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Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties 

Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Sunday, September 26, 2010 $1.50 • Vol. 44, No. 39 

OBITUARIES 

Page A5 

• Ruby M. Ferguson 

• James C. Glassburn 

• Dwight R. Bissell 

• Edna M. Vermillion 

• Lisa J. Burd 

Boy wounded 

in accidental 

shooting 

STAFF REPORT 

GALLIPOLIS — The 

Gallia County Sheriff’s 

Office is investigating 

the accidental shooting 

of a 9-year old boy that 

occurred Friday afternoon. 

In a press release 

issued Saturday morning, 

Sheriff Joe Browning 

said the incident reportedly 

happened at 5:40 

p.m. Friday in the parking 

lot of the CVS 

Pharmacy located at the 

junction of Jackson Pike 

and Ohio 160 in the 

Spring Valley area. 

Deputies who responded 

said the boy’s father 

told them that his 9 mm 

handgun allegedly fell to 

the floor of his vehicle 

and discharged, striking 

the child in the arm. The 

man said he transported 

the boy to Holzer 

Medical Center where he 

received treatment in the 

emergency department. 

The boy was later 

transferred to a hospital 

in Columbus. The extent 

of his injures and his condition 

was unknown as of 

Saturday afternoon. 

Browning said once 

deputies complete their 

investigation, their findings 

will be submitted to 

the Gallia County 

Prosecutor’s Office to 

determine if charges will 

be filed in the case. 

The identities of those 

involved in the shooting 

have not been released. 

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INDEX 

4 SECTIONS — 24 PAGES 

Around Town A3 

Classifieds D2-4 

Comics D5 

Editorials A4 

Sports B Section 

© 2010 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 

Tornado relief effort continues 

LDS Church sends 

semi load of supplies 

to Reedsville 

BY BRIAN J. REED 

BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM 

POMEROY — The Church of Jesus Christ of 

Latter Day Saints is the latest to send supplies to the 

Eden Ridge community, where families were left 

homeless by a Sept. 16 tornado system. 

Food, hygiene items and other provisions are coming 

into the community “hand over fist,” Emergency 

Management Agency Director Robert Byer said 

Thursday. 

“In 20 years of disasters, I have never seen the outpouring 

of help from the community and other communities 

like we have here,” Byer said. “I am really 

proud, too, of the people on the ground who coordinated 

everything.” 

The LDS church sent a semi trailer filled with food 

and supplies to the area, joining the Salvation Army 

and churches from Meigs County and others in meeting 

the needs of those who lost their homes and personal 

effects. 

Byer reported a damage of estimate of $2 million to 

homes located mainly on Eden Ridge Road and Ohio 

124. Thirty-one families lost their homes. Others lost 

belongings and suffered damages to their homes. Six 

were injured. 

Byer said storage space is becoming an issue, but 

the need for supplies remains. An emergency center 

operates from the Eden United Brethren in Christ 

Please see Relief, A2 

Church raises $10,670 for 

Meigs Co. tornado relief 

BY ANDREW CARTER 

MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM 

GALLIPOLIS — A 

fundraising event held 

Thursday in Gallipolis 

generated nearly $11,000 

that will be donated to 

the tornado relief effort 

in Meigs County. 

The block-party style 

fundraiser was hosted by 

Elizabeth Chapel Church 

at its new campus located 

at the corner of Locust 

St. and Third Ave. in 

Gallipolis. Organizers 

put together the event 

this week on short notice 

and were extremely 

pleased with the results. 

According to one of the 

organizers, who asked 

not to be named, between 

donations and the proceeds 

of an auction, a 

total of $10,670 was 

raised. He said about 

$6,000 was generated 

through cash donations 

alone. Local auctioneer 

Josh Bodimer donated 

his services for the event, 

which saw the sale of 

everything from Ohio 

State and Ohio 

University football tickets 

to barbecue grilling 

tools. 

An estimated 300-400 

area residents attended 

the fundraiser. The 

Gallipolis Volunteer Fire 

Department also participated, 

providing lighting 

along Locust St. for a 

dunk tank and other 

activities. 

The storm system that 

spawned the F-3 tornado 

swept through the Mid- 

Ohio Valley on the 

evening of Thursday, 

Sept. 16, leaving a trail of 

destruction and one fatality 

in its wake. Meigs Co. 

Emergency Management 

Agency officials reported 

that 31 homes in the 

Reedsville area along 

Ohio 124 were destroyed 

and damage estimates 

Please see Funds, A2 

Andrew Carter/photos 

Organizers of the fundraiser to benefit the victims of 

the tornado that swept through Meigs County on 

Sept. 16 keep track of the donations that rolled in 

Thursday during the event at Elizabeth Chapel 

Church in Gallipolis. Officials said local residents 

donated $10,670 to the relief effort. 

Josh Bodimer auctions off a pair of Ohio State football 

tickets during the Meigs County tornado relief 

fundraiser. 

Brian J. Reed/photo 

A boot in the middle of Ohio 124, closed on Eden Ridge to through traffic, collects 

cash donations for families affected by the tornado of Sept. 16. 

Gallia Co. commission 

approves extension of 

emergency services 

to townships, villages 

BY AMBER GILLENWATER 


GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of 

Commissioners received an update from two area 

agency directors during their regular meeting on 

Thursday at the Gallia County Courthouse. 

Gallia County Emergency Management Director 

Michael Null was present to provide the commission 

with a resolution that will allow the commission 

to enter into contracts with townships and villages 

in the county for emergency management 

services. 

According to Null, each of the 22 political subdivisions 

in the county must soon decide whether 

they will continue to contract with the county for 

emergency services in the event of natural, technological 

or civil emergencies as the current contract 

will expire on Dec. 31 of this year. 

Null informed the commission that if any of the 

townships or villages in the county should decide 

not to contract with the county for emergency services, 

then those political subdivisions must then 

provide their own emergency services. 

“It is up to them to provide their own duplicate 

service, which you guys are already doing with me 

and my operation,” Null said. 

According to Null, county commissions in the 

past have traditionally provided emergency management 

services to the townships and villages in 

the county at no cost for those political subdivisions. 

“I know several times we have looked at other 

ways of funding. The drawbacks outweigh the benefits,” 

Null said. “Your predecessors have chosen 

to just charge the townships and the villages no 

charge.” 

Based upon Null’s recommendations, the commission 

agreed to extend two-year contracts with 

the townships and villages, if said townships and 

villages accept the contracts. The commission also 

agreed to provide these services at no charge to the 

townships and villages in the county. 

“This is a service we ought to be providing to our 

townships,” Commission Vice President Justin 

Fallon stated. 

Null also discussed the denial of Federal 

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance 

for victims of the recent tornado in Athens, 

Meigs and Perry counties. 

According to Null, he, as well as his counterparts 

in counties throughout the state, are facing frustration 

and disappointment due to federal and state 

response to recent natural emergencies. 

“They’ve been turning down disaster after disaster, 

both at the federal and at the state level, all year 

long,” Null said. “Ourselves included, in this county, 

during the spring floods.” 

Please see Services, A2

Sunday, September 26, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page A2 

Bridge of Honor still 

Buckeye property 

Transfer of 

ownership 

pending 

BY BETH SERGENT 

BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM 

POMEROY — At the 

end of December, the 

Bridge of Honor will 

have been opened to traffic 

for nearly two years 

yet the transfer of ownership 

from Ohio to West 

Virginia has yet to happen. 

Ceremoniously transferred 

to West Virginia in 

a March 2009 dedication 

ceremony attended by 

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland 

and West Virginia Gov. 

Joe Manchin, III, apparently 

the paperwork has 

been slow to catch up 

with public perception 

that the deed has been 

done, so to speak. It hasn’t. 

Dave Rose, spokesperson 

with the Ohio 

Department of 

Transportation District 

10, said on Friday the 

agency is waiting for the 

final estimate to be paid 

before ODOT finalizes 

and closes the project, 

likely next month. This 

spring, Rose estimated 

this process would wrap 

up in September or 

Church, which church members 

and volunteers man. All donations 

are processed and coordinated 

there. 

Byer also encouraged residents 

to make cash contributions. 

Reedsville Tornado Victims relief 

account has been established at 

Farmers Bank and Savings Co., 

and donations may be made to that 

topped $2 million. About 300 people 

have been left homeless by the 

disaster. Fortunately, there was no 

loss of life in Meigs County and 

only a few injuries were reported. 

The storm also caused significant 

damage in Athens County and 

after passing through Meigs 

However, Null told the commission 

that the victims of the recent 

storms may be able to receive 

assistance through the Small 

Business Administration and they 

will be receiving state assistance 

as well. 

“Just because they’re denied 

doesn’t mean they are shut out,” 

Null said. “What it does do is limit 

a lot of the benefits that they could 

get.” 

Gallia County Job and Family 

File photo 

The State of Ohio retains ownership of the Bridge of Honor despite the ceremonial 

transfer of ownership to West Virginia that occurred in 2009. 

October and at least for 

now, that prediction 

seems to be on track. The 

bridge will then be turned 

over to West Virginia 

once the paperwork has 

all the signatures. 

The process of finalizing 

the project includes 

counting every penny 

before the contractor 

signs off on the final 

numbers. Rose said the 

cost is expected to be 

right around $64 million. 

Relief 

from Page A1 

fund at any bank branch. A committee 

selected from the community 

will be charged with determining 

how those funds are to be disbursed. 

Olive Township Fire Chief 

Russell Carson said Friday the 

committee will be appointed and 

an application process outlined 

soon. 

Funds 

from Page A1 

Services 

from Page A1 

Before ODOT could 

begin the process of 

finalizing the project, it 

had to work through a 

punch list of minor 

repairs and maintenance 

items earlier this year. 

After this took place, a 

final inspection was 

completed which was the 

beginning of the end concerning 

wrapping up the 

financial aspect of the 

project. 

As reported earlier this 

County jumped the Ohio River to 

Wood County, W.Va., where a 

Belleville man was killed. 

Other churches and volunteer 

groups in the area have banded 

together to provide aid and relief to 

those who lost their homes to the 

storm. Food, clothing and other 

Services Director Dana Glassburn 

was also present during the meeting 

and presented the commission 

with an amendment to a contract 

through the Gallia-Vinton 

Education Service Center (ESC) 

for a teen pregnancy prevention 

and parenting program. According 

to Glassburn, ESC has requested 

extra funding for this successful 

program in the amount of $30,000 

and the commission approved an 

amendment to the contract in that 

year, West Virginia is at 

least paying for half of 

the electric bill on the 

bridge while Ohio pays 

for the other half. Again, 

once ownership is transferred, 

West Virginia will 

administer contracts and 

inspections of the structure 

though Ohio will 

continue to pay half of 

the electric bill, ensuring 

the states are connected 

by not just the Ohio 

River but a utility bill. 

Mitchell-Bateman to speak at John Gee program 

STAFF REPORT 

GALLIPOLIS — Dr. Mildred 

Mitchell-Bateman, a pioneer in the 

mental health field, will be the 

keynote speaker for the John Gee 

Black Historical Center fall program, 

scheduled for 4 p.m., 

Saturday, Oct. 2. A reception will 

be held following the program. 

Mitchell-Bateman is the developer 

of the program “Breaking the 

Disability Cycle” and is considered 

a trailblazer in the treatment 

of mental health patients. 

Mitchell-Bateman was inspired 

to help people at the age of 12 in 

the wake of a tornado that struck 

her hometown of Cordele, Ga. 

After completing her studies at 

Johnson C. Smith University in 

Charlotte, N.C., and the Women’s 

Medical College of Pennsylvania, 

located in Philadelphia, she was 

hired at Lakin Hospital in Mason 

County, W.Va., where she served 

from 1951-60. During her tenure 

there, she held the titles of clinical 

director and superintendent. 

After leaving Lakin in 1960, 

Mitchell-Bateman was appointed 

supervisor of the West Virginia 

Dept. of Mental Health’s Division 

of Professional Services. In 1962, 

Mitchell-Bateman became the first 

African American woman to lead a 

West Virginia state agency when 

she was appointed director of the 

state Dept. of Mental Health. 

Mitchell-Bateman reached 

another milestone in American history 

in 1973 when she became the 

first African American woman to 

serve as vice president of the 

American Psychiatric Association. 

President Jimmy Carter named her 

to the President’s Commission on 

Mental Health, which set the stage 

for the passage of the Mental 

Health Systems Act of 1980. 

Mitchell-Bateman went on to 

serve as professor and chair of the 

Marshall University School of 

Medicine’s department of psychiatry 

from 1977-82, and served as 

clinical director of the Huntington 

State Hospital from 1985-2000. 

The facility was renamed in her 

honor in 1999. 

Mitchell-Bateman received the 

Lifetime Achievement Award from 

the West Virginia District Branch 

of the American Psychiatric 

Association in 2000 and was the 

2004 recipient of the Governor’s 

Award for Civil Rights 

Contribution to the State of West 

Virginia. 

Bethel Worship Center, Tuppers 

Plains, has also established a relief 

fund to benefit the families affected 

by the disaster, and both 

accounts will be used for direct 

support to families who lost homes 

and belongings. The Bethel fund 

will be controlled by the church’s 

leadership. 

supplies have been donated to the 

families and individuals touched 

by this disaster. 

The Reedsville Tornado Victims 

account has been established at 

Farmers Bank and Savings Co. and 

donations may be made at any of 

the bank’s branch offices. 

amount. 

Glassburn was also present during 

the meeting for a bid opening 

for an upcoming program that is 

being organized through his 

agency. 

Only one bid was presented for 

this program, also related to family 

stability and teen pregnancy 

prevention, by Woodland Centers 

in Gallipolis in the amount of 

$93,290. 

Marra to speak at fall 

landscape workshop 

BIDWELL — Home and garden expert John Marra 

will present a free fall landscape workshop from 6-8 

p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4 at River Valley High School. 

In addition to Marra’s fall landscape workshop, the 

River Valley FFA will assist with a perennial plant 

exchange for those who wish to participate. The 

perennial exchange is an opportunity for the public to 

collect extra plants from their yards and bring them to 

exchange at no cost. 

Participants in the perennial plant exchange should 

bring plants in a container that does not need to be 

returned. Plants, roots, cuttings and bulbs can be put 

in plastic bags. Everything should be labeled with the 

plant’s name. 

Marra, WSAZ NewsChannel 3’s home and garden 

expert, is a retired West Virginia University Cabell 

County Extension Agent. Marra has worked in Cabell 

County since 1986 after being transferred from the 

extension agent’s position in Lincoln County. 

This free class is provided for parents and community 

members residing in the Gallia County Local 

School District in collaboration with the Gallia- 

Vinton Educational Service Center. 

Register before Oct. 1 by contacting Connie 

Bradbury, 21st Century Community Learning Center 

Consultant, at the Gallia-Vinton Educational Service 

Center (740) 245-0593 or by e-mail at 90_cbradbury@seovec.org. 

Gallia-Meigs Forecast 

Sunday: Partly sunny, 

with a high near 75. 

Northeast wind between 

5 and 9 mph. 

Sunday Night: A 

chance of showers, mainly 

after 1 a.m. Mostly 

cloudy, with a low 

around 53. East wind 

between 5 and 7 mph. 

Chance of precipitation 

is 40 percent. New rainfall 

amounts of less than 

a tenth of an inch possible. 

Monday: Showers 

likely, mainly before 10 

a.m. Cloudy, with a high 

near 73. Chance of precipitation 

is 60 percent. 

New rainfall amounts 

between a quarter and 

half of an inch possible. 

Monday Night: A 

chance of showers. 

Cloudy, with a low 

around 56. Chance of 

Local Stocks 

AEP (NYSE) — 36.50 

Akzo (NASDAQ) — 

62.60 

Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 

Big Lots (NYSE) — 

34.29 

Bob Evans (NASDAQ) 

— 

BorgWarner (NYSE) — 

49.68 

Century Alum (NAS- 

DAQ) — 12.65 

Champion (NASDAQ) 

— 1.14 

Charming Shops (NAS- 

DAQ) — 3.58 

City Holding (NASDAQ) 

— 30.66 

Collins (NYSE) — 57.68 

DuPont (NYSE) — 45.58 

US Bank (NYSE) — 

22.41 

Gen Electric (NYSE) — 

16.66 

Harley-Davidson 

(NYSE) — 28.50 

JP Morgan (NYSE) — 

39.75 

Kroger (NYSE) — 22.09 

Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 

27.18 

Norfolk So (NYSE) — 

59.88 

precipitation is 50 percent. 

Tuesday: A chance of 

showers. Mostly cloudy, 


Chance of precipitation 

is 50 percent. 

Tuesday Night: A 

chance of showers. 

Mostly cloudy, with a 

low around 53. Chance 

of precipitation is 30 percent. 

Wednesday: Partly 

sunny, with a high near 

78. Wednesday Night: 

Partly cloudy, with a low 

around 52. 

Thursday: Mostly 

sunny, with a high near 

78. Thursday Night: 

Partly cloudy, with a low 

around 53. 

Friday: Mostly sunny, 


OVBC (NASDAQ) — 

19.00 

BBT (NYSE) — 24.51 

Peoples (NASDAQ) — 

13.38 

Pepsico (NYSE) — 66.13 

Premier (NASDAQ) — 

6.18 

Rockwell (NYSE) — 

61.71 

Rocky Boots (NASDAQ) 

— 7.63 

Royal Dutch Shell — 

60.30 

Sears Holding (NAS- 

DAQ) — 75.13 

Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 

54.08 

Wendy’s (NYSE) — 4.40 

WesBanco (NYSE) — 

16.59 

Worthington (NYSE) — 

15.20 

Daily stock reports are the 

4 p.m. ET closing quotes of 

transactions for September 

24, 2010, provided by 

Edward Jones financial 

advisors Isaac Mills in 

Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 

and Lesley Marrero in Point 

Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. 

Member SIPC. 

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Sunday, Sept. 26 

GALLIPOLIS — Ice 

cream social, 6 p.m., 

First Church of the 

Nazarene, 1110 First 

Ave., Gallipolis. Public 

invited. 

Tuesday, Sept. 28 

EWINGTON — 

American Legion Post 

161 meeting, 7:30 p.m., 

Ewington Academy. 

Thursday, Sept. 30 

GALLIPOLIS — 

French 500 Free Clinic, 

1-4 p.m., 258 Pinecrest 

Drive, off Jackson Pike. 

Saturday, Oct. 2 

MERCERVILLE — 

Hannan Trace 

Elementary School fall 

carnival, 4 p.m. 

Cornhole tournament at 

5 p.m. 


Christ United Methodist 

Church bean dinner, 5 

p.m., 9688 Ohio 7 S. 

Tuesday, Oct. 5 


Holzer Clinic and 

Holzer Medical Center 

Retirees luncheon, 

noon, Courtside Bar 

and Grill. 

Friday, Oct. 8 


Gallia Soil and Water 

Conservation District 

board meeting, 1:30 

p.m., C.H. Mckenzie Ag 

Center, 111 Jackson 

Pike, Suite 1569, 

Gallipolis. 

Thursday, Oct. 14 

PORTER — 

Springfield Twp. 

Trustees 2011 budget 

hearing, 7 p.m., 

Springfield Twp. Fire 

Department, Porter. 

RODNEY — Gallia 

Co. Retired Teachers 

luncheon, noon, 

Rodney United 

Methodist Church. 

Speaker: Melvin Biars. 

RSVP: Karen Cornell, 

256-6846. 

Monday, Oct. 18 


Gallia Co. Twp. 

Association meeting, 7 

p.m., Gallia Co. Senior 

Resource Center, 1167 

Ohio 160, Gallipolis. 

Friday, Nov. 12 


Gallia Soil and Water 

Conservation District 

board meeting, 1:30 

p.m., C.H. Mckenzie Ag 

Center, 111 Jackson 

Pike, Suite 1569, 

Gallipolis. 

Birthdays 

Virginia Kathleen 

“Katie” Montgomery will 

celebrate her 85th birthday 

on Oct. 11. Cards 

may be sent to her at 

Holzer Senior Care 

Center, 380 Colonial 

Drive, Room 111B, 

Bidwell, OH 45614. 

Church Events 


ADDISON — Sunday 

school, 10 a.m., evening 

service, 6 p.m., Addison 

Freewill Baptist Church. 

Pastor Rick Barcus 

preaching. Jamie 

Rainey, special music. 

BIDWELL — 

Homecoming, 10 a.m., 

Garden of My Heart 

Tabernacle, 4950 Ohio 

850, Bidwell. Dorsel 

Messick preaching. 

Perry Family singing. 

CHESHIRE — The 

Gracemen in concert, 

10:30 a.m., Cheshire 

Baptist Church. 


church of Christ in 

Gallipolis meets at 234 

Chapel Drive. Sunday 

meeting times are: 9:30 

a.m., Bible class; 10:30 

a.m., worship; 5 p.m., 

evening assembly. The 

church meets at 7 p.m. 

Wednesday for Bible 

study. Web site: 

www.chapelhillchurchofchrist.org. 


Special service, 10 

a.m., Faith Valley 

Community Church, 

Bulaville Pike, 

Gallipolis. Brother 

James Michael Rainy 

ministering with song 

and testimony. Pastor 

JR Preston preaching. 

Info: (740) 446-7851. 


Gallipolis church of 

Christ meets at 214 

Upper River Road. 

Sunday services include 

10 a.m. Bible study, with 

classes for all ages, and 

11 a.m. worship. Bible 

study is also held at 7 

p.m. Wednesday. Web 

site: www.gallipolischurchofchrist.net. 

GALLIPOLIS — Ice 

cream social, 6 p.m., 

First Church of the 

Nazarene, 1110 First 

Ave., Gallipolis. Public 

invited. 

MIDDLEPORT — 

Voices of Faith Singers 

in concert, 6 p.m., Old 

Bethel Freewill Baptist 

Church. Clyde Ferrell 

preaching. Rev. Ralph 

Butcher invites public. 

Church located on Ohio 

7 at Story’s Run Road, 

Middleport. 

Wednesday, Sept. 29 

ADDISON — Prayer 

meeting, 7 p.m., 

Addison Freewill Baptist 

Church. Rev. Jamie 

Fortner preaching. 

AROUND TOWN 

AROUND TOWN 

SEE YOU AT THE POLE 

Submitted photo 

South Gallia High School students participated in the 2010 See You at the Pole event last Wednesday. The service 

was sponsored by the South Gallia FCA group and featured Rev. Ray Witmer and songs by the South 

Gallia Choir and a duet by Colton Hensley and Tori Duncan. 

Gallia County calendar 

Sunday, Oct. 3 


school, 10 a.m., evening 

service, 6 p.m., 

Addision Freewill 

Baptist Church. Rev. 

Bob Thompson preaching. 

JACKSON — Rev. 

Joshue Barrios from 

Guatemala speaking, 

11 a.m., End Time 

Harvest Church, 1215 

Dixon Run Road, off 

Ohio 327 exit of U.S. 35, 

Jackson. Special 

singing. Prayer for the 

afflicted. Dinner after 

service. Info: (740) 645- 

3052. 

GALLIPOLIS — Life 

Chain Sunday, 2:30- 

3:30 p.m., Ohio River 

Plaza, Eastern Ave., 

Gallipolis. 

GALLIPOLIS — Pet 

blessing ceremony, 1 

p.m., St. Peter’s 

Episcopal Church, 541 

Second Ave., Gallipolis. 

Info: 446-2483. 

Wednesday, Oct. 6 

ADDISON — Prayer 

meeting, 7 p.m., 

Addison Freewil Baptist 

Church. Rev. Mark 

Dunlap preaching. 


VINTON — Hog roast, 

gospel sing, noon, 

Vinton Full Gospel 

Church. All singers and 

public welcome. Info: 

446-4023. 


Addison Freewill Baptist 

Church Sunday school 

picnic, 4 p.m., Raccoon 

Creek County Park, 

Wild Turkey Shelter. 



school, 10 a.m.; evening 

service, 6 p.m., Addison 

Freewill Baptist Church. 

Rev. Rick Barcus 

preaching. 

Wednesday, Oct. 13 

GALLIPOLIS — Gallia 

Area Ministerial 

Association meeting, 

noon, St. Peter’s 

Episcopal Church, 541 


Info: Rev. Leslie 

Flemming, 446-2483 or 

e-mail leslieflemming@columbus.rr.com 

. 

Tuesday, Oct. 19 


Christian Women’s 

Connection, noon, 

Courtside Grill, 308 


Speaker: Dianna 

Sutherland. Music: 

Karen Polcyn. RSVP: 

Nancy, 367-7443, or 

Linda, 446-4319. 

Revivals 

Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 

McDaniel Crossroads 

Pentecostal Church, 

2600 Cadmus Road, 

Patriot. Time: 7 p.m. 

Speaker: Dean 

Thompson. 

Oct. 3-6, Church of 

Christ, 14840 Ohio 554, 

Bidwell. Speaker: Bill 

Mead. Sunday, 11 a.m. 

and 6 p.m.; Monday- 

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. 

Public meetings 


RACINE — The 

Thomas and Isabel 

(Weaver) Stobart reunion 

will be held 1 p.m. 

Racine Star Mill 

Park..Take covered dish. 

Family and friends invited. 

Monday, Sept. 27 

RACINE — Southern 

Local Board of 

Education, regular meeting, 

8 p.m., Southern 

High School, media center. 

POMEROY — 

Veterans Service 

Commission, 9 a.m., 117 

Memorial Dr. 

POMEROY — Meigs 

County Library Board, 

regular meeting, 3:30 

p.m., Pomeroy Branch. 


RACINE — Star 

Grange #778 and Star 

Junior Grange #878, 

potluck supper at 6:30 

p.m. followed by meeting 

at 7:30 p.m., final plans 

for chicken barbecue 

held on Sunday, Oct. 3 

will be made. 

Church events 


RACINE — 

Homecoming at Eagle 

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Ridge Community 

Church, dinner at noon. 

Brian & Family 

Connections, Just Us 

and Others. 

LAUREL CLIFF — 

Community wiener roast, 

6 p.m., with food, fellowship, 

campfire songs, 

Laurel Cliff Free 

Methodist Church. 

POMEROY — 

Dayspring in concert, 

6:30 p.m., Mt. Union 

Baptist Church, 

Carpenter Hill Road. 


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Dear Editor: 

We called the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office over a seemingly 

small situation: a neighbor had taken our brand new 

kitty and would not give it back. However, this was not a 

small situation to our little six and three year old children. 

Deputy J. Ward came out promptly and listened to 

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Deputy Ward is perhaps the kindest policeman I have 

ever met. How wonderful that you have a man who carries 

his legal authority while doling out such kindness to people! 

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Keeper of history only? 

Dear Editor: 

On Aug. 23, 2010, in a Gallipolis City Commission 

meeting, it was stated by an uninformed person, “The 

Gallia County Historical Society is the keeper of history 

and they have a museum.” It insinuated that we 

do not do genealogy. This statement is not true. 

I would like to correct this misinformation. Firstly, 

let me say that we are the Gallia County Historical 

Society and we house the Gallia County Historical and 

Genealogical Research Center, the Gallia County 

Historical Museum, the Gallia County Military 

Museum and the Gallia County Military Wall of Honor. 

The Gallia County Historical and Genealogical 

Research Center has been helping visitors and locals 

find their ancestors for many years. We have had thousands 

of grateful people pass through our doors from all 

walks of life, all 50 states and many foreign countries. 

Our main floor is filled with genealogical research 

information and recently we expanded by opening a 

land records section on our lower floor. 

We are one of the largest genealogical research centers 

in the tri-state area. We are the only one in the 

area which is open five days a week to serve the public. 

Did I mention, all of this is free of charge? 

We do have museums and preserve history, but our 

main function is to aid people in finding their ancestors. 

