nobody in the ORV community expects us to be allowed everywhere. All we're asking for is that it be recognized as a legitimate activity and give it its fair due, he said." "You come down here on any holiday weekend, and the trails are bumper-to-bumper," Cowher said. The Forest Service approved a plan in 1989 to restrict vehicles to specific areas threatened by erosion. It called for construction of 250 miles of trails within the first 10 years and 300 mOre miles in the second decade. But 10 years later, about 120 miles of approved trail are complete. Environmentalists say there are at least that many miles of illegal trails. Many Forest Service employees, including some at Wayne, are critical of allowing the vehicles in parks. "Off- road vehicle use is inappropriate for . Ohio," Marsh Lee Wikle, a watershed specialist at Wayne told The Columbus Dispatch for a story Sunday. " They go many places they are not supposed to go. They do it year-round, regardless 9f the winter closure." W.Va. attorney general,· Ohio businessman .... settle 5-year struggle CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia's top law enforcement officer and an Ohio businessman have ended a bitter and costly fiveyear feud. Attorney General Darrell V. McGraw Jr. and direct mailer Benjamin D. Suarez of Canton, Ohio, have agreed to halt lawsuits and other attacks they have hurled at each other since McGraw took consumer action against a .Suarezowned business in 1994. "There has been an agreement reached between the two parties which will terminate all of ine litigation, no matter in what stage it is presently, and no matter where it is pending," Will Steele, a deputy attorney general, said Friday. The terms of the settlement will be filed in federal court in Cleveland in about two weeks, he said. McGraw said Sunday that the court order requires him to keep quiet about the case. "('am not at liberty to discuss any facet of it," he said. Suarez was not available for comment Sunday. The battle began after the Consumer Protection Division of the state attorney general's office accused a Suarez subsidiary, Lindenwold Fine Jewelers, of dupihg West Virginia residents with misleading and deceptive sweepstak~~­ type offers. Two Kanawha Count1 Circuit Court judges and the stale Supreme Court eventually sidell with McGraw. ·• Suarez, who owns and operates several direct-mail companies known as Suarez Corp. Industries, has battled consumer protection officials in other states. But his fi~ht with McGraw was particularly haii!fl and long. . He said last year that he spent _$4 million in lawsuits. West Virgini~ taxpayers have spent $1.6 million for legal costs, according to an e~ti­ mate in October. • In direct mailings and newspaper, radio and television ads, Suarez ci'iticized the attorney general for the consumer protection action. He backed a lawsuit against McGraw by a former secretary who claimCd she was wrongly fired. . And Suarez spent about $300,000 in ads criticizing McGraw during~is 1996 re-election campaign. 1Jie Democratic attorney general defealed Republican Charlotte Lane with 51.1 percent of the vote. . . MASON, W.Va. - Lemma L. Johnson, 81, Mason, died Saturday, Dec. IS, 1999 at the Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center, Pomeroy. ... A homemaker, she was born May 14, 1918 in Mason, daughter of the late H. Cotton and Caroline Gygax Turner. She was a member of the Mason United Methodist Church. . She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Paul D. Jr. and Karen Johnson of Mason; a daughter and son-in-law, Susan E. and Marty Yeager of Mason; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; seven stepgrandchil~ren; two stepgreat-grandchildren. . She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul D. "P.D." Johnson on July 2, 1998; a brother, John Henry Turner; and two sisters, Lelia Blain and freda Riffle. . ·. Graveside services under direction of Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, wtll be held Tuesday, I p.m. at the Union Cemetery with Pastor Damon Rhode~ officiating. No calling hours will be observed. In heu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Mason United Methodist Church Building Fund. BRIEFLY Men face breaking and entering charges PORTLAND- Three people are facing charges in the recent theft of a gasoline-powered generator. ·. Matt Wilson, 18, state Route 124, Portland, and David Nakao, 18, Racine, .along with an unidentified 17-year-old male, are facing charges of breaking and entering in connection with the theft of a generator sometime Friday evening, according to Meigs County Sheriff James M. Soulsby. According to a sheriff's office report, Rick Deeter, Valley Belle Road, .l'ortland, purchased the generator and later discovered it was stolen from property belonging to Clarence Conger on Sharon Hollow Road, Portland. . Further investigation led deputies to Wilson, Nakao and the juvenile, the report stated. .. The generator and other items reported as stolen were recovered, accordiog to the report. Wilson and Nakao were placed in jail over the weekend :while the juvenile was released to his parents, the report said. ·Breaking and entering reported REEDSVILLE- Daphne Young, Long Bottom, reported Saturday afternoon that the bait shop at Forked Run State Park, Reedsville, was broken into and several small items stolen. Death of show rabbits prob'd .. CHESTER - Sheila Taylor, state Route 7, Chester, reported Sunday morning that animals entered her rabbit pens and killed seven show rabbits following the killing of several chickens a few days earlier. · . · , A n·eighbor reported something tried to get his chickens also, according to. a Meigs County Sheriff's Office report. He reported s.eeing two German ·shepherd-type dogs with collars trying to get to the chickens. The Meigs County Animal Control officer was called in to investigate the .in~ident, the report said. . . . POMEROY- Units of the Meigs County Emergency Medical Service 11 calls for assistance Saturday and Sunday. Units responding included: CENTRAL DISPATCH . . 1:59 p.111. Saturday, Middleport Police Department, Donald Stone, Veter· ans Memorial Hospital; . . 8:07 p.m. Sa1urday, state Route 681 West, Tuppers Plains, Jean Hawk, Pleasant Valley Hospital, Tuppers Plains squad assisted; 11:18 a.m. Sunday, Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center, Pomeroy, George Genheimer, Holzer Medical Center; ' . . 8:22 p.m. Sunday, Collins Road, Pomeroy, Howard Searles, PVH, Pomeroy squad assisted; 10:01 p.m. Sunday, Middleport Police Department, Homer Gorpon, By ALICE ANN LOVE V.MH. Associated Press Writer POMEROY . · 10:23 a.m. Saturday, Oak Street, Thomas Molden, VMH, Central DisWASHINGTON - Vice Presipatch squad assisted; dentAJ Gore admitted he helped push . 2:17p.m. Saturday, volunteer fire department to Condor Street, electrical the limits in fund-raising for the 1996 fire at Jane Grant residence, no injuries reported. campaign, and challenged rival Bill RliTLAND Bradley to an advertising ban he said 10:51 a.m. Saturday, VFD and squad to New Lima Road, motor-vehicle would inslantly reform the race for . iu;~:ident, Bill Stewart; VMH, Central Dispatch squad and Scipio Township the 2000 Democratic presidential VFD assisted; nomination. "Ridiculous;'' Bradley , .. 5:26p.m. Saturday, Main Street, Michael Little, HMC, Central Dispatch replied. squad assisted; "I think that obviously we would 8:27a.m. Sunday, McCumber Road, Beulah Collier, treated at the !iene; do things differently if we had it to do · 11:56 a.m. Sunday, Bailey Run Road, Albert Roush, VMH. over again," Gore said Sunday of fund-raising tactics and negative advertising used during President Clinton's re-election campaign. "Oh, you know I think that pushing the limits- all this was reviewed and no charges were brought - but I think it . AEP- 31·518 was a mistake nonetheless." Akzo- 52 CLEVELAND (AP) - A man In a televised debate, Gore chalAmTech/SBC.:...... 51·15/16 who has spent 20 years in jail for lenged Bradley to stop broadcasting Ashland Oll - 32-t/16 three rapes he says he did not commit campaign ads and debate twice a AT&T- 54-'!. has been given a second trial. week instead. "This is a ridiculous proposa~" Bank One- 30-1/8 DNA evidence not available in .Bob Evans -15-'!. Fr¢erick Luckett's original trial cast the former New Jersey senator :BorgWamar _ 39-1/4 serious doubt on his 197~ conviction replied. "You know, the way you .Champion _ 4-"I• by a jury, Judge Burt Griffin of Cuya- communicate with people is when ,. hoga County Common Pleas Court you talk to them. I love to talk to Charming sh opa -I- • ruled Friday. "This man has spent 20 them in town meetings, that's my City Holding ~ · 14-"• years in prison for crimes he didn't favorite place ... But I also love to Federal Mogul-: 17·718 commit," said Terry Gilbert, an attflr- talk to them over television in their Firstar - 20-t/116 ney for Luckett. living rooms." Gannett Prosecutors must decide whether The Democratic rivals' second K mart -11·1/4 to retry Luckett or allow him to go .network TV debate of the holiday Kroger- 16-1/16 .free: Cuyahoga County Prosecutor season was a testy hour on NBC's Lands End - 35-"!. William Mason said that decision " Meet the Press." Each man told the Ud.- 42·.,• :.· would be made after prosecutors other not to interrupt, but to rio avail amid instant denials and rebuttals. ·Oak Hill Flnanclal-11-1/4 ' i'evi'ew the judge's ruling. They argued about health care and OVB- 33 -9[16 ' .Ch~r[Qjt~ .\V<Ird, deputy laboratory education, while avoiding firm proOne Valley-' 32·'!.· director at Maryland-based. Cell mark posals to guarjlntee the long-term Peopln _ 22-'!. Diagnostics, testified that biological financing of Social Sedurity. .Premier _ 10 evidence collected during·th~ original Bradley flatly · ruled out a futur: .RockWell..:.. 4a in~estigation doesn't match Luckett's increase in the entitlement age for :Ro Shell- 61-"!. DNtNAteclinologywasno; ~vailable berefits, something he had said earli:: searS - 31-3/16 when Luckett was convicted and did er he might consider. Gore said he ·Shoney's -1·1/16 . not heco(lle admissible in cpurt until would not consider doing it - ever. "I'll say ever, sure," he promised. Wendy's- 20·"!. l~· Gore said he had never discussed that .:Worthington - 15-3/4 Luckett has maintained his innooption when the administration was :Oally stock reports are the cence even though he probably would considering Social Security. financ1ci:30 a.m~ q\IOiea provided have been paroled by now if he had ing. · b~ Adveat of Gallipolis. . .. . . . admitted guilt and shown rempise. ~ecorded Bradley dismisses Gore's no-TV ad challenge a Stocks . Blood JUSL IN Dme{OK t:be hollDAgs -77·'• W.R.CMstSoMC:vn.e:uCo. \ • Randy Butcher Harrisonville 10 pt·Buck O'DELL LUMBER COM_PANY 740 446-1276 . 740' 99'2~1500 .. ----- .. --. ---- -- ··-·----------·--:-·---------·• RIGHT - This German shepherd was a big hit . In Rutland's Christmas parade, held on Sunday afternoon. The dog, bedecked In Christmas attire, was part of an entry featuring the Big Bend Cloggars, who danced behind the truck. EMs·logs 1·1·;weekend calfs . . ·' WASHINGTON (AP)- Repub- officer, is that people who can be lican presidential candidates John firefighters, police · officers and By LAURIE KELLMAN -as long as they support his agenda and do not the Reform Party nominee will receive, said ·McCain and Steve Forbes say the members of Congress should ha've Associated Press Writer lead scandalous lives. Minnesota party chairman Rick McC!uhan. Clinton administration has it right in open access to military service •as WASHINGTON- The Un-Pat strikes again. In a speech last week, Buchanan reversed "He's become a dangerous left winger," .. • barring open homosexuals from mil- well. · Two months after balling the GOP for the · himself on foreign policy, announcing that he quipped Roger Stone, Trump's political strateitary service. But McCain, a senator from Ari}teform Party nomination, embracing the now opposes sanctions al!ainst Iran, Iraq, Cuba gist. "I know of no one in the ReforJTI Party who And McCain, without mention- zona, and publisher Forbes both s~id -endorsement of a liberal veteran activist and and other nations. The position distinguishes is pro-Fidel Castro or pro-Moammar Gadhafi." ing that both Dembcrats running for thOse civilian jobs cannot be com6aying he would accept homosexuals into his him from every other presidential candidate. Buchanan said his new opposition to sancpresident have renounced the policy, pared to the armed forces. '• '=ampaign, conservative commentator Pat "Our sanctions are sowing seeds of hatred tions is pro-children, shaped in part by the find said Sunday : "In the context of a ~'The U.S. military is a verl :Buchanan now says he wants the United States that will one day flower in acts of terrorism ings of former U.N. coordinator Denis Halliday. ~litical campaign, to change an unique culture. People live very ~o adopt a kinder, gentler policy toward the same against us, years after these sanctions expire," Sanctions " may fairly be called America's administration position without con- close together under very difficu)t :rogue nations he sought to sanction four years Buchanan told an audience at the private Center silent weapon of mass destruction, whose vicsulting our military leaders I think is conditions," McCain said on CNNis .ago. for Strategic and International Studies . tims are almost always the weak, the sick, the not the proper approach to this very "Late Editiont·" : That was the Republican Buchanan, the one " Among my first acts as president will be to women and the young, " Buchanan said in his difficult and sensitive issue." He quoted Gen. Colin Poweli, :who first became widely known to voters with declare an end to all sanctions ... against Cuba, speech. " Can a