http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/c0fc0580aabed73c6caf9f7f391f06cd.pdf 00a3381e8441678e693af082f93755fe PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS Southern Academic Banquet, .... Page 3 Sunny today. High of 88. Low of 61... Page 2 Prep baseball, softball, .... Page 6 OBITUARIES Thomas C. Autherson, 93 Lillian Lou Hoschar, 77 Ronald L. Jarrell , 45 Leona C. Parsley, 71 Merle A. Wood, 74 50 cents daily THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012 Vol. 62, No. 79 Tourism — bringing cash into counties Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — Tourism is big business in Ohio when it comes to bringing in tax dollars for communities, and Meigs County is planning to become a beneficiary of some of those dollars. According to the Department of Economic Development, Office of Tourism, total taxes received in Ohio in 2011 as a result of tourism were estimated at $26 million, with approximately $11 million of that total going to local county taxes and $15 million to the state. With next week being National Tourism Week, May 5-13, an emphasis is being placed on getting out the word about events taking place in Ohio as a way of attracting visitors to communities through the promotion of events. Amir Eylon, State tourism director, said that since 2008 when economic pressures and high gasoline prices pushed travel spending to historic lows nationwide, the agency focused on highlighting close-tohome travel opportunities for more unique Ohio ex- periences and affordable get-aways. She said that while that strategy is being continued this year, more focus is being placed on encouraging overnight getaways — traveling to places within a one-day driving distance, and then staying a little longer to explore activities in a particular area. According to the U. S. Travel Association, travel is among the top 10 industries in 48 states and the District of Columbia in terms of employment and the tourism sector accounted for approximately seven percent of the U. S. job creation in 2011. For the past seven years, The Daily Sentinel has produced for the Meigs County Board of County Commissioners and the Tourism office a Visitors Guide which tells the story of natural attractions and special events in Meigs County, which is bordered by 57.2 miles of Ohio River frontage and features an amphitheater at the river’s edge where music and dramatic events take place all summer long. This being the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Buffington Island, the only See CASH ‌| 5 2012 Meigs County Visitors Guide McDaniel arraigned on three felony charges Staff Report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com Sarah Hawley/photos Overnight thunder storms caused several problems for area motorists on Wednesday morning. ODOT crews worked to clear a downed tree on Ohio 143 which was blocking the roadway. High water closed other area roads, including Ohio 124 in Rutland, causing drivers to detour and Meigs Local to cancel school for the day. Overnight storms cause traffic problems POMEROY — Following a recent conviction on charges of felonious assault and kidnapping, 24 year old Nathan G. McDaniel now faces a new round of felony charges. McDaniel was arraigned Monday on charges of felonious assault, robbery and escape, following an incident at the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office on April 22. McDaniel was in sheriff’s custody while awaiting sentencing on the prior conviction. McDaniel pleaded not guilty to the charges, which carry a maximum sentence of 26 years. Trenton Cleland was appointed to represent McDaniel. Sentencing on the prior conviction was to take place in early May, but was rescheduled to take place on April 23, the day after the alleged incident. McDaniel allegedly committed the assault and robbery while trying to escape custody. An OR bond was set, as McDaniel will remain incarcerated from the previous case. Following a March jury trial, McDaniel was found guilty of felonious assault and kidnapping, while being acquitted on the charge of extortion. McDaniel was convicted of kidnapping the two year old granddaughter of Curtis Dailey in December 2011, and beating Dailey when he attempted to stop the kidnapping. Dailey was severely injured in the incident and is reportedly now unable to work or complete day-to-day tasks. McDaniel was accused of kidnapping the child because the child’s mother owed him money. Meigs County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Tenoglia sentenced McDaniel to 18 year in prison, the maximum allowed for the charges. McDaniel was also ordered to pay restitution to Dailey. McDaniel will appear in court for a pre-trial hearing in August. Council approve $75,000 loan, temporary pay raise Pomeroy Council approves water line replacement project Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com POMEROY — Pomeroy Village Council approved the first loan to be paid back with the $5 fee now being collected during a recent council meeting. The loan for $75,000 will be used to pay the village share on multiple FEMA projects taking place, including the slip on Liberty Lane which has been repaired. To date, the “loan repayment fee” which was put in place by Ordinance 753 has brought $3,300 into the village. The money has been placed in a separate fund to be used for repayment of loans which are necessary for FEMA projects. The loan was first approved during a finance committee meeting, and was not valid until voted on by the full council during a public meeting. The loan was approved by a 5-1 vote, with council member Ruth Spaun voting no. Village Administrator Paul Hellman presented council with a request for Submitted photo a pay raise following the reKent Cashell of RBC Capital Markets, left, and OASBO President cent departure of his second Mark Pepera, right, present Southern Local Schools Treasurer in command. The departure Roy Johnson with the Southeast Region Distinguished Service leave Hellman as the lone Johnson receives Southeast Region Distinguished Service Award Staff Report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com Columbus — At the 2012 annual conference of the Ohio Association of School Business Officials (OASBO), Roy Johnson, treasurer/CFO of Southern Local School District, was honored with the association’s Southeast Region Distinguished Service Award. Johnson received a commemorative award and a $500 scholarship to grant to a college-bound senior from Southern Local Schools. The scholarship is sponsored by public finance firm RBC Capital Markets. OASBO’s Distinguished Service Awards program is a series of five awards (each with a $500 student scholarship), recognizing one member from each region of the state who has made a significant contribution to OASBO, to his/her profession and the community. From the regions, an overall winner is selected for the Virginia Ramsey award and granted an additional See AWARD ‌| 5 Award operator for the waste water plant. Hellman stated that he would take over the duties left vacant, and asked to be compensated for his increased workload. Council member Robert Payne expressed his desire to hire a replacement, rather than to pile extra work onto an already busy Hellman. After much discussion, council approved paying Hellman an additional $634.62 per pay period until a replacement can be hired. The position for a waste water plant operator is to be advertised for immediately. The temporary pay increase was approved by a 5-1 vote, with Spaun voting no. Earlier in the meeting, Mayor Mary McAngus read a complaint against Hellman concerning him yelling at village clerk Pam Haggy. While there was much discussion about the complaint, formal action was not taken. Several members of council stated that village employees, especially administrators, needed to be able to work together and get along with one another. Mitch Altier of ME ComSee LOAN ‌| 5 �Thursday, May 3, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com Meigs County Meigs County Local Briefs for scholarships given by Gospel Sing Set Community Calendar TUPPERS PLAINS — the Pomeroy High School Thursday, May 3 MIDDLEPORT — Solice of Meigs County, a support group for families, friends and loved ones who are living with the effecdts of addition, will be held aet 7 p.m. at the Middleport Nazarene Church, 980- General Hartinger Parkway, Middleport. POMEROY — Friends of Meigs County Library will hold a bake sale and a used book sale 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.on Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds benefit the programs that the Friends sponsor at the library. CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association will meet at 7 p.m. at the Chester Academy. TUPPERS PLAINS — The VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 9053 will meet at 7 p.m. at the hall. Friday, May 4 POMEROY — Meigs Cooperative Parish Scholarship Committee will hold a bake sale at Powell’s Food Fair, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Meigs Cooperative scholarship fund. MARIETTA — The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District Executive Committee will meet at 11:30 a.m. at 1400 Pike Street, Marietta, Ohio. For more information contact Jenny Myers at (740) 374-9436. HARRISONVILLE — Annual inspection of Harrisonville Chapter 255, OES, 7:30 p.m. Potluck refreshments by members. RACINE — Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Racine Grange Hall located on Oak Grove Road near Racine. All members are urged to attend. Saturday, May 5 RACINE — Racine Area Community Organization (RACO) will hold its spring food drive from 8 a.m to 1 p.m. at the Dollar General parking lot in Racine. Members will be accepting canned food, paper products, laundry detergent, personal dygiene products, and monetary donations. All proceeds will benefit the Meigs Cooperative Parish Food Pantry. POMEROY — Free Meigs County Cleanup Day, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Meigs County Fairgrounds. Meigs County Residents only, proof of residency must be shown. For more information contact the Meigs County Commissioners at (740) 992-2895. SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange #878 will meet with potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Community Church will host a benefit gospel sing for Fall Harvest Gospel Sing at 6:30 p.m. Sing- ers will include Lighthouse, Brian and Family Connection, Jerry and Diana Fredrick, and Angela Gibson. For more information contact (740) 985-3495. Sunday, May 6 CHESTER — Blain Bowman and his Good Time Band, 6 p.m., Mercy’s Mission in Chester. Monday, May 7 POMEROY — Secretary of State Jon Husted’s regional liaison will be holding open office hours from 2-4 p.m., at the Meigs County District Public Library. RUTLAND — The Rutland Township Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. at the Rutland Fire Station. ALFRED — The Orange Township Trustees will meet at the office of the fiscal clerk, Debbie Watson, 7:30 pm. POMEROY — The Meigs County Cancer Initiative will meet at noon in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department. New members are welcome. For more information contact Courtney Midkiff at (740) 992-6626. SYRACUSE —Sutton Township Trustees meeting, 7 p.m. at Syracuse Village Hall. Tuesday, May 8 POMEROY — Meigs Local Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the Meigs High School Library. RACINE — Racine Area Community Organization will hold its spring yard sale at Star Mill Park in Racine, on May 8, 9 and 10, 9 a.m.to 6y p.m. on Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 4 [p.m. on Wednesday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday. All proceeds benefit the schoalrship fund for Southern High School seniors. HARRISONVILLE — Harrisonville Chapter 255, O.E.S. regular meeting, 7:30 p.m. Refreshments before meeting. TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer Board will have a regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department. BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the town hall. Thursday, May 10 POMEROY — A free community dinner will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Pomeroy. Spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, dread & drinks will be served. The public is invited to attend. CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will hold its monthly stated meeting at the hall. A spaghetti dinner will be srved