http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/0d83e85cce6f036aa3929bd7adabb906.pdf 37422045961fcc2fd93f46107588dd52 PDF Text Text Ohio Lottery oyas beat VIllanova 78-67 Pick 3: 0-()-5 Pick 4: 9-3·9·7 Buckeye 5: 12·21-25-28-37 Clear tonight, lows In the · upper . teens. Wednasday, partly cloudy, highs near 40• • I ASIIFOIIIII SUVKIIIIHIIMIIIT. 1 Section, 10 Pogea, 35 eenta Vol. 47, NO. 117 Pomeroy-Middleport, Ohio, Tuesday, January 28, 1997. 0,1117, Olllo .,.•..,. Publllhlng Compeny A Gannett Co. N-paper firefightirig improvements for Pomeroy pay off . . • ~nsurance rating for village :upgraded following study By Jlli FREEMAN . .. Sentinel News Staff , · , Improvements in Pomeroy's firefighting capabilily were recognized recentb1 by an improvement in the village's Insurance Serviee Office rating. ·.• Each village or city in the state, or township with a tire department, is ~signed an ISO number ranging from one to 10. ·The lower the number, the Letter the fire protection. An ISO rating number of 10 would represent virtually no ftte protection at all. . . . ~omeroy's ISO rating number was recently dropped .from six to five. • The assignment is based on local fire departments, their equipment and other variables, including local water supply and the amount of water avail- department would be hampered by an inadequate fire department. Everything came out balanced well - from the Meigs County Emergency able, Pomeroy Council President John Musser explained. Medical Service's ale rting system, to the village wa(er supply and cooperaEfforts to reduce the ISO number began about4-1/2 years ago when fortion between the Pomeroy and Middleport fire departments, he said. mer Mayor John W. Blaettnar, then a member of Pomeroy Village Council, asked council if he could attend an ISO school to learn more about the rat- · "Pomeroy and Middleport cooperate so well together," Blaettnar said. "Its wonderful the way these two fire department> today work and cooperate." . ing system. "It comes out in these ratings. it all fits together," he added. . Council approved and Blaeunar attended the school, which involved two Pomeroy Fire Chief Dann y Zirkle said the ratings change followed an days of classes at the state fire academy in Columbus, armed with .an ISO intensive three-day examinat io n by an ISO inspector from New York. . manual donated by Musser. "He spent three complete days in here," Zirkle said . He checked the water The manual outlined what changes needed to be made to the village·water system and fire department, explained Blaettnar, who is also a member of · systems in Pomeroy and Middleport; che.cked Pomeroy's system at the hydrants. . · the Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department, . · In determining the ISO number, evaluators have a divergent factor "He checked the communications system at the EMS and looked at the everything has to be. balanced, Blaettnar said. For example, a pe~fect fire (Contin!K!d on Pag,e 3) Southern Board fills vacancy; OKs· pact .Activities . detailed ror Middleport's bicentennial bash~ 97 5~1 e·· 2-WHEEL . . ~ ' . • I *Price lncludH.Ail Rebate• to < • By CHARLENE HOEFLICH mittee, with others to secure perStmUnal N-s Staff · missi6it for use from thai commiuee. The Arts Council members noted · Planned activities for a year-long observance of the 200th anniversary during tlieir presentation plans by The of the fol!riding of Middleport were Daily ~~ntinel for a commemorative outlined at Monday night's meeting publication sometime in the spring. of Middleport Village Council. The Arts Council asked for con' Mary Wise and Jeanette Thomas, tributions to a display of artifacts sigrepresenting the Riverbend ArtS nificant to Middlepnr!'s history, and Council, which is heading up the eel-. stressed the need for volunteers to ebration, gave a schedule of events assume responsibility for preparing planned for the year., the exhibit as the .May bicentennial Activities · include a Founder's feature. pay dinner/dane~ to be held in April, Plans include early · pioneer and ~~~anil prO oattying Ifi4\at! ·re-~riachl\ents ih. September. .. d:t{~ ,. 411' tOJII; ilf ~~- ~ J'bo!ii!~...;need fllt$llll'fe~~ .. aa,buj ings~n O<;tober. to take· over arrangements .for tliat, ;':1\t the request of Wise and Wise said. ·· . · . thomas, council approved a budget June will featute special programs of $3,SOO for the celebration,. the by churches and organizations of the Mayor Dawey Horton, above, and cellebrat:lon · BICENTENNIAL LOGO - A logo designed amount to include expenses of the Art community, according to the schedby Bob Gilmore for the celibratlon of the 200th chairmen Jeanette Thomas, left, Council's programs and a brochure on ule. 1111nlver18ry of the founding of Middleport.wee Wise, examine the artwork. Middleport. Wise pointed out that the.celebralldopted by Middleport VIllage Council Monday. A logo design created by Bob lion this year is a "founder's bicensettlers of Middleport. Ti)ey came of Leading Creek on April 15 , I 797. Oilmore was presented to council and tennial,'' not a bicentennial of the said. was unanimously adopted for the eel• incorporation of Middleport. That did . · Historical records show that James · down the Ohio from Mariena and It was there that they built their first ebration year. Use of the logo was not occur until the mid-1800s, she Smith and his family were the first landed about a mile above the mouth cabin. restri~ted to the bicentennial com"' Doug Little of Racine was named . to the Southern· Local Board of Education at its regular meeting Monday night at Southern Local High School in Racine. . Little replaces Susie Grueser, who resigned fro m the board earlier this month after IS years of service. His term expi res at the end of this year. Lirtle received a juris docrorate with hon ors at Ohio State Universi. ty, and .also graduated summa cum laude from OSU with a bachelor's of science degree in business ad.ministfation; specializing.in finance : · He has· practiced law in Meigs County for 19 years and is currently with the Pomeroy firm of · Little, Sheets & Warner. He is also a mem- ber of the Meigs County Public Library Board and is a dire ctor at Farmers Bank & Savings Co . . He and his wife. Connie. have two children, Jesse and Tyler, who attend school in the district: "I \vas willing to expend the time to see if I could be of assistance,'' Little commented. M·i ddleport Council delays action on equipment requests . He said maintenance is increasing, the income iax and why the departand !te asked council to·begin plan- · ment is not' receiving more operaning now for a replacement, since tiona! money from that source. delivery on a new truck takes about Councilman John Neville asked two years. . . Hoffman to get an estimate o.n the Mayor Dewey Horton suggested a ramp construction before the joint meeting between . fire department meeting where financing will be dispersonnel and council to further dis- . cussed. cuss the problems and how financing Council alSo heard from Police can be handled. Chief Bruce Swift, who. asked for a "We're trying to gel out of d~bt new cruiser. and we have to be careful about Swift said that the last new vehi-. things that will get us !lack into debt," cle was purchased in I992 and has commented the mayor, about 160,000 miles on it, and that · Hoffman countered with. a state- the other cruiser is a 1990 and has mentthatthe department put almost been driven more than 200,000 miles. $2,1 ,000 into maintenance in 1996 The department also has a 1986 "money raised by the firemen." Bronco. He said the department is not in a He asked that council go into the position to i!lcrease its contribution. state purchase program where a new The fire chief said that the depart- car can be bought (or between ment's budget has gone down in the · $10,00(J'and $14,000. past few years and that they have Horton again said that the village tried to "make do." He asked about "should not commit or spe~d money · \ 97 s~104·WH E·E L ' • ¥·8 Et\IGINE j '. -•• -., . .By CHARLENE HOEFLICH !Santlnel News Staff · ' No action was taken by Middle:ROrt Village Coundl at Monday :night's meeting on requests from the fire department for equipment replacements and facility upgrades, or the police department for a new cruiser. Decisions were postponed pending a review of village finances and meetings with personnel of the two departments to further \fiscuss the needs and how they can be met. . Fire Chief David Hoffman advised council that four of the department's :seba tanks were rejected during routi'ne hydrostatic testing, resulting in some equipment being taken out of service. · .t: ·He said the cost for replacing the ~~nks would be $7 ,60(l'arid empha:5ized that the purchase needs to be made soon. Hoffman aiso reported that the ramp ir>.front of the station has deteriorated to the point that one of the trucks drags sometimes. Replacement of the concrete is needed sometime before next winter, he said, and he gave an estimated cost oT $15,000. He also discussed with council the need to Jook.tciwllfd the purchase of new radios for all department apparatus: and a base station due to changes in frequency bands planned by the Meigs Counly Emergency · Medical Service which dispatches · local vehicles. The cost for this conversion, according to Hoffman, will be approximately $12,000. Planning for the purchase of a new fire . truck was also !liscussed by Hoffman, who noted that Engine 12 is 17 years old and that the lypicallife of such a piece of equipment is 20 years. . we don't have or can't generate- we need to look at th~ finances." In other business: • Horton said that questions have been raised about the Middleport Board of Public Arfairs, and he wants to make it clear that "we did not fire tltem." · He emphasized that doing away with the board was a part of restructuring village government. "We've always appreciated the work of the board," he said. • A committee composed of Councilman George Hoffman and two employees will meet to consider village health insurance specifications before readvenising for bids. • Council member Sandy lannarelli reported that residents have com-, ·plained about the Christmas tree on North Second and debris' in the area of the old headquarters building; (Continued on Page 3) CBO's ·report of reduced deficit welcome J~ews as balanced budget talks resume ·:. WASHINGTON (Ar) - · The also ·tauded the new deficit projec- projections.~ added fuel to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget lions, but criti.;ized the budget office budget war between the two sides as ;Office said today that projected .fed- for deficit estimates last year that Republicans accused Clinton of using ·era] deficits through 2002 look small- proved to be: too high. an unrealisti~ally optimistic eco.q than they did last year, a ~ift for "We need to take a little while to nomic scenario. l'iesideni Clinton and Congress as examine the uncertainty of these ... O'Neill warned that it could still .they commence their balanced-bud- forecasts ~fore we act in reliance on be hard for Clinton and lawmakers to get efforts. thi:IIJ and start making radical strike a budget-bahmcing deal, in part The two sides will have to agree ·changes to programs that successful_. because they now envision a five,on $154 billion in savings in 2002to ly serve mil\ions of -Americans,-: y~ar time frame instead of the six . elimina~edeficits, CBO Directorlune Lautenberg said. · . years they used during last year's O'Neil! told the Senate Budget ComCBO's new figures move it clos- · failed budget talks. In ad<lition, the mittee 1 er to the rosier deficit esti10a1es the·. economy is unpredictable and a • LastMily,CBOsawa$210billion White . Hou~'s Office of Manage- downturn would push deficits sky·snortfall in 2002. Over the next five ment and Budget has been making, ward . . :rears, deficits now look about one- easing one area of partisan tension . "Despite the encouraging reducthird smal.er than they did a year ago, Administration and congressional lion in the l!aseline deficits. balanc. O'Neill said. . officials say when Clinton unveils his ing the budget by 200.2 may not be : "I believe there is very good news new budget-balancing plan next easie~ th!s year tha~ last," she said. ip this report," said commillee Chair- week he will state that about S 100 0 Netll also dehvered a daunting man Pete Domenici,.R-N.M. "Yet it billioo in savings in 2002 will be: reminder to the p...lsident and Conmakes clear that to balance the bud- needed to eliminate the deficit that gress that CBO still exp<!cts deficits get by the year 2002 much still needs year. to resume rising next year unless savto be done.-: , Last rear, congressional analysts ings are enacted. That would end the '.; Sen. Frllnk Lilutenbc:Jt of New foresaw a ,200~ deficit that wlls about streak of fou• consecutive years in f~rsey; til!: panel's ranking Democrat, $100 billion higherthiln White House which the shortfall has shrunk , ' ,,.. • . . ' . ~ READY wmt THE FIGU"ES- San. Strom Thurmon~, R-$.C., looked on 88 ail eldt reedltd a chart during • 'Capltl!l Hill new. conference Monday aa ThurniOnd and other Rapubllt:ltn senators dl~~eusaed the propoeiid balanced budget 11'11811dl!lllllt to the Conetltutlon. (AP)' . • . . . , . Board members David Kucsma, Marty Morarity and C.T. Chapman voted to acc.ept Little. with board ·member Bob Collins disagreeing . Others considered as prospective board members were Dan Smith of Racine , and Ron Cammarata and Janet Krider, both of Portland. The board, with Little abstaining, ratified a negotiated agreement with teachers of the So uthern Local Education Association. The new contract, effectiveJuly I, 1996 to June 30. 1998, does not include any pay scale adjustments, .but increases the number of sick days a teacher can accumulate to 250 from ·225. It also includes provisions for a retirement bonus for eligible teachers equal to 75 percent of the teacher's severance pay, and increases life insurance benefits to $35.000. "There were not a whole lot of changes,'' said Superintendent James Lawrence. The board met with Howie Caldwell and Michael Winebrenner about posting jobs for the reserve baseball and softball programs. Board members· Chapman, Morarity and Little agreed to post the position's, while Kucsma and Collins voted against the . posting. In other business, the board: • Approved James Hayman and Darin P. Logan as substitute teachers · for the remainder of the school year, and accepted Donald Boggess and Stacy. Bumpus and substitute custodians, and Debbie Williams and Chuck Williams as substitute cook and tustodian_, respectively. • Approved an increase in bus driver Larry Smith's supplemental route salary in the amount of $450 for the remainder of the school year, due to his transporting a student to Meigs Junior Hi'gh School. · • Approved leave without _pay for Joyce Thoren on Feb. 13a0d 14 . • Selected Little to serve as district legislative liaisbn to the Ohio School Board Associ3tiqn for 1997. • Met in executive $tSsion to dis- -~ cu&s personnel matters. The next hoard meeting will be ~ held Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Letart Falls Elementary School. ·• . ' �• Commentary The Dally Sentinel• Pap a T...-,, Jenu8ry 21, 1117 • 0 • ..... 2 ~~I 0 ocal News in Brief: We at hPI T...-a.j, ...._., 2t,1il7 • Missing woman found by volunteers . - -......~---.-...-~.-· .....----------~---......---~·-111!111.- - -...... ~ ~ 111 Co1.ri St., P~, Ohio t1c-ta-21H • Fu; 982·21157 Sara Eckel .2r A Gannett Co. Newspaper . ROBERT L. WINGETT _Publisher CHARLENE HOEFUCH MARGARET LEHEW Genllr.l M1u111ger Controller . let ,_ hom,...,. f'IJIJ_or_}_ffte _ _ btOMI,... hod. ·. 'n."'"" __•*CI'INII ,..,.,, ...,...,. .,111/_, ... _____ •..,. . . . ....... Md.,...,. 8t1t1c1tY • .... oW:•awCoulf lite-.II-...StnlllleL --or-- Smtinel IU. _ _ on • «<lfttJJ til ... ol....,p''T phone INifllblr. diiii 10: . . _ 10 l'llo Polt•ut, Ohio..,.; or, F.U:.ID 11~1R. I lhouJhl I had Ibis l'llula Jones in1 her. Jones t.ded a-y. remindthins fiped out. And it had nothins ina him 11ta1 he wa Jllllried. Then lhe to do with the size of her hair. Or my two talked for a while lonpr. Finalpersonal political sympathies. Or ly, Clinton unzipped his panls, pulled even whether or not I believed her story. It was simply that I didn't think she had a case. "Even ir everything out his manhood, and asked her to Paula Jones says is true," I wrote in kiss it. Jones immediately left the an early dr.ft or this column. "Her room. horrified. charges again~ President Clinton A tawdfy scene, no doubt, but is still do not meet ~. legal definition it -sexual harassment? 