http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/b9bc25d06efafaa90859dadb84cf2b6c.pdf 8677070be2cfdabe4fd8bf9fb3f5f5c6 PDF Text Text • Gold Wings and Ribs Festival edition inside today's S~ntinel Zydeco Swamp Stomp, June 9 at Marietta, A7 •• ,' ' ' Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 5 0 <'ENTS • \'nl. ;,;,, No . :! O ;~ 1111 I< S il\\ , . ll ' ~ l ·. - I , :.! llllh \1111\.llt )tlail )"' ''l illd .t·u"' • Meigs sales tax collections up by $40K this year SPORTS . Young Eagles set for State Meet. See Page 81 1 BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYOAILYSENTINEL.COM year. The tax has generated Wai -Mart opened across the Last week, Meigs County $101,522 this year, to date. river in Mason, W.Va. The Auditor Nancy Grueser Last year, the county col- collection deficit has leveled POME:ROY - If the col- issued a monthly sales tax · lected $1 ,088, 139 for the off in the past two years -· lection of sales tax is any comparison reporting a entire year. , down by just $4,000 last indication ; retail sales in - March sales tax payment to The county collects a one- year over 2004, hut rema in s Meigs County were up con- the county of $101,522.91. percent tax on all app licable nearly at nearly- S I00,000 siderably in March, and the So far this calendar year, the retail sales, but has seen pro· when compared to 2000 county, for the first time in at - county's collections on its ceeds from the tax .dwindle figures. · ·least six years, has begun ro one-percenl sales tax is ·since 2000, when <t new car County Commissioners see a consistent increase in $40,831 over the Iot a! col- dealership and. the Pamida re ly heavily on the ·tax the -collection of sale s tax lections at this time la st Jiscount store closed. and receipts to contribute to the reve11ue . cash flow of the county each month. It assists general fund d~panments in making payroll and paying operating expenses, and is also used to gauge. the condition of th e local retail economy, as well . Last May, the county received $82,256 from the tax, and in May, 2004, $80,668 .27. House passes funding for , Pomeroy sewer extension After being pounded by the September 2004 flood the London Pool is finally open for business again for a little fun in the sun. seven days a week. BY BETH SERGENT BS,ERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM - ' 2006 Summer Festival Page 16 • Wednesday, May 31,2006 OBITUARIES Page A5 1 Leonard Koenig, 62 • Patricia Life, 66 • Regina Mizemy, 9.1 • Leota Smith, 87 INSIDE • U.S. will join talks with Iran if Tehran suspends uranium ~nrichment. Page A2 -, Girt Scouts, leaders recognized at picnic. See Page A3 1 Grief support group to meet at O'Bieness. See PaQI! A3 • For the Record. ~Page A5 . • Rewartling kids for reading. See Page AS see WEATHER POMEROY "The se kinds of projects are ,really economic development tools," Lisa Duvall, press secretruy to Congressman Ted Strickland said of la~t week's passage of an appropriations bill by the United States. House · of Representatives tHat includes funding for wastewater collection expansion in Pomeroy. 1 'We're hopeful but this is by no means a done deal ," Duvall said of the bill which is. now on its way to the US Senate for approval. "What this means is the Hou se believes this is a good proj~ct and should be·a priority." Strickland, who supported the project's inclusion in the bill said in a statement, ''I am pleased the House supported this important project in Pomeroy. Infrastructure expansion is vital to economic growth, and this wastewater expansion will be a valuable asset in Meigs County." The project consists of adding approximately 3.2 miles of main trunk line to the existing .wastewater treatment network which serves the village of Pomeroy. Pomeroy Nfayor John Musser ·said this extension would begin at. the end of the village corporation limit in Ple•se see Sewer, AS 'Fiesta,' theme of Community Bible School BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH HOEFLICH@MYDAI LYSENTI NEL .COM Photos Courteay of Jenny Whan Pool BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYOAILYSENTINELCOM SYRACUSE - In the movie "Field of Dreams" a voice in a cornfield told Kevin Costner, ''If you build it they will come," but in Syracuse several voices converged saying, "If you repair ·it they will come"· .in regards to the London Pool which was exactly what happened on Memorial Day. It took all those voices t<i transform the facility from an eyesore into a viable member of the community once again when the poQI recently reopened with ij special rededication ceremony. During the rededication ceremony London Pool Steering Committee member Judy Williams spoke about 'the pool's beginnings. "Twenty-nine years ago Bob Wingett had a vision," Williams told the audience. "He drove to different towns to look at their swimming pools, then he drew up Members of the Herman London family gathered at the rededication ceremony for plans of the best of what he saw, secured grants. and in July. 1977 the Syracuse the London Pool on Memorial Day and included, front row (from left) Brit.ton Moore, · London Poo.I officially opened." Sandra London Moore. Jerri Moore. Patricia Cox. Mary London. John Pravd ica;' back Please see Pool, AS row (from left) Doug Moore , Cody Maggard, Jnl'l Cox, Jana Ruth, Kevin Ruth. POMEROY - "Fiesta" will be the theme of a Community Bible School to be held June 59 at Trinity Church, comer of Lynn and Second in Pomeroy. Churches hosting the Bible BY CHARLENE HOEFUCH School are Heath and HOEFLIC H@MYOAILYSENTINELCOM Pomeroy United Methodist, Pomeroy First Baptist, St. Pau I POMEROY Lutheran Church. and Trinity. Recognition of reunion classAll children through the teen es, the awarding of scholar· years are invited to attend. ships, . and tributes to A Fiesta Celebration begin- 'deceased members highlightning at 6:30 p.m . Sunduy will ed the annual reunion of · kickoff the Bible Scl)ool. -Pomeroy High School alumni There will be games. pinatas, held at Meigs High School cake walks, Mexican Feast, Saturday. More than 260 and refreshments with · Mexican music to set the alumni and guests anended . Special recognition went to tone. The celebration is open Kathleen Bailey Scott, I00, to not only those who will be · of the class of 1925, and to attending Bible school but Mary Baer Roush. 94 of the everyone ·- ''all young peo- class of 1931. The 1wo were ple and the young at hcan." presented wi th hanging bassays Michelle_Nolile. director. kets of !lowers. Pomeroy Bible school will be held _Panther mugs were presented ··from 6 to 8:30 Monday through to several graduates in a vari· Friday with leens gathering in ety of categories incl!Miing the 'Bethany Building part of the couple married the_ the church apart from the pre- longest, Ziba and Syl via teens. Battle Cry and Truth Bands will be providing music Heilman Midkiff. 66 years . Joe Struble was presented a during the week for the teens key chain in appreciation for and games will include things years he has served a' like Fear Factor and Let's the masler of ceremonies at the Make a Deal. There will be reunion. New officers elected sPe<:ial speakers every night were William Young, presi dent; Mary Jane Scott Wise. Please see 'Fiesta,' AS ' ' Recognition of classes, scholarship awards highlight reunion HOLZER:CLINIC . ,., ·:; Detallo on Page AS I '~ INDEX 2 SECTIONS - . . f\Aedical EXcellence. -LocaJ Caring: · - Charleston Athens ' ' . ' • .• ~ '· j I f I J + • • • ·I t • • • Gallipolis ,., . Everywhere ' Jackson Meigs Lawrenc~ · Pt . Pleasant ' ' ' r "I , I t • t ·; • • ' > ' I Calendars Classifieds Comics Dear Abby Editorials Obituaries Places to go Sports _ Weather t6 PAGI'S A3 84-6 87 A3 A4 As A7 B Section AS • © 2006 Ohln Valley Publishing Co. 1929: HelenGrueser Maag, Racine. 1931 : Mary K. 'Baer Roush, Racine. Samantha · Cole Nathan · Jeffers first vice; Marcia Grueser ' Arnold. second vice presi dent ; Carol Slrau" Kennedy. secretary-treasurer. Prese nted Bob Roberts Scholarships were Jacob and Joshua Venoy. sons of Robert and Lisa Vcnoy. both or whom· will be attending the University of Charleslon in a pre - pharm~cy program; N<Jthan leiters, son of Des and Joni Jeffers. who will be pursuing a degree in chemi\lry at Ohio University. and Samantha Cole. daughter ot· Lucretia and Raymond Cole, who will attemJ lhe Universil y uf Rio Grande and major in education with a minor in drt . All dre wauuatc > . of Meigs High Schmil. Jacob Venoy Joshua Venoy Sympath y was _expressed 10 the family of Nonga Roben ;, 01\ her passi ng with appreciation to the family fir their generous gift s to· the Bob Roberts Scholarship Fund in her memorv. A lributc was ul;,o civcn io the late Frank Vaughan. forrner Alumni -A"ociation presidcnl. Struble as emcee for lhe program. John Weeks led in the pledge of Allegiance. George Dallas in the singing of "Purple and Whi te" and 1l1e Rev. John Bryant gave the invocatitln before Ihe dinner. Alumni from their rcspeclive classes altending the banquel were as fo llow't 1925 : Ka1hl ec n Bailey Sc·on. R<icine. ... 1932: Virginia Smith · Hei lman. Canton. 1934: Rachel Elberfeld Downie. -Racine. · 1935: Dora Swank Crispin, Westerville . 1936: Eli zabelh - Duffy, Pomeroy : - Jeanne Hine s Lietwiler. Columbus; Jean Clark Coates. Syracuse. 1937 : Sylvia Hei lman Midkiff. Charles Sayre, Pomeroy. 1938: Golda Heilma Reed, Ziha Midkiff. Marie Dorahs Curd. Po.meroy; Ruth Brown Tale, Hilliard. 1939: Mary Kimes Grueser. Mildred Thomas Ziegler. Pomeroy. I~40 : Mary Karr Bowen. Lawrence . Leonard, Pomeroy : Annabell Lewis Houdashelt. Gallipolis. 194l : Wilma Eynon · Stowe Reiber. Bernice Theiss. Racine: Paul Karr,. Ple•se see Reunion, .. AS -· �PageA2 NATION The Daily Sentinel ' Tbursday,Junet,2006 ·Bush troubled by allegations of Marines' involvement in alleged murders oj Iraqi civilians In a shift, U.S. ·wiiJ join talks with Iran if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment BY NEDRA PICKLER BY ANNE GEARAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER 1tP OlPI.OMATIC WRITER WASHINGTON - The United States said Wednesday it would join in. face-to-face talks · with Iran over its disputed nuclear program once · Tehran puts its atomic activities on hold, a shift in tactics meant to offer the l.ranians a last chance to avoid punishing sanctions. lmn dismissed the offer as "a propaganda mqve." At the White House, President Bush said that the U.S. would take a leading role in solving the conflict and that it was important to do so diplomatically. · "Our message to th~ Iranians is that one.' you won't have a weapon. and two, that you must veriftably s u s~ nd any programs. at wh1ch point we will come to the negotiating table to work on a way forward,~' Bush said. Before leaving for meetings in Europe on Iran, Secretary of St<tte Condoleezza Rice said that while the U.S. was willing to join talks between European nations and Iran, it was also helping to prepare a package of sanctions that Tehran could face should. it decline the new offer. "We· re prepared to go either way," Rice said The overture to join stalled European talks came after mounting pressure on the U.S. from European allies. The administration is convinced Russia and China would support sanctions or other harsh measures if new talks fail to persuade Iran to abandon nuclear efforts that the West fears could lead to a bomb, said a senior adminis. tration official. The official briefed reporters on condition of anonymity because the secretary was continuing talks with other countries. Rice will be working to reafftrm such support on Thursday. The Iranian news agency said Iran accepts on! y proposals and conditions that are 111 the nation's interest. !'Halting enrichment definitely doesn't meet such inter~sts," IRNA, said. · The United States has had no diplomatic ties with Iran and few contacts at all with jts government since Islamic radicals took over the U.S. ~mbassy in 1979 and held · aiplomats for more than a year. · Rice will meet with foreign ministers from the other perSecurity manent . U.N. Council members on Thursday in Vienna to ftnalhe a package of economic incentives and threats to be presented to Tehran. That AP Photo Secretary of State Condoleeua Rice gestures during a news conference discussing the nuclear st;lndoff with Iran , Wednesday. at the Department of State in Washington. Rice will meet with fore ign ministers from the other permanent Security Council members on Thursday in Vienna to finalize a package of incentives and threats to be presented to Tehran . package would be on the committed to tough measures table in any new talks involv- if the U.S. overture doesn 't ing the United States. work. The Bush administration She spoke of "tactical difhad until now refused to talk ferences" and said, "I think .directly to the Iranians about you can be sure that our their nuclear program, friend s and .our partners althou!lh there . have been understand the importance of sporad1c contacts among rela- the step and the importance t1vely low-level officials on that the Iranians must now other subjects. The U.S. has see of making a choice and long rejected direct contacts making that choice clearly." because it says Tehran supIn New York, the U.N. ports terronsm and because it ambassadors from China and wants to avoid appearing to Russia said the U.~. legitmuze the reg1me. announcement showed 1t ts · The offer to talk should· . more serious about ftnding a strip ,Iran and some U.S . diplomatic solution to the allies of the argument that the dispute. Chinese Ambassador hardline U.S. stance was an Wang Guangya added that obstacle, or that Washington . Washington's offer to talk to was not willing to try every Iran should be unconditional . means to resolve the 1mpasse In Brussels, Belgium, peacefully, U.S. officials said. European Union foreign p<ili"This is the last excuse, in cy chief Javier Solana weisome sense," Rice said. corned the . U.S. words. She said the United States "Direct U.S. participation was not offering full diplo- · would. be the strongest and matic relations with Iran and most positive signal of our would not swear off ever common wish to reach an using military action to stop agreement with Iran," he what the U.S. contends is a said. rogue program to build a British Foreign Secretary nuclear weapon. Margaret Beckett said, · "The 'This is not a grand bar- European side's goal is to gain," Rice said. "What present a serious and subwe're talking about here is an stantial offer of cooperation, effort to enhance the chances which demonstrates to Iran for a successful negotiated the benefits that would flow solution to the Iranian from compliance ... rather nuclear problem." than the further isolation The administration has which would result from given arms-length support to their failure to do so." European efforts to bargain The U.S. offer is condiwith Iran, but also has been tioned on Iran suspending its the prime mover for sane- enrichment of uranium and tions or othe~ tough United related activities and allowNations action. Russia and ing inspections to prove it. China, Iran 's commercial European nations and the allies on the council, have so Security Council have far blocked that path. demanded the same thing, Rice would not directly but Iran has refused to comanswer questions about ply. Iran did suspend enrichwhether those · nations are ment activities while talks were active with the Europeans last year but resumed and stepped up the program this spring. Uranium enrichment can led either to a bomb or to nuclear power production, and Iran has so far insisted that it won't take any deal that involves giving up that technology. . If Iran agreed to suspend disputed activities in order to talj( with the United States, it could still insist on resuming them later, which U.S. officiais say would be a dealbreaker. At that point, the United States and its allies would be expected to move for tough U.N. action, possibly .including economic or other sanctions. WASHINGTON President Bush promised on Wednesday that any Marines involved in the alleged murders pf Iraqi civilians will be punished. A senior officer said the case could unclennine Iraqis' support for the presence of · troo~ . Arnencan . "I am ttoUb ed by the initial news stories," Bush said in his first public comments about the deaths of about two dozen civilians at Haditha last November. ."I'm mindful that there's a thorough investigation going on. If in fact, laws were broken, there will be punishment" · Military investi~ators have evidence that pomts toward unprovoked mundets by Marines, a senior defense officia! said last week. . The shootings came after a bomb rocked a military convoy · on Nov. 19, killing a Marine. Residents of Haditha said Marines then went into nearby houses and shot members of two families, including a 3year-old girl. At ftrst, the American military described what happened as an ambush on a joint U.S.Iraqi patrol. with a roadside bombing and subsequent firefight killing 15 civilians, eight insurgents and a Marine. The statement said the 15 civilians were killed by the blast, a claim the residents strongly denied. With some in Congress alleging a cover-up, the Bush administration offered assurances the facts will be made public. Bush's spokesman, Tony Snow, urged patience as the Marines conduct what he called a vigorous investigation. He said a report will come out in "a matter of weeks, not a matter of months" and include public release of photographic evidence. ''We're going to see everything," Sryow said. . . Once that anvesugauon 1s completed, a senior~ Marine commander 111 Iraq will dec1de whether to press charges of murder or other violations of the Unifonn Code of Military Ju, tice. At. the Pentagon, Arrhy Brig. Gen. Carter Ham would not di~uss any a~pectof the probe, but he stressed the potential harm caused by allegations alone. "Allegations such as this. regardless of how they are lxllllC out by the facts. can have an effect on the ability of U.S. force' to continue to operate," said Ham. a deputy operations director tor the Joint Staff and a former commander of U.S. torces in northern Iraq. "We do rely very heavily and more importantly, the Iraqi security forces rely heavily on the support from the Iraqi people.'' Ham said. "And .3J!Yc thing that tends to durumsh that, obviously, is not helpful to what we're trying to do.' The toll of Iraqi civilians climbed on Wednesday when two women, including one being taken to a maternity hospita!, died when coalition troops shot at a ear that failed to stop at an observation post in a city north of Baghdad. The U.S. mililiU)' said the vehicle entered a clearly marked prohibited · are<~ but failed to obey repeated warnings. The president was asked about the Haditha allegations during a photo opportunity with the president of Rwanda, Paul Kaga,ne. Bush said he had discussed Haditha with Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "He's a ·proud Marine. And nobody is more COI\cemed about these allegations than the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps is full of honorable peopie who understand the rules of . war." · et Everyone Know Your Dad Is Someone Very Special With A Father's Day . ~ Thank You Tribute.