at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting to follow at 7:30 p.m. All Master Masons are invited. The St. Paul United Methodist Church at Tuppers Plains will host a southern style gospel music concert, 7 p.m. Saturday. The Jackson County Senior Choir will be singing. Free and open to the public. Free Lunch POMEROY — A free lunch for downtown merchants will be provided by the First Southern Baptist Church the first Thursday of every month from May 3 to Sept. 6 with serving from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the stage area on the Pomeroy parking lot. May Day Children’s Tea CHESTER — The May Day children’s tea party will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Chester Courthouse and Academy. For children 3 to 9 years of age with each child to be accompanied by an adult. Cost is $3 for each child and $2 for adults. Dance around a maypole planned. Reservations due 985-9822. Shanty Boat Night POINT PLEASANT — The Point Pleasant River Museum will be having their 5th annual “Shanty Boat Night” beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 11, at the museum, located at 28 Main Street. This year’s theme is Mardi Gras, and will include Bingo, an auction, and a door prize of a night at a resort hotel with dinner coupons. Dinner will consist of Jambalaya, salad, french bread, dessert and drink. The featured entertainment will be The Elsons and Southern Gospel Singers and Band from New Martinsville. Tickets are $25 and are available at the river museum. Call (304) 674-0144, or stop by the museum for more information. Pomeroy Alumni Tickets and Scholarships POMEROY — Deadline for purchasing tickets and submitting applications Alumni Association is Friday, May 18th. Tickets are $20.00 and can be purchased at either Swisher & Lohse Pharmacy or Francis Florists in Pomeroy. They may also be purchased by sending a stamped, self addressed envelope along with $20 to PHS Alumni Association, P.O. Box 202, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. The banquet is Saturday, May 26, 2012 at the Meigs High School Cafeteria Seeking classmates for reunion MASON COUNTY — The Wahama High School class of 1972 will be holding a 40 year reunion from 7-11 p.m. on Friday, May 4 at the Riverside Golf Course. For more information, call Dave Morgan at 304-675-5929. Meigs County Academic Banquet POMEROY — The annual Meigs County academic banquet to honor the top students in grades 4, 6, 8 10 and 12, will be held on Thursday, May 3, in the Meigs High School cafeteria. The dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by the recognition of high achieving students and the announcement of the Franklin B. Walter award. Tickets for the dinner can be obtained from any local school office. The public is invited to attend the banquet and recognition program hosted by the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center. Southern Alumni Banquet RACINE — The annual reunion of the Racine/Southern Alumni banquet will be held on Saturday, May 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Southern High School. Tickets are $15 and available now at Southern High School and Racine Home National Bank.They will be $25 at the door. Flags are $30. The website is www. tornadoalumni.net. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 8 mph. Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. West wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Ohio Valley Forecast Local stocks Golf scramble AEP (NYSE) — 38.80 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 18.04 Ashland Inc. 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Member SIPC. set for Saturday POMEROY — The Meigs County Historical Society will hold its second annual golf scramble on Saturday at the Kountry Hills Golf Course, Wills Hill, Pomeroy as a fund raiser for the operation of the Meigs Museum. The annual outing is a four-person scramble with shotgun start at 9 a.m. The cost is $40 and includes a prize for every golfer, 18 holes of golf with cart, picture with your team, food and pop. There will be prizes for longest drive, closest to pin and longest putt. There is a guaranteed minimum $500 prize for the first place winning team. A monetary prize will also be awarded to the second and third place teams. Players can bring their own team, or can be matched you up with a team. There will also be a Chinese auction and other fund raising projects at the event. For Mmore information, call 992-3810. The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 Ask Dr. Brothers Child hates going to Sunday school Dear Dr. Dear Dr. Brothers: My Brothers: My husband and four children I have fallen have always into a habit accompanied that I think my husband has gotten a and me to bit out of conour wondertrol. We need ful church. We advice on what are very ackind of talk betive and have tween adults been pleased is appropriate with the way in front of a we are exposchild and what ing our kids to a religious Dr. Joyce Brothers could be harmful. We have education. The Syndicated a preschooler problem is our Columnist who is very youngest: He smart and obhas refused to servant, and follow in his brother’s and sisters’ foot- lots of times it is easier steps, and getting him to for us to go through our Sunday school is a battle day spelling out words every week. He is 6 years to each other than letold and doing fine in first ting her hear. At first she grade, but he just hates didn’t really notice, but Sunday school. How can now she is starting to ask we change his behavior what we are spelling and why. Advice? — M.J. and mind? — L.T. Dear M.J.: Almost evDear L.T.: It’s always shocking when the family ery family goes through a routine that has worked phase when it seems safwell for years gets up- er to spell out a word or ended by one uncoopera- phrase that might trigger tive child. By this time, some kind of unpleasant you felt you had a well- or unwanted outburst in oiled machine in place their young child: “Time to handle your children for B-E-D.” “There’s the and church, so you must I-C-E C-R-E-A-M truck,” be quite upset by your and so on. This will work youngest’s lack of confor- for a while, until the child mity to the plan. But you either starts learning to must face the fact that he’s spell or you get tired of probably not going to fall spelling and give up the in line, and you should whole endeavor. But octry to get to the bottom casionally, families do get of what is troubling him. stuck in the habit of spellIt could be as simple as ing instead of speaking too much school, a bad in front of their children, experience with a Sunday- and it can indeed become school teacher or student, inappropriate. too hot or cold a room, a I’m not really conboring or even scary pre- cerned that you can’t or sentation of material, or won’t break this habit anything else under the eventually. Your child’s sun. You won’t know until skills will see to that. you ask. What is worrisome here If none of the things is that your daughter may that might come up mat- begin to feel deliberately ters to you, you can keep excluded much of the forcing him to go with time when you two are you, and you may suc- around. She is beginning ceed. Or you may stand a to ask questions to that chance of turning him off end, and whatever excusof your church or religion es you offer probably will in general. So I suggest not help the situation. So that you back off a bit and remind each other that see if you can fix whatever there are only a few inis bothering him. If not, stances when spelling is consider home-schooling needed, and discuss what him on appropriate reli- those might be. Parents gious lessons, or ask the who are confident about other kids in your family their ability to handle to pitch in. It’s likely that difficult situations with this is just a phase and their kids don’t often rely you all will come through on this cop-out. And if smoothly, but remember their topics of conversathat the youngest often tion are too “adult” for is a free spirit, and adjust kids, try setting aside your approach to him ac- time to talk to each other cordingly. Open-minded alone. Your daughter decommunication is key serves your attention. right now. (c) 2012 by King Fea*** tures Syndicate RCP auditions for ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ MIDDLEPORT — River City Players (RCP) will hold auditions for Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ” Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the RCP headquarters at 99 Mill Street in Middleport on the “T.” One of Williams’ bestknown works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in “the bed-sitting room of a plantation home in the Mississippi Delta of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy’s family, primarily between his son Brick and Brick’s wife Maggie the “Cat”. Visit us at Cat on a Hot Tin Roof features several recurring motifs, such as social mores, greed, superficiality, mendacity, decay, sexual desire, repression, and death. Dialogue throughout is often rendered phonetically to represent accents of the Southern United States. Roles to be cast include five men, six women and three children. It was noted that the production comes with a parental guidance rating due to the language and content. For more information visit www.rcplayers.net, email rcp.gilmore@gmail.com or phone 256-335-1037 or 740444-1595. www.mydailysentinel.com �Thursday, May 3, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 25th Southern Academic Banquet a huge success Staff Report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com RACINE — Generally, when nearly 500 people pack Southern’s Charles W. Hayman gymnasium, it’s time for Friday night basketball and the hometown Hustlin’ Southern Tornadoes to take the court. Tuesday, the Tornadoes filled the gymnasium for the 25th Anniversary for Southern Local Academic Banquet, honoring 106 premier students, grades 4-12, and their families. Each year, Southern utilizes a theme for its banquet. This year’s theme was space exploration that utilized a play off the “Star Wars Theme” of “Let the Success by With You.” Students, guests, and families were treated to a four-course meal prepared by the Southern Local kitchen under the direction of Alice Williams. The meal was served by the Southern High School teaching staff and students. The gym was decorated in a space-like Star Wars décor, much of which was orchestrated and produced by Debra Wallace, the district art teacher, art students, and academic committee members. Southern Local Superintendent Tony Deem served as the Master of Ceremonies for the event, introducing co-Valedictorian Hope Teaford, who led the Pledge of Allegiance; and co-Valedictorian Courtney Thomas, who gave the Invocation. Following the dinner portion of the program, Deem introduced United States Air Force-retired Colonel John Taylor, who addressed the students in attendance. Taylor served in the USAF for 27 years before coming back to Alfred, Ohio, and teaching Math and Chemistry at Eastern High School. Additionally, Taylor served on several tours of active duty combat before earning first in command of the USAF Flight Training/ Testing Program. He also trained to be an Astronaut before becoming the choice to head command of the flight training program. Taylor said, “Set goals and follow your dreams!” “I knew at an early age that I wanted to be a math and science teacher — in the second grade I believe. I also knew I wanted to be a professional baseball player and a pilot. I had a good idea how to become a teacher, but wasn’t sure about how to achieve my other goals.” “I had been a good baseball player through high school, but when I went to college at Ohio University to play baseball, I soon realized that other players had superior skills, so realistically my dream of becoming a pro-baseball player had ended,” said Taylor. “I sought to achieve my next goal of becoming a pilot and entered the ROTC program.” Taylor noted, “In all of this, one thing prevailed — my education. Sometimes purposely, and sometimes by accident, the success in my career always came back to my education.” “You are here, because you have excelled in your academics; and you are to be congratulated.” “Set goals for yourself, dream big, and don’t be afraid to face the unknown. Your teachers, parents, and your counselors can better lead you in the right direction, than during the time that I was in school,” noted the retired Colonel. “And