'The Equal . or sexual harassment." Employment Opponunity CommisMy argument began with Paula sion has two basic definitions of this Jones ' version or the event$ or May violation. First, there is quid pro quo 8, 1991. She was working the recep; harassment, in which sexual favors lion desk at the Governor's Quality '\fe demanded as a condition of Management Conference; which was employment. Then there-is "hostile being held at the Excelsior Hotel in . environment" harassment, which is · Little Rock, Ark. A state trooper told behavior that "has the purpose or , her thilt Gov. Clinton would like to effect . or unreasonably interfering meet her in his ·hotel room and · with ,Jill individual's work perforescorted her there. When Jones got to mance or creating an intimidating, the room. Clinton chatted with her hostile or offensive work environabout her job and then staned grop- ment." To prove that "hostile envi- fD •,.. lit, Ill Fiscal oversight bill might not catch all money troubles fOIIIDelll" '*-'etll OCClllfOd.. plaintiff must show that 1he clefen.. dant's ac~ we"' unwelcome, seve"' and ~ted. Clinton's allepd behavior could not be defined as quid pio quo hanwment, because Clinton never indiclted that Jones' job deperidod on her "kissing il," and because Jones' career did not suffer as a result of ber spurning the governor. However, it cmainly meets the first two qualirt:. cations of "hostile environment" harassment-- as it was both unwelcome and severe. But repeated? For all the media hype this case has received, who has ever heard mention of a second or third incident? 'The stoiy was always that Clinton made an eJR:Jiious pass at Jones. Jones refused bini. And Clinton backed 'off. Although the EEOC does allow that single-incident · hl!'assment can be found in extremely severe situations, Clinton's actions . By PAUL SOUHRADA AIIOCiated Prell Writer COLUMBUS -The sponsor of a bill that would give the Ohio Board of Regents power to step in when a college or university runs into money · troubles thinks the issue transcends the current wrangling over Central State Univ~rsity. . But a top regents official says he's not sure previous budget problems at other schools would have warranted the drastic measures envisioned by Sen. Merle Kearns, R-Springfield. · Kearns' bill would allow the governor, once the regents placed a school on a "fiscal watch," to appoint a conservator toiemporarily assumf duties or the college's board of trustees -including firing the school's president. After 30 days, the governor could appoint an alternate authority until the school got back on track or permanently replace the trustees, as Gov. George Voinovich did last year at Central State arter reports surfaced about the growAMERICA ing financial problems utthe ~istorically black school in Wilberforce. Recent estimates put Central State's debt at $16 million, and the state bud- , get director said last week that the school will run out of money by June if , lawmakers don't come through with a $10 million bail.out. I Kearns to)d a Senate committee last week that although her bill would : .do nothing to~esolve the Central State situation, it could head off similar ! problems in the ruture. . . Maybe, said Matt Filipic, regents' vice chancellor for administration . But ,Central State's woes were the only ones he 's seen in ·the past20 years that required major government intervention. ' · "It's cenainly the case that a number of our institutions ... have gotten into financial difficulties," he said. " Filipic recalled several si:hools in the pa<t that ran into cash-flow problems rm: one re.Son or another and received their state_aid payments early, And Southern State Community College in Hillsboro needed an emergency infusion or about .$100,000 in the. late 1980s, he said. " But I can'tthink or any that would have been affected by the conservatorship language," · Ohio colleges and uni• ersities· already have their boOks checked annuDining out the other' night, I dis- problem is they have too many cusally by private accountants under contract with the state auditor. Usually_when. cov~reda littl~ placard· on my table; tomers. AOL sent out free in~allation they get into trouble, it's because or ~eclining enrollment or because the state · whi¢~ ~n~. J~~f~~~ lel~t~~ '' !llis.cs JP~ e~ -~n.t!enttbeirig. OII ,th~ tinkers with the amount of money available, filipic said. , • glass of water:-jusl iisfl':' '!'lfe line +~pbnetll lla'lf ~ght of tl!'em myself!), He added that he hopes- if the bill passes - the regents never have to print informed me, "for every glass use their increased enforcement authority. of water that we ser\le, we spend two "Bu' that doesn't mean it shouldn't be on the books." additional glasses ofwater to clean · and sanitize it. So to save water, we finally signing up 8 million cus, . are serving water only upo~ request tomers by the epd of 1996. · of our cUstomers." UnTonunately,AOLcan only hanIn other words, they didn't want to die 250,000 customers at a time. BV· The AIIOCiated P11111 . . give me . a lousy glass of water According to The San Francisco TOday is Tuesday; Jan. 28, the 28th day of 1997. There itre 337 days left because then they'd have to wash the Chronicle, AOL has ·"grappled witb glass. Still, I'm glad they're con- ' system outages; a flond or customer in the year. cerned enough about drought in our complaints and lawsuits by dis~runToday's Highlight in History: , flood-soaked region to do something tied users who have ex)!Cricnccd difOn Jan. 28, 1986. the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff rrorn Cape Canaveral. killing all ~ven crew members: flight com- about it. So many restaurants just toss ficulty logging onto the overheated · mander Francis R. "Dick" Scobee; pilot Michael J. Smith; Ronald E. water about willy-nilly, soaking their system.". customers and laughing maniacally. Tbere was even an embarrassing · McNair; Ellison S. Onizuka; Judith A. Resnik; Gregory B. Jarv'is; and school- · Elsewhere in the marketplace, my four-hour blackout last year. teacher Christa McAuliffe. local cable company has been adverSo recently, AOL chief executive On this date: tising proudly that it offers "two-hour Steve Case sent out a letter -- that's In 1547. England's King Henry VIII died; he was succeeded by his 9service windows." I guess this means a letter, mind. you, not an e-mail -year-old son, Edward VL . . that if you make nn appointment to · In 1596, English navigator Sir Francis Drake died off the coast of Pana- have cable installed, the installers will Acknowledging the problem. a'nd telling customers: "There's somema; he was burjed at sea. show up eventually, ir not during thing you can do·to help," In 1853. Cuban revolutionary Jose Marti was born in Havana.· your !ifctimc, thcn your heirs ' . What How? "Moderate your own usc of : ·Jn 1871, France surrendered in the Franco-Prussian War. a guarantee! AOL a bit during our peak evening In 1902. the Carnegie Institute was established in Wa<hington D.C. Obviously cable compan·ies don'i periOds. Du'ring this transitional peri1 In 1909. the United States ended direct control over Cuba. really need satisfied customers . od, it would be helprul ir you were i an 1915. the Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress. Apparently they don 't need cus- sensitive to the needs and rrustrations ' In 1916, LOuis D. Brandeis was appointed by President Wondrow Wil- · , tomers at all. of your rcllow members.'' son to the U.S. Supreme Court. becoming its first Jewish member. But that's America for you, Take Sec, it's YOUR problem . Mr. and In 194S, during World War II, Allied suppl ics began reaching China over America Online, for example . Their Ms. AOL user. You're just not sensithe newly reopened Burma Road , iI a . (Jit1b~J! . - . . more like soduction. albeit a very clumsy leduetioit. dwl cOercion. . A&r readin.a a lllac:k of news reports on the incident, none of wliic:b meotioned any lllleplica dull CliniOII's .behavior was pervasive, l rolled up my shirtsleeves to beJinlhis column, But after typinJ a few ,M,, . I g o t - and decided to dOi'IW i"'l tie more research. I'm sure you can suess what I found. Buried in the suillionth paragnph or a IS,QOO. word article in the A~an Lawyer .were the.details of Jones' complaint, in which she said that one of Clinton's trooper pals saw Jones after the hotel-room incident and said, "Bill wants your phone number. Hillary's ·out of town often, and Bill would like to see you." At a diiYerent time, Jones says that Clinton saw her at an event . at the· rotunda of the Arkansas State Capitol. "Clinton draped his arm around the plaintiff, pulled her close and tightly to his body, and. said: 'Don't we make a beautiful couple-beauty and the beast,"' says the arti! cle: . . . ' ' 'These two. incidenls have been .almost entirely ignoted by both Jones' supporte~ and her detractors. Even Stuan Taylor, author of tJt<r American Lawyer anicle, does not .make much of them. I don't get it. To me, this change,. everything, I'm willing' to dlscoum the first incident as a misunderstand- · ing, the second as annoying. Bu! when a woman has to ward of the' · advances of her superior for a third time, I'm sorry but that's lwassment~ Again, I'm not saying that any o( this actually happened. But I am say·l ing that we as a· nation must have &. very clear understanding of what sex~' ual harassment is. . J If we don't, we'll Continue to~ rrivolous lawsuits clogging thC courts, while legitimate claims are ridiculed and trivialized; i Send comments to the author in . · care or this newspaper or send here' mail at saraeumaoLcom. , Sara Eckel is a syndicated writer for Newopa~r Enterprise ASSoclation. l·s AOLAWOL? ----------------------------------/an Sboales . Today in .history ' I Clinton should push for national education standards 1 wc~o-H .;:fus,. HO~ . :'fW>S~ I t\OS1'J\6ES ~«.u lt4' f'E EL-. . . . l'M . W£1..~\lol' 1"\"\1: SI\Mf.. C.\..01\o\E. ~- 1''IE ' 0"' 1.a..(tlS-rN'AS, Too. ~t) !' II· '' . , r,. '' S\~CE SEf'o~E . .\ . . ' . .· By DeWAYNE WICKHAM who go to school in Boston a~d Des that, and we'll have a glut or Merit co~. up with a workable plan Ill" > . Gannett New1 Service Moi ncs. · · Scholars. . • address this concern if he is going to : WASHINGTON - Two days Setting the bar at the same level But first. the president will have to win over these critics. • ~ · after he was sworn in for a second for all students not only levels the run a gantlet of opposition. A disJ!roportionately large per- l term, President Clinton went to a sub- educational playing field, but it also States rights' advocates arc · not ccntage of black .~tadcnts attend I urban Chicago school to start build- will give employers a realistic idea or alone in railing against a national schools where everything rrom the l ing an educational bridge to the what they can expect from entry-lcv- standard ror schoolchildren, A good buildings to the expectations of teach- 1 ruturc. · c1 workers. That' will become more number of African-American educa- ers is substandard. It will take years J How?. important as we enter into the ne.xt tors and politicians also oppose the · of efforts and billions of dollarS .to With ialk or creating national century and employers increasingly, idea. They think it will put black stu- correct the'sc problems, But it's an 'I standards for schoolchildren. demand for more brains, and less dents- who as a group score lower investment that must be made, if the That kind of talk can be expected brawn, from workers: · than ·whites on standardized tests United States is going 1.0 maintai'n itS: to send chills up the spines of states' The end or the Cold War has ush, at a great disadvantage. Their point is dominate position in the world. rights advocates who believe the ered in a new worldwide competition well taken. The challenges or the post-Cold federal government should have no .- one for technological and ceoYou can 'I hold students in differ- War world must be met' with new . say in such matters. lt'ull right for nomic advan.tagc. To compete in this ent states. or. ror that matter, differ- strategies- not old fears. ~·s the: Washington to dole out billions to the arena, the United States has to pro- ent sections or town, to the same stan- message Bill Clinton ~as to sell to, j states in ~uppon or public education, duce a better class or studenls. We dards if they aren't given .an equal those who doubt the w1sdom of .his , but it should butt out when it comes 'need young people who are cllpable chance to learn, Clinton will have to idea. ~ to deciding what goes on.in the class- of going head-!o-head with the prodroom, States should be left to divine ucts of schools in Japan, Germany. ·j what-and how children are taught- Hong Kong and Switzerland. · . Five years ago: President Geo!Je Bush, in his State ofthe Union address : j . and bow' much of these lessons they proposed tax btcaks and business incentives to' ,., ivc the eeonom:r, and •. 1• should eventually master, For a 1ond pan or this century ed d · · the u s , . 1 1 A mu1llnat1on • • nuc ear """'na · :That kind of educ_ational tn'bal 1'sm schoolchildren in the former Soviet announc ramabc culs 10 Mid- , 1 die East peape co.nference opened in Moscow. · .. : One year ago: The Dallas Cowboys captured !heii-third Super Bowl vic- . t iloean't make sense', not In today's bloc nations were trapped in an eduworld: But national standards for cational system mQre interested in tory in four years, beaiinsthe Pittsburgh Stcelers 27- 17. France set off uixth ,;. schoolchildren do. Think about ii. steeping students in Marxist ideolo- underground nuclear blast in the South Pacific, the last in a series of atom- ' ' <In, the Jlobal villa,e we live 'in, , gy than in preparins.them for work. ic tesls that sene...ted protests .worldwide. · · •~ students who go to school in J'hat's chanJed. Now they are preparThday's Binhdavs: Musician-composer· Acker Bil.k is 68. Author Susan ' ' lle may end up c~""'t'ng •or in" for life_in the next millennium. Lou;•vt w · SO!ttag is 64. Actor' Alan Aida is 61, Actress Susan Howard is 54. Actresswork in·San Bernardino or Saratoga It's n\)1 enough for student» in any singer ·Barbi BeniOII is 47. Rock' musician Dave Sharp (11ie Alarm) is 38. , Sprin1s. But few will do so SUC(:ess- one stl(e 10 excel. We'-' more than ~ock sinFr S110·Phillips. is 35. Country musician Ore1 Cook (RiCochet) is < ·< fully if sill<l\ent achievement sl,ln- a knot of Meiit Scholars corninJ out . 32. Sin...r Sanh McLachlan is 29. DJ Mixmaster Mu••s (Cy-• Hill) is l 00 dardl in Kentucky are lower than of Ullh or Rhode Island. What we ..- El;;.~ Wood i 16 r! l~, . 29 ; thole in Calif'"ia or New York. , need is for studenb in ali stales to be , ·~'?!._ ~~"Ss · ' and • .1· . oppoli and..._ .• heldtothe hl.a.llllldlrd 1'fthis ·,, ........,.c.,,. .,.,...y: IICCeSS a&lun:arenot~ lei ....)"111 • v y, . otlnJS!e!l whO attend ci-s in . . ~ .,. ' even in thl ellil; they're not even a couc:h and a chair." - UJSan i\11tonio and Seattle should be IIAIIOIIII POl to compete suceess- lian Hellman, American author and playwriJI>t (1905--1984). . able to compete for jobs with tlkw. . ~lly with tilt rest of the world, Do u l . ' ' . or ' B.erry's World \ · smiling waiter would rush over and tive enough to browS. the Web. Mr. Case continues: :·Just as you snatch it out of your hand. · would bC sensitive about using a pub- • we'll hive '·night clltbo ·sd lie phone booth ir others were wait- exclusive they won'tlldmit anybodY, ing in lirie to use it, it would be help- . laundromats that only ...Cept clean rul iryou c6uld be considerate of the laundry, and public uansponatioo needs of other members or the AOL systems that require a run credit community." . check before a passenger is aUowOO. So let me understand this. This to board, We'll have a new mov•c rat• shrewd cybenycoon encouraged ing: "N -- Nobody Admitted." everybody and his dog to cram into I have some advcnising slogans his "phone booth." They did, and for our new, ,improved age: "Go_ now he's telling them not to use the Away," .. Don't Dri~k Me, >~ '·'Why phone? , Bother7" "One Cbip Per Customer,·:. A service organization that dis- "Your Dissatisraction Is Our Most ' courages its customers from using its Important Goal," and "Oh, What Do · · service -- this is a new twist on cap- You Want Now?" italism for me, Arc we now going to When I was a ~id, I'd try to get out have airlines telling people to stay of mowing the lawn by claiming that home'! Libraries telling people to put it would just grow again. The mar, that book down, and g~ play outside? ·ke'lplace is offering more than jus~ Taverns warning people aliout the excuses, it's ·offering a bold · nev.; direction. Keep off the grass. Don't d~ngcrs of alcohol abuse? Cigarette makers ·warning people not to smell the flowers, Payments will' smoke'! Congre~smen telling voters automatically be deductC!I from your, account. not to trust federal government? rTo receive a complimentary Inn Say, wait a minute. ... That's · Shoalcs newsletter, call 1-800-989,' . already happened. I guess Ibis is mom DUCK or write Duck's Breath, ..OS: than a trend. It's a way of !ire! Broad St., Nevada City, CA 9S9S9. ~ So what's tbe next step? Ian Slloales Is · a syndicated Maybe Jenny Craig Centers could writer for Newspaper Enterprise merge lvith Red Lobster. Every time Assoeiation. you reach out ror a _pat of butter, a . • • .. •. v •• .,.... " • • 1not • • • ' ' AA elderly Ut.t Falls woman wbo wandered away from bome early Monday was the subject of a ~h by local emeraeocy ltlld law enforcement oilken, and voluateers on all-terrain vdticlea. Ethel Cozart, 89,Adams Roed, wasreporledmiJiinaaround 8:30Lm. by a home health nurse, accordins to Racine Volun'- Fire Deplrtment Capt Scott Hill. . ' . . She was found in wooded ravine around 10 Lm., thinly dressed for the weather, he said, She was tranSponed by the Racine EmerJency Medical Service squad to Veterans Memorial Hospital in Pomeroy, and ~as later transported to Holzer Medical Center .in Gallipolis, where she is improving after being treated for hypothermia. according to a hospital spokeswoman. . Hill commended community volunteers who offered their time and use of their all-terrain vehicles, '· ~ question The Daily Sentinel The Paula Jo.nes harassment '* 'Es!Mfislid in 1.!148 Firefighting imp-rovements Driver Injured In Friday crash · A Rutland woman was treated-at Pleasant Valley Hospital Friday afternoon for injuries suffered in a minor motor vehicle accident Friday afternoo~ in Middleport. Middleport Police reported that Susan Barnitz, 40, Clifton, W.Va,, and Nancy Spires, ·SO, Rudand, were stopped in traffic ·on North 'Second Avenue. Damitz said her foot slipped off the brake and her vehicle moved forward, striking the rear of the Spires' vehicle, causing minor damage. 