We have several professional genealogists and 

many capable research helpers to help the public 

search out their ancestors. 

It appears that everyone who comes to our society 

leaves with more information than they came with 

and gives raving compliments of our facility. 

I truly hope this clears up the misinformation and 

misunderstanding of the Gallia County Historical and 

Genealogical Research Center’s name, role, function 

and what the center has to offer. We invite the public 

to stop by and see for yourself that we are more than 

a museum, we do genealogy! 

Margaret Suzanne Wise 

President, Gallia County Historical Society 

Gallipolis 

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OPINION 

BY ALAN FRAM 

ASSOCIATED PRESS 

A political enthusiasm gap is 

helping Republicans in their 

effort to roll up big gains in the 

congressional elections. GOP 

supporters are a lot more interested 

in getting their party’s candidates 

elected than Democrats are 

in electing theirs, a new AP-GfK 

poll shows. 

Democrats struggling to defend 

their control of Congress have 

lucked out in one way: 

Republicans are at least as unpopular 

as they are, the poll shows. 

Yet GOP voters are more fired up, 

leaving the Democrats little more 

than a month to energize their 

supporters. 

How? They’re using President 

Barack Obama and his Cabinet. 

Al Gore, too. And until Election 

Day dawns on Nov. 2, the 

Democrats will try to refocus voters 

from their anger over the stubbornly 

limp economy to the risks 

of putting Republicans in charge 

on Capitol Hill. 

It’s a common theme: A TV ad 

by Senate Majority Leader Harry 

Reid, D-Nev., accuses his GOP 

opponent of a proposal that is 

“not just extreme, that’s dangerous,” 

while one by Rep. Larry 

Kissell, D-N.C., says his challenger 

would shield tax breaks for 

companies that ship American 

jobs overseas. 

“There’s a level of frustration 

the American people have that we 

understand and that obviously 

Democrats are trying to address,” 

said party spokesman Brad 

Woodhouse. “But I haven’t run 

into anybody who says they want 

to go back to the fall of 2008,” 

when Republicans held the White 

House. 

Also helping Democrats round 

up votes will be their traditional 

labor union allies, who plan to 

spend nearly $100 million helping 

the party’s candidates. This 

includes plans by the AFL-CIO, 

the nation’s largest labor federation, 

to mobilize members in 26 

states and target 70 House races 

and 18 Senate contests with television 

ads, phone banks and 

leaflets. 

Republicans, energized by tea 

party fervor and capitalizing on 

frustration over the sluggish economy, 

are tailoring their campaign 

strategy to reflect concerns about 

job losses and government growth 

under Obama as he fought a 

recession and won a battle to 

revamp the country’s health care 

system. In a fundraising appeal emailed 

Friday, the head of the 

House Republican campaign arm, 

Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, 

warned that the Democratic agenda 

means “America gets less — 

fewer jobs. Lower incomes. Less 

freedom.” 

Says Rob Jesmer, executive 

director of Senate Republicans’ 

campaign committee: “We need 

to continue to tell people that the 

more Republicans who get elected, 

the less chance the president 

will have to enact his agenda.” 

The Associated Press-GfK Poll 

this month shows that the public 

is fed up with both parties. Only 

38 percent approve of how congressional 

Democrats are handling 

their jobs, and just 31 percent 

like how Republicans are 

doing theirs. Fifty-nine percent 

are unhappy with how Democrats 

are nursing the economy, 64 percent 

are upset by the GOP’s work 

on the country’s top issue. 

More than half have negative 

views of each party. Most say 

Obama isn’t cooperating enough 

on the economy, but even more 

accuse Republicans of the same 

thing. And former President 

George W. Bush and former 

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — the 

only two Republicans the AP- 

GfK Poll tested — are significantly 

less popular than Obama. 

Even so, Republicans have the 

upper hand because their supporters 

seem significantly likelier to 

show up Election Day and vote. 

Political scientists say people are 

likeliest to vote based on present 

conditions — which today means 

a wounded economy — rather 

than choosing between competing 

philosophies for the future. 

In the AP-GfK Poll, 54 percent 

who strongly dislike Democrats 

express intense interest in the 

election, compared with just 40 

percent of those with very negative 

views of Republicans. Nearly 

six in 10 who say their November 

vote will signal opposition to 

Obama also say they are extremely 

interested in the campaign, 

compared with only about four in 

10 who say their vote will show 

support for him. 

Overall, 49 percent of those 

supporting their Republican congressional 

candidate are very 

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AP-GfK Poll: GOP more 

fired up as elections near 

Americans fed up with both Democrats and Republicans 

interested in the election, compared 

with 39 percent of those 

backing the Democrat in their 

local race. 

The bottom line: Registered 

voters in the AP-GfK Poll are 

divided evenly over which party’s 

congressional candidate they will 

support, but Republicans have a 

slight edge among voters considered 

likeliest to show up. 

Having even a scant edge in 

motivated supporters can make a 

big difference — especially in 

midterm elections, only about 40 

percent of voters nationally have 

been bothering to cast ballots, a 

figure than can dip to 30 percent 

in some states. 

Aware of that, Obama will be 

hitting the road in coming days, 

headlining at least four major rallies 

in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, 

Ohio and Nevada. During next 

week’s rally in Madison, Wis., 

Vice President Joe Biden and 

members of the Cabinet will fan 

out to college campuses across 

the country in hopes of activating 

students who heavily supported 

Obama in his 2008 election victory. 

On Friday, former Vice 

President Al Gore joined the 

Democratic campaign to drum up 

party voters. He signed a 

fundraising e-mail for House 

Democrats saying Republicans’ 

goal is “to restore the very same 

policies followed for eight years 

by the Bush-Cheney White 

House.” 

Democrats have also used their 

control of Congress to try changing 

the campaign’s subject to 

social issues that might prompt 

their supporters to vote. 

This week Reid forced a Senate 

vote on a bill with provisions 

appealing to two Democratic constituencies: 

one repealing the 

“don’t ask, don’t tell” law barring 

gays from openly serving in the 

military, the other helping hundreds 

of thousands of young 

immigrants become legal U.S. 

residents. Republicans blocked 

the measure. 

The AP-GfK Poll was conducted 

from Sept. 8-13 by GfK Roper 

Public Affairs & Corporate 

Communications and involved 

landline and cell phone interviews 

with 1,000 randomly chosen 

adults. The margin of sampling 

error was plus or minus 4.2 percentage 

points.


Obituaries Deaths 

Ruby Mae Ferguson 

Ruby Mae Morris 

Ferguson, 89, of 

Gallipolis, went home to 

be with the Lord on 

Thursday, September 23, 

2010, at Overbrook 

Center, Middleport, 

Ohio. 

She was born June 9, 

1921, at Gay, West 

Virginia, daughter of the 

late Virgil and Orlie 

Rhodes Morris. She was 

a homemaker and a 

member of the First 

Church of the Nazarene in Gallipolis. 

She is survived by her daughters, Beverly Gomez of 

Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Brenda (Joseph) Anderson 

of Washington, West Virginia; sons, Morris (Peggy) 

Ferguson of Midway City, California; Ronald 

(Connie) Ferguson of Coolville, Ohio and Rodney 

(Patricia) Ferguson of New Albany, Ohio; 10 grandchildren, 

Rod Fowler of Springdale, Arkansas; Tim 

Fowler of Carson City, Nevada; Kristin Ridenour of 

Greenwood, Arkansas; Joseph Anderson, III of 

Mineral Wells, West Virginia; Angela Dee Sakach of 

Fleetwood, Pennsylvania; Seth Ferguson of 

Gallipolis, Ohio; Sean Ferguson of Gallipolis, Ohio; 

Tad Ferguson of Midway City, California; Adam 

Ferguson of Midway City, California and Heidi 

Takagi of Columbus, Ohio; fourteen great grandchildren 

and eight step grandchildren. She is also survived 

by her brothers, Edsel (Bernadene) Morris of 

Ripley, West Virginia; Edgar Morris of Dunbar, West 

Virginia and Kenneth (Lulabelle) Morris of 

Huntington, West Virginia; sisters, Eleanor Myers of 

Dunbar, West Virginia and Janet (Cliff) Lones of 

Muskeegon, Michigan; several nieces and nephews 

and many dear friends. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in 

death by her husband of 50 years, Ralph Ferguson in 

1990; a son, Michael Ferguson in 1990; her sisters, 

Glenva Randolph, Dorothy Johns and Ruth Skinner 

and her brothers, Ayward Morris and Keith Morris. 

Funeral services will at 11 a.m., Monday, 

September 27, 2010, at the Willis Funeral Home with 

Rev. Gene Harmon officiating. Burial will follow in 

the Parsons Cemetery at Gay, West Virginia. Friends 

may call from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, September 26, 

2010, at the funeral home. 

Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send email 

condolences. 

James C. Glassburn 

James C. “J.C.” 

Glassburn, 43, Gallipolis, 

passed away unexpectedly 

on September 22, 

2010, as a result of a 

farming accident. He was 

born December 15, 1966, 

in Gallipolis, the son of 

James V. (Joanne) 

Glassburn of Bidwell and 

Pam Carter (Gerald) 

Truesdell of Gallipolis. 

He was a 1985 graduate 

of North Gallia High 

School, a heavy equipment 

operator and avid farmer on his family farm. His 

memberships include: International Union of 

Operating Engineers Local 132, Charleston, W.Va.; 

Vinton F&AM Lodge 131; Aladdin Temple; 

Gallipolis Shrine Club, Hillbilly Clan 7; Advisor to 

the Barnyard Buckaroos 4-H Club. He was also an 

assistant baseball coach for the River Valley Raiders 

Jr. Pony League and a member of Vinton Baptist 

Church. 

In addition to his parents, J.C. is survived by his 

wife, Xanthe Bennett Glassburn, whom he married 

September 27, 2002, in Addison. Also surviving are 

sons, James R. (Ashly) Glassburn, Jackson, Ohio, and 

Joshua L. Glassburn, Gallipolis, Ohio; step-daughter, 

Tia Hemsley, Gallipolis, Ohio; sisters, Jane A. 

Brandeberry and Aimee E. Glassburn, both of 

Bidwell, Ohio, and Erica (John) Harless, Gallipolis, 

Ohio; brothers, Tony (Michelle) Switzer, Newport 

News, Va.; Tim (Aimee) Switzer, Hurricane, 

W.Va.; Tom Switzer, Vinton, Ohio, and Steven (Amy) 

Truesdell, Patriot, Ohio; paternal grandfather, Carson 

Carter, Lancaster, Ohio; father-in-law and mother-inlaw, 

Roger and Joyce Bennett; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, 

Wayne and Christen Bennett; nieces and 

nephews, Shelby Smittle, Chelsea Brown, Levi 

Brandeberry, Cobi Brandeberry, Ty Smittle, Chloe 

Bennett, “Woota” and special niece, Addison 

Glassburn, all of Gallipolis, Ohio. 

J.C. was preceded in death by paternal grandparents, 

Vaughn C. and Thena J. Moore Glassburn and 

maternal grandmother, Anna F. Carter. 

Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Tuesday, 

September 28, 2010, at the Vinton Baptist Church, 

11818 Ohio 160, Vinton, with Rev. Marvin Sallee and 

Rev. Chester Hess officiating. Burial will follow at 

Fairview Cemetery, Bidwell. Friends may call at the 

Vinton Baptist Church from 3-8 p.m., Monday with 

Masonic Services at 7:45 p.m., conducted by the 

Vinton Masonic Lodge 131. Arrangements by 

McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton Chapel. 

Condolences may be sent to www.mccoymoore.com. 

Dwight Bissell 

Dwight Ray Bissell, 

went to be with the Lord 

on September 24, 2010. 

Born Dec. 27, 1944, he 

was the son of Margaret 

Singer Bissell and the 

late Charles L. Bissell. 

He was a retired, selfemployed 

contractor. He 

loved singing and playing 

gospel music, attending 

church and being 

with his family and 

friends. 

He is survived by his 

mother; his wife of 45 years, Carolyn Bass Bissell; 

one son, Jeffery (Ruth) Bissell; two daughters, Sherri 

(Allen) Warth and Angela (Scott) Sloan; three grandchildren, 

Latham Bissell, Mikenzie and Allison 

Warth; two step-grandchildren, Samantha and Kavika 

Sloan; five sisters, Helen (Sheldon) Garverick, Frona 

Riffle, Ada (Curtis) Randolph, Karen (Larry) Bowcott 

and Naomi Hawes; five brothers, Delbert (Donna) 

Bissell, Douglas (Carolyn) Bissell, Glen (Melissa) 

Bissell, David (Nancy) Bissell and Robert (Sally) 

Bissell; three sisters-in-law, Eleanor Lawson, Jean 

Young and Barbara Bissell; an aunt, Opal Hollon and 

many nieces and nephews. 

He was preceded in death by his father; two brothers, 

Roger Bissell and Dannie Bissell; three brothersin-law, 

Roy Frank Riffle, Glen Lawson and David 

Young; his father-in-law, Stanley Bass and mother-inlaw, 

Gertrude Bass. 

Services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 28, 

2010, at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, 

with Rev. Curtis Randolph officiating. Burial will be 

in the Heiney Cemetery. 

Friends may call at the funeral home Monday, from 

4-8 P.M. 

You can sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfuneralhome.com. 

ELECTION 2010 

AEP leaves chamber over Kasich endorsement 

By Julie Carr Smyth 

Associated Press 

COLUMBUS — American 

Electric Power’s Ohio division is 

resigning its seat on the Ohio 

Chamber of Commerce board 

because the organization decided 

to get involved in the governor’s 

race, another sign of tension in the 

business community over the campaign’s 

rhetoric. 

The political arm of Ohio’s 

largest business advocacy group 

broke a 117-year silence in the 

contest on Thursday and endorsed 

Republican challenger John 

Kasich over Democratic Gov. Ted 

Strickland. 

AEP spokeswoman Melissa 

McHenry said Friday the endorsement 

prompted AEP Ohio 

President Joe Hamrock to leave 

the chamber’s board. McHenry 

says the utility does not believe it 

was appropriate for the business 

group to endorse a candidate. 

“It creates division in the chamber 

membership and it pits businesses 

against one another,” McHenry 

said. “We will continue to remain 

involved in those business organizations 

that are nonpartisan.” 

In making Thursday’s endorsement 

announcement, Chamber 

President Andrew Doehrel conceded 

that it had been a difficult decision 

for the group to make an 

endorsement. 

He said the decision, which was 

left in the hands of 14 members of 

the chamber’s political action 

committee, was not an indictment 

of Strickland’s track record but a 

vote of confidence that Kasich’s 

policy stances could lead Ohio into 

a better business climate. 

Doehrel said anti-business 

attacks by Strickland and 

Democrats may have contributed 

to the decision on whom to 

endorse. The party has touted a 

Main Street-versus-Wall Street 

message all year, aiming particular 

criticism in Ohio at Kasich, a former 

managing director at Lehman 

Brothers. The investment bank’s 

collapse two years ago helped set 

off the national financial meltdown. 

Doehrel said the chamber’s 66member 

board of directors voted 

in a blind ballot earlier this month 

on whether to free its PAC to make 

an endorsement and the vote was 

overwhelmingly positive. 

“Had we had opinions 51 percent 

one way and 49 percent the 

other, we wouldn’t have done it. 

We got the sense that was by and 

large the way the business community 

wanted us to go,” he said. “Do 

I think all 4,000-plus of our members 

think we did either the right 

thing or think we should have done 

something at all? Absolutely not.” 

Another AEP executive, 

Chairman and CEO Michael 

Morris, co-signed an open letter to 

both political parties on Thursday 

pleading for an end to escalating 

anti-business rhethoric that has 

marked the race. 

“Our business climate is challenging 

enough in this state to give 

any of our companies a reason, 

other than a legitimate economic 

reason, to leave this state and go 

elsewhere,” wrote Morris and 

Western & Southern Financial 

Group CEO John Barrett, cochairs 

of the nonpartisan Ohio 

Business Roundtable. 

The pair said denigrating good 

Ohio business is “unnecessary, 

unwanted and unwise.” 

The letter followed a volley of 

business-related TV ads and attacks. 

A Strickland ad that began airing 

in August criticized Kasich for 

supporting outsourcing policies 

while serving on the board of a 

northeast Ohio medical equipment 

manufacturer, Elyria-based 

Invacare. 

Nilda Ramos, whose husband lost 

his job at the company, said in the 

ad: “I believe they sent those jobs 

overseas so they can make more 

profit. I don’t think John Kasich values 

hard working people.” 

Critics descended on the ad as an 

attack not on Kasich but Invacare 

— the largest public employer in 

Lorain County. 

Local papers chastised the governor. 

County leaders wrote a letter 

to Strickland, saying: “Any 

responsible business owner or 

chief executive would have deep 

reservations about investing in a 

community where even large, 

long-established and successful 

employers are not immune from 

being criticized by the state’s most 

powerful public official for political 

purposes.” 

But using businesses for campaign 

purposes didn’t stop there. 

A Strickland ad aired featuring 

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. CEO Jim 

Hagedorn, a Republican who is supporting 

the Democrat’s candidacy. 

The Republican Governors 

Association and the Ohio 

Republican Party sent out dueling emails 

noting that Hagedorn lives on 

Long Island, not in Ohio, and that 

his company has a state tax lien. 

One Republican consultant sent 

out an e-mail equating Hagedorn 

to “a Nazi boss.” He later said his 

phrasing was “over the top.” 

The escalating exchanges 

prompted Morris and Barrett to 

call for a return to “healthy and 

respectful debate.” 

Edna May Vermilion 

Edna May Vermilion, 90, Gallipolis, formerly of 

Newark, Ohio, died Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, at Holzer 

Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 

a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at Brucker-Kishler 

Funeral Home, 935 N. 21st. St., Newark. Burial will 

follow at Newark Memorial Gardens. Friends may 

call from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 28. 2010, at 

Brucker-Kishler Funeral Home. Local arrangements 

by McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Gallipolis. 

Lisa J. Burd 

Lisa J. Burd, 40, Crown City, died Friday, Sept. 24, 

2010, at the Hospice House of Huntington. The funeral 

service will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 26, 

2010, at Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville. Burial will 

follow at Langdon Cemetery in Chesapeake. 

Visitation will be held from 1-2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 

26, 2010, at the funeral home. Condolences may be 

sent to the family at www.timeformemory.com/hall. 

Local briefs 

TB clinic evening hours 

POMEROY — The Meigs County TB Clinic will 

be open until 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 28. 

Addison Pike closed Monday 

GALLIPOLIS — Addison Pike, at the junction with 

Ohio 7, will be closed Monday, Sept. 27 from 7 a.m.- 

5:30 p.m. for a manhole installation, according to 

Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe. Local traffic 

will need to use other County roads as a detour. 

Addison Township meeting 

ADDISON — The Addison Township Trustees will 

hold a special meeting at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 27 

at the Addison Townhouse. The purpose of the meeting 

is to adopt a resolution approving an Issue I 

Cooperation Agreement with Springfield Township. 

Free clinic Sept. 30 

GALLIPOLIS — The French 500 Free Clinic will 

be open from 1-4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30. The clinic 

is located at 258 Pinecrest Drive, off Jackson Pike. 

The clinic serves the underinsured citizens of Gallia 

County. 

Lineage banquet Oct. 9 

GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Genealogical 

Society, OGS Chapter, Lineage Society Banquet will 

be held at 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 9 at the Holiday Inn. 

The topic for this year is the Deardorff Family by 

Barbara Cadot Keating and her talk will be delivered 

by Marianne Campbell. RSVP by Sept. 30. Call 446- 

4242 or stop by to sign up at 57 Court Street, from 10 

a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. 

Chicken barbecue at Racine 

RACINE — Star Grange #778 will host a chicken 

barbecue and Meet the Candidates event on Sunday, 

Oct. 3. Serving is from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Meet the 

Candidates is at 12:30 p.m. 

Shrinettes basket games 

GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Lady Shrinettes 

will host a basket games fundraiser at 6 p.m., 

Saturday, Oct. 2 at the Gallia Co. Senior Resource 

Center, 1167 Ohio 160. Doors open at 5 p.m. Contact 

any Shrinette for info. 

American Legion fundraiser 

GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Post 27 will 

host a bake sale and auction on Saturday, Oct. 2 

beginning at 7 a.m. The post is located on McCormick 

Road, Gallipolis. 

Life Chain set for Oct. 3 

GALLIPOLIS — Life Chain Sunday will be 

observed on Oct. 3 in Gallia County. The annual prolife 

event is scheduled from 2:30-3:30 p.m. 

Organizers plan to meet at Ohio River Plaza and line 

up along Eastern Avenue in Gallipolis. 

Rio Village Council to meet 

RIO GRANDE — The Rio Grande Village Council 

and Board of Public Affairs will hold their October 

meeting on Oct. 4 instead of Oct. 11, as originally 

scheduled. The Board of Public Affairs will meet at 6 

p.m. and the Village Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. on 

Oct. 11. The public is welcome to attend. 

HC, HMC Retirees lunch 

GALLIPOLIS — The Holzer Clinic and Holzer 

Medical Center Retirees luncheon is scheduled at 

noon on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at the Courtside Bar and 

Grill.


Annual Battle Days Festival slated for Oct. 1-3 

BY HOPE ROUSH 

HROUSH@MYDAILYREGISTER.COM 

POINT PLEASANT, 

W.Va. — Now that the 

fall season is here, it is 

once again time for the 

annual Battle Days 

Festival. 

The festival, which celebrates 

the first battle of 

the American 

Revolution, is scheduled 

for Oct. 1-3 in downtown 

Point Pleasant. This 

year’s event will feature 

a variety of demonstrations 

and activities. 

Prior to the festival, the 

2010 Battle Days royalty 

will be selected with the 

Miss Battle Days 

Pageant, slated for 3 p.m. 

Sunday (see related 

story). Festival action 

will officially start on 

Friday, Oct. 1 with a variety 

of activities. In addition, 

Oct. 1 will cater 

toward children as several 

schools will visit the 

festival. Events set for 

the festival’s opening day 

include: crafts on Main 

St., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; 

encampments and craft 

demonstrations, 10 a.m.- 

5 p.m.; Battle Days Art 

Show, Fort Randolph 

Terrace, noon-8 p.m.; 

and Lantern Tour, 7 p.m. 

The Mansion House 

Museum also will be 

open Friday from 10 

a.m.-4:30 p.m. 

Festival activities will 

get off to an early start on 

Saturday, Oct. 2 with the 

annual Lions Club Run 

for Sight, slated to begin 

at 9 a.m. with registration 

set for 7-8:45 a.m. The 

race will begin behind 

Foodland and will run 

through town. 

Participants may choose 

to either race the 10K or 

5K course. Race winners 

will receive awards. 

Following the run, the 

Battle Days Parade will 

take place on Main St. at 

11 a.m. The parade will 

feature festival royalty as 

well as a variety of floats 

from area clubs and organizations. 

Other Battle Days 

activities set for Saturday 

are: crafts, activities and 

entertainment, 10 a.m.-4 

p.m.; Battle Days Art 

Show, Fort Randolph 

Terrace, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; 

John Marshall Fife and 

Drum Corps, noon; Anne 

Bailey, 12:30 p.m.; 

Kanawha Valley Pipes 

and Drums, 12:30 p.m.; 

Thunder tones Chorus, 1 

p.m.; Chief Cornstalk, 1 

p.m.; Essay Contest 

Banquet, Point Pleasant 

River Museum, 1 p.m.; 

children’s colonial 

games, 1:30 p.m.; 

Andrew Lewis, 1:30 

p.m.; Irene Brand, local 

author, meet and greet, 2- 

4 p.m.; Anne Bailey, 2 

p.m.; musket firing 

demonstration, 2 p.m.; 

Chief Cornstalk, 2:30 

p.m.; Militia Drilling and 

recruitment of volunteers, 

2:30 p.m.; children’s 

colonial games, 3 

p.m.; Andrew Lewis, 3 

p.m.; Martha 

Washington, 3:30 p.m.; 

Ladies’ Colonial Tea, 4 

p.m.; and Colonial 

Governor’s Reception, 

American Legion, 6-8 

p.m. 

Saturday’s festival fun 

will wrap up with the 

FUN IN THE FALL 

File photo 

The annual Country Fall Festival held at the West Virginia State Farm Museum has 

a little of something for everyone in the family to enjoy. From tractors to food, entertainment 

to royalty, this year the schedule of events have grown including special 

singing on Saturday and the much anticipated Harvest of Quilts Show. 

Country Fall Festival Oct. 2-3 

at W.Va. State Farm Museum 

BY DELYSSA HUFFMAN 

DHUFFMAN@MYDAILYREGISTER.COM 

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — In 

Mason County, the first weekend in 

October is a busy one with several events 

and festivals going on in the tri-state area. 

And the West Virginia State Farm 

Museum is sure to draw in much of the 

crowd Oct. 2-3. 

From apple butter to gospel singing, 

and tractor pulls to queens, the annual 

Country Fall Festival continues to grow 

in size and popularity each year. 

The two-day event now has royalty, a 

huge Harvest of Quilts Show, gas engine 

show and even a gun slingers presentation. 

The good-harvest celebration also features 

the farm museum with its 30 plus buildings 

and displays, located right in the center of 

all the action during the weekend event. 

The all-day festival will kick-off on 

Saturday at 9 a.m. with apple cider, apple 

butter, and sorghum being made. At noon, 

the main stage will feature entertainment 

provided by Dewey Taylor. The Antique 

Tractor Pull will be sure to pull the crowd 

in at 1 p.m., and throughout the rest of the 

day, the Antique Gas Engine Show, 

Antique Bottle Show and the CEOS Quilt 

Show, will provide a little something different 

for everyone to see and enjoy. 

Be sure to attend this year’s festival to 

get the royal treatment and meet the very 

first Miss Country Fall Festival Queens. 

Jessie Wamsley, Miss Queen and Shelby 

Rodgers, Teen Miss Queen, will be on 

hand for pictures, autographs and to steer 

all festival goers in the right direction. 

On Sunday, the fall festival continues with 

more country fun and tradition. Achurch ser- 

File photo 

Children participate in a demonstration during the 2009 Battle Days Festival. This year’s annual festival is slated 

for Oct. 1-3 in downtown Point Pleasant. 

vice will take place at 9 a.m. with special 

guest speaker Bobby Patterson and special 

guest singer Charles Bowlers. The Gun 

Slingers will be performing three times, 

beginning at noon. If you don’t catch the 

excitement during their first performance, 

they also will be entertaining crowds with 

their gun-slinging madness at 2 and 4 p.m. 

If you are looking for the best place 

for entertainment on Sunday afternoon, 

be sure to bring a lawn chair and gather 

around the main stage at the farm museum. 

A much anticipated gospel sing 

will hit the stage at 1:30 p.m. and feature 

four groups including the 

Gloryland Believers, New Salvation, 

New Song and Delivered. 

And the Country Fall Festival wouldn’t 

be the same without the Country Kitchen 

and Country Store being open both days. 

Homemade vegetable soup will be served 

alongside with everyone’s favorite, hot 

apple cider, which will be made and sold 

on the spot. And a Gravely Swap Meet 

also will be held both Saturday and 

Sunday on the farm grounds. 

Be sure to stop in and see the display of 

handmade quilts and vote for your favorite. 

The 24th annual Harvest of Quilts Show will 

also be a special event during the weekend. 

On Saturday, the doors are open from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sunday from 11 a.m. 

to 4 p.m. Voting for quilts will end at 3:15 on 

Sunday, with the division and People’s 

Choice winners announced at 4 p.m. 

The festival ends at 5 p.m. each day. 

Admission is free. The farm museum is 

located four miles north of Point Pleasant, 

and seven miles South of Mason, just off 

Route 62 on Fairgrounds Road. 