finally, don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something — don’t be told that something is too big of a goal for you to achieve. Don’t limit your options. Work toward your goals and follow that dream. You can do it and you can indeed enjoy success.” Taylor received a long ovation, then was given a gift of appreciation for serving as the guest speaker. Deem recognized members of the Academic Banquet committee and commended them for their excellent work. Committee members were Kent Wolfe, Scott Wolfe, Daniel Otto, Jen Holt, Debra Wallace, Beth Bay, Rachel Hupp, Kelly Pape, Vicki Northup and Deem. Southern Local Board of Education members Peggy Gibbs, Denny Evans, Dennie Hill, Paul Harris and John Hoback were recog- nized. Gibbs, as board president, presented students with their awards. Pre-K-8 Principal Kent Wolfe assisted his students as Deem led the roll call of the honorees. Otto supervised the operations of the event and was beside his honorees as they received honors. Meigs County Sheriff Robert Beegle made two $50 awards on behalf of the Middleport-Pomeroy Rotary Club. In addition to this Academic Award, Beegle made a third $50 award from he and his wife Jane. These awards went to Reece Reuter, Cameryn Harmon, and Kalynn Seymour. Following is a list of honorees: Seniors: Emily Ash, Ceairra Curran, Andrew Ginther, Amber Hayman, Miranda Holter, Emily Manuel, Morgan McMillan, Emma Powell, Olivia Searls, Hope Teaford, Courtney Thomas, Abbie Williams, Jennifer McCoy, Jaclyn Mees, Olivia Poling, Stefanie Pyles. Juniors: Kyrie Swann, Johnny VanCooney, Whitney Weddle, Paige Wehrung, Kody Wolfe. Sophomores: Ryan Daugherty, Darien Diddle, Lacey Hupp, Sarah Lawrence, Nathan Leamond. Freshmen: Ashley Baker, Sophie Guinther, Caitlyn Holter, Bradley McCoy, Bethany Theiss, Tristen Wolfe. Eighth: Kari Arnold, Alison Deem, Jeremy Dutton, Cameryn Harmon, Parker Hill, Madison Maynard, Joe Morris, Sylvia Richards, Kalynn Seymour, Andrew Shockey, Kris Shortridge Brittany Wells, Elizabeth Wolfe, Jansen Wolfe. Seventh: Katie Barton, Abbigaile Carsey, Sierra Cleland, Talon Drummer, Daniel Dunfee, Jordan Fisher, Gage Hensley, Brooke Hettinger, Heather Smith, Eli Hunter, Lucas Hunter, Marissa Johnson, Marlee Maynard, Macie Michael, Haley Musser, Trey Pickens, Crenson Rogers, Sara Schenkelberg , Kamryn Smith, Faith Teaford, Jacob Weddle. Sixth: Sydney Cleland, Hannah Evans, Miranda Greenlee, Jonah Hoback, Austin McKibben, Jaiden Roberts, Riley Roush, Sailor Warden, Conner Wolfe. Fifth: Peyton Anderson, Austin Arnold, Austin Baker, Marissa Brooker, Tori Chaney, Brayden Cunningham, Noah Diddle, David Dunfee, Brody Dutton, Baylee Grueser, Billy Harmon, Mallory Johnson, Madison Lisle, Kathryn Matson, Rhiannon Morris, Reece Reuter, Kaitlyn Taylor, Weston Thorla. Fourth: MacKenzie Barr, Kassie Barton, Caitlin Carr, Phoenix Cleland, Shelby Cleland, Parker Corbitt, Rhanda Cross, Avery King, Saelym Larsen, Rylee Lee, Kalandra Nero, Clay Wamsley, Baylee Wolfe. members are preparing for the national competition, which will be held in Kansas City from May 2224 and will involve SIFE teams from all across the country “It will be a great experience for our students,” Smith said. The students will be able to take part in a rally with the other teams, see the other presentations, hear speeches from national business leaders, get to know college students from across the U.S., and give their own presentation in front of a large crowd, which will include national business leaders serving as judges. The students will enjoy the experience, and they will learn a lot from it, Smith said. Miller said that she and the other students are looking forward to the competition, and added that she enjoyed taking part in the various SIFE activities during the school year. “I especially enjoy going out to the schools,” Miller said. It is gratifying to see the students when they begin to understand the economic concepts the SIFE members are teaching them and then get excited about the different ideas. Being in SIFE is also POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is partnering with Rural Action to host another AmeriCorps member at the office in Pomeroy. AmeriCorps is a national service program sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Ohio Community Service Council. One member will be working for one year with the Leading Creek Watershed Program with duties focusing on water quality sampling throughout Meigs County, education and outreach programs, and many other aspects of watershed management. The AmeriCorps term of service will be August 10, 2012, to August 9, 2013, and the application deadline is July 22, 2012. a great learning experiInterested applicants ence for the Rio Grande should apply as early as AmeriCorps students, Smith added, possible. as they learn more about economics and the business world. They also gain a great deal of experience with public speaking and presentations, which will be important to them in MEIGS COUNTY — their careers. Registration is now taking The members of the place for Watershed SumRio Grande SIFE team mer Camp. who were on the presentaThe Meigs Soil and Wation team at the regional ter Conservation District competition were Amber (SWCD) and Leading Miller, Kimberly Strunk, Creek Watershed Group Skyler Thompson, Brooke will hold the Leading Wolni, Valerie Cangemi, Creek Watershed Camp Joe Rosler and Shannon on June 13 and 14 at the Johnson. The SIFE team Meigs SWCD Conservamembers who went along tion Area near Rutland. Camp runs from 9 a.m. to the competition to assist and provide support in- to 4 p.m. and students can cluded Ashley Miller, Matt participate in a number of Hosken, Angela Stuart, hands-on activities to disKrystle Clemens and Karlie cover the importance of clean water and explore Stevens. all the critters that make For more information on their home in and around the Rio Grande SIFE team, streams. Since camp lescall Carol Smith at 1-800- sons are prepared for a 282-7201. For additional specific age range, please information on student ac- note that there is an age tivities at Rio Grande, as limit. Watershed Camp is for well as information on the wide range of academic programs offered on the university’s scenic campus, log onto www.rio.edu. members must have a college degree or be working towards a degree in environmental science or a similar field, have a valid driver’s license, and have reliable transportation. Tasks require the ability to hike extended distances over rough terrain and the ability to carry up to 40 lb. of equipment. AmeriCorps members receive a living allowance, health care, child care if income eligible, and an end-of-service education award. A complete position description and more information is available at the Meigs SWCD at 33101 Hiland Road Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 or (740) 9924282. To submit an application go to www.americorps.gov and click on Join AmeriCorps. Follow the onscreen directions to search for the Rural Action Ohio Stream Restore Corps program. Submitted photo United States Air Force-retired Colonel John Taylor, center, addressed students and their families at the 25th Anniversary for Southern Local Academic Banquet. Taylor said, “Set goals for yourself, dream big, and don’t be afraid to face the unknown. Set goals and follow your dreams! Don’t limit your options. Work toward your goals and follow that dream. You can do it and you can indeed enjoy success.” Pictured with Taylor are Southern Local Board Vice President Denny Evans,left, and Superintendent Tony Deem. Rio SIFE team competes AmeriCorps comes in National Championship back to Meigs SWCD RIO GRANDE — Another team from the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College will soon be competing for a national championship. The team this time is the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team, which recently won its regional competition and advanced to the national finals. Held in April in Cincinnati, the regional competition placed the Rio Grande students up against students from large and small colleges from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky and New York. A few of the larger colleges and universities that sent teams to the competition included Indiana University, Purdue University and the University of Pittsburgh. “We were going up against teams that were about four times our size,” said Rio Grande student Amber Miller. Miller, who is from Patriot, is the president of the Rio Grande SIFE chapter. All across the country, SIFE teams work on economic education projects on and off of their campuses during the school year. At the competitions, the teams give presentations on their work, and they are judged by business professionals for the projects and for the quality of their presentations. During the 2011-2012 school year, the Rio Grande SIFE team members gave presentations in local schools and worked on projects with the students. They also were involved in activities on campus throughout the year and will host the American Free Enterprise Conference for high school students in the summer. Also this year, the Rio Grande students worked with the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce on several projects, including hosting a Chamber Business After Hours event, surveying local businesses on the challenges they are facing, and hosting a Busi- ness Resource Day for local entrepreneurs and business leaders. For the SIFE competitions the students put together a presentation on their work, and then spent a great deal of time rehearsing and fine-tuning the presentation. “They were working on it up until the day we left,” said Carol Smith, advisor for the SIFE team. The students had to be prepared to give their 24-minute oral and visual presentation and then answer questions from the judges. “I wasn’t too nervous because I have experience speaking in public,” Miller said. “We were all pretty confident.” “They were all very poised and prepared,” Smith added. At the regional contest, the team members knew they had done well, but were not sure how they would finish in the minds of the judges, especially with so many other outstanding teams from around the region. It was a huge honor to learn they had won, Smith said. “We were surprised and pleased,” she added. Now, the SIFE team Advertise your business in this space, or bigger Call us at: The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 Registration under way for Watershed Camp campers ages 9 to 14 years old. Registration will be limited to the first 50 applicants, and there is no fee to attend. Lunch and one snack per day will also be provided for each camper. Instructors at Watershed Camp are staff members of the Meigs SWCD, Forked Run State Park, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio University, OSU Extension, and many other agencies. Please contact the Meigs SWCD to obtain registration forms. The Meigs SWCD must receive a completed registration form by May 31st. If you would like to register or have any questions please call the Meigs SWCD office at (740) 992-4282. Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com �The Daily Sentinel Opinion Analysis: Obama has two narratives on Afghanistan Anne Gearan Robert Burns, AP National Security Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — In President Barack Obama’s twin narratives, the United States is both leaving Afghanistan and staying there. The different messages are meant for different audiences, one at home and one away. As Obama’s brief, symbolic visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday made clear, the more important audience is American voters fed up with a war that will be in its 12th year on Election Day in November. The president flew in secret to sign a long-awaited security compact with Afghanistan. It was after midnight in Kabul when the signing took place, and 4 a.m. there when Obama addressed Americans in a specially arranged speech at 7:30 p.m. Washington time on network television. By the time most Afghans woke up, Obama was gone. “My fellow Americans,” Obama said from Bagram Air Field, “we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. Yet here, in the predawn darkness of Afghanistan, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon.” The backdrop of armored troop carriers matched Obama’s message of praise for U.S. forces who fought and died in Afghanistan, but it was an odd fit for what followed — a direct appeal to American optimism and self-interest in an election year. “As we emerge from a decade of conflict abroad and economic crisis at home, it is time to renew America,” Obama said. The agreement pledges ongoing U.S. support for Afghanistan after 88,000 U.S. combat forces leave. The pact envisions wide-ranging U.S. involvement in Afghan economic and security affairs for a decade, if only as an adviser or underwriter. It gives Afghans a promise of more roads and schools and support for the uneven Afghan fighting forces. It gives the U.S. a security foothold in the country to bolster Afghan forces for their continued fight against Taliban-led militants or alQaida, and to keep an eye on neighboring Iran. Obama’s emphasis on a long-term U.S. commitment to Afghanistan reflects a lingering worry about the threat of a Taliban resurgence after 2014, when U.S. and NATO combat forces are scheduled to leave. The Taliban claimed responsibility for attacks that rocked Kabul a few hours later. Officials and witnesses said a suicide car bomber and Taliban militants disguised in burqas attacked a compound housing hundreds of foreigners in the Afghan capital, killing seven. With the agreement signed Wednesday in Afghanistan, the U.S. also has in mind the strategic significance of preserving a military partnership on Iran’s eastern frontier, even if it does not include permanent U.S. bases. Even after the U.S. combat mission is concluded in 2014, it is likely that thousands of U.S. troops will remain for some years to conduct counterterrorism strikes and otherwise train and advise Afghan forces, and help the Afghans collect and exploit intelligence on insurgents and other military targets. The agreement was long sought by the U.S.-backed government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the perpetually skittish leader who has publicly voiced fears of what would befall his country if the United States quickly packed up and left. “I recognize that many Americans are tired of war,” Obama said in the speech. “But we must finish the job we started in Afghanistan and end this war responsibly.” The larger rationale of the agreement was to reassure Afghan leaders that the United States would not repeat the mistake it made following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989. Then, Washington The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Our main number is (740) 992-2155. 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There was also no opportunity for Karzai to make one of the off-message demands or denunciations of U.S. behavior that have exasperated U.S. officials in the past, even when they acknowledged Karzai had a point. “The Afghan people will understand that the United States will stand by them,” Obama said, with Karzai seated beside him at the signing table. “They will know that the United States can achieve our goals of destroying al-Qaida and denying it a safe haven, but at the same time we have the capacity to wind down this war and usher in a new era of peace here in Afghanistan.” With that, it was back to the sprawling U.S. air base outside the capital to underscore that last point, that he will close down the war and bring U.S. forces home. By alighting in Afghanistan on the anniversary of the raid that killed Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, Obama was also making an unsubtle show of the power of the presidency. Not only is he the commander in chief who can finally end what many Americans see as an unwinnable war — Obama was telling Americans that he is the commander in chief who bagged the biggest bad guy in America’s recent history. “The trouble is, he is talking to audiences that have a very strong belief that the United States is going to abandon them,” Biddle said in a phone interview. Page 4 Thursday, May 3, 2012 Romney used fees to close budget gap Andrew Miga, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s boast that he closed a $3 billion budget gap as Massachusetts governor without raising taxes is a cornerstone of his White House campaign, a way to highlight his pitch for lower taxes and leaner government in a race where federal budget deficits and the slumping economy are hot issues. What he rarely mentions is how he did it. The presumptive Republican nominee and Democratic state lawmakers raised hundreds of millions of dollars for cashstrapped state coffers by approving new and higher fees on everything from marriage licenses to real estate transactions to gun licenses. The dozens of fee increases were a way for Romney, a former venture capitalist, to boost state revenues and ease the budget squeeze while technically sticking to his pledge not to raise taxes. “It was a grab bag of fee increases across the board to close the budget deficit,” said Michael Widmer, president of the nonpartisan Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a business-backed fiscal watchdog group. Romney’s handling of the fiscal crisis when he took over as governor in 2003 is a guide to how he might act on his promises for lower taxes and reduce the federal deficit if he’s elected president. He has sketched a broad, fiscally conservative vision during the primaries but has yet to specify how he would pay for it. Romney says the increased fees during his governorship can’t be considered tax increases because they were charges for specific services. He “never favored, never advocated for and never signed a tax increase into law,” said Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul. In remarks last June, Romney recalled how he tackled Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. the budget gap: “The expectation was that we’d have to raise taxes. But I refused. I ordered, instead, a complete review of all state spending, made tough choices and balanced the budget without raising taxes.” There are varying estimates on the size of the fee increases. Romney and the Democratic-run Legislature raised about $350 million annually in additional fees during Romney’s first two fiscal years as governor, said Widmer. Romney has said the fee increases were about $240 million in fiscal 2004. A National Conference of State Legislatures study put the figure even higher, saying Massachusetts in 2003 imposed more than $501.5 million in fee hikes, more than any other state. New York, with a far larger budget, was a distant second with $367 million. Among the fee increases the study found: Marriage licenses went from $4 to $50, driving permits from $15 to $30, deed-recording fees from $25 to $100 and mortgage-recording fees from $36 to $158. Romney wanted to make blind people pay a new $10 fee for a state certificate of blindness and $15 for a photo identification card, but the Legislature scrapped those proposals. Romney’s proposal to raise the firearms registration fee from $25 to $75 sparked controversy. The Gun Owners’ Action League, which represents individual gun owners and gun clubs across Massachusetts, branded the move a tax increase. “Anytime we have to pay a fee for a civil right, it’s a tax increase as far as we are concerned,” said Jim Wallace, the league’s executive director. The Legislature eventually increased the fee to $100, though it later extended the validity of the licenses from four to six years. The libertarian Cato Institute took a swipe at Romney’s handling of the budget squeeze in its 2006 fiscal report card on governors. “Romney will likely also be eager to push the message that he was a governor who stood by a no-new-taxes pledge,” the report card said. “That’s mostly a myth. His first budget included no general tax increases but did include a $500 million increase in various fees.” A Boston Herald editorial in 2003 scolded Romney’s “over-reliance on new and higher fees” during his first 100 days as governor while praising his overall performance. Romney’s fee increases were driven by a desire to boost state revenues and there was no real analysis of the cost of the services being provided, Widmer said. Romney, playing up his business management skills, has said he erased the state’s budget gap primarily by cutting government waste and reducing nonessential state spending. But Widmer said Romney also relied heavily on boosting state revenues. Widmer said it’s the only thing Romney or any other governor could have done in the face of such a budget deficit. “I don’t fault him for having a balanced approach,” said Widmer. “But his portrayal of that, both then and now, doesn’t reflect the full reality. There’s a sense of fiscal wizardry and management reforms. The real picture is very different. There’s no magic at work here.” The Romney camp says the loophole closings weren’t tax increases, they were about tax enforcement. They “ensured that businesses and other entities in the Commonwealth did not evade the spirit of the law,” Saul said. The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Thursday, May 3, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com Obituaries Death Notices Leona Claudine Parsley Thomas C. Autherson Leona Claudine (Duty) Parsley, 71, of Pomeroy, Ohio, passed away on May 1, 2012, at her home. Leona was the daughter of the late Claude and Virginia (Cantrell) Duty of Nolan West Virginia. She was a member of the Rutland F.W.B. Church. She worked for many years with different companies and made many friends. She was retired and known for her talents of interior decorating, quilts and pies, which she and her husband made for some years for local restaurants in the Circleville and Laurelville, Ohio, area. Leona Claudine loved the Lord and her family and friends, and everyone who new her loved her as well. She loved going to church. She was one of those people whom you just don’t forget. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, June Dexter Picklesimer of Gilbert, W.Va.; three brothers, Herbert Kimble Cantrell Jr., of Nolan, W.Va., Conrad Harold Cantrell, of Gilbert, W.Va., and Robert Samuel Cantrell, Royal Palm Beach, Florida. She is survived by her husband, Charles E. Parsley Sr. of Pomeroy, Ohio; two sons, Charles (Debbie) Parsley Jr. of Pomeroy, Ohio, Ricky Parsley of Canal Winchester, Ohio; two daughters, Treasia Parsley of Columbus, Ohio, and Jeanie (Dave) Jackson of Lucasville, Ohio; one brother, Rev. Taylor Cantrell of Urbana, Ohio; and one sister, Lois (Jack) Calhoun of Ashville, Ohio; 13 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with the Rev. Mike Black, of Columbus and Rev. Tom Stevens assisting. Burial will follow in a private cemetery on Poleridge Rd. near Laurelville, Ohio. Family and friends may call at the funeral home two hours prior to the funeral service. An online registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel. com. Thomas C. Autherson, 93, of McConnelsville, Ohio died May 1, 2012. Viewing hours will be held from 1-2 p.m. on Friday at the Huck Funeral Home in McConnelsville. Burial will take place in the Waterford Cemetery. Lillian Lou Hoschar the titles of Ohio’s Best Ribs and Ohio’s Best Wings, and vendors galore. Other summer events will include the Summer Kickin’ Bash on June 15 and 16, the Pomeroy Blues and Jazz Society’s six weekly Rhythm on the River programs beginning on June 29 ; the Big Bend Blues Bash, July 26 and 27; Chester-Shade Days, July 21; the Meigs County Fair, Aug. 13-18; Racine’s Party in the Park, Sept 6-8; the Sternwheel Festival, Sept. 13-15; and Middleport’s Pumpkinport, Outside the school business community, Johnson enjoys spending time with his family and helping with youth sports. OASBO’s Executive Director David Varda states, “Our members are the key players responsible annually for billions of public dollars within public school districts. Their professional successes and personal contributions to their profession and community often go unrecognized, so we’re excited to be able to formally applaud their efforts.” Varda continues, “OASBO is proud that recognition of our members also leads to scholarships for the students we serve.” Other regional winners included: Pam Mustovich, treasurer/CFO, SpringfieldClark Career Technology Center (southwest region); Sandy Moeglin, treasurer/ CFO of Marlington Local Schools and Massillon City Schools (northeast region); Larry Hanneman, treasurer/CFO of EHOVE Career Center (northwest region); and Christine Blue, Finance Director/Treasurer of Delaware City Schools (Central Region and Virginia Ramsey Award). Excavating was approved by council. The water line replacement project, which is estimated to cost $1.3 million dollars, was approved. Under the approved plan, a portion of the money would be spend on fire hydrant replacement. The advertisement of bids for the Main Street and Locust Street projects were approved by council. Council heard an update on the Monkey Run access road project. Work on the road is to begin on May 14 and should be completed within 22 days, weather permitting. Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 755 and 756. Ordinance 755 is a schedule of fees, which would raise court costs to $85 (currently $75) and modify speeding ticket fees to coincide with the Ohio Revised Code. Tickets for 20 miles per hour or less over the speed limit would be $120, with speeds of more that 20 miles per hour over the speed limit resulting in a $150 ticket. Ordinance 756 is a records retention schedule as presented by Village Solicitor Michael Barr. McAngus recommended council enter into executive session on two occasions for employee discipline. Council denied the second request to enter into executive session. Present at the meeting were McAngus, Haggy, Hellman, Police Chief Mark Proffitt, and council members Jackie Welker, Jim Sisson, Payne, Spaun, Phil Ohlinger, and Vic Young. The next village council meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on May 14 at Pomeroy Village Hall. fishing license is one of the best recreation bargains available, costing only $19 a year for residents. Ohio residents born on or before Dec. 31, 1937, can obtain a free fishing license at any license vendor. Residents age 66 and older who were born on or after Jan. 1, 1938, are eligible to obtain a reduced cost senior fishing license for $10. A one-day fishing license is also available for $11, an amount that later can be applied toward Cash From Page 1 Civil War battle taking place in the state of Ohio, a special three-day event including a re-enactment of that battle, will be a highlight of July activities. Kicking off the fair and festival season will be the Gold Wings and Ribs Festival, June 1 and 2, to be held on the banks of the Ohio in Pomeroy. The festival will not only feature motorcycles but a variety of entertainment, an art show in the park, contests to determine URG’s 136th commencement set for this weekend Staff Report Lillian Lou Hoschar, 77, of Cottageville, W.Va., passed mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com away, May 1, 2012, in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. RIO GRANDE — Nearly Services will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 4, 2012, at Casto 400 students will receive Funeral Home Chapel, Evans, W.Va. Burial will follow in the their degrees from the UniLongview Cemetery, Evans, W.Va. Visitation will be from 6 versity of Rio Grande and Rio p.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday, at the funeral home. Grande Community College on Saturday, May 5 when the Ronald L. Jarrell Ronald L. Jarrell , 45, of Point Pleasant W.Va., passed institution will hold its 136th Anniversary Commencement away at his home on Sunday, April 29, 2012. Visitation will be held on Friday, May 4, 2012 from 6-8 Ceremony. Rio Grande will hold several p.m., funeral service will be Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 11a.m. graduation activities during at the funeral home. Ron’s care has been entrusted to Crowthe week, culminating with Hussell Funeral Home. the commencement ceremoMerle A. Wood ny, which will begin at 1 p.m. Merle A. Wood, 74, of Apple Grove, W.Va., went home on the Campus Green on May to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his loving 5. The activities will began wife Emily Mae (Hess) Wood, Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at the on Tuesday, May 1 at 6 p.m. Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington, W.Va. when the Radiologic TechnolA funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 6, ogy Pinning Ceremony is held 2012, at the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, on campus. W.Va., with Pastor Gary Warner officiating. Burial will folOn Friday, May 4, the Gradlow in the Barton Chapel Cemetery at Apple Grove with uates Breakfast will begin at military graveside rites provided by the West Virginia Hon- 8:30 a.m. in the Davis Univeror Guard.Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the sity Center. The breakfast will be hosted by the Rio Grande funeral home. Campus Alumni Association Chapter and Rio Grande President Barbara Gellman-Danley, Ph.D. The graduation practice will Great fishing exists the cost of an annual fishing license. Fishing licenses are around the state and begin at 9:30 a.m. in front of available at bait and tackle throughout the year. An es- Anniversary Hall on Friday, stores, outdoor outfitters, timated 1.3 million people May 4. All graduating stumajor department stores, as fish each year in Ohio. In dents are strongly encouraged to attend the practice, which well as wildohio.com. late winter and early spring, will last for about one hour. Ohio’s Free Fishing Days anglers reel in excellent That evening the Nurses’ were established in 1993 to catches of steelhead trout Pinning Ceremony will begin promote fishing and allow and walleye from northern at 7 p.m. Ohioans to experience fishOn Saturday, May 5, the Ohio streams. Spring also ing before buying a license. day will begin on campus with The offer is open to all Ohio means great saugeye and Brunch at The Marketplace crappie fishing. During the residents and extends to all Cafeteria in Davis Univerof Ohio’s public waters in- summer months, the fish- sity Center from 10 a.m. until cluding Lake Erie and the ing heats up on Lake Erie noon. for yellow perch, walleye Ohio River. All graduating students will and smallmouth bass, while be asked to assemble in their anglers on the Ohio River caps and gowns at 12:30 p.m. enjoy excellent striped bass in their assigned areas in front fishing. of Davis Hall. Oct. 20. Copies of Meigs County Visitors Guide are free and available in many Bend-area businesses as well as at the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce. They have also been districted to area tourism offices in adjacent counties, along with the Ohio Office of Tourism whose marketing program is credited with bringing millions of dollars into the state from visitor spending. Meigs County is expected to attract a share of those dollars. Ohio offers free fishing days May 5-6 COLUMBUS — Ohioans are encouraged to take advantage of “Free Fishing Days” on May 5-6 and experience the great fishing Ohio has to offer. For these two days only, Ohio anglers may fish in any of the state’s public waters without having to buy a fishing license. During the rest of the year, anglers 16 years and older are required to have a valid fishing license to take fish, frogs or turtles from Ohio waters. An Ohio The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 The commencement ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. on The Campus Green. In the case of rain, the commencement ceremony will be moved into the Lyne Center’s Newt Oliver Arena. Graduating students will receive four tickets when they pick up their caps and gowns, and audience members will be required to show their tickets before they enter the gymnasium. If the graduating students have more than four guests and the ceremony has to be held inside the Lyne Center, the extra guests will be invited to watch the ceremony on video in the following locations: • Guests of associate’s degree graduates will watch in the Morris Haskins Auditorium on the first floor of Bob Evans Farms Hall. • Guests of bachelor’s degree graduates will watch in the Berry Fine and Performing Arts center. • Guests of master’s degree graduates will watch in room 115 in Wood Hall. Photographs and DVDs will be taken of the commencement ceremony, and graduating students and their family members will be able to purchase these items. In addition, all graduating students will be able to have formal photographs taken for purchase before the ceremony in the Davis University Center from 10 a.m. until noon. And in order to meet the needs of the graduating students and their families, the Rio Grande Bookstore will be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Commencement Day. For more information on the Saturday, May 5 commencement ceremony, call Annette Ward at 1-800-282-7201. Award From Page 1 $1,000 student scholarship. Johnson, a school district treasurer for five years, has served OASBO, his profession, and his community in many capacities. With OASBO, he has been active on several committees, currently a member of the Website/Technology Advisory committee, and past member of the Education Finance/ODE Advisory and the Insurance committees. Johnson’s leadership role also extends to OASBO’s Southern Valley Chapter where he serves as vice president. Loan From Page 1 panies updated council on several projects taking place in the village over the past two years, and those currently ongoing. Altier told council that the village has either completed or been approved for $10 million in projects over the past two years, with over $9 million coming from grant funds. Asked by council how Pomeroy compared to other villages with regard to grant funding, Altier stated, “You are a lot better than most.” Altier estimated the village out of pocket cost on the current FEMA slip repair projects to be $361 if the OWDA loan forgiveness is approved. The village was presented with bids on the Cave Street and Mulberry Avenue slip repairs. The low bid of $171,899.22 from Pullins 60311807 �The Daily Sentinel Sports THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012 mdssports@heartlandpublications.com Point Pleasant sweeps Huskies, 4-1 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com CLENDENIN, W.Va. — What is it about Tuesdays? For the second time in eight days, the Point Pleasant baseball team managed to get the best of Herbert Hoover Tuesday night during a 4-1 Cardinal Conference victory in Kanawha County. The visiting Big Blacks (17-6, 8-2 Cardinal) claimed a season sweep of the Huskies (18-8, 7-5), as PPHS posted a 13-4 home triumph last Tuesday in Mason County. Despite not playing for six days, Point Pleasant outhit the hosts by a 7-4 overall margin en route to its 10th win in its last dozen contests. Zach Mullins and Zach Wright combined to give HHS its only lead of the night, as Mullins singled to start the second and then later scored on a one-out single by Wright — making it a 1-0 game through two complete. Point countered with two unearned runs in the top of the Marauders rock River Valley, 23-2 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com CHESHIRE, Ohio — The Marauders are catching fire at the right time. With tournaments right around the corner the Meigs baseball team has outscored opponents 66-7 over it’s last four contest including a 23-2 win over host River Valley Tuesday night in Gallia County. The Raiders (5-18) marked the game’s first run in the home half of the opening frame when Austin Davies came around to score. The lead was short lived by RVHS, as Meigs (18-4) tallied five runs in the top of the second inning on the strength of four hits and a walk. River Valley scored one in the bottom of the second and trailed 5-2. Eight consecutive MHS batters reached base in the third frame leading to six runs in the inning and a 11-2 Meigs lead. The Marauders added two more runs in the top of the fourth on the strength of four consecutive hits. RVHS loaded the bases in the home half of the fourth but failed to push a run across. Meigs put on a clinic in the top of the fifth scoring 10 runs on seven hits, three walks, and two hit batters. RVHS failed to answer and fell 23-2 to the Marauders. Treay McKinney was the winning pitcher and he gave up just two unearned runs on four hits and three walks in the contest. McKinney struck out four batters. Trey Noble was credited with the loss after giving up five runs on four hits and three walks in 1.2 innings of work. Noble struck out two batters. Charles Barrett led the Marauders with four hits on the night followed by Taylor Rowe and Zach Sayre with three hits each. Taylor Gilkey, Davis, Nathan Rothgeb, and Matt Casci each finished with two hits in the contest, while McKinney and Justin Myers each finished with one hit. Rowe led Meigs with five runs batted in followed by Sayre with four. Barrett scored four runs to lead MHS. Chris Clemente had two hits to pace the Raiders, followed by Nick Jeffers and Zach Crow with one