'The l'omer!>Y Emergency Squad transponed Spites to PVH. 'There weie no citations. W. VA. • Domestic violence charge flied : Area weather forecast A 21-year-old Pomeroy man was arrested by Meigs County sheriffs deputies ·and charged with domestic violence following an incident on Rocksprings Road Saturday afternoon. Scott W. Payne is ·accused of striking his mother, Sheriff James M, Soulsby reported. He .was being held in the Meigs County Jail, pending a hearing in Meigs County Court. Weather forecast: Tonight...Clear. Low in the upper teens. VI!Pable windS to IS mph. 1 Wedilesday.. .Partly cloudy. High near 40. :. Wedn~sday night ...Cioudy with a chance of~ow. Little or no snow accu, mulation expected. Low In the mid 20s. . · · ' , I · Extetlded forecast:, Thursday... Snow likely. Any accumulation expected to belight. High in the upper 30s. · .· · 1 ' Friday... Partly cloudy. Low in the upper teens and high in·the lower 30s. ·' Saturday... Mostly cloudy. Low in the upper teens and high near 40. No injuries were reported following a two-car accident on Bashan Road near Bald Knob-Stiversville Road early Sunday evening, Shelly D. Sinclair, 19, Racine, lost control of her car on the ic~-cov­ ered road with the car sliding into a second car· owned by Del Mollett, Long Bottom, according to a Meigs County Sheriffs Department. Mollett's car, driven by Angela D. Stevens, 23, address unreported, had earlier struck a guardrail at th~ scene, the report indicated. . Sinclair's car sustained light damage, while Mollett's 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle sustained modera14 damage. 1 No Injuries in two-car crash Icy roadway blamed In accident · An ice and snow-covered roadway was blamed in a one-car .accident on U.S. 33 at Dixon Road near Pomeroy Sunday around S:47 p.m. Chad M. Clark, 17, Racine, was south.bound on U.S. 33 when he lost control of his 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier in a curve, according to a Meigs County Sheriffs Depiutment repon. The car slid into a yard and rolled onto its top, • · ·He was treated at t1Je scene by a unit of the Meigs EMS. · "*'uriel Annette Spires • Muriel Annette Spires, 88, of Kyger, died,Monday, January 20. 1997 at , Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis. ~~·, · . . . ' She was born September 10, 1908 in Galli{,County, daughter Qfthe late William ~- ·and Elizabeth Hannah Athey, She ~ a homemaker and a member of the Pomeroy &eve nth Day Adventist C!Nfi:h and the Disabled Amerii:an Vc!terans Auxiliary. . · ' -~ _ · . She is survived by daughters ~nd sons-in-laotlllrma Bales of Kyger, Ardath . and Walter Zwies of Pensacola, Aorida, and Rita and Joseph White of Kyger; sons and a daughter-in-law, Dennis M, Spires of Cheshire, and Rodney and Patsy Spires of.Kyger; II grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; and'several nieces and nephews. · · I She was preceded in dea1h in 1971, by her husband., Dennis Leroy Spires, io whom she was married in September 1930; a son, Meredith Allen Spires; a sffiter, Mary Margaret Lynch; and an aunt and a granddaugh_ter. . Services-were held Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 2 p,m. in the Fisher f,pne,mli tl<!m~ :in ,M~!ldl~po!i!, with Elder.Rf\1' ~w,in.Jky officiating.,B.urial l'/as•tn !lKl Gnvel -Htll Cemetery. ' . · . {)eputies clear up crash details Deputies of .the Meigs County Sheriffs Department have resolved one . accident early Saturday. morning in which the driver reponedly left' the . ' see~. -~· I .., James R. Chassin,, 15, Ravenswood, W.Va., was eastbound on State Route 338 ~ear Portland, driving a 1988 Buick Lesabre belonging to Stevy Amber Carte of Evans, W.Va,, when the car went off the left side of the road, and sb11ck an embankment and a tree; according to a sheriffs depanment report. The car was heavily damaged and ·towed from the scene. . Chassins was cited for no operator's license and failure to control. After Meigs County officers began making attempts to contact Cane . Saturday, he notified the Ravenswood (W.Va.) Police Depanment that the vehicle had been stolen. · ' .'. .! QU· . ·WO~J(ers . authorize ·strike . . . White separatist,~ cohorts suspected in,Atlanta blast • t '. • • ' ' -Meigs ·announcements Squads record 11 calls Stocks "''M'""'-. 8::: . 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CaliL (AP)- pointed to the absence or blond For almost-a week, jurors in the OJ. drop.s around the glove and noted that Simpson wrongful-death trial have · the blond on the glove appeared wet listened to seven lawyers argue, rant, when it should have been dry because it had been sitting there all night. · plead and drone on and on and on. Vannatter. too, was pan of the Today, for the first time, the jurors conspiracy, according to Baker, by get to talk. Deliberations were to begin fol- suspiciously handling three or the lowing a few more hours of plaintiff most important vials or blond: that rebuttal by lawyers Tom Lamben and- taken from Simpson and the two victims. · Daniel Petrocelli. "The evidence in this case simply Jurors must decide whether Simpson should be held responsible for the is not trustwonhy," Baker told the June 12,.1994, knife slayings of ex- jurors. " It's not wonhy or your wife Nicole Brown'Simpson and.her belief." Jurors listened intently; and a few friend Ronald Goldman, and ir so, whether to award damages that could . who had put away their note pads cost Simpson millions. Simpson was opened them again and began jotting . notes. acquitted of murder in 1995. In an aggressive rebuttal , J'etroAmong the factors jurors have to celli argued that the conspiracy theweigh - variously described by the -lawyers .S critical evidence, crucial ory was nothing but fantasy cooked facts, uncontradicted truth, important up by a desperate, guilty tnan with testimony and flat-out lies .- is one help rrom high-priced lawyers and pressed Monday by the defense: the scientific consultants. "They .have invented arguments: frame-up: In a powerful rinale, lawyer They have invented dcrcnses with no Robert Baker assened that Simpson basis in reality. They have no facts to wa' .the victim or a police conspira- support them," Petrocelli said.,"It's cy led by r.lrmer. detectives Mark a rraud. It's a fraud on you. It's a big lie. It never happened. It's what Fuhrman and Philip Vannatter. Baker delivered his accusation in guilty men do." Earlier, during a two-hour speech words even more blunt · than those · Johnnie Cochran Jr. used at the crim- delivered in a sometimes whispering ' voice, Baker said there was neither . ina! trial. motive nor lime for Simpson to kill. "That's planted evidence," Baker said or the bloody glove that The lawyer urged jurors to risk being Fuhrman contended he found behind politically incorrect and embrace Simpson's house. "There's no ques- Simpson ali an innoCcn1 man, as . another jury did. tion about it." · To support the tHeory, Baker . Baker risked criticizing the rclativcs•or the victims and, for the first time, Goldman himself. Hospital news · Vetet'anll Memorial ~nday admissions - Aorence M. Potts, Middleport. Monday discharges ·~ Maurita Miller, Pomeroy. Holzer Meclkal Center Dildulrpo J1111o '1.1 - Hannah Leach. Mrs. Stephen Sanders and daughter. · Charles Whittington, Willi= Davis. (Pialllillled willl pmdrloa~ Racine mayor's ~ourt cases end The following cases were resolved recently in the Racine court of Mayc or Scott Hill. , Fined were : Diane Woodgcrd, Lancaster, speed, $53 . plus costs: George A. Sisler, Pataskala, $55 plus costs, speed; Duane David Compton, Hamel, N.C.. speed, $53 plus costs; Adam J. Lacey, Reynoldsburg. speed, · $54 plus costs; John B. Scflhorst, 'Athens, .speed, $55 plus costs; Toddy Raymond Scott, Racine, speed, $67 plus costs; l-eslie T. Voorhees, Chattanooga, Tenn., speed, ~43 plus costs; .Michael · L. Smith, Easley, S,C., ·speed. $53 plus costs; Anthony .Rou sh. Racine. speed, $71 plus costs; Brian K. Well, . Pomeroy, speed, $57 plus cosrs; Michael J. Sayre, Mason, W.Va., speed, $54 plus costs. · · I Rutland trustees choose officers Charles Barrett Jr. was re-elected as president of the Rutland Township Board of Trustees at its recent organizational meeting. Ch~rle s Williamson was elected vice president. Joe Bolin is the third trustee, Regular meetings were set for the first Thursday of each month at 6 ·p.m. at the Rudan.d Fire Station, Meetings .arc open to the public, By Dave Grate of Rutland · Furniture Some people pay their bills when due, .some when tlverdue, and some never do. *** bid you hear about the 15-yanl penalty for putting the ball in play during a commercial? ** * Adjustment is when your ulcer forms a ~!IUS, *** You can mls.s a . lot of good advice If you broadcast more often than you tune ·in. *** Grandpa · to student drlvar: "There -were no automatic transmissions when I leamed to drive. Our generation had to shift for themselves.' ·, I '1• Middleport Council (ContlnLtld from Pqe 1) The matters will be handled by the appropriate village department, it was decided. · · Attending were Horton, Council · members, Iannarelli., Hoffman, Neville, and Rae GWiadoWsky. Filling in for Clerlcl1i'easurer Dennis Hockman, wbo WIS reported ill, WIS Linda Brodllfi~k. t • 1 l J • ... \ '----------'""'!--------:-----"' · ATHENS (APh,; Npnteaching Adkins said Monday. · State law ewplqyees at Oh'lelUniversity have requires a union to give at least a 10day notice ·of its intention to strike, authori~ a strike if they don't have Adkins said the uni~ersity wants a new contract by March I, when the the current contract extended until curient pact expires. . t~·' Local 1669 of the American Fed- school officials have an idea of how ; SPOKANE, Wash.(AP) - Adis- Seattle', 'said an investigation of the eration of State, County and Munic- much money OU will receive iii the gruntled former AT&Temployee and ·· men is pending in the Atlanta case but ipal Workers represents about 600 next state llpdget. The ·union oppostwo men ,who are' accused along with cautioned that it may be routine cafeteria and maintenance workers, es an extension, he said. He said wages and health insurhim in a string of bombings in. the because oftheir alleged use of bombs telephone operators, police dispatchance arc among the issues to be ers and aircraft mechanics at the · Nonhwest have come under suspi- in the case here. resolved. He said the average wage is ~ion in the Olympic bombing. "Anyone who may be a bomber is southeast Ohio school. S 11.25 an hour. 'The . workers authorized a strike .Charles Harrison Barbee, a 44- a _potential suspect in the Atlanta "I hope and I think .we can get a year-old alleged white separatist from case,·: _a Justice ~panment orfic!al Sunday nighlin a meeting called to contrncr by March," he said. Sandpoint; Idaho, and the others are s~aktng on co~~ Ilion of ~nonynmy let members know the status of negocharged with robbing a Spokane sa1d Monday. No one IS gelling .tiations, local President Charlie ~ilnk and setting off bombs there and . excited about these guys at this at a Planned Parenthood office and point.'"''' , ~~wspaper, of!!ce last year. The,Y . Bar!'"~:s la~yer, Roger Peven, were arrested in October and face tn - also sa1d there s absolutely no cona! Feb. 10. nection" between the bombings in Trustees to meet The Columbia Township Board of Trustees will meet in regular session One person was· killed ·and Ill · Spokane and Atlanta. Monday, 7 p.m. at the fire station , )!Cople injured in the July 27 bomb- · Barbee, 44, worked ror AT&T in ing at thC AT&T-sponsored section or Georgia and Florida, In a 1995 inter' Atlania's Centenniai ·Oiympic Park, view with The Spokesman-Review, DaiM:e io be heki Western square dancing will take place at the Henderson, W.Va. recreFor three 'months, the only suspect he called AT&T an immoral corpoation building. Friday, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Caller will be Billy Evans. : ~n;; ~ec,urity guard Ric~anl .Jewell, ration that niistreated Christian white who palhted out the knapsack con- men: Barbee said he quit AT&T, . taining the bomb, He wa.< cleared in where he was a·supervisor, in 199S Sternwheel Committee 11le Big Bend Sternwheel Festival committee will meet Sunday, 2 p.m at ,. October. because of its diversity policies. the Carpenters Hall. . "It's not a moral company," he No one was injured in th~ three Spokane bombings. . said. "~l.fthe people I worked with · Ray Lauer, an FBI spokesman in were women. They were ' working Trustees set spec:ial A special meeting of the Chester Township Trustees has been set ror 7 instead or being helpmates to their p,m. tonight (Tuesday) at the town hall. · · husbands, as God requires." Barbee said he refused to attend :The Daily Sentinel sensitivity training sessions involving · ·homosexuals and objected to contributing to the United Way. units of the Meigs County EmerPOMEROY gency Medical Service recorded II 7:18 p.m, Second Street, Gary calls Tor assistance, Units respondi,ng Stobart, treated at the scene. included: · RACINE Am Ele 'Power .........................42 CENTRAL DISPATCH 8:30 a.m., Adams Road, Ethel Akza ••. ~..................~ ................71\ 10:'26 a.m,, Dorcas. John Pape Jr.. Co1.art, VMH; Aahl•nd-011 .......,.,.,.. ., ...........43'1. treated at the scene1 · 7:10 p.m .. Cross Street, Sandra .AT.T •.;.................. ~ .......'...........38 - H ::39 a.m., South Fourth Street, Melon, treated atlhe .scene; Blink Qne ................................... ' Middl, eport, florence Potts, Veterans7:56 p.m., Sal_scr Road, Marion Bob EVIIn• ........... ., .... .,......... 13'1. . S~IISCII,IPTION RATI!S Memorial Hospital ; . Easterday, treated at the _scene. BOf'I"Wflitner ••~••••••••ooooooooooo~.e4Q\ 11r t:orrter Cham~ ...............................17 2:33p.m., Cou· n try Mobile Home , RUTLAND . ~':: :::~:::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~:~ Ch111111lng Shopa .. , ................ 4"Ao Park, Darwin, Chatlie,Cook, VMH; 7: 19 p.m., Overbrook Nursmg One y,... ...........:......,......................... _. $104.00 CIIY Holdlng.,........................ 29'!. 11 :OS p,m., Cross Street, Racine, Center, Middleport. Michael Remy, ·Ftdtral Mogul....................... 23~ StNGf l COP\' PIIICE 1 Sandra Melott, treated at the scene; Holzer Med1cal Center. • Daily .............!''"''t.. ...................... :....... 35·~ Gannett ..................................76 /t 11:46'p,m., State Route 7. Pamela SYRACUSE , G~r ....., ........,,,..,........ 53\ Sut.<:riben not IIMririJ to pay lhe cllrier may Shields, O'Bieness Memorial HospiI 0: II a.m,, Rockspnngs Rehabll K-mart .::tH!""""'"""""""""........, .....11). remh in ldvanoe difeel to The Dilly Sendncl tal. itation Center, , Pomeroy, Nellie Lande ~:ncr .................. ~ •.•••.. ~ .. 28\ on a du'et,lix or 11mondtbui~. ~~will be fW18 cmierach week , UmHecl ~ ..'................................. 17 Watkins, VMH. ' Ohio Valley Bank...,.,.. .,..,.,.....36 . . . ·-- ~ ~~· (Continued from P8ge 1) trucks and equipment and the number of training sessions that have been held. "He went to Middlepon and checked their ladder truck since_we respond on runs togetlier. Checked run reports, response time, what we I'CipOIIded with, bow many people. · "He didn't miss' a thing. He tested hoses, pumps, the eQuipment that we w- and work with. and equipment on tbe trucks.· "I think it is quite a compliment to the frre deplllttnent," Blaellnar MitL "If the ftre depa nuent was not as efficient as it is, this number could IIIII have been secured.