Colonial Ball slated for 

8-10 p.m. at the 

American Legion. The 

ball is both free and 

open to the public. 

Colonial costumes are 

encouraged for the ball, 

but are not required. The 

Mansion House 

Museum also will be 

open on Saturday from 

10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 

Sunday, Oct. 3 will 

close out the annual festival 

with a variety of 

events starting with the 

Colonial Church Service 

at 10 a.m. The Battle 

Days Art Show will take 

place from 1-4 p.m., and 

the Mansion House 

Museum will be open 

from 1-4:30 p.m. The 

annual Battle Days 

Memorial Service also 

is scheduled for 2 p.m. 

Sunday. 

Gallia BOE releases voter info 

STAFF REPORT 

GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia 

County Board of Elections has 

released the list of voter registration 

sites around the county. The general 

election is scheduled for Tuesday, 

Nov. 2. 

The last day to register for the general 

election is Monday, Oct. 4. The 

Board of Elections Office will be open 

until 9 p.m. Oct. 4. 

Early voting is scheduled to begin 

on Tuesday, Sept. 28. 

Following is the list of locations 

with days and times registration is 

being conducted: 

Board of Elections Office 

• Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 

(Location: Gallia Co. Courthouse) 

Bureau of Motor Vehicles 

• Monday, 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. 

• Tuesday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 

• Saturday, 8 a.m.-noon 

(Location: Gallia Co. Service 

Center, 499 Jackson Pike. Phone: 446- 

8510) 

Dept. of Job and Family Services 

• Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. 

(Location: 848 Third Ave., 

Gallipolis. Phone: 446-3222) 

Gallia County Treasurer’s Office 

• Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 

(Location: Gallia Co. Courthouse) 

Gallia County WIC Program at 

Health Department Service Center 

• Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 

(Location: Gallia Co. Service 

Center, 499 Jackson Pike. Phone: 441- 

2018) 

Bossard Memorial Library 

• Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 10 

a.m.-6 p.m. 

• Tuesday-Thursday, noon-8 p.m. 

• Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 

(Location: 7 Spruce St. Phone: 446- 

7323) 

Residents can also register to vote at 

any public high school or vocational 

school, or by mail. 

(Online: gallianet.net/BOE.htm)

LOCAL SCHEDULE 

GALLIPOLIS — A schedule of upcoming 

college and high school varsity sporting 

events involving teams from Gallia, Mason 

and Meigs counties. 

Monday, September 27 

Volleyball 

Gallia Academy at Eastern, 6 p.m. 

Belpre at Southern, 6 p.m. 

Wahama at Miller, 6 p.m. 

South Gallia, Symmes Valley at 

Fairland, 5:30 p.m. 

Point Pleasant at OVCS, 5:30 p.m. 

Lincoln at Hannan, 6 p.m. 

Tuesday, September 28 

Volleyball 

Jackson at Gallia Academy, 5:15 

p.m. 

Southern at Eastern, 6 p.m. 

Vinton County at Meigs, 6 p.m. 

Chesapeake at River Valley, 5:30 

p.m. 

South Gallia at Wahama, 6 p.m. 

Point Pleasant at Huntington St. 

Joe, 6 p.m. 

Hannan at Elk Valley (Tri), 5:30 p.m. 

Soccer 

Gallia Academy at OVCS, 6 p.m. 

Lincoln at Point Pleasant (G), 6:30 

p.m. 

Wednesday, September 29 

Volleyball 

Southern, Meigs at River Valley, 

5:30 p.m. 

Wahama at Belpre, 6 p.m. 

Spartans 

conquer 

Raiders 

BY SARAH HAWLEY 

SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM 

ALBANY, Ohio — It 

did not take long for 

River Valley to find the 

end zone on Friday 

evening against the 

Alexander Spartans. 

The Raiders — who 

had not scored since the 

first half of week one — 

jumped out to a 7-0 lead 

just 41 seconds into the 

game in Albany, Ohio. 

Junior Patrick Williams 

took the ball 84 yards for 

the opening score. 

Alexander’s Cody 

Lawson took over from 

there, scoring five touchdowns 

in the game. 

Lawson’s first score 

came at 3:45 in the first 

quarter on a 21 yard run. 

Lawson added his second 

touchdown with 3:16 

remaining in the first half 

on a 33 yard run. 

River Valley tied the 

game at 14 on a two yard 

run by Kyle Brown with 

19 seconds remaining in 

the first half. Puri 

Apipan added his second 

extra point kick of the 

game. 

River Valley was again 

driving in the third quarter, 

before Alexander’s 

Trey Bennett recovered a 

River Valley fumble. 

Bennett took the ball 37 

yards for a score. Josiah 

Yazdani made his third 

extra point kick of the 

game to give the Spartans 

a 21-14 lead. 

Lawson gave 

Alexander the 28-14 lead 

on a 42 yard touchdown 

run at the 5:39 mark of 

the third quarter, with 

Yandani making the extra 

point. 

River Valley’s Trey 

Noble cut into the 

Alexander lead, scoring 

on a 90 yard touchdown 

run. The extra point kick 

was blocked. 

Alexander scored three 

times in the fourth quarter 

to push the game out 

of reach for the visitors. 

Lawson scored a 35 yard 

receiving touchdown 

with the pass coming 

from Mike Chapman at 

the 11:45 mark. Lawson 

threw a 33 yard touchdown 

to Bennett for 

Lawson’s fifth score of 

the contest. Eric Davis 

added the final score of 

the game for the Spartans 

on an eight yard run. 

Chase Meeks added the 

extra point kick. 

River Valley tallied 

Please see Raiders, B3 

SPORTS 

Eagles roll past 

South Gallia, 42-0 

BY BRYAN WALTERS 

BWALTERS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM 

TUPPERS PLAINS, 

Ohio — Eastern held visiting 

South Gallia without 

a first down through 

three quarters while racking 

up 354 yards of total 

offense en route to a 42-0 

gridiron victory in a 

Week 5 Tri-Valley 

Conference Hocking 

Division matchup at East 

Shade River Stadium. 

The host Eagles (3-2, 

3-1 TVC Hocking) took 

over sole possession of 

second place in the 

league standings while 

posting their second consecutive 

shutout victory 

at the friendly confines of 

home. The Rebels — 

who fell to 2-3 overall 

and 2-2 in the Hocking 

Division — amassed 

only 67 yards of total 

offense in the setback. 

Eastern — which has 

now won three straight in 

the head-to-head series 

while claiming a 9-3 alltime 

advantage — 

stormed out to a 13-0 

lead less than four minutes 

into the contest 

before taking a comfortable 

35-0 cushion into 

the intermission. 

The hosts added a 

score in the third period 

for a 42-0 edge, then both 

teams went to their second 

units in the fourth. 

The Rebels finally 

moved the chains for the 

first time in the contest 

with 5:28 remaining in 

regulation, as an Eastern 

personal foul penalty 

gave SGHS possession at 

its own 30-yard line. 

South Gallia would go 

B1 


Sarah Hawley/photo 

Eastern’s Brayden Pratt, right, throws a two-point conversion during Friday’s game 

against the South Gallia Rebels at East Shade River Stadium. The Eastern line 

finds off a group of South Gallia defenders to allow Pratt time to pass. 


A group of Southern defenders led by Eric Buzzard (34) attempt to bring down Meigs’ running back Jeffrey 

Roush (26) during the third quarter of Friday’s game at Roger Lee Adams Memorial Field in Racine, Ohio. 

Marauders end ’Does winning streak, 35-0 

BY DAVE HARRIS 

SPORTS CORRESPONDENT 

RACINE, Ohio — 

Meigs scored in every 

quarter in defeating a 

spunky, young Southern 

team 35-0 in a non-conference 

game Friday 

night at Roger Lee 

Adams Memorial Field. 

The Marauder defense 

held Southern to 38 total 

yards, while rolling up 

430 of their won in picking 

up their third win of 

the season. 

Please see Eagles, B3 

Southern took the 

opening kickoff, but 

Meigs forced them to a 

four and out. The 

Marauders put together a 

nine play 54 yard drive to 

take the lead when Zach 

Sayre ran in from 30 

yards out. Christian 

Mugrage added the extra 

points and Meigs held the 

early 7-0 lead with 5:26 

remaining in the first 

period. 

The Tornadoes put 

together an impressive 

drive, running off 17 

Fighting Tigers maul 

Gallia Academy, 48-7 

BY STEVE EBERT 


IRONTON, Ohio — 

Fullback Brian Warner 

put the finishing touches 

on Ironton’s first five drives 

of the game, scoring 

on runs of 1, 1, 1, 1, and 

32 yards as the Fighting 

Tigers built a 35-0 halftime 

lead enroute to a 

dominating 48-7 non 

league conquest of the 

Gallia Academy Blue 

Devils Friday evening on 

Bob Lutz Field at the 

Tanks Memorial 

Stadium. It was homecoming 

in Ironton. 

The game was a 

matchup of the #1 team 

in D-4, Region 15 

(Ironton) taking on the #2 

team in D-3, Region 12. 

Ironton, under head 

coach Bob Lutz, has built 

a tradition and reputation 

for playing hard nose, 

smash mouth football. 

They say this is what 

we’re going to do and 

we’re going to continue 

doing it until you stop it. 

The Blue Devils (4-1) 

won the toss and deferred 

until the second half, 

hoping for a three and out 

by the Tigers followed by 

ideal field position for 

their first possession. 

Instead Ironton (5-0) 

staged one of their 

patented long, time consuming 

drives of 79 

yards on 10 plays with 

Warner bulling over from 

the one; the Jonathan 

Williams kick making it 

7-0. 

Please see Devils, B4 

plays and driving 61 

yards to the Meigs one 

yard line. But Blake 

Crow led a Marauder 

defensive charge that 

dropped Southern quarterback 

Daniel Ramthum 

for a one yard loss on 

fourth and goal from the 

one. 

Meigs then put together 

an impressive drive of 

their own, driving 98 

yards in 13 plays and 

scored when Colton 

Stewart made a beautiful 

catch getting both feet 

down, and stretch all out 

to catch a 20 yard pass 

from Cameron Bolin. 

Mugrage added the extra 

points for a 14-0 

Marauder lead. 

Four plays later, Bolin 

picked off a Ramthum 

pass at the Southern 37. 

On first down he hooked 

up with Stewart once 

again for 22 yards. Three 

plays later Charlie 

Barrett scored from a 

yard out. Mugrage added 

Please see Meigs, B4 

White Falcons 

stay unbeaten, 

double up 

Waterford 42-21 

BY GARY CLARK 


WATERFORD, Ohio 

— Anthony Grimm 

scored four touchdowns 

while rushing for 203 

yards in 22 carries to lead 

the Wahama White 

Falcons to a 42-21 TVC 

Hocking Division win 

over host Waterford 

Friday evening. 

Grimm was joined by 

Ryan Lee in the limelight 

with Lee adding 111 

yards on the ground and 

two touchdowns as the 

fifth ranked White 

Falcons extended its 

unbeaten string to four 

straight on the 2010 grid 

season. 

The win wasn’t as easy 

as the final score might 

indicate however as 

Waterford riddled the 

Bend Area secondary to 

the tune of 233 yards 

through the air. The 

Wildcats staged a final 

period comeback after 

scoring a pair of touchdowns 

early in the final 

quarter to close what was 

a comfortable 28-6 lead 

to within seven at 28-21 

before Grimm negated 

the Waterford scores with 

a seven yard run and a 34 

yard scamper to put the 

game away for Wahama. 

Quarterback Trevor 

Lang connected on 12 of 

Please see Wahama, B3 

Mike Brace photo/courtesy of GAHSsports.com 

Gallia Academy’s Dalton Jarrell, left, hauls in a touchdown pass in front of a pair 

of Ironton defenders during the third quarter of Friday night’s non-conference football 

contest at Tanks Memorial Stadium in Ironton, Ohio.

Page B2 • Sunday Times-Sentinel Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday, September 26, 2010 

The Ohio Valley Publishing Scoreboard — Week 5 Football 

PREP FOOTBALL 

Friday’s Box Scores 

Eastern 42, South Gallia 0 

S Gallia 0 0 0 0 — 0 

Eastern 13 22 7 0 — 42 

Scoring summary 

First Quarter 

E—Brayden Pratt 5 run (Tyler Hendrix 

kick) 9:51 

E—Tyler Hendrix 20 INT return (kick 

failed) 8:07 

Second Quarter 

E—Ryan Shook 2 run (Hendrix pass 

from Pratt) 11:55 

E—Brad Stone 8 run (Hendrix kick) 

3:36 

E—Shook 17 pass from Pratt (Tyler 

Hendrix kick) 0:05.8 

Third Quarter 

E—Shook 5 run (Hendrix kick) 3:20 

SG E 

First Downs 3 13 

Rushes-yards 25-67 37-243 

Passing yards 0 111 

Total yards 67 354 

Comp-att-int 0-9-2 9-20-1 

Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-0 

Penalties-yards 6-45 10-91 

Individual Statistics 

Rushing: SG—John Johnson 2-16, 

Jacob White 6-11, Austin Phillips 7-9, 

Danny Matney 3-9, Dalton Matney 3-9, 

Ethan Spurlock 1-8, Brandon Campbell 

1-6, John Baker 1-5, Cory Haner 1-(-6). 

E—Klint Connery 11-108, Max 

Carnahan 2-36, Brayden Pratt 3-33, 

Ryan Shook 7-21, Brad Stone 5-20, 

Ethan Nottingham 7-14, Kyle Connery 

1-8, Tyler Barber 1-3. 

Passing: SG—Cory Haner 0-7-1 0, 

Danny Matney 0-2-1 0. 

E—Brayden Pratt 9-18-1 111, Ethan 

Nottingham 0-2-0 0. 

Receiving: SG—None. 

E—Max Carnahan 3-54, Kyle Connery 

1-31, Ryan Shook 1-17, Klint Connery 

1-6, John Tegnolia 1-2, Tyler Hendrix 2- 

1. 

Point Pleasant 48, 

Vinton County 0 

Vinton Co 0 0 0 0 — 0 

Pt Pleasant 7 27 14 0 — 48 


First Quarter 

PP—Michael Musgrave 2 run (Jerrod 

Long kick) 1:19 


PP—JaWaan Williams 1 run (Long 

kick) 10:20 

PP—Chris Blankenship 35 run (pass 

failed) 6:21 

PP—Blankenship 22 run (Long kick) 

3:27 

PP—Toby Martin 26 pass from Eric 

Roberts (Long kick) 2:13 

Third Quarter 

PP—Tylun Campbell 7 run (Long kick) 

9:09 

PP—Musgrave 3 run (Long kick) 3:02 

VC PP 





Comp-att-int 1-7-1 4-5-0 

Fumbles lost 2 1 



Rushing: VC—Adam Ward 15-62, 

Joey Batey 15-52, Curtis Lindner 5-9, 

Leif Smith 1-0, Chase Nesser 1-(-1). 

PP—Chris Blankenship 10-137, 

JaWaan Williams 14-96, Michael 

Musgrave 4-32, Tylun Cmapbell 6-32, 

Anthony Darst 3-31, Jason Stouffer 3- 

18, Teran Barnitz 2-12, Brandon Toler 

1-9, Eric Roberts 3-(-9). 

Passing: VC—Adam Ward 1-7-1 34. 

PP—Eric Roberts 4-5-0 65. 

Receiving: VC—Per Smith 1-34. 

PP—Chase Walton 1-37, Toby Martin 

1-26, Chris Blankenship 1-6, JaWaan 

Williams 1-(-4). 

Ironton 48, Gallia Academy 7 

Gallipolis 0 0 7 0 — 7 

Ironton 14 21 7 6 — 48 


First Quarter 

I—Brian Warner 1 run (Jonathan 

Williams kick) 6:42 

I—Warner 1 run (Williams kick) 0:52 


I—Warner 1 run (Williams kick) 6:33 

I—Warner 1 run (kick failed) 3:09 

I—Warner 1 run (Tres Wilks pass from 

Tommy Waginger) 2:50 

Third Quarter 

G—Dalton Jarrell 12 pass from Ethan 

Moore (Tyler Hannon kick) 8:31 

I—Tommy Waginger 39 run (Williams 

kick) 4:49 

Fourth Quarter 

I—Robert Bishop 20 run (run failed) 

0:30 

GA I 





Comp-att-int 6-11-1 3-3-0 




Rushing: GA—Brandon Taylor 4-23, 

Austin Wilson 11-45, Ethan Moore 3- 

12, Cody Russell 2-11, Luke Pullins 2- 

9, Drew Young 2-4, Nick Clagg 2-minus 

3, Tyler Eastman 1-(-6), TJaye McCalla 

1-(-3). 

I—Brian Warner 22-148, Tres Wilks 10- 

96, Trevor White 2-8, Tommy Waginger 

4-58, Laron Beach 4-31, Tyler 

Kratzenberg 1-17, Tanner Dutey 3-2, 

Matt Thomas 3-14, Robert Bishop 3-29, 

Brandon Wilson 1-1, Patrick Lewis 1-1. 

Passing: GA—Ethan Moore 5-8-1 94, 

TJaye McCalla 1-3-0 (-1). 

I—Tommy Waginger 3-3-0 88. 

Receiving: GA—Austin Wilson 2-68, 

Dalton Jarrell 1-12, Brandon Taylor 2- 

14, Morgan McKinniss 1-(-1). 

I—Michael Lawless 2-53, Pierce 

Reeves 1-35. 

Meigs 35, Southern 0 

Meigs 7 14 7 7 — 35 

Southern 0 0 0 0 — 0 


First Quarter 

M—Zach Sayre 30 run (Christian 

Mugrage kick) 5:25 


M—Colton Stewart 20 pass from 

Cameron Bolin (Mugrage kick) 3:42 

M—Charlie Barrett 1 run (Mugrage 

kick) 1:52 

Third Quarter 

M—Jeffrey Roush 10 run (Mugrage 

kick) 3:33 


M—Roush 3 run (Mugrage kick) 5:52 

M S 



Passing yards 83 -1 


Comp-att-int 4-7-0 2-9-2 




Rushing: M—Zach Sayre 12-161, 

Jeffrey Roush 24-160, Charlie Barrett 

7-26, Cameron Bolin 1-11, Cole Turner 

1-2, Dillon Parsley 1-2. 

S—Tyler Barton 10-25, Daniel 

Ramthun 15-20, Erric Buzzard 11-(-6). 

Passing: M—Cameron Bolin 4-7-0 83. 

S—Daniel Ramthun 2-9-2 -1. 

Receiving: M—Colton Stewart 3-65, 

Christian Mugrage 1-18. 

S—Tyler Barton 1-1, Daniel Ramthun 

1-(-11). 

Wahama 42, Waterford 21 

Wahama 0 14 14 14 — 42 

Waterford 6 0 0 15 — 21 


First Quarter 

Wat—Levi Porter 1 run (kick failed) 

8:35 


Wah—Anthony Grimm 19 run (kick 

failed) 7:01 

Wah—Ryan Lee 1 run (Grimm run) 

0:00 

Third Quarter 

Wah—Ryan Lee 29 run (Zach 

Wamsley kick) 4:38 

Wah—Grimm 24 run (Wamsley kick) 

:45 


Wat—Porter 8 run (Levi McCutcheon 

pass from Trevor Lang) 11:53 

Wat—Porter 3 run (McCutcheon kick) 

10:46 


7:30 


3:27 

Wah Wat 





Comp-att-int 5-9-0 12-22-0 




Rushing: Wah—Anthony Grimm 22- 

203, Ryan Lee 12-111, Isaac Lee 12- 

58, Trenton Gibbs 6-24. 

Wat—Levi Porter 12-45, Levi 

McCutcheon 6-29, Matt West 5-19, 

Trevor Lang 5-(-5). 

Passing: Wah—Trenton Gibbs 5-9-0 

85. 

Wat—Trevor Lang 12-21-0 233, Levi 

McCutcheon 0-1-0 0. 

Receiving: Wah—Ryan Lee 2-50, 

Elijah Honaker 1-15, Isaac Lee 1-14, 

Tyler Kitchen 1-6. 

Wat—Chad Offenberger 5-142, Levi 

McCutcheon 5-74, Hunter Munjas 1-14, 

Colton Brown 1-3. 

Alexander 49, River Valley 20 

River Valley 7 7 6 0 — 20 

Alexander 7 7 14 21 — 49 


First Quarter 

RV—Patrick Williams 84 run (Puri 

Apipan kick) 11:19 

A—Cody Lawson 21 run (Josiah 

Yazdani kick) 3:45 


A—Lawson 33 run (Yazdani kick) 3:16 

RV—Kyle Brown 2 run (Apipan kick) 

:19 

Third Quarter 

A—Trey Bennett 37 yard fumble return 

(Yazdani kick) 9:21 

A—Lawson 42 rn (Yazdani kick) 5:39 

RV—Trey Noble 90 run (kick blocked) 

4:32 


A—Lawson 35 pass from Mike 

Chapman (Yazdani kick) 11:45 

A—Bennett 33 pass from Lawson 

(Yazdani kick) 7:23 

A—Eric Davis 8 run (Chase Meeks 

kick) 6:20 

RV A 





Comp-att-int 8-15-1 6-15-0 




Rushing: RV—Trey Noble 3-126, 

Patrick Williams 4-100, Jacob Hefner 9- 

50, Kyle Brown 10-12, Eli Kimble 2-(-2), 

Austin Davies 2-(-10). 

A—Cody Lawson 24-229, Trey Bennett 

13-56, Nathan Stover 2-34, Eric Davis 

5-27, Tyler Smith 1-1, Mike Chapman 2- 

(-2), Tyler Wilkenson 1-(-4). 

Passing: RV—Jacob Hefner 8-15-1 90. 

A—Mike Chapman 5-14-0 79, Cody 

Lawson 1-1-0 33. 

Receiving: RV—Trey Noble 5-52, 

Patrick Williams 1-25, Austin Spurlock 

1-9, Kyle Brown 1-4. 

A—Trey Bennett 3-68, Cody Lawson 3- 

44. 

Prep Scores 

OHIO 

Ada 42, Bluffton 6 

Akr. Buchtel 33, Akr. East 0 

Akr. Ellet 41, Akr. Kenmore 12 

Akr. Manchester 42, Gnadenhutten 

Indian Valley 0 

Akr. Springfield 36, Norton 0 

Albany Alexander 49, Bidwell River 

Valley 20 

Alliance 23, Beloit W. Branch 12 

Alliance Marlington 48, Carrollton 14 

Amanda-Clearcreek 35, Circleville 0 

Amherst Steele 28, Westlake 7 

Ansonia 47, Arcanum 7 

Archbold 56, Swanton 12 

Arlington 20, Pandora-Gilboa 13 

Ashland 53, Millersburg W. Holmes 14 

Ashland Blazer, Ky. 36, Waverly 18 

Ashville Teays Valley 24, Bloom-Carroll 

13 

Athens 13, Parkersburg South, W.Va. 0 

Attica Seneca E. 35, N. Baltimore 8 

Atwater Waterloo 41, Windham 0 

Aurora 42, Orange 7 

Avon 34, N. Ridgeville 8 

Avon Lake 13, N. Olmsted 7 

Baltimore Liberty Union 48, Millersport 

0 

Barnesville 48, Sarahsville 

Shenandoah 18 

Batavia Amelia 21, Goshen 14 

Bay Village Bay 10, Grafton Midview 0 

Bellbrook 16, Franklin 13, 2OT 

Bellefontaine 17, Lewistown Indian 

Lake 6 

Bellevue 22, Willard 21, OT 

Bellville Clear Fork 42, Lexington 13 

Berlin Center Western Reserve 28, 

Sebring McKinley 12 

Bloomdale Elmwood 35, Gibsonburg 

13 

Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 35, Berea 

14 

Brookfield 30, Newton Falls 9 

Bryan 68, Montpelier 14 

Bucyrus Wynford 46, Crestline 20 

Caldwell 39, Hannibal River 16 

Caledonia River Valley 45, Galion 

Northmor 0 

Campbell Memorial 20, Leavittsburg 

LaBrae 0 

Can. Cent. Cath. 27, Bedford Chanel 7 

Can. McKinley 42, Massillon Jackson 

12 

Canal Winchester 41, Lancaster 

Fairfield Union 0 

Canfield 18, Youngs. Chaney 6 

Carey 41, Tiffin Calvert 14 

Carlisle 55, Day. Northridge 0 

Celina 50, Van Wert 30 

Centerville 28, Springboro 13 

Chagrin Falls 27, Chagrin Falls Kenston 

26, OT 

Chardon 43, Cle. John Adams 0 

Chesterland W. Geauga 28, Perry 21 

Chillicothe 41, Portsmouth 7 

Chillicothe Unioto 27, Chillicothe 

Huntington 0 

Cin. Anderson 45, Cin. NW 7 

Cin. Colerain 56, W. Chester Lakota W. 

14 

Cin. La Salle 21, Lima Sr. 0 

Cin. Madeira 41, Cin. Indian Hill 31 

Cin. McNicholas 14, Day. Chaminade- 

Julienne 7 

Cin. Moeller 17, Cin. St. Xavier 7 

Cin. Mt. Healthy 38, Loveland 17 

Cin. N. College Hill 28, Cin. Hills 

Christian Academy 17 

Cin. Shroder 55, Day. Belmont 14 

Cin. Summit Country Day 34, Cin. 

Country Day 7 

Cin. Sycamore 28, Cin. Oak Hills 14 

Cin. Taft 20, Cin. Aiken 6 

Cin. Turpin 55, Milford 34 

Cin. Winton Woods 42, Cin. Walnut Hills 

7 

Cin. Withrow 47, Cin. Hughes 12 

Cin. Wyoming 37, Cin. Mariemont 21 

Clarksville Clinton-Massie 49, 

Washington C.H. Miami Trace 17 

Clayton Northmont 41, Lebanon 38, OT 

Cle. Glenville 61, Cle. Collinwood 0 

Cle. Hay 41, Cle. Lincoln W. 0 

Cle. Hts. 26, Bedford 19 

Cle. JFK 41, Cle. John Marshall 6 

Cle. Rhodes 24, Cle. E. Tech 6 

Clyde 15, Huron 0 

Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 20, 

Greenup Co., Ky. 7 

Coldwater 24, Versailles 7 

Collins Western Reserve 49, 

Greenwich S. Cent. 0 

Cols. Beechcroft 63, Cols. Linden 

McKinley 0 

Cols. Brookhaven 37, Cols. Whetstone 

32 

Cols. Centennial 18, Cols. Mifflin 12 

Cols. Crusaders 44, Cin. College Prep. 

21 

Cols. Eastmoor 43, Cols. Briggs 12 

Cols. Hamilton Twp. 41, Circleville 

Logan Elm 13 

Cols. Hartley 37, Cle. VASJ 8 

Cols. Independence 45, Cols. South 10 

Cols. Marion-Franklin 35, Cols. Walnut 

Ridge 6 

Cols. Northland 35, Cols. East 0 

Cols. St. Charles 24, Sandusky 21 

Cols. Upper Arlington 21, Worthington 

Kilbourne 18 

Cols. West 47, Cols. Africentric 28 

Columbia Station Columbia 21, 

LaGrange Keystone 7 

Columbiana 39, E. Palestine 13 

Columbiana Crestview 30, Hanoverton 

United 19 

Columbus Grove 62, Spencerville 22 

Copley 28, Barberton 7 

Cortland Lakeview 21, Hubbard 18 

Coshocton 57, Byesville Meadowbrook 

8 

Covington 40, Casstown Miami E. 34, 

OT 

Creston Norwayne 35, Rittman 14 

Crooksville 27, Zanesville W. 