~. To Be PubUshed In The Dally Sentinel On Friday, June 16th! ' . _Fed policy11111kers explored range of options at ~ May 10 meeting including hnlf-point increase i BY JEANNINE AVERSA M' ECONOMICS WRITER WASHINGTON- Warned about intlation. Federal Reserve policymakers at their May meeting considered raising a key interest rate by half a percentage point before opting ·. for a quarter-point increase. Cha1rman Ben Bernanke Jllld his Fed colleagues also decided to leave the door open "to additional rate increa5es "in view of the risk that the out~ look for inflation could worsen," according to minutes of · the Fed's May I0 closed-door meeting released W~nesday. · Those minutes showed that J'ed officials discussed a number of options - ranging from leaving . rates unchanged to boosting them by a half percentage Jioint. Policymakers mulled these options as they weighed whether it wa~· more likely that the economy would slow given the Fed's previous rate increases or whether soaring energy prices might touch off bro~tder inflation, ;r'hen lltey approved the quarterpoint ineJ73SC, the ~6th consecutive hike of Its kind. : That unanimous decision boosted the federal funds rate to 5 percent, the hildlest level in S years. The Fed had started campaign to tighten credit !Jte m June 2004. .. ' Pol icymakers deemed that action appropriate ''to keep inflation from rising and promote sustainable economic expansion," according to the minutes. · The funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other on overnight loans, affects a variety of other interest rates charged to consumers and businesses. It is the Fed's primary tool for influencing economic activity. The Fed said "a number of factors were augmenting the upside · risks to inflation" including a run up in energy prices as well a~ some commodity frices and a weaker value o the U.S. dollar. A weaker dollar can raise the prices of imports flowing into the United States and thus can give U: S. producers more leeway to boost their own prices. · In late April, oil prices hit a record high of more than $75 a barrel. Gasoline prices also marched higher, topping $3 a gallon in some areas: "Inflation pressures appeared to be somewhat greater than !he committee had anticipated" when it gathered for its previous meeting in March, the minutes said. On Wall Street; stocks initially fell after the Fed minutes were released but regained their footing. The Dow Jones industrials closed up 73.88 points. While acknowledging some "downside risks to economic activity," policymakers believed the most likely ·course wa5 that the economy . would · moderate gradually over coming quarters, which would help 'restrain inflation pressures. . Looking ajlead, thou~h, the 'Fed was not clear what 1ts next move might be. , "Given the iisks to growth . and inflation, committee members· were uncertain about how · much, if any, fuliher tighten. ing would be needed" after the · May increase, the minutes said. Against that backdrop, the Fed at the May meeting left its options for futUre rate deciSions wide . open. The board suggested another rate increase could be in store to fend off inflation or it could take a pause in its two-year rate-raising campaign if economic growth moderates. Economists have mixed opinions of what the Fed might do at its next meeting, June 28-29. .Some economists believe it will boost rates for a 17th time; others think it may take a temporary breather., In either case, most think the Fed will probably end its rate-raising campaign this year. • ' o/ '· • ' The Daily Sentinel BY THE BEND Community Calendar . . Law enforcement worker uses connection to track qown 11Uln Public meetings Monday, June 5 RUTLAND Rutland Township Trustees regular session, 5 p.m., Rutland Fire Station. Clubs and organizations Happy Fathe(s Day (Your Father's (Your Father's Name) Name) Love (Your Name) Love (Your Name) --·------------~--------------------- Circle One: A. 1X3 Greeting ••• $10.00 ' B. 1X5 Greeting with Picture ...$13.00 Father's Name- - - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - -- - -- - - - Your Name(s) - - : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Address ___________________________________________________ Clty!State/Zipo_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Phone._ _ _ _ __ _ _ Send Coupon and Payment to: The Dally Sentinel "Father's Day" ,. P.O. Box 729, Pomeroy, Ohio 457'&9 Deadline For This Special Father' s Day Tribute Is Friday, June 9, 12:00 Noon . Reunions , Sunday, June 4 . Thursday, Jum; 1 RACINE George TUPPERS PLAINS )r. family reunion, I Holter, VFW Post 9053 Ladie s p.m. at the home o·r Kare n Auxiliary 7 p.m. at the post. Court Strc~t , Road, Werry, · ·Friday, June 2 Star, Racine. · Take Morning POMEROY PERl · CQvered di sh. Meat and Chapter 84, I p.m., Senior Center. Joe Struble with 'pro- plates will be provided. Take family history and pictures to gram on ','Helpful Hints in share with family members. First Aid." No meal. For more information ca ll Saturday, June 3 949-2746. . HARRISONVILLE Harrisonville Lodge 411 , 7:30 p.m. at the hall. Members to take non-perishFriday, June 2 able food item for Grand REEDSVILLE - Revival ' Lodge Food Drive. service June 2, 3 and 4, 7 Refreshments. SALEM CENTER - Star p.m. nightly. at the Reedsville Grange #778 and Star Junior United Methodi st Church. Hatfield . spea ker. Grange #878 meet in regular Bud session with potluck supper Special singing. Saturday, June 3 at 6:30 p.m . followed by POMEROY - "Just for . meeting at 7:30. . Now," a blue grass gospel RACINE - Special meet- · ing of · Pomeroy-Racine group, will sing .at 6 p.m. ·at Lodge 164, F&AM. 8 a.m . the Flatwoods Methodist breakfast, 9 a.m, work in the Church. Master Mason degree. Monday, June 5 RACINE Racine Chapter 134, O.E.S ., 7:30 Wednesaay, June 7 p.m. at the hall. Arlti'ual GUYSVILLE - Revival reports and election of offi- with Encouragers from cers. Elkview, W.Va., 7 p.m . Thesday, June 6 Evangelizing for Jesus MIDDLEPORT Worship Center, otT Route Middleport Loge 363 50 between Parkersburg, F&AM, 7:30p.m. with work W.Va. and Athens. 3 4/10 in entered apprentice degree . mile. 667-6040. Church events Other events ' . Grief support group to meet at O'Bieness ATHENS - . O' Bleness said . "Maybe they've ·just Memorial Hospital's grief been through a divorce, 1ost a support group, Good Grief, job and hope, are having will offer its next session on ftnancial difficulties, lost their Monday, from 7 p.m. until 8 home and possessions, moved p.m . in O'Bleness' Lower to an unfamiliar place or have a serious illness or injury." Level Room 006. · The free grief support sesThose who participate in sion is open to the public. the support group will learn Anyone who is stmggling to more about grief and how to bring order to his or her life deal with it effectively. during a very stress-ftlled, During the session, particidifficult period of adjustment pants will leani the various or change is encouraged to stages of grief, identify where attend. The support group is they arc in the grieving designed to provide help, process, seek ways to resolve comfort and encouragement. grieving issues, have · the Paul Van Horn, director of opportunity to share their pastoral care at O'Bieness, i~ grief experiences with th e the founder of Good Grief. group. (it they choose). and Van Hom said the group is provide support and encournot only for those who have agement to others going lost a loved one. "Although through the grieving process. There is no age limit or the death of a loved one is one of the most conunon causes religious affiliation and there of grief, people often · go are no membership dues or through the grieving process fees to pa,rticipate . For more because of a variety of other information call Paul Van life experiences," Van Horn Horn at (740) 592-9383. Birth announced Happy Father's Day Members to take non-perishable food items for Grand Master's food program. Refreshments. Thursday, June 8 CHESTER - Shade River Lodge 453 to hold meeting, 7:30 p.m. at · the hall. Refreshments. On Ul,Jean 's llS.t GUYSVILLE - Michelle RACINE - Andrew R. and John Powell, Jr. of Smith of Racine was named Guysville announce the birth to the dean ' s li st at the of a son. Aiden John Powell, University of Northwestern born April 27 at O'Bieness Ohio in Lima for the March Memorial Hospital m session . He is enrolled in the College of Technologies. Athens . Men·convicted of stealing horses from race track CLEVELAND (AP) deductions for donating the Two men were convicted of horses. "It was never about stealing two retired race hors- the money," he said. es from a thoroughbred race Trial testimony itidi cated track and selling them to a that Burneson and Queen slaughterhouse. stole the horses from their Charles Bumeson, of stalls and Burnesun · sold Chippewa Lake, and John them to a slaughterhouse for Queen, of Grove City, both $250 each. Burneson has 37, face up to 18 months in been a trainer and Queen a prison for taking the horses jockey agent. · from Thi stledown in North But Jame s . Dawson , ail Randall , a Cleveland suburb. attomey for Burneson, said Both were convi cted on Wed nesday that the jury received conflicting Tuesday. The horses, narried accounts , including . Jakeman and For All You Bumeson's testimon y. · Girls, stopped racing in 2004. " It 's my client 's position he The horse s' owner, Mike did not steal the two Newell Newell of Fort Erie, Ontario. horses. He sold two other had arranged to put them out .} orses he ~w n ed to a broker. to pasture with an orgamza- and I don t know what the tion that finds new homes for ' broker did with them. them, said Jeffrey Kocian , an Generally. they are then sold assistant prosecutor. at auctmn ," Daw son sa1d. Each horse was worth more H.oward Maniker, . the than $5 000, said Newell. · lawyer for Queen, conf1rmed who wo~ld have received ta.x hi s client al so will appeal. DEAR ABBY: I recently got a phone call from a woman I hadn 't heard from in 30 years. "Vivian" and l once had a short fling. We had a long talk, catching up, and she said she had gotten my number from my sister, who lives out of stale. I was· surprised not only to hear from Vivian, but also that she liyes only 25 miles away. She mentioned that when she moved south 19 years ago, she worked in a law enforcement office. When I spoke with my sister, she said that when Vivian contacted her, Vivian told her she had always loved me and was goi ng to marry me. All of a sudden, l · began getting letters from her - but I never gave her my address. In every letter she would pour her heart out to me, but never included her return address. She would call me, sometimes three times a day. I didn't answer because she was coming on too strong. Every message Vivian left was full of emotion, sometimes sobbing, telling me how much she loves me and wants to be with me. A few nights ago, she showed up at my door, Dear Abby demanding · to know why was :·avoiding her." I didn't invite her in. We sat on my front porch, and I had a long talk with her. I explained that a lot has changed in both o.ur lives; I had come out as gay and was just out of a I0-year relationship. I said I was feeling depressed and confused, and didn't want to get into a relationship with anyone male or temale - at this time. My bein.g gay didn't faze her.. She seemed to think she could change me instantly. As our conversation progressed, she admitted that she hadgone bade to the law enfo rcement office and some of the old employees had done a search on me. They told her where I was Iiving and gave her directions on how to get to my home, information on how many PageA3 Thursday, June 1, 2006 vehicles I own and the lic'ense numbers, and who · knows what else. I feel violated. I feel Vivian has crossed a very fine line. I feel I'm being stalked. and it's giving me nightmares. Was what she did legal. and how should I handle this?- VIOLATED IN THE SOUTH DEAR VIOLATED: It shou ld be apparent by now ' that your old "fling" has mental problems. Her behavior could, ·indeed, be considered stalking . If you still have the letters and recordings of her messages. s ive them to your legal counsel with the explanation that she located you through information given to her by a law enforcement agency where she used to work. The law enforcement agency. that got you into this mess should get you out of it. You should document every incident of harassment , and while you're at it, consult your phy sician about the nightmares and stress you've been subj ected to. Your attorney should have · all of this information at hi s or her di sposal. DEAR ABBY: I'm writing to · resolve something between me and my boyfriend.] bought him three yellow roses, and he was insulted! He says ·yellow roses mean only friendship . My grandmother says three roses mean love. l think ANY rose says I love you. Is red the only color rose that means I love you" HURT IN LOUISIANA DEAR HURT: Although traditionally ·red roses syrn.bolize love and yellow roses symbolize friendship, my mother's favorite color of rose is·yellow. and that is what she receives from my father on ' every special occasion. · Your boyfriend's reactio(l was extremely ungracious . He should ha.ye thanked yo~ for the roses in the spirit in which they were give n,. Please give him a mes>age for me : When someone reacts that way to a gift, it reduces hi s chances of get, ting any more . Dear Abby is writtm by Abigail Van Buren, also krrown as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her · mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Girl Scouts, leaders recognized at picnic RACINE -Girl Scouts and adult volunteers were recognized with awards when Big Bend Service Unit held its annual Spring Gala potluck , pi,cnic recently at Star Mill Park in Racine. Jerrena Ebersbach, Awards Chairman and Dee Swartz, SUA, announced and presli'nted awards and certificates. Nut Sale: Abigail Houser. first place. 200 items: Lind sey Putman. second pl ace. 100 items; and Cassie Roush , third place, 8H items. . Cookie Sale : Abi gail Houser, first place, I. 133 boxes; Bethany Spaun . .second place, . 719 boxes; and Holly McGrath, third place , 567 boxes. Daisy Girl Scouts earning . all 10 petals and Promi se Center were: Troop 1292, Rae . Baker. Kali Cleland, Je s~ ica Cook, Jaiden Hood, Kayla ' Lipscomq, Brooklyn Miller, and Mikayla Gmbb. Troop 5870, Olivia Davis, Kimberly . Duncan, Tiana Freechette . Peyton Humphreys, Melyla Mash, M1kayla Schwendaman, Elena Musser, Kale1gh Sc!Jtt. . L,auren Stewart and Anann S1ze~ore. Troop 1334, .Elayna B1ssell , El1zabeth Nease, Jess1ca C00k, Maddison Kuhn, and T1ffany.Tnpp. . . Earnmg All 59 Browme Try-1ts plus 6 Counc.1l Try-1ts w~re: Cass1e Roush, Kat1e Hill, Lauren Dunn, and Ab1gail Hou ser. all from Troop 1120. Ten-Year Awards: Ashley Rommes and Hailey Ebersbach, both from Troop 12os. Five year in Girt Scouts: Autumn Porter, . Cassandra Roush , Abigai I Hou ser, Troop 11 20; Tara Eakins and Sarah Eakins , Troop 1204; Whitley Leach . Kendra Fick and Michelle Gilbridge, Troop 1290; Jessica Sampson, Troop I042; Ashley B-Lee, Troop 1208 . . Six years: Troop 1204, Brittany Cogar, Rachel Payne. and · Asltley Deem; Troop 1290, Kristin Fick and Rachel Markworth; Troop I042. Hannah Adams and Shawna Murphy; seven years: Brooke Johnson, Troop · I042; eight .years: Jahnna Lydic, Troop I042; nine years: Joyce Romines. Troop 1208, Datci Bissell and Whitney Putman. Troop 1254. 10 year~: Ashl ey Romines andHailey Ebersbach, Troop 1208; II years: Ericka Cogar, Troop 1208 . 