• However, Blaettnar placed credit for the ISO ratings change squarely on the shoulders or Pomeroy voters. · . "Only because of the loyalty of the voters or Pomeroy to their fire department could this have been accomplished,' he said. . . ''The voters in Pomeroy have long been loyal to their fire dep&rtment ... that's what.let the fire depanment bring this about." . Zirkle agreed: "They are paying the levies. People say you have all !~'is equipment; it isn't ror us ... it's ror everybody." ' • Meanwhile, Musser said the change could possibly affect business and · residentidl insurance policies. , _Musser, an insurance agent, said business policies are generally more $CIISibve to ISO raungs, as opposed to residential policies which are often bracket-rated, like from ISO 5-7. . For instance, an ISO reduction from six to five would not affect a pOlicy based on ISO numbers from five to seven since the change is contained within those brackets. This· has already taken effect, Musser said. Policies will most likely be re-evaluated on a renewal basis, he noted. · . If you are not sure if this affects you, contact your insurance agent, he said. . ,• 'The change also puts Pomeroy in the same class as other, larger communities ---' some with proressioqal firefighters ·and paid lire departments, he pointed out. . . 11le ratings change could al so make the community more a(tractive to developers due its better fire ; atin g. · "We're in the same league as Gallipolis and Athens, and other towns with paid lire deP.anments," said Musser. "It is quite an accomplishment." '!,· \II ' ,, �Sports -- ··- -· : ·The Daily Sen~l: . . ' ' ' Four .area ·g irl athletes.honored Pour IIU athletes were honored by the Ohio Girls' Buketball Magazine based in WesterVille,Ohio, while one player, Valerie Karr of Eastern was featured in the "Young Guns" section of thepublicalion for outstanding sophomore athletes. Others honored by the publication wereSouthern's Renee 1\uiey, a senior guard, who averages 27.5 points per game; SOuthcim's BrianneProffiu, a senior post player; and Jessica Bran. non, a sophomore guard and post player forEastem. These Meigs Countians gained top honors from a pool of more than 6,000 girlsbasketball players in Ohio's 621 sanctioned schools. lUrley. the 1995-96 Co-Tri-ValleyConference "Player of the Year"with Alexander's Joni Grubb, rated second statewide in ·an fourOhio divisions with her27.5 mark. Semeka Randall, of Thnity High School in Norlhern as high as 13th in !he staie: Sophomore and Freshman class, is Ohio,paced Ohio scoren with 32.5 Senior Post llrianne Proffitt was shooting37-72homlhefiekl,with98 points per game. Randall has .already ranked I44th statewide with a 13.0 rebounds, 53'steals, 23 assists, and signed a National Leiter ofintcnt to tally. ranked 32 statewide in overall f~ekl- . play at defending National ChampiAt the time of publication, Karr goal percentage with a 55.1 percenton Tennessee. a perennial "Final was averaging tS.5 points per game. age. Brannon was at ~ lime of Four" Division lschool. Grubb with a 12.Srebounding clip, a 38.S OGBM's publication,ranked 30th ranked 52nd statewide as a sopho- shooting percentage from the field; statewide in average rebounds per more with an 18.2 scoring average. and a 65 percent free free throwper- game. Grubb'snecessity to score was less- centage. In the early season, the December e~ this year by another talented Morerecentstatsshow Karrwith 1996 issue ofOGBM. Br1nnon was guard, Kelly West, a freshman, whoat 187 points, bolstering her free throw ranked lith in freethrow percentage; the time of publicati!ln was ranked . percentageto40-49for81.5pen:ent, Slh in·fteld goal percentage; lith in 127th in scoring with a.l4.1 mark. lOS rebounds, and 25 steals. Please rebounding; and 17th in scoring. In Turley was represented by Coach note that stats are not totally current. · thatsame is~ue, Karr was !l(h in scorJenhi Roush, the 1994-95 Dislrict Karr and Brannon were honored · ing; 5th in ~bounding; and 9th in Coach of the Year,who last year led by Eastern Coach Scott Wolfe, the lield goal percen~estatewide . OthSouthern to a 12-9 overall mark and 1995-96 DislrictCoach of the Year. er area performen honored included this year .owns a 9-7 tally, second · Karr also was ranked 21st statewide Kathy Coyner of Belpre. 13th in scor- ' seed inthe Southeast Sectional. in rebounding, 'while Turley was ing inthe state; Jamie Lewis of Oak · Alexander, now up from Division lll ranked 16th with a 12.8 overall aver- Hill, 22.S points per ·game at 16th; and Katie Kostohryz of Athensat to Division li for the secorid ye;.rin a ag~. row, is 13-3 overall and was ranked Brannon, anolherofEastcm'selitc 18.8. ·UConn remains .on top in women's cage poll . . By CHUCK SCHOFFNER No. 2 Old Dominion (17- 1), AP Sports Writer , which has won 16 straight, had three Michigan State has never won a fint-place votes and ·982 points. Big Ten championship in women's Stanford (20.1 ), the first team in the basketball . Neither' has Illinois. country 10 reach 20 victories, held the Michigan State finished fifth in .the No. 3 spot with one first-place vote · · league last season. Illinois was and 948 points. eighth. · After enduring nine straight losing My, how things have changed. . seasons, Illinois (15-4) is off 10 its ' At the halfway point of this sea- best start sine~ going 16-3 in 198(). son's league race, Michigan State is 81, The lllini are contending in just iii first place, Dlinois is lied for sec- their second season under coach ond and, on Monday, both broke into Theresa Grentz, who left Rutgers · The Associiltcd Press poll to end long after 19 seasons to take on the [TOp 2S dt(lughts. rebuilding job in Champaign. i Michigan State joined at No. 23,' With four frestunen among the top !its first appearance in the poll since eight players, Illinois has road victofbeing ranked for one week in the ries over Arkansas, Wisconsin and r1990-91 season. Illinois was 25th. the Penn State, and handed Michigan fi.nl time thelllini have been ranked State its only Big Ten loss. Orentz, since the week of Dec. 28, 1987. the 1992 u:s. Olympic coach, is try, 'Illere was no .such breaking news ing to take it all in slride . .· the top, where Connecticut, Old · "We are n~t any different now as minion and Stanford remained 1- a team than we were a few weeks ago -3 for the sixth straight week. when we beat those nnked teams," • Connecticut (18-0), the only . she said. "Just because we are ranked nbeaten ·Division Iteam, again was now, it doesn't mean we can change n overwhelming choice for No. I . anything. We have to remain humble ith 37 of 41 first-place voles and 8ft\~ keep working hard to accomplish ~1,021 points. our goals." I l Michigan State (IS-3) has won six places to sixth. straight and 12 of its last 13. With Georgia bounced back from a 32five playen averaging from 8.2 to point drubbing by Connecticut to heat 13.5 points a game, the Spartans Mississippi State, bilt still fell two don't have a big-name star, although spots to seventh. Virginia, Tennessee freshman guard Maxann Reese and Texas completed ihe Top Thn. . played like orie at Northwestern on It's t!Je first Top Ten appearance Sunday ' , Reese hit a school-record eight3-· for Texas since the 1992-93 preseapoint shots, the second-best figure in son wn. llle. Longhorns haven't Big Ten history, and .Cored 28 points been in the Top Ten this late in the season since 1990. as Michigan Stale won 88-77. The Spartans have a big weekend Texas Tech climbed three spots to coming up, playing host to No. 16 head the Second Ten, and was fillWisconsin on Friday and traveling to lowed by Kansas, Florida and, in a lie defending league champion Iowa on for , 14th, LSU and Vanderbilt. WisSunday. · consin was next, followed by ClcmThis week's Top Teri has the same 'son, Arkansas, Notre Dame and teams as last week with one excep- Stephen F. Austin. tion. Clemson fell from I Oth 10 17th North Carolina State was 21st, - the biggest drop in the poll - · Duke 22nd and Western Kentucky after losing to North Carolina and 24th. Duke. Louisiana Tech (17-2) climbed AubUrn and DePaul dropped out. two places to fourth after two lop- · Auburn, which had 21st. lost to sided victories, Alabama ·(16-3) Southern Mississippi and LSU and · slipped one spot to fifth after seeing now has drop)ied six of its last eight. its school-record 14-game winning DePaul fell from 23th after consecustreak broken by Tennessee, and tive rmicf losses to Louisville and North Carolina (16-1) jumped three Memphis. · been I ackers .. welcomed . . . ~ • TUIIlhy,........,. 1- Pomeaoy • Middleport, Ohio Georgetown Upsets No. 14 Villanova 78-67 ., LANDOVER, Md. (AP)- A pep I talk from !he W11e Old Head helped IIIIJ(ivllie Oecqetown 10 iti bigest victory of the 1ea10n. Upld lbout allump that hadthe Hoyu lose four of their previous five &ames. captain Ya Ya Dia is!IUed Challenge to hiJ teammates before ~0:.:\r,~~~~;:ame against 14th- ·S outhern outscores Eastern five, 64-44 • Soulhern went up 21-13 in 1~ seeond period, but two Brannon buckets, a Hollon goal, and a KlliT free throw cut the lead io 21-20 with two minutes tell in the half. F,asterp made a great rally and IJad a chan~ to actually tegain the lead, then !he 7. yotlng Eagles pushed the panic h~­ Senibr point guard Renee Turley, ton. Eastern made three straiglit currently ranked second in scoring· turnoven·and 'SOuthern went to the statewide in the IISI edition of the locker room with a six point 26-20 Ohio Girls Basketball Magazine, lead. Eastern had 12 first half erupted for 22 second periocl'points . turnovers and 26 for the game. en route to a 34 point performance. Wolfe added, "We gave Southern Southern limped to the win without 26 scoring opportunities. Twenty six staner Brianne Proffill who was ·limes two can quickly take its toll. I, injured in a traffic ~idenl: credit Southern's defense, but at least SoUthern placed eight~ in !he I0-12 turnovers were unforced s~oring ·column, led by 'sil points wrnoveri Thll'l what really hurts." from <;:onny Horst and Kim Sayre; .Eastern had no movement in its five from St acy Lyons, Cynthia press offense in the third quarter and Caldwell with four, Jenny Fiierkl the · offense suffered as a .result. four, two each from EricaAmou lftd Meanwhile, lU<Iay repeatedly drove Heather Dailey. · the lane, weaving untouched through Eastern was. led by a gOod effoit · die sieve-like Eastern defense. Turfrom sophOmore Jessica Brannon, 13 ley also stopped and popped a key from Valerie Karr, five from Becky I S-fnot jumper and a three pointer, en Davis, three from Chasatie Hollon route to leading Southern to a 45-l~ and two from Angie Wolfe. advantage. Southern blasted Easter.( Jenni Roush saidofherclub, "We 1.9-6 in the frame. · · ·· Eastern kept pace the final iound: had a good all around effot1 from everyone on the squad. We brought but the damage was done as SH!\, a couple reserves up in case we got rolled to the 64-44 win. ' in trouble and didn't know how we'd ·Southern hit28-S6 for SO percenl fare with Brianne out of the line-up. from the Door, 1-7 free throws, and · Everyone picked up the slack aild 7-16 at lite line with 42 rebounds, 1eJ Renee (lUrley) did a great job in tak- by Turley with II, Horit8; and Say~ ing control of the game. EaStern 4. Southern had I9 steals (Turley 101 couldn't stop us in the paint:" . Caldwell 3); 12 .assists (lUrley 6, Eastern's Scoll Wolfe said, "I Caldwell 2); 18 turnovers, IS fouls thought we played a very sood firSt and three blocks. · Eastern hit 19-64 half. We mi!lled a few give-me shots field goals, 0-S three:s; 6-13 fre«i early,then had two streaks where we· throws, and had 36 rebounds (Bran~ had several turnovers in a row, pan- non 13, Karr ten). Eastern had IS icked and through !he ball into the. · steals (Brannon 8); 26tutnovers,twq bleachers. Other that .the turnovers assists, and 19 fouls. Eastern goes to Federal Hocking though, I thought W. hustled well and played near Jlllrfect the "first half." · Thursday. . Wolfe added, '"We let Renee Iitke .Score IIY quarten: •t control ,the seeond half. Likewise, we Eastern . 10 10 6 18=44 just stood around on the pressbreakSouthern 10 16 19 19=64 er, they got a couple quick steals and Eutem(44) . scores, the.n it was off to the races. Becky q~vis 2-0-112=5, Renee had a great game, because she Stephanie Evans 0-0-0, Valerie Karr took charge. Jess Brannon had a S' 316= 13, Ann Wiggins 0-0-0, Jcssi~ good offensive night for us." ca Brannon I0:.113=21, Chasatic HolEastern took a 6-2 lead on three lon 1- 112=3, Angie Wolfe 1-0=2. · Brannon buckets, then Conny Horst Tolllls ·19-0-(6-13)=44. and Thrley hit consecutive field goals to tie the ·score. Eastern went up I0Southenl (64) 6 on a Brannon bucket and an AngRenee l\1rley 14-1-3/5=34; ie Wolfe bucket and held that edge. Cynthia Caldwell2~0=4. Kim Sayre two minutes to the :SOmark~ !llm:e 3-0=6, Jenny Friend 2,0=4, Conny' .. straight turnovers and two quick Horst 3-0=6, Erica Amott 1-0=2, Southern scores, changed the ~om­ Stacey Lyons 1-Jn:S; Kim lhle (/,' plexion of the game at 10-10 and 112= I, A~hli Davis 1-0=2, Heathe~ overshadowed a good first period by Dailey 1-0=2. Thtals 17-1-(7-· the Eagles. 16)-64. ' Oullcorins Eutcm 38-24 in the second half, the Southern Tornadoes rolled to a 64-44 Tri-Valley Conference Hix:kins Division win over !he Eastern 'Baalea Monday 0ight at Eastern High School. Eastern drops to 5-11, while Southern movei 10 tO- 'tt "! wu just telling them that it's in ~ middle of a time· like this that a )nan finds out who he is," said the 'Senegal,bom forward, who got his "nickname through his steady leader1ship of a team filled wiih freshmen ~nd sophomores. . I. ·"And I told them that tonight . · NEW YORK (AP) - Terry Pendleton has a new home with the (::incinnati Reds, but he can still go flee again if he doesn't get a raise in the next six weeks. . Pendleton. the 1991 NL MVP, .agreed Monday to a minor- · league contract with the. ~eds tbat auarahtces him $350,000 and could bring him as much as $1.4 million. ' Pendleton, 36, hit .238 with i I homers 1nd 7S Rlils last season fQf ·the Florida Marlins and Adanla Braves. . The complicated contract ~.tales that the Reds may opt before March 10 10 increase his base salary to $600,000. If !hey don't, Pendleton may lei'IJiina~ the contract at any lime fronl Mateh 10-24. Meanwhile, Roberto Hernandet, Heathcliff Slocumb and Dave Mlicki agreed tootle-year contracts, reducing the players in salary arbitration to 40. Hernandez and the Chicago .. lt:t ...::::: GOOD tiOrtEST PEOPLE = '•.-A_-'••:,tr~.C: . ~adccadu~o; , 10 ~ · . r• hind~.. Wliolallll•- liC!UIC' I o !;c~re!':.:=~~=.:: did not aay in what tap~M:ity. Ven~· mew eStrutt Job. azu...IltictJJtJ -Sports briefs- 9l!!RJ! 1••--•NJ n.»i.-·· A••.O.• ... Life Home Car Business l ... Despite the victory, Thompson R:mained cautious of his learn's postseason prospects. 'The way we are. we' ve got to focus on one game al a lime." he said. "lllis is not a teo!m you can 'I look down the road with anyway." No. 4 Utah 84, No. ll 1\aloa 5I In Salt Lake City. Michael Doleac scored 18 points and Andre Miller had 17 as Ulah U'OIInced lUisa. The Ures (14-2, 6-0) remained in first place 'in the Mountain Division of lhe Western Athletic Conference. Ulah star Keith Van Hom did not score in the first half. The 6-foot-10 · forward finished with 12 points on 3of-15 shooting, including two missed .dunks. . Shea Seals led l\11sa (IS-S, S·l) with.16 points. But the high-scoring guard made only 4-of-12 sh?" and did not get his fint basket unUII4:40 was left in the game. • 1 PICTURE· YOUR PET AMONG THE••• PET VALENTINES! nearly 40 percent of &·oston's games he was testing rocket fu~l. since he was acq~lred to be the Red He hashed the car of his former Sox designated hitter in 1994. wife. Esther, and made a woil~publi: Canseco passed a physical exam cized nocturnal visit to the apartment Monday momjng given by Florida of Madonna when the A's were in Marlin,t te:IIJI';,.1)hysicjan, ijaniel ·..Ne)'!'-'\;Qfk~p.lay the Yank~s: . K1111ell and then·played golf with A's Canseco once brought a large general manager Sandy Alderson as land tortoise into the Oakla!td clu~ the·deal was being•finalized . house and drew complaints from his · "We have significantly improved neighbors in the trendy Bay area our lineup," Alderson said in a pre- neighborhood of Blackhawk with · pared statement. "Our five core hit' his menagerie of unusual pelil. ten - Canseco, McGwire. GeroniCanSec:o was in the on-deck circle mo Berroa, ~cott Brosius and Jason waiting to bat during a game on Aug.· • Oiambi - are as good as any in t)le 31, 1992. when he was pulled from league." the field and told he had been traded Canseco, 32, had asked the Red to the Texas Rangers for three .playSox for a trade after they fired his ers and cash. •. close friend, manager Kevin Canseco, the AL's MVP in 1988, Kennedy, at the end of last season, hii .289 with 28 homen and 82 RBis "Jose and I had a couple of con- in 96 games last ~ason for the Red versations," Red Sox generai man- ·Sox. In his career, which began in ager Dan Duquette said. "We weren't 1985 ·with Oakland, he has a .272 going to trade ,Jose for the sake of average with 328 homers and 1,033 trading him." RBls in 1,341 games. Canseco and McGwire combined Though he was used mostly as a for 416 homers for the A's in 1986- designated hitter with Boston. 