hit apiece. Austin Davies and Dan Goodrich scored the two RVHS runs. The Marauders completed the sweep of River Valley, as they also won on April third in Rocksprings by a score of 10-3. This marks the highest scoring output of the season for Meigs. The Marauders have won eight of their last nine contests including four straight. Meigs returns to action Thursday at 5 p.m. when it visits Vinton County for the regular season finale. The Raiders visit Trimble Thursday at 5 p.m. in Glouster. third, which ultimately proved to be the winning runs in the contest. Brandon Toler started things with a two-out single and then stole second base. Jason Stouffer followed by reaching on an error that allowed Toler to score for a 1-1 tie. Eric Roberts followed with an RBI double that plated Stouffer and gave the guests a 2-1 edge after two and a half frames. Point Pleasant added two insurance runs in the seventh to wrap up the three-run outcome. Austen Toler went the distance for the winning decision after allowing four hits, one earned run and one walk over seven innings while striking out eight. The Big Blacks have now won 10 of their last 12 decisions overall. Mullins took the loss after surrendering two runs (zero earned), five hits and a walk over six frames while fanning seven. Cody Brown allowed two earned runs, two hits and a walk in an inning of relief while striking out one. Roberts and Brandon Toler led PPHS with two hits apiece, followed by Stouffer, Evan Potter and Alex Somerville with one safety each. Roberts and both Tolers drove in an RBI each, while Somerville scored twice in the winning effort. Mullins, Wright, Hunter White and Cody Bowen each had a hit for the Huskies. Both teams committed one error in the game and HHHS left six on base, compared to five runners stranded by Point Pleasant. Bryan Walters/file photo The Point Pleasant softball team poses for a picture during the preseason. Members of the team are Regan Cottrill, Alyssa Martin, Elizabeth Bateman, Ashleigh Diddle, Kaitlin Diddle, Kaitlin Liptrap, Miranda Andicott, Brianna Shobe, Ashtyn Wedge, Megan Bates, Bekah Darst, Kristen Riegel, Madison Barker, Dominique Pancake, Kaitlyn Young, Breanna Ball, Cassie Nibert, Brooke Fisher, Ajay Adkins, Josie Fisher, Sarah Hussell, Kaci Riffle, Mackenzie Thomas, Megan Davis and Kayla Henken. The Lady Knights are coached by Kent Price. Lady Knights win 7th straight sectional Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant softball team captured the program’s seventh straight regional appearance Tuesday night during an 8-6 victory over host Ravenswood in a Class AA Region 1, Section 4 final in Jackson County. The visiting Lady Knights (18-11) defeated the Red Devilettes (7-15) by an 8-0 count in the opening game of the best-of-3 series Monday night at PPHS, then quickly jumped out to a 7-1 advantage through four innings in the decisive Game 2. RHS scored twice in the fifth to pull within 7-3, but Point countered with an insurance run in the top of the seventh for an 8-3 edge. Raven- swood came up with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to pull within two, but the hosts’ late rally efforts ultimately came up short. PPHS outhit the Lady Devilettes by an 11-8 overall margin and also committed only one of the three errors in the contest. Kaci Riffle was the winning pitcher of record after allowing six earned runs and seven hits in six-plus innings of work. Madison Barker worked an inning of scoreless relief to pick up the save. Riffle led the Lady Knights with two hits, followed by Regan Cottrill, Sarah Hussell, Brooke Fisher, Kaitlin Liptrap, Ajay Adkins, Megan Davis, Bekah Darst, Brianna Shobe and Josie Fisher with one safety each. Adkins and Brooke Fisher each drove in an RBI, while Fisher also scored twice in the triumph. On Monday, PPHS jumped out to a 6-0 edge through two complete and added a run apiece in the fifth and sixth frames — giving the hosts an 8-0 victory. The Lady Knights outhit the guests by a 6-2 margin, and Ravenswood committed both errors in the contest. Barker allowed just two hits and walked one in the complete-game decision, as the freshman struck out eight over six frames. Hussell led the Lady Knights with two hits, followed by Cottrill, Liptrap, Darst and Brooke Fisher with one safety each. Cottrill and Hussell each scored twice, while Hussell, Riffle, Darst and Brooke Fisher drove in an RBI apiece. NFL suspends 4 players for Saints’ bounties Howard Fendrich Associated Press New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma was suspended without pay Alex Hawley/photo for the entire 2012 season by the NFL, The Marauders’ Charles Barrett (right) slides back one of four players punished Wednesinto third base while River Valley’s Joseph Loyd (left) day for participating in the team’s cash-for-hits bounty system. covers the base during Tuesday night’s 23-2 MHS vicDefensive lineman Anthony Hartory in Cheshire. grove, now with the Green Bay Packers, was suspended for the first half of the 16-game season; Saints defensive end Will Smith was barred for the opening four games; and linebacker Scott Fujita, now with the CleveWednesday, May 2 PPHS, 5 p.m. land Browns, will miss the first three Baseball Southern, Meigs at Athgames. Like Vilma, they were suspendGallia Academy at Vin- ens, 5 p.m. ed without pay. ton County, 5 p.m. Eastern at Vinton All four players have three days Federal Hocking at County, 4:30 p.m. to appeal NFL Commissioner Roger South Gallia, 5 p.m. Goodell’s ruling, and the head of the River Valley at SouthThursday, May 3 NFL Players Association said the ern, 5 p.m. Baseball union would fight the penalties. Fujita Point Pleasant at Poca, is a member of the NFLPA’s executive Rock Hill at Gallia 6 p.m. committee. Academy, 5 p.m. Wahama at Miller, 5 The league’s statement said Vilma, River Valley at Trimble, p.m. Hargrove, Smith and Fujita were sus5 p.m. Belpre at Eastern, 5 pended because of “conduct detrimenPoint Pleasant at p.m. tal to the NFL as a result of their leadWayne, 7 p.m. Softball ership roles” with the bounties. Vinton County at EastGallia Academy at VinAn NFL investigation determined ern, 5 p.m. ton County, 5 p.m. that the Saints ran a bounty system Softball Federal Hocking at from 2009-11 that offered thousands South Point at Gallia South Gallia, 5 p.m. of dollars to players for big hits that River Valley at South- Academy, 5 p.m. knocked opponents out of games. In River Valley at Trimble, ern, 5 p.m. March, Goodell suspended Saints head Belpre at Eastern, 5 5 p.m. coach Sean Payton for all of next seaVinton County at Eastp.m. son, and levied other penalties against Meigs at Vinton Coun- ern, 5 p.m. the club. Track and Field ty, 5 p.m. But no players were punished until South Gallia at Buffalo, Track and Field Wednesday. Originally, the league said Cardinal Conference at 4:30 p.m. that 22 to 27 defensive players were OVP Schedule involved in the illegal scheme, which was orchestrated by then-Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and “In assessing player discipline, I focused on players who were in leadership positions at the Saints; contributed a particularly large sum of money toward the program; specifically contributed to a bounty on an opposing player; demonstrated a clear intent to participate in a program that potentially injured opposing players; sought rewards for doing so; and/or obstructed the 2010 investigation,” — Roger Goodell NFL Commissioner started in the season New Orleans won its only Super Bowl championship. Targeted opponents included quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Brett Favre and Kurt Warner. “Knockouts” were worth $1,500 and “cartoffs” $1,000, with payments doubled or tripled for the playoffs. Wednesday’s penalties close the book on the league’s discipline for bounties, leaving the Saints without their head coach and top defensive player (Vilma) for the full season — and also affecting two other clubs. “In assessing player discipline, I focused on players who were in leadership positions at the Saints; contributed a particularly large sum of money toward the program; specifically contributed to a bounty on an opposing player; demonstrated a clear intent to participate in a program that potentially injured opposing players; sought rewards for doing so; and/or obstructed the 2010 investigation,” Goodell said in a statement. While the league said that its investigation showed “a significant number of players participated” in the bounties — by ponying up cash or collecting it — “the players disciplined participated at a different and more significant level.” According to the league, Saints defensive captain Vilma offered $10,000 in cash to any player who knocked then-Cardinals QB Warner out of a playoff game at the end of the 2009 season, and the same amount for knocking then-Vikings QB Favre out of that season’s NFC championship game. The Saints were flagged for roughing Favre twice in that game, and the league later said they should have received another penalty for a brutal high-low hit from Remi Ayodele and Bobby McCray that hurt Favre’s ankle. He was able to finish the game, but the Saints won in overtime en route to the NFL title. 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The Lady Marauders defeated host River Valley 18-4 in a non-conference game. River Valley (5-16) got on the board first with a run in the home half of the first on the Ashley Cheesebrew single. The Lady Marauders (12-8) tied the game in the top of the third with a solo home run by Allyson Davis. Meigs broke the 1-1 tie with six runs in the top of the fifth on the strength of five walks and two hits. MHS added two more runs in the top of the sixth and led 9-1. River Valley rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth and cut the Lady Marauders’ lead to 9-4. Meigs erupted for a huge inning in the bottom of the seventh scoring 10 runs in the frame capped off by a three-run home run by Tess Phelps. RVHS failed to score in the home half of the seventh and MHS took the 19-4 victory. Haley English was credited with the win after giving four runs, one earned, on 10 hits in seven innings of work. English struck out four and walked none in the game. The losing pitcher was Noel Mershon, as she gave up 12 runs, nine earned, on 10 its and eight walks in six innings of work. Ashley Cheesebrew pitched one inning in relief and gave up seven runs, two earned, on five hits and one walk. Mershon struck out two batters in the game. The Lady Marauders were paced by Allyson Davis, who had four hits, including a home run, and four runs scored in the game. Tess Phelps finished with three hits, including a home run, and she led Meigs with three runs batted in. Cheyenne Beaver and Tanisha McKinney each had three hits while Harley Fox and Emalee Glass both had two hits. Kim Casci and Haley English each finished with one hit in the game. Chelsea Copley, Libby Leach, and Mary Waugh each had three hits to led RVHS followed by Ashley Cheesebrew, Ciara Layne, Jaimee Wooldridge, and Kayla Johnson each had two hits in the game. Copley led RVHS with two RBI in the game while Mershon, Ashley Morgan, Wooldridge, and Johnson each sacred a run. The Lady Marauders have now defeated RVHS twice this season, the first time 14-3 in Rockspirings Alex Hawley/photo River Valley’s Libby Leach (18) slides into second base past Meigs shortstop Allyson Davis during Tuesday night’s 19-4 MHS victory in Cheshire. on April third. MHS and River Valley will meet in the sectional semi-final on May eighth at 5 p.m. The Lady Marauders return to action at Vinton County Thursday at 5 p.m. in the regular season finale. River Valley visits Alexander Saturday in doubleheader action at 11 a.m. Bounties From Page 6 ey to the prohibited payfor-performance/bounty pool during the 2009 NFL Playoffs when he played for the Saints.” The league said Hargrove “actively obstructed the league’s 2010 investigation into the program by being untruthful to investigators.” He also “actively participated in the program while a member of the Saints,” the league said, adding that he eventually “submitted a signed declaration to the league that established not only the existence of the program at the Saints, but also that he knew about and participated in it.” The NFL said that “multiple independent sources” said Smith “pledged significant sums to the program pool.” The league said no player agreed to be interviewed in person and the NFLPA did not share information from its own