2 years : Lindsey Houser. Troop 1208. 'Adults earning their fi vewere Tina , year pins Sampson, Troop 1042 ; Eli zabeth M.eadows. Troop 1276; andSara h Houser. Troop 11 20. Deborah King. Troop 11 20. and Jerre na Ebersbach. Troop 1208 earned their 10-year pin . Special honors of volunteers who during the past year. helped and/or sponsored events for girls were announce(! : Patti Dunn. Tina Roush , Tltmi Putman. Shirley Cogar, Amy Crcmctins, Steve . ' Grady, Brenda Grady, Susan· Buchanan , Debi King, Brandy Lyons, and Jerrena Ebersbach. Nominated because of their contributions and devotion to the the service unit and approved by the Board of Directors, Black Diamond Council, Appreciation Pin s were awarded to: Debi King, Troop 1120 with Caleb Hill and Katie Hill pinning ao.d prese nting the pin to her; Dawna Arnold . with her daughter, Kari Arnold. pinning and presenting the pin to her; Amy Cremeans with her daughter, Alyssa Cremeans, · h presenting and pinnmg er mother; and Dee .Swartz, Troops 127 6 and 1271 , with 2005-06 were Steve'n Grady and Brenda Grady, both from Troops 1334 and 1316. Outstanding Volunteer of 2005-06: Jerrena Ebersbach, Troop 1208, and Patti Dunn, Troop 1120. Leaders and adult volunteers were also honored: Barbie Musser, leader, and Heather Humphreys, coleader ; Leigh Schwendem. Daisy Troop 1334 and Eastern Brownie Troop 1316, Brenda Grady, leader; Steve Grady, co-leader; Heather Roush, Robin Parker, Charles Parker. Daisy Troop 1292. Deb King, leader; Patricia Cook; Brownie Troop 11.20, Dawna Arnold, leader, Debi King , her daughter, Tess Phelps. co-leader, Randy Arnold, Terrie Hou ser, Patti Dunn. presenting and pinning her. · · Outsta(lding Leaders of Susan Buchanan,' Misty Porter, Tina Rou sh, Sarah Houser. Brownie 'froop 1271 , Sarah Thompso n, Lee and Michelle Roberts, Gillilow. Junior Troop 1204. Shirley Cogar, leader; Phyllis Deem, co-leader, Teres(t Eakins. Junior Troop 1290, Amy Markworth , leader; Mary Leach. co-leader. Brownie Troop 1067. Junior Troop I 042 ani! Cadette 1254, Tami Putman. Jodi Bi ssc \1 , Mary Beth Lydic. Troop I 042. Linda Putman and Tina Sampson. Brownie Junior Troop 1276. Dee Swartz. Leader (alsv leaderO of 127 1); Amy Cremeans. Cheryl King. Li sa · Meadows, and Dena Dugan. Cadette/Senior Troop 1208. Jerrena Ebersbach. leade r; Dawn Romine s, co-leader, Dorothy Lee, Joy(;e Romii1es. 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'107.10 52 Weeks . : ....'214.21 Thursday, June 1, 2006 A fascinating theoretical debate is under W'l)' on the future of American foreign policy, but the urgent practical question is: What should we do about Iran 's nuclear program? The theoreticians want to find an alternative to President Bush 's first-term foreign policy - variously dubbed "neo-conservatism," "conservative unilatera lis," . or "democratic globalism" whtle' Bush' s secondterm team seems to be defining an alternative by putting multilateral pressure on Iran. Even though Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pursuing a diplomatic track to stop Iran from going nuclear. Bush's liberal critics are demanding an even more generous (or "realisti c") stance: A U.S. offer of direct · negotiations and a possible "grand bargain" including security guarantees. Ri ght. wingers..for their part, advecate preparations for military strikes. I come down thinking that Bush ougbt· do it all vis-a-vis Iran : Unleash the U.S. ambassa(ior to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, to explore openings with Iran for a grand deal, while also keeping up the diplomatic drive for stiff economic sanct ions and preparing to bomb (or let Israel bomb) if nothing else works. The theoretical foreign policy debate was kicked off by columnist Charles Krauthammer in February 2004, in the last year of Busli's first term, in a lecture at the American Enterprise Institute in which he advocated "democratic realism" as an alternative to Bush's "democratic globalism" specifically, promotion of democracy everywhere, but the use of American military force only where vital U.S. interests are at stake. Krauthammer, usually considered a "neo-conservative," supported the Iraq war, advocates perseverance there now and favors economic sanctions against Iran as a first resort. He favors bombing as a last resort, though, inasmuch as Iran is ruled by an Islamic fanatic, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is seemingly bent on Morton Kondracke destroying Israel and, per- . haps, bringing on an apocalypse. This year has produced a small avalanche of theoretical tracts, of which I've read three : Franci s Fukuyama's " America . at the Crossroads," the Progressive Policy Institute's "With All Our Might" and "The Good Fight" by New Republic Editor-at-Large Peter Beinart. Fukuyama and Krauthammer agree on next to notahing except a listing of the traditional schools of American foreign policy "isolationism" thinking: (now repre sented by the likes of Pat Buchanan) , "realism:' (the .view of former Secretary of State Henry Ki ssinger and former President George H.W. Bu'sh), "liberal internationalism" (the outlook of mmt Democrats) and "neo-con servativism" or "democratic globalisni'~ (the first-term Bush policy). Isolationists argue that the United States should stay clear of foreign entanglements as much as possible. Reali sts favor intervention to secure U.S. interests, but not to do "social work." Liberal internationalists, heirs to President Woodrow Wilson , advocate working through multilateral institutions to secure peace and foster development. In hi s book, Fukuyama declares that Bush' s Iraq misadventure has discredited neo-conservatism, which he defines as a preference for force over diplomacy, a belief in American cultural superiority, unilateralist "arrogance" and advocacy of pre-emptive war. He concludes that an alternative is necessary, and he it "realistic calls Wilsonianism," emphasizing reliance less on military force · and more on instru- ments of "soft power," such as diplomacy, alliance-building, democracy promotion, economic aid and trade. This. he says, would rebuild American legitimacy, something that he doubt s can be done without a change of administrations. Much the same case is made by Bemart and by the editor of the PPI book, Will Marshall, both of whom also are. doing battle with the Mich ae l Moore/MoveOn .org/Howar d Dean left-wing of the Democratic Party, which wants to pull out of Iraq quickly and almost never wants to use force to protect America's interests. Both Beinart and Marshall want Democrats to return to the ''Cold War liberalism" or "m uscular ,progressivism" pursued by presidents such as Franklin Rooseve,lt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy. It's a sad commentary on the polarizep state of American politics that the New Democrats' tract, even though it opposes hasty withdrawal from Iraq, is suffu'sed with venom against Bush, giving him little credit for trying to advance democracy in the Middle East or for distinguishing jihadist Muslims from the moderate masses. In fact, there's lots of evidence that Bush and Rice have changed policy in the president's second term. The Wall Street Journal, in fact, coined a label for Rice 's policy "neo-realism" pointing out diplomats have gained ascendancy and that several top neo-conserv alives associated with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney have left the administration. In particular, the lJ.S. is working with European allies France, Britain . and Germany through the· International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program a definite exercise in multilateralism - and is offering Iran the choice of help with a civilian nuclear energy program or economic sanctions. Asked on "Meet the Press" last Sunday about a military option, Ri ce replied: "The president is not going to take any option off the table, but we believe that this' is something that can be resolved diplomatically. We have many steps yet to take and Iran cannot stand the kind of international isolation that could be brought to bear if they don't find , a way to c han ge course. Liberal internationalists such as President Bill Clinton's former National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, and so me realists think the administration should go .further and offer Iran a "grand bargain" to get it to not only stop its nuclear program, but also its terrorism and destabilizing activities in Iraq. In return, the Iranians would receive guarantees that the United States won 't use force against their nation or try ,to destabilize the Islamic regime. Rice has ruled out such guarantees and appears to have pulled Khalilzad back from direct talks with Teheran . One realist, Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation, says it's not clear that Bush has truly changed foreign poli· cies, suggesting instead that his mind is "out for bid" and that neo-con s might yet convince him to, bomb Iran before the end of his second tenn. Berger wrote in The Wall Street Journal that military options shouldn't be ruled out, but the difference between Bush and most Democrats is that the threat of military action in his case is more credible and can be used to make .d iplomacy more muscular. Nuclear weapons in the possession of a fanatic like Ahmadinejad would destabilize the Middle East. A U.S. or Israeli military strike on Iran would, too. So diplomacy is clearly the preferred option. All theories aside, we need to hope that Rice carries the day. (Morton Kondracke is executive editor of Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill.) This just in! Marriage is hard! It's amazing what you can learn in a supermarket checkout line. Like every red-blooded American man, I yearn to comfort poor Jennifer for what Brad did to her. I'm also worried about Chad · Lowe and Hilary Swank, whoever they are. The tabloids say their marriage is on the rocks. Apparently, so is George and Laura Bush's 29"year marriage. According to a recent issue of the Globe, old Dubya's hitting the Jack Daniels again. A "family friend': confided that "after their last fight over booze, (the presid$!nt and first lady) just stopped talking - peri- Obituaries od." , I hate it when that.happens. . Bill and Sen. Htllary Clinton, too. The New York Times recently put 2,000 anonymously sourced words on its front page speculating about thei r marriage. Evidently, "several prominent New York Democrats" pronounced themselves concerned about, get this, an earlier Globe photo showing Bill Clinton leaving a Manhattan restaurant with a . dozen people, among them a hot blonde Canadian politician. The Times thought that couldn' t· help but "fuel coverage in the gossip pages." Now, you'd ordinarily think "hot blonde Canadian · politician" a co ntradiction in terms, like "leggy bas set heund" or "world-champion Chicago Cubs ." But the nation's crackerjack political press was serving ·notice: If Hillary Clintoh runs for president, it' ll make headlines any ttme Bill appears in the same time zone with woman. an attractive Gene Lyons They'll be sniggering like Beavis and Butthead on " Meet the Press" and "Hardball." Are they, like, doing it? But, hey, if the Times is going tabloid, why not go all the way? Remember Bill's alleged three-breasted mistress? More photos, please. ("I thought he was a leg man," Hillary lamented.) The difference is that I'm pretty sure tabloid scribes are laughing • when they write thatstuff. Look, there 's no denying Bill Clinton asked 'for it. But is this any way to 'run a democracy? The Times interviewed 50 people in · psychoanalyzing the Clintons. It did an exhaustive compilation of their schedules to determine how many mghts a month they spend together: on average, 14, which is going to make most long-di stance truckers, not to mention National Guardsmen in Iraq, envious. Anyway, based on approx imately a quartercentury of Clinton-watching (I li ve in Arkansas), here' s my infallible guide to press accounts of their marriage: Anybody who 's . talking doesn't know; anybody who knows ain't talking. Other people's marriages are a foreign country where you don ' t speak the languag~. Grow up, for heav- -· I -.. - • For the Record Leonard Koenig Injunction Jury has been scheduled for July 26. CHESTER - Leo nar.d H. Koenig, Jr., 62 , Chester, died Monday, May 29, 2006, at Rocksprings Rehabiltation Center in Pomeroy. . He was born Nov. 24, 1943 , son of Dori s Weber Koenig of Pomeroy and the late Leonard H Koenig, Sr. He was a rettred coal miner from Meigs Mine #31 and was an active member Chester Volunteer Fire Department #529, for over 20 years, also serving the department as news reporter. • ' Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife, Sandy Marshall Koenig of Chester; two daughters, Shelia (Mike) Whitatch of Pomeroy and Bonnie (Scott) Williams of Pomeroy; two sons, Leonard Koenig and his fiance, Roxanne Smith of New ~aven, W.Va. and David M.'Koenig and his fiance, Lisa Wiles of {{acine; 15 grandchildren and four great grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy (Bruce) Myers of Long Bottom and Elsie (Donald) Hawk of Bellville; a brother, Rick Kaenig '9fThppers Plams; five t>isters-in-law: Nonna Koenig of Little !-locking, Janette Koeni g '&f. Mansfield, Kay (Btl!) Sanyoger of Wintersville, Rose (Ron) Murhane of California and Betty (Catherine Haynes) Marshall of Wisconsin; a son-in-law, Roy (Kara) Martin of Point Pleasant, W.Va.; and several nieces and. nephews. Besides hi s father, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Christy Martin; two brothers, Lloyd Koenig and Donald Koenig; a sister, Virginia Loui s~ Koenig: a brother-in-law, John Marshall; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, John and .Virginia Marshall; a daughter-i n-law, Marlena Koenig ; and his first wife, Carolyn Koenig. _ Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 2, 2006, at Acree Funeral Home in Mtddleport with Rev. Rick Martindale offictating and burial following in Massar- Koen ig Cemetery. . Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. o n Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. • POMEROY -A motion temporaty relief and a permanent injunction was filed in Meigs County Common Pleas ourt by Meigs County Board 0 f Health, Pomeroy, against ~onya Hess, Pomeroy, dernanding removal of solid waste, filling of a well and repairs to property in Harrisonville damaged by fire. Divorces ~or c of Grand Jury 0f from PageA1 Williams then went on to , recount Wingett 's efforts in the 1990's to raise $5,000 for repairs that helped keep the pool going for another 15 years until the flood ' of September 2004 practically dismantled the facility. Syracuse Councilwoman Joy Bentley spoke about the days of this past February when rai sing $34,000 to repair the pool seemed like a daunting task." "But, wnen Bob Wingett donated the tirst large contribution, we knew our goal could be reached," Bentley s aid to the audience . Of course Wingett was not alone in donating to the cause .. • .. POMEROY - Leota "Sitter" Smith, 87. Pomeroy, died early Thursday morning, lylay 25, 2006, at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg, W.Va. ~ She was born Sept. 12, 19 I 8, in Alfred, daughter of the late :Emmett and Bernice Bentz Hawk. Leota served as the Hemlock Prove postmaster trom I956 until her retirement in 1984. , She graduated from Pomeroy High Schoql Class of 1936 , was a member of the Hemlock Grove Christian Church , Hemlock Grove Grange, the Walk In Garden Club and the Bemlock Grove Quilters: · -· Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Smith , in 1965. and a son Bob Smith. Surviving are her daughter, Sharon (Charlie) Johnston , Madera, Calif.; a son, Ron (Mary) Smith, Versailles, Ky.; a daughter in law, Peggy Smith, Mandaville, La.; grandchildren: Erica (Kevin) Smith, Lindsey Smith, Kristen Smith ' Tatum Smith and Steven Smith; great grandchildren, Zack and Regan Smith; sisters: Pearl (Bob) Welker Cushner and Sara Cullums; and a brother, Robert (Ramona) Hawk, all of Pomeroy; several nieces and nephews. A graveside service· will be held at 11 a.m . Friday, Jun e 2, 2006, at the Hemlock Grove Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hemlock Grove Christian Church, c/o Marge Barr, 39186 Hemlock Grove Rd., Pomeroy, OH. 45769 . Arrangements are being handled by Fisher Funeral Home in Mtddleport. Reunion from PageA1 Long Bottom ; Betty Hoffner Martin , Columbus; Wanda Jacobs Eblin, Edith Holter Sisson, Lucretia Kas·per Smith, Pomeroy. 1942 : Mary Sayre Rogers; Danbury, Texas. 1943: Belva Young Glaze, Vada Paulson Brickles, Cecil Brickl es, Mary Grueser Russell, Pomeroy. 1944: Jack B. Lewis, Pomeroy; Robert M. Hysell, Syracuse. 1945 : Evelyn Grueser Hollon, Racine; John Weeks, Barbara Scholl Weeks, Pomeroy; Louise Dailey Kelly, Grove City. 1946: Roy Holter, Howard B. Mullen, George Wright, Pomeroy; ' J:;leanor Smith Walter, Toledo; Mary K. Foster Yost, Syracuse; Carl Hunnel, Columbus. ~ 1947: Ida Mae Johnson Murphy, Joe Struble, Mildred Philliips, Pomeroy; Frank Ryther, Syracuse; Kenny Wiggins, Racine; Horton Thomas, Howard . 1944: Robert M. Hysell , Syracuse. 1948 : Gerald Custer, Chardon; Kenneth Harris, Pomeroy ; Bill Knight, Point Pleasant, W. Va. 1949: Ann Foster Cottrill, Lancaster; Edard Ball, Irene Me-Angus Bailey, Peggy Dailey Houdashelt, Martha Terrell Struble, Pomeroy ; Ray Williams, Pollock, Mo. : George Dallas, Agoura Hill, Calif.; Bill Tubbs, Syracuse; and Rollin Daniels, Cathedral Cily, Calif. 