nation that declares piously it McCain, former naval Qfficer chief of staff !luring the 1991 Per.Jiis brash speech at the 1992 GOP convention in North Korea, Iran, iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Sudan will never stoop to assassinating tyrants, but and prisoner of war in Vietnam, said sian Gulf W111, and that· war's com:which he declared a cultural war on liberalism. and all the other targeted nations of U.S. sanc- wields a sanctions sword that slaughters chilas president he would have senior mander on the ground, Gen. Norman : It was the same Buchanan who rejected tions policy," he said in the speech Thursday. officers review the policy but added: Schwarzkopf, as saying the Clinto.n dren, truly call itself 'the home of the brave'?" :homosexuality, supported President Clinton's Buchanan later acknowledged to reporters "I support the policy. I believe that policy works toward preserving unit As for teaming up with Fulani, Buchanan -sanctions policy and defeated front-runner Bob that the speech amounted to a reversal. In 1996, said "Lenora Fulani endorsed me." it's working. " cohesion. ' :Oole in the lead-off New Hampshire GOP pri- he supported Clinton's strengthened sanctions The administration's " don't ask, " Anyone who wants to endorse me is wel"The military is not an institution )nary in 1996. against Havana in response to Cuba's shooling come in my campaign," he added. don'ttell"policy bans gays from the for social engineering," Forbes said • Now making his third White House bid as a down of two civilian U.S. planes. service only if they make their on "Fox News Sunday." ' · That includes homosexuals, "as long as the staunch abortion opponent, Buchanan has drahomosexuality public. The policy He also proposed in his 1996 campaign that lives they live were not scandalous," he said. "It has a very J:Ciil role of protectmatically changed his political landscape. This sanctions be placed on countries ihat trade Buchanan Jook issue, however, with the notion was developed early in President ing us. It ... operates in very speoi~l lime he's running for president on the Reform unfairly with the United States, and he attacked that such a posture is a change for him. He said Clinton's tenure as a compromise circumstances, and therefore a presJicket, convinced that the GOP is becoming soft foreign critics of U.S. sanctions on Libya. between the military's pre-1990s ident must take heed of leaders such he would not accept help from anyone who sup~n abortion. ban against all homosexuals and · as Gen. Powell and Gen. The twists and turns of Buchanan's politics ports a gay rights agenda. Clinton's wish to remove the ban. • " It was one of the wisest decisions I've made sparked ridicule from Donald Trump's camp and Schwarzkopf who say that you c~n­ And he predicted that his former Republican Gay activists who met with Clin- not have open gay~Jn ,the militarjl: " j n my lifetime," Buchanan said. the Reform Party faction loyal to Minnesota colleagues and anyone else who ridicules him · ton last week said the president told : He has accepted the endorsement of veteran Gov. Jesse Ventura. The front-runner for the Republiwill find him one of the few candidates still them the cor~~promise policy was a can nomination, Texas Gov. George iiberal activist Lenora Fulani and has said he " Buchanan 's an opportunist in search of standing in March, after the early primary states failure. would accept campaign help from homosexuals $12.5 million" in federal matching funds that have voted. W. Bush, also has endorsed the Clin' The position of Vice President AI ton policy. Gore, an Army veteran of Vietnam, Campaigning in Burlington, Vt., Mellaa Gilbert (Linle House George Harris, Jr., Penny Cox, Ken- er, Betty Carsey, Jane Brown and and his Democratic opponent Bill on Sunday, McCain appeared to on the Prairie) is the youngest neth Imboden, Brandi Meadows, Gerald Crawford volunteered as Bradley, a former Air Force Reserve impress dozens of veterans. penon to ever receive a star on Patricia Hayman, Ellis Myers, Olita assistants through the Retired Senior the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Heighton and Shirley Fitchpatrick, Volunteer Program, and members of all of Middleport' Carolyn Charles, the Chester United Methodist the strike. For information about donating Bobby Ord, Leah Ord, Mark Mor- Women served the canteen. 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S109.72 · The Daily Sentinel · BELOW - Meigs County Fair Queen Kristina Kennedy has been In a good many parad.es since she was crowned In August, and thanks to Sunday's warm and sunny weather, she was able to ride In a convertible for Rutland's Christmas parade. Expect clouds and scattered showers today with highs in the mid-50s. Weather forecast: · Tonight : Scattered showers. Lows in the upper 30s. , Tuesday: Scattered showers. Highs in the upper 30s:. -·Tuesday night: Chance of snow. Highs in the lower 30s. . ·-~.! '·, . ABOVE - These horses and their riders made for a colorful entry In Sunday's Christmas parade, held In Rutland. Rain may turn to snow McCain, Forbes back New Buchanan rides into 2000 caiTip·aign 'don't . ask, don'tJeU' . ' . Christmas in Rutland Rapist wants a new trial , "No one ever did?" Bradley said scornfully. "Give me a break." Gore didn't spare the scorn, either. He sighed loudly and laughed sardonically as Bradley described his proposal to replace Medicaid with a subsidized health insurance program ' to help many of the nation's 44 million uninsured buy coverage. Gore ·called tho plan flawed and too costly. · "W10ng, that's not correct .... False," Bradley snapped when Gore said his health insurance proposal would 161iaermine coverage of the needy. Bradley said his plan would cover everybody while Gore's would help only 7 million of the uninsured - a figure the vice president disput- In Austria, people dress for the New Year as Sylvesterklause, named after St. Sylvester, who was said to have captured a sea monster. FRI12117 • THURS 12/23199 lOX OfFia WU OPIN AT • 6:30 PM IOIIVINtiiG SHOWS 12:30 PM 101 SAT ' SUN MAnNIIS ANNA AND THE KING (PG13) 8:45 I 9:45 DAILY ed. Sitting side by side, in blue suits and red patterned neckties, Gore issued his ad-ban challenge when one of Bradley's key issues came up: campaign finance overhaul. Bradley sought to dramatize his stand against big-money politics by joining with Republican presidential aspirant John McCain in a pledge to forgo the use of "soft money, " unregulated campaign funds funneled through the political parties. Campaign reform is playing well in New Ha,mpshire, which holds the first presidential primary on Feb. I. Bradley is running even or better with Gore in the public opinion polls there. Nationally, Gore is far ahead, 53 percent to 28 percent, in a CBS News poll of Democrats,. Gore said neither he nor Bradley would reject the use of soft money for the 2000 Democratic ticket' unless the Republican nominee did so, too . So, . he said, they have exactly the same position. Then he issued his challenge, saying: "We don't have to wait for the Republican nominee to be picked, Bill. I'll make you this offer right now: If you will agree, I will stop running all television and radio commercials until this nomination is decided. 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Tlw opittJoru c.tptYsud 1n tl11 colt4mfl Mlow Drt till consensus of the Ohio Valley Publishing Co.'! fllilorUJI board, unless otlmwise nOitd. • Editorial viewpoint from around Ohio By The Associated Press Exce rpts of recent editonals of statewide and nati onal interest from Ohio newspapers· The Cincinnati Post, Dec. 13: Gov. Bob Taft sent an unusual leiter last month to Chancellor Roderick G.W. Chu , ac.king the Ohio Board of Regents to develop a system for measuring graduation rates and other indicators of performance at the state's pubhe colleges and universllles It 's a valid request. and one the academic communlly should embrace. Ohio taxpayers are spending more than $2.3 billion a year to subsidize the higher ed ucation system . Taxpayers deserve a beuer accountmg than they get now of what that money is buying. Portsmouth Daily Times, Dec. 8: NASA has petered away $165 million. The Mars Polar Lander, which was supposed to study the surface of the red planet for sc ientists stuck here on Earth, has failed to communicate with space gurus in Californ ia. Too often, a million is spent here and a milli on is spent. there. It could have been spentm the pubhc schools, pol1ce departments, youth centers and hospitals. Scientific exploration is important. But when such funds are used to develop a spacecraft that can't be used. then what advancement does that represent? The (toledo) Blade, Dec. II : 'The Supreme Court heard arguments last week m a case that has 1mpor. tan! ramifications for free speech. the content of our airwaves, and the responsibility of parents to monitor what their children sec or hear. At issue is the quesuon of whether the rights of aduhs to watch what they want , when they want. must be abndged in order to protect children from unsuitable material - and we would not di sagree that the matenal on such adult programming as thai of the Pl ayboy Entertainment Group IS unsuuable for you}lg k1ds. The government should not once again adopt the role of nanny, taking: the place of parenh who should be controll1n g whatthw children see. It " not the role of government to step m and mandate what appears on our television screens. obliged to do ~o htxau~c tw o- workmg-pan:nl ho u ~e huld s leave the tele v1sion as a baby smcr. We agree that children should nol he able to view UllSUIIable material. But the means to re strict access arc a\'aJiahlc through tec hnology, and Ill s a matter of parental supervl sHm and respons1bi luy to ensure that those restrictions arc in place. · Akron Beacon Journal, Dec. 9: On Tuesday, Vlad1mtr Rusha1 lo. the Ru ss ian interior mihistcr, retreated a bit from an earlier ultimatum that c1vihans !lee the Chechcn capital ol Grozny by Saturday or face deadly bombardment. Minister Rushalio had the international community 1n mmd when he >O ft · ened the sound of his ultimatum. President Clinton and other leaders do not have the military tools immediately at hand that might aid their diplomatic calls for a negotiated settlement They are not helpless, however. The brutality of the Russian assault demands more than angry words. The International Monetary Fund has delayed a $640 million loan payment to Russia. A response to the bombfiig? Not really. Russian officials have yet to put thei~economy in enough order to warrant investment Still, the money offers leverage against a country willing to batter civilians so relentlessly. Jlayton Daily News, Dec. 7: For policy-makers, this ought to be crunch time for dealing with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. If ni ghtmares exist today for families whose loved ones h.ave Alzheimer 's, they will be far worse in another decade or so. Also, the cost of caring fcir Alzheimer's patients 1s likely to increase for both families and taxpayers, but especially for taxpayer.s. Yet most state and local governments have not yet begun to deal with costs or policies regarding dementia. Government can 't be expected to take on the burden alone. Individuals should be encouraged to consider msurance policies that prov ide for longterm care. And associations can help by educating the public and continuing to provide dollars for research. On this date in history: By The Anoclated Press Today is Monday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of t999. There are II days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 20, 1860, South Carolina became the fi rst state to secede from the Union. · On this date: In 1790, the first successful colton mill in the Untted States began operating at Pawtucket, R.I. In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ow nership 'of the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States dunng ceremonies in New Orleans. In 1864, Confederate forces evacuated Savannah, Ga., as Union Gen. William T. Sherman continued h1s "March to the Sea." In 1879, Thomas A. Edison privately demonstrated h1s incandescent light at Menlo Park, N.J. . In 1945, the Office of Price Administration announced the end of tire rationing, effective Jan. I, 1946. In 1963, the Berlin Wall was opened for the first time to West Berliners, who were allowed one-day visits to relati ves in the Eastern sector for the holidays. In 1968, author John Steinbeck died in New York at age 66. In 1976, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley died at age 74 In 1980, the government of th~ Soviet Union confirmed that former Premier Alexei N. Kosygin had died two days earlier at the age of 76. In 1987, the Dona Paz, a Philippine passenger ship, collided with a tanker ' off Mindoro island, killing more than 3,000 people. Ten years ago: The United States launched Operation 'Just Cause, sending troops into Panama to topple the government of Gen . Manuel Noriega. Letter to the editor .. What does 1SUperfluous' mean? Let's define the word "super" as prmted in Webster's Dictionary: first rate, over, higher, superior, to extra, etc. How can tlie group CASH define the proposed new 2- lane highway between Darwin and Athens, over rolling terrain , as "super"' Huh ' By the way, the word "fluous" is not listed-in my Webster's Dictionary. 