http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/9d16693a20ddb45360e295454f75faf8.pdf a830cd647164946b173ceab67ddfe5b2 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS ONLINE Friendship Circle hosts Knick Knack Drive .... 3 Mostly sunny. High of 85. Low of 60. ........ 2 Wahama falls to Irish .... 6 Irvin L. Folden, 87 Jerry Lee Hargraves, 69 Milfred Jarvis, 94 50 cents daily THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 Vol. 62, No. 91 Second public hearing on tax, fee increase set for Friday Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com POMEROY — The Meigs County Commissioners will host a second public hearing on the proposed sales tax and conveyance fee this Friday. The first hearing on the proposed increase took place last Friday in the Meigs County Common Pleas Courtroom. Commissioner Tim Ihle explained to the handful of people in attendance why the increase is needed. Ihle explained that the Commissioners have looked at every way possible to cut the budget, and everything that could be cut has been. While the county is just getting by paying its bills, there is no money left to repair or maintain the infrastructure in the county. The commissioners discussed the crumbling buildings, explaining that the roof leaks at the annex and the courthouse, there are plumbing issues that require repair and other updates are past due. The commissioners have proposed a half-percent increase to the sales tax and a one mill ($1 per $1,000) increase to the conveyance fee. Conveyance fees are accessed on the transfer of property. The increase in sales tax would move the county to a seven-percent sales tax, with 1.5 percent staying in the county. The remaining 5.5 percent goes directly to the state. The conveyance fee is made up of two parts, permissive and mandatory. The state mandates a $1 per $1,000 fee, with the in- dividual counties allowed to have up to $3 in a permissive real property transfer fee. Currently, Meigs County is at a $2 permissive fee. “We are in dire need,” said Ihle of the commissioner’s decision to pursue the increase as an emergency resolution. An emergency resolution must be passed by unanimous vote if the county is in dire need of money. The emergency resolution would allow for up to a onepercent increase, but the county is only seeking a half-percent increase, in this case. The main sources of income for the county are user fees, sales tax and real estate taxes. The commissioners have proposed to increase conveyance fees (one type of user fee) and sales tax, thereby not placing all of the cost on property owners, but spreading it more evenly. The half-percent increase to sales tax would be the first since January 1987 when a one-percent increase went into effect. Increasing the sales tax has been discussed since, but no action has been put into place. A half-percent increase did appear on the ballot in 2002, with the money to be earmarked for the Sheriff’s Office. The increase was voted down. In 2009, Meigs County collected $95,689 in conveyance fees. The increase would collect approximately $24,000 per year. Local resident Dan Lantz asked the commissioners about the possibility of having volunteers doing some of the repair work to the structures that require it. The commissioners stated that they are not permitted to use vol- unteer labor for things such as asbestos removal, and all workers on the projects must have proper certification and paperwork. Lantz also applauded the commissioners for hosting the public meetings on the increases. Lantz added that the county needed more sales not necessarily a sales tax increase, and asked if the tax could be put in place for a limited amount of time to see if it did raise the funds expected. Capital improvements which could be done with the anticipated increase in funds would encourage businesses to come into the area said Ihle. Dan Short, local resident and President of the Pomeroy Merchant’s Association, asked about the possibility of using the money See TAX ‌| 5 Meigs moves to solve elementary air conditioning problem Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — The matter of replacing the air conditioning chiller at the Meigs Elementary School has been a topic of discussion at the Meigs Local Board of Education for some time, and at this week’s meeting, a “resolution of urgent necessity” was passed. That resolution authorizes the district to skip the advertising for bids process and move forward. It provides that at least two bids be secured, a decision be made and the work begun so that it can be completed before classes start in the fall. In other action, the Board passed a resolution unanimously regarding the termination of Georgann Dobbs, a bus driver charged with excessive and unauthorized absences and violation of the Last Chance Agreement entered into by Dobbs and a representative of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE). As for personnel, David Deem was re-employed on a See PROBLEM ‌| 5 Keith Ashley played “Taps” to conclude the Memorial Day service. Remembering those who served Middleport to participate in Summer Bicycle Safety Campaign Charlene Hoeflich Staff Report POMEROY — The story of two Meigs County African American men who were recruited to serve in the first colored unit representing Ohio in the Civil War, was relayed during the Memorial Day service held Saturday at the Civil War statue on the courthouse lawn. Doug McCabe, director of manuscripts at the Mahn Center of Archives and Special Collections at Ohio University’s Alden Library, was speaker for the program held by the Brooks-Grant Camp of the Sons of Union Soldiers and the Major Daniel McCook Circle 104 of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. McCabe said both men, William Bentley, a naive of Meigs County, and Edward Courtney, a native of Virginia but a resident of Meigs County, enlisted on June 22, 1863, into that first African American unit See SERVED |‌ 5 MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Police Department and the Middleport Dairy Queen, owned by Wayne and Debbie Davis, will participate in a bike safety campaign, Police Chief Bruce Swift announced. The campaign is sponsored by Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Mid-Ohio Dairy Queens and the Columbus Blue Jackets. The program will begin Memorial Day weekend and run through Labor Day weekend. While on patrol, Middleport officers will be watching for children who are riding bicycles and are wearing a safety helmet and practicing safe riding. Examples of safe riding are riding with traffic, using appropriate hand signals and having bicycle reflectors. Children seen wearing a helmet while riding will be given a coupon for a free small ice cream cone with the purchase of a small cone. Coupons can be redeemed at Dairy Queen, and the child must be accompanied by an adult. Adults seen wearing a helmet can receive a coupon for a free 16-ounce Blizzard with the purchase of a 16-ounce Blizzard. Coupons will be valid until Dec. 31, 2012. Also included on the coupon is a form to fill out an mail in for a chance to be one of 50 randomly drawn names to be invited to an end-of-summer event with the Blue Jackets. mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com choeflich@mydailysentinel.com Doug McCabe relays the story of two African American men from Meigs County who were soldiers in the Civil War’s first colored unit. Christian Motorcycle Club to host bike blessing service Click It or Ticket Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — While the annual Memorial Day biker run in Meigs County will be held on Sunday, the Christian Motorcyclists Association (CMA), Meigs County Chapter, will hold a 6 p.m. bike blessing service on the Pomeroy parking lot on Saturday. All area motorcyclists who would like CMA members to pray for them individually and for a safe Submitted photo season of riding are invited A CMA bike blessing will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday in prepaSee SERVICE ‌| 5 ration for the Memorial Day run. Sarah Hawley/photo The Pomeroy Police Department is currently conducting a check point on West Main Street near the Bridge of Honor as part of the Click It or Ticket campaign. The goal is to have an 85 percent seat belt usage rate in the state. Last year’s rate was 84 percent. The police department is also checking for other violations, and according to Police Chief Mark Proffitt, three suspended drivers have also been stopped, to date. �Thursday, May 24, 2012 Meigs County Community Calendar Thursday, May 24 POMEROY — Pomeroy Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. at Village Hall for the regular meeting. The meeting has been moved from May 28 due to the holiday. POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session at 11:30 a.m. at the district office at 33101 Hiland Road. SYRACUSE — Alpha Iota Masters Sorority will meet at 11:30 a.m., at the Syracuse Community Center picnic shelter for a potluck luncheon. TUPPERS PLAINS —VFW Post 9053 at the hall, Tuppers Plains, 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 25 MARIETTA — The Regional Advisory Council for the Area Agency on Aging will meet at 10 a.m. in the Buckeye Hills-HVRDD Area Agency on Aging office in Marietta. Sunday, May 27 SYRACUSE — The 6 p.m. Sunday service at the Syracuse Mission Church will feature singers, Forever Blessed. Mike Thompson is the pastor. MIDDLEPORT — The Alive at Five service at Heath United Methodist Church in Middleport will have special music by Debbie Falcone at 5 p.m. Ohio Valley Forecast Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 8 mph. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Calm wind. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming south between 6 and 9 mph. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 91. Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Memorial Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 37.79 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 15.95 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 63.97 Big Lots (NYSE) — 36.31 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 40.27 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 76.93 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 7.16 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.68 Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ) — 7.32 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 32.29 Collins (NYSE) — 51.32 DuPont (NYSE) — 48.73 US Bank (NYSE) — 31.09 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 19.18 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 47.43 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 34.26 Kroger (NYSE) — 22.16 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 45.62 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 68.09 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 19.80 The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 www.mydailysentinel.com BBT (NYSE) — 30.14 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 19.01 Pepsico (NYSE) — 68.00 Premier (NASDAQ) — 7.00 Rockwell (NYSE) — 75.89 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 12.15 Royal Dutch Shell — 62.70 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 56.83 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 64.58 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 4.52 WesBanco (NYSE) — 20.30 Worthington (NYSE) — 17.06 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for May 23, 2012, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. Feeney-Bennett Post announces Memorial Day schedule MIDDLEPORT — Feeney-Bennett Post 128, American Legion, has announced its schedule of tribute services to be held on Memorial Day, May 28. At 8:45 a.m. there will be a service at the Middleport levy, and at 9 a.m. the cemetery visits will begin with the first service at