Muskingum 0 

Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 42, 

Parma Padua 6 

Day. Christian 35, Day. Jefferson 20 

Day. Dunbar 13, Findlay 7 

Defiance 13, St. Marys Memorial 7 

Defiance Ayersville 15, Holgate 7 

Defiance Tinora 49, Sherwood Fairview 

0 

DeGraff Riverside 24, Waynesfield- 

Goshen 3 

Delaware Buckeye Valley 9, 

Cardington-Lincoln 7 

Delphos St. John's 31, St. Henry 7 

Delta 15, Northwood 7 

Dover 59, Warsaw River View 7 

Dresden Tri-Valley 24, New Lexington 6 

Dublin Coffman 52, Galloway Westland 

6 

E. Liverpool 28, Struthers 21, 2OT 

Eaton 31, Day. Oakwood 6 

Edon 34, Tol. Ottawa Hills 22 

Elyria Cath. 29, Louisville Aquinas 10 

Fairborn 7, Sidney 6 

Fairview 13, Vermilion 0 

Findlay Liberty-Benton 54, Vanlue 0 

Fostoria St. Wendelin 12, Ridgeway 

Ridgemont 7 

Frankfort Adena 46, Southeastern 0 

Fredericktown 63, Danville 0 

Fremont St. Joseph 37, Kansas Lakota 

0 

Ft. Loramie 34, Bronson, Mich. 0 

Gahanna Cols. Academy 61, Hebron 

Lakewood 28 

Garfield Hts. 31, Stow-Munroe Falls 8 

Gates Mills Hawken 28, Fairport Harbor 

Harding 7 

Geneva 35, Ashtabula Lakeside 14 

Genoa Area 50, McGuffey Upper 

Scioto Valley 10 

Germantown Valley View 44, Monroe 

32 

Girard 42, Warren Champion 14 

Glouster Trimble 44, Corning Miller 6 

Granville 35, Cols. Bexley 22 

Green 36, Lodi Cloverleaf 29 

Greenfield McClain 53, London 

Madison Plains 20 

Greenville 10, Paulding 6 

Grove City 40, Groveport-Madison 34 

Grove City Christian 73, Cols. Horizon 

Science 0 

Hamilton New Miami 49, Cin. Christian 

18 

Hamilton Ross 35, Morrow Little Miami 

0 

Hamler Patrick Henry 22, Metamora 

Evergreen 19, OT 

Harrison 17, Trenton Edgewood 7 

Haviland Wayne Trace 28, Edgerton 20 

Hicksville 23, Antwerp 16 

Hilliard Bradley 42, Cols. Franklin Hts. 

18 

Hilliard Darby 75, Grove City Cent. 

Crossing 7 

Hilliard Davidson 52, Thomas 

Worthington 0 

Howard E. Knox 26, Centerburg 20, OT 

Huber Hts. Wayne 44, Xenia 3 

Hudson WRA 55, Burton Berkshire 21 

Ironton 48, Gallipolis Gallia 7 

Jackson 42, Vincent Warren 7 

Jeromesville Hillsdale 23, Dalton 6 

Johnstown-Monroe 27, Loudonville 6 

Kent Roosevelt 55, Akr. Coventry 0 

Kenton 70, Elida 21 

Kettering Alter 10, Hamilton Badin 7 

Lafayette Allen E. 20, Convoy Crestview 

6 

Lancaster 30, Gahanna Lincoln 28 

Lees Creek E. Clinton 32, Batavia 7 

Leipsic 48, Van Buren 7 

Liberty Center 14, Wauseon 7 

Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 20, Fairfield 14 

Lima Bath 31, Lima Shawnee 22 

Lisbon Beaver 19, Oak Glen, W.Va. 14 

Lockland 25, Cin. Clark Montessori 15 

Logan 13, Marietta 0 

Lorain Clearview 21, Medina Buckeye 

13 

Lore City Buckeye Trail 30, Bellaire St. 

John 7 

Louisville 39, Canal Fulton Northwest 

14 

Lucasville Valley 48, S. Point 14 

Macedonia Nordonia 40, Parma Hts. 

Valley Forge 2 

Madison 48, Ashtabula Edgewood 0 

Maple Hts. 35, Shaker Hts. 0 

Maria Stein Marion Local 27, Anna 18 

Marion Harding 47, Lorain Admiral King 

41 

Martins Ferry 49, Belmont Union Local 

7 

Marysville 21, Lewis Center Olentangy 

7 

Mason 26, Cin. Princeton 21 

Massillon Washington 42, Akr. 

Firestone 10 

Maumee 29, Whitehouse Anthony 

Wayne 19 

Mayfield 34, Lyndhurst Brush 0 

McComb 53, Dola Hardin Northern 7 

McDonald 35, Lowellville 6 

Mechanicsburg 57, Jamestown 

Greeneview 34 

Medina 38, Parma Normandy 7 

Mentor 48, Willoughby S. 47 

Middletown 42, Hamilton 9 

Middletown Fenwick 49, Cin. Purcell 

Marian 14 

Milford Center Fairbanks 41, Lima 

Perry 12 

Millbury Lake 13, Tontogany Otsego 10, 

2OT 

Milton-Union 38, Middletown Madison 7 

Minerva 48, Can. South 27 

Minford 13, Oak Hill 0 

Minster 27, New Bremen 20 

Mogadore 23, Garrettsville Garfield 20 

Mogadore Field 35, Mantua Crestwood 

20 

Monroeville 28, Ashland Crestview 20 

Morral Ridgedale 60, Marion Pleasant 

22 

Mt. Vernon 39, Delaware Hayes 9 

N. Bend Taylor 28, Cin. Deer Park 21 

N. Can. Hoover 24, Uniontown Lake 10 

N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 13, Leetonia 

6 

N. Lima S. Range 38, Mineral Ridge 28 

N. Robinson Col. Crawford 28, Mt. 

Blanchard Riverdale 22 

N. Royalton 31, Cuyahoga Falls 14 

Napoleon 34, Parma Hts. Holy Name 

27 

Navarre Fairless 20, Can. Timken 0 

New Albany 35, Pataskala Watkins 

Memorial 8 

New Carlisle Tecumseh 49, St. Paris 

Graham 12 

New Concord John Glenn 41, 

McConnelsville Morgan 7 

New Lebanon Dixie 30, Brookville 7 

New Matamoras Frontier 48, Beallsville 

42, OT 

New Middletown Spring. 42, Lisbon 

David Anderson 0 

New Philadelphia 45, Uhrichsville 

Claymont 8 

New Richmond 40, Batavia Clermont 

NE 7 

New Washington Buckeye Cent. 19, 

Bucyrus 13 

Newark Licking Valley 42, Whitehall- 

Yearling 0 

Newcomerstown 48, Bowerston 

Conotton Valley 21 

Norwalk 35, Fostoria 6 

Oak Harbor 35, Castalia Margaretta 7 

Olmsted Falls 40, Middleburg Hts. 

Midpark 6 

Ontario 14, Lucas 7 

Orchard Lake St. Mary , Mich. 24, Cols. 

DeSales 0 

Oregon Clay 29, Tol. Start 19 

Oregon Stritch 41, Lakeside Danbury 

21 

Orrville 28, Mansfield Sr. 14 

Orwell Grand Valley 45, Southington 

Chalker 7 

Painesville Riverside 28, Painesville 

Harvey 27, OT 

Parma 20, Elyria 17 

Pataskala Licking Hts. 32, Canal 

Winchester Harvest Prep 17 

Pemberville Eastwood 49, Elmore 

Woodmore 6 

Perrysburg 49, Bowling Green 25 

Philo 12, Zanesville Maysville 7 

Pickerington Cent. 42, Pickerington N. 0 

Piketon 36, Chillicothe Zane Trace 19 

Piqua 24, Kettering Fairmont 22 

Plain City Jonathan Alder 56, London 

12 

Plymouth 42, New London 40 

Point Pleasant, W.Va. 48, McArthur 

Vinton County 0 

Poland Seminary 47, Niles McKinley 7 

Pomeroy Meigs 35, Racine Southern 0 

Port Clinton 24, Milan Edison 21 

Portsmouth W. 34, Chesapeake 6 

Ravenna 41, Ravenna SE 7 

Reading 42, Cin. Finneytown 23 

Reedsville Eastern 42, Crown City S. 

Gallia 0 

Reynoldsburg 17, Newark 14 

Richmond Edison 40, Cadiz Harrison 

Cent. 28 

Richwood N. Union 49, Mt. Gilead 6 

Rockford Parkway 21, Ft. Recovery 15 

Rocky River 54, Oberlin Firelands 20 

Rootstown 14, E. Can. 10 

Salem 33, Youngs. Liberty 20 

Salineville Southern 52, Wellsville 13 

Sandusky Perkins 29, Sandusky St. 

Mary 6 

Shadyside 35, Zanesville Rosecrans 7 

Sheffield Brookside 27, Brooklyn 21, 

2OT 

Shelby 63, Upper Sandusky 13 

Sidney Lehman 69, Troy Christian 12 

Smithville 21, Apple Creek Waynedale 

10 

Solon 34, Hudson 6 

Sparta Highland 20, Marion Elgin 14 

Spring. Cath. Cent. 42, N. Lewisburg 

Triad 12 

Spring. Kenton Ridge 23, Spring. NW 0 

Spring. NE 28, Cedarville 21 

Spring. Shawnee 49, Spring. Greenon 

21 

Springfield 36, Trotwood-Madison 6 

St. Bernard Roger Bacon 23, Day. 

Carroll 8 

St. Clairsville 38, Nelsonville-York 7 

Stewart Federal Hocking 24, Belpre 7 

Strasburg-Franklin 42, Magnolia Sandy 

Valley 13 

Streetsboro 29, Peninsula Woodridge 

23 

Strongsville 42, Lakewood 3 

Sullivan Black River 62, Oberlin 8 

Sunbury Big Walnut 23, Lewis Center 

Olentangy Orange 21 

Sycamore Mohawk 30, Bascom 

Hopewell-Loudon 0 

Sylvania Northview 54, Rossford 6 

Sylvania Southview 17, Holland 

Springfield 14 

Tallmadge 13, Medina Highland 10 

Thompson Ledgemont 35, Andover 

Pymatuning Valley 0 

Thornville Sheridan 42, Cambridge 6 

Tiffin Columbian 34, Galion 7 

Tipp City Bethel 41, W. Alexandria Twin 

Valley S. 6 

Tipp City Tippecanoe 20, Bellefontaine 

Benjamin Logan 7 

Tol. Cent. Cath. 48, Tol. Bowsher 0 

Tol. Christian 42, W. Unity Hilltop 20 

Tol. St. Francis 62, Tol. Woodward 0 

Tol. Waite 29, Tol. Scott 6 

Tol. Whitmer 49, Tol. St. John's 24 

Toronto 25, Valley Wetzel, W.Va. 3 

Troy 29, Beavercreek 0 

Twinsburg 42, Brunswick 7 

Union City Mississinawa Valley 36, New 

Paris National Trail 12 

Urbana 34, Riverside Stebbins 14 

Utica 48, Johnstown Northridge 0 

Vandalia Butler 39, Miamisburg 21 

W. Carrollton 24, Oxford Talawanda 14 

W. Jefferson 21, Cols. Grandview Hts. 7 

W. Lafayette Ridgewood 55, Malvern 14 

W. Liberty-Salem 13, S. Charleston SE 

7 

W. Salem NW 54, Doylestown 

Chippewa 0 

Wadsworth 9, Richfield Revere 7 

Wahama, W.Va. 42, Waterford 21 

Wapakoneta 42, Ottawa-Glandorf 21 

Warren Harding 50, Bishop Tonnos, 

Ontario 0 

Warren Howland 48, Carrick, Pa. 0 

Waynesville 55, Camden Preble 

Shawnee 7 

Wellington 28, Rocky River Lutheran W. 

21 

Wellston 18, Proctorville Fairland 6 

Westerville Cent. 33, Westerville N. 7 

Westerville S. 31, Dublin Scioto 0 

Wickliffe 55, Richmond Hts. 12 

Williamsburg 22, Blanchester 19 

Williamsport Westfall 33, Bainbridge 

Paint Valley 18 

Willow Wood Symmes Valley 41, 

McDermott Scioto NW 6 

Wilmington 46, Norwood 13 

Wintersville Indian Creek 41, Rayland 

Buckeye 12 

Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 35, Beverly 

Ft. Frye 14 

Wooster 42, Mansfield Madison 24 

Wooster Triway 48, Cuyahoga Falls 

CVCA 28 

Youngs. Austintown-Fitch 43, Can. 

Glenoak 21 

Youngs. Boardman 19, Massillon Perry 

13 

Youngs. East 34, Warrensville Hts. 14 

Youngs. Ursuline 53, Chardon NDCL 14 

Zanesville 42, John Marshall, W.Va. 12 

Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 20, 

Massillon Tuslaw 14 

WEST VIRGINIA 

Allegany, Md. 25, Keyser 20 

Athens, Ohio 13, Parkersburg South 0 

Berkeley Springs 32, Petersburg 7 

Bishop Donahue 58, Burch 0 

Bluefield 64, Oak Hill 14 

Bridgeport 41, East Fairmont 0 

Brooke 40, Wheeling Park 14 

Buckhannon-Upshur 23, Grafton 20 

Buffalo def. Hannan, forfeit 

Cabell Midland 17, Lincoln County 6 

Chapmanville 35, Logan 20 

Clear Spring, Md. 41, Clay-Battelle 24 

Doddridge County 35, Gilmer County 

16 

East Hardy 47, Tygarts Valley 16 

Fayetteville 42, Valley Fayette 6 

Frankfort 54, Northern - G, Md. 38 

George Washington 41, Princeton 0 

Greenbrier West 49, Summers County 

12 

Herbert Hoover 34, Clay County 8 

Huntington 21, Riverside 20 

Hurley, Va. 37, Montcalm 0 

Hurricane 34, Greenbrier East 14 

James Monroe 55, Scott 19 

Liberty Harrison 28, Notre Dame 6 

Liberty Raleigh 36, Sherman 17 

Lincoln 42, Webster County 6 

Lisbon Beaver, Ohio 19, Oak Glen 14 

Madonna 47, Cameron 7 

Martinsburg 42, Fort Hill, Md. 10 

Meadow Bridge 44, Pendleton County 

30 

Mount Hope 36, Midland Trail 0 

Mountain Ridge, Md. 35, Hampshire 21 

Nicholas County 28, Lewis County 20 

Nitro 17, Ripley 3 

North Marion 27, Preston 7 

Parkersburg 28, Woodrow Wilson 14 

PikeView 13, Shady Spring 7 

Pocahontas County 39, Richwood 6 

Point Pleasant 48, McArthur Vinton 

County, Ohio 0 

Ravenswood 55, Tyler Consolidated 14 

Roane County 30, Braxton County 23 

Robert C. Byrd 41, Elkins 16 

Sherando, Va. 59, Jefferson 20 

South Charleston 35, Capital 14 

Spring Valley 34, St. Albans 14 

St. Marys 34, Moorefield 19 

Toronto, Ohio 25, Valley Wetzel 3 

Tug Valley 57, Jenkins, Ky. 0 

University 35, Hedgesville 28 

Van 45, Williamson 12 

Wahama 42, Waterford, Ohio 21 

Wayne 66, Sissonville 21 

Westside 50, Independence 44 

Williamstown 78, Calhoun County 8 

Winfield 41, Tolsia 6 

Wyoming East 43, Mount View 24 

Zanesville, Ohio 42, John Marshall 12

Sunday, September 26, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page B3 

Jan Haddox/photo 

Point Pleasant’s Chirs Blankenship (35) runs around a Vinton County defender 

during Friday evening’s game in Point Pleasant, W.Va. 

Point Pleasant cruises 

past Vikings, 48-0 

BY RICK SIMPKINS 


POINT PLEASANT, 

W.Va. — The Point 

Pleasant Big Blacks 

continued their assault 

on the scoreboard last 

night, dropping a 48 

spot on the visiting 

Vinton County Vikings, 

while pitching a 

shutout against the 

Ohio eleven. 

Point has averaged 

just over 48 points per 

game during this three 

game home stand, scoring 

49 against 

Sissonville, while posting 

back to back 48 

point efforts against 

South Point and Vinton 

County. The domination 

doesn’t stop at the 

scoreboard, however. 

Point rolled up some 

358 yards on the 

ground against the outmanned 

Vikings, bringing 

their average over 

the last three games to a 

whopping 372 yards 

per game. 

That says a lot about 

the talent in the bevy of 

running backs on the 

roster, but speaks volumes 

about the boys up 

front – the offensive 

line who have been 

dominant these past 

three weeks. That 

group includes Jay 

Burdette, Gabe 

Starcher, Matt 

Weddington, Trey 

Livingston, Cody 

Stover, Tyler Austin, 

Dustin Spencer, Casey 

Hogg, Toby Martin, and 

Dakota Toth. “Our 

offensive line blocked 

very well tonight,” said 

PPHS Head Coach 

Dave Darst, in what 

could be the understatement 

of the year. “It 

sure makes it easier on 

the coaching staff and 

the backs when you 

have a group playing 

that well.” 

The Big Blacks used 

nine different backs on 

the evening, with Chris 

Blankenship leading 

the parade with a 137 

yard, two-touchdown 

effort. Blankenship 

accomplished the feat 

on just ten carries. 

JaWaan Williams nearly 

topped the 100 yard 

plateau, gaining 96 

yards on 14 carries and 

a score. Senior 

Michael Musgrave also 

enjoyed a big night, 

with 32 yards on only 

four carries, but he 

made the most of his 

Raiders 

from Page B1 

366 yards of total offense 

in the game, with 276 

coming on the ground. 

The Raiders had 30 carries 

in the game. River 

Valley had 90 yards in 

the air, completing 8 of 

15 passes. 

Noble had 126 yards 

on the ground and 52 

chances by tallying a 

pair of touchdowns on 

the night. Tylun 

Campbell also had 32 

yards rushing and also 

added a touchdown. 

Point’s other score on 

the night came via the 

air, when quarterback 

Eric Roberts hooked up 

with tight end Toby 

Martin on a 26 yard 

scoring pass. 

As good as the 

offense was, though, 

the defensive unit may 

have been the stars of 

the show. Point’s 

defensive eleven 

allowed the visitors 

only 156 total yards 

and just 7 first downs 

on the night. Six of 

those first downs came 

on the game’s final 

drive, when the Vikings 

took the ball from their 

own one yard line all 

the way to the Point 18 

where they ran out of 

downs. “We played 

great team defense 

tonight,” said Darst. 

“This was our first test 

against an option team 

and we played good 

assignment football. I 

liked the fact that we 

were aggressive and 

swarmed to the ball. 

That’s the kind of 

defense we expect to 

play,” added the fourth 

year mentor. 

The game started 

slowly for the locals. 

Their first two possessions 

ended in a punt 

and a lost fumble. But, 

on their third drive of 

the game, the Big 

Blacks finally took 

advantage of opportunity. 

Starting on the 

Vinton County 44 yard 

line, the red and black 

needed just four plays 

to reach paydirt. The 

big play in the drive 

was a 28 yard gallop by 

Blankenship before 

Musgrave bulled his 

way over from the two 

yard line for the game’s 

first score. Jerrod 

Long added the extra 

point and from there, it 

was all Point. 

The Big Blacks 

would score on their 

next four possessions to 

leave no doubt about 

receiving yards in the 

game. Williams had 100 

rushing yards on four 

carries, Jacob Hefner carried 

nine times for 50 

yards, Kyle Brown had 

10 carries for 12 yards, 

with Eli Kimble and 

Austin Davies each carrying 

twice for negative 

yards. 

Jacob Hefner had 90 

yards passing in eight 

completions. 

Alexander had 453 

yards of offense in the 

the outcome. Tylun 

Campbell set up the 

next touchdown with a 

nice punt return that 

took the ball to the 

Viking 25 yard line. 

Two Blankenship runs 

put the ball at the one, 

and Williams took care 

of the rest with a one 

yard TD plunge. 

After forcing another 

Vinton County punt, 

the Big Blacks went 

back on the attack. It 

took the locals just six 

plays to cover 65 yards, 

with Blankenship capping 

the drive with a 

nifty 35 yard touchdown 

run. 

Brandon Toler played 

the role of set up man 

for the next Point score, 

when he intercepted a 

Viking pass and took 

the ball back to the visitors’ 

25 yard line. 

Three plays later, 

Blankenship found the 

end zone from 22 yards 

out and it was 27-0 

with the subsequent 

PAT from Long. The 

Big Blacks would add 

yet another score in the 

quarter when Roberts 

found tight end Martin 

at the ten yard line and 

the big junior raced into 

the end zone for the 

score. 

Point would also 

score on their first two 

possessions of the second 

half — a 7 yard 

Campbell run, and 

Musgrave’s second TD 

of the game. Those 

two scores gave the Big 

Blacks seven touchdowns 

on seven consecutive 

possessions. 

Quite a feat, and one 

that was not lost on the 

head coach. “We pretty 

much did what we 

wanted, once we got 

out of the blocks,” said 

Darst. 

With the win, the Big 

Blacks run their record 

to 3-1 with a big game 

looming next week. 

“This game is over,” 

said Darst. “We now 

have to get ready for 

Wayne and I think we 

all know that will be a 

challenge down there 

next week. But, I like 

this team and I like our 

chances. We are clicking 

on all cylinders 

right now and I think 

we can play with anybody 

on our schedule 

when we play the way 

we have for the past 

three weeks. It should 

be a dandy,” added 

Darst. 

win. Lawson compiled 

306 of the 453 yards for 

the Spartans. Lawson 

had 24 carries for 229 

yards on the ground, 

three receptions for 44 

yards, and one completion 

for 33 yards. 

River Valley had five 

fewer first downs than 

Alexander (11-16), and 

had 18 less plays from 

scrimmage (45-63) in the 

game. 

River Valley will host 

Fairland on Friday. 


South Gallia quarterback Cory Haner, holding football, looks to hand the ball off to 

running back Dalton Matney, left, during the first half of Friday night’s TVC Hocking 

gridiron contest at East Shade River Stadium in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. 

Eagles 

from Page B1 

on to gain another 28 

yards and two first 

downs over the remainder 

of that drive, but an 

severe injury to an 

Eastern player with 1:55 

remaining ultimately 

stopped the drive and the 

game at the EHS 42-yard 

line. 

The Rebels — who 

went 0-for-9 passing 

with two interceptions — 

had just 67 rushing yards 

on 25 carries in the setback. 

SGHS also managed 

only 24 yards in the 

first half on 18 plays. 

The Eagles, on the 

other hand, accumulated 

243 rushing yards on 37 

totes and added another 

111 yards through the air. 

The football was in 

Eastern territory just one 

play during the first half. 

Brayden Pratt started 

the scoring with a 5-yard 

run at 9:51 of the first 

quarter, which capped a 

3-play, 41-yard drive for 

a 7-0 lead. 

Tyler Hendrix picked 

off a pass on the ensuing 

Wahama 

from Page B1 

21 aerials for 233 yards 

for the hosts as the 

Wildcats quickly 

exposed what rapidly 

became the Achilles heel 

of the WHS defense. 

Ironically though Lang 

would not toss a touchdown 

pass in the outing 

although all three 

Waterford touchdowns 

were set up by the throwing 

arm of Lang. Chad 

Offenberger caught five 

of Lang’s tosses for 142 

yards while Levi 

McCutcheon grabbed 

five receptions for another 

74 yards. 

The Wildcats gained an 

early 6-0 lead with a 72 

yard seven play drive on 

its opening possession of 

the game as Lang connected 

on all three of his 

tosses in the drive for 65 

yards. Levi Porter capped 

the series with the first of 

three touchdowns on the 

evening with a one yard 

plunge with 8:35 remaining 

in the first canto. The 

PAT kick sailed wide to 

the left. 

Wahama would even 

the count midway 

through the second period 

when the Falcons 

embarked on 10 play 86 

yard drive. Staying mainly 

on the ground Wahama 

marched down the field 

with Grimm and Lee 

doing most of the damage. 

Trenton Gibbs connected 

on a crucial third 

down pass to Elijah 

Honaker for a 10 yard 

gain to keep the drive 

alive with Grimm going 

the final 19 yards to pull 

Wahama even with 7:01 

left in the half. The point 

after kick also missed left 

and the scored was deadlocked 

at 6-6. 

Another long drive, 

this one covering 89 

South Gallia possession 

and returned it 20 yards 

to paydirt, making it a 

13-0 game with 8:07 left 

on the first quarter clock. 

Ryan Shook capped a 

5-play, 36-yard scoring 

drive at the 11:55 mark 

of the second with a 2yard 

run, making it a 21- 

0 contest. Brad Stone 

added an 8-yard TD run 

at the 3:36 mark, ending 

an 11-play, 53-yard scoring 

drive for a 28-0 edge. 

Eastern, facing a 4thand-16, 

added its final 

score of the half with 5.8 

seconds remaining when 

Pratt hooked up with 

Shook on a 17-yard scoring 

pass — giving the 

hosts a 35-0 edge at the 

intermission. 

Shook added the final 

score of the night on a 5yard 

jaunt with 3:20 

remaining in the third 

quarter, capping a 7-play, 

59-yard drive for the 42- 

0 finale. 

Klint Connery led the 

Eagles with 108 rushing 

yards on 11 carries, followed 

by Max Carnahan 

with 36 yards on two carries 

and Pratt with 33 

yards on three totes. 

Shook and Stone also 

added rushing totals of 

yards in 11 plays, culminated 

in a Ryan Lee one 

yard touchdown run as 

time expired in the opening 

half. A 40 yard pass 

from Gibbs to Isaac Lee 

highlighted the series 

with Ryan Lee scoring on 

the final play of the half. 

Grimm went the distance 

for the two-point conversion 

to give the Falcons a 

14-6 halftime edge. 

The third stanza was 

all Wahama as the Bend 

Area teams offensive 

line really began to 

assert itself. Ryan Lee 

scored for the second 

time of the night with a 

29 yard run at the 4:38 

mark with Zach 

Wamsley booting the 

point after to extend the 

locals lead to 21-6. On 

its next possession the 

Mason County team 

threatened to put the 

game away by expanding 

its edge to 28-6 after 

Grimm rambled 24 yards 

for the score with 

Wamsley tacking on the 

PAT. 

Waterford wouldn’t 

give up though as the 

Wildcats took to the air 

once again. Lang found 

Levi McCutcheon open 

for a 42 yard pass play 

and another toss to Chad 

Offenberger covering 13 

yards. Porter again 

capped the series with an 

eight yard run with Lang 

teaming with 

McCutcheon for the twopoint 

conversion to make 

it a 28-14 affair with 

11:53 to play in the contest. 

A successful onsides 

kick gave the football 

right back to the 

Waterford offense and 

Lang went to work again 

21 yards and 20 yards, 

respectively. 

Pratt went 9-of-18 

passing for 111 yards, 

throwing both a touchdown 

and an interception. 

Carnahan led the 

wideouts with 54 yards 

on three catches, while 

Kyle Connery added one 

catch for 31 yards. 

John Johnson led the 

Rebels with 16 yards on 

two carries, followed by 

Jacob White with 11 

yards on six totes. Cory 

Haner was 0-for-7 passing 

with an interception, 

while Danny Matney 

was 0-for-2 passing with 

one pick. 

The Eagles had 13 first 

downs compared to the 

Rebels’ three and also 

finished the night plus-2 

in turnover differential. 

EHS was flagged 10 

times for 91 yards, while 

South Gallia was penalized 

six times for 45 

yards. 

Both teams return to 

TVC Hocking action on 

the road next Friday. The 

Eagles will travel to 

Belpre, while the Rebels 

head to Federal 

Hocking. Both contests 

will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. 

by directing the Wildcats 

on a 46 yards, three play 

drive. After a four yard 

loss on a running play 

Lang found Offenberger 

over the middle for a 47 

yard gain to the WHS 

one. Porter bulled his 

way in for the TD with 

McCutcheon kicking the 

extra point with 10:46 

remaining to pull 

Waterford to within a 

touchdown at 28-21. 