'Nuff said. Kenneth R. King Middleport ~above, . Inside: Utah wins Las Vegas Bowl - P1ge1o Inside: Hot Stove League heats up- Page1o This child. is too young to choose By JOAN RYAN I agree with the grow ing sentiment that the United States should send 6year-old Eli an Gon zalez back to hi s father and grandparents mCuba Last week; U.S. immigration officials met alone with Elian's father, who pro· duced report cards, a birth certificate and health records as proof of patermty. paving the way for the boy 's return. George Will , on television last Sunday morning, succinctly voiced the opposition view: How can a decision made "in the best interest of the ch1ld" mean sending him home to grow up under communism? But for a child - especially one who has suffered the trauma he has - the soft arms of famtly are more meaningful to h1m than lhe long arms of government. However. Before we pack him on the atr· plane back to the country that his mother so desperately wanted to escape, we should do one thing Grant the boy U.S ci tize nship. When he reaches adulthood, he can make h1s own reasoned evalua~ ti on of political systems. He can choose where he wants to live and tives ami friends. What 'a child Elian 's age craves most is attention, and he's been lavished with . But what a child his age needs most is security, to know that the people he loves will be there when he awakes every morning. · It would take a special act of Con· gress to grant Gonzalez citizenship - an extraordinary measure, but certai nly not unprecedented. In both the 1976 and 1984 Olympics, Congress granted citizenship through special acts for two cross-country skiers one from Czechoslovakia, the other from Norway - so they could compete on the U.S. Olympic teams. Canadian ballistics scienrist Gerald Bull was granted CitiZenship by a speCial act m the 1970s to smooth his business dealings with the Pentagon - and Congress backdated the citizenship I0 years to meet sec urity-, clearance demands. Congress grant ed citizenship to another Canadian, businessman Jack Kent Cooke , as soon as he moved to the United States 1n 1960. In 1961 , lwo years alter F1del Castro came to power in Cuba, Congress granted c1t1 ze nship to renowned Cuban ophthalmologist Felix Sabatcs so he could take his hoard exams and practice mcd1cine 10 the United States. For the past two weeks, since he was found clutching an inner-tube ofl' the wast of Flonda, 6-year-old Eli an has bee n lauded as a symbol of both Cuban repression and American arro- •· gance. Hi s photo has been slapped ·· onto anti-Castro T-shirts in Miami and anti-American placards in · Havana as both countries bailie for his allegiance. He 1sn ' I old enough to choose. He should return to his Cuban family . until he is. · ·' (Joan Ryan Ia a columnist for . · • the San Francisco Chronicle. Send · ' comments to her In care of this· newspaper or send her e-mail at · joanryansfgate.com.) '!Jf~ '"'7~,/11 where he wants to rm sc h1s ow n chi l- dren He. and not the folk s draping hnnmthc Amcncan llag m Mmm1or prutcst.in g un the streets of Havana. would dcc1dc whether hiS mothcl ·, sacnficc was m vain . As I read about Ehan in the newspapers and watched him on televism n. I Imagined the image of AmerICa he would take back with him to Cuba. He has been showered with g1fts. mcluding a new bicycle on h1s SIXth birthday earlier this month . He v1sitcd Walt Disney World over the weekend and was escorted to the front of every line. I kept wondering, when the excitement of hi s arrival wore off and he grew into a not-so-cute teen, what his place would be among his new rela- --- _::...--- By NAT HENTOFF This term or next, the Supreme Court IS likely to make a full -scale decision on whether public tax money can go - directly or mdirectly to religiOus schools. A frequent argument in opposition is that such vouchers will drain much-needed fund s from public schools. But that is not a constitutional issue. The Court will have to decide how to interpret - or reinterpret Lemon vs . Kurtzman (1971), which said that any state aid to religious schools cannot create " excessive entanglement between church and state "; and Bowen vs. Kendrick ( 1988), in which the Court declared that publi c money to religious schools - even when routed through the parents - serves to "advance a pervasively sectarian in stitution's religious mission. The Court, without dec iding on the ments of the case, has refused to rev1ew the Milwaukee voucher pro'gram . But the issues there, and similar problems elsewhere , will have to he co nfronted eventually. Last spring. the NAACP's Milwaukee branch and People for the American Way fil ed a forn1al com11 plamt with W1 sconsm's Department of Public Instruction charging various unconstitutional practices by reli gious schools receiving public vouch· c1 fund s. Under Milwaukee's voucher law, parents have the right to opt out of relig1ous activities in those sc hools. But a number of the school s are accused of not honoring that right. Blessed Trmuy Catholic School. for example, mandates that parents sign a "Com1mtment Statement" when the student applies. It pledges that the child will take part in daily classroom prayer and religious classes. The parents, moreover, must share the particular faith of that sc hool at home. When a tester for a civil rights momtoring group contacted the Okla· homa Avenue Lutheran School to ask about the parental opt-out provision, he was told : " If you don't want your children to take part in that religion, our school's not for you. It's a Christian education. That's what we're about. " The Catholic Saint Vincent Pallotti School was slightly more accommodating, telling a tester that if she - using vouchers - kept InSisting on keepmg her child out of Ohio Perspective: Ar~ warning signs useful? By JOHN NOLAN Associated Press Writer CINCINNATI - Highway signs that fl ash messages about accidents or traffic tie-ups come too late to be helpful , some drivers say. But others are grateful for the warnings. "The benefit is, it tells you of the delay up ahead and you can choose to get off an .~xi t _or call someone on the cell phone and tell them you ' re going to be late, sa1d Leonora Polonsky, a Procter & Gamble Co. executive. Other commuters say the sign network - part of the Advanced Regional Traffic Interactive Ma~agemenl & lnf?rmation System ...:... is useless. They say the message~ tell dnvers of traffic Jams they have already gotten into, or are so nearly In that there isn 't an exitllf.ailable to provide an escape. "Once I read the sign, I already know, ' said Charlie Hull, a Provident Bank employee who commutes from his home to downtown Cincinnati. "I think they' re a big waste of money." The $37 million syste~ began operating nearly two years ago and is deployed over 88 m1l es of h1ghways through and around Cincinnati in southwest Oh10 and northern Kentucky. Ohio and Kentucky are the major funders of the network, With help from the federal. government, Cincinnati and the rcgwnal planning agency. · . The sign s are the most visible part of a traffic-monitoring system that also mdudes 67 closed-circuit television cameras and road sensors that system off1 c1als use to monitor the traffic. The system also prov ides traffic information to broadcast stations. .. To aid stranded motorists, there are five patrol vans whose dnvers are cerufled·mcchanies and emergency medical technicians. And , the system was a pioneer in offering tho public a 2 11 phone number for up-to- the-in mute reports of traffic cQnditions and construction delays. It operates from 6 a.If!. to 7 p.m. Mond ays through Fridays and,durmg large, spectal events. But some motorists complain that there isn' t enough information flashed on the electronic s1gns. Others complam that dnvers create congestion by slowing down to read the signs. System managers try lQkeep messages short and direct to avoid confusing dri vers, system spokesman 'Tim Schoch >aid . And managers keep the signs dark when no message " needed . although that remains a tapir of debate. Sunilar systems operate in some other metropoli tan areas includin 2 Atlanta. Phoen ix. Buffa!?, N.Y., and Washington, D.C.·nonhern Virgmi a~ Some usc the overhead s1gns to flash the lime and tempcruture during non<'f'isls peri ods. Cincinnati 's system has not done th at. on the theory that drivers eventually mi ght not notice urgent messages if info nnati on IS constantly fl as hin g. \ MONDAY's HIGHLIGHTS No; 5 Lady Dawgs rip Buckeyes LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) No. 5 Georgia downed Ohio State 91-59 in the opening game of the Beach Classic. Deanna Nolan finished with 25 points as the Lady Bulldogs rode her uneKpected scoring at the start of each half. She nearly tnpled her average Sunday night as Georgia (12-1) won its fifth straight and ·improved to 6-0 on the road. The Buckeyes (6-3) were led by LaToya Turner's 13 points. Nolan, who brought a 9.4-point average into the game, scored all but one of the paints as Georgia took a 9-2 lead. .She ended the first half with ·12 points, adding two late baskets as the Lady Bulldogs, fighting off an Ohio State surge that had knotted the game at 26, took a 34-31 lead into intermission. ·That was as close as Ohio State got to the quick Lady Bulldogs, who pulled away with a 57-point second half as the Miller twins - Kelly and Coco - combined for 20 points after being held to siK in the first half. Georgia's 12 wins have been by an average margin of 24 points. rehgiou s acti vities, the youngster 17 of the city's religious and private m1ght have to sit out m the hall. voucher schools claimed that the But the Wisconsm Supreme Court, objectors had no standing to ask for in upholding the Milwaukee vouch- an invesltgation , and that the Departer system, said that a student in these ment of Public Instruction lacks the schools "is never asked hi s or her authority to supervise religious and . · religious aff1l1ations or beliefs." private schools in the.se matters. In Those judges were hornswoggled. short, their view is that there can be In Romer vs. Board of Public no public accountability for this use .. Works of Maryland ( 1965), Justice of publi c funds . FiQally, on Nov. 22, the DepartHarry Blackmun made it plam: " The state must confme Jtsclf to secular ment of Public Instruction ruled that objectives, and neither advance nor the invest1gatiorl must go forward .. : impede rcl 1gious activity." Such mvestigatwns will be demand- . At Milwaukee's Saint Sebast ian ed in other cities and states. In School. for another example , potcn- Cincinnati, over 80 perce!jt of the . ual voucher students must sign a schools that receive voucher payform suying that in selec ting the ments are religious schools. sc hool , they " recog ni ze it is a In Lemon vs. Kurtzman , the . Catholic school'' and that they and Supreme Court held that continuous · the~r parents will engage in " the surveillance by the state- to make , active pract ice of our Fa1th ." · · · · sure Ihat re 11g10us sc hoo1s receiVIng ,· If the Supreme Court finds these public funds did not violate the , practices constitutional , it will have Estahlishment Clause - would neeto radically redefine the constitutional essarily create "excessive entangle.: meamng of "excessive entanglement ment between church and state." between church and stale." Such entanglement has already, : .. When People for the American been created. Will the Supreme Court· , Way and the Milwaukee NAACP look again at Milwaukee'! asked Wisconsin 's Department of (Nat Hentoff Is a nationally Public Instruction last August for an renowned authorliy on the Firat . investigation of this commingling of Amendment and the rest of the Bill public funds and organized religion, of Rights.) ., · , ~----~~--~~--------------~ Thought for Today: " You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me JUSt once a year." - Damon Runyan, · American writer ( 1884-1946). Berry•s World NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Adrian Peterson didn 't practice all week as Georgia Southern prepared for the Division I·M championship, sidelined by turf toe. 'Coach Paul Johnson quit worrying when he saw him warming up. " He looked quicker than he was a week .ago," Johnson said. "I'm like 'OK, this may be all right after all. m The Walter Payton Award winner didn't disappoint his coach, rushing for a record 247 yards on 25 carries and three touchdowns Saturday in helping the Eagles rout Youngstown State 59-24 for their fifth I· AA championship. The sophomore running back keyed an offense that rolled up a NCM record,638 yards rushing and scored a record 59 points. He pro· vided several highlight-quality runs, including a 58-yarder in the second quarter when he broke siK tackles as the Eagles (13-2) scored an unanswered 28 points to put the game away. Peterson now has topped 200 yards rushing II times in his short career, and he bettered the 244 yards rushing by Massachusetts' Marcel Shipp in last year's title game. "Adrian is a great running back," Penguins linebacker David Vecchione said. " He's a load. He runs nonstop.... You can't stick an arm out there because he 's going to break right through it." The game featured two of 1-M's top programs. Youngstown State . (IZ-3) had won more games (100) than any other 1-AA program in the 1990s, while Georgia Southern had won the most playoff games. Each w~nted to become the first to win five 1-M titles. ' Carruth faces murder charges :cHARLOlTE, N.C. (AP) Police brought Rae Carruth back to Nl)rth Carolina to face a murder charge and possible .death sentence. :The suspended Carolina Panthers pliyer had been jailed in Jackson, Tcjm., since Wednesday. Investigators who had traveled to Tennessee retUrned by car with Carruth in custody at about 4 p.m. Carruth will m~ke a court appearance Tuesday on ., th~ first-degree murder charge. .- q,;..