1950; . Eugene Hawkins, Middleport; Margaret Robert Thuener Lehew, Burton,_ Pomeroy; 0 Regina Mi:zemy MIDDLEPORT ~ Regina Alice Flack Mizerny, 91 , Bowlin~ Green, died Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at Overbrook Center m Middleport. She was born Sept. 18, '1914, in Toledo, daughter of the late Charles C. and Mary Ellen (Clark) Flack. She was a homemaker Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her hus band, Edmund F. Mizerny, four sisters, and a broher. She is survived by daughters : Jeanne C. (DaVid) Bowen , Syracuse, Barbara A. (John) Campbell, Phoenix, Ariz.; three Sons: Michael E. (Nancy) Mizerny, Bowling Green, James A (Susan) Mizerny: Toledo, Stanley F. '(Beverly) Mizerny, New Liberty, Iowa; three grandchildren; two gre11t grandchildren. Services will be held at 10:30 a. m. on Monday, June 5, 2006 at St. Rose Catholic Church in Perrysburg, and will be han died by James Coyle and Son Funeral Home in Toledo. Buria I will be in Cal vary Cemetery. , . Local arrangements were handled by Fisher Funeral Hom e :In Middleport. ' Deaths .. • POMEROY - A session the Meigs County Grand Pool - en's sake. Thi s country has mind-reading by Slate editor serious, indeed grave, prob- Jacob Weisberg. He scrutilems. Who cares how often nized a list of HillaJ);'S topthe senator from New York 10 iPod songs (Stones, gets laid? . Beatles, Aretha .Franklin, the Maureen Dowd and David Eagles, U2) and pronounced Broder, that's who. Shortly he'r a calculating phony. "In after the Times' tabloid point of fact," he wrote, "I exclusive, Sen. Clinton ·gave doubt that the relentlessly a speech at the National driven Hillary Clinton Press Club about energy • spends much time listening policy. What the newspa- to music of any kind." per' s ace columnist got out And whose iPod list of it was that she hated proves him a Regular Guy? Hillary's "blinding yellow Why, George W. Bush, of pantsuit" and that AI Gore course. (Creedence must hate her for stealing Clearwater, Van Morrison, his issue. George Jones.) "Bush," see, Broder, the Washington "doesn't worry about being Post's so-called "dean" of politically correct or care D.C. pundits, also hated the what other people think of pantsuit. He wrote that the him." · Then how come Bush " buzz in the room was not about her speech," but the wears cowboy clothes and Times' gossip about the talks about "ranchin, " ' aforementioned Can~dian although there 's no evidence · hussy. Who cares if Hillary he 's ever owned cows or has what Bwder sn~eringly horses ? Because he's indifdescribed as "a rational plan ferent to public opinion? that will, she says, not only Please . All politicians care move the nation substantial- deeply about what other ly toward energy indepen- people think of them. dence but improve living Will the Times profile the standards for almost every marriages of GOP candiAmerican?" }lates Rudy Giuliani and No. the real issue to these Sen. John McCain, with five jokers is that her husband' s wives between them? Not a hound dog, she's a cold, likely. The scripted D.C. pundits manipulative sh rew;- and their marriage a politically have their theme for 2008. in spired sham . The real As in 2000 and 2004, the issue is that Hillary Clinton Democratic candidate's an thinks she 's smarter than ~litist . phony, while the you - or smarter than the Republican's "authentic." likes of Dowd and Broder, No matter w!w wins the anyway, which may be the nomination. crux of the matter. (Arkansas DemocratSmarter than me, too, for Gaze tte columnist Gene the record, except that I got Lyons is a national magaover being outclassed play- zwe oward winner and coing high sc h~ol basketball. author of "The Hunting of Some people never adjust. the President" (St. Martin's That's the conly explana- Press, 2000). You can e·mail tion I have for a transcen- Lyons at genelyons2@sbcdentally inane p1ece of global.net.) · The Daily Sentinel • Page As www .mydailysentinel.com 2006 · •• Iran: ·our crudal test of new theories on foreign policy The Daily Sentinel . Thursday; June 1, PageA4 Patrida LHe COOLVILLE - Patricia Life, 66, of Coolville, Ohio die d Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at her residence. She is survived by her husband, John Life. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m . Friday, June 2, 2006 at !he White-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville with buri aI in the Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery in Parkersburg, W. Va J;'riends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday ' Local Briefs 0 Teenager sentenced prison on a charge of forgery. An order restraining Santiago from the victim in the case was issued. Jeffrey W. Ohlinger was sentenced to one year each on POMEROY - Divorces two counts of possession of were granted in Meigs County Cornrnon Pleas Court crack cocaine, one year on a to Kelly Carnahan against charge of possession of criminal tools and five years on Donald P. Carnahan, and to another charge of possession Robert Willis from Ari Willis . of crack cocaine, to be served consecutively. He was given credit for 27 days served. POMEROY - Kelvin G . A $3,242 cash forfeiture Santiago was sentenced in was ordered to the Pomeroy Meigs County Common Police Departme nt Law Pleas Court to one year in Enforcement Trust Fund . Sentenced .and was joined by over 70 donors that coqtributed amounts from $100 to $5,000 . These individuals were recognized during the ceremony with a certificate of appreciation. , Besides private donations, the steering committee, whose members range in age from I 0 to 75, held a spaghetti dinner, basket drawing and gun drawing. Even young people like Macey Hayman took the initiative to bring back the pool by organizing a bake sale. While the fundraising was happeRing, Syracuse village officials, including Syracuse Council members, Mayor Eric Cunningham and ClerkTreasurer Sharori Cottrill did their part in dealing with the Federal . Emergency Management Agency in securing the paperwork and funding for the project. All of thi s concentrated effort , culminated into the rededication ceremony while children enjoyed the pool in the background. Special recognition was given to the family of Herman London, former mayor of Syracuse for whom the pool was named. Williams paid tribute to London by recognizing his service and dedication to the community over a 27 year period. · Although London and hi s wife Naomi hav e passed away, members of \heir family attended the ceremony and were recognized, includ. ing their children, their spouses, grandchildren and one great grandchild. Doing more than saying "thank you" for the recognition, Mary LonJon then presented Emmogene Edwards Hamilton, Syracuse; Betty Genheimer Knight, Point Pleasant. 1951 : Norma Scholl 'Harrah, Vandalia; · Hazel Schreiber Ball , Don Hunnel, Pomeroy; Yvonne Roush Richardson, Alexandria; Joanne Jones Williams, Syracuse. · Stone, 1952: Larry Westerville. · 1953: Bill Roush, El Paso, Texas; Kenneth Cole, Washington C. H.; Ed Kennedy, Marlene · Moore Wilson, Clarice Clifford Kitchen, Bill Kitchen, Evans Hunnel, Frankie Pomeroy; Nathan Roush , Sue Struble Tubbs, Syracuse; Sally Bartels Ayers, Mildred Stockton Bernard, Athens; Ed Scott, Wesland, Mich.; Daisy Russell Gillogly, Albany; Mary Holter Huddleston, Racine. 1954: Don Yeauger, Canal Wincheter; Lela Grueser Ervin, Athens; Rosalie Story, Pomeroy; Martha Sayre, Ft. Myer, Fla.; Howard Kitchen, Marietta. 1955: Nancy Jacobs Hanold, William Hysell, Columbus; Carol Louks Taylor, Syracuse; Shalee Neuman Whittle, . Carol Strauss Kennedy, l:arry Hamm, Hamilton, Stacie Arnold, Pomeroy; Larry and Hamm, Hamilton. Marilyn Grueser Quinn. 1956: Ronald Bearhs, Eva Carl King , Myrtis Parker, David Riggs, Barbara Swisher Riggs, Dale Harrison, Jan ice Riffle Reuter, Tom Reuter, and Harold Brown, Pomerqy; David Boney, Gaston, S. C.; Wiliam Sheridan, Waverlyj Carol Baker Jett, Racine; Carolyn Brown Charles, Minersvile; Jo~n Young, Lancaster; Shirley Bowers Bumgardner, Mary Jane Wtse Scott Wi se, Ins Qualls Payne, Middleport; Jo ~nn Deck Rathjen, Fosteria; Charles E. Withee, Rio Grande; James ., Hub~ard, Lancaster; Dorothy Stark Amberger, Paul Amberger, Syracuse; William Qualls , Robert Hill , West Jefferson. 1957: Robert Eastman, Gallipoli s; Carol Curtis Riggs" Edith Rigg s Heckert, Dan Morris, Rita Ball Matthew s, Pomeroy : Janet Struble Williamson, Rutland. · 1958 : Mary Lou Smith Hawkin s, Middleport; Thelma Davis Jeffers, Marcia Grueser Arnold, Jerry Fields, Pomeroy. 195.9: Sheila Strauss Eastman, Gallipolis, Janet Carpenter Young, Lancaster; Robert Gloeckner, Canal Winchester; Marleoe SchonHamson , John Mus ser, Pomeroy. 1960: John Bryant, Punta Gorda, Fla.; Paul Roush, Reedsville ; Ernest Hall, Columbus; Barbara Eskew Fields, Pomeroy. 1961: Sarah Foster Williams, Blacklick; Mike Roberts , Akron; Keith Barnilz, King sto n; Carol Sargent Siprouse, Norman . Price, BillYoung, Wallace Hatfield, Ben Ewing, Dottte Brown Musser, Darlene Justis Newell, Pomeroy ; 'William E. Gumther, Gallipolis; Roberta Hoover Dillon, Maxahala; Sarah We ston Rou sh, Va .; Ruth Alexandria, Brothers Riffle, Middleport. 1962: Anita Russell Neutzling, Wadsworth; Wally Grueser, Pomeroy; Michael Werry, Belipre; Jean Casto Hilton, Parkersburg, W. Va. 1963: Judy Wehrung Sisson, Bill Weston, Allen Downie, Pomeroy ; Rick Crow, Syracuse: and Charles Buffington, Flint, Mi ch. .to probation for role in librarytrash COLUMBUS (AP) - One of three boys accuse d of being in a stolen car that was deliberately crashed into a library has been sentenced to a year of probation . Christopher Clark, 15, also was ordered Tuesd ay to serve 180 hours of community se rvice in Franklin County Juvenile Co urt. He pleaded guilty in April to a delinquen cy count of grand theft, as well as two counts of un authorized use of a motor vehicle involvmg two other stolen cars. the steering committee with a donation of $500 from the London families. This donation wtll come m handy as there are several · repairs left to do at the facihty and not enough cash to complete them. One of those repairs is replacement of the pool house and shelter hou se roofs and donations are sull being accepted. As the rededication ceremony came to a close, other local dignitaries were recognized as were the London Pool Steering , Committee members, all to the sound of splashing water in the background with the promise of a long summer loungi ng by the pool stretched ahead. The pool 's reg ular hours are noen-6 p.m .. MondaySaturday, and 1- 6 p.m. on Sundays. · 1964 : Donna Smith Hatfield , , Don Mayer, Pomeroy. 1965: Barbara Horak Smith, Donna Hauck Carr, Linda Darn~ ll Mayer, Joan Hewetson Anderson, John Anderson, Pomeroy; Carla Win Werry, Belpre: Faye. Cramer Isenhour, Claremont , N. C.; Marilyn Huddleston Eipple, Middleport ; Btll Jewell, Tucson, Ariz. 1966: Janette Scott , Charlotte · Pickerington; · Lambert, Nel sonville ; Vicki Fetty Manring, Ironton; Judy Righthouse Free, Hatkinsville, Ky.; Sandra· Gilmore Dorst, Dublin ; Gail St. Clair, Middleport; Michael Neutzllng, Robert Smith, Guy Sargent, Carson Crow, Sharon Biggs, Magie Warner, Pomeroy ; Leonard · Lyoings , Orlando, Fla .; . Kandi Grueser Cook Thornville ; Dick Werry, Fairmont, W. Va .; Carl Aleshire, Frankllin, Shirley Baxter Wright, Athens: Bill Francis. Reed sville; Jeff. BilL Gibbs, Cincinnati , Nease, Racine; Linda Reuter Barber, Columbus; Darla Ebersbach Siley, Marietta; Rex Cumings, Syracuse. A!!~~ Auditions for Showboat 5/23 6em HUMC Religious Mystery Pia~ 6/4 The Weatherfords 6/9 Emerson Drive 6/14 Barbershop Concert 611 1· Summer Class!!s Begin Soon! Register now for Acting, Dance & Strlm! The Ariel-Dater Hall 428 Se<. Ave . Gallipolis, OH Benefit auction set PORTLAND - A benefit for David McMillan to help with medical e~penses will be held at I p.m. Saturday at the Portland CommunitY. CenJer. An auction will be conducted by · Dan Smith. Food wtll be available. Sewer from PageA1 the area of Nye Avenue, continuing through to the intersection of Ohio 7 and 33. Musser estimates thi s POMEROY - The church of Christ, Pomeroy, will have its annual summer gospel meeting, June 16·18. Services will be extension would cost roughly lteld 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. and $4.2 million. He said he had in contact with 1-:30 p.m. on Sun~ay. Guest speaker will be Paul Curless of been Strickland's office as well as Bradyville, Tenn. the offices of Senators Mike Dewine and George in regards to fundVoinovich them of Gods Word, and ere ate Bible point crafts to tak e ing for the project at the federal level. home and play with all sum Although the area slated from Page A1 · . mer long," satd Noble. for sewer line extension is "Fiesta is an e~c.i tin g wa y ' "Our Fiesta program wi II for kids to learn more abo ut beyond Pomeroy's corporaprovide fun, memorable Jesus' love," says the Rc v. tion limit, it wtll still allow Bible-learning activities for Jonathan Noble, Trinity pa s- the vtllage to offer sewer kids of all ages. They will tor. He noted that local kid s treatment services · to new sing catchy songs, play team- will join nearly a millio 11 custom ers m ,addi tion to Wl'lrk-building games, nibble other children in North opening up 3 2 miles for ecoMaraca Munches, take on a America to take part in a nomic development. Thi s expansion , if funded, daily challenge to let Jesus ' hands-on missions project 10 e~tend into the area would ct local proje help others. The love grow into their homes, High School. and near Meigs dexpenence electrifying Bible will be assistance in provi adventures , college Bible ing needs of immigran ts th e sites proposed fo r a hospital/critical care ce nter as memory buddies to remind working in Meigs County. ', Gospel meeting announced 'Fiesta' - well as The University of Rio Grande's Community College Meigs Center "There's only so much room to move in Pomeroy and even though we're not incorporated out there that still opens up a lot of economic development which is going to help Pomeroy, " Musser added. "Thi s is eco- nomic development at its finest. It's also going to clean up all of the septic systems that dump mto that creek along US 833." The funding is included in the Fiscal YeaF 2007 Agnculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administr ation and Related A.gencies bill . OXYGEN & MEDICAL EQUIPME~'T • Home Oxygen • Portable Oxygen • Nebulizers Electric Heels Wheelchairs Diapers Chux We do the billing locally • FREE 2417 Ttc:hnlctl Suppo/1 • Instant Messaging keep yoor buddy lis\! • 10 a-mall acldra!les with Wibma,l l • Custom Start Page • news weather 8. morel ( !,; ~P ': 6X fasterO " - - : - - - - Just SJ mor11 Sign Up Onllnal 740-446-0007 Toll Free 877-6&1·0007 www locaiNel com 740-446"ARTS '!27871 hices. '. �- ARoUNn ·mE WoRLD The Daily Sentinel PageA6, Thursday, June 1, 2006 bar Page A7 • The The circum.stances suran officer. Most accept the money. rounding the killings appear But in some cases relatives to match the charges Iraqis refuse, viewing the cash never tire of repeating about offer as an insult. U.S. per- the behavior of American sonnel are in some cases troops in the immediate met by angry relatives aftermath of an attack or ,a bombing, particularly whe;n shouting abuse. Anti-U .S. sentiments are they suffer casualties. Iraqis consistently speak whipped up by incidents like Samarra. In addition to of random shootings and Haditha, major abuse cases arbitrary arrests. The U:S. such as the scandal at the military routinely . demes U.S .-run Abu Ghraib prison such allegations, but others or the alleged bombing by have also suggested that U.S. \Varpl anes of a wed- anger may have played a ding in western Iraq in role In events in Haditha. · Lance Cpl. James· Crossa~ 2004 that ki lied about 45 people also foster rage at of No rth Bend, Wash., who was wounded in the road.American troops. Various independent esti, side bomb attack in Haditha mates indicate violence in on Nov. 19. told a Seattle Iraq may have claimed up television station that some to 50,000 lives since the· of the Marines might have invasion. Most are victims snapped after seeing one of of insurgent attacks and ~ec­ their own killed in action. "I think they were just tarian violence. blinded by hate ... and they But in the highly sensitive debate over Iraqi civilian just lost control," Crossan .the alleged told NBC affiliate KINGcasualties, Haditha massacre has the TV. With nearly 2,500 servicepotential to be a defining men killed and many thou·episode. more · wounded, It could further chip away sands at popular support for the American troops have been war in the United States, battling a stubborn and bruand undermine the reputa- tal insurgency. They also tion of the Marine Corps ~ must cope with Ianguag~ one of the U.S, military's and cultural barriers. ·Some U.S. troops are now most respected institutions. In his first public com-· .on their third deployment in ment on the Haditha inci- Iraq, and the stress of comdent, President Bush said bat in a country · where Wednesday that he was almost anyone is a potential troubled by allegations that enemy can be immense'. Marines had killed unarmed The Marine unit involved in Iraqi civilians and that, "If the alleged Haditha killing_s in fact laws were broken , was on its third tour in Ira9-. Narmin · Othman, ·Jraq s there will be punishment.'' What is known about environment minister and what happened at Haditha ·is former acting human rights that a bomb rocked a u.s . . minister, blames ignmance military convoy and left one of local hi story, culture and Marine dead. An~ered by traditions for some abuses the loss, .the Mannes then committed by Americans in · · shot and killed unarmed Iraq. "Occasionally. the conduct civilians in a taxi at the scene and went into two of American troops in Iraq homes and shot other peo- regarding ~uman rights has ple, according to Rep. John been di sappointing,'.' Murtha, a ·prominent critic Othman said. "But that goes for Iraqi forces too." of the Iraq war. failed. ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER The U.S . military said its "later received forces BAGHDAD. Iraq - The reports from Iraqi police shooting death of a pregnant that two women had died Iraqi, apparently by U.S. ·from gunshot wounds at the troops. as she was rushing Samarra Hospital and one to a hospital threw an of the females ma;Y have intense spotlight Wednesday been preli>nant. The mcidenl on the troubling issue of is under mvestigation ." · Iraqi civilian deaths. Nabiha Nisaif Jassim is Iraqi police and witnesses survived by a husband, 36said the troops gunned year-old Hussein Tawfeeq, down the woman and her two c hildren , and cousin in their car. The U.S. Hashimayah, 2, and Ali, I. military said the car entered . Tawfeeq was waiting · at the a clearly marked prohibited hospital for his wife when area but failed to stop , she was shot. · despite repeated signal s: "May God take revenge shots were fired to di sable on the Americans and those lhe vehicle, it said. who brought · them here," Jassim's brother told the AP. More than 4,000 Iraqis many of them civilians "People are shocked and fed have been killed in warup with the Americans . related violence this year, People in Samarra are very angry with the Americans including at least 936 in May alone, accoraing to an not only because of Haditha Associated Press count. case but because the Americans kill people ranThat makes May the second domly, especially recently." deadliest month for Iraqis over the past year. Only AI a time when U.S. . March recorded more fataliMarines are investigating an alleged massacre of Iraqi ties. The figures show thlll men, women and children civilians, not Iraqi securiry in the town of Haditha last forces, are increasingly the fall, the military says it concasualties of violence. · stantly strives to avoid civilEighty-two percent of the ian casualties. AP Photo "The loss of life is regretwar-related Iraqi deaths recorded in May were civil- A young boy riding a bicycle looks across at a newly-erected table and coalition forces go ians. compared with 61 per- warning sign put up Wednesday on a road around 100 metres to great lengths to prevent cent in May 2005, when from the m.aternity hospital which Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, 35, a them," the military said of 746 Iraqis were killed. pregnant woman and her 57-year-old· cousin Saliha the Samarra shooting. But the most str.ikiitg Mohammed Hassan, were) driv1ng to for Jassim to give birth But many Iraqis say they change would seem to be when they were killed in Samarra, Iraq Tuesday. U.S. forces are fed up. that the insurgents are not apparently shot to death two Iraqi women , one of them pregSpeeding toward U.S. nearly S(l willing to sacrifice nant, when they fired at a vehicle that failed to stop at an mihtary checkpoints, conthemselves as they were a observation post in the town, Iraqi officials and relatives said. voys or Iivin~ next door to a suspected msurgent hideyear ago. During May 2005, about 36 suicide bombings pregnant woman, and her happened on a side road out has cost many Iraqis killed at least 331 Iraqis cousin Saliha Mohammed that the U.S. military closed their lives since U.S. troops and wounded 962. Hassan, ·57 , became the lat- two weeks ago. News of the invaded in 2003. Although This May, by contrast, II est victims 9f what many closure, he said, was .slow figures are not available, it suicide attacks killed at is commonly . believed by least 98 Iraqis and wounded . Iraqis think is the American to reach the rural area just Iraqis that hundreds of peooutsicje Samarra where his ple may have died this way. 283 - about one-third of troops' disregard for life. Following incidents simi· the casualties of 12 months . Jass im 's brother, Khalid family lives." The cousins' bodies were lar to that in Samarra, the Nisaif Jassim, said he was earlier. Much of the violence is speeding to gel to a mater- taken to Samarra General - U.S. military has offered nity , hospital in Samarra Hospital . where relatives financial compensation to the result of Iraqi attacks. . But on Tuesday, Nabiha when shots were fired at hi s said doctors struggled to the victims' families and a Nisaif Jassim, a 35-year-old car. He said the shooting save· Jassim 's baby .but verbal apology delivered by BY ·HAMZA HENOAWI • GALLIPOLIS - The road can be a lonely place but not when you are traveling alon~'side your brothers. ·Such ts life for Emerson Drive singer Brad Mates, guitarist · panick Dupelle, keyDale ,boardist/guitanst Wallace, fiddler David. ,Pichette, Bourque, and ~elancon.. . Emerson Dnve performs at the Ariel-Dater Performing Arts Centre on Wednesday, June 14 at 7 p.m. . Their world is the road, the stage, the road again, and ,every now and then, a visit to a recording studio . . Whether be.hind the mic or spiared out on the floor of their bus, watching a movie on DVD as _!he~ barrel t~ough the night to .their next gig, there always ·seems to be a wind at their ,back, pushing them faster, .f\lshing them toward something that they might only have preamed of not so long ago. , , Although they have all pur~;hased homes and most are living in Nashville, Tenn., ask .them where home is and they'll · eagerly answer, "The bus." · And they're serious. But if that sounds pathetic, forget it: These guys are havin~ a blast. ,There's no place they d rather :be, except for in the spotlight and in front· of their fans. And there's no one they'd rather be with th11n their family :which is to say, each other. · The band members recently purchased homes in Nashville · to establish their dedication to ·eountry music and to the -band's growth in the United ·states as well as in Canada. . .'• ' ' .. J • I .. •J l·a s.a llad.. .I~- Place Y ' . w ., ._. G-lllpdll,, ' ' 'Blessings in Disguise' Sunday at Ariel Theatre ·" '' • 10 ,. ' ,·t· .. GALLIPOLIS - The play "Blessings in Disguise" will make a return visit to the Ariel · Theatre in Gallipolis on Sunday at 3 p.m. ' The public is invited to ~ttend this production by the fleights and Community flayers and sponsored by fleights United Meth~ist Church. The play was wntten and directed by Rev. Nancy ,flamm. · There is no charge for admission to the three-act play. However,...,Ponations will be accepted at the door and used for theatre and mis, sions. The fun begins when a fake. preacher shows up. Counseling, refereeing a church fight and all the other duties of a pastor w1ll amaze you. Someone steals money from the church and the board members become suspects. · The ending identifies the thief after a lot of action and surpnses. 1 ' ~. ~ (t j• ·;~ f ;, r,l • ' '• ,. . ~aUtpoHs .(740) 446-2342 " ' The Daily Sentinel (740) 992-2155 . . 1Datlp '(Eribune ... '' Thursday, June 1, 2006 --- ~- (740) 446-ARTS (2787). . AP Photol\.lnlveraal PlcturH In this photo provided by Universal Pictures, former lovers, now hostile roommates, Gary Grabowski (Vince Vaughn) and Brooke Meyers (Jennifer Aniston) share a quiet moment in 'The Break-Up. ' · -Up' Bv CHRISTY LEMIRE . AP MOVIE CRITIC T he problems with ""~he Br~a~~Up" have less to do with the break-up than With the mlttal hook-up. · Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston ~ who've hooked up in real life, for those of you who haven't gone through a grocerystore checkout line lately - each have more than enough presence and comic timing to sustain the movie. But together their characters are so vastly different, it's hard to believe they'd be compatible long enough to sustain a two. year relationship and share a Chicago condo. As Gary Grobowski, the fast-talking tour guide on a double' decker bus, he's an infinitely fun guy . The protracted riffs from Vaughn, who shl!fes a story-by credit, are some of the film's strongest pans; once again, he's functioning as the figure we've come to know and love from "Swingers" and "Old School" and "Wedding Crashers" on cue. But he's also incorrigibly selfish .with his nonstop "SponsCenter" and video ga~:~while, Aniston 's Brooke Meyers comes off as a shrill nag. A stylish and sophisticated art gallery manager, she's constantly trying to drag him to the ballet. And it's "not that she wants him to do the dishes, but rather she wants him to want to do the dishes. (To which he responds, "Why would 1 want to do the dishes?:' It's a legitimate question.) So when they break up, which happens pretty early in this self-professed "ariti-romantic comedy," it doesn't seem tragic. It just makes sense. . . But where do you go for the next hour and a half? · From there, director Peyton Reed and first-time screenwriters Jeremy Garelick and Jay Lavender have pretty much remade "The War of the Roses," only they've watered it down. Once Brouke dumps Gary after a ]Jainfully awkward family dinner party, neither is willing to leave the apartment, and each tries tO drive the other OUt. But their game of one-upmanship, in, which she throws his clothes into the hallway to the tune of Alanis Morissette's blaring "You Oughta Know" and he invites strippers over for poker, cigars and lap dances with his buddies, never sinks to the level of vitriolic meanness that Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas achieved. You always have the .sense that they're merely toying with each other, and that at any moment they could take it all back and kiss and make up . Peyton Reed, who also difected "Bring It On'" and the . • ' For tickets and other in/ormarion about Emerson Drive's local performance, contact · the Ariel-Dater Performing Arts Centre at POMEROY _ The ripping Peace Station is especially .electric ~uitar that gave life to known for its blend of mostly such hits as "Hot Rod acoustic country, bllJegrass, Lincoln," "Smoke, Smoke, and blues, Kirchen will Smoke," and other rock and demonstrate that electric trains rockabilly classics will rattle can pull into the station, too. the rafters at Fur Peace · Tickets for the concert are Station on Saturday, June 3 still available at $18 when purwhen Grammy-nominee Bill chased in advance and $20 at Kirchen takes the stage. the gate. Advance tickets may During a career that has be purchased at Blue Eagle_ included performances with Music and Haffa's Records in Nick Lowe, Emmylou Harris, Athens, Ace ·in the Hole in Doug Sahm, Elvis Costello, Columbus, and Rt. 60 Music in Ralph Stanley, and Danny Barboursville, W.Va.; online-at Gatton, Kirchen is probably www.furpeacestation.com; and best known for his unforget- by pJ;10ne at (740) 992-6228. · table riffs as guitarist with The gate will open at 't Commander Cody and the p.m., with the show beginning Lost Planet Airmen . . at 8. He has appeared three times . Fur Peace Station is located · at Fur Peace Station, the per- at the end of St. Clair Road, off formance hall at Jorma Route 20 one mile east of Kaukoen's Fur Peace Ranch Route 33 in Darwin, just 15 Guitar Camp · in .Darwin, minutes south of Athens and Meigs County. While Fur . justfourmilesnorthofRoute7. , ~ "We will· always be Canadian, it is our heritage and it will always be close to our hearts," Mates comments, "but we wanted to be in Nashville when we are off the road so that we can write songs, work on our music and put down roots in the home of country music." Whateve(' rigors they encountered on their travels over the past year or so were blown away by their distinclions- ACM Top New Vocal Group/Duo (awarded in 2003); Billboard's #1 Top Country Artist of the Year for 2002; R&R's #I New AnistMVPfor 2002; Group of the Year for two consecutive years, from the Canadian Country Music A~sociation; two Top 5 hits with "Fall Into Me' and "I Should Be Sleeping"; as well as a number one music video on CMT's· Top Twenty Countdown with "Fall Into Me" - that flashed past like mileage markers en route to their next engagement. Most recently, band "brothers" took home top honors from .the 2005 Canadian Country Music Association. Dale Wallace (keyboards) and David Pichette (fiddle) were awarded the distinction of being best on their instrument and won coveted spots in the 2005 CCMA All Star Band. Emerson Drive is slated to release new music in 2006. Bill Kirchen to rock Fur Peace Station , .. - www .mydailysentinel.com Emerson Drive takes ~ocal stage on June 14 ' } Daily Sentinel . obnoxiously over-the-top "Down"With Love," shows compar.ative reslramt here at a time when perhaps he should have just gone for it. Thankfully there are some people in 'The Break-Up" who do just that. They are the members of the weirdly eclecti~. wildly talented supporting cast. Vincent D'Onofno breathes life into what could have been a forgettable, cardboard character as one of Gary's brothers, who share the Chicago tour-bus business. Then again, he's good in everything, and with his jerky, nervous delivery, you never know what to expect - but you know you want to watch and find out. Judy Davis , meanwhile, is dazzling as Marilyn Dean, . the . owner of the gallery where Brooke works : an arrogant, brittle, capricious diva with a thing for much younger men who refers to herself in the third person as "M.D." And of course there's longtime Vaughn pal Jon Favreau, once again playing his best friend, a South Side bar owner. But here their roles from "Swingers" are reversed: Favreau is the. know-it-all giving ridiculous advice and Vaughn is the one who's lovelorn and confused. It's a refreshing take on some "familiar tetritory, and by now they have so much chemistry, it's easy to believe that they're great friends and regular gur.s. Aion~ those lines, it is son of awesome that Vaughn is wliling to np off his polyester shirt and storm out of the bowling alley when Brooke and the rest of his friends kick him off the couples team on league night. He's not exactly Brad Pitt in "Fight Club." And you've got to love that about him. "The Break-Up," a Universal Pictures release, is rated PG13 for sexual content, some nudity and language. Running time: I 05 minutes . Two stars out of four. j Motion 'Picture Association of America rating defmitions I.. G- General audiences. All ages admitted. PG - Parental guidance suggested. Some material may . not be ·suitable for children . PG-13 - Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children. R- Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Nc-17- No one under 17 admitted. . ZYDECO SWAMP STO:MP, jUNE 9 AT MARIEITA play, much like his older brothMARIETTA - The 18th er taught him. The children annual Zydeco Swamp Stomp shared Percy's devotion , and with Lil' Malcolm & the love of the music.• and Percy" Zydeco · Houserockers is was pleased to have young Friday, June 9 at ·9 p.m. in the Zydeco devotees following in Hotel Lafayette, 10 I Front his footsteps. Even in their St., Marietta. youth, Percy's sons were anxThe show i& . presented by ious to start a band with their the Blues, Jazz & Folk Music talented father. Soon the boys Society. For information, con. starting playing house parties tact John (days) (740) 373and garnering great crowd 6640 or Peggy (evenings) reactions. When the diminu(740) 376-0222, · or tive Malcolm started a group. www.bjfm.org. he chose the name of his The hotel ballroom and father's band . Lil' Malcolm & Marty Stuart Band lobby are smoke free. There.is a cash bar a~d large dance The Houserockers was a name that instantly . reflected the floor. · group's emphasis on .family NELSONVILLE - The historic Stuart's Opera House in Lil' Malcolm and the ties, and on great music . Nelsonville. presents.country music legend Marty Stuart and Zydeco Houserockers are a The new release by Lil' hi s Fabulous Superlatives 8 p.m. on Friday, June 30. family of great musicians · Malcolm & The . Marty Stuart is country music's renai ssance man. He has from Lake Charles, La., who Houserockers , "Zydeco Three scored six top-ten hits, one platinum and five gold albums, and live and breathe the Zydeco lll' Malcolm and the Zydeco Way ," honors two late Zydeco fou r Grummy awards. But hi s >uccc>s proves the difficulty of groove. · Lil' Malcolm & The House Hou~rockel"S greats Rockin ' Sidney and gauging a career in charts alone. He has made lasting music as Rockers personify two closely musical career at an early age, Clifton Chenier. These inno- a front man in collaboration with virtually e1·ery major roots related terms: family and tradi- learning to play the drums vators of Zydeco inspired the music figi1re from his era. from Lester Flatt to Bob Dylan. He ·· tion. This five-man band cen- from his older brother Joe House Rockers in their early lias evangelized for country mu sic around the world, eulogized ters on guitarist Percy Walker Walker. He soon moved to days of playing music. Percy .the depat1ed legends of the field. and identified and encouraged and his two sons, drummer · guitar, then bass, then accor- emphasized throughout his talents of the future . Stuart's energetic enthusiasm has got outPercy Walker ·Jr. and accor- dion. Percy began playing in sons' musical training that side music. yielding imPJ:essive work as a photographer, writer, diomst Lil' Malcolm Walker. bands at the age of I0. even they keep Zydeco tradition in collector and arts executive. With the launch of his Superlatone Records imprint backed by Inspired by Zydeco legends . playing with the le~endary their sound, creating music Universal South Entertainment. Many Stuart begins his most. like Buckwheat Zydeco and Rockin' ·Dopsie dunng hi s that is pure, solid Zydeco. Lil' Malcolm & The House ambitious chapter yet. Keen to broaden the scope of his life-long Rockin' Dopsie , the band's musical career. Eventually he steady focus on tradition sets formed a band of his own, Rockers also place a · strong passion to uncover the depths and eccentricities of Southefl! c~l­ them apart from the newest Percy Walker & The Hou se emphasis on creating live ture, Swart now fmds h1mself m th,e. openm~ stages of combmshows that are exciting and mg mus1c and the ans to contmue h1s amb111ous story. wave of "pop Zydeco" bands. Rockers. · Tickets are $30-35 in advance . . Percy Walker, Sr. began his Percy taught hi s ch ildren to fun . Opera.House to host Marty Stuart '. -·· . . ' ... 