92 and homered in the ~ame game 42 Canseco would receive bonuses of up times .:... the eighth-best mark for to .$5SQ,_OOO this season if he stans teammates in major league history. many. g~s in the outfield . He As well u being known for his would recc1ve all those bonuses if he exploits on the field , Cansei:o was makes 130 outfield starts. known for his fast c~rs . exocic pets A's manager An Howe said he and after-hours entertainment during will give C~nseco a chance to .win an his first stint with the A's. outfield spot during spring training. · Canseco was aircsted for having a and Cansceo said he considers himgun in his car .while receiving med- self a candidate for right field or left ical treatment in· San Francisco and field as well as designated hitter. was cited several times for driving "I'm coming in healthy this year;" violatio~s' such as speeding. includ- Canseco said. "I hope I can play I SO ing an incident in which he claimed games in lhe outfield." OUR SPECIAL PAGE(S) . ' "FOR PETS ONLY'' WILL BE PUBLISHED THURSDAY, · FEBRUARY 13TH. IN ' . 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The Hoyas' stepped-up intensity · also surfaced in a brief fracas near the Slocumb and the Red Sox agreed at 52,975,000 and a $25,000 bonus if he leads the team in Rolaids relief points, which he figures to earn easily. · BREAK UP SCUFFLE- Georgetown play.- Ya Ya Dill (14) '"d Slocumb, 30, was 5-S with Daymond J~klon (11) helld Into.a scum. with VH...OYII ~ a 3.02 ERA and 31 saves in 75 relief ert aa the ref- try to break It up near tiM end at tiM flrat half appearances last Ieason. He made It US Air Arena In Landover, Mel., Monday. Gaargatown upHt Vll$1,425;poo last season, then asked for llinova, 78-67. $3.2 1million in arbitration. Boston offered.$2.6 million. '-" offered $450,000. ' Mlicki and the New York 3.30 ERA in 49 relief ap~arances For players who doq't settle, · Mets a'greed at $610,000, lriple his and two starts. He had asked for $825,000 hearings are scheduled from Feb. 3$19S.()()().salary last season. The 28. year-ol~ right-hander was 6-7 with a in salary arbitration, and the Mets had 21. Mark Ashman and Rodney Horton • Miami of Ohio fell into a .tie for each scored 16 points and Ryan Per"' 'ond place in the Mid-American ryma,n added 14 for ll)e Flyers (9-7) nference by losing 74-64 to Ball in the nonconference gaine. !Ate. The c;:antinals' ·victory 'put Dayton's Edwin Young and Josh tern ·Michigllil ·alone atop the . Pastorino each scqred 13 points and Slandings with a 5-1 mark. Dayton had 52 rebounds to SouthBall Sla\e bit nine free throws dur- er~ 's 28. "+- · i 1,a dec;isiye spurt in'.the final four Ronne!L Willf~s had 17 points ~iftlllea of Tuesday night's game. for the J~iuars. · · ~ Bonzi W~lls, who scored 21 points Anth"N Hunt scored 23 points in fqr the Cardinals, made a free throw · YoungstiiWII State's 92-82 victory -.4.ith 3:53 remainilll dial followed the o.ver Chicago State in the Mid-Conninth jinal ,lie of'1he game. A tinent Confe.;ence. l~up by QuiRe Clemens and a 'dunk . Man;Uf ~ulbreth scored 20 P,Oints b:)' Robert .Mirtin ·pat Ball State for 1~ ~'nguins (7- fl, 2-6) and altead 66-59·with.l :S21eft and Mia- David Hep!~Jrson had 19. . "!i never closer.thlft foUr poi!'ts Billups had 23 and Sonny Walker •Jain. · lftd Teny Smith-Harris each put in 11 ,. Man:UJ , M.aaon ~nd Clemens , for the Collpp, who lost for the 17th Jored IS po1111s ap1ece. for l)all ' · State (11-8 ovenll, 4-5. confe~nce). \ Wally S:r.czerblall had 18 potnts to . . , !Cad Miami ( 11·!1, 6-2), while Devin AUTO RACING Davia and In Newble both had douINDIAlt~POLIS (AP) - Davy b~bla. .Davis scored 17 points Jones, injured last week in 11 trash _. had II rebounds. Newble had 16 · during practice fill' the Indy 200, was J'9ints and I0 rebounds: tranSferred ftom !he OrlancJQ,Relion! Ellewhete ln Ohio college bas- al.Medical Cl!liter in Orlilldo, Pia,, 10 kqlball Tuesday IIIJ(It, Dayton had lit- Methodist H'~!~Pilal in Indianapolis. d~ difficulty qainst SOuthern; win- . Jone5, 32, +;nod i.n seri0111 but niiig!ll-56. • stable condi~on ' • end of the tint half when Aw wu fouled by Thomu. A few shoves Iller, official Steve Weimer wu on the noor tansled with Aw. When order was restored, technical foull were charged to Howard BI'OWII of Villanova and Shemard Lon& or Gecqo- road." seasons, .I" 'Y1Ie Aaaochdad P..- S•ints exptict to name Ditka new Cf!JBCh today ~ "I thought we would win. It's not like we ran out of gas," Villanova 'point guard Alvin Williams said. "We made our run and ihey weathered it and even pulled it back up again. Page finished with 29 points on 9of-12 shooting for the Hoy as, while Boubacar Aw and Daymond Jackson each had .10 points. Dia had 12 rebounds, two above his Big Eastleading average. Williams ha<l 17 points, Tim Thomas 13 and John Celestand 11 for the Wildcats, who missed nine of their first II shots and made only 26 percent from the field in the first half against Georgetown's aggressive man-to-man defense. "llley came out m,uch more prepared than we were," Villanova coach Steve Lappas said. " You can't dig younelf a big hole like that and have to come back, especially on the iami fal·l s into tie for second pliJce in MAC· ' '*'"'*- White sox agreed at $4.62 million, . midway tJetween the player's request for $4.99 million and the team's offer of $4.2S,million. · . . Hernandez saved 38 games for the White 1Sox last season, when he made$2,105,000. The 32-year-old right-hander, whose fastball has been clockC\1 1in the.mid-to upper 90s. has saved 134 games during the last five ly Beane said Canseco was brought bai:k Jl!lflly to s\imulate fAn interest. . Oaki41Jjl's attendance sagged to I, 148,~~ last season, the lowest sinpe .1 1;!~80 in a non~slrike s~on. QM@,.. ,, .. .,. ,,,., ,., , , 101 "'(, • ',, lnifilii•. Beane said,: th6 Ns sold · · 1be A's reunited the Bash Broth- more tickets Monday than any other Cts 11il Monday ~y trad,ing for.J~se day thil.off'season. Canaeco, who w,1th Mark McGwtre- - ButtBeane also said the A'~ hope (ormed qne of baseball's most e~plo- Canseco and McGwire, who will be s\ve combos in the late 1980s and afreeagentattb!:endoft6isse.Son, early 1990s. form the cornerstone of a rebuilding · Oakland 101 C~o llld cash, team~ lost caleher Thny Steinbach which will be used to PlY. part of ahd shi5kstop Mike Bordick to ·free Canseco's $4.5 million base salary agencl i~ recent months. this seMon, from the Boston Red Sox · "\\\!felt like this was an opporforright-hallded pitcher John Wasdin. tunity 111 acquire maybe one of the 1 Wid) Canseco and McGwire commost dominant sluagcrs of the past ~inins for 200 homers in ·1988-90, decade/' Beane said .."This .was not the l(s won three. straight AL pen- a quick.fix. We see it as a four, to ~ants. Canseco had five ·seasons of five-yw ·proposition." more than 30 homers for Oaki\IR<!, ' Wasdiil was 8-7 with a 5.96 ERA including44 in 1991 and 42 in 1988. last season in 25 games. 21 of them · " lfMcGwireand myself can stay stans. . · healthy the whole year,lthink defi· "h ~s: been soaking' in the last few ' 'l.itely we 'te going 1!1 win our divi- days, ii's a great honor;· Wasdin said saon," Canseco said in a conference from a ~acation in Montana. " It says ~I from his home in Miaini. "Potcn- a lot. It's a grcai honor and something t!ally weCIIJ! lead the' league in home 1can·always cherish and maybe brag aboui a little." ' runs.': , : Recycling former playe.rs has Beanq said Boston wa.< paying the J:lecome a. thell)e for the Ns in the Athletics more than $500,000. but . 1990s. · would not be more specific about the ·,;· Players such as Rickey Hender- . amount. . wn. Dave Stewart and Mike Gallego, The trade had been anticipated for . ajl .of whom were with Oakiand dur- several weeks. The outline of the Ileal i~gl~e glory years of I he late !980s, had been in pi!ICe since last week, but returned in recent seasons. Henderson Canseco first had to undergo a physi!Pd Q8Ilego have since left and ical exam demanded by the Athletics. ~ewart retired. . Hampered by back, ~ip and ham. A's assistant general ma~ager Bil- . string problems. Canseco· missed ........ came beck on us of answering and staying pati~t in places where they needed patience. There an: some thinp you can only learn on !he noor when you're out there on the court." Jahidi White, . reasserting the authority the 290-pound center had been lacking most of the season, answered Villanova's run with a monster dunk aad Victor Page added two free throws to restore Georgetown's lead to 45-37 with 13:30 left. Villanova closed the deficit to IJNO points twice, 'but never had the ball with a chance to tie or take the lead . 11 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ...:... The ·, Oaklaitd Athletics, who have spent / the past few. seasons trying to recre: .a ·tltCir powetliouae teams of the late 198~, :have !'e&Ched back to ihe past Mobile Ho.. . . Own•r• Specl•l .on .; ~ H••• ow••,..... llillltilft' D I.·~ .:Cincinnati WeGiveM•ture Drivers, ' when point, Oeotaetown was 18-of-21 from the line. The Wildcats (IS-S, 6-4) trailed 41-20 when Ed Sheffey or Georgetown openo:d the second half.with 1 3-pointcr. But Villanova went on a 17-0 run 10 get within 41 -37 with 14:21to play aa !he Hoyas suddenly looked more like the team that has already equaled a ·school season record by losing three 8 ig East games at home. "We knew thai Villanova would come ba(:k. They have a lot of seniors on their team," Georgetown coach John Thompson said. " ... I thought the kids did a better job when they 'signs With Baiul seeks admission to alcohol education p~ogram ' we'll find out a lot about !he chii'IC- 'wun't'veey'ii&ressiv~.l!ld dial's not ter ol this !Gill, ud we detinilely did.' Georaietown bukelball. II just scenu This team' I aoi a lot of hurl." like IOday we . played Ge<qetown After Dia's mini-sermon, the basketb811." Hoyu wtit\ out llld di4 thne thinas In tbc only OCher aame of !he niJht !hey havta I done in weekJ : They involving ranked teams, No. 4 Utah jumped to 1n -ty lead, made a belt No. 2ll\11sa 114-S8 . decentperce!11aFoflheirmelhrows ~etown (12-7, 5-6 Big East) and didn't get psyched out when the made five of its fint six shots to jump other team made a big·l'\!n. to an 11-2lead. lftd didn't fold . The result A.78-67 upset dial kept Villanova ~te up all but foilr points of alive the Hoyas' tenuous hopes for an 21-point second-half lead. NCAA tournament bid. . The Hoyu also made '17 percent "We came out, and most of the of their free thrQws (27-of-35). an lime we weren't ment_aUy ready to impressive number for a ~ that play," Dia. ~ ~ly sentoron the.ros- entered the gaine shooting a leaguelet who g~ts stgmficant playmg urne, low 57 percent from the line. AI one said of tli Hoyas' recent games "II~ · ;Pendleto·n GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - As ,000 Green Bay Packers fans stood n frigid Lambeau Field to cheer the ew world champions, tight end ark Ch111ura looked up IO" a dark'' ned, ·snow-filled sky and remema legend. "Vince, I know you're listening. WEST HAR11'0RD, Conn. (AP) court. · our trophy is safe ·once again." -Olympic figure skating champion Asked after 'the hearing if Baiul hmura shouted, triggering a huge Oksana Baiul does not have a drink-· has an alcohol problem, Collins said:: oar from a crowd savoring the same ing problem and doesn 'I plan to dri- "Not at all." · · .. ind of success that former coach . ve under the influence again, her Baiul suffered a concussion and' ince Lombardi once enjoyed. auomcys say. needed 12 stitches in her scalp after~ , The fans had waited three hours During a brief appearance Mon- · driving her car into a clustcf of Ired' l- llmostthe time it takes to win a day in Superior Coun, Baiul applied in Bloomfield. " ' uper Bowl-to listen to 30 minutes for admission to an alcohol edlleation f speeches fr(lln their heroes who, in '.(' program in hopes of having a drunkurn, praised thorn as the "greatest en driving charge. against her · fans in the world.'' dropped. · With the rock tune "We Are 'Fhe She regrets her conduct, realizes hampions" blaring across a football a packed downtown a~ In GrMII Bay, Wle., PACKERS HONORED ·GrHn Bay .Packere she made a mistake and is "deterfield covered with a foot of snow. the c011ch Mike Holmgren, In flrat bus window, and Monday. The PIICkere - • honored for their mined to' never let it happen again," packers returned the Lombardi troother P11ek•111 elowly make their way through . SuJ* Bowl victory IMII' New England Sunday. Paul Collins, one of her la,wycrs, said p~Y to Oreen Bay for the fint time after the hearing. . ·who were: headed for Hawaii and since 1968, thanks 10 Sunday's 35-2 1 the same thing to you guys.· We spot on the field. Accompanied by three lawyers wil) over New England in Ne~ couldn' t have done it without you. "This was total bliss," she said. "I Sunday 's Pro Bowl - rode a motor- and looking straight ahead, Baiul prleans. · Thank you for everything. this sea- can say lhal I was close to them. cade of open-windowed buses answered questions from Judge Ter1 • On a makeshift stage about where son." · May he they felf the vibes thiu I was through the city, and adoring fans ence Sullivan hut did not discuss her turned what was to be a one-hour actions early1on Jan. 12, when she ran · Our Slatltltlcs show that matura j. goal post would normally stand, Lombardi, who died in 1970, very proud of them." drivers ·and home owners have Schools closed early. workers parade into a three-hour lovefcsi. fO&eh Mike Holmgren and general coached the Packers to five world her Mercedes off the road while drifewer and lese coltly losses The buses crept along in 17- ving nearly 100 mph. manager Ron Wolf hoisted the prize titles. including the first two Super declared a holiday, fans teetered on other age groups. So lt'e thari over tlteir heads and thousands of Bowls. green·tinted snowbanks and lined dcgrcc cold with 10-helow 'wind Baiul did not enter a plea and is qnly fair to c;ha~ you lese for ~amer115 flashed around the stadium Sue Lutz of Franklin. puffed on a city streets a dozen-deep for the chills because people crammed the not required to enter one befoni the your Insurance. Insure your . to ca~ure the memory. · cigar after the homecoming that "Return to Titletown" celebration streets to glimpse the players. home and cat with ua Md ilave judllc rules on her application 'for Snow, mixed with 'confeni, show- admission into the education pro."That troPhY is yours." Holmgre.n kicked, off a new era of glory years.· Monday. more with our apeclal said. ''(told the team I was proud of She also asked someone to scoop The Packers- minus quarterback ered down on the players as they gram. .mulll-j)O)Icy diem . • loved them. And I want to say . some ~in into a cup ·from a muddy Brett Favre and safety LeRoy Butler, waved, grinned, Hashed peace signs. "My client is 19. She has no pre' ' . ..( vious record. She undenitands the seriousness of this m•ucr ... and · knows her condud could send the · wrong . message lo her ·friends and NEW ORL~ANS (AP) - The Kuharich has been with the Saints ond year gave the franchise its first declined comment and Benson was · fans around the world," ·Daniel New Orleans Saints are e~pected to for II years. His contract a.• general winning record and took the Saints to unavailable for comment. Blume, one of her lawyers, told the put an end to specul1tions about its manager expired th.is month. but his th~ playoffs four limes. new~ COIICh today by ann~ncing contract as vice president of football .. _ N~w Orleans has had trouble dealthat tit; chosen one IS Mtke Dttka. operations runs through June 30. ing with free agency, however, losing . Dill!& spent Monday evening at a Kuharich was hired by lhc late Jim a string of good players. Fciur seasons ~ hotel near New Orleans Finks in 1986 as the director of play- ago, after starting ofT with a five- · lntqmation-' iirpor1. He was visited er personnel . In January 1994, game winning streak, the Saints fin bric!fly by Sainls int~rim coach Rick Kuharich was promoted to vice pres- ished· 8-8. Since then, they have had . \fenluli eDd Duny Abramowicz, a ident of football operations. He three straiaht losing seasons, falling . former· •pecial team coach for the became general manager last January to 3-13 in 1996 .. Clti!:• ae.n ...:. Oilka's ex·tcam. . and has said he· wants to retain the 2 and 4 Wheel Alignments (Computer) .