the Middleport Riverview Cemetery. The rest of the schedule is as follows: 9:15 a.m., the Bradford Cemetery; 9:30 a.m., the Middleiport Hill Cemetery; 10:15 a.m., the Addison Cemetery; 10:30 a.m., the Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery; 11 a.m., Middleport Gravel Hill Cemetery; 11:15 a.m. the Stewart/Bennett Park at Middleport; 12:30 p.m., the Howell Hill Cemetery; and 1:10 p.m. the Burlingham Cemetery. Meigs County Local Briefs Shuttle Bus for MHS graduation ROCKSPRINGS — The First Southern Baptist Church will offer a shuttle bus service for those attending the Meigs High School graduation on Friday, May 25. Shuttle buses will run from 6 p.m. until the graduation is over. Pickup points are the parking lots of the school board office, Family Healthcare Center, and the First Southern Baptist Church, all located on Pomeroy Pike. Buses will drop riders off at the door of the high school and will return them to their cars at the conclusion of the ceremony. For more information contact Pastor David Brainard at (740) 416-8060. Memorial Day services slated BURLINGHAM — A Memorial Day Service will be held at the flag pole in Burlingham beginning at 1:10 p.m. with the Fenney Bennett Post of the American Legion conducting military rites for deceased veterans. The speaker will be Steve Wegant, with vocal selections by Steve Dugan, sister, Tammy and LaDona Stephens. The Bungtown Good Neighbor Award will also be presented. RACINE — A Memorial Day Program will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 28, at the Racine American Legion Post 602. Tony Deem will be the speaker and refreshments will be provided. The public is invited to attend. Yard sale for education CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association will have a yard sale May 31, June 1, and 2, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Chester Courthouse to raise money for educational programs for Meigs school children. Donations for the sale are needed and can be taken to the Chester Courthouse and Academy, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday. To arrange other delivery times, call the Court House at 740-985-9822. Community dinner POMEROY — A community dinner will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23 at the New Beginning United Methodist Church in Pomeroy. Chicken and noodles dinner will be served and the public is invited to attend. Alumni banquets POMEROY — The Pomeroy High School Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, May 26 in the Meigs High School Cafeteria. Deadline for purchasing tickets is Friday, May 18, and may be purchased at either Swisher & Lohse or Francis Florists in Pomeroy. 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. The website is www.tornadoalumni.net. Road restriction MEIGS COUNTY — Motorists will encounter a one lane closure and 12 foot width restriction close to the Athens County line on Ohio 124. Traffic will be maintained with the use of traffic lights. Weather permitting, work is expected to be completed by August 1. Wahama alumni banquet scheduled MASON — Plans are underway for the Wahama Alumni 2012 Banquet on May 26 in the Wahama High School gym. Social hour will begin at 4:30 p.m., with group or class pictures starting at 5 p.m., and a banquet at 6 p.m. Classes ending in “two” will be honored, with the class of 1962 celebrating their 50th reunion. There will also be a tour of the school given by the WHS National Honor Society at 3 p.m. for those who are interested. All alumni are encouraged to attend to reunite with fellow classmates. Registration forms for the banquet are available at Farmer’s Bank and City National Bank in Mason, and at City National Bank, Health Aid Pharmacy, Foxy Lox’s and Thompson’s Hardware in New Haven. For more information, contact Rex Howard at 304-593-3932. 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. Craft and horse show PORTLAND — The Portland Community Center will hold a craft show, horse show and yard sale on May 28. Ask Dr. Brothers Daughter’s stage fright concerns mother Dear Dr. Brothers: My to work up to it. daughter has a role in her One thing that makes school play, but she is exstage fright slightly more tremely nervous about perdifficult in children is the forming in front of an audianxiety that accompanies ence. She’s a little bit shy it. Adults are used to expenormally, but not an overly riencing anxiety, and when anxious child. I want her to our palms start sweating be comfortable speaking up or we get butterflies in our and performing, but I don’t stomachs, we know what want to push her past her that means and how to calm limits if it’s going to be a bad ourselves down. Teaching experience for her. Should I your daughter what these let her quit the play, and if physical signs of anxiety not, how can I make it less mean and some techniques scary for her? — G.T. to calm herself will be useDear G.T.: Teaching chil- Dr. Joyce Brothers ful when it comes to perSyndicated dren to handle stage fright forming. You can teach her is very similar to teaching to take deep breaths and Columnist adults to do the same. The soothe her nerves. Hopetips and tricks we use to fully once she has a good exhelp adults overcome their fears of pub- perience with this performance, she’ll lic speaking can be used with kids. In learn that she has nothing to fear. fact, it can be easier for kids to learn to *** overcome stage fright, since they don’t Dear Dr. Brothers: My teenage son have years of experience reinforcing doesn’t really know how to deal with their fears. One main tenet of overcom- his emotions. I see him get upset or ing stage fright is preparation. In adults, angry and then lash out in ways that this can mean knowing your subject are not constructive. I don’t think I matter and preparing a presentation. ever went though this phase, so I don’t For your daughter, it will be important know how to relate to him or how to for her to learn her lines well and prac- deal with him as he figures out how to tice at home. You can let her practice process and understand his own emoalone or with only you in the room, but tions. How can I help teach him to cope before she has to perform on stage, you with and understand his own feelings should encourage her to perform her in a healthy and constructive way? — lines in front of a few more people so as S.J. For the record 911 May 15 9:46 a.m., Old Forest Road, nose bleed; 11:43 a.m., Ohio 7, nausea/ vomiting; 11:47 a.m., Mulberry Avenue, nausea/vomiting; 12:04 p.m., Pomeroy Pike, auto fire; 12:26 p.m., East Memorial Drive, chest pain; 1:15 p.m., Pearl Street, obstetrics; 5:28 p.m., Country Road 51, motor vehicle collision; 8:59 p.m., King Ridge Road, nausea/vomiting. May 16 1:17 a.m., South Second Avenue, difficulty breathing; 11:14 a.m., East Memorial Drive, fall; 3:15 p.m., unknown, syncope/passing out; 4:46 p.m., Pomeroy Pike Road, difficulty breathing; 5:21 p.m., Pearl Street, obstetrics; 6 p.m., Ohio 7, diffculty breathing; 8:43 p.m., South Second Avenue; 9:38 p.m., Mill Street, motor vehicle collision. May 17 6:33 a.m., Ohio 124, unknown; 11:01 a.m., Salem School Lot Road, medical alarm; 12:59 p.m., New Lima Road, weakness; 3:02 p.m., Bailey Road, nausea/vomiting; 3:48 p.m., Third Street, diabetic emergency; 4:37 p.m., Devenney Road, Route 143 yard sale HARRISONVILLE — The third annual Route 143 yard sale, a project of the Scipio and Columbia Volunteer Fire Department, will be held 8 a.m to 5 p.m. on Saturday June 2. The sale will extend from Route 7 at Pomeroy to Route 50 near Albany. Both of the fire departments will be serving food, and both will have rest rooms available to the public. To rent space contact Rexie Cheadle at 740-591-6086 or Dan or Rhea Lantz, 740-742-2819. Vacation Bible School POMEROY — The churches of Pomeroy will host a community wide Vacation Bible School at Trinity Church on the corner of Second and Lynn streets in Pomeroy. The theme is Sky. VBS will run from June 4-8 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. each evening. Youth ages preschool to sixth grade are invited to attend. Activities will include games, music, bible stories, and crafts. For more information contact Jill Johnson at 992-2947. Class of 1992 to hold reunion RACINE — The Southern High School class of 1992 will hold their 20th class reunion at Star Mill Park May 26 at 1 pm in the small shelter. Everyone should bring chairs, and a covered dish or dessert. MHS Class of 1962 MIDDLEPORT — Friends of the Middleport High School class of 1962 are invited to visit from 1 to 3 p.m. on May 26 at the First Baptist Church of Middleport, 211 S.Sixth Ave., in the fellowship hall, entering by the Main Street entrance. Classmates who are part of the MHS class of 1962’s 50th reunion will be meeting there from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Lunch will be served to the class at noon. Sock Hop RACINE — The Class of 1962 will be hosting a sock hop from 8-11 p.m. on Friday, May 25 at the Racine American Legion. Rock music from the 1950s and 1960s will be played by DJ Leon Jordan. Water aerobics POMEROY — A water aerobics class will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday at Kountry Resort. For more information call Devan Soulsby at 992-6728. fall; 5:09 p.m., Park Street, overdose; 6:45 p.m., Greenwood Cemetery Road, unknown; 6:47 p.m., East Memorial Drive, chest pain; 10:38 p.m., Park Street, meth lab. May 18 2:46 a.m., Apple Street, hemorrhage; 10:03 a.m., East Memorial Drive, headache; 1:04 p.m., Laurel Cliff Road, stroke/CVA; 1:10 p.m., Ohio 124, altered mental status; 3:13 p.m., Fifth Street, Fifth Street; 3:32 p.m., Gilkey Ridge Road, chest pain; 3:33 p.m., East Memorial Drive, fall; 5:42 p.m., Carpenter Dyesville Road, ATV accident; 7:02 p.m., Ohio 681; chest pain. May 19 12:34 a.m., Ohio 124, low blood pressure; 12:47 a.m., Eden Ridge Road, pain general; 2:33 a.m., Ohio 7, chest pain; 11:09 a.m., South Third Avenue, seizure/convulsions; 12:42 p.m., Smith Ridge Road, motor vehicle collision; 3:24 p.m., Seventh Street, unknown; 4:19 p.m., Pearl Street, assault/fight; 5:40 p.m., General Hartinger Parkway, chest pain; 9:09 p.m., Lincoln Hill Street, difficulty breathing; 10:28 p.m., East Second Street, assault/ fight; 10:44 p.m., Goose Creek Road, unconscious/unknown; 10:45 p.m., Carleton Street, chest pain. May 20 1:58 a.m., East Memorial Drive, pain general; 11:08 a.m., Pleasant Ridge, dead on arrival; 11:18 a.m., Beech Street, overdose; 12:39 p.m., Ohio 7, laceration; 3:22 p.m., Elm Street, chest pain; 5:56 p.m., North Second Avenue, motor vehicle collision; 7:04 p.m., Trouble Creek Road, difficulty breathing; 7:17 p.m., Elm Street, chest pain; 7:53 p.m., Ohio 124, fall. May 21 12:59 a.m., Race Street, laceration; 10:25 a.m., Ohio 124, difficulty breathing; 12:21 p.m., Rocksprings Road, unconscious/unknown reason; 2:59 p.m., Carleton Street, hemorrhage; 3:18 p.m., East Memorial Drive, fall; 6:13 p.m., unknown, cardiac arrest; 9:07 p.m., Arbaugh Road, fall; 9:10 p.m., South Third Avenue, laceration. May 22 9:58 a.m., Happy Hollow Road, pain general; 1:35 p.m., Pomeroy Pike Road, weakness; 1:55 p.m., Pearl Street, head injury; 2:48 p.m., Laurel Street, chest pain; 5:09 p.m., Ohio 7, kidney stone possible. Dear S.J.: Helping boys to understand and deal with their feelings often can be more difficult than doing the same for young women. While teenage boys often desperately want to reveal their emotions, they usually are under pressure — mostly from their peers, but also from perceptions of traditional masculinity — to hide them. This is particularly true when it comes to negative emotions like sadness, loneliness and especially feelings of vulnerability. Because many boys don’t feel as though they can appropriately express sadness, they become angry. Often as parents we don’t realize that we’re reinforcing these gender