~ 1 Clt999 by NEA, Inc www.comics.com "HO-HO-HO! Could you help Santa with a glitch in his laptop?" ' ... . :~ Iverson skips 76ers practice session :PHILADELPHIA (AP) Philadelphia 76ers star Allen IverSon did not attend an optional practice, the morning after sityi ng he s.bQuld be traded if coach Larry Br(lwn is unhAJlllY with his play. : ~verson lashed out at his coach sllurday night after being benched for. the final 20 minutes of Philadelphja•s loss at Detroit. Though. he ha_s disagreed with Brown many limes, 11 wajl the first time Iverson mentioned a. t#ade. I i' • Buckeyes thump Eastern Ky. By RUSTY MILLER AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Coach Jim O'Brien says No. 12 Ohio State is tired. Overmatched Eastern Kentucky was just tired of watching its shots get swalled back. Ken Johnson blocked eight shots and the Buckeyes totaled 13 in a 72-40 victory over the Colonels Sunday. "We havr,n 't seen a shot-blocker like Ken Johnson," Eastern coach Scon Perry said. The Colonels (4-2), who came in making 49 percent of their shots from the field, managed only 15 field goals in 62 allempts (24 percent). Eastern Kentucky, which had won its previous four games, went 7:42 in the first half and 13:32 of the second without a point. Most of that ineffectiveness was a refleclion of Johnson's activities inside. "I really sensed it was hard for them to shoot over me and I was fortunate to take advantage of that," he said " One of my goals is to break a blocked-shot record, so I'm satisfied with my performance." Johnson 's career-high eight blocks were one fewer than the team record shared by Brad Sellers and Herb Williams. No Buckeye has blocked as many shots in a game in 13 years. The 6-foot-11 senior now has 195 career blocked shots to take over second place behind Williams' unreachable 328. Ohio State (5-2) blocked a total of 13 shots, two under the team record and the most by a Buckeye team since 1981. The Colonels came in averaging 81.4 points a game but Perry said Johnson's intimidation inside took them out of their game. · " We played very poorly today," he said. "The team you watched today - that's not th e way we usually play." O'Brien agreed. ' " I think we were good defensively, but Johnson was prob· ably something they hadn't seen this year," he said. "When you look a the tapes of those guys, they're like a track team. They are out and running, shooting 3s and pressing. They didn't play like they showed on tape and Ken had a lot to do with that." Michael Redd, Scoonie Penn and George Reese each scored II points and Brian Brown and Brent Darby had 10 apiece for the Buckeyes. Chris Garnen and Whitney Robinson each had . 10 points for the Colonels, who hit only 3-of-20 from 3-poml range. Ohio State hosts Toledo on Wednesday. _, ••• • Meigs falls to Wheelersburg Georgia Southern defeats Youngstown State for I·AA crown Church and state collide in Milwaukee _.....____..._________________________________ ...... Mondly, DeCember 20, 1Dee ~ MY BALL- Ohio State's Brian Brown, center, tries to weave hie way through a host of Eastern Kentucky players during the Buckeyee' 72-40 victory Sunday at the Schottanateln Center In Columbua. (AP) Titans win~ clinch playoff spot throughout the NFC playoffs by beating the New By BARRY WILNER York Giants 31 -10. Indianapolis clinched the AP Football Writer Say hello to the Tennessee Titans in the NFL AFC East title with a 24-21 victory over Washington, which remained atop the NFC East ' playoffs. Just 14 games into their first season as the despite the loss when the New York Jets beat Titans and their first year in their new Nashville Dallas 22-21. Tampa Bay missed an opportunity to grab a stadium, Tennessee beat Atlanta 30-17 on Sunday to playoff spot when it was routed at Oakland 45-0. secure at least a wild-card But Detroit didn't gain ground in the NFC Cenberth: The last time the fran· tral because it lost at Chicago 28-10. Seattle's 36-30 overtime loss at Denver cost it chise made the playoffs was 1993, when it was the Hous- a tie for first place in the AFC West. Kansas City, which beat Pittsburgh 35-19 on Saturday, has a ton Oilers. "It's nice to have the for- one-game lead on the Seahawks, whom the mality of it," veteran line· · Chiefs play next Sunday in Seattle. Miami beat San Diego 12-9; Philadelphia man Bruce M~tthews said, "but immediately we're took New England 24-9; Buffalo edged Arizona looking to position ourselves 31-21; and Baltimore romped over New Orleans Stave McNair the best we can in the play- 31 -8. In Saturday's other game, Carolina downed offs, get a bye, do all those . things, and hopefully knock off Jacksonville and San Francisco 31-24. Cincinnati was off this week. somehow still win the Central." Tonight's game has Green Bay at Minnesota. The host Titans (11-3) were sloppy and will Jaguars 24, Browns 14 need a better effort in next week 's showdown Jacksonville (13-1) lost leading tackler Kevin with Jacksonville, which Tennessee trails by two games in the AFC Central. The Jaguars won at Hardy with a neck sprain, while Cleveland (213) saw quarterback Tim Couch, the No. 1 over· Cleveland 24-14. St. Louis secured home-field advantage all draft pick, go down with sprained ankle. Fr~d Tay lor rushed for 136 yards and broke off a 41-yard TD run early in the Jaguars' lith consecutive victory. Browns tackle Orlando Brown was ejected for shoving referee Jeff Triplette to the ground. Brown was hit in the eye when Triplelle threw his penalty flag. "I never saw anything like that," Browns tackle Scott Rehberg said. "It's wrong to go after an official, but we have to protect the players, too. " Colts 24, Redskins 21 Indianapolis, 3-13 last season, won its 12th game and 1Oth in a row as Peyton Manning passed for 298 yards and two touchdowns and Edgerrin James scored twice. The Colts, who clinched their first AFC East title since 1987, also tied the best one-season turnaround in league history. ''Obviously, everyone picked us last or close to last, so to win this thing with two games to go in the season is a tremendous accomplishment," coach Jim Mora said. Jets 22, Cowboys 21 In thqjr first visit to Dallas in 28 years, the Jets (6-8) . won on John Hall's for a 37 -yard field goal Wllh I :35 left. See Page 10 . By Dave Harris Sentinel Sports Staff WHEELERSBURG The host Wheelersburg Pirates outscored Meigs 16-7 in the fourth period and went on to defeat the Marauders 47-34 in non-con(erence basketball action liaturday evening at Whee lersburg. The Marauders were able to keep it close with a couple of minutes left in the contest, but Jason Schmidt scored 11 of his game high 23 points in the final period as the host pulled away for the win. The Pirates jumped out to a 12-6 lead after the first period. Schmidt and Mike Yelley led the way in the period with five ·points each. Kyle Smiddie led Meigs in the period with three, Adam Bullington added two and Zach Meadows added one. Steve Beha got the hot hand for Meigs in the second period as he scored I 0 points as Meigs was bale to close to within 23· 18 at the hal f. Schmidt added fivt for the Pi rates. Meigs continued to chip away at the Pirate lead in the fourth period pulling to within 31-27 at the end of the period · behind Beha's siK points. In the fourth period Schmidt led the Pirates to victory, scoring six from the field and ~itting five or' siK from the line. In the final period Wheelersburg went to the line ten times and cashed in on eight to pull away for the win. Schmidt and Andrew Burleson combined for 35 df the Pirates 47 points. Schmidt had 23 and Burleson added 12. Wheelersburg hit 13 of II from the line for 85%. Beha was the only Marauders in double figures with 18. Meigs went to the line 12 times and hit seven for 58%. No. other details were available. The reserve game informalion was also not available, details will be in Tuesday's paper. , Meigs falls to 2-5 on the young season, they will take a break for Christmas and will return to action on December 28th when the host Gallia Acad · emy. 1- • ' •, ·' ,·' ,, •• .i :• Herd 8-0 after beating Georgia BC tops Michigan in shocker BOSTON (AP) -:- Boston College .freshman point guard Troy Bell wasn't nearly as highly touted as Mic!higan 's three standout freshman. But he certainly outshone them, scoring a game-high 28 points as the Eagles surprised the Wolverines 89-71. "I knew (Boston College) needed a' point guard and I wanted to come in and help out right away," BALL CONTROL - Boston College's Mlchllll Cotton, right, $aid Bell, a 6-foot-1-inch playmak- eludes Michigan'• J1mal Crawtprd during the E1glaa' win. (AP) er from Minneapolis, who led the Eagles in scoring Sunday for the chard had 25 points to lead the Boston College, which led 40seventh straight game. 30 at the half, held between an 11 Wolverines (6- ~)- Freshman guards "They're all freshman," Bell Jamal Crawford and Kevin Gaines and eight-point lead for the opening said of his counterparts. "We knew had 17 and 13 points respectively. five minutes of the second ·half we had to put the clamps on them. " " We looked like . freshman until Michigan went on a 13-3 run Xavier Singletary scored 16 today," Michigan co~ch . Brian to tie it al 53-all. Blanchard scored points and Jon Beerbohm had 14 Ellerbe said. nine points during the run . points and II rebounds off the The Eagles then broke it .open Bell connected ·on 9-of-16 shots, bench for the Boston College (6-2). including 2-of-4 from 3-point with 25-6 run over t~e neKt 4:49. Freshman forward LaVell Blan- range. 1,1 By JOHN RABY Associated Press Writer HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Sophomore Tamar Slay and J.R. VanHoose ·scored 21 and 20 points, respectively, as Mars hall remained unbeaten in seven games with an 89· 79 victory Sal· urday over Georgia.· The Thundering Herd is off to their best start since the 1973-74 team started 8-0. Georgia (5 -4) shot 65 percent from the floor and outrebounded Marshall 31-23 but commille'd 25 turnovers in halting its five -game winning streak. Marshall, which took the lead for good midway through the first half, ·used a full -court press to blow the game ope n midway through the second half. Georgia had cut the deficit to 60-57 after a fast -break layin by D.A. Layne with 15 minutes left. l. But the Bulldogs scored just once over the next 4:07. VanHoose hit five of Mar· shall's next nine points for a 6959 lead. Cornelius Jackson, who had 19 points and five steals for Mar· shall, then scored his third fastbreak basket in a four -minute span to give the Thundering Herd their largest lead, 76-61, with 10 minutes left. Georgia's Anthony Evans then scored 10 of his 16 points during a 13-5 run to cut the deficit to seven with seven minutes left, but 1 the Bulldogs managed just five 1 " points the rest of the w·ay. D.A. Layne led Georgia with 24 points. Marshall's Greg White won the coaching battle over his mentor, Jim Harrick. White served as an ·'' assistant under Harrick at UCLA in 1995.96. I'' S ), , �By The Bend The Daily Sentinel •• 71 i Monday, December Page6 Monday, December 20, The Dally Sentinel • Page 7 Pomeroy, Middleport, Ohio 1~ • Reader contributes one more 'how me met' story from WWII Dear Ann Landers I know you swore ott how we met let tcrs lor a while hut I hope the norator um 1 because when the Japanese surrendered and States and I was devastated With of course that changed cverythtng my fin gers crossed I asked her to Troops w th five years serv1ce were marry me She surpnscd me by say tng sent home whtle we short ltmers Yes but sa1d I would have to ask we c ransfcrred to other umts t ended up '" a combat engmeer unll her parents perm iSSion I thought ser 1 mg Army fac ht1es m the Mar thiS was very old lash10ned but I sell lcs area admired her for 11 She also told me she wanted f1ve In m1d December I ran nto a fe ll ow who mvned me to be a fourth ch1ldren (she was one of f1 ve) and would I agree to that? 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dmner My daughter had as ked c/0 Ann Landers P 0 Lowdown phe Tl lSC I WO are hke f re and me to mvlte tow of her tncnds who Box 11 562 Ch cago Ill 60611 d1dn t know each other No match " aler 0562 Well Ann they h tve bee n m tr mak ne Just a mcc dmner To tmd out more about Ann Lan Convers ati on dunn g the t orst r cd 27 year and are the mo I lov ders and read her past columns VISit 1ng ouplc I cVC I see n WI lC\ er course was ammatcd and am1ca ble BY the t me the rn a n course came s01d ppos Hes 1 tra t ccn am ly knew the Creators Syndtcate web page at www acators com around the conversauon had taken a what he or I e was I tlk ng about ANNOUNCEMENTS 005 Personals ett ec tlvely Because some b 1by bnd need tu cat evc1y 30 mmutes or so 11 1 •mportant 1 conlact a rehab1htato as soon as pos Sibl e for nstructwns Baby bnds are ohen see n tullv feathered bu u ymg to lly wnh the parents nearby These are tlcd ghn gs If they look br ght and alert 11 IS best to leave them alone If posSi ble keep your dogs and cats away from the area for a few days m wh1ch lime the b~rds w1ll learn to ny The babieS parents Will cuntmue to ca re for them eve n though they are on the ground If you are not sure the parents are nearby and you are concerned you may put the bird m a nearby bush or on a tree bran ch and observe from msade the house for a lew hours Remember that 1f the nother sees you 111 the yard she w1ll not come It you lind a w1ldhf e baby that appea s o be 1h mdoned do not mmedmtely ail e npt 1 rescue that annnal lor the nothcr or parents m1ght be around What follows are t1ps for you once the an mal has been determmed to be an orphan Also contact Ke1th Woods the Me1gs County W1idhfe Officer at 992 3312 and he may be able to help by puttmg you 1n contact wllh a rehabber The statement 1f you handle baby b~rds the mother w1ll reJect them 1s untrue Nestling song bnds (partially feathered) often are found on the ground Check to see 1f the baby b1rd ts bnght alert and opemn g lis mouth for food If th s 1s the case you can you can put 11 nght back m the nest If tt 1s not gapmg ( openmg 11 s mouth for food) or 1s cold 11 may need snectal altentton In add1t1on 1f a btrd ts InJUred It needs help and cannot be placed back m the nest Birds that a