11 • �.OHIO The Daily Sentinel GOP donor at center of Ohio scandal admits· making illegal donations BY JOHN SEEWER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOLEDO - For more than a year, Ohio's Republican Party and its governor have been swept up in a scandal threatening to end the GOP's dominance in state politics. State and federal investigations into free. golf outings , campaign donations and the state's unusual investment in rare coins put party leaders on the defensive. Republican s from President Bush on down rushed to rid themselves of contributions considered tainted. All the while, the businessman and prominent Republican fundratser at the center of the scandal waited out hi s fate at his oceanside home in the Florida Keys . On Wednesday, coin dealer Tom Noe pleaded guilty to federal charges that he illegally funneled about $45 ,000 to Bush 's re-election campmgn . . Hi s voice faltered for a moment as he spoke in the courtroom and said he decid~d to plead guilty to "spare my family and many dear friend s" the embarrassment of a trial. It was a rare moment o( emotion from the former power broker. who had remained defiant as the investigations mounted. Noe still is charged in an ill-fated $50 million coin investment that he managed for the state worke rs· compensation fund . He has pleaded not guilty to stealing at least $ I million·from the fund and .is to go on trial in August. He admitted in U.S. District Court that he arranged a contribution scheme to fulfill hi s promise to generate $50,000 for a Bush fundmiser. Many of Noe 's friends. including a few of politicians , told him they couJdn 't afford the $2,000 price tag to attend the fundraiser so he offered to pay for their tickets. assistant U.S. Attorney Seth Uram said Wednesday. Pro:;ecutors said Noe gave , $45,400 directly or indirectly to the 24 friends and assoc iates; who made the campaign donations in their own names, allowing him to skirt the $2 ,000 limit on individual contributions. . Investigators gathered credit card and bank records that showed Noe ·wrote the checks. At least four of his friends knew. what they were doing was illegal. Uram said. Noe told them to say that the mone y was a loan if anyone asked. the prosecutor said. Among the people who donated monev that came from Noc ,\·ere several Toledo-area officeholders and a former mayor: A lawyer for three said they cooperated with investigators and would not be charged, but prosecutors have said others could be charged. Noe was well aware the scheme violated campaign finance laws because he had received literature from the Bush campaign outlining the federal rules, Uram said. All of the checks were written in the eight days leading up to a fundraiser in October 2003 at a downtown Columbus hotel. A year later, Bush 's victory in Ohio gave him the White House . Authorities say hi s campaign committee was unaware of the alleged contribution scheme, Noe. 51. remained free on bond. and a date for sentencing was not set. Prosecutors told Judge David Katz they would recommend a total · sentence of 2 years to 2 1/2 years for all three convictions. The maxim um sentence is five years in prison on each of the three counts and a combined $950,000 in fines. · Investigators have not said whether . Noe used money from the state coin fund for campaign. contributions. The government has said Noe 's penalty could be more severe if it's found that he used money from the coin fund for the donations. However. John Pearson , an attorney with the U.S. Justice Department 's public integrity unit , said Wednesday the government will not. seek a tougher sentence on the basis of the contributions having come from public dollars. Federal prbsecutors said in October the case was the largest campaign moneylaundering scheme prosecuted under the 2002 campaign finance reform law, which set limits on donations. The coin investment scandal, ·first reported in April 2005 by The Blade newspaper, has been a major embarrassment for Ohio 's ruling · Republicans . Investigations into the coin investment led to Gov. Bob Taft 's no · contest plea and conviction in August ·.to charges he accepted golf outings and other gifts that he didn't report . Four of the governor's former aides also . have pleaded no contest to ethics charges in the last year. · · All were friends with Noe , who raised money for a slew of Ohio Republicans. Noe's work for the GOP allowed . him to meet with Bush during several of the president's visits to Ohio. Noe and his wife also attended one of the inaugural balls in 2005 . and he used his political ·connecti ons to win appointments to state boards thai oversee the Ohio Turnpike and Ohio 's public uni versities . Page AS Thursday, June 1, 2006 Bl The Daily Sentinel Inside . NBA Playoffs .......... BJ Baseball ...... . .. .. . .. B4 REwARDING KIDS FOR READING . ' BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT®MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM RUTLAND - With the distractions of television, movies ,and video games, it sometimes take a little . initiative to get kids to read aqd for students at Meigs Primary School that initia- · tive came in the form of the , Accelerated Reader Program, and its prizes. Back in October sttidents in kindergarten through second grade ·began reading books th:.t were age appropriate. After reading each book students then took a test of I0 questions or less on the book they read but more importantly what exactly they comprehended from it. Like the program, all the tests were ,oluntary and taken by the students without help from a teacher. Each time the child read a book and passed the reading · Submitted photos tests they earned points and at the end of the school year The to p four accelerated readers at Meigs Primary School were recently awarded with new bicythose points started t!J accu- cles and were (from left) Ka lynn SeymQUr, Miranda Gill ian, Chase Curtis, Grant Adams . Pictured mulate and tum into prizes with her students is Accelerated Reader Teacher Connie Halley next to student Nathan Gearhart who won this stuffed wolf for participating in the reading program. for participating students. Those prizes went from pens, pencils, footballs and radios to brand new bicyCles. Student Chase Curtis scored· the most points with 212 . He passed 451 reading tests. Miranda Gillian was next with 180 points , and 370 tests passed. Joining them were fellow top readers · Grant Adams who passed 53 tests with a 98.5 percent average while Kalynn Seymour passed 240 tests with a 97 percent average. Gillian , Curtis and Seymour were all second graders, while Adams was in the first grade. All fo ur children were rewarded for their efforts with brand new bicyCles. Chase and Miranda both said they would continue to read throughout the summer . Mrs. Bookman's second grade class won the prize· for · the most active readers in the . and having read nearly 750 Accelerated Reader program with 3,686 reading tests taken . Accelerated Reader Teacher books between them this Connie Halley is also pictured . .. year, they are sure to keep are now reading fourth read the better they can Bookman's second grade their word . comprehend even subjects class won the prize for the "I want to stay . here and grade level books. For Accelerated Reading like math. You can't do any- most active readers with read with Mrs . Halley," 3,686 reading tests taken Chase said on · the last day Teacher Connie Halley, the thing without reading." reason why the program is Over 19,200 reading tests an 89 percent passage and of school. rate so important is simple, '~It were passed by students at The two second graders "Thi s is a wonderful prosaid the program taught measures a child's reading Meigs Primary School for gram," Mrs. Bookman said . them that they can read comprehension. The better the 2005-06 school year. they comprehend what they Out of 435 students Mrs . "chapter books" and they winds around 5 mph . Chance of rain 70 percent. Friday ... Mo,stly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely. Highs in the upper 70s. Nonhwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Friday night ... Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms . Low.s in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. STATE .TRACK AND FIELD MEET Preview Editio·n You~g Saturday ... Partl y cloudy . Highs in the upper 70s. Satur<!ay night and Sunday ...Mostly clear. Lows in .the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Sunday night through Tuesday night...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s . Wednesday ...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs .around 80. Chance of rain 30 percent . Keeping Meigs County informed The Daily Sentinel SUbscribe today 992-2155 Eagles set lor State BY lARRY CRUM L C RUM@MYDAILY~EGISTER .COM COLUMBUS - They may not have the best qualifying times entering this weekend's State Track and Field Meet at Jesse Owens Stadium, but the Eastern Eagles think they may have a couple of surprises up their sleeves. "This week has been going really well. the girls ran their fastest time at regional s so they are pretty pumped up about this weekend. I think they will be even faster this weekend so everyone has been pretty excited," said Eastem track coach Josh Fogle. "Michael (Owen) knows he messed up at regional, he still made it, but he knows he can run faster so I think they are all ready to run and see what hap- Schedule of F:vent'J ,,,,, Division Ill Fddav. Jyna 2 Field Even11 (Preliminary and Finals) 1 p.m.. Girls Discus · Boys High Jump Girls Long Jump Boys Shot Put Girls Pole Vault 3:30p.m. Boys Discus Girls High Jump Boys long Jump Girls Shot Put 4 p.m. Boys Pole _vault Tra~k Eventa (Finale) 9:30a.m. Girls 4x800-Meter Relay 9: 45 a.m. Boys 4x800-Meter Relay Track Events (Semifinals) 10 a.m. Girls 1()()..Meter Hurdles 10:10 a.m. Boys 11 0-Meter Hurdles 10::20 a.m. Girls 100-Meter Dash 10:25 a.m. Boys 100-Meter Dash 10:30 a.m. Girls 4x'200-Metei' Relay 10:40 a.m. Boys 4x200-Meter Relay 10:50 a.m. Girls 4)(100-Meter Relay 10:55 ~ . m . Boys 4x100-Meter Relay 11 a.m. Girls 400-Meler Dash 11:10 a.m. Boys 400-Meter Uash 11:20 a.m. Girls 300-Meler Hurdles 11:30 a.m. Boys 300-Meter Hurdles 11:40 a.m. Girls 200-Meler Dash 11:50 a.m. Boys 200-Meter Dash · Noon Girls 4x400-Meter Relay 12:m p.m. Boys 4x40o-Meter Relay SaturdaY. Jynt 3 Tra~k Evanto .(Finala) 9:30a.m . 9:35a.m.. 9:40a.m. 9:45a.m. 9:55a.m. 10:05,a.m . 10:20 a.m. 10:35 a.m. 10:40 a.m. 10:55 a.m. 11 :05 a.m. 11 :10 a.m. 11:40 a:m. . Girls 100-Meter Hurdles Boys 110-Meter Hurdles Girls 100-Mete r Dash Boys 1DO-Meter Dash Girls 4K20Q-Meter'Relay· Boys 4x200·Met;er Relay Girls 1600-MBter Run Boys 1'600-Meter Run Girls 4x100-Meter Relay Boys 4x 100-Meter Relay Girls 400-Meter Dash Boys 400-Meter Dash Girls 300-Meter Hurdles Boys 300-Mt:tter Hurdles Girls BOO-Meter Run Boys 800-Meter Run Girls 200-Meter Dash Boys 200-Meter Dash Girts 3200-Meter Run BoyS 32QO-Meter Run Girls 4x400-Meter Relay Boys 4x400-Meter Relay Division II Friday. June 2 Fletd Event• (Preliminary 1nd Flnala) 9 a.m . Boys Pole Vault 10 a.m. Local weather Thursday .. .Mostly cloudy. A cha.nce of showers and thunderstorms in the moming ...Then sho:Ners and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest . winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Thursday night ...Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 60s. West Thursday, June 1, 2006 Girls Discus Girls High Jump . Boys Long Jump Boys Shot Put Track Events (Finals) 1:30 p.m.. Girls 4'1C80Q-Met.er Relay 1:45 p.m. Boys 4x800-Meter Relay Track Events (Semifinals) · 2 a.m. Girls '100-Metei- Hurdles 2:10 p.m. Boys 110-Meter Hurdles 2:20p.m. Girts iOO,Meter Dash 2:25 p.m. Boys 100-Meter Dash 2:30p.m. · Girts 4~200- Met er Relay 2: 40 p.m. Boys 4x2QO-Meler Relay 2:50p.m. Girls 4x 100-Meter Relay 2:55p.m. Boys 4x1QO-Meter Relay Girts 400- Meter Dash 3 p.m. 3:10p.m. . Boys 400-Meter Dash 3:20p.m. Girls 300·Meter Hurdles 3:30p.m. Boys 3QO-Meter Hurdles 3:40p.m. Girls 200.Meter Dash 3:50p.m. Boys 2QO-Meter Dash 4 p.m. Gir1s 4x40Q-Meter Relay 4 :10 p.m. Boys 4~400-Meter Relay pens." The biggest surprise may come from Owen, who · scorched the field at the district championship en route to the victory in the 3200-meter run before coming up short 19 seconds to be exact - at the regional championship where he. strolled in with a 10:1 2.82 time, good enough for third place in the event. Even though he came up short of his district championship time, if Owen . can return to form by this weekend, he may be able to mak~ ·some noise for the Eagles. " I think he is capable of at lea~t being top etght, other Eastern's Michael Owen a comfortable lead over a pack of runners in the 3200-meter run at last week's regional. than that it is hard to tell how high he can go." said Fogle. meet at Pickerington North High School.. ' "He has an unlimited amount of talent, so I think he can finish high up." Despite making it to the state meet, his seed could have been much higher based on his di strict time, leaving room to Easte rn's Becca Owen, wonder what he could accomfront , receives the tlaton plish if he paces himself for from teammate Erin Weber another great run this weekto start the second leg of end. the girls 4x40Q.meter relay "I think he needs to pace event during la st week's himself a little better, he knew final s at the [)ivision Ill he was the districl champion regional track and fie ld and he knew he had the fastest meet in Pickerington. The time going in, I think he just Lady Eagle s finis.hed ·second wanted to win regional and he in th·e event and earned a tried to go out. I think if he berth in this weekend's . paces himself he will be fine," said Fogle. · · State Track and Field Meet · His third place run at the· in Columbus. Eastern finregional meet left him with the ished in a time of. 4:15.01. 