roles. Take a closer look at how you discuss emotions with your son. You may be influencing him to hide negative emotions or express only anger, and these effects can start when boys are very young. To counteract this, you should spend time talking with and, more importantly, listening to your son. Give him the space and time to start expressing his emotions naturally, and encourage him when he does. You also should set a good example, by expressing your own love and emotions openly. Let him know that real men do express their emotions, and that there’s no shame in having these negative feelings. The best way to start to work through these emotions, after all, is to get them out in the open. (c) 2012 by King Features Syndicate Pakistani who helped US sentenced to prison PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of high treason Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, officials said, a verdict that is likely to further strain the country’s relationship with Washington. Shakil Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to collect DNA and verify bin Laden’s presence at the compound in the town of Abbottabad where U.S. commandos killed the al-Qaida chief last May. The operation outraged Pakistani officials because they were not told about it beforehand. Senior U.S. officials have called for Afridi to be released, saying his work served Pakistani and American interests. His conviction comes at a sensitive time because the U.S. is already frustrated by Pakistan’s refusal to reopen NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. The supply routes were closed six months ago in retaliation for American airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Afridi also was ordered to pay a fine of about $3,500 and will spend an additional three and half years in prison if he does not, said Nasir Khan, a government official in the Khyber tribal area, where the doctor was arrested and tried. Afridi was tried under the Frontier Crimes Regulations, or FCR, the set of laws that govern Pakistan’s semiautonomous tribal region. Human rights organizations have criticized the FCR for not providing suspects due process of law. There is no right to legal representation, to present material evidence or cross-examine witnesses. Verdicts are normally handed down by a Khyber government official in consultation with a council of government elders �Thursday, May 24, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com Jennifer Robinson Janae Boyles Hope Teaford and Courtney Thomas Local graduates honored at Best of the Class HUNTINGTON — Graduating high school seniors were honored in the WSAZ NewsChannel 3 salute to the “Best of the Class 2012.” The valedictorians from Eastern, Meigs and Southern were honored as the “Best of the Class” from their respective schools. Local honorees were Janae Boyles, Eastern; Jennifer Robinson, Meigs; Hope Teaford, Southern; and Courtney Thomas, Southern. Over 200 top scholars, from 32 counties within West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, are featured in public service announcements that were videotaped during a luncheon held at the Huntington Museum of Art on April 29. The announcements will air beginning May 16 through June 11. This year marks the 28th anniversary for the event. URG Emerson E. Evans School Friendship Circle hosts of Business honors students Knick Knack Drive Submitted photo When the Friendship Circle of the Carmel-Sutton UMC heard about the need to boost sales in the Meigs Cooperative Parish’s Thrift Store (Remnants of Faith), they went to work by conducting a “Knick Knack Drive’. The congregation brought knick knacks to church the following Sunday. There were over 13 boxes of knick knacks, a huge tote and a few miscellaneous items. Jim and Linda Cunningham used their truck to transport the donations. Pictured are Jim Cunningham and Jackie White loading the donations for transport. Kathy McDaniel is the Friendship Circle leader. If you would like to join the Friendship Circle and be a part of the missions projects, call the church (740) 949-2229. RIO GRANDE — The University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College honored several of its outstanding business students during recent awards ceremony held on campus. On Thursday, April 26, the Emerson E. Evans School of Business at Rio Grande recognized its top students at its annual Awards Banquet. Top students and their family members were invited to the luncheon, where faculty members presented them with the awards they earned through their academic achievements during the year. Gail Ball, associate professor of business, also gave a few remarks to the students and their family members during the luncheon. Ball explained that the faculty and staff members in the Evans School of Business are very proud of the students, and said they will do well in their careers. If the students continue to have positive attitudes, work hard and be ready to keep learning, they will succeed, she said, “The expert of anything was once a beginner,” Ball reminded those in attendance. She also told the students that while they are working toward being successful in whatever they do, they should not forget about how they got to where they are. “Remember those who helped you along the way,” Ball said, saluting the family members and friends in the audience. “And I strongly encourage you to all become proud Rio Grande alumni.” The award winners who were honored during the ceremony included the following: Tamara Sheets received the Outstanding Accounting Student Award. Tonya Clark was presented with the Outstanding Associate Degree Student Award. Charles Gray and Jessica Mullins were both given the Business Field Test Award. Rebecca Lewis was honored as the Outstanding Business Management Student. Brittany Brown and Stephanie Trainer were presented with the Business Policy Simulation award for the fall semester. These students finished higher than any other Rio Grande students during the fall semester in the business policy simulation game that the Rio Grande students play against college students from around the world. Tom Saunders received the Business Policy Simulation Competition Award for his high score during the spring semester. Jane Clagg received the W. Lowell A. “Buz” Call — Mark of Excellence Award. Jessica Wickline was presented with the Overall Outstanding Student Award for her academic achievements in the Evans School of Business. Tiffany Simpson was named as the Outstanding Information Technology Student. Joel Theissen was honored as the Outstanding Marketing Student. Evan Wood was presented with the Entrepreneurial Award. Also during the luncheon, Rio Grande faculty members discussed many of the special programs and activities that the business students were involved in during the year. The students were able to take class trips, learn from business professionals, be active with business-related clubs and organizations, and take part in a wide range of educational programs designed to help them learn more about the business world. For more information on the Awards Banquet or on the Evans School of Business, call 1-800-282-7201. Submitted photos Pictured are the county-level winners from the Pleasant Valley Hospital coloring contest held in conjunction with the 2012 Outdoor Youth Expo, including 4th grade county winner Abby Tay- Pictured is the 6th grade county-level winner from the Pleasant Valley Hospital coloring conlor, New Haven Elementary, and her mother, Tom Schauer, Pleasant Valley Hospital CEO, and 5th test held in conjunction with the 2012 Outdoor Youth Expo, Johnnie Board, New Haven, with Bill grade county winner Chloe Jones, PPIS, and her father. Barker, Senior VP of Administration. PVH Coloring Contest winners announced POINT PLEASANT — The winners from the Pleasant Valley Hospital coloring contest in conjunction with the 2012 Outdoor Youth Expo were recently named and include: 4th grade county winner Abby Taylor; 5th grade county winner, Chloe Jones, PPIS, and 6th grade county winner, Johnnie Board, New Haven. School winners include: PPIS: 4th – Sophia Russell, 5th – Chloe Jones and 6th – Jonathon Burns. New Haven: 4th – Abby Taylor, 5th – Brittany Smith and 6th – Johnnie Board. Roosevelt: 4th – Elizabeth Rogers, 5th – Camryn Tyree and 6th – Olivia Pyles. Leon: 4th – Silas DeWeese, 5th – MicKayla Norville and 6th – Lilly Owen. Beale: 4th – Tanner Wright, 5th – Kendra Williams and 6th – Hunter Nibert. Ashton: 4th – Sydney Facemyer, 5th – Alyssa Peyton and 6th – Sara Lewis. Tomblin named PVH Employee of the Month POINT PLEASANT — The Pleasant Valley Hospital (PVH) Customer Service Employee of the Month for April is Christina Tomblin, EEG Technologist in training. Tomblin has been employed with the organization since August 2000. Tomblin was nominated because while she and another employee were completing a routine EEG, the patient’s vitals became erratic and she coded. She exhibited exceptional, life-saving skills and patient care by initiating CPR on a patient until the “Code Team” arrived. Tomblin and her husband, Greg, live in Apple Grove, W.Va. with their son, Joseph, age 7. Her favorite thing about working in Dr. Lewis’ office is that she learns something new every day. “She is an asset to our office and the Pleasant Valley Hospital Organization,” commented Robert Lewis, MD. “The Leonard family and her sister, Rosemary, want to thank Dr. Lewis and his staff, Dr. Simon, and Christina Tomblin. Christina performed CPR on my sister, Debbie. Without Christina, I wouldn’t have a sister. My sister has come home to Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and we are so thankful,” said Rosemary Shirk. In receiving this recognition, Tomblin will receive a $50.00 check, VIP parking space, and a celebratory cake to share with her office. She will also be eligible for the Customer Service Employee of the Submitted photo Year Award that comes with a $250.00 Pictured in front with Christina Tomblin are Pam Muncy, Physician Practice Service Coordinator, Tom check. Schauer, CEO, Robert Lewis, MD, and Charles Lanham, PVH Board Member. �Opinion The Daily Sentinel Page 4 Thursday, May 24, 2012 Forced to fly solo Life beyond war Scott Mayerowitz AP Airlines Writer Winslow Myers The vision and possible shape of a world beyond war has modified since the lessening of superpower tensions between the United States and the now long-departed U.S.S.R. In the late 1980s, hopes for a peaceful world primarily involved the successful abolition of nuclear weapons. As Jonathan Schell has written, while inadvertent nuclear war is more probable than ever before, nuclear abolition begins to look relatively easy in the context of emerging global environmental challenges. Nuclear weapons themselves have become one more of our many ecological problems: even a small regional nuclear exchange could fatally affect agricultural production worldwide over decades, cancelling out the security benefits for any nation of possessing these weapons. Giving up war at this moment in history resembles an addict giving up his addiction, only to find he must face not only life without the crutch of drink or drugs, but also address the underlying life-challenges the drink or drugs allowed him to avoid. It involves a painful awakening from a trance, a giving up of resistance to reality as we come to see where and who we really are. How bizarre that the most powerful nation on earth applies roughly 1800 different bureaucratic organizations to the admittedly serious problem of terrorism, yet it is not politically viable for the presumptive nominee of one of the two major parties to entertain the possibility that global climate change may be affected by human behavior. Even the incumbent is not leading aggressively on the issue. Meanwhile the United States military itself remains the single greatest source of