cat caught are assumed to be InJUred although they may not appear to be If a b1rd ts featherless 11 needs heat Holdmg a featherless baby bard tn your hand w II warm tl near Raccoons Skunk s and Foxes The se bab1es often play 1n the woods under the1r mothers care Before dtsturbmg them observe from a d1stance to see 1f the mother IS mdeed watchmg over them It IS best to leave them alone unless there ts an obv1ous problem If the mother has been k1lled the bab1es may wan der out of the den because they are hung1y 1l1ey n11y he c1ymg to k weak " Slckl) 11 th1 ca c the babieS need alieni on Don I r• k these annn I up WI h y Ul h tre hands because ll the c 1cc 1 I rab1e These an111als ll c I e most common 1 c1 ol r th1es Rabbus A young 1abbu 1 n 1ts own 1f the tur s tlutt y the cars arc stand1ng and H s the SIZe ot a man s fi st In so nc cases n can be pu back where you found I If t was brought 111 by a dog or a cat 11 1s probabl y InJUred (although 11 may not appe ar to be ) and 1ccds spccml attent on It IS not 1ceo nmended to move a rabbit nes t There has been mm mal success wnh movmg a nest and the mother lmdmg t If you can waH usually one or two weeks the bab1es wtll be gone and you can conlmue "1th your plans If you must move the nest try to place 11 close to the ongmal spot But f1rst replace all of the fur mstde the nest and cover the nest we ll w1th dry grass The mother may return to care for her youn g If a baby IS placed back m a nest touch all the bab1es so they all smell the same The mother wtll not rejec t the bab1cs 1f you han die them There has bee n good success w th placmg rabbits back m the nest and BY ED i!IETERSON DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS - Holiday scenes were com pleted on the front wmdows of Metgs Htgh School Wednesday Here John Kapczmsky and Michael Stacy ftnlsh up the1r snowman CHRISTMAS DOLLS A dozen little girls w111 be delight ed th1s Chnstmas when they rece1ve dolla In pretty handmade outf1ts gtven through the Me•gs County Cooperative Pansh remembrance program Pomeroy Untied Methodist Women costumed the dolls wh1ch were presented tn bel· kets w1th frilly covers made by Joanne Vaughan Dorothy MONDAY POMEROY - Me1gs County Com m s loners regular meetmg 10 a m 1ather than I p m Monday GALLIPOLIS - The Galha Jackson Me1gs Board of Alcohol Drug Addu n and Mental Health Serv1ccs h p m Monday Galhpohs POMEROY - Pomeroy Chapter 186 Ordc f he Eastern Star Mon day 7 30 p m Spaghet dmner pre L::Cd ng mcc mo LETAR r - Letart Tow nsh1p trustees 6 p n Monday at the o ff~e c buddmg l• RAC INE Rac me Y1ila•c Counc I M1nday 7 p m at mun1c1 pal bu 1ld1 ng WEDNESDAY PO IN I PLEASANT - Chnst ma rr ~r 111 Lif e I nc Apostol c Cl ur I R utc 2 north of P01n t PI ont IVedne day 7 p m Downte 93 left and Leona Cleland 83 display the dolla they costumed Others were dreaaed by Nellie Wrlgttt, lira. Veughen, Ruth Melore lll'ld Allee Wematey The baskets for the project were donated by Karen e Greenhouses In addition the UMW mem· bera made 10 quilts which were atnt to Children s Hospltel in Columbus THURSDAY RUTLAND Commumty Church of Rutland Chnstmas program 7 p m tilled Papa Panov Chnstmas VISitOrs . Social Security Manager tn Athens Because so many people depend on Soc1al Secunty we fee l a spectal respons1b1hty to be ready for the new m1llenmum and the Y2K com puter problem Our benef t pay ments systems are Y2K ready and have been for a full year ahead of the new mlilenmum We w1li be able to do all ol our tasks on January I 2000 wh1ch mclude pay ng month ly benefit tu 50 m1lhon people trackmg the earn ngs of 145 m1ihon workers and processmg 6 m1ihon new benefit apphcat ons next year The Soeml Secunty AdmmiStra t10n (SSA) ha' no reaso n to suspect a disrupt on to the del very of bene fit payments m January 2000 How ever we have devel oped cont n gency plans to handle an unexpected or unforeseen d1srupuon hat may be beyond our control Socml Secunty s payment del v ery schedule wuh appropnate con t ngency plans are as follows % Smce Janu3f) I 2000 1s a hoi tday Supplemental Secunty Income (SSI) payments w1ll be delivered December 30 1999 Therefore there should not be any Y2K probfmS with the January SSI payments % Soc1al Secunty payments for January wdl be made Monday Janu ary 3 2000 %The post office w1ll rece1ve checks a dav earher than nonnallv scheduled to e11sure timely dehver'y on January 3 % In the case of dtrect depostt SSA expects benefit payment dehv ery to financ1al mstltUIIOns to be conducted m a busmess as usual manner However •f problems occur wtth darect depostt payments SSA wdl work wnh the Treasury Depart ment and the Federal Reserve to resolve problems at a troubled finan c1al mstltutton and make payments DENTAL BILLER $15 $45 H BD0-223-1149 Ext 460 DRIVERS $500 SIGN ON BONUS IMMEDIATE OPEN INGS O•er The Road Start AI 29 CPM AI M Un oad ng Pay Pe &ona zed D spa en Home Often Hoi day Fre ghl CALL SUMMIT TRANS PORTAT ON 800 B76-0ti80 EOE EMERGING COMPANY NEEDS D abet c Patient s Med car~ Or Pr vale Insurance You May Be £nt tied To Rece ve Vou Diabetic I ~ New To You Thr It Shoppe 9 Wes St mson A hens 740-592 1842 Quality c oth ng and household Items S 1 00 bag sa e every Thureday Monday th u Saturday 900.5 30 Jon and Carolyn Jacobs Owners U vmg Rooms by England Corsatr Beau Statton Futursttc Washmgton Coffee/End Tables Ashley Mtsston Bay Locally Handmade 1tems Dtmng Room by Cadwell Ground Estates Corda Classtcs Beddmg Spnng Atr Belcrest The Daily Sentinel ".. 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It you don 1 360 4% Down For List ngs Paymenl Deta s t 801).7 9-3001 x1185 LOOK I 5 bedrooms 2 baths over 2 000 sq It for less than $400mo FREE Delivery & sal I 600 94B A.pp lances Furn shod Cal 74().446-1599 Real Estate Wanted Seek ng 40 150 Aaes olland w/ Ma as 740-682 3445 spo 1s p us 2 poseable 1g Spring Valley ll reen One Bod 2749 2 br neuse for rant you poy ulll clop & "'I required 304-675-2535 • Home 90'lo Of Weekend& Gross Revenue • Insurance Plan • Sate e Rental U1o ~ G owng COITl'any needs help! Ea n$500 $2500 PT FT montn knowingly accept advertisements tor real esta e which Is In vlolallon of tho law Ou readers are hereby niD<med tnat 81 <lwei ngs advert sed In th s newspaper are ava lable on an equal oppo"unlly basiS HI WTrucking Compony lne. 40 Yoo11 In SuoiAnd BUll Growing (We e Do ng Somelh ng Aght) Cape porle a Bucks s ze Mod ,._tJ< Large (740)446-3409 '-4 EMPLOYMEN T SERVICES fj WILOLIFE JOBS To $21 60 HR INC BENEF ITS GAME WAR DENS SECUR TV MAIN TENANCE PARK RANGERS NO EXP NEEDED FOR APP ANO EXAM INFO CALL I 800 813 3585 EXT 14211 8 AM 9 PM 7 DAYS Ids nc WORK FROM HOME Needec1740-682 731B Compiny Drlvera (Van & Flalbed) Land Co Lid 1 800 213 B365 Nice 2 b garage apl $300 a mon + uu deposit req 304 675 1911 This newspaper wll 001 Joy St cks A.nd Sawbuck A. so Expe anced Sk dde Ope ato ~anted to buy a Full Body Deer I make any such preference Homesite No Restrictions Land Coni act Ava lable $2 300 Down Depending On Cred t An hony Jack Ru sse s JA Rea dy Fo Ch stmas Bo n 9 th AI Shots Wo me iJ Happy Hea thv 2 t Bedroom Very Clean $225 pe month Cal even ngs o eave nl8ssage (3041675-4975 1m ation or dlscrlmlnauon Needed To Run Ba ko 225 w lh F,S. ngs Pre 1930 US Cu rancy Sle ling Etc Acqu snlons Jewelry MTS Con Shop 151 Second ~venu e Gai!)OI s 741).4462842 ~ Sat ThoiMJil'laklld tltrows, ..llows, aid wall hallfl•l• Expe lanced Loader Operator ver And Gold Co ns P ooflets D amond s An que Jewelry Gold • .... ............................. ~ I FOR THE PERSON WHO HAS EVERYTHING 1 YEAR GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO THE : Cheshire, Ohio 9pm MF,10am ·3pm mcomes Medical lnsu ance B ng Ass s lance lmmed ately I You Have A PC You Can Ea n $25 000 To $50 000 Annually Cal I BOO Supp es At No Cost To You For 29t %83 Dept 1109 Mo e no rna lon 888 677 6581 (Questtons and comments about Alden Wa•tt's weekly col· umn about pet care and humane tssues are always welcome They may be sent c/o The Datly Sentmel ) mcnts your purehasmg power won t erode aw ay as the years go by Auto na11c ncreascs began 111 1975 and hiS year s Incre ase because of low mOat1on IS one of the lowest on record Inllauon ts one of the worst enem1es of elderly and diS abled Amen cans liVIng on ftxed the Federal Far Hous ng Act ol1968 which makes h Illegal to advertise any preference mllatlon o d scrlmlnatlon based on rece col()( re lglon sex taml a sta us or national orlg n o any Intent on to Denta B lllng Software Company Needs People To P ocess Mad cal Cia ms F om Home Tan ng P 011 dad Must Own Computer 1 R de Prog am 98% No Touch •-~-~---~-e-~a~el If 312 GIFTS ~ 992·7508 Open6pm }Oll All eal es ate advert sing n wwweve cl com I OOpm F~doy C&J Furniture 28001 St Rt 7 ge Soc 1al Scc ur ty bene llts you orobabl\ kno" hat vou II be gettmg an mcreasc starlin g w th your nex t pay ment 2 4 percent The mcrcasc 1 the automauc cost of liVIng odJu tment wh1ch guarantees that Socml Scc unty pay mcnts Wi ll keep pace w1th mOall c n That 11cans th ai 1! y u get Soc l81 r SS I pay Sec ur I} p1ymcnt It NEE OS TLC Wou d Be AG eat Toll Fee 1 B77 EVEACLR lnlo No need to worry: Soc1al Secunty ready for the new millennium avatlable SSA offices w1ll prov1de emer gency payments to beneficmr es m cases of d1re need as called for by ex sung procedures So f you are a Soc 1al See ur ty benefic ary be assured that you wdl rece ve your payment on 1 me Just relax and enJOY the new n11llennm n Changes for 2000 Rough & Wooded Road Cut In this newspaper Is subject to Vacat on Pay 40t K Med IP es Dental Ass gned 99 T2000 s the mothc1 returnmg later and takmg care of her young It IS unlike ly that vou will see (he mother 1etummg for she usually feed s her bab1 es dunng the mght Check the babes bellies before and after an evenmg bas pa ssed Their bell1cs should be fullm the mormng Also pl ace a couple strands of stnng over the nest to see 1f the ne st was di sturbed These are md•catwns that the mother was there If at all poss1 ble t IS best to let the mother rabb1t ra1se her bab1es Deer Fawns are often found lymg qu etly n a field If you find one and 11 s not crymg leave It there and check back m twelve to twenty four hours Mothers often have l\\ O fawn s at a t1me and they wtll someumes sep arate them to keep each safe from predators If you have deterrmned that the mother " not returmng and the fawn ts tnJured or crymg then 11 needs spcc1al attentiOn 20ACRES 011 SA 7 Soulh 01 Gal polo SR ~18 6 No ghbo hood Road Aea cp ml Owner Operato s Up To S 83 cpml Exce ent Home T me G eat Bene 1 Package! 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By Alden Wallt Pre denl Me1gs County Humane Society Co mpany Drivers Up To $ 39 Chr stmas G•eaway Lmlltd aupply 600 263 2640 RESIDENTIAL HOME OWNERS Ty Ou A New 200 SERIES JOHN DEERE SKIO STEER AI Ca mchae s Fa m & Lawn Ga ~ po s Oh o 7 5% F xed Aa e F nanc ng Ava able 5010 45 TO 95 HP SERIES TRACTORS F nanc ng As Low As 6 5% USED TRACTOR F nanc ng As low As 6 9/'o Carmichael s Fa m & Lawn Ga Ioo s Oh o I BOO 594 1 II 0 74 -446 241 2 WINTER SPECIALS John Oe e e Lawn T ac o s JUNE 1 SAME AS CASH A so $300 And $550 Of Our A eady Low P ces On The 300 And 400 Se es Lawn T ac to s Check Out Ou W n e Sar v ce Tune Up Spec als On Lawn T acto s Ga 10 s And Comp ac T ac to s Ca mchae s Fa m & Lawn Gal po s Oh o 1 BOO 594 446-24 2 1 11 0 740 Tappan H Eft ciency 90% Gas Fu naces 0 Fu naces 12 Seer Heat Pump & A r Cond tlon ng Systems Free 6 Vear Parts & La bo Warranty Bennetts Hea ng & Coo ng HlD0-872 5967 Six Panel poor 630 Livestock 24 1 79 3 4 Broke $t5 Call 741l-446 454B 740 446 7375 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY Claim Den ed? 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Repos Single & DoubleWtdf t No OHica Vis 1Necessary Up To 8889289896 ESTATES 52 Weatwood Drl'e The Mason County Commla1lon I om $279 lo $358 Walk 10 shop Instantly To I Free 1 177 has Immediate parlllma open $500 Singe Wld1 Cleeranc1 $9 99 & movies Call 740 448 25BB EARLVPAY Uctcc70038 lngs at the Mason County An mal FaKed Rate Sa¥e Thouaanda Equal HouslllQ ()pporlun ly Shelter for wee kends and/or 230 Hu ry Won 1Laoll Only 0 Oak Professional week days and/or holldayo An Brookside Apartments Now Ac wood IIINIPOI. 