~ Specullllion wu 'ihal the Saints position. Mora resigned halfway through wciuld -nee Ditka'1 hiriq Joday. · }fe did not tel!!rll telephone calls the seltson, after the team fell to 2-6. •Brake• eShock8 enrta When !liked Monclay, •i&hl if a news fqr comment. · He cited personal reasons. ChangO -Lube •Tune-Ups coarerence wu ··P,Ianned, le~m , . Dilka led Chicago to six NFC With Venturi u interim cDC~Ch, the spciJranwi R)llll)' Kumieraky said, . Cc~tral tides, · three NFC Champi- Saints lost seven of !heir last. eiJht · · Engine Dllgnoall "Not yet." , · · onlhip pmes and tl!e Bears' only games white playing !he leque's eas. Bur Dilkl · told The" Times- SIIJICr B.owl .victory, a 46-l 0 rout of · iest achedule. · 1 ~ In a ,iatervieW New Enaland II yean ago. The , . • Mandl)' lhat "You will hive every- Saints loot 10 him 10' Jive the team The Sainlll did not sell out a home . 214 UBT IIAIN )1011 need 10 kJKiw (Tuesday)." instant cledibility, lplfk ticket aa1ea game last season, llld season ticket PCI.ROY · Jlil 'l tulwidl. -43, neoiiunericled and produce tho aat1111 excitement the sales fell as well. 811211187 b1ri11J Dltka and will Nlllaln whh the comblflllion of PJnb llld Jim Mora Saints owner Tom Bensoli said ~ The o.lly Sullnel • P . l . I I 1 ICity I ) I , .. r 1Amount Enclosed: for . plctu,... 1 v 1 'I I1U&uch. · · . . I :. . a.: ... _... ________________________ ;.~ ' . ~ Deadline Friday, February 7th Ill 3 p.m. Mall or bring the entry.form: .The Daily Sent~el •. ' 110 Court St. Pomeroy, ohio 41711 ' ,, , \j • 1 ' �·' • FCMIIF-; e \ -· 2n~u~~IJa~w~~JI~A~U~ ..~~~~~~1~11~7 ~~~:!~~~~~~----~~--~--------------~~~~--~~ftu~~~~~~e~'!o~(N~L~~!_----~--------:-~---••T ..... I • The 0.U, 81nllltll 5 Family support needed in nursing homes - ask your. readers to remember where they left " Grandma" or Ann ·'Grandpa." Too many people don ' 1. !her Vi · him herandbri Landers mos ·~; coff: or ' hol c~~ate. ; sweet roll or cookies. Make it ~ special •• like a party. Take your loved one out to lunch. if possible. Decorate his or her room for an By ANN LANDERS . upcoming holiday -- Valentine's Dear Ann Landers: Please tell Day, July FQurth and 50 on. Brush your read.:rs not to dump their moth- her hair, and put a ·red ribbon in iL ers, fathers or other loved ones into · Trim his mustache or beard. no her just any ·old nursing home and nails or give her 8 pedicure. I'll bet assume they will be well cared for. she's never had one. Write letters. A Urge them to select a home that has back rub with some wonderfully fra· been looked into carefully, one grant body cream would be ever so where they feel certain their loved welcome. one will be given competent care. 1 am an activittaide in a nursing Then .. and this is the hard part, Al)n . bome, and I do al11bele thinp I alao play millie and &rr1IIIC e._, sames. crafts, roolrina 11\(lspirilual - -. l'maabnotlcJeitocryon ;d";-;iiliDJ lille-. There IR only ·two of us here and o- 100 residents. Wllhout family support, it is not possible to meet alllheir needs. You can ploce youi'loved ones in a home without feelina JUilty if you do even a few oftbC thinpl've auggcsted. Please tty, and there will be no regrets down the road. No name or initials, please. Just sian 11\e-- A Caregiver in N.Y. · · Dear Caregiver: Thank you Ior taking the time to write. Your letter is sure to make a difference in the lives of a great many senior citizens. You've cJoae more aooc1 dian you will ever taow. Dear Ana Lapden: "Quebec: ,.,.,....._ .. waaled to know wblt ;:;;~ tboulht about ClAys typed oa computcn and helped by spell checkers. I found this poem in a colleae paper•.and it made quile an irnpmsion. l dQB'I know who wrote it, but I'm'a~~~e yOU:r readers will get a .kick out of it. I certainly did. Charlotte i~ Hillman, Mich. · · · Dear ~lotte: That poem W!IS widely circulated. I received several copies. llaushed when Ire~ it. and I'm sure my readers will, t,oo. Thanks for sending it on. Here it is: · Spellbound · I have a spelling .checker, . . It came with my PC. It plainly llllrb four my revue Mi11•kes I can•ouea. l' verwllbispoemthrewit. I'm 1111re .YD!If please .too no, Its letter perfect ill it'&weigh, My choc:ker tolled me sew. Dear Ann Landers: "Too Close for Comfort" said her husband's exwife aave up the right to be part of the family when they were divorced. My question is, why7 I married at 18 and have been divorced for three . years. My ex's two brothers ha~e ~n the ~ot~ I never had. Thetr wtves 'lfC hke ststers to me. His maternal grandpar- · ents are the only grandparents l' ve ever known. His mother was as dear to me IS my own mom. 1 . 1 To this day. we haV:C,;~~~~ ta tried to help ~h other ~ 1 ciallyandemotionallY. As ormy ~ I am tntly 1011)' ~ he cbos_e to c.:'-1 hitnlclf ~If~ his ~ormer ~-~~f:i My (lrtllly mwes bim. - 11 . RMder in Spring Grove, lll. ' . ,It .~ Reader: .Your generoslly Ji sptnt IS refreshing. T~ can't be cloned: The worl,:,uks ~~ m~ people hke you. · <:' wnung. -·', __ .. il send QUemcJIIIitoA.;;; T~ Craton Syndicate,' . A~~: tury Blvd., Suite 700,Los ---n Calif. 90045 ' .-:1 • , 'T1 MUL POeT !':f.# ' !> : '*\/ LOS ANGELES (AP) -II w.S "The Year of Woman" at the American Mlisic Awards and )'oni Braxton reaped the rewards. . . . Braxton won favorite female soul R&B artist and her "Secrets" was the top soul-R&B album. She also shared in a portion of an awud that wenlto the "Wai,ting to Exhale" soundtrack, 10 which she was a contributor; . "I thank God for all my blessings," Braxton told r-----------~-----------..;.;....~ 1--1 m the music industty crowd. .. ' A • Alanis Morissette also was a multiple .winner, .f1 ·d 1 ~i though · she didn't. show up. Morissette was , named favori.tt; pop-rock female artist and her By The Allocllted Pre18 · · MALE ARTIST: Ganh Brooks ' '1 1~ "Jagged Litde Pill" ·won the pop-rock.albtilll lrQWinners at the 24th Annual AmeriFEMALE ARTIST: Shania Twain · . 0 phy. · . · . • . can Music Awards: BAND, DUO OR GROUP: Brooks ' Twd. out the three favorite new artist awards & Dunn . · Iowen! to women as well: Jewel for pop-rock and POP-ROCK ALBUM: "Blue Clear Sky,". G~rge . LCAnn Rimes for countty. . . MALE ARTIST: Eric Clapion Strait In .reeeiving hcfaward, Jewel thanked her fans FEMALE ARTIST: Alanis MorisNEW ARTIST: Leann Rimes · for helping her achieve her dream. ' . t a seue "I know bow little we can live.with. I went from HEAVY METAL-HARD ROCK 1i M · BANO, DUO OR GROUP: Hootle living in my car to this because you guys bought & The Blowfish ARl'IS~: Metallica · . .~ ~ my alborn. It's because you guys bought my ALBUM: "Jagged Liule Pill," Alaalbum that I'm not stealing food," she told the nis Morisseue RAP,HIP HOP r cheering audience. · · ARTIST: Tupac • w NEW ARTIST: Jewel I· ·,. She explained her comments later backstage. Jewel, who started her music career yodeling as ALTERNATivE MUSIC SOUL-RHYTHM & BLUES ' ,,i~ '-i" a.6-year-old in ~omer, Alaska, said she and her ARTIST: Smashing Pumpkins MALE ARTIST: Keith Sweat . ., t1 mother were living in San Diego when she got FEMALE ARTIST: Toni Braxton 1 ) ll 1(\id offfrom a job at age 18. The two of them FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK: BAND, DUO OR GROUP: New • lK moved into their cllrs, and Jewel began singing Edition · "Waiting to.Exhale" , , at coffeehouses. . . " I ALBUM: "Secrets," Toni Braxton The woman-of-the-year magic didn't work for ADULT CONTEMPORARY ' . •II II NEW ARTIST: D'Angelo everyone. Mariah Carey - last·ycar's favorite ARTIST: Whitney HoUS\00. ' female artist in holh pop-rOck ·and soul-R&DCO~TRY ~ : II AM' Winners lost on a11 · ...,'..~'~.q time. · of her leading five nominations this L-----------":-----~-----~--·-~ In all, 20 trophies were awarded in the 24th annual cere1•0 mony, broadcast by ABC froin the Sluine Auditorium. Comedian Sinbad was the host. . Thpac Shalcur, gunned down in l:.as Vegas four months · ago, :was posthumously .n11rned .favorite .rap-:bip hop ,artist. l're•IM Br.and~ accCpled ~halcqr'~ trpphylK' · ' · ··'. . · Garth ·Brooks was Olice agam favorite male country artiSt, bis llth 'AMA honor since 1991: Shania.Twain was coun,. MI DDLEPORT, OHIO tty's 'favorite female anist. · · . .. Brooks &: Dunn ·roped t~ trophy fQr band, duo or group, and George Strait's "Blue Clear Sky" ~ived the categGry's album award. . · . · AMA TOP WINNER - Toni Braxton won favorite female soul R&B artist and her Pop-rock winners included Eric Clapton as favonte male • ~Secrets" was the top soui-R&B album. She also shared In a portion of an award that artist, and Hootie & The Blowfish as favorite band, duo or went to the "Wal11ng to Exhale" soundtrack, to which she was a contributor. group. In 11866, l.llysses S. Grant was named general of lite·limy, the ftrst officer to hold that rank. INGELS ELECTRONICS RADIO SHACK DEALER ---Community calendar-- . . The Community Calendar is members meeting Tuesday, 7 p.in. in . published as a free s.ervlct!'to non· · the· basement of the Middlepon pront groups wishing to annonnce Lodge. All Scouish Rite Masons are · · meeting and special events. The to attend. calendar Is not designed to pro· EAST MEIGS .. Eastern High mote sales or fund raisers of any School Computer Club free begin· type. Items are printed as space ning Windows 95 class starting permits and cannot be guaranteed Tuesday, 6:30-8 p.m: at the high to nn a spec~ number of days. school and continuing weekly TUESDAY RACINE .. RACO, Tuesday, through March 4. Twenty-five openings are available on a first-come, 6:30·p.m. S!ar Mill Park. · first-served basis. All welcome. AtHENS -- Support group for those with fibromyalgia, first meet- . WEDNESDAY MIDDLEPORT -- Annual meming, .6:30 p.m. Grosvenor Hall East bership meeting of the Meigs CounRoom 1.11, 0. U. campus. ty Humane Society will · be held MIDDLEPORT -- Scottish Rite Wednesd~y; 6:30 p.m. at the Thrift ' Shop in Middleport. Will Be Closed Wednesday, January 29th for Inventory Congress pas~ an act creating the Wyoming Tetrltory .in 1868. TJIURSDAY . SYRACUSE -- Meigs County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental .Disabilities, Thursday; 8 p.m. Cllfleton School, special meeting. POMEROY - Prayer and planning meeting for upcoming Feb. I concert with Contemporary Christian Music group, "Harvest" at the Rutland Civic Center. Prayer meeting to be at the Pomeroy Public Library. Ever.yone invited. Rev. Peter Tremblay for more information. VALENfiNE LOVE LINES. .A MESSAGE TO YOUR SPECIAL VALENTINE Remember that special someone this Valentine's Day with a message In The Daily Sentinel ---Society scrapbook-- e · . ·The Dally Sentinel v••llut Hearts .. 11 i Court Street P~y, OH 45769 News po.llcy . -- ..... ' •• MUST BE PREPAID I .. \";;. ' { ' · ·' . . . . . cli~pmd ot worldwMio r'l ill t1n1t ..._-... ID IIUiici- aaicl Mlbae . . .t aay 11Jiaient COJDel to home computer disposal. like th='sa home for any caa.tn. 1991-tS, aceet'l C to a .-I t.lfiiJI. . ........... «'- dlaj,os.J lh8t I' til Federal laws IUCb a lhe Resource er that's at least a 286 or abcnoc. C. 1p !lcQon UaiNiltJ .a,... C '4 I M 111¥1 - y coat- • - of ia lk 10 Nwtl tiUks." Rec6.ery and Conservll.ions Act Lear said. pa.ea 10 41 ; , ol lbip their A'eJaeclw aid old ornr em Me require canpa11ies to send old comAnother Byse of Floas""• AriL. oWn II •p l liD wde· rr,-vfec- wonh little: "The nwjotity of b pu1en to approved disposal sites. gives computers to low-iocome lllriDJ" plltllb _ . • Dipat Blec- compuiCr is plastic and it's diffiCUlt "But other people put them out American Indians on • r*y Na¥a.jo fl '* . • y wish lists this holiday season, a ·qUestion of increasing concern ts .what happens to old computer ·pmenl once it no longer is need· An e~tiii!IICd 2S million comput- tronica C91p. in c..., Koitt, N.H. to recycle into a fona that'J usable with lheir.t,rash." he said. " People But ~ home cw; t owaa1 by a plastics recycler. And demamt- who have an environmental conmust search for lel]lOIIIible ways to facturing is very labor intensive." science take the time to search us aet rid of eqqipment they no_l011ger While CCO!'Omics are not pushing out." want. ' thead computer-recycling laws, His firm processes more than 30 William Calopro, owner Qf Vee- tliere .are eoncems ahoot liability tons or electronics equipment per tor Software &: Systcnil ia · Late related to. Superfund laws, Alexan- month. Usable parts such as fa~s and George, N.Y., said·he sends l!etween der said. · plugs are sold to suppliers and sur10 and 20.old ~to a ~xas. "Large mak~rs of computers plus shops. recycling firm eacb month. The don't want to be in violation of fed- · His ftrm charges $7.50 to $15.95 company sepn1a metal lnd com- era! .Jaws," he said. "Somewhere for computet disposal, depending on ponents, melll them. and sends them down the road. there could be a size. He said people mtist be willing ~k to computer rnanufac~. much better system." to pay these smaller costs to save Caloaero said he cQilects old For example, townwide collec.._ 411illions ·of taxpayer doll ars for computets em, and.Jhips them out liS . lion days could be held for people to Superfund cleanups. an acf of env)ronaiental goodwill. dispose of allsmall electronic equipLarge computer makers already He aid sbipmenll cost him about ment. A federally funded pilot prG- are dealing with the problem. Com$70 each.inonlh. • · ject of this nature WI!S held in paq Computer Corp. of Houston "The · cerainic. ch.ips at:en'l November in Binghamton, N.Y., and works with 10 computer recycling biodegadable," he Sllid. "They Somerville, Mass. ~nd refurbishing companies from woold just go :into a landfill. And Digital In October l>pcned .a new · San Diego to Scotland. God .kOOJIVS whit' will happen IO it plant in Union County, NJ., to serv~ ·,we have had a lot of people · there. Jhc only ]IIIli that are·recy- six towns. The New.Jersey Depart• come ·and ask us for help," said clable ire lhe citCWt boards inside." · ment of Environmental Prou:ctiop Environmenbil Program Manager Mich8cl Alexander of the North- · provided $200,000 to help the towns · David Lear'. "We really don 't like to cast Recyclin& CounC:il in Brattle- devekip electronics equipment col- see a computer thrown out. There's boro, Vt.,- said computers should be lectionprograms. so many recycling opponunities." removed from waste bein1 sent to ' ~Muscanelli,owaerofWaste Compaq also deals with seven B111 in lhe United States there are incinerators. Individually, computers Management and Products Recy- charitable agencies nationwide that few programs that eocourage people are not considered hulnlous mater- .cling Co. in Schenectady, N.Y., said accepr computers for '!Se wilh ial, he said. ' · a P'Y area.exists in the law w~n it underprivileged people. "It seems to get ri4 of CQIIIpllters properly. 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(Ume Stone- ......, 'ttll At 2 Locations "11•·~ N• Owllmflip" •NBw Homes .iffo Job Too Small youlnow. mally bleaR cancen 1te woc ...led by-eabosea stimulation.) · ~ wnoxifrJII I• associated . wllli ~ ~ Y..rlety aide eft'~ -btellldi!la bot .tluhea, ~~na. "ltltl•t 't11 To SNODGUSS' UPHOLSTERY minor rilechJnlcal repair. lime-ups, 011 Change, Wax, Buffing L.Ong St, RUtland, 011. 742-m&, Ask for Kip offices in the DofA. A leiter was reid frotil Deputy Na~ic;>hlll eo·,~n- . 1\ cilor, Beverly Cephoda ~~ '!IUScUiar ltyS!l'OilhY· '> · 4 Refreshments ~r~"~ervCII-by Thelma White, ~ary Ho~er. 'Julie Cunis . .Charloue Gra'nt, . EYereu Grant, and Opal Eichinger ,won the door prizes. , . . .. .liver infl~q~~mation, blood clots, a11d Repon "Breast Cancer and Disor~ others, wlilch are diagnosed by ders." Other readers who w.ould like examination·and blood tests. a aopy should send $2 ·plus a ·long, However. such reactions are not· self-addressed, stillnped envelope to common, and I believe that the bi:n- P.O. Box ·2011, •Mt~rray Hill Station, efits of tam9xifen far outweiah the New '(ork, NY IOJS6: Be sure to distidvantages. •Uterine cancer has · mention the title: · been reported it) women on tamoxDEAR DR. OOTT: I suffer from ifen but, if you're willing to undergo ,PeyrQJtic 's disease. Is· there any periOdic gynecological examina- · cu,re? . ~. ·lions, this should not be a con- , DEAR READER: Somettmes, as ' mel) age, the erectile portions or the traindication. , In short, follow your oncologist's .penis ·become scarred' anlf . dQn't· advice. · . · . work )1\'Cperl y, . . to .,ctooked To give •!YoU mitre information, I erections that may inl sending a Cc:>JIY of.my Health difficult' or im!possibl~. . I AUIE Qrlilg therapy is wo~h the d.iscom~ort : · · . ·ftUEiER'S 5tt~1197 Daughtdrs' of·_America meets . (1) II; (2) 4, '1; 3TC ····3327 •· YOUR MESSAGE CAN BE SEEN ttERE FOR A TOTAL OF $7.00 PER DAY. lO....,. enJ:tntormattty ·ln REMOVAL , . The Board of County =lwtltelanera,...,. ..apt 11..t llld tor the Intended (IWPDII, end raeervaa the lllhi.., rajiCt..., or all bide .,;L bladtiq • , Defective or obsolete equipment . is sent back to Apple's environmental facilities division in Cupertino, Calif.,whcre itisdismanded,melted down and used to make new computers. 0:.::: ~~ ctEr. • Apple Comp'-'ter has two means for disposi ng of old computers, spokesman Michael Shuster said. First. ·it has a corporate remarlcetins , program in which items that still · ' have value are dona.ted to schoels or 1 other groups. 1 S.VICII Ofllcll, locdecl .