environmental pollution on the planet, and continues to be the single greatest drain of monetary resources. Simplistic, deeply distracting “either/or” thinking renders much our political discourse silly and unreal: to be Christian or Jewish is to be closed to possible good ideas coming out of Islam; to be Democratic is to be closed to possible good ideas coming from Republicans, to be culturally liberal is to be closed to possible good ideas coming from cultural conservatives. The reality of our interdependence suggests instead that people on both sides of any supposed polarity, Arab or Jew, atheist or believer, gay or straight, conservative or progressive, needs to accept that the “other” may have something invaluable to offer as we all try to prevent our collapse as a species. In the energy we expend defining what we are against, we resemble all too closely the extremists we revile. But even if we think of ourselves as progressive and open, we are mired involuntarily in an against paradigm. Those in the “developed” world who assume we live quite modestly still find ourselves among a 1 percent who are fortunate to have access to resources much less available to the other 99 percent. If everyone on earth used the same amount of energy and resources I use, it would take X number of planets to sustain us all, and we only have one. Because there are too many of me, the way I live, in spite of my good intentions, my token gestures, my recycling, my refusal to use weedkiller, the sheer size of my ecological footprint keeps me stubbornly against the health and sustainability of the whole. I need help and maybe I can help you. The so-called “advanced” countries can no longer function as “technocratic colonialists” who assume that “our” oil is under the sand of peoples undergoing development in their own unique way—especially if we want terrorism to end. Life beyond war, so far from looking like a peaceable kingdom, will require the strengthening of global institutions based upon the reality of interdependence and the potential intensification of conflict over limited resources. This challenge will stretch our creativity and good will to the same limit that war has stretched our destructive powers and capacity to dehumanize adversaries. In so many ways and places, the needful work has already begun, taking form in the millions of bottom-up organizations that are trying sustainable ways of farming, banking, or manufacturing processes that enhance rather than degrade the finite commons. But it is hard to avoid the sense that both leaders and citizens are still in denial about the kinds of transnational institutions and enforcements we will have to create in the next few decades in order to survive. As long as we continue to participate by default in a Hobbesian war of each against all, as long as we, not only we in the U.S. but we in China and Russia and France and elsewhere refuse to surrender some of our national sovereignty, exceptionalism and entitlement, the total system will continue to degrade. What international body could possibly enforce mandates to mitigate global warming until we have massively internalized a new kind of consent to work together across cultural and economic boundaries for the good of the whole? Trying first to do no harm, we will have to assess our effect upon global systems of incommensurable complexity. The vast majority of people on the planet are just trying to get through each day in one piece. But for anyone who is in a position of leadership, anyone who has the luxury of time and resources to be an agent of change, one of the most valuable things we can do is to encourage a searching dialogue, especially with people who hold views different from our own, about the utterly changed meaning of self-interest. Such initiatives as the Arab push for reform or the Occupy movement will ultimately fall short unless they are able to address structural change in the light of the new paradigm of interdependence. Perhaps some of the solutions will come from the worldwide military-industrial complex itself, as it begins to apprehend the many dimensions of security that lie beyond war. Winslow Myers, the author of “Living Beyond War: A Citizen’s Guide,” serves on the Board of Beyond War (www. beyondwar.org), a non-profit educational foundation whose mission is to explore, model and promote the means for humanity to live without war. 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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But passengers are increasingly finding that the only way to sit next to a spouse, child or friend is to shell out $25 or more, each way. With base fares on the rise — the average roundtrip ticket this summer is forecast by Kayak.com to be $431, or 3 percent higher than last year — some families are reluctant to cough up more money. “Who wants to fly like this?” says Khampha Bouaphanh, a photographer from Fort Worth, Texas. “It gets more ridiculous every year.” Bouaphanh balked at paying an extra $114 roundtrip in fees to reserve three adjacent seats for him, his wife and their four-year-old daughter on an upcoming trip to Disney World. “I’m hoping that when we can get to the counter, they can accommodate us for free,” he says. Airlines say their gate agents try to help family members without adjacent seats sit together, especially people flying with small children. Yet there is no guarantee things will work out. Not everyone is complaining. Frequent business travelers used to get stuck with middle seats even though their lastminute fares were two or three times higher than the average. Now, airlines are setting aside more window and aisle seats for their most frequent fliers at no extra cost. “The customers that are more loyal, who fly more often, we want to make sure they have the best travel experience,” says Eduardo Marcos, American Airline’s manager of merchandising strategy. 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. For everybody else, choosing seats on airline websites has become more of a guessing game. To travelers who haven’t earned “elite” status in a frequent flier program, flights often appear full even though they are not. These casual travelers end up paying extra for an aisle or window seat believing they have no other option. But as flights get closer many of the seats airlines had set aside for those willing to pay a premium do become available — at no extra cost. “Airlines are holding these seats hostage,” says George Hobica, founder of travel site AirfareWatchdog. “The seat selection process isn’t as fair as it used to be.” Airlines are searching for more ways to raise revenue to offset rising fuel costs. In the last five years, they have added fees for checked baggage, watching TV, skipping security lines and boarding early. Now they are turning to seats. Since last summer, American, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines and United Airlines have increased the percentage of coach seats requiring an extra fee. Some — like those on Delta, JetBlue Airways and United — come with more legroom. Others, including those on American and US Airways, are just as cramped but are window and aisle seats near the front. Allegiant Air and Spirit Airlines go one step further, charging extra for any advanced seat assignment. On Spirit, passengers who aren’t willing to pay the extra $5 to $15 per flight, are assigned a seat at check-in. The computer doesn’t make any effort to keep families together. “It gets really difficult, unfortunately, because all you end up with is a lot of onesies and twosies,” says Barry Biffle, Spirit’s chief marketing officer. “If you want to sit together, we would highly encourage you to get seat assignments in advance.” Delta just launched a discounted “Basic Economy” fare on certain routes where it competes with Spirit that doesn’t include advance seat assignments. “Airlines have to be careful. They can only push this so far before they risk incurring the wrath of customers or the government,” says Henry Harteveldt, co-founder of Atmosphere Research Group. Summer brings passengers traveling in larger groups and fewer empty seats. Last July and August, a record 86.4 percent of seats were filled by paying customers. Planes will be “slightly fuller this year,” says John P. Heimlich, chief economist at the industry’s trade group, Airlines for America. Add in seats occupied by off-duty airline staff and passengers who redeemed frequent-flier miles, and on many flights there won’t be a spare seat. On a July flight from Dallas to San Francisco on American, a recent search showed only 28 of 144 coach seats available for passengers unwilling to pay extra. Of those, 21 were middle seats. There were five spots where a couple could sit together; groups of three or more were out of luck. It was dramatically different for elite frequent fliers. They could pick from 75 seats including nine rows with four or more seats together. Another flight — New York to Los Angeles on Delta — offered its most loyal fliers almost twice as many seats for free: 111 versus 60. Booking through sites such as Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity can add complications. If somebody inadvertently selects an elite seat or one requiring a fee, airline reservation systems won’t hold a seat for him. Passengers should confirm selections with the airline. For those unable to find two or more adjacent seats, new seat assignments can be snagged for free starting five days before departure as some elite fliers are upgraded to first class. Another block of seats is released 24 hours in advance when online checkin starts. Finally, gate agents can sometimes put families in seats set aside for disabled passengers or ask others to move. If a young child is separated from his or her parent, “we just have to get it done” says Frontier spokeswoman Lindsey Carpenter. “Usually, people are pretty accommodating.” If all else fails, see if nearby passengers are willing to switch. There might actually be some chivalry left on planes. If not, offer to buy them a drink. 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 24, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Death Notices Irvin L. Folden Irvin L. Folden, 87, Gallipolis, died April 18, 2012, in Stuart, Florida. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at Mound Hill Cemetery with Bob Powell officiating. Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home is assisting the family. Jerry Lee Hargraves Jerry Lee Hargraves, 69, of Sandyville, W.Va., died May 21, 2012, at his home. Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Casto Funeral Home Chapel, Evans, W.Va., with Elmer Miller officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to time of service. Milfred Jarvis Milfred Jarvis, 94, Gallipolis, Ohio, died Monday, May 21, 2012, in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. Graveside services will be conducted at 12:30 p.m., Friday, May 25, 2012, in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens, Gallipolis. The McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, is serving the Jarvis family. High court in Ohio upholds state smoking ban COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s statewide smoking ban is constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday. The court rejected claims by a Columbus tavern owner that argued the fines it was charged for violations were an illegal taking of property, violating the state’s legitimate police powers. Claims related to elements of the U.S. Constitution could be subject to appeal. Ohio Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger, in authoring the opinion, wrote, “The goal of this legislation is to protect the health of the workers and other citizens of Ohio.” She said, “It does so by regulating proprietors of public places and places of employment in a minimally invasive way.” Zeno’s Victorian Village had been cited 10 different times between July 2007 and September 2009 totaling $33,000. The tavern was also known as Bartec Inc., whose CEO and sole shareholder was Richard Allen. On behalf of Bartec and Allen, the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law had argued that the smoking ban was intended to be enforced against smokers, not businesses. The ban prohibits smoking in most indoor public places. It was overwhelmingly approved by Ohio voters in 2006 and took effect in 2007. Penalties for proprietors violating the ban range from a warning letter for a first violation to fines of $100 to $2,500 for subsequent violations. Fines can be doubled for intentional violations. Justices said there was evidence that the bar tacitly allowed smoking and had plastic cups partially filled with water that were placed around the bar as ash trays. They said the complaints were against the bar, not individual smokers. The opinion further noted the bar had access to an appeals process and did not take advantage of it eight of 10 times. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, legal counsel to the Ohio Department of Health, noted that Zeno’s currently owes more than $40,000 for its repeated smoking ban violations. “This is great news for the health of Ohioans and for the democratic process,” DeWine said in a statement. “The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a law passed by a statewide majority of Ohio voters, and patrons and employees of Ohio businesses will continue to enjoy surroundings that are safer because they are smoke-free.” Lanzinger’s opinion not- ed that the bar argued “that prohibiting smoking in an adults-only liquor-licensed establishment, such as Zeno’s, is unduly oppressive and amounts to a taking.” She said that was “an as-applied challenge” that suggested their unique circumstances made the law unconstitutional for them. The legal issue was disregarded because it had not been raised in earlier phases of the case. The 10th District Court of Appeals in Columbus had upheld enforcement of the law, saying there was overwhelming evidence that Zeno’s owners had intentionally violated the ban. That decision reversed a lower court ruling that tossed the violations and said the state health department exceeded its authority by holding Zeno’s responsible for the actions of its patrons. A message was left seeking comment with the 1851 Center’s Maurice Thompson. He has said local taverns are not public property and so had the right to decide how their indoor air was used. Groups opposed to the ban have included the Ohio Licensed Beverage Association and the Buckeye Liquor Permit Holders Association, where an official has said it is devastating small businesses in Ohio. Jury convicts Ohio couple on pill mill charges COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal jury broke a deadlock and convicted a husband and wife of running an Ohio pill mill that illegally prescribed thousands of painkillers. The case in Cincinnati was among several brought in recent years to help stem what’s considered an epidemic of illegal painkiller distribution. It also illustrated the difficulty of such prosecutions, as the jury struggled with the case since beginning deliberations Thursday. The jury acquitted Nancy and Lester Sadler of several charges but issued several guilty verdicts Tuesday. The panel acquitted a third person on trial altogether, employee Sandy Wells. The Sadlers were each convicted Served From Page 1 being organized by Milton Hollow of Athens County, a former slave. Both of the Meigs County men were injured in the war, but both survived. These men of the 127th OVI were mustered in at a segregated camp in Delaware where McCabe described them as having to “put up with the deprivations of lower pay than white soldiers, a lack of clothing and a lack of weapons.” He went on to say that “still they trained and eventually were sent to Norfolk, Va. where in 1863 they were given a new designation — the 5th United States Colored Infantry. The speaker detailed the battles encountered by the 5th, citing their bravery and success in battle as well as their determination despite the hardship of being illequipped. McCabe said that during their raids, “thousands of slaves belonging to rebel masters were liberated.” of operating Ohio Medical and Pain Management in Waverly as a continuing criminal enterprise, a charge carrying a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and up to life in prison. The jury, which had to be ordered back to work by U.S. District Court Judge Sandra Beckwith after twice saying it was deadlocked, also convicted the couple of one count each of conspiracy and maintaining a premise for the purposes of distributing drugs. The jury also convicted Nancy Sadler of one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering for the illegal purchase and sale of 40,200 units of hydrocodone in order to purchase a convertible. The couple was taken into custody after the verdict. In his talk, McCabe described the battles in which those in the colored 5th Unit succeeded in battles where the white Union regiments had failed. As a result of their success, several men of the 5th , including Holland, the unit organizer, were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. The speaker said that the 5th United States Colored Infantry lost a total of 249 men. He also noted that hundreds of African-American men rallied to join the Union Army right at the beginning of the war, and nearly all were turned down. That changed later when it became apparent the war would last a long time. By the end of the war, colored troops constituted one-tenth of the total soldiers who served in the Union armies, sending over 178,000 men to the field, McCabe reported. “They finally did get equal pay for their service, but after the war, it took years before they could Trial testimony revealed the clinic was open three or four days per week, charging new customers $180 for an initial visit and $125 to $150 for returning visits. Witnesses testified that customers received only a cursory check-up from a doctor. U.S. Attorney Carter Stewart said the defendants benefited financially on the backs of others’ misery. “Prescription drug diversion and the related crimes that accompany it are emerging as an increasing threat to the region’s safety,” Stewart said. Lester Sadler’s attorney said his client was at best guilty of being an absentee clinic operator who was taken advantage of by an unscrupulous doctor and employees. “Mr. Sadler in my view did all he could to open and maintain a good decent medical clinic,” Richard Goldberg said Wednesday. “The government did not put on a single expert witness to say that this clinic was maintained improperly by medical standards.” Lester Sadler, 56, plans an appeal, Goldberg said. Attorneys for Nancy Sadler, 49, and Wells, 52, did not immediately return messages Wednesday. The 2010 indictment alleged clinic employees had orders to set up enough appointments to fill 30 to 40 prescriptions of powerful painkillers a day. The government said workers who met the quota would receive a week’s pay for three or four days’ work, while those who slipped up got less. Three other defendants pleaded guilty earlier in the case. Brenda Banks, a former doctor, pleaded guilty to one count of acquiring or possessing a controlled substance by deception. Banks was accused of helping clinic operators and employees use her medical license to order nearly 220,000 pills of the painkiller hydrocodone In March, Lisa Clevenger, Nancy Sadler’s sister, pleaded guilty to one count of maintaining a drug premises in connection with her work at Ohio Medical and Pain Management in Waverly. In December, James Sadler, Lester Sadler’s father, pleaded guilty to one count of diverting controlled substances. actually become eligible for pensions and disability pay,” McCabe said. In conclusion, the speaker called on those attending the memorial service to “remember and humbly thank our colored soldiers, including Meigs Countians Bentley and Courtney, from long ago who sacrificed so much that all of us could live better lives.” Jean Hilton of the McCook Circle 104 was emcee for the 11 a.m. program and spoke about the need to remember our ancestors who served in the Civil War as well as those who served before and after that war, along with the orphans and widows who were left behind. She included in her comments a “Widow’s Tribute” and concluded with the placing of wreaths at the base of the Civil War statue where the names of those killed in that war are engraved on the base. Recorded music was used to enhance the program which was followed by a luncheon Jean Hilton gives tribute to all those who have died in wars and placed wreaths at the base of the at the Meigs Museum. Civil War monument on the Court House lawn. Service From Page 1 to attend. Food, fellowship and devotions with entertainment by the Gospel Bluegrass Gentlemen and Brenda will take place on Saturday evening. There is no cost associated with this event. “CMA is not a Christian club or riding group designed to segregate Christians from the influences of the world, but rather it is a ministry designed to thrust members into the adventure of spreading the light of Jesus into dark places,” said member Courtney Midkiff. “Members enjoy fellowship via local and regional rides, at various church visits and Biker Sundays and at numerous secular motorcycle events.” CMA Meigs County Chapter meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Common Grounds Mission on Hiland Road in Pomeroy. Bible Study is held the first, second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Common Grounds Mission. The Meigs Chapter’s president is Charlie Johnson, and the vice president is Dallas Jarrell. For more information about the bike blessing, contact Midkiff at (740) 992-1158. To learn more about CMA, visit www. cmausa.org. To accommodate the hundreds of motorcycles expected to participate in this 27th annual Memorial Day Run, Pomeroy Village will be closing the parking lot and a section of Main Street from Locust to Butternut Avenue on Sunday. Court Street will also be closed for a bike show. The run officially kicks off from the parking lot at 1 p.m. and about 3 p.m. the riders will return to the parking lot where food vendors will in place. Tshirts will be sold, and entertainment will be provided. There is no charge to get onto the parking lot. The run began and remains a means to raise funds to buy Christmas gifts for less fortunate kids in Meigs County. Problem From Page 1 supplemental contract as Meigs Middle School Athletic Director for the 201213 school year. Charles Knopp was hired as assistant varsity girls basketball coach on the recommenda- tion of Amber Ridenour, head coach. During the meeting, Christina Musser, food service supervisor, reported on a grant for next year to be used to purchase fruits and vegetables for students. She said there is a six percent per student incentive program which should amount to $1,600 to $3,000 a month to cover the additional food cost. Bill Frances, assistant principal at Meigs High School, discussed end-of-year activities and gave a status report on the school’s security system. Michael Barnett, curriculum and federal program director, talked about textbook and other change proposals for the elementary and middle schools and the input and feedback he is getting from the teaching staff. Kristen Baer, elementary principal, also presented to the Board some information on the independent reading program which has been initiated at the school. Also at the meeting, Mark Rhonemus, treasurer/CFO, presented the five-year financial forecast which showed the district moving into a deficit position in 2014. Details of that report will be provided in a future edition of The Daily Sentinel. Tax