741).448.3093 Services yone Interested In the posit ons capt ng Appllcallons For One art asked to apply In person In Bedroom Wllh WID Hook Up 330 Farm• for Slle TURNED DOWN ON the County Commission Office Apartment 740-446-961 SOCIAL SECURITY /Sst? NEW ON MARKET Applicants muat like animals No FeeUness WeW n Christy s Family ll¥1ng apart ~etween GaiUpolls & Jackoon and perform facllty cleaning and 1 868 562 3345 Near Thurman 5 To tO Acre ments home & trailer ental& some an mal grooming functions For additional Information call Tracto 01 Meadow• & Some 740 992-4514 aparlmen s ava I REAL ESTATE Trees With Lots Of Road Fron lblt lumlshocl & unlum~hod the Mason County Commission tage Near Thurman On Cente Office at (3()4)875 1110 The Ma Clost To ~lo Grande Campus 1 po nt Road 6 Ac as With 1 Acre son County Commission Is an Popd Bea~tllul Prleu S1or1 AI Bedroom All Utlllles Included Equal Qpportun~ Employer 310 Homes for Slle $290/Mo Deposit Required 1 $12 500 Land Controcto Avon 888-fi40.0S21 able F te Mapa Anthony Land 5YEARSOLD Pollal Jobs $4B323 DO Yr Now 2 Bed ooma t 1 2 Baths Full CD LTD 1 800 2tJ.I365 Gracious IMng I and 2 bedroom HI lng No Experience Pad Basement New Septic System at VINage Manor and Training Grtal Bonelli Call 7 Excelenl Cond lion Brick I VInyl Six Acrea more or leas w/naw apartments Rl¥erslde Apartment• In M ddle Bl Level Has Barn & Several 28>48 8a n W/2 WI II lapS MIS Daya 800-429-3660 Ext J 385 po I F om $249 $373 Cal 740 Outbuildings Counry Water Near sey Ferguson 150 Dltoel w/End 5084 Equal Houolng Opper Thurmon 011 SR 35 & SA 279 Loader Power Steering & Iota ot 982 tur;Jies Growing Expand ng Braley & $87 200 Cal For Appo nlment 1 ext a equ pment New Sruah Hog Plows Disks Grade Blade Tnompson setks Mason County 800 213-8365 y Remodeled 1 BR Apt 1994 300 4 Wnetl Drive w/Snow New Youth Sa v cas Case Worker Prime Downtown Gallpol s Loca Bl Laval In Spring Valley A1ea Plow 1977 14x70 w/lol 11 Ply Must have SSW or BA In Human ton No Pals $275 + Ullllllea Minutes From Hoap tal 3 Bed me e Li ne Gallipolis Fer y on Ser¥1ces Field & 1 Yr Experl Reference Required 740 446 once Cal Melasa (304)722 rooms :2 Baths 2 Car Garage MY stone Rd Apple Grove Call 0008 OakDrive Cal741l-446 B607 In Mornings (304)~78-3033 1704 EOE WFIH/V 540 Miscellaneous Merchandise $$BAD CREDIT? Gel Casn Loans To $5 000 Debt Consoli da on To $2DO 000 Cred I Ca ds Mortgages Reflnanc ng And Auto Loans Ava lab e Merld an Credll Corp 1 800 471 5119 Ext 11BO ATIENnON PAIMESTAR CUSTOMERS• Wanl ABena Dea 7 •F ee lns1a ladon •Frtte Equ pment •F at e Months Programm ng Call Tom 740 388 0113 Or I BOO 292 0842 Amaz ng Melabollsm Break th ough Lose Welghl Whle En B509 Waterl ne Special 3 4 200 PSI $100 $500 & UP Po lea $2 95 Per 100 1 200 PS I CARS Impound Honda s Toyota s Che $37 00 Par tOO AI Brass Com press on Fit! ngs In S ock vys Jeeps And Sport Uti It es AON EVANS ENTERPRISES Jacl<son 0111o 1 801).537 9529 WHITES METAL DETECTORS Ca Now BOO 772 7470 EXT 6336 CARS I 00 $500 & UP POL CE Ron A.l son 588 Watson Road Bldwsll Ohio 740.448-4336 Chevys Jeeps And Spo I Ull 550 EXT 7B32 Building Supplies 6 p pe PVC schedule 40 ap p oxlmalely 2000 II $1 DO par II 20 lo nls lilt ngs $10 ae 740 992 2478 or 740.99~ 5551 joying The Foods You Love Our ing This Ho lday Season Free IMPOUND Honda s Toy ot a s I I S Ca I Now 800 772 7470 19B2 0 ds Cu lass t9 85 Dodge 0 so 968 Chevy T uck (304)6755267 19B8 4 Doo Saab 900 0 S Au l orna c 0 ves L ke New samples 140-441 1982 $2400 304(675 1651 Beenltl I Furblea oldar Bean es $4 eacn over 20 diller en Furb as & 5 d fferent Um ted Ed Uon Furb as Ru land Bottle Gas t 80Q.B37 8217 o 740 742 2511 Bulk Foods Spices Cand es Chaesa Bu tar Trail Bo logna AK C Pome an an Pupp es Male t Fema e $250 Each F st Sho s Vet Checked 740 3B8 8642 775 Bulk Foods 51B4 sA 775 Pa riot BUY NOW TA~MANII AND BEAT THE Steel Bu ldlngs I Warehouse Ove stock! 25x30 30x44 45x70 50x180 Must Clear Slock Nowll 1 800 462 7930 X 7ll AKC Reglste ed Maltese P nschers Dachshund s ChrlslmaS Speclel Ch nose Pugs (304)755-4813 Ron s Gun ShoP All guns on sa e through Decem ber Buy now through Decemba 20th and get an additional $1 o on aacn gun cau 740-742 8412 Mini and AKC Registered Poms Poodles Schnauzers l hasa Ap so s (304)755 4e 3 t 995 Cam aro automat c V 6 cus om show ca cus om whee s cus om dash black 71 000 m es Complete DISH Network satellite lront damage $5600 740 992 sylltm brand new $149 nslalled 1506 days 740 949 2644 even leo 740 992 1182 or 304 773 lngs and weekends 5305 aler 6pm Austra l an Sheppard Pups 6 1995 Camaro s and a d v 6 COMPUTERS $0 Down Low Weeks Old Tals Been Docked back wlh back n e o 54 000 Monthly PaymeniS Tho PerleCI Full Blooded $50 Each Ma es & m le s ecove ed heI $660 0 Ho lday G ft Almost Everyone Female& 740 992 9947 740 992 1506 days 740 949 Approved Call FIROCOM Ad 2644 &Vtf'ljngs and weekends ¥anced Techno og es t 800 6 t 7 3476 EXI J30 Black German Shepherd Pups A1 snots and wormed $150 (304)67s-m1 Chow Chow Pupp as 6 We eks Firewood tor sa e $35 a pickup ioad 74().992 3230 Old S25D $300 Eech 740 4% 1947 1991! 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Monday, Decamber 20, 1998 ALLEYOOP 11H FORD EXPLOAEA 1100 I Locally. 1 -~75 1 1 Exl.9893. The Dilly Sentinel • Pege 8-~. Pomeroy, MlddlapOrt,' ()hlo . . 6' .. 2000 Rtd Ponllac Sunl!re, 4 Doors. Au1omauc. PW, PL , PM, Air. CD Player, Keyless Entry, 7<W-258-1011 . CARS FROM $211/NO. Buy Pollee Impounds /Repos. Fee. For LisUngs /Payment Datali Cali 1· 800-319-3323 )(2158. FACTORY WHEeLS Alloy, Steel , Rally, Worlds Most Complete In· ventory Of OEM Wh eels . Ship NaUonwldo . 1·800·9WHEELS. Stock Wheels {AM HUb Caps) Only. Buy, Sell. 1-800-994·3357. ~.ac:Kerwheet . oom 720 Trucks for Sale '92 Ford F150 XLT, 5 speed, 6 cylinder. air. 20 .000 m iles on Mw motor, tow pa ckage , very good PHILLIP DIPOYSAI PARft -'llltEl All Makes Tractor & Equipment Parts Facto ry Authorized C ase-IH Parts Dea ler s. Cellular Jeff Warner Ins. 1000 sr. Rt. 1 soulll Coolville, OH 457Z3 • Rutland, Ohio "A (2 well.) North dition , pr~ed on Inspection . 740 - 985·3595. ' 1976 lnlernalional 1800 Ser ies Tractor & l owboy, 80,000 Mites. New Tires. 740--446-8044. 1978 Chevy 3/4 Ton 350 V- 8, 4 Barrel, Automatic, Mirrors, Good Shape, $1.675, 740.446·231 7 1900 GMC Top Kick dump truck , 25 .600 GVW. hydraulic brakes. NO COL's, diesel . 3208 Caterpil lar, 5 plus 2 trans., 10' dump bed, !rUCk, $7800 OBO, 740-992· 2478 or 740.992·5551 . good Pomeroy Eagles Club Bingo On Thursdays CREDIT PROBLEMS??? • 7 54 I AJ ~e: ~. SENAToR, IS TMAT S~IALI~ 15. B.J'r'I!..X3 R:X /TICAl Cf'FIC£ mo pd AT6:30 P.M. Main St., Pomeroy, OH Paying $80.00 per game $300.00 Coverall $500.00 Starburst Progressive top line. Lie. # oo-so 1111•111• South I AJ 5 Red Dodge Dakota. 47,000 Miles, Automatic, Air, Needs Rotors Turned , $4,500 080, 740· 1-740·992·9330 OR 1·800·809-7721 256-1233. 1997 Ford Ranger XLT. V·6. auto. blue , amlfm cassette , bedllner, alUm inum wheals, air, left front wheel damage, 42,284 miles, ask· ing $4850, 740·992-1506 days , JONES' 740-949· 2644 evenings & wee· kends. {740)·367·7533 GMC, 1989, Sierra. Fuii·Pkg., 2 Wheal Drive. 112Ton, $4,700.; 1982. 300 FD Mercedes. Auto .. Fuli-Pkg. Turbo, 5 Cyl., Newly Rebuilt Engine, $3,000.(30•)675· 2897. 730 Vans & 4-WDs 1983 Chevy S-10 Pick-Up 4x4 V· 6, 5 Spood. Some Body Rust, But Runs& Drives Good. Asking S1 .200.00. Call After 5 P.M. 740379-2608. • . CHRISTMAS TREES' BRADFORD'S ·. John Kltchka-Owner Linda's Painting Take the 'pain out of painting, and Jet me do it for you. • lOP OHIO 45631 • CHESHIRE, OHIO Any Scotch or White Pine- $15.00 Wagon Rides on Weekends Rt. 33 to Darwin, East on Rt. 681, 4 miles to Cherry Ridge Rd., 1 1/2 miles to tree farm. Follow signs. Daily 10 am til Dark Nov. 26 thru Dec. 24 1112219911 mo"" • 'Tr\1'11 ~wl'l\9 ., • "' "\1\g • f\e•" Gr\~'" . 20 Yrs. Exp. • Ins. Owner: Ronnie Sones · -o"a INTERIOR Before 6 pm leave message. After 6 pm .SAYRE · 740·985!4180 TRUCKING 29670 Baahan Road Free Estimates 1986 Blazer ·h4: Runs Good, 740-949-2217 Slzes5'x10' to 10' x3D' with big toot tires & wind shield $2,800 firm 304-675-1972. Joe N. Sayre 740·742·2138 Hours 1994 GMC Jimmy SLS, LOAD· 7:00AM • 8:00 PM EO, 4DA ., Excellent Condition . 3111199 TFN Now Trans. High Miles. $8.200. Call before 9PM, {304)675-7946. 1995 Aerostar Cargo Van . AutoAir. High Interstate Miles. $2 ,500. CHRISTMAS TREES {304)675·1651 ' t 99!i Dodge Caravan , Aed With Gr ey lnlerior, V-6, PS, PB, POL, Under 70 ,000 Miles, Clean, Great Van, LXI White With Tan Interior. 45,000 Miles, $15.500 OBO, 740· 258-1618, 740.258-1252. 1998 Jeep Cherokee SE, One Owner. 6/Cyl. Auto. 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New Homes • Vinyl Siding • New Garages •Replacement Win<fows •Room Additions •Roofing COMMERCIAL .. RISIDiNliAl · FREE ESTIMATES My 740·992·7643 (No Sunday Calls) BURKE'S 1997 Polaris 250. ~ust like New. 5840. 91 Yamaha 4 wheeler, 100Cc. one owner, like new, eJCcellenl condi- llon, $1200, 740·9•9-3059 alter 4pm. Auto Parts & Acce11ories 760 C-6 automatic transmlssipn , $250; 460 Ford motor, $250; 3 speed with law range 4x4 lranamlsslon & uanster case, $1250: CARPET SERVICE Clean & Scptch Guard $45 ·Any normal Size ·Room. Truck Tires. M&S . 4 ea Mounted William Safran~k, Campera & Motor Homes 1973 Dodge motor home, $3600, call 740-992-6373 or 740·9922143. 790 SERVIC ES 810 · Home Improvements BASEMENT WATERPROOFING Unconditional lifetime guarantee. Local reterencea furnished . Es· 1975. Call 24 Hrs. {7401 441·0670, 1-800·287-0576. Ragora Waterproofing. 840 All tvP!!S of masonry work, brick, new service or repairs. Mas1er Ll· tabllshad Electrical and Refrigeration Residential or co mmercial wiring. 1 block , stone . concreta. 20 years experience, free estimates , 304- ns-9550. censed electr ici an . Ridenour Eleclrlcal. "WV000306 , 304-6751786. EXCAVATING CO. ''rriwbd•fh sV . llepll• Bulldozer & Backhoe Seroiee• House & Trailer Sites Land Clearing & Grading · Seplic Systenu & Utilltie• 11\HT\\FLL 1pm ~TC.I:\CI -: Nov. 7th thru Nov. 28 Racine Gun Oub. ST. IH. 7 I II:\ I 0 $-HI • HoJy Shrubs • Uve Wroaihs Silk Monulllltlf Sprays, VCI!II &Wroaihs . Open Dally 9-5 Sunday 1·5 · IUIIIRDS GIIIIIOUSI Free Estimates .Joseph Jacks 740-992.;2068 Phone Oller~s • New Homes • Garages (740) 992·3131 - -~-- -- -- --- · -- · - --~--......;---~------------~ -- --- ~ - . mo. . . 985-4473 7/22/IFN Public Notice IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS · MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO GREEN TREE FINANCIAL SERVICING CORPORATION PlltntiH, 1 Yl , ROBERT JAMES, It 11 c- No." cv 1011 Dtltndtntw Robert Jtmet tnd Lone Jamtt whQII latt known addreee It unknown, Ia hereby ·notified thet Grttn Tree Flnanclel Servicing Corporation llltd . 1 Complelnt lor Money, ' Fortcloaure and Other Equitable Rtlltl on September 30, 1999, C11e No. 88 C:V 108, on the property dttcrlbed ae Situated In the County of Mllga and State of-Ohio and Vlllega of Middleport and bounded end deacrlbtd 11 "fOIIOWII: 742-2076 'tifE BORN LOSER . ' .., 'IMl ~~-~~ 11-lO ~ W"-'111-113 .. "You Kill 'em we chill 'em" -----.... Sewing Machine & Vaccuum Cleaner Repalra We make house calls 740-742-D419 t Sidewalks, Patios Complete Gar~ges: masonary/Wood 25 yrs experience free .Estimates 740-742·8015 877-353·1222 (loll free) D\t)t{T W'f • ' .: I ' l 1 1 1 ...---·. - ~- - 2 "Velvei" end 3 St. croaHr 4 Cry 5 Tapn1ry 6 Affirmed East Pass Pass By Phillip Alder What is the derivation of "practice makes perfect" ? I tried to find it, but only came up with this from Confucius: " To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. (They are) gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness." Not what I was after, but it wi·ll do. The theme of this deal is often overlooked by players below the expert level. How would you declare four hearts after West leads the club king? North's response of three . notrump is a forcing major-suit raise, guaranteeing at least four hearts with the high-card values for game. This permits a pair to use the invaluable limit raise: jumping from one of a major to three of that major to show four-plus trumps with I 0-12 support points. You start wi1h ni.ne top tricks: two spades, six hearts and one club. So, if the spade finesse works, or the spades split 3-3, or East has the diamond ace, you are home . However, with this layout, trying these three chances leads to failure. Instead, it is easier on both your and partner's blood pressure if you ' make four hearts whatever the lie of the cards. After winning with dummy 's club ace and drawing trumps ending in the dummy, call for the club jack and discard a diamond. West is endplayed. If he returns a spade, it is into your ace-jack tenace. A diamond switch generates a trick for your king. And a club back concedes a ruff-and-discard . In all cases, you receive trick I 0. 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Solzod An<! ~ling ---~~~ · ---~- --------~----------~-------------------------- ---·--· ,, t' ~· �• '·'" .I Page 10 • The' Dally Sentinel Pomeroy, Mlddl~port, Ohio Monday, December 20, 1989 \ Tuesday Redemption for McBride, Utah in Las Vegas Bowl victory By DENNIS GEORGATOS You 've got to handle the adversity and you've got to come back. You've got AP Sports Writer to make believers out of people. LAS VEGAS (AP) ;- A r!Jund of midseason frustration for Utah coach ' " When things were tough, our team stepped up. And a lot of people in Ron McBride was erased in a sweet finish. the community stepped up. We fought back. It 's a great finish." The Utes beat Fresno State 17-16 on Saturday night in the Las Vegas McBride, the only coach to lake Utah to more than one bowl game, won Bowl behind Mike Anderson's school-record 254 yards rushing and Cietus in the postseason for the second time in five tries and ran his 10-year record Truhe's 33-yard game -winning field goal. to 71 -46, including seven straight winning campaigns. The vtttory was the third straight for Utah (9-3) after consecutive losses " We were down halfway through the season," said Anderson, a senior to Co lolado State and Wyoming that threatened to derail the Utes' season whose besfperformance came in his final game. "Some people were countand generated a wave of criticism of McBride and the program on local ing us out. We just wanted to play for ourselves and the people that were raclio talk shows and media. really supporting us. ·• Everybody kind of wrote this team off, wrote me off as heing a bad foot" Til is is unbelievable to me to fini sh my career here with a big win in a ball coach, " McBride said. "You lose a game, people take potshots at you. bowl game. I'll never forget th is team . I'll never forget the coaches. I'll · · neverforget this school. " While ,a faileq extm poiht by Fresno State (8-5) was the deciding margin in the game, Bulldogs coach Pat Hill said it would wrong to focus on t~at miscue. Hill said the Utes simply wore down the Bulldogs, using their strehgth and size to grind out 548 yards in total offense, including a Las Vegas Bowlrecord 334 yards rushing. "I've got no second thoughts or regrets about the effort. that our team played with, " Hill said. " What I told them is we're just not physical enough yet. . " I said before the gam e that we really needed to step it up on the offen sive line and the defensive line, and I've got to give credit to Utah. They wou the battle in the trenches, and I think that was the difference. " December 