Grimm and the 

Wahama offensive line 

then took over with the 

junior running back scoring 

on a seven yard run 

with 7:30 left and a 34 

yard jaunt at the 3:27 

juncture. Wamsley added 

the point after kick following 

each score to 

make the final tally 42- 

14. Wahama picked up 24 

first downs while rushing 

for 396 yards and 

adding another 85 yards 

through the airways to 

give the White Falcons 

its third straight game 

with over 400 yards of 

total offense. Waterford 

had 88 yards on the 

ground to go with 233 

passing yards for 321 

total yards and 15 first 

downs. 

Wahama will return 

home next Friday for 

another TVC Hocking 

contest when the White 

Falcons put its unbeaten 

4-0 record on the line 

against visiting Southern 

(2-3, 1-2 league mark) in 

the Falcons annual 

homecoming tilt. 

Waterford drops to 2-3 

overall and 2-2 in conference 

play following 

the loss and will visit 

Trimble for its next gridiron 

encounter. 

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RedStorm volleyball stays 

unbeaten in conference play 

BY MARK WILLIAMS 

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES-SENTINEL 

RIO GRANDE, Ohio 

— The University of Rio 

Grande RedStorm volleyball 

squad returned 

home for the first of a 

three-match home stand 

on Friday night and 

scored a three-set victory 

over visiting UVA-Wise, 

25-15, 25-11 and 25-14 

at the Newt Oliver Arena. 

In so doing, the 

RedStorm remained 

unblemished in Mid- 

South Conference play at 

4-0. 

Rio Grande (6-8, 4-0 

MSC) had two players in 

double figures in kills 

with sophomore outside 

hitters Whitney Smith 

(Albany, OH) and Tresa 

Swatzel (Shade, OH) collecting 

10 each. 

Sophomore middle hitter 

Erin Sherman (South 

Webster, OH) added nine 

kills while sophomore 

outside hitter Erin Moore 

(South Webster, OH) 

produced six kills. 

Meigs 

from Page B1 

the kick with 1:52 left in 

the half and the 

Marauders held a 21-0 

lead at intermission. 

The Marauders made it 

a 28-0 lead when Jeffrey 

Roush scored from 10 

yards out, capping off a 

nine play 37 yard drive. 

Meigs closed out the 

scoring in the fourth 

when Roush scored his 

second touchdown off 

the night from three 

yards out. Mugrage made 

it five for five on extra 

points with 5:52 left and 

give Meigs the 35-0 win. 

“We played hard,” first 

year Southern coach 

Kyle Wickline said. 

Smith also delivered five 

aces for the evening. 

Smith and sophomore 

libero Lauren Raines 

(Albany, OH) paced the 

defensive effort with five 

digs and junior outside 

hitter Kati Moore 

(Lancaster, OH) registered 

two solo blocks. 

Senior setter Ashley 

Bloom (Worthington, 

OH) handed out 17 

assists to lead the way 

while freshman Kayla 

Landaker (Coshocton, 

OH) posted 14 assists 

and freshman Kelsey 

Martin (Jackson, OH) 

produced seven assists. 

UVA-Wise (6-10, 2-1 

MSC) had difficulty with 

serve/receive and serving 

in suffering its first MSC 

loss of the season. 

Rio was never in danger 

as they grabbed sizeable 

leads in each game 

Golf Roundup 

“Coach Chancey does a 

great job. They are bigger 

and more physical 

then we are. I thought the 

big play was the goal line 

stand, if we score we 

might have been able to 

play with them. I was 

impressed with Meigs, 

they did a good job.” 

Freshman Tyler Barton 

led the Southern ground 

game with 25 yards in 10 

carries; Ramthum added 

20 in 15 tries. Ramthum 

was two of nine in the air 

with a pair of interceptions 

for minus one yard. 

Barton caught one pass 

for a yard, while 

Ramthum caught a 

deflected pass for minus 

10. Meigs was led by Zach 

Sayre with 161 yards in 

just 12 carries; Jeffrey 

to cruise to the victory. 

Rio Grande has now 

won back-to-back matches 

after four straight 

defeats last weekend. 

“We were really hoping 

for a win and to do it 

in three was even better,” 

said Rio Grande assistant 

coach Holly Motheral. 

“We’re just looking at 

this win as leading us up 

to our Shawnee game, 

which is our biggest 

game of the season, so 

this one really helped 

with our momentum for 

that game. 

Rio Grande and 

Shawnee State will 

square off on Tuesday 

night at the Newt in a 

battle of the predicted top 

two teams in the MSC’s 

East Division. The 

match is set to begin at 7 

p.m. 

Point wins quad, Wahama 2nd 

TIMES-SENTINEL STAFF 

MDTSPORTS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM 

MASON, W.Va. — In 

a quad high school golf 

match played on a warm 

and sunny afternoon at 

the Riverside Golf 

Course, Point Pleasant 

finished first in the play 

6, count 4 format contest. 

The Wahama White 

Falcons finished second 

defeating TVC Hocking 

Division foe Federal 

Hocking and South 

Gallia. 

Point's final score of 

161 was the best score by 

the large margin of 34 

strokes over Wahama and 

47 strokes over South 

Gallia and 52 strokes better 

than Federal Hocking. 

Point's Travis Grimm 

was medalist for the day 

with a score of 38. Opie 

Lucas and Justin 

Cavender both added 40 

strokes each for the winners 

while Erik Allbright 

and Alex Potter shot 

identical 43's for the 

match with only one of 

those scores counting in 

the final tally. Denver 

Thomas was the sixth 

player for Point Pleasant, 

bit his score was not 

counted. 

Wahama who played 

without 3 of their normal 

starters were led by 

Moggan Nottingham's 

44. Samuel Gordon was 

next with a 46 while 

Michael Hendricks 

added a 47. Austin 

Ohlinger score of 58 was 

the 4th score that counted. 

Ben Foreman and 

Michael MacKnight also 

played for the White 

Falcons. The win over 

Federal Hocking gives 

Wahama a final conference 

record of 9-5. 

South Gallia best score 

for the match was a 47 

from David Michael. He 

was followed by Casin 

Roush with a 50. Gus 

Slone contributed a 54 

while Seth Jarrell completed 

the team scoring 

with a 57. Ethan Swain 

also played with his score 

not added in the final 

total. 

Stephen Coen shot 

Federal Hocking's best 

score for the match with 

a 49. Austin Russell shot 

a 52 while Shane Russell 

added a 55. Tyler 

Clements score of 57 was 

the 4th score that counted. 

Brandon Russell and 

Zack Kidder also played 

in this contest for Federal 

Hocking. 

Point Pleasant, 

Wahama and South 

Gallia will end thier regular 

season Saturday 

along with 13 other 

teams by playing in the 

Riverside Golf Course 

High School Invitational 

golf tournament. 

TORNADOES FALL TO 

BELPRE,WATERFORD 

The Southern golf team 

dropped matches at 

Belpre and against 

Waterford this week. 

The Tornadoes fell by a 

score of 165-211 at 

Belpre on Tuesday 

evening. 

Andrew Roseberry and 

Adam Pape shot matching 

rounds of 48, followed 

by Brandon 

Marcinko with a 57 and 

Cole Graham with a 58. 

Trenton Cook had a 66 

and Dyllan Roush shot a 

67. 

Belpre was led by comedalists 

Todd Griffith 

and Hayden Plummer 

with rounds of 40. Blake 

McDaniel shot a 41, Seth 

Daniel and Devin Daniel 

each shot a 44, and 

Brennan Ferrell had a 46. 

In the home match 

against Waterford, the 

visiting Wildcats won by 

a score of 159-185. 

Southern was led by 

Brandon Marcinko with 

a 43, followed by 

Andrew Roseberry and 

Adam Pape each with a 

45, and Cole Graham 

with a 52. 

Brandon Offenberger 

had a 35 to take medalist 

honors for Waterford. 

Austin Hilverding had a 

39, Shane Kerns shot a 

42, Corey Branahm had a 

43, Aaron Miller shot a 

44, and Brandon Tillis 

had a 54. 

DEBALSKI KEEPS LEAD 

IN RIVERSIDE SENIOR 

LEAGUE GOING INTO 

FINAL WEEK 

MASON, W.Va. — Ed 

Debalski of Ripley, 

W.Va., has a narrow three 

point lead over Mick 

Winebrenner of Racine, 

Ohio, with one week 

remaining in the 2010 

regular season. In third 

place is Carl Stone of 

Ripley, W.Va. with five 

points to gain for the 

lead. 

A total of 79 players 

were at Tuesday’s play 

making up one three-man 

team and 19 teams of 

four players. 

The low score of the 

day was a 61 (nine under 

par) by the team of Ken 

Whited, Glenn Johnson, 

Rick Northup and Russ 

Wood. 

There was a three way 

tie for second with a 

score of 62 (eight under 

par) between the teams of 

Mick Winebrenner, 

Chuck Yeager, Ray 

Oliver and Tom Fisher, 

Carl Stone, Jimmy 

Proffitt, Jim Mitchell and 

Cuzz Laudermilt, and 

Bob Humphreys, Ed 

Coon, Buford Brown and 

Phil Burton. 

The closest to the pin 

winners were Jack 

Maloney on the ninth 

hole and Bub Stivers on 

the 14th hole. 

Roush added 140 in 24 

tires. Bolin was four of 

seven in the air for 83 

yards, Stewart caught 

three for 66 yards, and 

Mugrage caught one for 

18. “Both teams played 

hard the entire game,” 

Mike Chancey said. 

“Southern really hung in 

there, being as young as 

they are. They are going 

to get better. I’m proud of 

our kids they played well 

in all areas, but we start a 

new season next week 

with conference play 

against a good Athens 

team.” 

Southern drops to 2-3 

on the season, they will 

travel to Mason and play 

Wahama next week. 

Meigs is now 3-2 and 

they will host Athens. 

Devils 

from Page B1 

When Ironton held the 

Devils without a first 

down on their first possession, 

the Tiger 

machine once again 

ground out the yardage in 

chunks; this time a 10 

play, 92 yard effort with 

Warner hitting pay dirt 

from two yards out with 

the Williams kick 

increasing the lead to 14- 

0 after one period. 

There are two things a 

team must do to beat a 

successful ball control 

opponent. You must get 

your defense off the field 

after third down, and you 

cannot turn the ball over. 

GAHS struggled to get 

stops on the Tiger’s possessions 

in the first quarter, 

and in uncharacteristic 

fashion, turned the 

ball over on three successive 

possessions in the 

second setting the Tigers 

up in the short field from 

which they turned each 

break into points on the 

board. 

Ironton’s Michael 

Lawless’ interception 

and run back to the 

GAHS 48 early in the 

quarter set the stage for 

Prep Volleyball Roundup 

Lady Eagles soar past Miller 

BY SARAH HAWLEY 

SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM 

CORNING, Ohio — The Eastern 

Lady Eagles (11-1, 7-1 TVC Hocking) 

defeated Miller in consecutive set on 

Thursday night. 

The Lady Eagles won by scores of 

25-9, 25-9, and 25-7. 

Eastern was led by Britney Morrison 

with 14 points. Ally Hendrix had 13 

points, Brenna Holter added 10 points, 

Beverly Maxson had nine points, 

Jamie Swatzel added five points, 

Baylee Collins had two points, and 

Kelsey Myers had one point. 

Maxson led the team in kills with 

eight, followed by Swatzel with six, 

Holter, Morrison, and Kiki Osborne 

with two each, and Kelsey Myers and 

Brooke Johnson with one each. 

Swatzel and Hendrix each had one 

block. Hendrix led the team in assists 

with 10, Swatzel added seven, and 

Breanna Hayman had one. 

The Lady Eagles also won the JV 

match by scores of 25-6, and 25-11. 

Eastern returns to action on Monday 

as they host Gallia Academy at 6 p.m. 

SOUTHERN FALLS TO FEDERAL 

HOCKING IN 5 

RACINE, Ohio — The Southern volleyball 

team fell to Federal Hocking in 

five sets on Thursday evening in 

Racine, Ohio. 

The Lady Tornadoes and Federal 

Hocking alternated wins in the five 

sets, with Federal Hocking winning in 

sets one, three, and five, and Southern 

winning the second and fourth sets. 

Scoring for the match was 25-22 

(FHHS), 25-19 (SHS), 25-18 (FHHS), 

25-17 (SHS), and 15-11 (FHHS). 

Courtney Thomas led the Lady 

Tornadoes with 17 points (one ace). 

Emily Ash had 11 points, Bobbi Harris 

and Kelsey Strang each had seven 

points, and Maggie Cummins had six 

points (one ace). 

Strang had four kills, Katelyn Hill 

had three kills, and Cummins had one 

kill. Cummins and Amber Hayman 

had one block each. 

Southern returns to the court on 

Monday as they host Belpre at 6 p.m. 

RIVER VALLEY CRUISES PAST 

FAIRLAND 

BIDWELL, Ohio — The River 

Valley volleyball team improved to 9-4 

overall (5-1 OVC) this season with a 

three set win over Fairland on 

Thursday evening. 

Ashley Randolph and Kaitlyn 

Roberts each had 18 points to lead the 

Lady Raiders. Kelsey Sands added 16 

points, Kelcie Carter had nine points, 

Katelyn Birchfield added eight points, 

and Beth Misner had six points. 

Randolph had eight aces and Sands had 

five aces. 

Carter led the team in kills with 15, 

followed by Roberts with nine, Sands 

with four, Randolph and Birchfield 

with three each, and Misner and Denise 

Madriz with two each. Sands had 43 

assists and Misner added 40. 

Roberts had two blocks and Madriz 

had one. 

The Lady Raiders won the JV match 

by scores of 25-8, 20-25, and 26-24. 

River Valley returns to the court on 

Tuesday as they host Chesapeake at 

5:30 p.m. 

the third Warner scoring 

burst, but the final nails 

in the Blue Devil comeback 

attempt went awry 

as lost fumbles on their 

next two offensive sets 

again resulted in IHS 

scores. After Ironton 

went up 27-0, their kickoff 

was fumbled and 

recovered by the Tigers 

on the GAHS 32, and it 

took Warner one play to 

bounce the run outside 

and take it to the house 

with the Tommy 

Waginger pass to Tres 

Wilkes for the two point 

conversion making it 35- 

0 at the intermission. 

There was no let up in 

the Blue Devils following 

the break and Ethan 

Moore and Co. engineered 

a six play 83 yard 

drive to get on the board. 

The key play in the 

effort was a Moore to 

Austin Wilson swing 

pass down the sideline 

for 53 yards giving the 

Blue & White a first and 

goal at the seven. Four 

plays later, Moore found 

Dalton Jarrell in the back 

of the end zone; the Tyler 

Hannon kick making it 

35-7. 

When Ironton 

answered right back in 

the form of a Waginger 

39 yard scamper, both 

teams emptied their 

OVCS IMPROVES TO 6-0, SWEEPS 

TRI-MATCH AT HANNAN 

ASHTON, W.Va. — The Ohio Valley 

Christian volleyball team improved to 

6-0 on the season with wins over Burch 

and Hannan on Thursday evening. 

The Lady Defenders defeated Burch 

by scores of 25-13 and 25-17. 

Allie Hamilton had 15 points (eight 

aces) in the win. Maggie Westfall 

added nine points (one ace), Sarah 

Schoonover had eight points, Bryanne 

Hamilton had six points (three aces), 

Amy Ours had five points, Samantha 

Westfall had five points (two aces), and 

Madison Crank had two points. 

Crank led the team in kills with six, 

followed by Maggie Westfall with four, 

Samantha Westfall with two, and Allie 

Hamilton and Schoonover with one 

each. 

Samantha Westfall had six assists 

and Maggie Westfall added four. 

Schoonover had three digs, Crank, 

Allie Hamilton, and Maggie Westfall 

each had one, and Samantha Westfall 

added one. 

In the second match, the Lady 

Defenders defeated Hannan by scores 

of 25-20 and 25-13. 

Maggie Westfall led the Lady 

Defenders with 12 points (six aces), 

followed by Allie Hamilton with 11 

points (six aces). Crank had eight 

points (three aces), Schoonover had 

seven points (one ace), Bryanne 

Hamilton, Ours, and Samantha 

Westfall each had four points. Ours 

had one ace and Samantha Westfall had 

two. 

Crank and Samantha Westfall each 

had four kills, followed by Allie 

Hamilton and Maggie Westfall with 

two kills, and Beth Martin with one. 

Maggie Westfall had nine assists, 

Samantha Westfall added six, and 

Crank had one. Allie Hamilton led the 

team in digs with five, followed by 

Crank, Maggie Westfall, and Samantha 

Westfall with two each, and Martin and 

Schoonover with one each. 

Samantha Blain led the Lacy Cats 

with five points (one ace), followed by 

Heather Ellis with four, Katie Ellis 

with three (one ace), Tiffany Adkins 

with two, and Stephanie Dillon with 

two. 

Dillon had one block in the game and 

Katie Ellis had one spike. Blain led the 

team in digs with six, followed by Jazi 

Casto with four, Tiffany Adkins with 

two, and Emily Holley, Jasmine Weise, 

and Heather Ellis with one each. 

Hannan (1-11) picked up its first win 

of the season in the match against 

Burch. The Lady Cats won by scores 

of 25-22 and 25-21. 

Dillon led the Lady Cats with seven 

points. Heather Ellis added six points 

(one ace), Blain had five points (two 

aces), Jasmine Campbell had five 

points (one ace), Weise had two points, 

Katie Ellis had one point (one ace), and 

Adkins had one point. 

Dillon had one kill and Blain added 

two spikes. Weise had six digs, Katie 

Ellis had five, Adkins and Heater Ellis 

had three each, Blain had two, and 

Casto and Campbell had one each. 

Weise had four sets, Dillon and Katie 

Ellis had three, and Heather Ellis had 

one. 

Ohio Valley Christian hosts Point 

Pleasant one Monday at 5:30 p.m. and 

Hannan host Lincoln on Monday at 6 

p.m. 

benches and the youngsters 

got a lot of valuable 

playing time under the 

lights in front of the big 

crowd. 

The key play in the 

Ironton score came on a 

fake punt on fourth and 

one from the Ironton 38; 

Warner getting five yards 

to keep the drive alive. 

Ironton outgained the 

Blue Devils with 501 

yards to 187; 413 of 

them coming on the 

ground. GAHS rushed 

for only 94 yards with 

Austin Wilson’s 45 and 

Brandon Taylor’s 23 

pacing the Blue & White 

attack. Warner was 

game high rusher for the 

Orange & Black with 

148 yards on 22 carries 

and Wilkes going for 96 

on 10. 

Moore was 6 of 11 

passing for 93 yards with 

1 touchdown and 1 interception. 

Waginger was 3 

for 3 for 88 yards for the 

Fighting Tigers. 

Gallia Academy 

returns to SEOAL league 

play next Friday as they 

travel to Logan to take 

on the 1-4 Chieftains. 

Logan got their first win 

of the season Friday, 13- 

0 over Marietta. Ironton 

stays home to entertain 

perennial playoff program 

Jonathon Alder.

Sunday, September 26, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page B5 

Paul Boggs photos/courtesy of Jackson County Times-Journal 

Meigs’ Cody Hanning, left, strides ahead of a Vinton County runner on the second 

trip up Ironman Hill during Thursday night’s Jackson Cross Country Invitational at 

Franklin Valley Golf Club in Jackson, Ohio. 

BY MARK WILLIAMS 

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES-SENTINEL 

RIO GRANDE, Ohio — 

The 2010-11 recruiting 

class for the University of 

Rio Grande RedStorm 

men’s basketball program 

is on a mission. The mission 

is to return the once 

storied program back to 

national prominence. 

After last season’s 5-26 

campaign, Rio Grande 

head coach Ken French 

was determined to upgrade 

the talent on the roster, but 

also attract high character 

players as well. He feels 

that he has succeeded in 

both aspects. 

“We’re not going to kid 

ourselves about where we 

finished last year,” said 

French. “We had to 

upgrade our talent, but 

more importantly I felt like 

we had to upgrade our 

character. One of the 

things that I wanted to 

address was to make sure 

that we won the locker 

room. That we had high 

character kids who want to 

win, want to do things the 

right way and understand 

why you do things the 

right way. With this 

recruiting class I think we 

did that.” 

The newcomers are: 

Kaleb Kimber, Shedrick 

Usand-Burton, Sean 

Whiting, Robbie Jackson, 

Jermaine Warmack and 

Josh Birchfield. 

French believes that he 

has addressed all the areas 

of need from a season ago. 

“At times we were almost 

a donut with our inside 

game, we were so perimeter 

oriented,” French said. 

“ I think with the addition 

of Robbie Jackson and 

Josh Birchfield that we’ve 

addressed that, plus we’ve 

also got some additional 

size with Shedrick Usand- 

Burton. So those three 

guys alone give us a lot 

more depth to go along 

with the players we 

already have.” 

“We’re looking for a 

change of pace so to speak, 

we’re still going to be up- 

tempo obviously, because 

we’ve got a lot more depth 

at the one, two and three, 

but at least now we’ve got 

some options inside,” 

French added. “I think the 

biggest impact that those 

guys are going to make 

will be defending and 

rebounding and those are 

two areas that we’ve got to 

improve the most in.” 

Whiting, a 6’1” senior 

transfer combo guard from 

Ohio Valley University, 

will help the RedStorm in 

the backcourt and provide 

valuable experience. He 

talked about how he landed 

at Rio Grande. “Once I 

decided that I wasn’t going 

back to Ohio Valley this 

year, I contacted Rio 

Grande and just told them 

my situation and I came 

down a few times for a 

visit and they embraced 

me with open arms from 

the beginning,” Whiting 

said. “It was like a family 

atmosphere, so I wanted to 

be a part of it.” 

He plans to major in 

business management. 

Warmack, a freshman 

point guard from New 

Jersey is a tremendous athlete 

and will be another 

key component in the 

RedStorm backcourt. He 

is an outstanding shooter 

and a great distributor of 

the basketball, who prefers 

to pass first and shoot second. 

“I like to get everybody 

involved in the game, 

I can shoot the ball well, 

but I’d rather pass first and 

score second,” he said. 

Warmack explains how 

he chose Rio Grande. “I 

had other schools that were 

recruiting me, but when I 

came on my visit, Coach 

French and the other 

coaches, they brought me 

in. I liked the program, I 

came here and it’s like I 

have a family here,” 

Warmack said. “I feel I’ll 

be comfortable while I stay 

my four years.” 

Warmack is currently 

undecided on a major. 

Kimber is a 6’2” sophomore 

guard/small forward 

from Salisbury, NC, which 

is the same hometown as 

senior guard Doug 

Campbell. He played last 

season at Livingstone 

College. Kimber said that 

connection with Campbell 

helped land him at Rio 

Grande. “Basically I was 

trying to get away from 

home and basically Doug 

put the word in for me and 

his former head coach, 

Jason Cosby put in a great 

word for me and the next 

thing you know, I’m here,” 

Kimber said. 

Kimber is another 

exceptional athlete who 

can shoot the ball and can 

sit down and defend. “I 

love to play defense,” 

Kimber said. “I just want 

to win - I want to help 

bring this program up.” 


social work. 

Birchfield, a 6’10” 

freshman post player from 

Gilbert, West Virginia, 

played at Fork Union 

Military Academy, who 

played a couple games 

against Rio’s junior varsity 

squad last season. 

Birchfield gives the 

RedStorm a big presence 

on the inside. “The main 

reason that I chose Rio 

Grande was because of 

Coach French and the 

coaching staff,” Birchfield 

said. “I really love how 

Coach French does everything, 

how loyal he is to his 

players and just how 

straightforward he is in 

telling you what he wants 

you to do.” 

Birchfield is currently 

undecided on a major. 

Joining Birchfield on the 

front line is senior transfer 

Robbie Jackson. Jackson, 

a 7’0’’ center has played at 

Marshall and Maryland- 

Baltimore County in his 

collegiate career and will 

provide an inside presence 

that Rio has not had 

before. 

The native of Aberdeen, 

MD, although a newcomer, 

will be looked to for 

leadership on this club and 

he is excited about getting 

The River Valley duo of Jared Hollingsworth, left, and Chriss Goodrich, second 

from right, try to break away from the pack on the first trip up Ironman Hill during 

Thursday night’s Jackson Cross Country Invitational at Franklin Valley Golf Club in 

Jackson, Ohio. 

Meigs, River Valley fare well at Jackson CC Invitational 

BY BRYAN WALTERS 

BWALTERS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM 

JACKSON, Ohio — A 

total of 159 varsity competitors 

and 19 teams — 

including both programs 

at River Valley and 

Meigs — took part in the 

2010 Jackson Cross 

Country Invitational held 

Thursday night at 

Franklin Valley Golf 

Club in Jackson County. 

There were 98 runners 

and 12 teams in the boys 

event, with Meigs finishing 

sixth overall as a 

team with 184 points 

while the Raiders were 

ninth with a team score 

of 212. 

Logan won the team 

title with a score of 63, 

bettering runner-up 

Athens (69) by six spots. 

Ian Kilgour of Jackson 

was the race winner with 

a time of 18:19. 

Cody Hanning led the 

Marauders by finishing 

second overall with a 

time of 18:23, followed 

by Steven Mahr in sixth 

with a mark of 19:17. 

Brandon Mahr (21:45) 

was 41st, Jeremiah 

Myers (28:04) was 58th 

and Jacob Pierce (29:48) 

rounded out the team 

tally by placing 93rd. 

Jared Hollingsworth 

led the Raiders by finishing 

23rd with a time of 

20:43, followed by Chris 

Goodrich (21:40) in 38th. 

Richie Jackson (22:37) 

was 54th, Jamil Stepney 

(23:24) was 62nd and 

Aaron Harrison (25:09) 


tally by placing 78th. 

There were 61 runners 

and seven teams in the 

girls event, with River 

Valley placing fifth as a 

team with 116 points 

while Meigs came in 

sixth with 125 points. 

Zane Trace won the 

girls’ team title with 25 

points, well ahead of runner-up 

Chillicothe with 

79 points. Taylor 

Hatfield of ZTHS won 

the individual race by a 

minute with a time of 

19:57. 

Katie Blodgett led the 

Lady Raiders by finishing 

fourth with a time of 

21:05, while Jessica 

Hager was ninth overall 


Keyana Ward (26:54) 

was 30th, Jessica Halley 

(31:00) was 50th and 

Sonja Rankin (34:22) 


River Valley’s Katie Blodgett attacks Ironman Hill during 

Thursday night’s Jackson Cross Country Invitational at 

Franklin Valley Golf Club in Jackson, Ohio. 

total by finishing 58th. 

Olivia Rucker (34:31) 

was also 60th. 

Shawnella Patterson 

led the Lady Marauders 

by finishing 15th with a 

time of 24:32, followed 

by Emma Perrin in 20th 


Maggie Smith (26:58) 

was 32nd, Shannon 

Walzer-Kuharic (28:09) 

was 38th and Tara 

Walzer-Kuharic (28:58) 

completed the team tally 

by placing 41st. Rachel 

Bauer (34:16) was also 

57th. 

the season started. “This 

is my fifth year in college 

and I’ve been at the highest 

level and played against 

great competition, so I’m 

looking forward to this 

season,” Jackson said. 

Jackson is majoring in 

Communications. 