From Page 1 from the CDs the county has in the bank. The commissioners said that the money is in CDs at local banks and is drawing interest. Ihle added that in the past, commissioners have not chosen to withdraw the money. Short added that as President of the Merchants Association his concern is that tax increases may chase business to neighboring counties such as Gallia or Mason. Randy Hart, candidate for Meigs County Commissioner, asked about the carry over bal- ance in the county budget from year to year. Ihle said that the although there is a small carry over, it can be misleading because there may be some larger bills remaining unpaid. The second and final public hearing on the sales tax and conveyance fee increases will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 25, in the Common Pleas Courtroom at the Meigs County Courthouse. �The Daily Sentinel Sports THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 mdssports@heartlandpublications.com Indians’ Perez wants to stay in Cleveland CLEVELAND (AP) — Chris Perez wants to stay in Cleveland, even if he is at odds with some Indians fans. “I’m unhappy, but don’t want out,” the All-Star closer said Tuesday before the start of a three-game series against Detroit. After several days of chastising local fans for not attending games, Perez said he is not looking to play anywhere else, emphasizing that he believes the Indians are in playoff contention. “There’s a saying in baseball: If you don’t like it play better,” he said. “I want to stay here. My friends are here. I like it here. I’m not out, I’m in.” Perez said that he wouldn’t be doing everything he can to help the Indians if he didn’t believe they could start capturing the city’s interest. “I wouldn’t be signing the autographs, taking the time to bother,” the 26-year-old said. “I wouldn’t be pitching my butt off, I’d tank to get out. I’m never going to do something like that.” Perez is 0-1 with 13 consecutive saves after blow- ing a lead on opening day, when the booing started. He said he is more upset at the lack of attendance — Cleveland is last in the majors — and overall apathy than home fans getting on him. After striking out the side on 10 pitches Saturday to save a win over Miami, the usually jovial reliever reacted angrily. He joked that his performance was spurred on by being booed in previous games, then got a bit more terse and pointed out that to him, Cleveland’s low attendance was an embar- rassment and kept the organization from attracting free agents. The following day, he met with team president Mark Shapiro and general manager Chris Antonetti, but did not back off his remarks. “The shame is it takes my comments to get national attention for our team,” Perez said. He then took a backhanded swipe at the town’s infatuation with the football Browns during spring activities, rather than the Indians. “I could care less who is taking snaps at Browns quarterback,” Perez said. Asked if he didn’t like football, he replied, “I would if I played football or if my team made the playoffs.” The Browns have been to the postseason once since returning to the NFL in 1999. Perez said feedback was “overall positive” to his comments. He produced two cards written to him by season-ticket holders thanking him for “saying what we’ve been saying for years.” He said he wasn’t wor- ried about getting booed the next time he enters a game at Progressive Field. “If I go 1-2-3, they’ll cheer me,” he said. “If I don’t, they will boo. So what? I’m booed on the road. I’ll treat it like a road game.” Perez has saved all eight road games he has appeared in this season, not allowing an earned run. The right-hander now wants to wrap up the discussion. “It’s off my chest,” Perez said. “Now it is back to work and playing baseball.” D-3 regional meet Irish rally past Wahama off and running in regional final, 12-6 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wahama got the start it so desired. The ending, however … well, let’s just say all the luck was with the Irish. The White Falcons had their magical postseason run come to an end Tuesday night following a 12-6 setback to Charleston Catholic in a Class A Region 4 championship matchup at Triana Field on the campus of the University of Charleston. Wahama (20-18) scored a run apiece in each of the first two innings, and starter Tyler Roush surrendered Bryan Walters/photo just one hit through three frames en route to a 2-0 Wahama senior Tyler Roush (8) is tagged out by Charleston Catholic third baseman Connor advantage headed into the Golden during the third inning of Tuesday night’s Region 4A championship game at Triana Field in Charleston, W.Va. bottom of the fourth. The Irish (28-8) finally found their sticks, as the hosts pounded out 11 of their dozen safeties over the next three frames - including three hits and four runs in the bottom of the fourth for a 4-2 lead through four complete. WHS answered with a run in its half of the Wahama senior Hunter fifth to pull back to within Oliver crosses home 4-3, but never came closer plate during the second the rest of the way. inning of Tuesday night’s CCHS pounded out five Region 4A championship runs and five hits in the game against Charleston fifth for a 9-3 edge, then folCatholic at Triana Field in Charleston, W.Va. lowed with three runs and three hits in the sixth for a comfortable 12-3 cushion. The White Falcons mustered three runs in the top of the seventh to cut the lead in half at 12-6, but the Irish ultimately closed out the game and earned a spot See WAHAMA ‌| 8 Bryan Walters/file photo The Division III southeast regional track and field championships are officially under way as of Wednesday night at Fairfield Union High School in Lancaster, Ohio. Athletes from both Eastern and Southern will be aiming to finish in the top-four of each event to qualify for the state track meet next weekend at Jesse Owens Stadium in Columbus. A few finals were held Wednesday night, but a majority of the finals will be held on Friday evening at FUHS. Pictured above is Southern junior Kody Wolfe leading the pack in the 3200m run at the TVC Championships at Nelsonville-York High School. Complete details on the D-3 meet will appear in a later sports edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune, Point Pleasant Register and The Daily Sentinel. OVP Sports Schedule Thursday, May 24 Baseball Southern vs. Newark Catholic at Lancaster Beavers Field, 2 p.m. Track and Field Division II Regionals at Athens HS, 4 p.m. Friday, May 25 Baseball Southern-NCHS winner vs. Valley-Berlin Hiland winner, 5 p.m. Track and Field Division III Regionals at Fairfield Union HS, 4 p.m. Saturday, May 26 Track and Field Division II Regionals at Athens HS, 3 p.m. URG track makes run at nationals Randy Payton Special to OVP RIO GRANDE, Ohio – A half-dozen athletes representing the University of Rio Grande are among those who will participate in the 2012 NAIA Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Championships beginning Thursday at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind. Senior Cassie Mattia leads the RedStorm’s hopefuls, running in the women’s 800-meter run and as part of the school’s 4x800 relay team. The relay team also includes seniors Kayla Graves and Kayla Renner, as well as freshman Samantha Barnes. Junior Amy Lower, who began the season as a member of the relay team before being sidelined by injury, is also making the trip as an alternate. Senior Matt Spencer is the only member of the Rio men’s team who qualified for the national event. He’ll compete in the 800-meter run. “It’s the highlight of the season. Ultimately, it’s what you work toward,” said Rio Grande head coach Bob Willey. “The thought of being able to make it to the national championships is one thing, but making it to the podium is where the mindset has to be now. Unfortunately, we’re banged up a little bit and we’re dealing with some sickness – not what you want going into the national meet – but, hopefully, we’ll get everybody healthy and ready to go. You have to be on top of your game at this point.” The 4x800 relay squad has been re- writing the school record book since the outset of the season. Their latest revision came at the Mid-South Conference championship meet earlier this month when the quartet finished in a time of 9:20.75 – eclipsing the previous school mark they’d set in March at Coastal Carolina University’s Shamrock Invitational by nearly eight full seconds. Perhaps more impressive was the fact that the new time was almost 28 seconds faster than the previous MSC meet record. “At the conference meet, the announcer started to say they’d broken the previous record, but he stopped and corrected himself to say that they shattered the previous record,” Willey said. “That’s the fastest they’ve run all year, but they can run faster – and they’ll have to in order to make the podium. It’s always difficult when you’re trying to get four people to run their personal –best on the same day but, believe it or not, that’s what happened at the conference meet. Now the trick is doing it again – only a little faster.” Rio Grande’s qualifying time is the eighth-fastest among the squads in the hunt for a national title. Willey is also holding out hope that Mattia and Spencer will close out the respective careers with a bang in their individual events. “They both have worked very hard and they’ve got a chance to move on out of the prelims and into the semifinals,” he said. “We’ll just have to see.” Mattia also set a new MSC meet record in the 800 with her finish of 2:16.37, bettering the old mark of 2:17.20 that she had established one year earlier. However, her qualifying time for the national meet is a school-best 2:14.71, which she ran on April 21 at the Eastern Kentucky Open. That time bettered her previous school record of 2:14.94 which, earlier this year, erased the previous school record of 2:15.20 set by Rio Grande Hall of Famer Perri Martin 32 years ago. Mattia’s qualifying time is the ninthfastest in the field. “Cassie has one of the top times in her event, but she’s also got five races staring her in the face with the prelims of the open 800 and 4x800 on Thursday, the semifinals in the open and, hopefully, the finals of the 4x800 on Friday and, hopefully again, the finals of the open on Saturday,” said Willey. “That’s an awful lot of racing over the course of three days and we talked about it, but she wants to give it a shot. If she’s lucky, maybe she won’t have a prelim on Thursday and can go straight to the semifinals. That would save her at least one race, which would be good.” As for Spencer, he qualified for the nationals with a personal-best showing of 1:54.40 also as part of the Shamrock Invitational in March. His road to the podium appears much more steep, though. His qualifying time ranks 26th in the field. “Matt is running as fast as he has in his life, which is exactly what you want at this point,” Willey said. “Everybody can go faster at this point and he’s no different. He’s had some great workouts and, hopefully, he’ll be able to advance as well. We’re excited to see what all of our kids can do.” �Thursday, May 24, 2012 Business Legals Business PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 10:00am a public sale will be held at 37433 St Rt 124, Middleport, Ohio. 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Charleston Catholic outhit WHS by a 12-7 overall margin, but the hosts also committed six of the seven errors in the contest. Wahama benefited from those CCHS miscues, but the guests also went hitless over the final two innings. Zac Warth led the game off with a single and later scored on a twoout single by Matt Stewart for a 1-0 advantage after one inning, then a pair of second inning errors came back to haunt CCHS following a two-out single by Warth — giving the White Falcons a 2-0 edge through two complete. The score stayed that way until the bottom of the fourth, when the Irish ultimately grabbed a permanent lead. Connor Golden started the frame with a double, then Rocco Wilcox reached on an error and Ian Lough walked — leaving the bases loaded with nobody out. Kiefer Hovorka delivered a oneout double to center that plated both Golden and Wilcox for a 2-all tie, then Andy Hoyer singled to right and plated Lough for a 3-2 lead. 