investigation. Vilma will miss out on $1.6 million in base salary in 2012, while Fujita stands lose more than $640,000, Hargrove more than $385,000, and Smith more than $190,000. Some of those contracts were restructured this offseason, perhaps in anticipation of the punishments. Their teams — the Saints, Browns and Packers — already have made personnel moves that could help fill the gaps. The Saints signed three linebackers in free agency; the Packers, who also will be without defensive end Mike Neal for four games because he violated the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances, drafted two defensive linemen last week; and the Browns drafted two linebackers. All three clubs either declined to comment or did not immediately re- spond to requests for comment Wednesday. After the NFL announced the players’ suspensions, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith issued a statement saying the union “has still not received any detailed or specific evidence from the league of these specific players’ involvement in an alleged pay-to-injure program. We have made it clear that punishment without evidence is not fair. We have spoken with our players and their representatives and we will vigorously protect and pursue all options on their behalf.” All payouts for specific performances in a game, including interceptions or causing fumbles, are against NFL rules. The NFL warns teams against such practices before each season, although in the aftermath of the revelations about the Saints, current and former players from various teams talked about that sort of thing happening frequently — just not on the same scale as was found in New Orleans. Goodell has made an effort to emphasize player safety in recent seasons. The NFL is facing dozens of lawsuits brought by more than 1,000 former players who say the league didn’t do enough to warn them about — or protect them from — the dangers of concussions. Player reaction was mixed around the league, with some supporting Goodell’s decision, and others complaining about it. “I think he’s doing the right thing to make sure this doesn’t happen ever again. There’s no room for any kind of bounty system in the NFL. It’s a physical sport and you’ve got to respect the game,” New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning said. “He’s been harsh to try to make a statement saying there is no place for this in the game of football.” But James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers, a linebacker who was suspended for a game last season after an illegal hit on Browns quarterback Colt McCoy, tweeted that the penalties were “ridiculous” and suggested that Goodell’s crackdown is motivated by the concussion lawsuits and a desire to increase the regular season to 18 games. Saints tight end Jimmy Graham tweeted: “I want to see the evidence and hear an explanation.” In a memo sent Wednesday to the NFL’s 32 teams, Goodell reminded them that “any program of non-contract bonuses, however it is characterized, is a violation of league rules” and said that every head coach must review those rules with assistants and players during mini-camp or preseason training camp. Also, all players will be told how they can confidentially report rules violations. In March, Goodell made Payton the first head coach suspended by the league for any reason, for trying to cover up the system of extra cash payouts. Goodell also indefinitely banned Williams, who was hired in January to run the St. Louis Rams’ defense. In addition, Goodell suspended Saints general manager Mickey Loomis for the first eight regular-season games next season and assistant coach Joe Vitt for the first six games. The Saints were fined $500,000 and lost two second-round draft picks. Fujita, Hargrove, and Smith are allowed to participate in offseason activity, including preseason games, before their suspensions take effect. Vilma, though, is suspended immediately and will be reinstated after the coming season’s Super Bowl — which, coincidentally, will be played in New Orleans. 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Rogers Basement Waterproofing �Thursday, May 2012 Thursday , M3,ay 3, 2012 BLONDIE BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS www.mydailysentinel.com ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope zITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, May 3, 2012: This year people often act in the most unpredictable manner. You’ll wonder why. Power plays abound. Learn to detach far more frequently and rise above situations. You will be far happier if you do. If you are single, you could meet an interesting cast of people. Hang in there and wait for the right person. Do not lose focus of your priorities. If you are attached, you discover newfound ground on which to relate to each other, if you pull out of control games. LIBRA understands your underlying gentleness. He or she honors your feelings. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You might react and simply not care, leaving others wondering what has happened. At this point, you march to the beat of a different drummer. Your actions could surprise even you. Avoid a power play at all costs. Walk away, if need be. Tonight: Be with your favorite person. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Look around at your immediate circle. You might see some strange behavior emerging. Your caring will make a big difference to a child or loved one. A power play might push others away and cause you a problem, or vice versa. Remain sensitive to the cast of players in your life. Tonight: Keep it easy and light. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Go with the unexpected, even if you are not sure where it is going to land you. Pressure builds, as you feel you should go along with someone’s suggestion. Your softer side emerges when dealing with a loved one. Caring seems to flow. Tonight: Let off some steam. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Stay close to home, if possible. The unexpected will occur when you are out. Authority figures do exactly what is not expected. Do not feel pressured to do anything that doesn’t feel right. Avoid power plays. Tonight: Head home. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Listen to news that is forthcoming. You might be wondering about the values of less controlling people. Understand that, although you do not want to, you might have to deal with situations involving power plays. Tonight: Return calls before going out. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH A partner or associate might act in an irresponsible manner. You might not like what is going down. Pressure builds with a new friend, loved one or child. This person makes it clear that he or she wants what he or she wants, and nothing less. Tonight: Your treat. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH What many people would call shocking, you’ll handle with comparative ease. Isolate a controlling situation; you might want to stop feeding its dynamics. Express your spirit in a caring way, and you will get responses. Tonight: It is wish-upon-astar time. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Take your time when responding to a surprise. You do not want to act on your first impression. You also easily could misread a situation, making more out of it than initially was intended. Tonight: Cocoon yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Meetings could bring surprising results. If you sit back and give it some thought, the outcome could be most beneficial. Do not force yourself to do what does not feel comfortable, especially with your finances. Give yourself time. Tonight: Where people are. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Take a stand if you must. Others might think you are unusually controlling or overly dominant. What they don’t realize is that that is you. Before you continue down this path, make sure it will serve you well. Tonight: A must appearance. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Listen to a suggestion more openly. Your inner voice could be already judging and making decisions. Push that voice away. With renewed vitality and interest, you’ll look at different areas of your life with new eyes. Tonight: Read between the lines with a loved one. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You have a strong sense of direction right now. You might not be able to relate as directly with a key associate at first. A meeting or gettogether could be canceled and might force you and others to find a more direct line of communication. Tonight: Make it OK to blur the lines of your personal life and your outside life. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Thursday, May 3, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 Police: Junior Seau found dead at California home OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Former NFL star Junior Seau was found shot to death at his home Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide. He was 43. Police Chief Frank McCoy said Seau’s girlfriend reported finding him unconscious with a gunshot wound to the chest and lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful. A gun was found near him, McCoy said. Seau’s mother appeared before reporters, weeping uncontrollably. “I don’t understand … I’m shocked,” Luisa Seau cried out. Her son gave no indication of a problem when she spoke to him by phone earlier this week, she said. “He’s joking to me, he called me a ‘homegirl,’” she said. Seau was a standout linebacker with the University of Southern California before going to the San Diego Chargers — his hometown team — whom he led to the Super Bowl following the 1994 season. “Everyone at the Chargers is in complete shock and disbelief right now. We ask everyone to stop what they’re doing and send their prayers to Junior and his family,” the team said in a statement. Seau’s death follows the suicide last year of former Chicago Bears player Dave Duerson, who also shot himself in the chest. Seau remained with the Chargers until 2003 and went on to play with the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots before retiring after the 2009 season. “Junior was a fierce competitor whose passion and work ethic lifted his teammates to greater heights. His enthusiasm for the game was infectious and he passed that on to everyone who was around him. He loved the game so much, and no one played with more sheer joy,” Dolphins CEO Mike Dee said in a statement. “Junior was one-of-a-kind. The league will never see anyone like him again,” Dee said. The Patriots also issued a statement expressing grief over Seau’s death. “This is a sad day for the entire Patriots organization, our coaches and his many Patriots teammates,” the statement said. In October 2010, Seau survived a 100-foot plunge down a seaside cliff in his SUV, hours after he was arrested for investigation of domestic violence at the Oceanside home he shared with his girlfriend. The woman had told authorities that Seau assaulted her during an argument. There was no evidence of drugs or alcohol involved in the crash and Seau told authorities he fell asleep while driving. He sustained minor injuries. Seau spent parts of 20 seasons in the NFL, including his 19902002 stint with his hometown Chargers. He helped them to their only Super Bowl appearance, was voted to a team-record 12 straight Pro Bowls and was an All-Pro six times. He amassed 545 tackles, 56 sacks and 18 interceptions in his career. “Twenty years, to be part of this kind of fraternity, to be able to go out and play the game that you love, and all the lessons and the friends and acquaintances which you meet along the way, you can’t be in a better arena,” Seau said last August after the Chargers announced he would be inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame. Seau was the fifth pick overall in the 1990 draft out of Southern California, and stayed with the Charges until being traded to the Dolphins. He came out of retirement a few times to play with the Patriots in search of a Super Bowl ring and was with the team when they lost to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl following the 2007 season, which ended New England’s quest for a perfect season. More than 100 people gathered Sports violence: NFL hands out latest punishments The Associated Press Football, hockey, rugby. Violence is part of the game in many sports. But when athletes cross the line, it can attract the attention of authorities — sometimes from within their sport and in other cases from criminal prosecutors. The punishment of four current and former members of the New Orleans Saints for participating in a cash-for-hits bounty system that targeted opponents is the latest example, but not the only one. A look at some other memorable cases from around the world of sports. Aug. 22, 1965: Juan Marichal hits John Roseboro in the head with a bat: After a high and inside pitch by the Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax, Roseboro’s return throw whizzed close to Marichal’s ear. Roseboro, his mask still on, moved toward the Giants’ Marichal, who then swung his bat and hit Roseboro on the head. The attack opened a bloody, two-inch gash. Roseboro grabbed Marichal, both benches emptied and a 15-minute scuffle ensued. Marichal was ejected and apologized the next day. Roseboro left the game at Candlestick Park with a blood-soaked towel pressed against his head and returned to the lineup three days later. Penalty: Marichal was suspended for eight games (he missed two starts) and fined $1,750 by the National League. Roseboro later sued Marichal for $110,000 in damages. The case was settled in 1970, with Roseboro reportedly receiving $7,500. 