Shedrick Usand-Burton, 

a 6’6” sophomore transfer 

forward from New 

Orleans, LA, played at 

Southern University last 

season. He said he is all 

about working hard and 

doing whatever the team 

needs him to do. “Just 

work hard, that’s all I can 

bring to the table,” Usand- 

Burton said. “I’ll do 

whatever coach needs me 

to do, if he needs me to 

cheer, if he needs to get on 

the court and score, if he 

needs me to get on the 

court and rebound, I’ll do 

what he tells me to do, run, 

skip, hop, jump, I’m going 

to do it.” 

Usand-Burton talked 

about his route to Rio 

Grande. “A lot of blessings, 

a lot of faith, a lot of 

hope,” he said. “I called a 

couple of schools and this 

was one of the schools that 

called back and before I 

knew it I was flying up 

here to see if I could come 

and play for them and 

found that I would be playing 

for Rio Grande basketball.” 


Business Management. 

The entire group feels 

like they can do some great 

things together on the basketball 

court. “Everyone 

is focused on one common 

goal, that we just want to 

be a family and be together,” 

Whiting said. “We 

have all the pieces to compete, 

we all just want to 

come together and do it as 

a team.” 

“If everybody plays their 

role and their part on and 

off the court, we will be a 

pretty good team,” 

Warmack said. “If we 

play together and not be 

selfish we can have a good 

season.” 

Meigs’ Shawnella Patterson, left, and Emma Perrin 

attack Ironman Hill during Thursday night’s Jackson 

Cross Country Invitational at Franklin Valley Golf Club 

in Jackson, Ohio. 

Rio newcomers ready to restore hoops program to prominence 

“Basically, we have 

bonded kind of quickly 

and I know as the year 

goes on that we will have 

great communication with 

each other,” Kimber 

added. “I think we’re 

going to do well and get 

this thing on track and win 

some games.” 

“I think we can definitely 

have a well over .500 

season,” Birchfield said. 

“Maybe, I don’t really 

know the competition, but 

hopefully we can win our 

conference, that’s one of 

my goals and hopefully 

make it to the NAIA 

Tournament.” 

“Definitely I feel like we 

should be at the top,” 

Jackson said. “Right now, 

we’re just worried about 

getting better as a team, 

working on our chemistry.” 

“Right now I see high 

expectations for the team,” 

said Usand-Burton. “But 

as of right now, we just 

want to keep growing 

together and keep working 

hard to do the best we can 

to bring a championship 

home.” 

French is interested to 

see how this group develops. 

“We’ve planted a 

seed in the ground and 

now it’s up to us to put the 

dirt on top of it, water it, 

watch it every day and nurture 

it and hopefully it will 

grow in the right direction,” 

he said. “We 

haven’t had any adversity 

yet, so it’s hard to tell, you 

can’t really judge the class 

until the end of the year, 

sometimes the end of two 

years, but I thought we 

brought in, definitely highcharacter 

kids, now how 

that relates to the basketball 

court, that’s the 

unknown.” 

“The big thing is, I 

thought that they fit a need 

for us and we fit a need for 

them,” French added. 

“They wanted a familytype 

atmosphere and we 

definitely have that with 

our program. I think it 

will be a win-win situation, 

both for us as a program 

and for them as individuals.” 

French knew going into 

the Mid-South Conference 

that the recruiting philosophy 

had to change and to 

expand to other areas. He 

was able to land players 

from parts of the country 

that Rio Grande was not 

able to reach in the past 

and he was able to land 

some transfers to help 

bring about a more immediate 

turnaround. “I think 

the most important thing is 

when you do take on a 

transfer, it’s got to be the 

right fit,” French said. 

“If you’re talking about 

our (NCAA) D I transfer, 

it’s Robbie Jackson and 

he’s the right fit.” 

“He’s looking for an 

opportunity to finish off 

his career in the right environment 

and I think we can 

provide that for him,” 

French added. “From that 

standpoint I wanted to 

make sure that we brought 

in the right type of person 

because in our league you 

have to take some transfers.” 

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Some playoff contenders 

have empty seats 

CINCINNATI (AP) — 

When the Reds called up 

crowd-pleasing reliever 

Aroldis Chapman at the 

end of August, players 

hoped his 103 mph fastball 

would finally fill the 

seats at Great American 

Ball Park. 

“We were talking 

about it a little bit in the 

bullpen,” Cincinnati 

reliever Sam LeCure 

said. “We were saying, ‘I 

hope when Aroldis 

comes, they can get more 

people in the seats.’” 

Not even his blink-ofan-eye 

pitch could pack 

‘em in. 

The Reds are on the 

brink of securing their 

first playoff appearance 

in 15 years, but they’re 

having trouble drawing 

much of a crowd to see it 

happen. Attendance is up 

roughly 4,000 per game 

at Great American, but 

the Reds still rank near 

the bottom of the 

National League. 

They’re not alone, 

either. Atlanta, San 

Diego and Tampa Bay 

are struggling at the gate 

while they fight for a 

spot in the postseason. 

Heading into games on 

Thursday, all four were 

in position to make the 

playoffs as either division 

champions or wildcard 

teams. None of the 

four ranked higher than 

ninth in attendance in 

their leagues, according 

to STATS LLC. 

—San Diego is on 

track for its first playoff 

appearance in four years, 

but ranks 11th in attendance 

at 26,038 per 

game. Last year, the 

Padres drew 23,735 per 

game. 

—The Reds rank 12th 

at 25,379 per game, an 

increase from 21,579 last 

year but still a disappointment. 

They sold 

only 12,061 tickets — 

their smallest crowd of 

the season — when they 

clinched their first winning 

season in 10 years 

on Sept. 13. 

—The Rays have been 

going back-and-forth 

with the Yankees in the 

AL East all season, but 

their attendance has gone 

backward. Tampa Bay is 

selling 23,081 tickets per 

game, a decrease from 

23,147 last year. That 

ranks ninth in the AL. 

—Atlanta was second 

in the NL East and led 

the wild-card race by a 

half-game over San 

Francisco. In Bobby 

Cox’s final season as 

manager, the Braves 

have experienced a slight 

rise in ticket sales. 

They’re averaging 

30,042 per game, up 

from 29,304 last year. 

Each team has a different 

dynamic at work. 

The Rays have a history 

of struggling to sell tickets. 

The Reds just broke 

a streak of nine consecutive 

losing seasons, 

which made them an 

afterthought heading into 

the season. San Diego 

and Atlanta also are surprising 

contenders, and 

warm weather on the 

West Coast and in the 

South presents other 

options besides going to 

a ballpark. 

There’s one common 

thread. 

“I understand with the 

economy the way it is, 

some people can’t afford 

to come out to the 

game,” LeCure said. 

Attendance overall is 

down minimally in the 

majors this season, from 

30,215 per game last 

year to 30,078. The 

economy has cut into not 

only baseball’s crowds 

but those for other professional 

sports as well. 

Beyond that, it’s anyone’s 

guess. 

The Reds’ long streak 

of futility — no playoff 

appearance since 1995, 

no winning record since 

2000 — cut deeply into 

fan interest. They drew 

only 1.7 million fans last 

year, their smallest attendance 

since 1986 when 

they were at Cinergy 

Field. One game drew 

only 9,878 fans, the 

smallest gate since Great 

American Ball Park 

opened in 2003. 

It was a measure of 

how much the losing has 

hurt fan interest. 

Their biggest crowds 

this season came when 

the rival Cubs and 

Cardinals were in town, 

bringing tens of thousands 

of fans with them. 

At some games, the visiting 

fans drowned out the 

home crowd. 

“We welcome them 

because we need the 

attendance,” Reds man- 

Battle Days 

Celebrating the first battle of the American Revolution 

October 1-3, 2010 

Point Pleasant, West Virginia 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 

10:00am - 4:30pm • Mansion House Museum 

10:00am - 5:00pm • Crafts - Main Street 

Encampments & Craft Demonstrations 

12 Noon - 8:00pm • Art Show - Fort Randolph Terrace - Main Street 

7:30 pm • Lantern Tour 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 

9:00am - 5K Run for Sight sponsored by Lions Club 

10:00am - 4:30pm • Mansion House Museum 

10:00am - 4:00pm • Crafts, Activities for all ages, Entertainment 

(Sponsored by Main Street Merchants, Main Street) 

10:00am - 8:00pm • Art Show - Fort Randolph Terrace - 

Main Street 

11:00am • Parade - Main Street 

12:00 noon- John Marshall Fife & Drum Corps 

12:30 pm- Anne Bailey • Kanawah Valley Pipes & Drums 

1:00 pm- Thunder Tones Chorus • Chief Cornstalk 

• Essay Contest Banquet River Museum 

1:30 pm- Children’s Colonial Games • Andrew Lewis 

2:00pm - 4:00 pm- Meet Local Author- Irene Brand 

2:00 pm- Anne Bailey • Musket Firing Demonstration 

2:30 pm- Chief Cornstalk • Militia Drilling & 

Recruitment of Volunteers 

3:00 pm- Children’s Colonial Games •Andrew Lewis 

3:30 pm- Martha Washington 

4:00 pm- Ladies Colonial Tea 

5:00 - 8:00 pm- Colonial Governor’s Reception, 

American Legion (tickets required for Reception S.A.R. members only) 

8:00 pm- 10:00 pm- Colonial Ball 

American Legion (free & public) 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 

10:00am • Colonial Church Service - 

1:00am - 4:00pm • Art Show - Fort Randolph Terrace - 

Main Street 

1:00 pm - 4:30 pm- Mansion House Museum 

2:00pm • Memorial Service - 

ager Dusty Baker said 

before a series with 

Chicago. “We need the 

attendance so we can 

sustain and get some 

more — more players, 

that is.” 

The Reds’ payroll 

depends heavily upon 

attendance. Cincinnati 

increased its opening day 

payroll from $71 million 

last year to $72.4 million, 

which ranked 19th 

in the majors. The Reds 

are hoping for a significant 

bump in attendance 

next year to give them 

more payroll flexibility. 

Historically, teams 

usually see a jump in 

attendance the year after 

a great season. Tampa 

Bay’s attendance 

increased from 1.38 million 

in 2007 to 1.81 million 

in 2008, when it 

went to the World Series 

and had those playoff 

crowds. The improbable 

postseason run resulted 

in a bump in ticket sales 

to 1.87 million last year. 

The Reds know what 

that’s like. 

They drew 2.06 million 

fans in 1999, when 

they made an unexpected 

push before losing a onegame 

playoff to the Mets 

for the wild card. Season 

ticket sales increased in 

the offseason, and made 

an even bigger jump 

when the club acquired 

Ken Griffey Jr. at the 

start of spring training. 

Cincinnati sold 2.58 million 

tickets for 2000. 

For now, though, the 

small crowds are disappointing. 

The Braves won 14 

straight division championships 

through 2005, an 

unmatched run of titles. 

They’ve made an unexpected 

run toward the 

playoffs in Cox’s final 

season before retirement. 

The feel-good story has 

resulted in an increase of 

only 638 fans per game. 

The most famous 

Brave doesn’t understand. 

“These young kids are 

playing well,” Hall of 

Famer Hank Aaron said 

recently. “Oh man, 

we’ve got some goodlooking 

young kids out 

there. The city should be 

excited about what we 

have here.” 

In some cities, the 

excitement is still smallscale. 

“It’s a shame,” the 

Reds’ LeCure said. “The 

city’s been waiting for so 

long.” 

Cribbs not begging for ball 

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — 

Already one of the NFL’s 

elite return specialists, 

Joshua Cribbs is developing 

into a bona fide wide 

receiver for the Browns. 

He’s got the size, the 

strength, the speed. 

All he’s lacking is the 

selfishness. 

Struggling through two 

games, Cleveland’s 

offense could use a spark, 

and the multitalented 

Cribbs, a former quarterback 

at Kent State, seems 

to be the logical choice to 

provide one. Trouble is, he 

needs the ball in his hands 

to make things happen, 

and for whatever reason, 

the Browns hardly gave it 

to him Sunday in a 16-14 

loss to Kansas City. 

Cribbs refuses to beg 

Cleveland’s coaches for 

the ball. 

“I can only bribe the 

quarterbacks,” he joked. 

However, the Browns’ 

offensive ineptitude is no 

laughing matter. 

With backup quarterback 

Seneca Wallace 

pressed into starting 

because of Jake 

Delhomme’s ankle injury, 

Cleveland gained just 55 

yards in the second half 

against the Chiefs, whose 

defense finished 30th overall 

in the league last season. 

The Browns managed 

a mere three first downs 

after halftime, and one of 

those came courtesy of a 

penalty. 

On Monday, coach Eric 

Mangini lamented not 

using the wildcat formation 

with Cribbs at QB and 

Wallace split wide. The 

Browns ran it just once, 

with Cribbs picking up a 

yard on a run late in the 

second quarter. 

Cribbs was pleased to 

hear Mangini’s admission. 

“I agree and whenever 

they call my number, I’ll 

be ready,” Cribbs said. “At 

the same time, if we win 

that game, nobody is talking 

about Josh is not getting 

the football enough.” 

Cribbs had three catches 

for 74 yards, 65 coming on 

a TD pass from Wallace, 

who may have to start 

again in Baltimore on 

Sunday for Delhomme. 

The Chiefs also neutralized 

Cribbs on returns by 

kicking the ball high and 

short to Cleveland’s up 

backs. The strategy resulted 

in Cribbs getting one 

kickoff return for 19 yards 

and one punt return for 5. 

There wasn’t much 

Cribbs could do. He certainly 

wasn’t going to 

compound things by complaining. 

“As a leader, I’m not the 

guy who begs for the football,” 

he said. “I will let 

them coach. I’m sure they 

realize, ‘Hey, we got to get 

him the ball more.’ It will 

happen. There are certain 

situations in the game 

where it’s not the right 

time for my number to be 

called and that’s just the 

way it is.” 

Cleveland may need to 

get creative against the 

Ravens’ fearsome defense, 

the only unit not to give up 

a touchdown this season. 

Complicating matters for 

the Browns is that running 

back Jerome Harrison 

missed practice with a 

thigh injury, and wide 

receiver Brian Robiskie 

injured his hamstring during 

practice Wednesday. 

Cribbs can’t do it all, 

except that he may have to. 

He does give the Browns 

multiple options. They can 

put him at wide receiver, 

quarterback, running back, 

in the slot or on the edge. 

The wildcat can be effective, 

but Wallace cautioned 

that it may not work 

against a defense has 

aggressive as Baltimore’s. 

“You have to pick and 

choose when you want to 

use it and utilize it,” he 

said. “Cribbs is a great athlete, 

so he’s going to make 

it happen whatever defense 

we’re against.” 

Baltimore, though, is a 

different beast. 

The Ravens have forced 

their opponents to settle for 

field goals on all six trips 

inside the red zone. For 

Cleveland, which has yet 

to score in the second half 

this season, to score a 

touchdown, it may have to 

come on a big, long play. 

Cribbs believes the 

Browns have enough quality 

playmakers, and that 

the Browns only need to 

avoid the costly penalties 

and turnovers that sabotaged 

scoring drives last 

week — and in the opener 

at Tampa Bay. 

“I think we’re OK,” 

Cribbs said. “If we just 

limit our mistakes and 

make just one or two mistakes 

in each game, we’d 

be 2-0. We turned the ball 

over. We gave them 10 

points on offense. For two 

weeks in a row, we’ve 

given their team 10 points. 

If we don’t do that, we’re 

2-0 and no one is saying 

Cribbs needs the ball. We 

need to sharpen it up on 

offense and do our jobs.” 

Mangini has warned that 

those who make mistakes 

will pay with playing time. 

Violators will be prosecuted, 

and sentenced to 

Mangini’s bench. 

“That’s a good message,” 

Cribbs said. “Your 

livelihood is at stake. We 

talk about a recession. 

Guys will not have a job. 

They will be out of here. 

Coach is serious about 

that. He has shown in the 

past that he will activate 

practice squad guys, guys 

who are going to be hungry.” 

Right now, Cribbs is 

starving for the football. 

But he can’t feed it to himself. 

It’s not in Cribbs’ nature 

to be demanding, but now 

may not be a bad time to 

start. 

Make no mistake, he 

wants the ball anyway he 

can get it. 

“I’m sure the coaches 

are working on that now,” 

he said. “There are a lot of 

different things that are in 

the game plan, but you 

don’t know how much I’ll 

touch the football. I just 

don’t know if it will be a 

lot.”

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ALONG THE RIVER 


Gallia County 

Snack Pack 

BY ANDREW CARTER 


GALLIPOLIS — No child should ever have to go 

to bed hungry. 

But that would only be true in a perfect world, and 

goodness knows the world in which we live is light 

years away from perfect, which means there are millions 

of children across this big blue marble we call 

home who lay their heads down most nights with an 

empty stomach. 

Even in a nation as prosperous as the United States, 

there are far too many kids who experience that sad 

scenario on a regular basis. Unfortunately, some of 

those kids live right here in the tri-county area. 

One group of volunteers in Gallia County has 

drawn a line in the sand, so to speak, in an effort to 

reach out to children in our area who don’t enjoy the 

benefits that many of their classmates take for granted. 

The Gallia County Snack Pack Organization was 

founded in 2007 when Gallipolis resident Nancy 

Smith, a former nurse, read an article in USA Today 

that detailed the national back pack program originated 

by Second Harvest Food Banks. After doing some 

research about the program, Smith caught a vision 

that such an outreach could benefit many children in 

Gallia County. 

After a series of meetings and extensive planning, 

Snack Pack began its outreach in February 2008 at 

Rio Grande Elementary School by distributing 85 

packs of food to school kids who were enrolled in the 

free and reduced lunch program. 

“We chose Rio Grande as our pilot program 

because one of our team members was involved with 

(Gallia County) Children’s Services and we looked at 

the numbers of the schools and how many kids they 

had on free and reduced lun ch, percentage-wise, 

compared to their enrollment,” Smith said. “So Rio 

Grande was the highest at that point and it was a small 

school and we thought it was a real do-able program.” 

Since that time, Snack Pack has grown to include 

all seven elementary schools in Gallia County, serving 

more than 1,500 children enrolled in free and 

reduced lunch programs. According to statistics from 

November 2009, 61 percent of elementary school 

children in Gallia County are enrolled in free and 

reduced lunch programs. In the Gallia County Local 

School District, the figure is 61 percent. In the 

Gallipolis City School District, the number is 58 percent. 

“Most people don’t even think about kids in Gallia 

County going hungry,” Smith said. “And a lot of 

those kids whose parents qualify for free and reduced 

lunch aren’t necessarily hungry kids, but some of 

them are. So we know that in offering it to them all, 

we’re feeding those who are hungry.” 

Smith said Snack Pack delivers food packages to 

students once a month. The packs include non-perishable 

items like macaroni and cheese, cereal packs or 

bars, pop-top meals, peanut butter, crackers, pudding 

and fruit cups, fresh fruit (when available), fruit juice 

and shelf-stable milk. 

“Peanut butter’s probably our biggest expense and 

our biggest resource,” Smith said. 

Snack Pack is an entirely volunteer-driven organization 

with no paid staff. It is a 501C3 non-profit 

group, which means any donations to the group are 

tax deductible. Smith said area churches, civic 

groups, businesses and good-hearted individuals have 

donated food, money and their time to help make the 

program a success. She said there are about 100 or so 

active members, 25 of which form the central committee 

that oversees Snack Pack. 

Smith said all food donated to Snack Pack is stored 

at the former CVS Pharmacy facility located next to 

Foodland on Jackson Pike. The building is owned by 

Holzer Clinic, which donates the space at no cost to 

Snack Pack. 

For information about the Gallia County Snack 

Pack Organization, contact Nancy Smith at 446-3939. 

Donations may be sent to the group at P.O. Box 169, 

Gallipolis, OH 45631.

Sunday, September 26, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page C2 

Community Corner 

There is no greater love 

than that which parents 

feel for their children and 

for most of us nothing is 

too much to give, not 

even a kidney. 

Michelle, daughter of 

John Morris, a colonel in 

the U.S. Air Force now 

stationed in California, 

was diagnosed with a 

severe kidney disorder in 

2004. Four years ago 

Michelle had to begin 

dialysis sessions three 

times a week. She was 

placed on the waiting list 

for a kidney donor, but as 

everyone knows it takes a 

long time to find a suitable 

donor. 

Not willing to wait, 

family members began 

the testing process and it 

was John who turned out 

to be a viable kidney 

donor for his daughter. In 

an article which appeared 

in an Air Force newspaper 

it describes John’s reaction 

to the news as “ecstatic, 

incredibly happy, and 

anxious to get it done.” 

The transplant took place 

on Sept. 1 at the Loma 

Linda University Medical 

Center Transplantation 

Institute and both John and 

Michelle are doing fine. In 

fact she is back in college 

and John is back at his 

desk. Full recuperation for 

both will take time. 

For John giving a kidney 

to his daughter so 

that she can enjoy a full 

life is, as he describes it, 

“ the most important 

thing I’ve ever done in 

my life.” 

John is the son of Carl 

and Janet Morris of 

Rutland. 

Now how strange is this. 

MARIETTA — A special 

Library of Congress 

traveling exhibition will 

visit Marietta on Oct. 2 

and 3. 

Free and open to the 

public, the exhibit, 

parked at the Marietta 

College Library, 220 

Fifth St., will be available 

for viewing from 10 

a.m.-6 p.m. on Oct. 5-6. 

The “Gateway to 

Knowledge” exhibition 

— mounted in a customized 

18-wheel truck 

— will bring high-quality 

facsimiles of many of 

the Library’s top treasures 

and information 

about the millions of 

resources in the Library’s 

unparalleled collections 

to small towns and rural 

communities across 

America. The exhibit 

will visit states across the 

Midwest and South over 

the next year. 

Librarian of Congress 

James H. Billington said, 

“As both a storehouse of 

world knowledge and the 

primary resource for the 

U.S. Congress, the 

Library is energized by 

the prospects of the traveling 

exhibition playing 

an important role in sharing 

the national collection 

with the people to 

whom it belongs.” 

The exhibition will 

outline the history of the 

Library, including 

Thomas Jefferson’s role 

in re-establishing the 

Library, when he provided 

his personal book collection 

to the nation after 

Charlene Hoeflich 

Miles Layton, a former 

reporter on this newspaper, 

sent along a copy of 

a story from The 

Dominion Post in 

Arthurdale, W.Va., 

telling how Nathaniel 

Hawthorne’s book “The 

Scarlet Letter” presented 

to the Arthurdale School 

Library by Mrs. Franklin 

Roosevelt in 1936, turned 

up recently at the 

Pomeroy Library. 

Seems the hard cover 

book was discovered at the 

local library by the assistant 

director Olita 

Heighton. She found it in 

the bottom of a box of 

paperback romance novels 

donated to the library. It 

was clearly stamped 

“Property of the Arthurdale 

School Library” and had a 

handwritten note explaining 

its origin — 

“Presented by Mrs. 

Franklin Roosevelt 1936.” 

After seeing that, Olita 

did some research, found 

Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. 

and mailed it to the executive 

director Jeanne 

Goodman who, of 

course, was delighted to 

receive it. 

The school library has 

been closed for decades 

the burning of the U.S. 

Capitol in 1814. 

Jefferson’s organization 

of his books by categories 

of “Memory, 

Reason and Imagination” 

will inform the organization 

of the exhibition. 

“Gateway to 

Knowledge” will also feature 

facsimiles of such treasures 

as the 1507 

Waldseemüller Map (the 

first document to use the 

word “America”); the 1455 

Gutenberg Bible; the rough 

draft of the Declaration of 

Independence, in Thomas 

Jefferson’s hand with edits 

by Benjamin Franklin and 

John Adams; the original 

1962 drawings for the 

comic book that introduced 

Spiderman to the world; 

the handwritten manuscript 

to jazz pioneer Jelly Roll 

Morton’s “Frog-i-More 

Rag”; and Walt Whitman’s 

poem “Leaves of Grass.” 

The exhibit will 

include programming 

especially for teachers 

and students and provide 

relevant and engaging 

learning experiences for 

lifelong learners. 

The truck, which will 

be staffed and driven by 

two docents well-versed 

in the Library and its 

collections, will be 

parked at various 

schools, libraries, community 

centers and other 

public venues. The trailer 

expands to twice its 

road width, and visitors 

will enter from a central 

staircase to find several 

areas of museum-style 

but the book is now back 

in the community where 

it belongs. It has been 

added to the museum collection, 

and will be displayed 

in the museum’s 

school room exhibit. In 

appreciation for the book 

which is considered a 

community treasure, 

Goodman sent Olita four 

free admission tickets to 

the museum. 

By the way for those 

who remember Miles, he 

now works at the Times 

West Virginia in 

Fairmont. His wife, also 

an OU journalism grad, is 

employed with The 

Dominion Post. Miles 

and his wife and two children 

live in Morgantown. 

The outpouring of assistance 

for the Reedsville 

tornado victims has been 

overwhelming. Churches 

across the region have 

responded to the needs of 

many families who lost 

everything, many volunteers 

have come to help, 

and local agencies, businesses 

and organizations 

have provided tremendous 

support. 

Meigs EMA Director 

Bob Byer commented 

that in the 20 years he has 

worked in disaster times, 

he has never seen such an 

outpouring of help from 

the community and the 

surrounding area. 

It just goes to show that 

we may be a poor county 

with high unemployment, 

but we are a proud 

people who know the 

importance of sharing in 

times of need. The tornado 

which struck the 

Reedsville area a week 

ago has made that clear. 

Traveling exhibit coming to Marietta 

URG studentʼs poem published 

RIO GRANDE — It’s 

not unusual for University 

of Rio Grande and Rio 

Grande Community 

College faculty member to 

see the work of their former 

students published in 

national magazines, but 

Dr. Ralph Shibley’s recent 

experience with this was 

particularly unique and 

poignant. 

Shibley, who lives in 

Powell, Ohio, teaches in 

Rio Grande’s Bunce 

School of Education and 

is an expert on autism. 

Before teaching at Rio 

Grande, in fact, Shibley 

taught in the first classroom 

in Ohio designed 

for children with autism. 

He was teaching at 

Mohawk High School in 

Columbus at the time, 

and worked with the students 

with autism from 

1976 through 1980. 

The work that he did 

with those students 

formed the basis of his 

doctoral research on brain 

functioning and autism in 

the 1980s and left a lasting 

impression on him. 

At Rio Grande, Shibley 

serves as Professor of 

Education, and teaches 

students who will go on 

to become teachers themselves. 

In his classes, he 

also discusses his experiences 

working with students 

with autism and 

many different developmental 

disabilities, and 

Please see Poem, C6 

exhibits including a welcoming 

multimedia display, 

computer terminals 

displaying the Library of 

Congress main website, 

www.loc.gov, and other 

websites including the 

Center for the 

Book/Literacy Programs 

site, www.read.gov, and 

sites pertaining to U.S. 

collections, exhibitions 

and a special site for use 

by teachers. 

The exhibition was the 

idea of philanthropists 

Abby and Emily 

Rapoport, the granddaughters 

of Audre and 

Bernie Rapoport, founding 

members of the 

Library’s private-sector 

support organization the 

James Madison Council. 

The young Rapoports 

have donated $1 million 

to the Library to make 

the “Gateway to 

Knowledge” exhibition 

possible and bring the 

Library’s riches to areas 

of the nation — particularly 

rural areas — that 

may not be aware of their 

access to the wealth of 

information in this publicly 

funded institution. 

Founded in 1800, the 

Library of Congress is 

the nation’s oldest federal 

cultural institution. 

The Library seeks to 

spark imagination and 

creativity and to further 

human understanding 

and wisdom by providing 

access to knowledge 

through its magnificent 

collections, programs 

and exhibitions. 

BY MARTHA A. 

SIMPSON, D.O., M.B.A. 

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF 

FAMILY MEDICINE 

Question: This is an 

embarrassing problem. I 

am constipated most of 

the time. My mother says 

I always have been. Now 

that I am adult, it seems to 

be getting worse. Is there 

something wrong with me 

that makes it hard for me 

to go to the bathroom? 