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Cable followed with a two-out double that plated both Lough and Hovorka for a 9-3 advantage after five full frames. With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Wilcox drew a walk and Lough legged out an infield hit to put runners on the corners. McKown followed with a two-RBI triple for an 11-3 lead, then Hoyer singled home McKown for a 12-3 lead headed into the seventh. Wahama had zero hits in the seventh, but three Irish errors and a walk ultimately allowed the guests to plate three runs. With two outs, Oliver hit a line drive back to the pitcher - who knocked it down and made the throw to first in time to wrap up the sixrun outcome. Tyler Roush took the toughluck loss after allowing nine runs, nine hits and two walks over five innings of work while striking out six. Garrett Miller worked twothirds of an inning of relief and allowed three runs, two hits and a walk while striking out one. Dakota Sisk also allowed one hit and one walk in one-third of an inning on the mound. Warth led the White Falcons with three hits and two runs scored, while Roush added two safeties to the setback. Stewart and Tyler Nutter also had a hit apiece for Wahama. Stewart, Warth and Harrison each had an RBI. Hoyer was the winning pitcher of record, allowing three runs, seven hits and zero walks over 4.1 innings while striking out four. Hovorka worked 1.2 innings of relief and surrendered three runs, zero hits and one walk while fanning three. Golden had three hits to lead CCHS, followed by Hovorka and Hoyer with two safeties apiece. Hovorka also had a game-high three RBIs. For Wahama coach Tom Cullen, it was a bittersweet evening. He hated to see such a great run come to an end, but he was also proud that his seniors fulfilled one of their main goals for the season just by showing up Tuesday night. “We didn’t just lay down and quit. We battled until the end, especially when we could have gotten down about how the way the game went late. 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Rogers Basement Waterproofing Miscellaneous �Thursday, May 24, 2012 Thursday, May 24, 2012 BLONDIE BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt www.mydailysentinel.com 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 24, 2012: This year learn to use misunderstandings to clear the air, if need be. You are direct and sometimes feel pressured, especially at home or in your personal life. If you are attached, attempt to take that edge off. If you are single, note that you might project yourself one way but actually you are very different. Giving mixed signals never works well in a relationship. Try for unity; others will enjoy relating to you more. CANCER often provokes a strong response from you. 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 Stay centered, even if the world seems wild and out of control. Your efforts will pay off, and someone you care a lot about will be far more comfortable with you. Express your thoughts. They will be better heard than in the past. Tonight: The party is at your pad. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Before you know it, you could be in a power play with another person. You don’t want to go there, as it is a no-win situation. Pressure builds if you don’t find a physical outlet for your high energy. Be direct with a child. Tonight: Return calls, catch up on email and make weekend plans! GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Curb a rebelliousness that sometimes comes out. You could make a difficult situation even more provocative. Do you really want that? Communicate your thoughts without judgment, and don’t veer into controlling behavior. Tonight: Your treat. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH When confronted, you can become difficult and shut down more than anyone would suspect. How do you think you got the nickname of the Crab? Unfortunately, you might need to shut down in order to make your point. Angry words just fall on deaf ears. Tonight: Speak your mind in a calm setting. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HH Back off of a provocative associate who wants all the credit and demands a lot of attention on his or her terms. You could be overwhelmed by what is happening. Make time for a walk or another stress-buster. Tonight: Choose your words with care. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Zero in on what you want. With a child or loved one, don’t manipulate, or you might not appreciate the end results. Be willing to let go of a need for control. Try not to judge. Work on using better listening skills. Tonight: Express your anger appropriately. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your willingness to step up to the plate, even if curveballs and fouls are coming your way, defines you. However, don’t get involved with two people who are arguing more than need be. They both think they are right and want control. Tonight: Could be a late night. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Reach out for an expert or someone at a distance who has experience with the issue you are dealing with. You might need to establish some firm boundaries with a key person in your daily life. This person could have quite a temper. Tonight: Let your mind wander. You will figure out what to do. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Deal on a one-on-one level once more when the discussion involves an emotional or financial risk. Someone might be attempting to wear you down. Don’t weaken. A boss, parent or older friend might be on a rampage. Step back. Tonight: Don’t avoid an important conversation. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Your challenging and commanding way might add a tumultuous quality to a relationship. Let go of a need to be in control of others. You will never succeed. If you really were in control of yourself, you would have no need to control others. Work on yourself rather than judge and manipulate others. Tonight: Sort through your options. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Avoid expressing defensive or hostile feelings. You are reacting to what you think someone said. Detach. Do what you must. Given a little time, you will gain another perspective. Tonight: Spend time with a playful, fun friend or loved one. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH When everyone else is running around a bit like a chicken with its head cut off, you move in to resolve the issue. Your good mood might be the result of a special tie. Your bad mood might be the result of playing into a control game. You are in control! Tonight: Start your weekend early. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Thursday, May 24, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 www.mydailysentinel.com Browns’ McCoy hoping for fair fight for job BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Colt McCoy has been promised a fair fight by the Browns. He says he believes them and knows he’s the underdog. Choosing his words carefully and sounding resigned to his fate, McCoy put on a brave front Tuesday as he discussed the inevitability that Cleveland’s offense will be led by a new quarterback this season. McCoy took the initial snaps in practice with Cleveland’s starters. But it’s only a matter of time before first-round draft pick Brandon Weeden, with the cannon for a right arm, replaces him behind center. General manager Tom Heckert said Monday night that the “best guy is going to play” and the Browns selected the 28-year-old Weeden with the No. 22 overall pick last month “to be that guy.” McCoy said all the right things during his first comments since last season. He offered his support to Weeden. He vowed to be a team player. “This is the card that’s been dealt,” McCoy said after the Browns’ first day of organized team activities. “I can just say that I’m working as hard as I can. You never know what to expect. One of my favorite quotes by the NAVY Seals is, ‘The only easy day was yesterday.’ That’s just kind of how I have to live right now.” Once viewed as a potential franchise QB, McCoy’s days with the Browns appear numbered. The team would like to develop Weeden, and to do that with complete commitment, the Browns may need to find a new team for McCoy or simply release him. He said he has not asked to be traded because “they told me I had a chance to compete.” Following the draft, McCoy said the Browns called and told him he would have a chance to keep his job. He liked the idea of a challenge and said he’s doing all he can to embrace it. “They just said, ‘Hey, come in here and compete.’ As a competitor, that’s all you need to hear, really,” said McCoy, who has recovered from the concussion that ended his second season. “Just come in with your head on right and give it all you can every day. I want my teammates to see the same guy every day. Amidst some difficulties as a quarterback, you’ve got to be able to thrive in those situations. At the same time, you’ve got to kind of regard them as routine. Those things are going to happen throughout your career.” It’s assumed Weeden will be the starter Sept. 9 against Philadelphia, but the rookie isn’t taking anything for granted. “I have to earn that job,” he said. “They’re not going to hand it to me just because of where they took me. I have to compete and show I belong on the field. Every position — mine in particular with Colt and how good he played and how good of a player he is. The competition is fun. It should be better for everybody involved. That’s the mentality I’m taking. It’s not my job. It’s my job to win.” McCoy didn’t have it easy last season. Along with learning a new offense under a rookie coach, he didn’t have any experienced wide receivers or a running game to lean on. The Browns couldn’t score, McCoy’s mistakes multiplied and his season came to a crashing halt when Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison leveled him with a dangerous helmet-to-facemask hit on national TV. Now, he’s losing his job. It doesn’t seem fair, but McCoy isn’t complaining. The Browns spent the offseason looking for an upgrade at quarterback. They pursued a trade to move up and select Robert Griffin III and even had brief talks with Indianapolis about Andrew Luck. McCoy watched it all from his home in Texas before the Browns nabbed Weeden with their second pick in the first round. He’s taken it all in stride. He has no other choice. McCoy believes he can keep his job, and he won’t give it up without a fight. “As long as I’m given an opportunity to compete as a quarterback — I had to earn my job at UT every year basically except for my senior year,” he said. “I had to earn my job in high school. My dad didn’t start me when I was a freshman. I had to play when I was a sophomore. I understand the idea, and if it’s a George Bridges/MCT photo fair competition, then that’s all you can Quarterback Colt McCoy (12) of the Cleveland Browns warms ask for. And regarding what everyone up on the field before a game against the Houston Texans on Sunday, November 6, 2011, in Houston, Texas. has said, this is a business. Allmendinger anxious to see results CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — AJ Allmendinger landed the ride of his life when Penske Racing grabbed him during the offseason after Kurt Busch split with the organization. On paper, it doesn’t seem as if Allmendinger has done very much with his golden opportunity. In