21, 1999 Today: Snow showers High: 308; Low: 20s Wednes~ay: Cloudy High: 20s; Low: 10s Sele, Guzman and Rhodes among group of players rejecting arbitration NEW YORK (AP) - David Segui and ~udy Seanez accepted with 15 homers, 27 doubles and 52 RBis. the Texas Rangers last season. salary arbitration offers from their former teams on Sunday night, and Seancz, a 31 -year-old right-hander, returns to the Atlanta Braves. . Guzman , a 33,year-old right-hander, went 6-3 with a 3.03 ERA for outfi elder Gerald Williams agreed to a $5 .75 milli on, tw o-year conHe was 6-1-with a 3.35 ERA and three saves in 56 relief appearances, Cincinnati in the final two months of th e season after going 5-9 with trac t with Tampa Bay. Williams joins a revamped Devi·l Rays, who last week acquired a 4.18 E~A for Baltimore. Rhodes, a hard-throwing 30-year-o ld left Williams was among 12 play ers rejecting sal ary arbitration offers in Vinny Castilla from Colorado and agreed to a $34 million , four-year hander reliever, was 3-4 with three saves and a a 5.43 ERA 1 · the the hours before -Sunday's midnight EST deadline , a group that includ- contract with Greg Vaughn. Orioles. ed pitchers Aaron Sele, Juan Guzman and Arthur Rhodes. · The 33-year-old outfielder was a big surprise last season for the Of the seven players offered arbitration who signed before Su.nday, Al so rejecting w ere pitchers Norm Charlton, Chris Haney, Graeme Atlanta Braves and became their leadof(hitter during the final two two went back to their old teams. Terry Shumpert re-signed with Col Ll oy d, Omar· Olivares, Darren Ol,iver and Steve Trachsel , along with months of the season. Atlanta went 39-14 with him at the, top of the orado .for $750,000 and Dale Sveum returned to Pittsburgh for a minor outfi elders Shawon Dunston, Thomas Howard and Williams. order, and he joins a lineup that includes Castilla, Vaughn, Jose league contract that would be worth $400,000 if he is added to the Free agents who accepted arbitration are considered signed, while Canseco and Fred McGriff. major league roster. those who rejected can still negotiate with. their former team s through Williams hit .275 and had career highs in home runs (17) and RB!s Jan. 8. The other five signed with new teams: John oierud ($20 million, (68). After making $1.4 million last season, he gets $2.5 million next three -year contract with Seattle), Todd Zcile ($18 million , three-year In all , teams offered 21 players arbitration on Dec. 7. Seven signed year and $3.million in 2001. The Devil Rays have a $4 million option befo re Sunday. contract with the New York Mets), Jose Hernandez ($10 million, fo• 2002 with a $250,000 buyout. 1 three -year contract with Milwaukee), Wil Cordero ($9 minion , threeScg ui goes back to the Toronto Blue Jays, who acquired him fro m Sele is considered the best of the free-agent pitchers still on the year contract with Pittsburgh) and Jeff Conine ($5.5 million , two-year Seatt le on Ju ly 28. The 33-year-old first baseman hit .298 last season market. The 29-year-old right-hander was 18-9 with a 4.79 ERA for contract with Baltimore). NFLfrom 5. 93 yards at City. caught six passes Dallas (7 -7) scored on a fake field goal and an endPittsbur~:Ji (5-10) has lost six straight, worst since around. but it couldn 't hold a 21 -13 lead. 1988. Curtis Martin rushed for 113 yards for New York . Dolphins 12, Chargers 9 Rams 31, Giants 10 When John Carney's 36-yard field goal hit the left Interception run backs by Devin Bush and Mike Jones upright, Miami (9-5) ended a three-game slide. gave the host Rams (13-2) seven defensive touchdowns. Olindo Mare made field goals of 32, i11 , 30 and 31 Kurt Warner added two touchdown passes to Az- yards, tying the NFL mark for field goals in a season, 37. Zahir Hakim and Marshall Faulk had 165 yards in total His final kick put the host Dolphins ahead with 3:22 to offense for the NFL's top-rated offense. go after they recovered Jim Harbaugh 's fumble at the New York (7, 7) must win its final two games to make San Diego 20. the playoffs. The Chargers fell to 6-8. Bears 28, Lions 10 Eagles 24, Patriots 9 Detroit continued to struggle outdoors, dropping to 1At Philadelphia, the Patriots fell to 7-7 after starting 5 and 8-6 overall. Marcus Robinson caught thiee of the season 6-2. Drew Bledsoe threw four interceptions Cade McNown's four touchdown passes. McNown and the Eagles (4-11) managed six sacks in knocking' became the first Bears rookie to throw for 300 yards in New England from contention. a game. Third-stringer Koy Detmer threw for three touchWhile the Bears (6-8) have remote playoff possibi li- downs, two to Torrance Small. ties. Detroit blew a chance to tie Tampa Bay for the NFC Bills 31, Cardinals 21 Centrai iead. Visiting Buffalo (9-5) solidified its playoff chances as Raiders 45, Buccaneers 0 Jonathan Linton, subbing for Antowain Smith, gained 81 In the worst loss for Tampa Bay (9-5)- a consider- yards in 21 carries as the Bills controlled the clock. able feat considering the Bucs' sorry history - the Doug Flutie completed 21 of 32 passes for 239 yards Raiders (7-7) ended the visitors' six-game winning and two touchdowns against Arizona (6-8), which still is streak. alive for a postseason berth. It was the biggest margin of victory for the Raiders Ravens 31, Saints 8 since they joined the NFL in 1970 and was built on 122 Tony Banks threw three touchdown passes and the yards rushing by Napoleon Kaufman arid 111 yards by Ravens tied a team record with four interceptions. BaltiTyrone Wheatley against a defense that entered the game more (7-7) has a three-game winning streak and an outranked No. 2 in the NFL. side shot at the postseason. Broncos 36, Seabawks 30, OT · New Orleans (2-12) has lost five straight and 12 of Denver (5-9) is well out of things, but it damaged 13. The visiting Saints, without injured running back Seattle (8-6), which has lost four straight and tumbled Ricky Williams, finished with II yards rushing and out of the division lead. Linebacker Glenn Cadrez went eight first downs. 37 yards with a fumble after Ray Crockett sacked Jon Panthers 41, 49ers 24 Kitna in overtime. Host Carolina (7-7) stayed alive in the NFC wildThe Seahawks rallied from a 10-point hole with 1:47 card chase Saturday as Steve Beuerlein picked apart San COLTS CELEBRATION - lnillttt:~apolla Colts offensive lineman Tarlk Glen celebrates with fans fol· left to tie it on Todd Peterson's 45-yard field goal with Francisco's secondary for 368 yards and four touch- lowing his ball club'• 24-21 victory over the Redaklna Sunday at the RCA Dome. The wtn allowed the :09 remaining. downs. Beuerlein has thrown for an NFL-best 3,851 Colts to clinch the AFC EBit title for the first time alnce1987 and tied the NFI record lor best turnaround Chiefs 35, Steelers 19 by a franchise. Tha Colts ware 3-131aat 1e11on, but have put together a 12·2 record In 1999 behind eecyards this season. ond year quarterback Peyton Manning and rookie running back Edgerrln James. Manning passed for Tony Gonzalez led the Chiefs (9-5) to their fourth Coach George Seifert swept his former team, the 298 yards and two touchdown• and Edgerrln James scored twice In ·the win over Waehlngton. Indisuccessive win with two TD receptions Saturday. Tile 49ers (4-10) in his first year leading the Panthers. anapolis won Ita 1Oth straight game yesterday. AFC Eastern Dhlslon ................. ............._ W L T Pet. y-Jndianapoli!! ........•......... 12 2 0 .8.57 Buffa lo . ...........................9 S 0 .642 Miami .......... ......................9 5 0 .643 New England :·············· ....... 7 7 0 ..500 NY. Jets .............................6 8 0 .429 Centfll y-Jacl sonville ............. .13 I 0 .929 Te nne:i~Ce ........................ ]] 3 0 .786 8allimore ...........................7 7 0 .500 Pin~burgh .......................... $ 9 0 .357 Cincinnali ......................... 410 0 .286 Cleveland .......................... 213 0 .133 ""' Ka nsas City ........................ 9 Sealtle ................................ Oakland ............................~1 Sa n Diego ...... ................. 6 Denver ......... ....5 PF PA 338 274 276 :Zp 285 217 269 268 251 269 358 304 299 251 276 189 169 274 2.'§7 253 414 408 .5 0 .643 338 118 6 0 ..571 306 26.5 7 0 .!liOO 329 268 8 0 .429 231 290 9 0 .357 291 299 NFC Ea51 ..............................._ .. W L T Pet. PF PA Washington ........................ 8 6 N.Y. Giants ......................... 7 7 Dalla!! ................................7 7 Ari1.ona .. ................. 6 8 Philadelphia ................... ..4 II Cmtnl Ta mpa Bay ............. 9 5 Detroit . .......................8 6 G~e n Bay. ...... ........7 6 Mmnesota ................ 7 6 Chicago ...............6 8 0 .571 396 347 0 •.SOO 264 298 0 .500 302 227 0 .-429 2f11 296 0 .267 234 326 0 .643 221 219 0 .571 298 282 0 .538 278 264 0 ..538 317 281 0 .429 254 287 WOil X·St. louis .................... 12 2 0 .857 Carolina ............................. 7 7 0 .SOO San Franc1sco .................. ..4 10 0 .286 Atlanu ..........................,.. ) 11 0 .214 New Orleans ..................... 2 12 0 .143 x-clinched division tirle y-clinched playoff spot Sarurday 's Gama Kansas City 35, Pittsburgh 19 Cuol inll 41, San f'nmcisco 24 Sunday 's Games Tennessee 30, Allama 17 Chicago 28, Detroit I 0 Jach onville 24, Cleveland 14 Phil11delphia 24, New England 9 Baltimore 31. New Orleans 8 St Louis J I, New York Giants I0 Miami 12, San Diego 9 lpdiampolis 24, Washington 21 d akland 45, Tampa Bay 0 New York Jets 22, Dallas 21 Denver 36, Seattle 30, OT Buffalo 31, Arizona 2 1 OPI!N: Cincinnati Monday'• Game Green Bay at Minnesota, 9 p.m. Fridoy, Dec. z.4 · O;allu at New Orleans, 3:05p.m. Saturday, D«. 15 Denver at Detroit, 4:15 p.m. SUndoy, D«. 26 Arizona at Allanla, I p.m. Buffalo a1 New England, I p.ni . Carolina ar Pittsburgh, I p.m. . Chlctgo a1 Sl. Lou is, I p.m. Cincinnali at Baltimore, I p.m. lndian apo li ~ at Cleveland, I p.m. Jacbonville at Tennessee, I p.m. Sacramento at Golden Slate, 10:30 p.m. 1\ltld•y's Games Seattle a\ Indiana, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 7 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 7:30p.m. Phoenix at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Portland at Hou5100, 8·30 p.m. Milwaukee at Sacnmento, lO:.lO p.m. 461 3.56 246 214 216 192 338 393 337 365 Ohio Men's CoDege Basketball NBA standings Midwest Division ....................... W L SanAntonio ................... .... l8 8 Utah ..................................... 16 8 Denver ................................ 12 I I Minrtesota ................. .............8 13 Dallas ....................................8 17 Houston ................................ 8 17 Pd GB .692 .661 I .522 4 ifl .381 7 lfl .320 9 112 .320 9 1(}. S.ncby's Results North Coast Conterenre Wittenberg 84, Allegheny 60 Non-ronrercnc-e OhiD St. 72, E. Kentucky 40 Saturday's Results Mid·Amer1e~n Coaferenct Ohio 66, Toledo 57 North Cout Confemtcc Wtbash 97, Denison 69 Ohio Conference Baldwin· Wallace 6.5, Heidelberg 64 John Carroii6S, Capital-52 Mariena 80, Ohio Northern 74 Mu~kingom 68, Mount Union Sl A..cr1can Mldc:ast Conrtrcnce Malone 85, Tiffin 80 Mount Vernon Nazarene 110, Cedarville 80 Poinl Park 90, Urbina 73 St. Vincen166, Shawnee St. 62 Wilberforce 74, Ohio Dominican 66 Non-conl'trtnce Akron 64, Rhode Island 62 Cleveland S!. 75, Dayton 60 Find lay 76, St Mary 's, Mich. 69 Lynn 75, Wal5h 63 Mtami. Ohio 72, Wright St. 61 Ouerbein 85, Thiel 71 Wilmington 64, Ohio Wesleyan .56 Xavier 66, Cincinnati 64 Vancou ...cr ..............................:; .208 TOURNAMENTS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Divisi011 »: lam L fl:l. Miami ............ ....... 15 8 New York ........................... 15 10 Orlando ..... :........................ 12 II Philadelphia ~ ....................... 13 IJ Boston ......................... ...... 10 13 NewJersey .. .......... - .. .............8 17 WashinJfon ........... - ...............8 17 Central Di ... ision Charlotte .............................. 16 7 Indiana .... .............. .15 9 Milwaukee ... ........................ 14 10 .652 .600 .522 .500 .43.5 .320 .320 lill I 3 3 1/2 S 13 8 .696 .625 .583 Toromo ................................ 13 II .542 Detroit .............................. .1 2 12 .SOO Cleveland ............................. ll 12 .4713 Atlanta ...•............................. 10 14 .4 17 Chicago .................................2 19 .09.5 1 1/2 2 1!2 3 112 4 1/2 S 61 /2 13 W~ERN CONFERENCE 19 12 Paclnc Di~lsion LA. l..akers .......................... 21 S Portland ............................... 18 6 Se1ttle .............. .............. ... 17 7 Phoenix ................................ 16 7 Sacnmento .......................... 13 . 8 .808 .7.50 .708 .696 .619 2 3 3 1/2 S 1!1 L.A. Clippers .........................6 18 .250 14 Golden State ..........................S 18 .217 14 1/2 Saturday'• Ga~ne~ Washington 9.5, New York 83 Utah I06, Atlanta 96 Detroit 104, Philadelphia 91 Ourlotte 106, Miami 89 New Jersey 98, aeveland 74 MinMSOta 1CB, Dallas I 04 Houston 100, Boston 94 Orlando 83, Chicago 74 Milwaukee 109, Indiana 93 Denver 86. San Antonio 84 Phoenix 119, Sacramento 103 Seatlle 112, Vancouver 89 SuiHiay'• C•ma: LA. l..akers 94 ; Toronlo 88 New Jersey 96, Atlanta 88 Vancouver 8.5, L.A. Oippen 84 Moeday'• Gama Detroit1t Philadelphia, 7 p.1n. L.A. l..akers at Boston, 7 p.m. Minrtesota at Cleveland. 7:30p.m. Charlotte at New York, 7:30p.m. Utah I I 011~. 7:30p.m. Seattle at Chicago, 8:30p.m. Miami at D•llas, 8:30p.m. Milwaukee at Phoenix. 