Answer: This is a great 

question, because it is estimated 

that constipation 

affects about two percent 

of adults in the United 

States. That’s more than 

four million people. It is 

more common is women 

and it seems, also, to be a 

common complaint of the 

elderly. Constipation is 

usually not considered a 

serious medical condition, 

but it is something to be 

dealt with and not ignored. 

Constipation is defined 

as difficult bowel movements. 

While everyone 

has their own “rhythm” 

with regard to bowel 

movements, if your bowel 

movements are less than 

every three days, you have 

constipation. The longer 

the interval between bowel 

movements, the more difficult 

having a bowel 

movement becomes 

because stools tend to be 

hard and dry. There can be 

additional symptoms of 

constipation aside from 

not having a bowel movement. 

Abdominal pain and 

swelling, straining to have 

a bowel movement and 

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UMW contributes to Meals on Wheels 

TUPPERS PLAINS — 

The monthly donation 

for the Meigs County 

Council on Aging’s 

Meals on Wheels program 

was approved at a 

recent meeting of the 

United Methodist 

Women at the St. Paul 

United Methodist Church 

in Tuppers Plains. 

Members were reminded 

that the World Thank 

program and offering 

collection will be 

observed at the October 

meeting and that the 

UMW Festival of 

Sharing will take place 

on Oct. 9 at Otterbein 

University in Westerville. 

The annual pancake/ 

sausage breakfast was 

rescheduled for Nov. 6, 

with serving from 7 to 11 

a.m. Also announced was 

the “Let’s Get Together” 

37th annual celebration of 

the West Ohio Conference 

to be held on Nov. 23 at 

Worthington. 

Barbara Roush, president, 

conducted the 

meeting with Joanna 

Weaver giving the opening 

prayer. The group in 

unison read the UMW 

litany and purpose. Judy 

Kennedy presented the 

Response moment highlighting 

the article 

“Answering the Call to 

Music Ministry” by De- 

Rance Blaylock. 

The program “Missions 

Comes Home: Gather to 

increased gas also are 

common symptoms of 

constipation. 

There are many reasons 

this condition may occur, 

most of them relating to 

dietary habits and lifestyle. 

The most common of these 

causes are inadequate fluid 

intake, especially water; 

lack of fiber in the diet; lack 

of exercise or activity, like 

too much time in a chair or 

on the couch; ignoring the 

natural urge to have a bowel 

movement, because the 

more frequently you ignore 

your bodily signals, the 

fewer signals the body 

sends; a change in routine, 

like travel, early meetings at 

work, or an abrupt change 

in schedule; and eating 

large quantities of dairy 

products, like cheese. 

There also are some 

medical causes of constipation 

which include pregnancy, 

hypothyroidism, 

medication side effects, 

and irritable bowel syndrome, 

as well as more 

serious causes such as colorectal 

cancer and neurological 

conditions such as 

multiple sclerosis or 

Parkinson’s disease. 

Most of the time, constipation 

occurs as a result of 

the more benign causes, 

and there are many things 

that you can do to treat and 

prevent it. Be sure you are 

drinking enough water 

every day. About one and a 

half to two quarts a day is 

recommended. Milk and 

caffeinated beverages can 

increase your constipation, 

so try to avoid these. Get 

more exercise. This doesn’t 

necessarily mean you need 

to work out in a gym — 

just getting up and walking 

around more will improve 

bowel function. And yes, 

it’s true; prunes do work to 

relieve or prevent constipation. 

Some people prefer to 

drink about 4 ounces of 

warm prune juice every 

morning. And finally, be 

sure you include lots of 

fruits, vegetables and 

whole grains in your diet to 

increase the amount of 

fiber you consume. 

Laxatives should be used 

with caution since it is possible 

to become dependent 

on them over time. 

While most people do 

not need to go to the doctor 

for constipation, if it 

is not relieved with simple 

measures, or if it 

comes on for no apparent 

reason, a medical checkup 

is indicated. 

(Family Medicine® is a 

weekly column. General 

medical questions can be 

sent to Martha A. 

Simpson, D.O., M.B.A., 

Ohio University College 

of Osteopathic Medicine, 

Communication Office, 

Athens, Ohio 45701, or 

familymedicine@oucom. 

ohiou.edu.) 

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by Sharon Luks. The program 

focused on the 

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highlighting fundamental 

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Cards were signed for 

Elsie Culley and Edna 

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Members present were 

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HAPCAP has immediate CSFP openings 

ATHENS — The 

Hocking Athens Perry 

Community Action 

Regional Food Center has 

announced that it has 

immediate openings in its 

Commodity Supplemental 

Food Program (CSFP) in 

Meigs County. 

According to Dick 

Stevens, HAPCAP food 

and nutrition division 

director, CSFP is a federally- 

funded USDA food and 

nutrition program for nutritionally 

at-risk, incomeeligible 

participants 60 and 

older administrated by 

Ohio Department of Job 

and Family Services. 

Each month, more than 

4,400 seniors 60 and older 

in a 10-county region 

receive a food box of 

USDA products. The 

monthly food box includes 

canned fruits, vegetables, 

juices, meats, dairy and 

cereal. Boxes are prepackaged 

at the Regional Food 

Center in Logan. 

To qualify for the program, 

participants must be: 

A resident of Meigs 

County. 

Age 60 years or older. 

Meet federal income 

eligibility guidelines. 

Eligibility is based on 

130 percent of the 

Federal Poverty Income 

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Erik and Liza Settles 

HOLESKI-SETTLES 

WEDDING 

Liza Holeski and Erik Settles were married on Sept. 

5, 2010, at Olin Park in Madison, Wisc. Pastor Keith 

Eilers, uncle of the groom, performed the ceremony. 

Liza is the daughter of Paul and Sue Holeski of 

Gambier, Ohio, formerly of Rio Grande. She is a 1997 

graduate of Gallia Academy High School, a 2001 graduate 

of St. Olaf College and earned a Ph.D. in biology 

from the University of Kansas in 2007. She is employed 

as a research associate at the University of Wisconsin. 

Erik is the son of Gorden and Martha Settles of 

North Bend, Neb. He is a 1998 graduate of North Bend 

High School in Nebraska, a 2002 graduate of Wayne 

State College and earned a Ph.D. in virology from the 

University of Wisconsin in 2008. He is employed as a 

research associate at the University of Wisconsin. 

The couple resides in Madison, Wisc. 

Hailey Elizabeth Gruber 

GRUBER BIRTH 

Hailey Elizabeth Gruber was born Aug. 24, 2010, at 

Holzer Medical Center. 

Hailey is the daughter of Chris and Danielle Gruber 

of Bidwell, and little sister to Isaiah. 

She is the granddaughter of Howard and Gerry Gruber 

of Cheshire and Mike and Judy Carter of Oak Hill. 

Jaxon Cale Martin 

MARTIN 1ST 

BIRTHDAY 

Jaxon Cale, son of Joe and Samantha (Mooney) 

Martin of Gallipolis, celebrated his first birthday on 

Sept. 9, 2010. He celebrated by playing and eating 

pizza and cake with his family and friends. 

His maternal grandparents are Lee and Jamie 

Mooney and Pam Dyer, all of Gallipolis. 

His paternal grandparents are Paul and Mary Martin 

of Crown City. 

MORGAN 

ANNIVERSARY 

Sharon and Mickey Morgan of Rio Grande will 

celerbate their 46th wedding anniversary on Monday, 

Sept. 27. 

The Morgans have two children, Rodney and Scott, 

who both residen in Rio Grande, and two grandchildren. 

Amy and Scott Shipe 

FRECKER-SHIPE 

WEDDING 

Amy Marie Frecker and Scott Rush Shipe were united 

in marriage July 29, 2010, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. 

The Rev. Denny Krumlauf, uncle of the groom, performed 

the ceremony on the beach in front of the 

Spring Maid Beach Resort. 

The bride was given in marriage by her parents and 

escorted by her father. Amy is the daughter of Rodney 

and Mona Frecker of Pomeroy. Scott is the son of 

Robert and Penny Shipe of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. 

Rachel Jones, friend of the bride, served as matron 

of honor. Aaron Shipe, brother of the groom, served 

as best man. Ushers were Austin and Wyatt King, 

nephews of the bride. Nieces and nephews of the 

groom adorned the bride's path with seashells. 

The bride wore a v-neck gown by Sandals made of 

nu-georgette with a multitiered skirt and slight train. 

She carried a bouquet of coral calla lilies and ferns 

with cascading coral flowers. 

A reception was held at the Ripley's Aquarium Banquet 

Room at Broadway on the Beach. A country-style buffet 

dinner was served along with a three-tiered cake decorated 

with aqua and coral seashells and topped with coral 

calla lilies. The couple honeymooned for a week before 

returning to their home in Middleport. The bride is 

employed by the Ohio University Medical Associates in 

Athens, and the groom is employed by MPW, Hebron. 

RIO GRANDE — The 

University of Rio Grande 

and Rio Grande 

Community College welcomed 

several new faculty 

and staff members to 

campus this fall, including 

Carla Shuler, Robert 

Fish, William Capehart 

and Richard Fisher 

Shuler, who is a lecturer 

at the Rio Grande 

Meigs Center, recently 

retired from the Southern 

Local School District. 

She has been a teacher 

for 38 years, and also 

taught part-time previously 

for in the evenings 

Rio Grande at the Meigs 

Center and on the main 

campus. She has a master’s 

of education degree 

from Ohio University 

and lives near Racine. 

She has enjoyed teaching 

for Rio Grande previously 

and is proud to now 

be a full-time lecturer. 

“I like the community 

college environment and I 

really enjoy teaching mathematics,” 

Shuler said. 

Teaching at the Rio Grande 

Meigs Center also gives 

her the unique opportunity 

to work with some of the 

students she previously 

taught at the Southern 

Local School District. 

“I just really enjoy 

teaching for Rio Grande. 

I always have,” Shuler 

added. “I like the people. 

I like all of the staff 

members I’ve met at Rio 

Grande. I love teaching 

and I just have fun.” 

In her new role at the 

Rio Grande Meigs 

Center, Shuler still teaches 

some evening classes, 

but she also teaches daytime 

courses as well. 

“If I can provide some 

level of quality instruction 

to the people who 

attend Rio Grande, I am 

thrilled,” Shuler said. “I 

just feel privileged to be 

an instructor with Rio 

Grande. They’ve got 

some top-notch people 

there, particularly in the 

math department.” 

Another new member of 

the faculty is Robert Fish, 

who is a lecturer in psychology. 

Fish comes to Rio 

Grande after serving in several 

roles in the psychology 

field. He worked as a 

Supervised Psychologist 

for the West Virginia 

Division of Corrections, 

served as a Respite Care 

Provider for Braley & 

Thompson in St. Albans, 

W.Va., served as a Mental 

Health Technician for the 

Ohio Valley Medical 

Center in Wheeling, W.Va., 

and worked as a Case 

Manager for Northwood 

Health Systems in 

Moundville, W.Va. 

Fish earned a Doctorate 

in Industrial/Organizational 

Psychology from Capella 

University, a Master’s of 

Arts in Clinical 

Psychology from Marshall 

University and a Bachelor 

of Arts in Psychology and a 

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish 

from Grove City College. 

He also served as a 

Psychological Assistant 

and a Psychometrist as part 

of his internship programs. 

He has been active in community 

service projects in 

the different areas he has 

lived, and Rio Grande is 

proud to have him on serving 

on campus. 

Rio Grande’s Bunce 

School of Education is seeing 

two new faculty members 

join the ranks this fall, 

as William Capehart and 

Richard Fisher have joined 

the school. 

Capehart comes to Rio 

Grande with a wealth of 

experience in education. He 

is serving as an Assistant 

Professor of Education at 

Rio Grande, and lives in 

Point Pleasant, W. Va. 

His previous work has 

included serving as superintendent 

of the Rockingham 

County Schools in Eden, 

N.C.; superintendent of the 

Boyd County Public 

Schools in Ashland, Ky.; 

assistant superintendent of 

the Cabell County Public 

Schools in Huntington, 

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MULHOLAND- 

JIVIDEN 

WEDDING 

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mulholand and Ms. Joyce Jividen 

and Dean Jividen would like to announce the marriage 

of their children, Erica Von Mulholand and Beau 

Dean Jividen. 

The wedding took place oceanfront at Myrtle 

Beach, S.C., on Aug. 21, 2010, with a small group 

of family and friends present. A reception was 

held at the Shrine Club on Bulaville Pike the following 

week. 

Erica is the granddaughter of Phyllis and the late 

James Mulholand of Wilkesville, and Bill and 

Mildred George of Bidwell. 

Beau is the grandson of Mildred Jividen Jacobs and 

the late Ray Jividen of Bidwell, and Evelyn and the 

late Julius Preston of Gallipolis. 

Beau and Erica are both graduates of River Valley 

High School. Erica is employed at Holzer Clinic in 

Gallipolis and is currently enrolled at Marshall 

University. Beau is employed by the Gallipolis 

Developmental Center. 

Beau and Erica reside in Gallipolis. 

University of Rio Grande welcomes new faculty 

W.Va.; assistant to the 

superintendent for the 

Jefferson County Public 

Schools in Louisville, Ky.; 

and elementary teacher, secondary 

teacher, special education 

teacher, director of 

special education, associate 

superintendent and superintendent 

for the Mason 

County Public Schools. 

Capehart also served as 

the State Director of 

Special Education for the 

West Virginia Department 

of Education. 

He also has experience 

teaching college students 

as he served as an associate 

professor for Marshall 

University Graduate 

College and as an associate 

professor for Franciscan 

University of Steubenville. 

He earned his doctorate 

in Public School 

Administration/Curriculu 

m & Instruction/Special 

Education from West 

Virginia University, two 

master’s degrees from 

Marshall University and a 

bachelor’s degree in elementary 

education/special 

education from West 

Virginia University. He 

also studied Education 

Mediation/Conflict 

Resolution with the 

Atlanta Justice Center for 

Education Mediation, and 

has done post-doctoral 

research on At-Risk 

Teaching Strategies with 

West Virginia University. 

Richard Fisher, 

D.V.M., who lives near 

Gallipolis, comes to Rio 

Grande after a career in 

industry and education. 

He earned his Doctor of 

Veterinary Medicine 

degree from Ohio State 

University, and then 

worked for several years 

as a veterinarian, even 

owning the Rio Grande 

Veterinary Clinic from 

1978-1983 in the village 

of Rio Grande. 

“It stood where there is a 

campus parking lot now,” 

Fisher said. He later went 

on to work in industry, serving 

in positions such as 

Divisional Vice President 

for Research and 

Development for the Hartz 

Mountain Corporation, 

Director of Consumer 

Relations and Technical 

Services for the Hartz 

Mountain Corporation, Vice 

President of Research and 

Development for Carter- 

Wallace, Inc., and Senior 

Product Development 

Manager for the American 

Cyanamid Company. 

He also served as an 

instructor in pre-veterinary 

technology for the 

Miami Valley Career 

Technology Center. 

As an assistant professor 

of Career Technology 

at Rio Grande, Fisher is 

leading the Career 

Technology program. 

This program invites in 

professionals from industry 

to take classes in the 

program in order to earn 

their teaching licenses so 

that they can also teach for 

career technology centers. 

“They have to take a 

series of classes on education 

parameters,” Fisher 

explained. The classes are 

held on Saturdays since 

most of the students are 

working, and students 

come from all across 

Ohio to take classes in 

Rio Grande’s program. 

“I enjoy the teaching, 

and I really feel like I can 

relate to students in the 

career technology program 

because I have 

experienced it,” Fisher 

said. He worked in industry 

for 21 years and practiced 

veterinary medicine 

for seven years, and then 

took classes so that he 

could teach.


Turning to Twitter to fix restaurant complaints 

BY SERENA DAI 


CHICAGO — When 

Tony Bosco saw mostly 

negative reviews about 

the restaurant Wow Bao, 

he Tweeted: “Going to 

‘business’ dinner (at)Wow 

Bao. Can any1 tell me if 

it’s going to suck as much 

reviews suggest.” 

And almost immediately 

he got a response 

from an unexpected 

source — BaoMouth, the 

official Twitter feed of 

Wow Bao, an upscale fast 

food place in Chicago. 

The restaurant offered 

him a coupon to find out 

for himself, on the house. 

Wow Bao sent Bosco 

two $15 gift cards via an 

iPhone app, and Bosco 

went the next night, posting 

pictures of the food 

on Twitter. 

“I would say it made it 

a little more exciting,” 

said Bosco, 34. “That 

immediate interaction. 

Conversations about 

food that once only happened 

between friends are 

now public thanks to the 

Internet. And the 

microblogging site Twitter 

has only sped up the conversation. 

Whether it’s 

reviews before the meal or 

the service afterward, 

opinions are voiced freely 

— and restaurants are taking 

notice. 

Many eateries have 

been tweeting about specials 

or other events for a 

while. But recently 

restaurants — locals and 

chains — have started 

Twitter conversations 

with customers. Chains 

like Chipotle and Pei Wei 

even have full-time social 

media employees. 

Previously corporatesounding 

restaurant 

Twitter feeds now are 

filled with streams of 

replies directly to diners, 

in some cases performing 

nearly instantaneous customer 

service. 

Geoff Alexander, managing 

partner of Wow 

Bao, explained his company’s 

Twitter commitment 

like this: If somebody 

has 1,000 followers 

and writes a negative 

Tweet about Wow Bao, 

then 1,000 people could 

think the restaurant is bad. 

But if Wow Bao publicly 

responds to that Tweet, 

1,000 people may see the 

issue is being handled. 

“We created this entity 

to talk to people,” 

Alexander said. 

“BaoMouth can do whatever 

it takes to enhance 

the guest’s experience.” 

Chipotle, based in 

Denver, Colo., also has 

responded to customer 

problems through Twitter, 

even though the chain has 

about 1,000 locations 

across 50 cities. Their entire 

feed, ChipotleTweets, is a 

list of answers to consumer 

questions and responses to 

problems. 

Dennis Yslas tweeted 

in a Fort Worth, Texas, 

Chipotle about a lack of 

corn tortillas. Less than 2 

minutes later, the company 

replied to Yslas, a 47year-old 

actor. The corporate 

office called the 

local manager about the 

tortilla situation even 

before Yslas had left the 

restaurant, Yslas said. 

“I was kind of frustrated 

that they didn’t have 

them,” said Yslas. “But 

Chipotle was totally, 

totally ready to cover me.” 

Chris Arnold, one of 

the several people who 

Tweet for Chipotle, said 

the volume of Tweets is 

the greatest challenge for 

such a big chain. Not 

only do they have an 

employee dedicated to 

social media, a slew of 

customer service representatives 

also Tweet and 

use Facebook part-time. 

“It’s time and resources 

very well spent,” Arnold 

said. “You can either pretend 

that (the conversation) 

isn’t happening or decide 

not to be part of it. To us, it 

just really makes sense to 

use those as tools.” 

Graham Elliot, a judge 

on Fox’s reality television 

competition 

M. Spencer Green/AP Photo 

This Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, photo shows chef Graham Elliot of Graham Elliot 

restaurant as he displays his Twitter account on his iPad at his restaurant in 

Chicago. Elliot frequently tweets his opinions about topics other than his restaurant 

or cooking, from current events to fantasy football picks. He even uses Twitter 

to let his followers make decisions about the music the restaurant plays. 

“MasterChef” and owner 

of the Graham Elliot 

restaurant in Chicago, is 

known to — in his words 

— “publicly humiliate” 

customers who complain 

about the restaurant 

online. 

But if he thinks the 

complaint is genuine, 

Elliot said he will send a 

private message or call to 

invite the customer to try 

the restaurant again. 

“It’s great to have this 

wall torn down,” Elliot 

said. “Most of the time, 

people just want to be 

heard.” 

Elliot writes all of the 

GrahamElliot tweets himself. 

Like other restaurants, 

Elliot wants his 

Twitter voice to be in line 

with the brand, which in 

his case means “an indi- 

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picks. Elliot even uses 

Twitter to let his followers 

make decisions about the 

music the restaurant plays. 

“It’s the democratization 

of fine dining,” he said. 

Time to introduce yourself to tomatillos 

BY JIM ROMANOFF 

FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 

You’ve probably 

looked right at them 

dozens of times, those 

greenish, papery, lanternlike 

things in the bin next 

to the tomatoes at the 

market. And then you 

probably moved on. 

They’re called tomatillos 

and they are worth 

stopping for. 

Tomatillos can be used 

raw or cooked much as 

you would a tomato. The 

berry inside the husk can 

range from marble- to 

plum-size and has solid, 

seedy flesh. Raw, they 

taste a bit like green 

apple with hints of lemon 

or lime, but cooking mellows 

the flavor. 

Nutritionally speaking, 

tomatillos have roughly 

the same amount of vitamin 

C as a red tomato 

and a bit more potassium. 

When selecting tomatillos 

choose smooth, green 

fruits (when they start to 

turn yellow they lose 

some of their tanginess), 

free of bruises and blemishes. 

The husks should 

be clean and dry. 

To prepare tomatillos 

you will need to peel 

away the husk and wash 

away the sticky resin on 

the skin. 

For a touch of tartness, 

consider adding chopped 

tomatillos to your 

favorite greens. Or to 

make a salad where 

they’re more prominently 

featured, combine 

wedges of tomatillos and 

tomatoes with slivered 

red onion, then toss in a 

dressing made with 

extra-virgin olive oil and 

lime juice spiked with 

chopped cilantro and red 

pepper flakes. 

This mellow salsa 

verde is made by pureeing 

char-grilled tomatillos, 

sweet onion and 

poblano chili peppers. 

The recipe can be made 

spicier or milder by varying 

the type of chili pepper 

you use. 

Serve this green salsa 

with chips for dipping, or 

mash it up with avocado 

and additional lime juice 

for an easy guacamole. 

To make huevos verde, 

melt some shredded Jack 

cheese on corn tortillas 

and top with a couple 

poached or fried eggs and 

a liberal amount of the 

salsa. Serve with black 

beans and additional warm 

corn tortillas for scooping. 

Charred Tomatillo, 

Poblano and Sweet 

Onion Salsa 

Start to finish: 50 minutes 

(10 minutes active) 

Servings: 4 (1/2 cup 

each) 

1 pound tomatillos, 

husks removed, rinsed 

1 medium sweet onion, 

cut into 1/2-inch-thick 

slices 

1 small poblano chili 

pepper 

2 tablespoons rice 

vinegar 

1 tablespoon lime juice 

1 to 2 teaspoons honey, 

to taste 

1/8 teaspoon salt, or to 

taste 

Heat a gas grill to high 

or light a charcoal fire. 

Grill the tomatillos, 

onion slices and poblano, 

turning occasionally, 

until soft and charred, 10 

to 15 minutes. Remove 

the vegetables as they are 

ready. Set aside to cool 

for about 15 minutes. 

Peel, seed and stem the 

poblano. Coarsely chop 

the onion. 

In the bowl of a food 

processor, combine the 

tomatillos, onion, 

poblano, vinegar, lime 

juice, honey and salt. 

Pulse until the mixture is 

well blended but still a 

bit chunky. Serve warm 

or cold. 

Nutrition information 

per serving (values are 

rounded to the nearest 

whole number): 87 calories; 

14 calories from fat 

(16 percent of total calories); 

2 g fat (0 g saturated; 

0 g trans fats); 0 mg 

cholesterol; 18 g carbohydrate; 

2 g protein; 4 g 

fiber; 218 mg sodium. 

Larry Crowe/AP photo 

This Aug. 30, 2010 photo 

shows tomatillo, poblano 

and sweet onion salsa. 

Tomatillos are an often 

overlooked veggie that 

have traits similar to 

tomatoes and can be 

used raw or cooked. 

Grab some the next time 

you are at the market 

and try them in this salsa 

recipe. 

Tailor-made treats: Web offers your food your way 

BY MICHELLE LOCKE 


Log on and you can 

design your own jeans, 

shoes, even cars. So, it 

shouldn’t come as a surprise 

that you also can go 

online for tailor-made 

treats that let you put 

your own twist on everything 

from jerky to gingerbread. 

Take chocri, a chocolate 

bar company that lets 

you pick out different 

chocolate bases, then 

choose toppings from 

dozens of options. 

Customers fall into 

three camps, says 

chocri’s U.S. CEO 

Carmen Magar. There are 

people who want to go 

crazy — chives? Really? 

People who like the idea 

of personalizing a gift 

without having to clock 

hours in the kitchen, and 

people who just really 

like the chocolate, which 

is fair trade, organic and 

from Belgium. 

The business was started 

in Germany by friends 

Michael Bruck and Franz 

Duge. The young entrepreneurs 

already were 

running a chocolate fountain 

company and when 

Duge was casting around 

for a birthday gift for his 

girlfriend, he hit on the 

idea of creating a bar and 

topping it with her 

favorite snacks. Success 

in Europe led them to 

open a U.S. branch this 

year and orders currently 

are around 50,000 bars a 

month, says Magar. 

Popular toppings 

include things like strawberries, 

raspberries and 

hazelnut brittle, though 

sea salt also is in demand. 

Tiffany Swords of 

Hoboken, N.J., came 

across chocri some 

months ago when her 

husband ordered a couple 

of bars. He got dark 

chocolate with orange 

and fleur de sel and she 

had a bar with dried blueberries 

and vanilla chips. 

They have since ordered 

more as gifts for family 

and friends. 

“I really like that you 

can choose,” says 

Swords, a teacher. “If 

you have someone and 

you know what they like, 

it’s totally custom. The 

gift receivers are pleasantly 

surprised.” 

Want more bespoke 

bonbons? M&M’s can be 

ordered in various colors 

and emblazoned with 

everything from your 

corporate logo to the 

smiling face of your 

sweet 16-year-old. 

Other customized food 

offerings include Slant 

Shack Jerky, where you 

pick the meat, marinade, 

rub, glaze and size, and 

Larry Crowe/AP photo 

This Aug. 30, 2010 photo shows tomatillos, light green, a poblano pepper and onion 

slices as they are grilled to make charred tomatillo, poblano and sweet onion salsa. 

ecreamery, which lets 

you pick the base, flavor, 

mix-ins and packaging of 

your ice cream. 

Striking a more seasonal 

note, you can order 

your own gingerbread 

family at Gingerista, 

selecting the mix of ages 

and genders to fit your 

clan. Dogs, cats and fish 

also are available and 

each cookie is hand-frosted 

in the color you pick. 

But custom food isn’t 

necessarily cheap. 

Chocolate from chocri 

averages about $7 a bar, 

while ecreamery 

charges $49.99 for four 

1-pint containers. 

But new dynamics in 

the market include the 

Internet, the growth in 

small companies that sell 

their products exclusively 

online, and consumers 

who want “what they 

want the way they want 

when they want it.” 

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Vacation photos pop with layered, framed prints 

BY HOLLY RAMER 


At a time when many 

summer vacation photos 

are snapped with cell 

phones and posted on 

Facebook, the notion of 

printing and framing pictures 

seems downright 

quaint. But taking the 

time to create a threedimensional 

work of art 

that literally pops off the 

paper is a rewarding way 

to preserve those perfect 

— and not so perfect — 

vacation moments. 

The beauty of this technique, 

which involves 

printing multiple copies 

of an image, cutting away 

various layers and 

reassembling them in a 

shadow box frame, is that 

you can switch around 

subjects and backgrounds. 

Got a great picture 

of the Magic 

Kingdom on your trip to 

Disney World, but the 

best picture of the kids 

shows them in front of a 

tacky tourist or trash can? 

Just extract your little 

ones from their picture 

and layer them against the 

more scenic background. 