· -ni•- WI . I Recipients are allowed to keep the computers, but may not i'eaeU them. DiBella said Another Byte gets computers by placing ads in newspapers, putting up fliers itt public places. and through responses to iL< Web page on the lntemel on Mulber., Helghta, Poet In with the Ollloe Box 748, Pomeroy, Ohio Re.¥1ud Codl, ...a.d Ohio ..,... cw Ph- (814) fiNs . . lleranhllll"rtha 112...17 during nor•el 11e1p C.unty loatd or hcMn. Co••tealon•ra rn tlltlr 'Jehle'- to be (1) 1117 located In tho Of ly[M t mociUIII .....,..._, emb "tnce wtlh Thlr:'o.::;: tour whetl drive (4WO) . ~ · - -·- to ..,.. 011 Chtnle All lllde mltal be Htled llldawll •nd marked "Bid tor . ~ •••re•nc, ~ !:..'!rice:\' Bidder muttAmtaul•nc~·. follow DIA'IM back Zipper may be shown. has nap, ~w a line acrosS the A section giving fabric sugges- yardage cliirt to where the "siz.c" andCo!•uiMI Salln;n' · · · · TbaI .'s · the c4Jn.IM...., .,., 111111 bons wl·11 be··~ luded: Those'.a.bn~s co1umn tnte~~:~;ts:. The pattern supplies a that are liOI_ su1table will als~ he .md1- amOJlllt of fttbric thal.you wtll need th of information when begiD- . cated. ~ tnstance, a definite dtago- . to buy. . ·sewing project. The most nai ~tgn cannot be,,used on miiOy ~~ will ~so be a ~ . ,. expla1n1~g nouo'!s. Nouo~ are ·ceable clement of the envcl.opc sewmg patterns. ,. . · is the pictute illustrating what the Body . tttea!lltremenll an.d a st.~ those thtDgs. (dther .than. fahric: and . fi ished garment will look like. This c!W' to, l!elp .)'OU de~1111~e ~hat pat~) thai you will need to CO!fl· .., ..,.. iS!kno~n 15 a "view... There rill)' be ,' ,~~ ~o~ld ~·~ 1~ gtven, plete ypur outfit. l!eft'S sqc:h ~ z•p- --· . -"""lll:!t nJMt the so\teral views on the front of the pa; l .• ,..en as dte '\fteltie' eqwvalents. pers~ thr~, bu~s, ~s, liDok- . na and tefn eiiVelope differentiated ,.by ~ num~ j!f paltern p1eces •s fur- II;Rd-.~yes, l~. lriid, tnm and clas- '!lat~t~~·e::toilowa t4mbe · mshed to 1mhcate how easy or com- ttc wtll be g1ven. ' . •uet 1~ · n aThe';a~rn c~pany and number plex the pattern will be. . . . Th~ atpouitt of l'ee!uired ·in!¢ac~ petoenl (111") be specified, lilong with the To line!, out how much fabric ts tnJ 11 be IOCIIed m the1·y.ardage . . -:'.,::.'catto:"' ba and possibly, the ·type of . n eeded to co~plete .the proJect, a chart.Interfactnc helpsadd• Siren~ obtalllld rtrom u.. ...._ 051 p iris (such as "Made for Knits yardage chart as provided. You must and support to areas of tenston County Elllligancy lit tllnl Only" or a special dcsiper pattern). know four thinp in order to be a~le (waistbands, coli~. cuffs, butt~s · Di:rrent ~w combinations, ·like to tell the correc~ amount:. which and butto~~les) m yo~ garment. , sh or'~n -sleeved shirtJ with 1 .vtew YOJI are m~ng, the stze you : In ~b~n, there wilL be a. secL: · ;'.: : ll may bediaplay·" 15 arema!png,thew1dlhofyourfabric uon of . fimshed measuRO' s... or " "'• and L_..... · has N · " that · 'II he we iiS', · ·0111 fabric designs and · w........r or ~llt nap. ~p ·~ menJS. wt t or col ·, ;'-l.l;l . ''"""'··"""'"--•'"•'·~ •. ,_..~disip,,:SUCbi!IF-ilnpN :t; l~ngtl! ofthe . · ' mw iuelected, the back and ~lai.~ or a f~~c ma~ have .. ' h~s. such . as tbe ' lowe~ I edge. of · · cnveli)jlci will describe · ~ !r Y~ brvsh II _an one dlrccnon . th~se measurements are . kno':"'n• ti~~fiftronnation .ihat will be 8nd tl WJI! look a d1fferent shade .of adJustments. can be m~ to _wlor n C!l ~plete the outfit. Tbere - color when' brushed the OJIP?• the or length to your spectficallons .. ma be 1· '.descriptive caption and site· w.ay..;-Because of IIIP• YO.U wall ·eDrlvewtWI sm 1 sierches of the baclc: .views ~ ~ fabnc so a!l patte_rn . By ·reading the panem envelope, tha . ex'P,Iain any constiuctional p~ ~ 'he placed on die material yQJi ~ill have the information you .Parldt:19 Lota . delllij$ .o.~; might not . be noliced · JQI~g m ·,the _same dtrectjon or so need to begin your sewing projecl'.lf . fi "T • '!':"' the front ' · F pl81ds Cllll be matched. you have ~ny scwinj! 01' clothing · .tEte. roiJ' •stciDJ · · Ntews or By knoyling the view; the .wi<lt~ . q~stions, give me a call at614-992Call Anytime exa1Jipl~1; bllck patch poc;kets or a of the fabfic !l'ld whethet or not it 6696. . ~ C<luttiJ Exlllt 111n Alent and Hopi rescrvatioas . .Ageacy D~recwr Charles DiBella said they're used by people ranging from leens who can't afford computers to displaced adults looking for work and seniors who simply need a word processor. J:ss· ~·~· ~;~=~~5~~~~~~~;=~~;;~~~w~---··· I·...,·: .• "" • H. OOTT, M,D. words! ,. T0J7l' . · · Prill your •ssag~ln 'tH hart and IIIII ... . with $6.00 to: . to honor "M'tss w: m· A program · 1a ed ~rtime" was p nn . at a recen t meeting . of TOPS OH 57() of • _. The Daily Se11Hnele Pllgt 7 Ohio By PAUL POST ,, ltooJiprlngi81FIIIgl I . · · A SfW,OOO Envirotlmental l'roiiecli011 Apocy gnnt is u"'ndalenlwrri~iting electronics rc,cyclilik pilot prognms in Binahamton, NcY., ancl ~ille, Mass. . The money wa eant1llted u put of an EPA "Common Sense Initiative" to Study cost-effectiveness of collecting IKKne electronics equipit.ent such as computers and stereos. · · ·• The'rnoney was obtained by the Northeast Resource Recovery Assor:!IMion of Coni;ord, N.H., which is administering.the pnlllllll. •· "CWTCntly, no one hal reliable infQIIIIItiob on .just how much clecironic cquipnient genentcd by llouseholds ends llp each year in the municipal wiSie strellll, • said asaocillllon Executive Director B. Dana . Draper. " Binpamton and Soma rille were cbosen bect"se they have stmilar dcmognpbics and aggreuive recyclina pt'Oinllll. said S~an 'f!io"!P,,R ' of the Bfoomc County (N.Y.) Resource Recovery Authority. • · Envirocycle Inc. of Hallsteld, Pa., colle.cled discarded · items in November. thompson said residents were encooraged to drop. off all ~nds .o r portable home IIJI,Pliances tha1 caP be ·plvaged in, !uch as corn~ puler$, hllme video equipment, SlCRO$. telephones and other counter-top appli~s. ) . . · . · . · . Residents could not bring bullcy ~pphances - refrigerators, washers and dryers. . . ,. Thompson said iesults of the piiOI program will help ,Broome CountY and communities throughout the nation determine the costs and benefits of household electronics recycling. Babysitttrs • Friends A!lyone who would appreciate a thoughtful word from you! All Valentine Heatts will be published In the February 14th Issue at a c:o~t of oaly $6.00!· TOPS holds 'M·iss Wintertime' program sen•t Talk." Linda Grimm won· ~ ' bly) wt·t·h six each' and 'unnie · Candles . . Alesht·re for KOPS (keep off pounds· the fruit btisket, and Shirley Wolfe. sensibly): . the gadget gift Juanita Humphrey Best I:(OPS loser at the meetina was presented a trophy for best loser Pomeroy. . · · · f D · be "Me111bers were reminded to take was Mary .Roush with Ltnme or ecem r. a wrapped gift for her, and alsq that Aleshire as runn~-up, and.the ·· , 011 Feb. 4 a white elephant sale will best loser was Juanita Humphreys be held and·items need II> be broughl . wlth Donna ·. Jacks as runner-up; (. that Jacks wits the winner of the fruit orA .,;.o~arq on po~~ve dieting basket, and Shirley Wolfe, the gad• , In an effort to providci our reader· w• Jlven by Jeanette McDonald. ge11ifl. . ship with CUJICIII iiCws,,die OallipoSbe erttpltuized that diecina must of . At the Jan. 7 meeting, Donna • lis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sen· .d!ouP of u a positive rather (han a Jacks was ,!he TOPS beat loser. It tine! will not accept weddinas after nepdre: , was noted that the whi_!4 elephant 6Qidays from the dale of the event. 111111! ae.y pmenlcd giftS to the sale on Feb. 4 wjll ~ve proceeds JO 1 .All club meetings and other news holden of ~ most certificates for to the Area Recosnition Day pro- articles in the society ~lion 11\Uit beiltl the iajl loser of the ~k. be' submitted within '30 days of . 'Qiey. were Mary Roush jllld Shtrloy JF8JIIIei\O ~Donald and Magg~e ·QCCurmtcc. '· ,.,.. fot TO~ (take ~~~. pou~ B~ .~ve • · ~ ~ ~ :·~ni , '~ . , . ", l''~' : ' ·~.?.,~«J~tfili\ ~"~""" -~i~ -~~ .:: .1 .·. ~ -.. :::,. .,.,. . _. __ _ ;···.~\ • ., II I 1i; ' a 110 doultUt.l . ' • Sweethearts • Moms & Dads • Grandparents • Teach~rs · ' loans in Ohio during 1996. has been awarded a Lifetouch Firm lneorpohlted total of $257,773,175 was Enrichinent Grant of $2SO by LifeA . Anicles · of incorporation have been filed in the office of Secretary approved during the past ·calendar touch National School Studios of of State Bob Taft in Cplumbus .by year, resulting in 3;795 new jobs an~ Minneapolis, Minn. Her selection for the award was Southern Enterprises, lnc.. lnco,rpo- · the maintenance of 12,098 others. In Meigs County the two loans. totaled made on the biSis :of an idea for.nurrator and agent are Kenneth R. $104,413a~dresulted in two created turing cre11tiYit~ in the classroom. McFann, 732 Fifth Stree.t, Racine. jobs, and three retentions. The 6,300 entnes were jUdged on SBA IOIIIIS announced ihe basis of originality, creativity, Two Meigs businesses · were T-her awarded grant ~nd effectiveness for developing . ng the 820 in Ohio to receive . Sandra Needs, a teacher at the . creativity. 1\l;o hundred granu were rm~u Busmess Administration Tuppers Plains Elementary School made: . Pam· r • 1 tlationat So~l-R&B honors also went to Keith Sweat for male artist.. and New Edii tion for band, duo or group. !:>'Angelo was the top ne~ artist in soul:R&B~ • . Favorite anist winners in other catego(ies included ~etallt~a·'tn -~ rock-heavy metal, Smashing Pumpkins in alternative mustc, and Whttn<l)! HoustOn in adult contemporary. · .. Winners of the American Music Awards were selected,by a nabonal saltl" piing of about 20,()()() listeners, who chose from nominees compiled by music industry publications. · ~) I ' ,J . • ' ' Poml Of 1 Music ihdustry·celebrates year's favorite entertainers., ; By JOHN ANTpzAK ·. AIIOCIMed Prell W""- · ·••lldi•Port. Comp· uter~rav~yaras pose-- environmental:prob.lems Tullfllr, ....._., 21, 1117 S1ettt Heme Ctlltfrlltfltn New Conslnlctlon & Remodtllng Kitchen ~net· VInyl Siding • Roofs . Dlcb. Ganiga FrN btl,..,_ 814-742-3411 1/IW1-. .... \), • .IIIIGO RAONE, OliO . · AMIRKMulloll f.OST602 EYDYSU.Y . o-. ow- 4:3D ' Ga!Mitartal;41 PtyoUtiUUI . . . . nee t 1r Under ·. Pultlo llllnl$ lnl of,..,'?._ "' I '- �. • I . qUIP f"Y• .Mnulty 21,,1117 The o.lly Sentinel • Page I OOP PHILLIP ALDER ACMII , 1C ac:t~~p Oltiii/M ..... 1111 ....... , 4Al .. dnlp - 1111-- _. • ",... 1/T'".Youlh ... 1 ., · 11u.da~ 1ITI IMSIEPSI Shop the Want Ads fhll AVON I All Areas I Shir.., ~1. 304-075-IA29. -..m iiOiliiO On llcCGrmaRoooUlt Ull!ll .• 2 875-7112. A.Great Qpportunitr ~heck Thia Oull If Your Not Uaktng Atleasl ~ To 'lllursoll To Cell Kim ToM frH 73711. 1~118-432~ $8.50 /Hr. 'lllu Owo Anr ocld job•. paintmQ, guu.,s clea,..d. •14-2o45· 5870 Of 30'- Repre~entativee l 'no•~'!· Earn money lor Chil&lmas bill at hOmWat WOfk. 1~ G92-8358 or 304-882-2e•S, Ind. Rep. Avon Alaska Jobs! Earn Up . To $30 ,000 In Tlv" llonths Fishing Salmon. Also Construction, C.n· neries. 7 Days Oil ftelds 407-875-2022 Mel Mofe. EII. CaH 0526AQ? Oaby.lilling in my home, tn the ~• ...._ 01111c1ten of 11R*rencea Available Upon R• queat 2t Year• EJperience Call llo.387-o5211 Georges Portable Sawwmil, dan't hlul rour logs Dlho miH jull cal 304-6JS..1D57. . w•t Haul Service: Haul Uosl Anrf'ingl Cllll An)idme, leave ....._ · 81 4-2!iG-1037. I ProfeltiOnal TrH SerYu, Slump :~~~~Fr~e~e~E~•:ti~m~ot~e~&l~l~nOhio. 814· 388- Home ' ' PQiir. Rafsr• 1"7· •4•10 wlotamour balh. 1 1 - fll8 ....... , ' ...... only II 0111 Wood Ho-, Nitro 'IN.~-·- 2.2 Acres. paYed roecl, !HIIIflc watM I cable. Nice 14170 mollile - . Dr, 2 bethl, out building. lloa:w tnd Walhlll. dryen., • • 3 ~PPllANCEI •11 • A QZ refrioera~ . . . ._Sllalltll ~ ...... 1t $32Wo., Oe- 111M ...... l:d .,...,..-. 2 lledroomo, Gll8n Scllooi, Prlvo!<l Lo~ ~. QOOO · UIEil 11 • ·• •• 43t4. 39 1ocillt... 2..1'111. 28 IGGI .. 1 112 Boil, 2 .Bedrooms. 1 Both, All In Po'rttr Aln. You PeJ 0.pOiit & Ulllittes. Rtlerencl "IINo-114-388-91fl2. ilequ•lld 1.,.,.. o,., Washer & .,..._7413. -· ~ • K QI 7 6 5 But • A Q t 11 eol ~ftltenltor, • K "J 10 • A 10 I 1 I 5 530 . .7. • 113 ' . '2 Home fO< Alnt. Oror· Homo Lot. 114-448-1279 114441· t213. 3 11 p Ilion 1111ioMd tong ....... dlgt DOWN 34 . . . . . • ·=IGnn) ,..._. .. . ' ocw6wltl ' ~ K J4 tltJI4 •A J I . .• In IOtiP 30 MMI•"'•raw.rvr 1 f _. $!;::.; !- .• i •• sz a Wedalng 11o1te a Nlltl'lotl coy 11tallqt'J' Ml'uclu · 11 Oltlo oily 1e1ri1 .211 - .... . .. IJralully 11 Ge11te......... II "uhtll I s.udl Bend. 8tak- . II lhona f I tt 15 A pig-- • Q. . • 10 5 ...... . . ......,...., out- lllllgiHilnlllg ~~~==~~ !.,......... 12 .,._, -- _ •1 ............ r.• JH I 37 - •-• . . , ...... 411 Cll I I · ' 2 't8m unll I Ln:llrt4 Fnllt• plloiiiJ • lktclt . . . I lbolltnga Vulnerable: Neither .Dealer: South 8oodlo . 1NT ANNOUNCEMENTS w• Pilla Nertl& INT I:"* AB .... .Opeablg leld:,. 7 005 Personlla It made ·me sea~ 0o 'flul HIIM Hard ChoiC:IIIII . -2e7-1811 - f'hrdica -Ill 1-II00E11. 8859 $3.99 Per .....,.. ., llult Bt 11 YrL S...-U 119- - LoneiJ~ Toke A ChiiiCe On Me, Willie Femele 41 . P.O. Bo1 488, ~01145710. IEIT NEW ~litE FUN · WAYmDI.Yo 1·llllll 443 51110 Ell( 1811 12.99 pel min.- be 11 yn. (81111MH434. Users Needed . WOfk IEEJ . . 20K To $50K ·/Yr. 1: X 1173. -~ 1HEFUNWAT TDDAY 1 eoo 443-5710. ElL 1811 •us Pllf Min, Must Be 11 Yra. Ser¥-U 119-NS-1434. E&rn $1 ,000 Weekly Stuffing EnveLopes At Home. Start Now. No Expemtnct. frM SuppUes, Info. No Obli~alion . ~nd LSASE To: MHI Thet Speclol Someone To- mond !lor, CA 91785. ACE, Dept: 1351, Box St37; Dia... dOJ 1 -900:414-27® Ell. 23H S2.tl "-' Min. Uuat Be 18 Yr~. Touch Tone ' Phone Required Serv-U 11H45-ICI4. .TMOWXMUUVN . . 40 DOTMOWXMUUVN D 0 T, V X W R L 0 W L V P • ' - RXWLPW) Giveaway· Border Collie lftd one tri-coiDfed Colie•F• . ),&t~742- tote. . can . .. Ia IChedule 10Uf Tup- .~ penqre P,.rty. Earn free productl. Slatl & Stripes. 1-80D-1712S.C.2779. ' '(CIJ ~. B!Wflr.i, ewe.~ /1\Y F - C - & 5 Pupa. To Give- \\N,O::.I"'MI '=~=' S<a"\\~lA-" £tfis· loy dren, 1 Child Hand;c&ppect 1;114- Fr. . puppte.a, pari Auslralia" Sh~hard, long & ShOrt haired. 3106--175-7445. Lost and Found Uvlngston'a Full· Time, Part-Time Dealera Needed, Call And 5814-446... 530. guarant.e. 10yr•· on b11eminl proofinQ, aJI buemeot rtpilrl dane; free e&tlmetea, lifetime ....•. 304-875-2105. ~N WOII" lAIII _;....,._ _ __ ·8 leorronoe '-tiers ol the lour scra..,led -.!1 be- wat*- 367-0314Aher H~M . ',. IO.r · ~ '""" lour -.... lob l1peti~ POCRIT . . 112 111 Found: Female Brown & Whl1t Sri., Sponiol, Vocit1ity: Rt 775, HOME COMPUTER USERS NEEDED. 145,DOD income · po· tentlal . 1·800-513-4343 E11. B- 114--lt. CLAY I. a,lltH Weekdays, References Requ jred. Must Be Able To Drive 2 Chilr· ...... 814-742-2853' .eo ~ Full-Time Baby&lller Wanled. Fl"e "err cute !Tii•ed puppies who nHCI 1 home wtd'l children ID BVNN PREVIOUS SOLUTION: ~ lhe - · I praclielltw. On SundtJJ, I . , lhelaw."- TC!!I!III)' Btl,_..., and NFL ....... l!a-l,lt-1\) fl't:! WlfiiCidL 114-251-1048. - (TRULHMXOLR RON PWXRO,V. r oo ewer. Good Watch Dog, Good I!L¥WRYVP Sdll lost: 2 Femlle Beagles,· 9311_CoM fG< Qp.Us. McCllntlc area: 1-1 1-97 Please Cel-718-~7. 70 . Yard Slle Gallipolis & VIcinity ALL Yard Siltl Mutt Be Patd In LPN NEEDED For In Homo COre. Gallipoll1, 2 Days A Week To S..~ RofllY To: CLA 403. Clo Ga~ lipoli1 Dally Trlbun•. 825 Third Awnle, Ganipolis, OH 45831. Mlllnten•nce IWtkllng Parson· Needed For Mainlenance Wtlding Ancl Fabricalio_n In Are·a. Minimum 5 Years -dvanc:e. DEADLINE : 2:00 p.m. Jackson Experience. Requlr• .d In lnduslrial tht day "before the ad is Ia run. Suflllir edition - 2:00 p.m. Friday. ·Selling. Send Reaume To CLA 401, e10 Galllpolio Dally TribMonday edition , 10:00 a.m. Sat· Box una, 825 Thlrcl AYemAe, Oatlipolis, urdtly. 01145031 . Pomeroy, . MANAGEMENT TRAINEE . Middleport &. VIcinity QBEAT G&REJR ppppAIUNIllU Rental King Continues Ta Deadline: 1:OOpm the cs., bekri the ad is to run, Sun· .diJ' I · Monday edilion· 1:OOpm FricloJ. 80 · PUbliC Slle _,H_o;-c-ru..,v::-foof,, ·' advert!~ in thil neWipaper Expenenc:e Required. Higl't Ener· are available on an equal BALLOONS! • dwell• Experience. Excellent Benefits Auclian Service. Leslie And Bonus Potenlial .. Mail/Fax ltmiiY. Auctioneer. Hauseholcl, Resum"e To : Ranlal King, PO Box EIIIIO. Farm .Soles. CaM 114-ol48- 703, Massillon, OH 4:4648. ATIN : .Lemler'• l241' 814-3111:114-13. Hulf\C!ir1 Resources. Fax: 330-833: Rldri Pnreon Auction Company; full time auctibneer. campl~tte 3~84. '. n REAL ESTATE RENTALS 410 Houses for Rent 2 Bed1oam In Eurll<e 114-2&1fUOI. . 1i89 Bfrtu~ GT wl'\itt wired STORAGE TANKS 3,000 Gallon &tripe, hiGh mllaa 13,000. 304Nice two bedroom •partrMnt in . Up<lght. Ron E..no Enttrpri- 875-~825 or 304·175-53:27 after Jicklon.Dhlo. 1-t00-837..._ 4i)rn. ·'-l ' I'OoiMOf, nD·poll. 114-992-5151. One btclroom lpaitmenl. Jut· ntshel;t, extra nice • clean. No polS. Phone 304~75-1318. 0951 _,...h.. 1890 Gr'hd Prix LE , V-1 automalic, ~drtd. power moonrool new SltUIS, very clean, 1114· 742· .' TNUI' lfOME . · buJ DIRECT end SINE I .Common:iiiiiHom uritllnlm ..