the NASCAR garage, everybody knows better. Allmendinger has never been stronger in NASCAR than he is now, even though he doesn’t have the results to show for his improvement. He sits 22nd in the Sprint Cup standings after 11 races, and has just one top-10 finish vs. four finishes of 32nd or worse. But he’s also led 99 laps, won a pole and qualified inside the top-four four times this season. Last Saturday, he won the pole for the qualifying event before the Sprint All-Star race, only to get a flat tire in the warmup laps. “A flat tire before we come to green? I mean, we’ve got to do something to change our luck up,” he said. Allmendinger had to pit as the field went green to have his tire changed, and it dropped him to last in the 22-car field. What happened next may be a sign that his luck is finally about to turn. He drove his way back into contention, and after chasing Jamie McMurray around Charlotte Motor Speedway for several laps, he made a pass for second place and transferred into the $1 million main event. Although Allmendinger wound up 11th in the AllStar race, he was competitive and is now looking ahead to the longest race of the season, the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night at Charlotte. “We’ve had fast race cars, we just need a little bit of luck,” said Allmendinger, adding the All-Star race “gives me a good amount of confidence. I’m excited to go to the 600.” He should be, based on what he’s shown so far this season, his first with a competitive team since leaving Champ Car after a five-win 2006 season. Allmendinger was welcomed into NASCAR by rookie team Red Bull Racing, which botched his development in a new series. He was let go after two seasons, hired by Richard Petty Motorsports, then tried his hardest to keep moving forward despite three seasons of chaos as Petty needed outside help to keep his organization afloat. Allmendinger continued to improve, and marked last season with a careerbest 10 top-10 finishes and a 15th-place finish in the final Sprint Cup standings. He got the break of his life roughly a month after the season ended, when Penske Racing called to offer him the No. 22 seat that had unexpectedly come open. It was a great ride — Busch had averaged two wins a season, and consistently made the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship — with an organization committed to winning its first Cup title. And even though his results don’t show it, Allmendinger has been off and running since joining the team. “We’ve had a lot of speed pretty much everywhere we’ve went, and even when we do struggle, our struggle is I would say 15th to 17th place,” Allmendinger said. “It’s hard to look at the points and look at the results and take positives out of it. But ultimately this is more competitive than I’ve ever been. I’m up front a lot more than I’ve ever been, qualifying a lot better. “The results, for what- ever reason, whether it’s our own failures or getting caught up in a wreck that we had nothing to do with, it’s just the way it is. It’s the way this sport can be sometimes.” Team owner Roger Penske has been impressed with Allmendinger, and believes the organization itself has played a role in his difficult races. For example, Allmendinger won the pole and led 44 laps at Kansas, only to finish 32nd after a throttle linkage broke. “We’re excited about AJ, and we believe we’ve let him down at times this season,” Penske said. “But that team is showing every sign of being contenders here soon, and capable of winning races.” Allmendinger believes the best is yet to come. Penske promoted Todd Gordon from the Nationwide Series to crew chief the No. 22 car this season, and Gordon and Allmendinger have only had 10 points races together so far. But he believes Penske is committed to making the team a winner. “I forget it’s only my 10th race with the team, it’s only the 10th race for Todd Gordon ever crew chiefing the Cup car,” Allmendinger said. “Once we kind of get everything together and we can put a full race in, I feel like we’ll have a chance to win a lot of races. The toughest thing is just looking at those points. “Roger, when it comes to a team owner, he’s the best I’ve ever had … knowing how this sport is and having patience. I’m the one up there (saying) ‘We’ve got to go now,’ and he’s the one like ‘It’s OK. We’ll be fine.’ When you have a team owner like that and an organization around you that says that, it makes it a little bit easier.” Ohio State to begin LeBron James leads NBA all-defensive team giving athletes iPads COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State’s department of athletics will begin providing its student-athletes with iPads this fall. Dr. David Graham, Ohio State’s assistant provost for student-athlete success, announced the decision on Wednesday. The iPads will be preloaded with material currently provided to student-athletes in paper or book form. About 500 iPads will be provided to select teams this fall, with the goal to give one to all 1,100 student-athletes within the next two years. The athletic department will fund the initial phase while looking for support through development opportunities. The iPads will be loaned to the athletes to maximize their study time, help them to participate in interactive and online education apps and make use of other digital downloads and books. NEW YORK (AP) — NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James was the leading vote-getter for the league’s all-defensive squad Wednesday, while Defensive Player of the Year Tyson Chandler didn’t even crack the first team. Confused? So were plenty of others — even a Harvard graduate. Jeremy Lin, Chandler’s teammate in New York, took to Twitter to ask for an explanation of how that was possible. The answer is because the voting is done by different parties. A media panel voted for Defen- sive Player of the Year, while the all-defensive team vote was conducted by the league’s 30 head coaches, who voted for a first and second team by position and were not allowed to pick their own players. They favored Orlando’s Dwight Howard, the NBA’s leading rebounder and its top defensive player three straight years before Chandler, as their center. Also on the first team were Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, who led the league in blocks and was runner-up to Chandler for Defensive Player of the Year; Clippers guard Chris Paul, the league leader in steals; and Grizzlies guard Tony Allen. Ibaka and Allen earned firstteam honors for the first time. James totaled 53 points, including 24 first-team votes. He averaged 1.9 steals and 7.9 rebounds as Miami ranked fourth in the league in opponent scoring. Joining on Chandler on the second team were Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett of the Celtics, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, and Chicago forward Luol Deng. OVP Sports Briefs PPJSHS Athletic Physicals POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Point Pleasant Junior-Senior High School will offer sports physicals provided by Dr. Kelly Roush and Holzer Clinic on June 1, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the school. There is a small fee for the physicals and checks can be made out to Point Pleasant Athletics. Athletes and band members are required to have a physical after June 1 in order to participate in all athletic events, including summer practices. These physicals will be valid for the entire 2012-2013 school year. Physical forms may be picked up in the high school office prior to June 1 or will be available the day of physicals. A parent signature is required. RVHS girls basketball camp BIDWELL, Ohio — The River Valley girls basketball program will be holding a basketball camp for girls entering grades 3-8 on June 11 through June 13. The camp will be held at River Valley High School and will begin at 9 a.m. and run until noon each day. The camp will be conducted by RVHS head coach Renee Gilmore along with assistant coaches, current and former players. Fundamentals, team concepts, and effort necessary for becoming a varsity basketball player will be taught. Camp features will include station work, skills games, and competitive team play. Each camper will receive a Lady Raiders camp T-shirt. There are individual and family rates for the camp, and brochures can be picked up in the high school office. Payment must be received on or before first day of camp. Checks can be made out to RVHS Athletic Department. Registration will be held on first day of camp. For more information, contact Coach Gilmore at (740) 794-0592. Wahama Athletic Boosters golf scramble MASON, W.Va. —The Wahama Athletic Boosters will be holding a golf scramble on Saturday, June 16, at Riverside Golf Club in Mason County. The event will begin registering players at 7:30 a.m. and the shotgun start will begin at 8:30 a.m. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams (four per team) and for other special events, including longest drive and closest to the pin as well as hole-in-one prizes on the par 3 holes. There is a fee per player and you may pre-register at Riverside Golf Club by calling (304) 773-5354. For more information, contact Sean Gibbs at (304) 8933949 or Mike Wolfe at (304) 593-2512. The proceeds will benefit the Wahama JuniorSenior High School athletic programs. Meigs youth basketball camp ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The Meigs boys basketball program will be holding a basketball camp for boys entering grades 2-6 on June 4 through June 7. The camp will be held at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium and will be divided into two sessions, with grades 2-4 running from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. and grades 5-6 running from noon until 1:30 p.m. There is a fee for the camp and a discounted rate for multiple siblings in the same family, and each camper will receive a t-shirt and be eligible to win additional camp awards. For more information, contact Meigs basketball coach David Kight at (740) 4186125. RVHS youth football camp BIDWELL, Ohio — The River Valley High School varsity football program will be holding a youth football camp on every Saturday in May for kids in grades 2-7 at the new football facility at RVHS. The camp will run from 10 a.m. until noon and will focus on non-pad instruction, techniques, fundamentals and various drills to ensure every camper — regardless of skill level — receives the same attention. Pre-registration will take place until April 27 and first day (May 5) walk-ins are also welcome. There is a fee associated with the camp, which also provides a t-shirt to every camper that participates. For more information, contact RVHS head football coach Jerrod Sparling at (330) 447-1624 or by email at gl_jsparling@seovec.org RVHS boys basketball camp BIDWELL, Ohio — The River Valley boys basketball program will be holding a basketball camp for boys entering grades 3-8 on June 4 through June 7. The camp will be held at River Valley High School and will begin at 9 a.m. and run until noon each day. The camp will be conducted by RVHS head coach Jordan Hill along with assistant coaches, current and former players. Fundamentals, team concepts, and effort necessary for becoming a varsity basketball player will be taught. Camp features will include station work, skills games, and competitive team play. Each camper will receive a River Valley Basketball Tshirt & basketball. There are individual and family rates for the camp, and brochures can be picked up in the high school office. Payment must be received on or before first day of camp. Checks can be made out to RVHS Athletic Department. Registration will be held on first day of camp. For more information, contact Coach Hill at (740) 446-2926. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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