9 p.m. Portland' at Denver, 9 p.m. Mlcrovane Holiday Clauic:. Championa.lp K.alalnll2oo 82, Wooster 54 Obio Women's College Basketball Sunday's raulb Nmoftftfertnr-e Ashland 61, Sou1hwes~ St ., Minn .57 Toledo 79, Wnhington St. 59 TOURNAMENTS Long Beach State Classic Firsa Round Georgia 91, Ohio St . .59 so, Single Copy· 35 Cents Voters to decide 4-mill levy for ER Commissioners grant VMH request for levy A four-mill levy, at current property valuation, would generate about $971,000 per year, based on 100 percent collection, reports Auditor Nancy Parker Campbell. • Since 1995, the hospital has been operated by contract under the umbrella ta•By BRIAN J. REED exempt corporation Consolidated Health Sentinel News Staff . POMEROY- Meigs County voters will Systems Inc., which also operates Holzer tie called on to pass a four-mill levy for the Medical Center in Gallipolis and Oak Hill Operation of Veterans Memorial Hospital in Community Medical Center. March's primary election, and if the levy The county owns the hospital building, fails, hospital administrators say the coun- which was constructed in the early 1960s. ty's only emergency room will close next . Veterans Memorial has been losing Jply. money since 1992, and although the hospi: Meigs County commissioners, meeting in tals operate on a non-profit basis, Consoliregular session Monday, authorized the hos- dated can invest no more money into the Jlital's.board of directors to place the levy on hospital's emergency and acute care ope!'~· .the March ballot. The commissioners voted tions, said Robert Bowers, CEO and admm.unanimously to authorize the levy request istrator of Veterans Memorial and the Oak ·after meeting with the Hospital's board, Hill hospital. · In 1992, Bowers said, the hospital report·administration and medical staff. ed an operating loss of $284,000, and that figure has increased to an operating loss of more than $813,000 for the last fiscal year. Halfway into Fiscal Year 2000, the hospital has a projected deficit of $400,000, and the deficits for FY 2001 and 2002 are $768,000 and $807,000, respectively, according to figures compiled by a Clarksburg, W.Va., consulting firm. Funds from the proposed three-year levy would be used to "support emergency services and supportive services for the hospital," Bower said. · Bowers said much of the lost funding is a result of the Balanced Budget Amendment, federal legislation which limits the reimbursement to hospitals for health care under Medicare. ''We feel that with what's happening in health care, and considering the constant changes that are taking place, this four-mill levy is what we need to continue services," Bowers said, noting that, if the levy would fail, the hospital's E.R. would close July I, 2000. Bowers was joined by Dr. James Witherell, the hospital's medical director, Rhonda Dailey, the hospital's vice president of nursing, Paul Beegle and Jeff Warner of the hospital's board, and Joseph Barnes of the CPA consulting firm Doak, Cuppett and Poling of Clarksburg, W.Va. Tile commissioners said their unanimous vote in favor of placing the ballot issue before 'voters was based on the unanimous approval of the hospital's board, and the feeling "the fate of the hospital's current operations should be placed in the hands of the voters, rather than a few people," President Janet Howard said. Howard and Commissioner Mick Davenport said they were more .cornfortable with a Where were you? Mlchlpn lnteftOIItJitltc Conference Calvin 59, Defiance .54 Non.oonference Cincinnati 76, E. Tennessee Sl. .54 Oeveland St 60, Drexel 59 Ohio S3, Coli. of Chulc:ston 66 Otterbein 69, Savannah Art 64 Thomas More 84, Bluffton 76 Wright St. 69, Indiana Sl. 61 Xavier 84, Butler 48 · TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Amerian Leaaue BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Agreed to lerms with C Greg Myer:s on a two-year contract. SEA'ITLE MARINERS-Agreed to terms with RHP Kazuhiro Sasaki on 1 two•year oontrad. TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Agreed ID terms with OF Gerald Williams on a two-year conlfld . TORONTO BLUE! JAYS-Announced 18 Davad Segui lw acapted sa lary arbitration. National Lcaauc ATU\NTA BRAVES-Announced RHP Rudy Seanez has accepted salary arbitnnion. PriTSBURGH PIRATES-Agreed I() telml with RHP Marc WilkillS on a one-year contract. BASKETBALL National Buketblll Allotlatlon DALLAS MAVERICKS--Placed G Roben Pac:k on injured list. Aaivated F Randell Jackson from injured list. FOOTBALL Nat101al fOOiblll Ltque NFL-Fined Denver LB Bill Romanowski · · $10,000 for an illepl hit 10 tho head of Kansas · Cily 'sTony Gonzalez during a pme on· Dec. .5. ARIZONA CARDINALS-Waived QB Sher· drick Bonner. Signed LB Melvin Bradley from the practice ~quad . HOCKEY NatioiaaJ Hockey Leque PITISBURCH PENGUINS-Recalled Cl)'ler Wright from Wilkes·Barre of tile AHL ·SAN JOSE SHARKS-Recall ed 0 E... geni Nabokov from Oevcland of lhe IHL VANCOUVER CANUCKS-A.uigned RW Brad l..eeb lo Syracuse o( tt.e AHL Brian JAif•trc 8 Point Buck Weight· 200 Pounds Cody Dill Chester, Ohio Eight Point, 19 Inch inside spread. 175 pounds 11/29/99 First Detr, From: Au.y, Ohio Shol the deer on my dad's farml ·Shot- November 29, 1999 Shot with 20 shot trials Fourth Court of App111~ Judge UaVIta,J. Evins looks on. ' v~uche~ .. Lending a helping hand participating schools are religion-based, the program "hilS the effect of advancing religion through government-supported religious indoctri- nation." In his evaluation, Oliver included the mission statement of a participating Roman Catholic school, St. Patrick School, which is "dedicated to · the formation of youth according to our Catholic traditions ... ." "I am very disappointed with today's ruli~g, because I believe it takes away a valuable opt1on for Cleveland parents and students and it interrupts an experiment that can shed light on how to best move forward with education reform," Gov. Bob Taft said. Both sides predicted the case will eventually be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Good Sfum,.J for f~fJHJrkcf Afternoon! C!.rk1f1011t,S :Pif-? O'Dsl/ LuroJ.si. ~ ff.s tV~swsr! Today's Sentinel 1. Sedlon -10,... MULTI· TOOLS . gllllft~ $J299 TOOL 5 62 99 SUPER B=..:L.'-..TOOL 2 EJ!Itnrilll Loatl ,/ ! $5999 _, ~ .~::§.10 ~ Lotteries . ,· QBW O'DELL . LUMBER COMPANY . ': Pick 3: 9-S-8; Pick 4: 3-9-1-2 Bucltlye 5: 8-1(1-14-~-36 . VINE STAT THIRD AVE 634 EAST MAIN ST GALLIPOLIS, OHIO POMEROY, OHIO 740 446-1276 H Comlg ~1!21::111 ' Wyib~E THE WAVE z ~kDJII[ SIDECL/P~ POCKET SURVIVAL · day~ until · purchased by the village for By JIM FREEMAN $8,000 plus $100 a m9nth to track Sentinel Newa Starr , POMEROY - Parting Mayor mayor's court cases. She said she thought the Frank vaughan left some· parting words of wisdom at · Monday's department was putting its inforPomeroy Village Council meetini mation into the program, but P,Miicipati!Ji in hi& last meetinf fOIJlld reoently tl!e Did proaram a5 mayor, Ya~gtJan, who decided which may not be Y2K compliant not to seek reelection, addressed - was still being used. "Somebody has to find out current and incoming council members. Afterward, he and part- what we need and get this straighting council members Geri Walton ened up," said Musser, referring to and Scott Dillon were treated to a comments the police department's computer may not be capable of cake prepared for t6e occasion. ''There are a lot of things I using the new software. would like to have seen done that . Fire Chief Chris Shank announced the· new slate of fire didn't get done," Vaughan said. For instance, Vaughan _has department officers to take effect maintained council needed to con- next month: Kevin VanMatre, first sider a pay raise for council mem- assistant chief; Stacey Shank, secbers and the mayor, which did not ond assistant chief; Rick Blaettnar, occur. Council members currently first .captain; Todd Smith, second receive $25 a meeting for two captain; Tommy Werry, first lieumeetings a month while the mayor tenant; Bryan Zirkle, second lieutenant; Ira VanCooney, third lieugets $6,000 a year. "Council members need a min- tenant. Hysell presented the following imum of $100 a month," he said. "I've met a lot of nice people financial ·report for November: and done some things," he said, general fund, $73,173.57; safety, remarking later he . has been $6,099.61; street, (-$12,857.05); "cussed, discussed and disgusted." state highway, $1,909.87; fire, Addressing new council mem- $15,686.50; cemetery, $7,535.39; $75,553.37; sewer, bers, he said, "I pray you have the water, $54,217.58; guaranty meter, patience to seek the wisdom to $20,701.68; utility, $12,015.81; overcome the problems you'll overtime grant, $159.52; cemetery have." endowment, $38,121.59; perpetuVaughan said Pomeroy needs "people willing to sacrifice their al care, 47,147.16; police pension, building fund, time and talents to seek public $7,405.58; office.., $5,156.70; recreation, $1,287.93; "It's been exciting ... a period permissive tax, $8,425:77; law of education to me. We are going enforcement, $3,458.91; total, to grow. If you lead Pomeroy in $385,199.49. In other business, council: the right direction, it will help the • Approved the fire departrest of Meigs County. Council authorized the fire ment's participating in a program department to acquire at no cost a to provide smoke deteaors for military surplus truck from the low-incorne households at no cost · state Department of Natural to the fire de))&rlmenl • Approved Denzil Hudson as a Resources-Division of Forestry , Firefighter Kevin VanMatre volunteer firefighter. • Approved firefighters' worksaid the truck, a camouflaged · 1985 Chevrolet pickup with a ing on additional fire station renoheavy-duty suspension and diesel vations at a cost not to exceed engine (originally designated as an $400. • Transferred $30,000 to the M-1008 by the military), will be converted for use as a brush fire street department from the general truck by the fire department. fund. • Approved the purchiiSe of . Upgrades will include a coat of ·paint _and the installation of a raincoats for police officers at a cost not to exceed $350. water tank. • Approved hiring an assistant Clerk Kathy Hysell said the police department hilS not been for Village Administrator John using a new computer program Anderson at a salary of $21,000. PARTING Clinstmas Spon~ored ', ... -Out-going Pomeroy Councllmem· be1'8 Scott ' by... Dillon and Gert Walton, SMITH'S GMC from left, and Mayor Frank vaughan, ...,,_,. 135 PINE ST.,/ATE. 160 GALLIPOLIS, OH .·. ,_gnlnd with 1 cake. (740) 446·2532 1 \ " OFFICIALS TRUCK .CENTER,INC. .740 992-1500 Please see Levy on Page 3 Mayor offers words·of wisdom MOCKTRIAL:Supporters of the Cheater Court· hounaawthe payoff of ye1rs of · reetoretlon work on the old CLEVE~AP) ~~,~~·. ;yppo~rs,~ Malone 79, 1iffin 64 Shawnee St. 78, St Vincent !51 Urbana 85, Point Park 58 request for two mills, and Commissioner Jeffrey Thornton read a prepared statement, in which he said the commissioners should seek another health care organization to operate the hospital. · "Your presence here today is very unfair to the taxpayers of Meigs County," Thornton said. "In essence, you are giving us, the county commissioners, an ultimatum either place this levy on the ballot, or yo~ will close the emergency room and the acute-care unit." . "If you knew there WIIS a probl.e~, yo~ should have contacted the commtsstoners long before now, so that we could hav< worked on alternative funding instead of jus! slapping a tax on the property owner." , . "The facts arc, we haven't been gtven adequate time to research this issue, hoi!~ POMEROY :. in tuition .. Most of the 3,543 children vowed to _appeal a federal judge's ruling lhaUhe enrolled are 1n rehgmus ~hools. · , state's · taxpayer-supported · voucher program "We will continue to 1ssue thest. Sf~~hl[lS unconstitutionally uses iax tnoney for religious until a higher court makes a final ·dectston, sll!d instruction. Monica ZaJjchny, sP?keswoman for lhe Ohto U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. ordered Department of Education. . the 4-year-old program shut down Monday, s.ayBoth voucher sup~rters and ?JJP?"Cnts. ~Jd ing it violated. the constitutional separation of they we~e nol su~nsed. by OI!ver s . dectst~n church and state. But·Oliver agreed to let the pro- because m an earlier ruhng the JUdge had satd gram coniinue until a promis~d appeal can be vo~~hers wer~ uncon~titutional. , Ju:ard by a higher court. He saJd voucher oppo- , Judge Oliver hilS tssued a comprchcnstve and nents did not .object to that decision. well-reiiSoned decision that should have. persua-: Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery sive impact with other courts that c~~tder the said she will appeal Oliver's ruling to the 6th U.S. issue," said National Ed~cation Assoctatto~ Geneircuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. era! Counsel Bob Chamn, lead .attorney m the : The program gives needy Cleveland children case ~or vou~her opponents.. in kindergarten through sixth grade 'up to $2,500 Oliver satd Monday that smcc. nearly all the 56 American Mideut Conference -PageS Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio Number 136 Suppci~l,-r~~vo~ to app,al voucher ruling Seturday'• Rclultl Ohio Coorermce Baldwin-WI !lace 53, Heidelberg 37 Capilal71, John Carroll .52 Muskingum 86, Mount Union 72 Ohio Northern 61, Marietta SO Meigs girls topE051em Hometown Newspaper .. Scoreboard Mmne50la at New York G1ants, I p.m. Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Karuas City at Seatlle, 4:05 p.m. Green Bay a\ Tampa Bay, 4:15p.m. Washington at San FraBCisco, 8:20p.m. OPEN: Philadelphia Monday, Dec. 27 New York Jets at Miami , 9 p.m. Meigs County's Volum e Sports Society scrapbook, Page 2 County court jurors list, Page 3 Our view: We didn't cause the.ir smog, Page 4 Hot Stove League heats up NFL standings I ., . J ·" , ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 12. December Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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