15th fastest time of the 16 qualifiers at I0: 12.82. Matt OVP File photos Dotson of Bucyrus Wynf6rd had the fastest time in the 3200-meter run with a time of 9:34.86. Chris Olinger of West Setyrday Jyna 3 Field Evvnta (Prellmlnlry and Finals) 9 a.m. Boys Discus Boys High Jump · Girls Lon g Jump Girls Shot Put Girls Pole Vault . Track Events (Finale) Girls 100-Meter Hurd les 1 p.m. 1:05 p.m. Boys 110-Mete.r Hurdles 1:10 p.m. Girts 100-Meter Dash Boys 100-Meter DasiJ Girts 4X2QO-Me1er Relay t :1Sp.m. Boys 4K2(l().Meter Relay 1:25 p.m. Girls 1600-MetBr Run t :JS p.m. · Boys 1600-Meter Run 1:50 p.m. Girls 4x1QO.Meter Relay Boys 4x100-Meter Relay 2 :0 ~ p.m. Girls 400-Meter Dash Boys 400-Meter Dash 2:10p.m. Girls 300-Meter Hurdles . Boys 300·Meter Hurdles 2:25 p.m. Girls Boo-Meter Run B.oys 800-Meler Run 2:35 p.m. Girts 2QO-Meter Dash Boys 200·Meter Dash 2:40 p.m. Girls 3200-Meter Run Boys 3200-Meter Run 3:10 p.m. Girls 4x400·Meter Re'lay Boys 4x4oo-Meler Relay ·cancer Never Sleeps . ' Whether it be a family member, friend, co~worker, or neighbor, we ' have all been touched in some way by cancer. A cancer patient endure$ months and sometimes years of treatment and life changing issues. , Holzer .Medical Center and the . American Cancer Society would like to invite the community to support the struggles of cancer patients and their families. " To Jesse Owen s Memoria l Stadium (2450 Fred Taylor Drive ) ... • --- • j 1 ' Please see Eagles, B1 , Eastern Eagles ,State Qualifiers Michael Owen Event 3260-Meter Run . Kaylee Milam ·Becca,Owen Erin Weber Event Event 4x400-Meter Raley 4x400-Meter Relay Event Even! 4x400-Meter Relay 4x40Q-Meter Relay ' Close,·but no state title Gallia Academy eyeing· Gallia Academy's takes her team -state title in Division 11 Close last shot at gold BY BRYAN WALTERS BWALTERS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE .CO M COLUMBUS Both From the South - Take Felicia Close and Kayla Perry 1-71 North to SR 315 Nort h will play huge roles in Gallia to Worthington. Take the Academy 's pursuit of the ~iris Ackerman Road exit. Turn Division 1.1 track at:d tieid · right on to Ackerman Road. tttle on Fnday and. Sa,turday, . Turn right on to Fred Taylor but the biggest piece of the Drive. Jesse Owens Angel s' championship puzzle Memorial Stadium, may reside 10 four underclassBuckeye Softball Field. Bill men competing at· ·Jesse Davis Ba seball Stadium . . Owens Stadium. and the Jerome Junior Crystal Wade - as S'chottenstein Center will be wel l as freshmen Alexts Geiger, Tonia Logan and on your left. ~ , Lauren Adkins - have a lot of expectations on their shoulders thi s weekend in a total of five events, but those extra chances at team points have GAHS coach Rick Howe ll opunu suc about improving on their schoolbest finish at state in 2005. "We were fourth last year and we could possibly finish hi gher thi' weekend. but a lot of things have to fall imo place ," said Howel l. ''I've looked at the times, we're .competitive witl1 everybody and we're fa ster in some events. It's going to take two good days of wmpetition and I think our ki"ds arc up for it." The Angel s have six. girls competing in eight' eve nts overall . including races in the 400m and 800m relay events. GAHS, also competes in the .1200 nteter run , long ju,np, lOOm dash. 400m das h. lOOm · hurdles and 300m hurdles. With nine possi ble opportu· nities to 'core points. four more than las t 'ca"m · tl)e Blue and White appear even Please see Eyeing, Bl BY BRYAN WALTERS BWALT ERS@MYOA! LYTRIBUNE.COM. GALLIPOLIS - Fel icia Close is perh aps the mi>st accomplished track and tield star in Ohio without a s tal~ title in her resume. She' s focused OA changi ng all Of that thi s Saturday. Close." who h.as signed with the University of Akro n. has alread y participated in II state eve tit s and I 0 finals through her junior campaign, · and the recent Gallia Academy graduate will have four more opportunities for gold this weekend at the 2006 OHSAA championships in Columbus. . Close will be competing for the fourth strai ght year in both the I00 meter hurdles and. JOOnl hurdles events. as ' well as her third go-around in the 4x lOOm relay. Close also earned a repeat trip to Jesse Owens Stadium in the long jump fin&I S; The owner of 16 Southeastern Ohio Athletic League and 13 regional championships. as well as Please see Close, B:l ' ' . I �Page 82 • The Daily Sentinel Thursday, June www.mydailysentinel.com 1, 2006 Thursday, June t, ~yla Perry: scholar, athlete and·team leader Stadium and Area Map www .mydailysentinel.com 2006 ' Report clears Annstrong of doping in 1999 Tour de France ' to fall in place." Perry is also col)fident in herself and her teammates. "We haveagoodaschanceas anybody for that state title," Perry added." All of us are pretty high up there in our rankings. · so I think . there's defmitely a good ,possibility if we just step 1t up. In addition to track and field, Perry has also been a standout in volleyball and basketball over her high school career. But this, her senior year, didn 't go exactly as scripted . She sustained an ankle mjwy just days before the basketball season opener. As a result, she missed the fllSt half of the season. Against the advice of many, she returned to court on January 12 in a home .game versus Athens. Most ~pie thought it would be best if she sat out the entire season to prevent a reinjury, but Perry wouldn't hear of 11. "Everybody that was an adult, at least, told me not to do it," Perry said. "My parents did1)'1 want me to. My basketball coaches were even telling me that they would understand if I didn't come back." She scored four points in her seasondebutastheBlueAngels won convincingly 77-50. The learn began to gel and Gallia Academy went on a late season surge to capture its third straight sectional tJtle. "It was my senior year arid I' wanted to contribute ~" she explained , "Part of being a senior is trying to be a leader. I· at least wanted to be a leader on the co~ instead of sitting there off of 11." , · · And she didn 't miss a beat in track season. She routinely dominated the 400 meters in the meets jn which she ran, and helped Gallia Academy to a outstanding camraign. The team won .. its I th straight Southeast District title .and won the regional last week by an incredible 40-point margin . Perry will attend Kent State University in the fall, but is unsure if she'll run track for the Golden Flashes. She doesn't have too - all of her scholarships were of the academic nature . "I haven't really decided yet. I'm leaning more toward not," she admitted. It was through hard wotk in the classroom that Perry is able to make such a choice. It certainly wasn't easy, considering she played three sports, and the amount of practice and game time that son of commitment BY BRAD SHERMAN BSHERMANOMYDAILYTRIBUNE .COM I~:·· ,.· -" I1 14 20 • ~ ... ·-~ IS ., ' j 'lll COLUMBUS - Not much can compare to Kayla Perry's accomplishments on the track, 8 except for those in the classroom. During her four years at Gallia Academy, Perry has been I. Public Parking 2. School Varu!Perm'it Parking the model student athlete. She 3. Athlete Tents plaY.ed three sports, all the · 4. Media Area while maintaining a 43 'grade 5. Ticket Sales point average. She is a co-vale- · 6. Coachn Packr:t Pickup dictorian and even earned the 7. Clerlt Area title of top senior in malhemat8. Awards Area ics. But this weekend, the math L Offlci&IYWorter Q\eclc-in 10. Hoopif4lily Tent whiz will be focusing im the I I. Mercbandiae Sales. Simplest of numerals - No. I . 12.Long1That's because she'll be helping 13, Diocw! Throw and Weigh-in her Blue Angels chase that cov14. Sbot Put and Weigb·iD elect top spot at the State Track 15. Hil!h lump and Field Meet , and at the same 16. Pole Vault titne.aim for an elusive individ17. CommonFin.sb Lin.etrrainenl 18. HS C<lmmenc:emcnt Park.iDg (SAT only) uai state title of her own. 19.EM8 Perry has been the stale run20. Scoreboard ner-up in her signature event, the 400-meter dash. the last two seasons. As she prepares to run it for a fourth and final time at the state level. she's again one of the favorites . She'll enter Friday's prelims with the fourth fastest qualifYing time. but will have two other events to run immediately before the 400 meters. Perry knows it "'ill be tough, but her track record shows she's certainly 001 afraid of a challenge. Map Cour1eey ~f ..I "·ouJ(l like to win it really . the Dhlo High School Athletic Association . bad ... she admitied. "I know going in that there is a girl runfive teams in the 4x400 team rung a 55.8. that's faster than things well," he commented . I've ever ran." event. "We have had some great That girl is Akron Buchtel 's . Katie Hayman will be the athletes come through this Ashley Tucker, who ran it in · alternate for the Lady Eagles track pro~ram , but none were from Page Bl . fromPageBl 55.88 seconds in her regional squad if needed, leaving coach as versatile as she is. Felicia final. Perry finished . ahead of is a notch above everyo11e Lafafene Ridgewood Foglefull of confidence if she three Meadowbrook High else." Tucker wh¥n they were both is called into action as she was .II), Evan Gaynor of 400 1 School stadium and two Howell would also like to (9:3 sophomores. They didn't face re ay team Delta (9:39 _69),Jason Ordway a part of the 4x each other last year. SEOAL records, Close . is see all of Close's hard work in the year. earlier Perry's main rival, Ayrizanna determined to add the one over the last four years pay of Holgate (9:44.63) and Andy One of the most interesting Arnio of Cortland Maplewood Favours, is gone · the thing missing from her stellar off in her finale. .( : _ ) round out the top aspects of the athletes Eastern Columbus Eastmoor product "I want her to leave Gallia fi9 46 78 prep career. al 'fi · th is sendih$ to the state meet won the event four years (n-a"You always :want to do Academy by winning an 1ve qu I 1ers m e event. this year IS their youth. While roW. · your best as a senior, espe- event and she's got areal shot On the girls side, the 4x400- · Owen and Weber are juniors, "If I don't win it, it's still a cially since it's your last to do that ," he said. . me~r relay squad of Erin . the remaining three legs of the privilege to be there anyway," chance," she said. "It would If Closehas a good day, as Weber, Becca Owen, Kaylee 400 team are all freshman . Perry said. mean a lot to me to win a well as the rest "of her team- Milam and Alyssa Newland , "Honestly, I don 't think Others e~pected to challenge state title because it's the mates, there is a· possibility had quite an a~tn.Plishment some of them realize what for the 400-meter state title only , thing I haven 't that Gallia Academy will be last weekend, snappm~ a long they have done yet. Track has include Katoria Carter of achieved." in contention . for the 2006 drought of state qualifiers in never really been a big thing at Hubbard and Defiance fresh.· Eastern girls track. pose , who has also com- Division II team title . man Mikaela Tolbert Before Friday, the last time the school so I think some of peted twice at state in the Winning at least one crown · Perry qualified for the state girl from Eastern qualified them are still in shock . that a 800m relay event, enters is the ultimate goal for Close meet m four events, but will for the state tourney was way . they are there and I don't think Friday's preliminaries as a personally, but she does like drop the 200 meters to focus on some of them realize they are top-four prospect in all four the idea of going out on top back in the 1980's. the other three. In addition to her "I think it is going to be headed to the state meet yet till of her competitions. She also. with some really good individual quest for gold, she is tough for them ·to make the ·we get there," said . Fogle. enters the lOOm hurdles with friends and te/'mmates . also a mem\Jer of stn;mg 4x I00 the fastest qualifying time in "It would really mean a lot. finals, they are going to have "They have been pretty quiet and 4x200-meter relay teams. Ohio. . I'd probably cr~ from all of to run probably 5-6 seconds all week, none of them have . She'll be running the 4~100 The defending runner-up in · the excitement,' Close said faster than what they ran , so it really talked about it so I don't with classmate ·Felicia Close . that same event , Close was with a smile. "Winning state is going to be pretty tough," think it will really hit them Because of the level of success the only girl under I5 sec- as a team would mean even said Fogle. "I think we can go until we actually get on track they've enjoyed since breaking onds w1th a reglpnal time of more to me because we 4:10 or 4: U, we will just have and see what happens." . into the high.school track scene ~uires. But once they step off the as freshmen, their careers have 'Every night after prattice I 14 .90 . Last year's champion, would have done that togeth- to wait and see how they run." been linked. . had homewotk for at least like Ashley Trimble of Hamilton er." The Lady Eagles squad had bus and are surrounded by · Now the eldest members of two hours." she explained. Township, graduated. Felicia is the daughter of a nice run at the regional meet many of the states top athletes the group, the two have "Then I 11sed both my study Close also heads into Paul and Robin Close of to reach the state tournament, at the legendary Jesse Owens jlssnmed leadership roles - .halls in the mofl)ing." Friday with the second- Gallipolis. 'qualifying second with a time Stadium. it should all come particularly with the 4x I00 An individual or team stale fastest qualifying time in the Notes: Close was the top'· of 4:15.01, where they will- into perspective at just how learn, which includes a pair of title on Saturday would be a fit- 300m hurdles and is part of point scorer at both the compete in the second heat big an accomplishment it is to freshmen in Alexis Geiger and ting end to an extraordinary the founh-fastest 400m relay SEOAL and D-II district during 'Friday's qualifying make it to the state meet. Tonia Logan. high school career for Perry. squad with Kay Ia PelT~ , championships all four years And regardless how they do, · "With Kayla and Felicia Howell said seeing his Alexis Geiger and Toma of her prep career. She was runs . The squad of Steph Tinney, the season has been one to being seniors, they've been seniors leave with a state title Logan. also the high-point scorer the . Tiffany Patrick, Colleen remember for everyone · tht:re three times before, so they "would be the ultimate." Close is already in the long last three seasons at the D-II know what to expect," staled He continued, " I want each jump finals and currently sits- regional championships in · Nitchman and Danielle Sidell involved, especially in helping of Collins Western Reserve make a name for the Eastern Gallia Academy track coach of them to go away with at least third headed into Saturday. Byesville .... Close has accu- bring with them the top quali- track program. Rick HowelL 'They are kind of winning one event and they've It wouldn't be the first state mulated 37 of Gallia . fying lime of 4:01.46. "I am proud of them. it has helping the younger kids get both got a chance to do that. championship in GAHS track · Academy's 69 points at the The teams ·of Findlay been a long time since we over tliat hump." 'The bonus will be if they Perry can still remember can bring the learn along with and field history, but girls state meet over the last three Libeny-Benton (4:02.18), have sent this many people to )What it was like when she and them. If that ha~pens, that will coach Rick Howell believes years , including her highest Attica Seneca East (4:02 .63), state, I think it is a great opporthat nobody is more deserv- total of 13.25 points in last New Knoxville (4:02 .99) and tunity for them and we are Close were on the 4x I00 team just be fantastic. championship . Oregon Cardinal Stritch excited to go and see what frosh. The team is practicing at the ing than the departing senior. season's "If you go head-to-head Gallia Academy totaled 22 (4:03 .23) round out lh~? top happen ~." said Fogle. . : "I know it 's a lot of stress on Stockmeister Track and Field over the years at Gallia points at state in 2005 and freshmen sometimes to be on Complex on the campus of the Academy, Felicia is probably finfshed fourth ov~rall as a ihe relay learns, especially if University of Rio Grande this the. best athlete we have had team, currently the highest in you have seniorS on the team week before · heading to because she does . so many school history. because you Want to compete Columbus. Eagles Close ZA .-------------------~---------• h 0W~ .. ·U'.U -· ch M··Ill. ron -.-- · 1il,,·1!1·!~11 Stadium Jesse at DONWOODINC. AUTOMOTIVE hi, II II. N. Second Aye. ,. -- -·.. ----- - Cory••• Good Luc;;cun, poillts. ''Those points add up. Last I '• 1 ck Team! year we were fourth in tlie stale, ihiB year we could possibly be higher. But a lot of things have - ., ·---- AMSTERDAM, Netherlands playing field and a fair system (AP) - A Dutch investigator's of drug testing, the time has report cleared Lance come to take action against Armstrong of doping in the these · kinds of attacks before 1999 Tour de France on they destroy the credibility of Wednesday, calling the accu- WADA and, in tum, the intersations against him "complete- national anti-doping system." ly irresponsible" and raising The International Cycling the possibility of misconduct Union appointed Dutch lawyer by anti-doping authorities . Emile Vnjman last October to The 132-page repon recom- investigate the handling . of mended convening a tribunal urine tests from the 1999 Tour to discuss possible legal · and by the French national anti~ ethical violations by the World doping laboratory, known by Anti-Doping Agency and to its Fre~ch acronym LNDD. consider "appropriate saneVrijman said Wednesday his .tions to remedy the viola- report "exonerates Lance tions." Armstrong completely with The French sports daily respect to alleged use of dbpL'Equipe report~d in August ing in the 1999 Tour 'de that six of Armstrong's urine France." samples from 1999, whe n he The repon said tests on the won the fitst of his recCJrd samples were conducted seven straight Tour'titles, came impro~rly, and fell so shon of hack positive for the scientific standards that it was endurance-boosting hormone · "completely irresponsible" 'to EPO when they were retested suggest that the resu lts "conin 2004. stitute evidence of anything." Armstrong has repeatedly It said no proper records denied using banned sub- were kept of the samples, there stances. had been no "chain of cus· "Today's comprehensive tody" guaranteeing their repon makes it clear that there integrity, and no way of knowis no truth to that accusation," ing whether the samples had Armstrong said in a statement. been "spiked" with banned "I have now retired, but for the substances. sake of all athletes still comThe report said WADA and peting who deserve a level the LNDD may have "behaved 1 as !Nell," she said. :really "Youproud just of feel pressure. I'ni them (the fresh. inen) and what they've done this year." The 4x 100 race is expected to be a til!ht one. Eastmoor enters witli tile fastesi time (49 .02), followed by Upper Sandusky, Orrville and - Perry's Blue Angels. · : Perry will anchor the 4x.200 squad, again joined by Geiger arid Logan, as well as JUmor Crystal Wade. The team owns the fifth fastest qualifYing time going in. . In all, the Angels will have 5ix individuals competing in eight evc:nts at stale, ~ith !