• 199. FREE color caalog. wi!le on 6 1/2 acros, uiiiHto ollh. .,.... 614-092· 5142. r.;a 1 bedrpom t.partmerill lcir BedrOOms. l'l>mit$350/Uo., Depo,l it Rt· 312 W.zgll3 oy ~ea, quinld, 513-57.. 2539, 1ale with storage building . 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'A successful person has but· tons on their phMe than on their • • - - - • -.' _ _ _ _ • by f,U,ng in the miiSing wOrds t-..&.-.._..L-.L....L-.1 you develop from step No. 3 belOw. origin, or any lnhtl'llion 10 make any such preterence, limitation or lllscrlmlna1ion." tioua Candidates To Join Our Co}TlP8ny In A Planned Uajor Ex. pantlon In The Gallipolit Area. College OGi:Jree Or 4 ... Veara 01 r 1 I I Is E· · All real estate adYertlllng In this newspaper the Federal Fair of 1Me which make& to adveriiH ·anv i)llfe1 ..... limitatiOn or Ollcrlmlnetlon . baSed on race, !X)Ior, ~. S8IC familal Slalus or ni]HONll knowingly accept . advertisements for real 811018 whiCh Is in viOlation ot the law. Our readers are hentb)' Informed thai aU 'AM Yard Safes Must Be Paid In Grow And Wanto OUeiiRIId, AmbiAd\l~nce. I' I I I ". �• - 1.· ~ • • Ohio Lottery Vikings· slip past Marauders Pick 3: 030 Pick 4: 9342 . Buckeye 5: 8-13-22-27-28 Sport. on Page 4 Pertly cloudy to~t';• low In the 20s. Thu , pertly cloudy, high near 40 • • •t •< ' .. e ' ' IIOTICI1 C&O MOTORS CHEVIOLET & OLDSMOIIU SIRVKI Drn HAS DOUIUD II SlziTO ACCOMIIODAII 1111111111 lltiiiii1H01111'MUTS 727-2921. AS1 FOI Till SilVIO DDMTMIIIt • ~.,: 1o111.47,N0.118 . '!1187, Ohio v.lley ' . • "J'bhhlnfl (:ompony . ' :r Commissio~ By JIM FREEMAN AGunettOo.Ncwo.....- OKs request for highway equipment , dump truck,'I a used ·self-propelled cooperative purchasing program . chip spreader and a 1988-or newer which allows county offices to purchase items at the state bid price. · County Commissioners Monday Gradall excavaJor, Spencer said. Commissioners approved the sole afternoon approved advertising for He said'!he highway depamnent additional equipment for the Meigs had rented , ~c~·p spreader last year bid .submitted by Asphalt Materials County Highway Department. for flood repir work and added it Inc. of. Marietta for bituminous . Highway department office man- may be a opportunity to pur- paving material for February. Commissioner Jeff Thornton ager Dave Spencer, representing chase a used one .1be current Gradall ~ounty Engineer Robert Eason. · used by the':gamge, mainly for ditch opened tbe meeting with a prayer. The board received a letter signed ~uested permission to advertise for cleaning all{l oth.er purposes, is about · by the congregation of the Syracuse additional equipment for the highway 25 years ol\1, he, explained. ~ill. _l In additil:m, Spencer asked if the Church of the Nazarene. .The letter .states: "Realizing that · Sought . is a new, 1w7 tandem county was'j till a member of the stalt · hn1tnet Newa Staff · 2 -... 16,.._,35_ Pom,roy-M.Iddleport, Ohio, Wednesday, January 29, 1997 . lrx'· our nation was founded on prayer. we · supportJelfThornton's decision to do so before the commissioners meet· ings. Often presenled by visiting 'clergy, local village council meetings have prayer prior to their sessions. The U.S. Congress does likewise. Wh~. do you commissioners deny recognition of this God 'given privilege?" Commission President Janet Howard and Fred Hoffman both indicated' lhat they suppon prayer, with . Howard stating she thinks prayer is a privalt affatr and best recognized during a moment of silence. Dale Colburn and Mary Powell, representing the Chester-Shade Historical Association, updated commissioners on work · on the old Chester Courthouse. The two said the group is holding . a dinner on March 21 at. Royal Oak Resort to raise additional fu'nds for the restoration project. Racine . resident. Randy Mamhout met with the board to discuss work done on his house under the Racine Community Housing Improvement Program. He presented the board with a list of needed electrical repairs' and photos of existing problems to be examined by county housing director . Jean Trussell . Before adjourning, commissioners paid weekly bills consisting of I 56 entries. Also prese nt were Clerk Gloria Kloes, Bob Smiddy and Joe Swain. ~Mei, gs - board'tC)Ks ·. -----Computer ·donation--.~h~:=:~er ~ :new school Qruses .. . ' ·~ . : ' ·' '. .• rj }. , I' ... J. : .~... ' Sen. Long's ~ The Meigs Local ·Board of Edu· youngsters~ ile~ five through eight. cation approved the purchase of five Buckley,m• :nt10ned that drug testnew school buses at its regular meet- ing for ath~te s participating in win1ng Monday night at the disttict's een- ter season sports has been completed -ttal office in Pomeroy. with all s~i 11ts testing free of drugs. · · The five International chassis will In -persppnel matters, the board 'be purchased ftom Siowe's in Mari- approved \tYjln Lemley as a substi·etta while the Thomas bodies will be lute teach!i und accepted the resigti)stalled by the Davis Body Compa· nation of t.\11 y Kennedy as a substiby of Langsville. tute secreiJin.·. . · · · . The buses will cost about $56,000 In othCJl business, the board: each, . according to Superintendent -- Autharized Buckley and TreaBill Buckley, and will' be purchased surer Cindy Rthonemus to sell surpl~s with money from the district's per- schOol equipment; " , -- Accep~:d donations of'$685.96 marient improvements levy. - : Each bus will include additional· and $2·,977.184 from 'the classes of . Ofety measures such as flashing red !995 and 19•96, respectively, for the 1 • : ~bes on the extending "stop" signs purpose of buying folding chairs for l)nd an exltl\(ling metal barrier ~o help ..tbe high school gymnasium; •lh'eveilt youngsters from walking roo . --Author !zed B!jCkltY and RhoneA!IlF to the 'front of.the ll~s. Bucklet : in'"iiS"ioger~ UP.i~{ft!!!J,l !!'!&h s~rvice · ~· .'~*' ,. ·~ ~ -·--·. ~•-:- ... -"1'·-:provliters 81.pll·1111"ettiie- fOr b1ds to • Dunng pubhc part1C1Pat,1on, .the replace thc i•~istrict's trash truck. · ljoard•was·a<ldressed by Norma TorPresent \Iiiere board Presid!mt John ,Ys, Margie Skidmore and . Mary Hood and '' board members Roger Grimm on the district's "Sex Can Abbott, Randy Humphreys, Larry Wait" program which is funded by a - Rupe-and Stoll Walton. Well ness Grant. . 1be nex1 meeting willlle held Feb. : The abstinence-based program is 10 at 7 p.m. .at the central office in the incorporaltd into health classes for Pomeroy M.unicipal Building. • successor By AARON MARSHALL Gennett News Service COLUMBUS - (Special to the OVP) , With State Rep. Michael Shoemaker now officially named to the Ohio Senate, the.selection spot-. light now turns to his 91 st District seat which 'will be filled by the Ohio House Democrats. Chillicothe Mayor Joe Sulzer confirmed Tuesday that he was " very inte~es ted " in Shoemaker's seal, ' which ranges over three counties, and would be pursuing the nomination from tho House Democrats. ·when three-term Mayor was asked if a potential move to Columb.us the naturld next step up the ~~~:~~;:Jid~-1 for him, he .politely 's " It's not ·so much the step as it is another Slcp. Irs an opportunity to· serve all of Ross County as well as Vinton and Pick· away Counties," he said . . Other candidates whom Shoemaker said have contacted him about an interest in the seal were Circleville relator Bill Stout. Jonncr Logan Elm School Board Member Bill Archer imd Fonner Unioto School Superintendent Paul Folmar. Past. year .wais · wettest on record WASHINGTON (AP) - Stonns wettest, 8Cj :ording to new figures slamming into the West Coast ·and from the l~ational Climatic Data moisture marching noi'th in the Center. "it's pre•tty obvious what caused Atlantic made last year the wettest on record on opposite·.sides·ofthe coun- the. West t<•• he so wet; it was the try. prevalent iilonn track. hitting the ' For Oregon and Idaho in the West West Coast, •as it's doing right now," and Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and William 0 .•·Brown of the Asheville, '!lest Virgin'ia in the East, 1996 N.C.. climnle center, a part of the recorded the most rain and snow ever. National Oceanic and Atmospheric For New York, it was the second Administra ~ton~ said Tuesday. Rutland Bottled · Gas responds to cor·~plai~t ' • 1 ¥·6 ENGINE 1 ' 'f • • ,. ! . ~ . J.B. Vanity of Alhens, attorney for Plains, McConnelsville. Torch, Jack• Rutland Bottled Gas Service, issued son. and Gallipolis. It will continue astatement Tuesday concerning com- its custom.,:nnientcid business as it plaints made to the Public Utilities ·has in th(·. past. The Company is Commission of Ohio against the proud to rqx)tt that complaints concompany. ceming its servi~ have been practiThe statement comes in response . cally non-<lxistent." to a news release in Sunday's TimesThe j'Ul!O complaint against Sentinel from the Southeastern Ohio Rutland , Bottled Gas Company Cegal Services announcing the recent brought b ·y the Southeastern Ohio filing of complaints with the PUCO Legal Se11'Yices was ~i~alf of ·!lgainst two propane C!Jmpanies. Rebecca · Haning an elvina ·,. Ylll)ity's statement on behalf of his Stephenscon, Athens ·County resi• c,lient reads: . dents. It . charges. that the Rutland : "Officials of Rutland Bottled Gas , company "entered into agreements to Service deny any and all allegations ·· provide u1ninterrupted gas service to made by Southeastern Ohio Legal their resp•ective premises'' and that Services in relation to complaints contract \ 'Vas not fulfilled. · made to the Public Utilities Com- . Geor1•:e Grate of Rutland Bottled 'mission of Ohio. The alleged com- Gas Servi ce says the company did not plaints ~ave been pf!lsented to two -have a c;ontract with Haning and courts of record and both rendered Stephenson, but rather had a contract · d~isions favorable to Rutland. with the •property owner. , "Company attorney, J. B. Vanity. · The ~ ~omplaint with the PUCO Jr. of Athens, confirms that tho also addresses the issue of re&ulation Athens Municipal Court dismi~sed of propalile companies and asks t!lat the,complaints as withoot merit. on the PUCO iS$ue an order d.eclaring January 4, 1996 and ruled in favor of that propane companies be subject to ·Rutland. That dismissal was appealed its jurisd ictiori. tq; the Fourth District Cour.t of Edltor'i .Note: The lleWS Appeals of Ohio and it rendered a· ' rehauiqSuaci!IY'a11mei-SeDdnel decision in favor of Rutland on Sep- sboulcl .l:gve been prefaced by an telnber 30, 1996. Rutland is confident editor's, aote statiD& that eMf that these same baseless allegations aetlou <iutllae elleaed p i e wlll also be dismissed by the Public ot- Pf·lri7 11 lpef a..,Cher and do Ulilities Commission of Ohio. not tltlllJIIoh pit or. bmocence. It : "Rutland is a reputable, customer wa aot: Georp Gnte coateadl oriented business that ll$5 endured fill' tlutt lie ,1lhoUI beea CGDtact· · o1ier hltr ac;enwry Inti ll$5 ~ oCsattorled CIIStllmers in Southeast· erp.Ohio and Southwestern West V1r-. · smia with' pllllits II' Rudand. 1be ... '· •' . • ' /.It· No nominating · process has been Peoples Bank of Rutland ·recently ·donated thla IBM computer to Rutland Elementary School. Rutland branch bank manager DHJIIf- Clinton answers •reporters .on fund raising~ then goes to $1 million bash WASHINGTON (AP)- By day, he's a champion of campaign finance reform . .But by night President Clinton is still the Democrats' milliondollar man. Hours after. a White House news conference dominated by questions about Democratic Party. fund-raising irregularities, Clinton was the star attraction at a $1 million donors' dinncr. About 70 busjness leaders paid S10,000 per person or $1 5,000 per organization to attend the Democra- e." ' :Seven people e nterin~ the dinner through the hotel's main door declined comment. One donor arrived in a chauf"Tcr the rest. of the Amencan pco· feured Lincoln Town ·Car, another in pie this may sound · ridiculous, but a Mercedes-Benz with a "Clinton$10,000 is a small amount to pay-to Gore '96" bumper sticker. . converse with intelligent people that But most arrived by laxi or on will be able tQ help you ," Scan P. foot, and many men ve ntured out O'Keefe, 29, president of Winco Gorp., a small communications com- without overcoats on.a chilly ni gh1; pany based in Los Ange les, said after the city's bigge<tlobbyists arc based on K Street , within walking distance the dinner. Not everyone was so talkative. of the Carlton. (ic National Committee event al the Carlton Hotel just across LaFayeue Square from the 'Whit.c House. , Racine Council members settle into new chambers ' . Racine Village Council continued the. business of getting set*d into new chambers during their most recent council meeti~g :. Council held its first meeting in the municipal building. fonnerly the RaCine Elementary School; on Jan·. 7. Council hired Rick Miller to replace the front porch ceiling on the' building . and agreed to purchase some limestone for the parking lot and cold mix for patching. · Mayor Scott Hill reported the need for a new flag for the building and also request!!(~ a sig11 board for the en1rance. Council approved the purchase of the sign with several members to check on obtaining a flag. · ' Paint for the downstairs hallway · was purchased. aerl!: Karen Lyons reported that ldll•sdoe- pub-:etired examiner lor Shirley f!IINd au tUt lie cllllltl ~ ....... . the ;rateBeeale, . audi~<K's recently ot .... II ory, He **ld have beal. donated to the villqcoffice, a tiling cabinet For ll8l ..... tluiC We apoloclze. eel...,_,.,.. · fers looks on.as flnit graders Emily' Davis and Seth Johnson exainlne the computer. The bank is the school's partner In education. and other office suppfics she no longer uses . In addition, discussion was held on· the Syracuse-Racine Sewer District moving its offices into the municipal building. .It was indicated the move would be around March I. A lease is to be worked out between the village and scw~r district, it was noted: In his report, Siteet Commission· er Glenn Rizer reported finding evidence of some6nc tampering with one of the recently installed water meters. He reported the meters have been read and thatbillini will soon be handled monthly. Now that water in the villoge is metered, council also discussed mak·ing waltr leak insurance available. It was noted that an ordinance will be preporetl after the Racine Board of Public Alftlin makes its rccommendati(la. In other business, council: -- Approved the purchase of a preventative mai ntenance agreement for the copier the village purchased. The warranty time from the company had expired . -- Approved a rc<:omme'ndation by Hill to add replacement cost on the. fire trucks. -- Approved the Davis-Quickel Agency of Pomeroy to handle the workers compensaiion claims on behalf of the village. · Hill reported that Rick Hin4man from the Buckeye Hills-Hocking Val· ley Regional Development District will visit Racine. It is possible the village may have to pay back $5,000 received earlier. Attending were council members · Raben Beegle, Henry Bentz, J<?f!n Dudding, Dale Hart, Henry Lyons and Larry Wolfe. Others attending were ,Fire Chief John Holman IUid Bobbie Roy, member of the board of pub,ic affairs. established by the Ohio House for the . Shoemaker scat. However, the Ohio House Democratic caucus will likely follow a process similar to the one taken by Ohio Senate oiTicials in the Long scat. In that case, oi'llcials set a deadline for those interested in the .scat to apply via mail, consulted with county party officials in the district and interviewed all prospective applicants during the same private caucus session . Gro.up wants ·better coverage for diabetics CINCINNATI (AP) - Too many insurance companies in Ohio fail to cover lhe day-to-day needs of dia· betics, according.to a coaliiion of diabetes groups pushing for state law a tha'l requires coverage. "Some insurance companies offer good programs. Those companies we applaud. But there arc a lot of people out there who can't get !he coverage they need, " said Kim White, a . spokeswoman for the Ohio chapter of · the American Diabetes Association. Senate hearings on a proP.,sed dia· betes coverage bill were scheduled to begin today in Columbus. Explosives used to break up ice jam COSHOCTON (AP) - The Walhonding River opened to traffic again after authorities blew up a huge ice Jam. (:oshocton County Sheriff David Corbett said Tuesday's blast .broke up ,the I 112-mile,long jam that had been forming for ~I most a week. Emergency crews said the detonation, set off by remote control, went off without a hitch.' ijut they took· no chances, stationing spotters along the river to make sure the chunks of ice kept moving. Several bridges along the river, which t1ows through east-central Ohio, were closed tempororily as the ch1111kl paH!Id underneath. The jam·luid ~·*- noiJd. ing alid temponry ev~elllllione in nearh)· Warsaw. ·~ ' ... ' • ..} • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 01. January Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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