1974: British & Irish Lions use the “99” call to wreak rugby havoc in South Africa: During their 1974 tour of South Africa, the British & Irish Lions were not going to be intimidated — in fact, quite the reverse. When a player was targeted by the Springboks, he would shout “99,” a call to arms for Lions players, triggering a mass retaliation by his teammates. The Lions’ thought process: “If the referee sends one of us off, he’ll have to send all of us off.” It worked. In one of the most violent rugby matches ever — later christened “The Battle of Boet Erasmus” — there is famous footage of Lions full-back JPR Williams running halfway down the field to launch himself at Johannes van Heerden. There were scuffles all over the field, sparked by the “99” call. Penalty: No Lions player was ejected during the tour and the visitors returned home with a 3-0 win in the test series. Dec. 9, 1977: Kermit Washington punches Rudy Tomjanovich in the face: With a fight already going on at midcourt in a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston, the Rockets’ Tomjanovich ran in to try to play peacemaker. Instead, he got one of the worst shots in sports history — a right hand from Washington, forever known around the NBA as “The Punch.” Tomjanovich was unconscious and bleeding, eventually needing multiple operations to repair facial fractures. He also suffered a concussion and other serious injuries. Tomjanovich returned the next season, though was never the same player again. Penalty: Washington was fined $10,000 and suspended at least 60 days (26 games). At the time, the suspension was the longest in NBA history. Aug. 12, 1978: Jack Tatum’s hit paralyzes Darryl Stingley: In a preseason game, Oakland’s Tatum, considered one of the NFL’s hardest hitters, and New England receiver Darryl Stingley collided as Stingley was running a crossing pattern. The receiver lowered his helmet to protect himself and hit Tatum’s shoulder pad. The force of the hit fractured two vertebrae in Stingley’s neck and severely damaged his spinal cord, leaving him a quadriplegic. Penalty: No penalty flags were thrown and Tatum was not disciplined. Jan. 25, 1996: Eric Cantona goes after a fan: Manchester United’s Cantona already had a checkered record when he was ejected for a retaliatory kick at a Crystal Palace defender who had pulled his shirt. As he trudged along the sideline, Cantona suddenly jumped feet-first over the advertising boards at Palace fan Matthew Simmons. The pair traded punches before Can- tona was hauled away and escorted toward the tunnel by teammate Peter Schmeichel. Penalty: Cantona was arrested by police and convicted of assault, although he successfully appealed a two-week jail sentence and instead completed 120 hours of community service. United suspended Cantona for the rest of the season and the Football Association extended the ban to eight months — a punishment that was made worldwide by FIFA. Cantona also lost the captaincy of the France national team over the incident and never played for his country again. The player later said he was wrong to attack Simmons but acknowledged that it had given him “a great feeling.” April 21, 2001: Roy Keane punished for foul, then punished again: One of soccer’s most colorful characters, Keane often made headlines for the wrong reasons. One challenge contributed to the end of a rival’s career and tarnished his own. Keane’s feud with Alfie Inge Haaland began while the Norwegian was playing for Leeds in 1997. Haaland actually started things with a tackle that put Keane, then a midfielder for Manchester United, out for several months. Later, in his autobiography, Keane admitted he wanted to get back at Haaland for accusing him of feigning the injury. Payback came in April 2001, with Keane launching a twofooted, knee-high challenge on Haaland, who was by then playing for Manchester City. Penalty: Initially, Keane was banned for three matches. But the English Football Association charged Keane with bringing the game into disrepute in September 2002 when Keane later admitted to deliberately setting out to injure Haaland. “I’d waited almost 180 minutes for Alfie, three years if you looked at it another way,” Keane said in his ghostwritten book. “I’d waited long enough. I hit him hard. The ball was there (I think). Take that.” Under a ruling that the vicious tackle was “improperly motivated,” in October 2002 Keane was banned for a further five games and fined a record 150,000 pounds (then $234,000). Earnhardt closing in on a win, maybe at Talladega CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It has been almost four years since Dale Earnhardt Jr. won a Sprint Cup Series race. There have been flashes of hope in the humbling drought, and with each one, his rabid fan base holds it breath and prays for that elusive victory. Off to another solid start to the season, there is reason to believe a win could be close. Maybe even this weekend. Earnhardt goes into Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway riding a stretch of five straight top-10 finishes, and his second-place finish at Richmond on Saturday night moved him to second in the series standings. “The team is confident, we’re feeling good,” Earnhardt said. “Really close to winning a race.” Lest anyone forget, he’s pretty good at Talladega, too. Earnhardt has five career wins at the Alabama track, none since 2004, but he pushed teammate Jimmie Johnson to the win there last April while sacrificing his own shot at a victory. Earnhardt settled for second, and he was second in this year’s season-opening Daytona 500, a restrictor-plate race just like Talladega. Steven Frischling/MCT photo New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau, right, holds the Lamar Hunt Trophy while celebrating a 21-12 victory over the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship Game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Sunday, January 20 2008. outside of Seau’s home, only hours after he was found dead. Families showed up with flowers and fans wearing Chargers jerseys waited to get more news. Seau was beloved in San Diego, where he created a foundation and had a popular restaurant that bore his name. Louie Lieras, 54, of Oceanside was driving through the area when he saw a number of cars parked outside Seau’s house. Once Lieras heard the news about Seau’s death, he went home and put on an old Chargers jersey with Seau’s name on the back. “I don’t know how you could give this up. This was his backyard. He’s never going to see it again,” said Lieras, gesturing toward the Pacific Ocean just yards from Seau’s front door. “I feel for the family and his children.” Bucs sign paralyzed former Rutgers player LeGrand TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — To put it mildly, Men,” Schiano said in a statement reRutgers’ Eric LeGrand was surprised leased by the Bucs. The coach said he couldn’t help but when his former coach called to let him know the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were think about LeGrand while preparing interested in signing the paralyzed de- for last week’s NFL draft. The player would have been a senior last season fensive tackle. “It came out of nowhere,” LeGrand and may well have been a selection if said Wednesday after the Bucs an- hadn’t been injured during his junior nounced what Greg Schiano described year. The player said his mother struggled as a “small gesture” to recognize LeGrand’s “character, spirit and persever- to keep the news from him after talking to Schiano, eventually letting his sister ance.” know. Schiano left the Scarlet “That’s how she is — Knights for the Bucs in she has to tell someone,” January, but the first-time “My goal is to he said. NFL head coach has re- walk. … I don’t LeGrand himself mained in contact with know when it’s hoped to sleep in before LeGrand and his family. Wednesday’s conference “It’s a symbolic gescall, but when word of the ture. They can’t give me going to happen, contract began circulatany money with the sal- but I know down ing his telephone began ary cap and all that kind ringing off the hook. of stuff,” LeGrand said. the road it is Even rapper Lil Wayne “It’s symbolic, something Coach wanted to do and going to happen,” weighed in, tweeting: “Today Eric LeGrand I appreciate that. It just — Eric LeGrand was drafted into the shows the man that he Former Rutgers’ player NFL. Mark this down as is.” a beautiful day in sports.” Schiano telephoned LeGrand is on pace to graduate from the player’s mother Monday night to inform her of his intention, then broke Rutgers and one day hopes to pursue a the news to an appreciative LeGrand in career in broadcasting. He said he had a conversation the following afternoon. not spoken with Schiano about a pos“I said, ‘Are you serious? You want to sible role within the Buccaneers organido this?’ He said: ‘It’s the least we could zation in the future. Meanwhile, he continues therapy and do,’” LeGrand said during a conference call from the apartment he shares rehabilitation in hopes of defying the with his mother in New Jersey. “I said, odds by walking again. He’s at a point ‘I don’t even know what to say to you now where he can sit up by himself for 15 minutes, “which is a miracle because right now, Coach. This is amazing.’” LeGrand, who’s still undergoing I’m not supposed to be doing any of this therapy and pursing his college degree, kind of stuff,” LeGrand said. “My goal is to walk. … I don’t know won’t be visiting Tampa any time soon. The Bucs are shipping a No. 52 jersey when it’s going to happen, but I know to LeGrand, along with a helmet and down the road it is going to happen,” contract. He expects to receive them by he added, calling Schiano a father figure the end of week, when he hopes to post who has had a profound impact on his life since his arrival at Rutgers, which pictures on Twitter. “It’s something I always dreamed Schiano transformed from one of colabout, go to the NFL and retire and lege football’s worst programs into a become a sportscaster,” LeGrand said. consistent winner. “When you’re faced with adversity … “Dreams do come true if you really believe. You do the right things in life, he’s going to make sure you face it front good things happen to you. He really on and deal with whatever the situation just did this out of the kindness of his is,” LeGrand said. “In life you can’t conheart. It’s really what he wanted to do. I trol what card you’re dealt. You’ve just got to deal with that card you’re dealt. had no idea this was going to happen.” The defensive tackle broke two verte- That’s helped me in my situation.” Now, Schiano has added another brae and suffered a serious spinal cord injury on Oct. 16, 2010, during a kickoff chapter to an inspirational story — one return against Army. He became an in- that has touched far more people than if spiration to the Scarlet Knights, even- LeGrand had not been injured. “That was the whole goal. That’s what tually being able to stand upright with the help of a metal frame. He resumed you work for and dream for playing foothis studies via video conferences for ball,” LeGrand said. “I wanted to get to the 2011 spring semester and last Oct. the NFL. 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