}le opp01turuty to score pomts mne . times. Coach Howell likes his team's chances of improving on its founh place fmisli from last season. Arid a team state championship is not beyond the i'eaim of possibility. "With iill the different events we have, we've got a lot of kids that could make it (on the podium) and get a medal'," he said. "With the leadership of Kayla and Felicia, our 4x!OO and llx200, there's a good chance that we could Score a lot of I I!IIU.IUd,lll,l~ '500 shopping card with FICO uedit l!ore up to -636, ond purchase of a used vehlde over S6,000. Dealer [Dntribution may affetl final pri[e. 992-5627, Eyeing . , .. r-~---- - ......&.- --"----;---- -- · .:_-~ ---~---• I '- \ -- AP photo Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton (32) protects himself from Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade during a Wade dunk in the second quarter ln. Game 5 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals at the Palace in Auburn Hills , Mich . Wednesday. Pistons survive Heat 60-53 lead. est to tal at halftime in the "Everybody brought ener- senes. . gy," Prince said . "When we Notes: Prince 's previou s AUBURN HILLS , M.1ch . , move, we're a better basket- career pl ayoff- high was 24 - Detroit's defense would ball team.'' points, a total he reached .not let the Pi stons' season Detroit had a 73-65 lead most recently in Game 2 end. · after three quarters, and against the Heat. .. The The Pi ston s got back to Prince had already tied his Pistons lost three of their their swarming ways when career playoff-high with 24 previous four Game 5s .... the Miami Heat had the ball , points. The Pistons stayed in Be'n Wallace, the Defensive and Tayshaun Prince scored control during the final quar- Prayer of the Year, blocked a a career playoff-high 29 ter. shot in the first quarter after point~ to lift Detroit to a 91-. Despite the Joss, hi story· swatting only one in the first 78 wm Wednesday mght m says the Heat will reach the four ga mes of the series .. .. Game 5 of the E;astern NBA Final s for the first McDyess had• a brace pro. time . Teams leading confer- tecting his left wrist, which Conference fi~als. The Heat d1d not score m ence or division finals 3-1, he injured in Game 4. and the final 3 1/2 minutes while like Miami was against after a dunk earl y in the secDetroit pulled away with the Detroit, have advanced 40 of ond quarter Wednesday, he last nine points of the game. 43 times and 16 straight. grimaced with pain as he Miami also hurt 1tself by But the Piston s ha ve been walked off the court. ... going 6-of-20 from the free a trend-breaking team with "American Idol " finali st throw hne . their co mebacks whil e Pari s Bennett sang the "We just came out aggres- becoming the first team national anthem.... Fac!!s in sive.like we talked about and since the Chicago Bulls of the crowd included Red played Pi stons. basketball," the early 1990s to reach the Win gs star Nicklas Chauncey Bill ups sa1d. conference finals in four Lidstrom, Hall of Fame "There's pressure on them straight years. si nger Bob Seger, Kid Rock now, now that they are With four of its c urrent and Michigan State baskethome." , ·starters playing key rQles, ball coach Tom lzzo. who Miami hosts the two-ume Detroit rallied to adva nce just returned from hi s second defending conference cham- after trailing . the Orlando trip to Kuwait, where he pions Friday night in Game 6 Magic 3-1 in the first n;JUnd coached and visited U.S. with a chance to advance to of the 2003 pl ayoffs. military personnel. the NBA Finals for the first That became the first of · · timejn fran chise history. four 3-2 deficits the Pistons Dwyane Wade scored a have overcome the past four series-low 23 points - eight postseasons - including last below hi s previous series year 's Eastern Co nfere nce , average --:- and Shaquille finals against Miami , and the O'Neal had 19 points for the previous round thi s year Heat. ' against Cleveland . · Billups had 17 po ints and Entering the game, Wade 10 assists, Richard Hamilton was averaging nearly 31 hi d 16 points and a career points and making almost 70 playoff-high I 0 rebounds , percent of his shots while Anton1o · O'Neal 'Was averaging 21 and , reserve McDyess provided a boost points and I0 rebounds, with 10 of his 12 points comThe Pistons missed six of ing after halftime . · their first seven shots - perMiami , which trailed by as haps showing some nerves much as 11 in the first half, with ,their season and reputamade it 51-all early in the tion on the line - but trailed third quarter. by just three points. Four Pistons contributed to Detroit's defense· created a little c11shion. in what was a an g,o run that put · them tightly contest game for ahead 10-5 and maintained much of the night. the lead and .were up 25.20 . Prince had a steal and a at halftime. dunk, then on the ensuing Another combinatio n of pos se~sion Ben Wallace four Pistons combined to broughtthe crowd to its feet. score · eight unan swered Just when O'Neal , was points, putting Detroit ahead about to throw down another 35-24 - its largest lead up one of his backboard-shak- to that point. Miami ing dunks, the 6-foot-7 responded with a 16-4 run , Wallace leaped and stun!ed taking the lead on Wade 's O'Neal's slam - forcing a dunk off Alonzo Mourning's 'jumP, ball , and putting the 7- full-court pass . I 0 Neal on his back. Detroit led 47-43 at halfAbout a minute later, · time. with Prince and Wallace's" three-point pia ~ Hat:n ilton combi ning or 19 of - yes, he made the free its points and Wade being throw ~ gave the Pistons a h.eld to 10 point s - his lowBY lARRY lAGE ASSOCIATED PRESS from Page 81 will be Geiger, who is competing in the maxi mum four events. Geiger q1,1alified individually for state in both the long jump and IOOm dash and will also be part of both relay events. Though it will be her first ap(learance at J~sse ~wens , StadiUm, Geiger 1s_thnlled to be headed to state m her first se~s?n of competitiOn . . . I m excited about qualifymg and hopefully I can-get O?, .the podiUm ~.s a freshman, satd Ge1ger... That would be more dangerous headed into thi s weekend. Howell believes that the · experience of both Close and Perry , along with the depth of the four you ngsters, makes Gallia Academy a legitimate threat to the .entire D-II field. That is, as long as the Angel s take care of their business on both Friday an{l Saturday. . "The number one thing we want to do is have every kid compete the best they can to gel on the podium . And preferably we want them to be number one," said Howell . "Wi th all of the different events we have at state, we have a lot of kids that could come away with a medal. If · they can win some of those events, the team stuff could fall into place." Close and Perry are colleclively competing in s i~ events. and -also qualified fourth or better in ti.ve of · those races. Close is participating in the lOOm hurdles, 300m hurdles, long jump and 4x lOOm relay. , Perry is al so pin'! of the 4x IOOm relay team and will ·also compete in the 400m dash and 4x200m relay event. . Of those six events , onl y the 400m relay is not a repeat appearance in Columbus. The busiest underclassmen reall~ grea~ . Ge1~er IS currently rated 12th m the lOOm !l.sh and SIXI)l m the long JUmp. . Logan wtll also run on both relay teams a.nd IS happy abou t contnbullng as a fre shman. She looks at the weekend as a chance to honor her co-captains and teammates. :' I'm very ..excited ab'o~t th1s weekend, said Logan. I hope we can·win because it's Felicia and Kayla's last. year. I really want . to wm 11 for . them." The final member of the 4x200m relay squad is Wade, who qualified for state as a freshman . She didn't get to compete last year because of an injury and she 's had to battle to get back to this honorable point. She admits that all of the Angels have fought hard this year to get back to Columbus and the junior also think s that all of their persistence will payoff this weekend. "We have a pretty good in ways that are completely inconsistent with the rules and regulations of imemationai anti-doping control testing,'' and may also have been agai nst the law. It accused WADA of putting pressure on the LNDD to summarize the results of the tests, and sai(l both agencies violated rules Q'f confidentiality by openly dis.~ cussing them. · lt'said neither Armstrong nor any of the other riders that were tested retroactively could ~ fairly be accused of violating anti-doping regulations ba~ on the LNDD's examination. . WADA chief Dick Pound said he hadn't received the repon yet but, based on what he had read in news accounts, was critical of Vrijman's find- ings. . ''There was no interest in determining whether the samples Armstrong provided wen: positive or 110t," he to\d The Associated Press by telephone from Montreal. "We wer~ afraid · of that from the very beginning." Pound reiterated his · claim that the UCI had leaked the forms to a reporter from L'Equipe and was responsible for the doping samples be in~ linked to Armstrong. MORE .LOCAL NEWS. MORE LOCAL FOLKS .. )! ( ' ' . . Subscribe today. ,, , The . 4·x IOOm relay team s enters with the fo urth-fastest qualifying time and the 4x200m relay team is currently seeded fifth . The final GAHS competitor is Adkins in the 3200m run. She enters Saturday's final with the· ninth-fastest time in preliminaries. Only the top eight score at the state meet, so Adkins will ·have some work ahead of her if she wants to medal in her first Ohio championship . . . She's is focused on doing her part as Ga llia Academy 's lone competitor. in .the di stance events . "We 've worked really han,! as a team all year for this upcoming weekend and I'm really excited to be a part Of it," said Adkins . "Hopefully J can run a good time, possibly get a podium finish and pick up Some points." ·' · Sophomores Ivy Hurt and ·Dana Dotson are also goi nl!; with the Angels to state a~ alternates in the rela~ event9. Both are making the1r second trip to Jesse Owens Stadium . Along with Galli a Academy. early co nt end er~ for the 2006 Division II girls title appear lo be Mantup Cresiwood , Akron Buchtel and two-time . defending champion Eastmoor Academy. ltack &ufe'rn· &,gte. fjood we Are Proua Of _You! l end." L ToR: Cou.ch Mcllicon, :Alyeoa Nowlund1 Be<co Owen, Erin: Web.,~. Kaylee Milo.m, Couch Foqle KnMli ng Mi ch.o.el Owen . · ·•, • I team and I think we are ready to go." said Wade. "We've all worked real hard to get where we are and we' ll deserve everything we get this week- In The Division III Sta-te Track Meet ·. This Friday Er Saturday }esse Owens Memot:ial Track At Ohio State Un1vers1ty · ' 992..)155 t - The Daily Sentinel • Page 83 \ ' ���Www.mydailysentinel.com ._ Page 88 • The Daily Sentinel •11· Thursday, June 1, • !be BY CHRIS DUNCAN Clemens said Koby 'pushed him toward returning. "Basical ly, he got me going HOUS1DN - llle memory · .and that got my body movof his mother pushed Roger' ing," Clemens said. . Clemens to come back. The Clemens was heading to chance to play with his oldest Lexington this week anyway son persuaded htm to ptck the to see Koby play and see his Houston Astros. mother's tombstone, which "We' ll see what happens," was being ' made in nearby Clemens said Wednesday. Cincinnati. Now, he' ll · have "Here we go." the chance to take the field Clemens agreed to a $22 with his son in a real game foF million contract to pitch for the .first time, Houston .for the rest of 2006, "It' ll be fun," Clemens said. ending months of specul ation "But he' d be the first to tell around baseball a nd in his you that if he was with anyown mind whether he cou ld body else or if I really felt -or even wanted to· ~lay a deep down that I needed to 23rd season. · bookend my career in Boston " I think I've placed more or go back to the guys.in New responsibility on my shoul- York , he would' ve encouraged ders than I ever have in my that." entire career," C.l emens said. If all goes well , Cleme ns' " But I accept that challenge." second start would be June II His two youngest so ns at Double-A Corpus Christi, wanted him to walk away. But Texas, followed by a stan June one of Clemens' sisters 16 at Triple-A Round Rock, swayed him by musing on Texas. what his mother, who died last He could be pitching in the September, would ' ve pre- big leag ues by June 22. ferred . · Cle mens helped pitch the "Like my sister said, ' Mom Astros into their first World would want you to be work- Series last year; this season ing. She doesn 't want you to they're 27-27 and 7 1/2 games be unemployed,'" Clemens behind St. Louis in the NL said. '"So go back to work.' Centml. The 43-year-old C lemens is "The ball's in my court agreeing first to a minor now," Clemens said. "Thi s leag ue . deal · that pays was a difficult decision on my $322,000 over the five-month part in a number of situations. minor league season. He is I have to now take tht: next due to make his first start next step and get my body ready to Tuesday at Lexington. Ky .. the come back, get effective, win Class A affi liate where oldest games." son Koby plays . Even with an abbreviated Clemens said Koby was a season .ahead, Clemens is major factor in choosi ng the uncertain how he' ll hold up Astros. physicall y. Clemens said the "Yeah, Koby is the wild mental strain might be f;!Ven card in all this," Clemens said. more demanding. "Just· like he told me thi s " ! know it's going to ·be morning, even if he was some-· stressful , I know I'm going to where else, we've had too be tested, l know I' m going to many great moments here the have some lows going through last two years to set that this;" he said. "Those are the aside." questions l had to ask myself, A few weeks ago when if J'm ready to do this agaiQ." Clemens was still wavering on Clemens first retired after whether to return at all, Koby the 2003 season, then changed broke hi s left pinkie finger and his mind and joined his homecame back to the famil y's ·town Astros after former home in Houston to recover. Yank ees · tea mmate Andy ASSOCIAT£D PREss 2006 IIJ Pettine left New York to sign ·and Roger Clemens' presence with Houston. The seven-time in our rotation will certainly Cy Young Award winner said do a lot to get us there." he was "99 percent" retired Clemens led the majors with after 2004, but he came back a 1.87 ERA last season. for Houston's .2005 run to the Hquston ~ the New York World Series. , Yankees, Boston and Texas all Then, after the Astros were tried to lure him this season. swept by the Chicago White "It was very fl attering and a Sox, Clemens again said he piece of my heart is in each of considered him self ret ired. those cities," he said. " I think But he never formally said all four teams, including ours, farewell to baseball and come September, are going to always left open the possibili- be ri ght in the midd le of ty of returning, even pitching things. In that sense, I was for the United States in the pretty lucky to have those World Baseball Classic. teams talk to ·me." When he is added to the Rangers owner Tom Hicks major league roster, he gets a sent Clemens a handwritten one-year contract worth note this week. The Rangers, $22.000,022 - his uniform meanwhile, moved forward number is 22. Because he without him. "He's the greatest pitcher of won' t be playing the full sea· son, he gets only a prorated all time, and it's always excitpercentage of that. which ing when he's . pitching," wou ld come to about $ 12.25 Rangers star Mark Teixeira million if he rejoins Houston said. "But he's not pitching for in late June. The tentative goal is to have. ~~;. so we don ' t .worry about him start against Minnesota on Boston manager Terry .June 22 - if he 's put on the· "big league roster on that day, Francona was just happy his he would earn $ 12,632,307. team won't have to face "I'm not riding around in Clemens any time soon. the back of a convertible, wav"I' m glad he didn 't go to .the ing my hat and selling tick- Yankees," Francona said. "Let ets," he said. "They expect' me him . stay in the · National to get on the fi eld and win League." ballgames and do it the way Yankees manager Joe Torre they're used to seeing me do said Clemens "still possesses ·t that little boy inside himself I . "And 1 accept that more so and that's why he keer.s wantthan anyone." · ing to play this game. ' . "And he <loesn 't have to Houston was fini shing its series with the Cardinals on apologize because he's still a Wednesday afternoon, but the dominant pitcher," he said. ·video scoreboard at empty "It makes sense for him to Minute Maid Park was already go back with 'everything that flashing "The Rocket is he's used to over there the last Back! !!" couple of years. Maybe not General manager Tim pitching the first part of the Purpura said Clemens didn't year will be a benefit to him agree to the deal until after because he kind of wore dbwn midnight, early Wednesday ' toward the end of last year." morning. . Clemens · last pitched com"lt's a tremendous· uplift to petitively in the WBC, where our situation," Purpura said. he beat South Africa in the "Our young pitching has been first round and lost to Mexico tremendous, but our young 2-1 in the second round on pitching is inexperienced. March 16. . 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