This technique also can 

rescue a photograph 

where the exposure 

might be a bit off. For 

example, if your foreground 

subject is a bit 

dark but the background 

looks good, just print one 

BY JENNIFER FORKER 


Think outside the box 

— the photo frame or the 

bulletin board, that is — 

in bringing personal photos 

into the workspace. 

“People are kind of 

looking for style everywhere 

now,” says 

Samantha Thorpe, senior 

home design editor for 

Better Homes and 

Gardens magazine. 

“They want to make their 

(work) place look more 

personal and pretty.” 

Ideas include applying 

images to surprising surfaces 

— a porcelain vase, 

a lampshade or inside a 

clear glass jar. Today’s 

digital photography makes 

it possible. 

“A lot of us spend so 

much time in our offices. 

We should try to incorporate 

the people we love into 

our spaces,” says Rachael 

Liska, senior editor at 

Fresh Home magazine. 

The key is to decorate a 

workspace for attractiveness 

without distractions. 

“It’s kind of this whole 

de-cluttering feeling,” 

Thorpe says. “De-clutter 

your photos and de-clutter 

your work space. It 

makes your space feel 

more organized, and this 

may help you out.” 

Better Homes and 

Gardens’ photo-displaying 

ideas for the home 

often can translate to the 

office. Thorpe suggests 

painting or decoupaging 

a simple desk organizer, 

adding a few sentimental 

words, such as “Worth a 

thousand words,” with 

stencils or scrapbook letters, 

and grouping matted 

photos on top of that. 

If the photo mattes are 

the same color, it lends 

consistency — thus elegance 

— to the collection. 

Displaying only 

black and white photos 

helps, too, creating “that 

classic feel people like,” 

Thorpe says. 

Another idea from 

Thorpe: Ring a small can 

Holly Ramer/AP Photo 

This Aug. 29, 2010, photo shows some supplies to make a 3-D framed photo in 

Concord, N.H. Start by dividing a picture into its foreground subject, background 

and several in-between layers. Print multiple copies, cut out each layer, and use 

adhesive foam dots to stick them together. 

copy slightly lighter than 

the rest and use that for 

the top layer. 

The result is an eyecatching 

display that 

adds depth to the original 

images. For a more artistic 

look, those who know 

their way around 

Photoshop or other editing 

software might consider 

applying a watercolor 

effect to an image 

before printing. 

MATERIALS: 

multiple copies of the 

same photograph, or a 

or jar with colorful paper 

topped with family 

images; embellish with 

scrapbook letters or 

stickers. And jazz up 

frames by tweaking 

what’s inside: Thorpe 

suggests incorporating 

scrapbooking skills and 

ephemera with family 

members’ faces in perfect 

circles cut with a largesized 

hole punch. 

Alternate family images 

with punched-out circles 

of scrapbook paper and 

embellishments in a grid 

format for a 3-D effect. 

“It works because it’s 

still really simple,” 

Thorpe says. “Doing a 

grid like this one you give 

yourself a good structure. 

It’s like a recipe.” 

Saving the easiest 

Thorpe tip for last: She 

suggests tucking computerprinted 

photos — again, 

preferably in black and 

white — inside clear glass 

jars that then can be used 

for pencils and other office 

supplies. The photos can be 

switched out at any time. 

From a recent issue of 

Fresh Home, Liska shares 

several home-to-office 

photo-keepsake ideas: 

combination of foregrounds 

and backgrounds 

scissors 

adhesive foam dots or 

strips 

shadow box frame 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

(1) Choose an image 

that features a person or 

other strong subject in 

the foreground and has 

interesting elements in 

the background that can 

be easily divided. The 

picture I chose features 

my husband and son on a 

Print a simple black-andwhite 

image onto a clear or 

white self-adhesive label, 

available at office-supply 

stores, and attach it to a 

smooth surface, such as a 

ceramic vase. 

Or print a family photo 

onto photo-transfer fabric 

and wrap it around an 

existing lampshade; attach 

with decorative brads, or 

spray with fabric adhesive 

or liquid fabric glue. 

Another use for a larger 

image printed onto 

photo-transfer fabric: 

Stretch it across a stretcher 

frame or a pre-existing 

canvas frame and staple 

into place for that “I’m a 

canvas painting” look. 

For the traditionalist 

who wants to showcase 

framed images, here’s 

something new: Kodak 

has created a “metallic” 

paper for printing digital 

images, which adds 

brightness and sharpness 

to photos. 

Jeff Lawson, store 

manager of Wolf Camera 

at Colorado Mills in 

Lakewood, Colo., says 

the metallic printing 

process works best for 

pictures that have high 

street corner in 

Washington, D.C., with a 

pretty tree behind them 

and the U.S. Capitol in 

the far distance. 

(2) Decide how many 

different layers your final 

picture will include and 

print that many copies 

onto photo paper, or have 

multiple prints made. I 

chose four layers: the 

people, the street and 

trees, the Capitol and the 

sky. If you are combining 

more than one image, 

print one copy of your 

color contrasts, so blackand-white 

images are 

ideal. And outdoor 

scenes work best. 

“It really does make 

the image pop. In a way, 

it reflects light just like 

metal would,” says 

Lawson, noting there’s 

no metal incorporated 

into the prints. 

“The only thing I’ve seen 

it doesn’t work with are 

those inside-with-a-flash 

photos of grandkids sitting 

on the floor,” says Lawson. 

Sharing family photos in 

the workplace in an attractive, 

organized manner 

helps co-workers become 

and remain connected. 

“It gives people something 

to talk about,” says 

Thorpe. “We all have 

family. We can all connect 

on that level.” 

This Aug. 29, 2010, photo shows a 3-D framed photo 

in Concord, N.H. Make your vacation photos pop by 

printing multiple copies and then layering various elements 

to create a 3-D effect. 

foreground subject and 

multiple copies of the 

background image. Make 

sure your copies are sized 

to fit in your frame. 

(3) Carefully cut out 

your subject from one 

copy of the image. 

Continue cutting out the 

other layers, leaving one 

copy intact as the background. 

(4) Use the adhesive 

foam dots or strips to 

stick each layer to the 

one below it, carefully 

lining up the images. 

Keeping the dots in 

roughly the same position 

on each layer will 

give the piece more stability. 

(5) Insert the completed 

picture into the frame. 

Workspace Art: Family photos get promoted 

Meredith Corporation, Bill Hopkins/AP photo 

This image provided by Meredith Corporation which appears in the Summer 2006 

issue of Creative Home magazine and was taken by Bill Hopkins shows various 

photos displayed on a desk. 

Meredith Corporation, 

Helen Norman 

/AP photo 

This image provided by 

Meredith Corporation 

which appears in the May 

2010 issue of Better 

Homes and Gardens and 

was taken by Helen 

Norman shows photos 

displayed inside clear jars. 

Kitchen design mirrors a century of change 

BY SUSAN ZEVON 


NEW YORK — The 

kitchen, once tucked away 

in the basement or a back 

annex, became a laboratory 

of modern design in the 

20th century. It became a 

showcase for consumer 

culture and a symbol of 

changing gender roles. 

The changing kitchen is 

the focus of an exhibit 

that opened this month at 

the Museum of Modern 

Art called “Counter 

Space: Design and the 

Modern Kitchen.” 

It comprises almost 300 

works, all from the museum’s 

collection, including 

design objects, architectural 

plans, posters, photographs, 

archival films, 

prints and paintings. 

The inspiration was the 

acquisition last year of the 

“Frankfurt Kitchen,” on 

view for the first time at 

the Modern. Designed by 

German modernist architect 

Margarete Schutte- 

Lihotzky from 1926- 

1927, it was one of about 

10,000 kitchens built as 

part of an affordable housing 

initiative in Frankfurt 

after World War I. 

The Frankfurt Kitchen 

exemplifies the early 20th 

century belief in the trans- 

formative power of design, 

particularly as a way to 

transform the lives of 

working people. Compact 

and ergonomic, it integrated 

appliances, work and 

storage space in a new way. 

“The design embodies 

the concerns of the modern 

movement: efficiency, 

hygiene, standardization 

and social concerns,” 

says the show’s curator, 

Juliet Kinchin. 

Meredith Corporation, Adam Albright/AP photo 

This image provided by Meredith Corporation which 

appears in the winter 2009 issue of 100 Decorating 

Ideas Under $100 and was taken by Adam Albright 

shows photos displayed on an oversized letter N. 

Think outside the box — the photo frame or the bulletin 

board, that is — in bringing personal photos into 

the workspace.


Atlantic City hopes ʻBoardwalk Empireʼ brings the tourists 

BY WAYNE PARRY 

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER 

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. 

— What “The Sopranos” 

did for a pork store in 

northern New Jersey and 

“Sex and the City” did for 

a Manhattan cupcake 

shop, Atlantic City is hoping 

“Boardwalk Empire” 

does for the seaside gambling 

resort. 

Nothing is too trivial to 

become a tourist trap as 

long as it appears in a hit 

TV show. “Sopranos” 

fans packed tour buses to 

visit spots like the pork 

store and a strip club, and 

girls-night-out devotees 

planned trips around 

watering holes and shoe 

stores featured in “Sex 

and the City.” 

Now, with “Boardwalk 

Empire,” the HBO series 

set in Prohibition-era 

Atlantic City, the resort is 

ready for its close-up. 

And with critics hailing 

the series as perhaps the 

best of the fall TV season, 

the 12-episode series 

could keep Atlantic City 

in the nation’s consciousness 

far longer and better 

than any ad could. 

“It’s an hour-long 

commercial for Atlantic 

City, top-of-the mind 

he prepares his students 

to work with students of 

all different backgrounds 

who may be facing different 

challenges. 

Shibley also works 

with organizations in the 

region that work with and 

support children with 

autism, and teaches 

workshops and seminars. 

He is also working with 

another author on a book 

dealing with autism. 

“When we are working 

with children with 

autism, we have to 

become the learner,” 

Shibley said. 

While talking with one 

of his many contacts 

awareness,” said Don 

Marrandino, eastern 

regional president of 

Harrah’s Entertainment 

Inc., which owns four of 

Atlantic City’s 11 casinos. 

“People will want 

to come here and see it 

for themselves, and we 

need to take full advantage 

of that.” 

The attention comes 

not a moment too soon 

for the nation’s secondlargest 

gambling resort. 

Atlantic City is in the 

fourth straight year of a 

revenue decline brought 

on by competition from 

casinos in neighboring 

states, as well as a continuing 

poor economy 

that has people less 

willing to risk their 

cash at the tables and 

slot machines. 

Its revenues, after hitting 

a high of $5.2 billion 

in 2006, fell to $3.9 billion 

by the end of last 

year and nearly 9,000 

casino workers have lost 

their jobs since then. 

Two casinos were sold 

this year for pennies on 

the dollar, and a third is 

widely believed to be in 

danger of closing, having 

stopped making mortgage 

payments more than 

a year ago. 

across the country earlier 

this year, Shibley was 

discussing the national 

publication “Dyslexic 

Reader,” and recalled a 

poem that one of his students 

from Mohawk 

High School had written. 

The goals of the magazine, 

according to information 

stated inside the publication, 

are “to increase 

worldwide awareness 

about the positive aspects 

of dyslexia and related 

learning styles’ and to present 

methods for improving 

literacy, education and 

academic success. We 

believe that all people’s 

abilities and talents should 

In this context, the free 

publicity from a smash 

hit TV show is a godsend. 

Jeff Vasser, president 

of the Atlantic City 

Convention & Visitors 

Authority, says the resort 

has a golden opportunity 

to cash in. 

“I don’t think HBO can 

do anything more than it 

already has done to promote 

this show, so there 

will be no excuse for us to 

say, ‘If only they had done 

this or that,’ “ he said. 

The show centers on 

the exploits of Enoch 

“Nucky” Thompson, the 

Steve Buscemi character 

based on the real-life 

Enoch “Nucky” Johnson, 

Atlantic City’s political 

and rackets boss during 

Prohibition. 

For 30 years, until he 

was finally sent to prison 

in 1941 for tax evasion, 

Johnson dominated 

Atlantic City — then one 

of the nation’s leading 

resorts. He controlled not 

only the Republican 

political machine that 

had a stranglehold on 

government, but also 

made sure illegal liquor, 

prostitution and gambling 

operations flourished 

under the protection 

of paid-off officials. 

be recognized and valued, 

and that learning problems 

can be corrected.” 

Shibley thought the 

poem by former student 

Chris E. Clarkson would 

be perfect for the magazine, 

so he submitted it 

for publication. The editors 

agreed with him, and 

recently published the 

poem in the magazine. 

Here is the poem, “I 

Hate Loneliness,” by 

Chris E. Clarkson 

Loneliness is a disease 

that must go, 

Because I don’t’ want 

to feel so low. 

Loneliness is a disease 

that must go 

So 

I don’t have to live a 

lonely year. 

Have I made myself 

The show’s first 

episode, which aired last 

Sunday, introduces us to 

Nucky and his network 

of vice as he cements 

alliances with organized 

crime to make sure that 

Atlantic City stayed wet 

while the rest of the 

nation was officially dry. 

But it also showed his 

compassionate side, handling 

out cash to downand-out 

families whose 

political loyalties were 

then secured for years. 

In the spirit of Nucky 

Johnson, Atlantic City is 

trying to wring every last 

dollar out of the show 

with a slew of 1920sthemed 

promotions. 

Nearly 30 restaurants are 

offering are offering two 

or three-course meals 

priced at $19.20. Caesars 

Atlantic City is offering 

1,920 hotel rooms for 

$19.20 a night. Bars are 

whipping up whiskeylaced 

“Boardwalk 

Empire” cocktails like 

“The Nucky” (whiskey, 

grapefruit juice, tonic 

water and grenadine over 

ice, topped by an orange 

wedge), and “The 

Boardwalk Boss” 

(whiskey, wet vermouth 

and apple brandy with a 

lemon peel garnish). A 

clear? 

I want to fight my lonely 

day 

To be happy that way. 

I hate loneliness. I hate 

it a lot. 

Do I like it? No! I do 

not. 

It has got to go. 

Because it’s sadness, 

you know 

So 

It’s got to be history. 

It’s got to end desperately. 

Loneliness is sad. 

It’s not glad. 

It’s bad 

So 

My lonely life has got 

to go! 

Shibley is very proud 

to see the work of his former 

student in print, and 

he also wants to raise 

full list of what’s available 

where is at 

http://www.atlanticcitynj.com 

under the heading 

“take the Empire 

restaurant tour.” 

For that same $19.20, 

Resorts Atlantic City offers 

hot lather straight-razor 

shaves just like the one 

Nucky enjoys in the show. 

Harrah’s and Canadian 

Club whiskey (featured in 

the show) are sending 

marketing e-mails to their 

40-million-member marketing 

list. Even 

Bloomingdale’s has a 

mock 115-foot boardwalk 

promoting the show at its 

flagship Manhattan store. 

The main problem with 

getting fans of the show 

to come to Atlantic City 

is that “Boardwalk 

Empire” was actually 

shot on a fabricated set in 

New York City, with the 

ocean added in via computer 

graphics. And aside 

from Boardwalk Hall and 

a tiny handful of old 

hotels, not much from 

Nucky’s era has survived 

along the real-life 

Boardwalk. 

The Fralinger’s salt 

water taffy sign, a local 

landmark, was shown in 

the first episode. Vasser 

hopes other present-day 

awareness on campus, in 

the community and 

around the country about 

autism. In America, 1 in 

Atlantic City icons also 

will be featured, so they 

can be included into marketing 

efforts. One idea is 

a Prohibition Tour of 

local sites in Atlantic 

City that figured prominently 

in the illegal 

liquor trade of Nucky’s 

day. 

Pinky Kravitz, a local 

radio show host and tireless 

promoter of Atlantic 

City, suggests recreating 

the show’s set on the 

actual Boardwalk. 

“That will give people 

something to visit, where 

they can have their pictures 

taken and make 

them feel connected not 

only to the show but to 

Atlantic City,” he said. 

But because Nucky is 

no longer handing out 

fistfuls of $100 bills, 

someone would have to 

pay for it. 

“Pinky’s idea is a good 

one,” Vasser said, “and he 

wants HBO to pay for it, 

which makes it a great 

one.” 

Tobe Becker, an HBO 

spokeswoman, said the 

network “will consider 

any and all ideas” to promote 

the show, but said it 

is too early to say 

whether Kravitz’s suggestion 

is practical. 

Ray Charles Memorial Library opens in L.A. 

BY SANDY COHEN 


LOS ANGELES — On 

what would have been 

his 80th birthday, Ray 

Charles has joined the 

likes of past presidents 

Richard Nixon and 

Ronald Reagan with his 

own namesake library in 

Southern California. 

The Ray Charles 

Memorial Library officially 

opened its doors 

Thursday night. Housed 

in the studio and office 

building Charles built in 

South Los Angeles in the 

early 1960s, the library 

features interactive 

exhibits about the musician’s 

life and career. 

Charles’ friends and colleagues 

— including 

Quincy Jones, B.B. King, 

producer Jimmy Jam and 

filmmaker Taylor 

Hackford — welcome visitors 

via video to each section 

of the library, which is 

more like an interactive 

museum. Touch screens 

invite guests to explore 

Charles’ most memorable 

recordings, while exhibits 

feature some of his 

Grammy awards, stage 

costumes, old contracts and 

ever-present sunglasses. 

Charles’ fans can see 

his personal piano and 

saxophone, his collection 

of microphones and letters 

he received from Bill 

Clinton, George W. Bush 

and Johnny Cash. The 

library also includes a 

mixing station, where 

visitors can compose 

their own mixes of 

Charles’ classic rhythms 

and melodies, and a 

karaoke room, where 

they can sing along with 

Charles and the Raelettes. 

“Ray spent more time in 

this building than any other 

in the world,” said Tony 

Gumina, head of the Ray 

Charles Marketing Group. 

“In this building, Ray 

Charles had 20-20 vision.” 

His recording studio 

and a closet full of his 

clothes remain on the second 

floor of the building, 

which was declared a cultural 

and historic land- 

mark by the city in 2004. 

When Charles lost his 

sight as a child, his ears 

became his eyes, he said, 

and he dedicated himself 

to music, eventually 

blending genres and 

breaking down barriers 

both social and musical. 

Willie Nelson said 

Charles “caused country 

music to leap ahead — 

maybe 50 years — 

because he’d done the 

impossible: He’d crossed 

over the other way.” 

A collection of previously 

unreleased Charles 

recordings, including a 

country collaboration 

with Cash, is due out 

next month. 

Hackford, who direct- 

ed the 2004 biopic 

“Ray,” called Charles 

“one of the greatest 

musicians this country 

has ever produced.” 

Hackford and former 

Raelette Mable John 

were among those celebrating 

the library’s 

grand opening. 

The facility is a product 

of Charles’ charitable 

foundation, which he 

established in 1986 to 

serve the hearing impaired. 

Though Charles was blind, 

he felt that not being able 

to hear music would be a 

true handicap. When he 

died in 2004 at age 73, he 

left all of his intellectual 

property and $50 million 

in cash to continue the 

foundation’s efforts. 

The Ray Charles 

Foundation also provides 

grants to support hearing 

disorder and educational 

causes. The library’s main 

aim is to educate and 

inspire disenfranchised 

children who have seen 

arts education cut from 

their school curricula, said 

library and foundation 

president Valerie Ervin. 

The library will be 

open exclusively to 

school children by invitation 

only. Officials plan 

to extend access to the 

general public sometime 

next year. 

(Online: www.theraycharlesfoundation.org/Fo 

undation.html) 

ʼ50s pop singer Eddie Fisher dies at age 82 

BY RAQUEL MARIA 

DILLON 


LOS ANGELES — Pop 

singer Eddie Fisher 

gained fame crooning love 

songs like “I’m Yours” 

and “Thinking of You” to 

teenage girls in the early 

1950s. But his life was 

overshadowed by drug 

use, gambling and failed 

marriages to actresses 

Debbie Reynolds and 

Elizabeth Taylor. 

Fisher passed away 

Wednesday night at his 

home in Berkeley of complications 

from hip surgery, 

his daughter, Tricia Leigh 

Fisher of Los Angeles, told 

The Associated Press. He 

was 82. 

“Late last evening the 

world lost a true America 

icon,” Fisher’s family 

said in a statement 

released by publicist 

British Reece. “One of 

the greatest voices of the 

century passed away. He 

was an extraordinary talent 

and a true mensch.” 

The death was first 

Poem 

from Page C2 

reported by Hollywood 

website deadline.com. 

In the early 50s, Fisher 

sold millions of records 

with 32 hit songs including 

“Any Time,” “Oh, My Papa,” 

“Wish You Were 

Here,” “Lady of Spain” and 

“Count Your Blessings.” 

His fame was enhanced 

by his 1955 marriage to 

movie darling Debbie 

Reynolds — they were 

touted as “America’s 

favorite couple” — and 

the birth of two children. 

Their daughter Carrie 

Fisher became a film star 

herself in the first three 

“Star Wars” films as 

Princess Leia, and later 

as a best-selling author of 

“Postcards From the 

Edge” and other books. 

Carrie Fisher spent 

most of 2008 on the road 

with her autobiographical 

show “Wishful Drinking.” 

In an interview with The 

Associated Press, she told 

of singing with her father 

on stage in San Jose. 

Eddie Fisher was by then 

in a wheelchair and living 

in San Francisco. 

“He was loved & will 

be missed by his four 

children as well as his six 

grandchildren,” Carrie 

Fischer said on her 

Twitter account, which 

the website says has been 

verified as belonging to 

the actress. 

When Eddie Fisher’s 

best friend, producer Mike 

Todd, was killed in a 1958 

plane crash, Fisher comforted 

the widow, Elizabeth 

Taylor. Amid sensationalist 

headlines, Fisher divorced 

Reynolds and married 

Taylor in 1959. 

The Fisher-Taylor marriage 

lasted only five 

years. She fell in love with 

co-star Richard Burton 

during the Rome filming 

of “Cleopatra,” divorced 

Fisher and married Burton 

in one of the great entertainment 

world scandals 

of the 20th century. 

Fisher’s career never 

recovered from the notoriety. 

He married actress 

Connie Stevens, and they 

had two daughters. 

Another divorce followed. 

He married twice more. 

Edwin Jack Fisher was 

born Aug. 10, 1928, in 

Philadelphia, one of 

seven children of a 

Jewish grocer. At 15 he 

was singing on 

Philadelphia radio. 

After moving to New 

York, Fisher was adopted 

as a protege by comedian 

Eddie Cantor, who 

helped the young singer 

become a star in radio, 

television and records. 

Fisher’s romantic messages 

resonated with 

young girls in the pre-Elvis 

period. Publicist-manager 

Milton Blackstone helped 

the publicity by hiring girls 

to scream and swoon at 

Fisher’s appearances. 

After getting out of the 

Army in 1953 following a 

two-year hitch, hit records, 

his own TV show and the 

headlined marriage to 

Reynolds made Fisher a 

top star. The couple 

costarred in a 1956 romantic 

comedy, “Bundle of 

Joy,” that capitalized on 

their own parenthood. 

In 1960 he played a 

role in “Butterfield 8,” 

for which Taylor won an 

Academy Award. But 

that film marked the end 

of his movie career. 

After being discarded 

by Taylor, Fisher became 

the butt of comedians’ 

jokes. He began relying 

on drugs to get through 

performances, and his 

bookings dwindled. He 

later said he had made 

and spent $20 million 

during his heyday, and 

much of it went to gambling 

and drugs. 

In 1983, Fisher attempted 

a full-scale comeback. 

But his old fans had been 

turned off by the scandals, 

and the younger generation 

had been turned on 

by rock. The tour was 

unsuccessful. 

He had added to his 

notoriety that year with 

an autobiography, 

“Eddie: My Life, My 

Loves.” Of his first three 

marriages, he wrote he 

had been bullied into 

marriage with Reynolds, 

whom he didn’t know 

well; became nursemaid 

as well as husband to 

Taylor, and was reluctant 

to marry Connie Stevens 

but she was pregnant and 

he “did the proper thing.” 

Another autobiography, 

“Been There, Done That,” 

published in 1999, was 

even more searing. He 

called Reynolds “self-centered, 

totally driven, insecure, 

untruthful, phony.” 

He claimed he abandoned 

his career during the 

Taylor marriage because 

he was too busy taking her 

to emergency rooms and 

cleaning up after her pets, 

children and servants. 

Both ex-wives were furious, 

and Carrie Fisher 

threatened to change her 

name to Reynolds. 

At 47, Fisher married a 

21-year-old beauty queen, 

Terry Richard. The marriage 

ended after 10 

months. His fifth marriage, 

to Betty Lin, a 

Chinese-born businesswoman, 

lasted longer than 

any of the others. Fisher 

had two children with 

Reynolds: Carrie and 

Todd; and two girls with 

Stevens: Joely and Tricia. 

90 children have autism, 

and it is important that 

more people learn about 

it, Shibley said. 

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Page D2 • Sunday Times-Sentinel Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, OH • Pt. Pleasant, WV Sunday, September 26, 2010 

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200 Announcements 

Lost & Found 

LOST: 

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Black w/ Gray & 

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Ferr on 9/6/10 (Labor 

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300 Services 

Child / Elderly Care 

Rooms available for 

clients needing 24 hr. 

care at Darst Adult 

Group Home, 740- 

992-5023 

Home Improvements 

Basement 

Waterproofing 

Unconditional lifetime 

guarantee. Local 

references furnished. 

Established 1975. Call 

24 Hrs. 740-446-0870, 

Rogers Basement 

Waterproofing. 

Other Services 

Pet Cremations. Call 

740-446-3745 

Will sit with elderly, 

days, Gallipolis area. 

call 645-9142 

Professional Services 

TURNED DOWN ON 

SOCIAL SECURITY 

SSI 

No Fee Unless We 

Win! 

1-888-582-3345 

SEPTIC PUMPING 

Gallia Co. OH and 

Mason Co. WV. Ron 

Evans Jackson, OH 

800-537-9528 

Repairs 

Joe's Tv repair on 

most makes & 

models. House calls 

304-675-1724 

400 Financial 

Money To Lend 

NOTICE Borrow Smart. 

Contact the Ohio 

Division of Financial 

Institutions Office of 

Consumer Affairs 

BEFORE you refinance 

your home or obtain a 

loan. BEWARE of 

requests for any large 

advance payments of 

fees or insurance. Call 

the Office of Consumer 

Affiars toll free at 1- 

866-278-0003 to learn 

if the mortgage broker 

or lender is properly 

licensed. (This is a 

public service 

announcement from the 

Ohio Valley Publishing 

Company) 

500 Education 

Business & Trade 

School 

Gallipolis Career 

College (Career’s 

Close To Home) 

CallToday! 740-446- 

4367 1-800-214- 

0452 

Accredited Member 

Accrediting Council for 

Independent Colleges and 

Schools 1274B 

600 Animals 

Livestock 

Butchering roosters, 

$2.50 each, 740- 

992-3675 

Pets 

CKC Rat Terriers 

12wks old Asking 

$50 Ph. 645-6857 or 

379-9515 

700 Agriculture 

Farm Equipment 

End of Sumer sale 

on 4',5',& 6' rotor 

tillers Special Round 

Bale Feeders were 

$195 now $125 Jims 


446-9777 


STIHL Sales & Service 

Now Available at 

Carmichael Equipment 

740-446-2412 

Garden & Produce 

Richards Brothers 

Fruit Farm Yes we 

have apple! Mon thru 

Sat 8-12 & 1-5. Sun 

9-5. Many varieties 

aailable jellies, jams, 

cider, apple butter. 

Co Rd 46 2054 

Orpheus Rd 

Thurman Oh. 

740286-4584 

Hay, Feed, Seed, 

Grain 

HAY SQ. BALES 

$2.50 (4CUTTING) 

CALL: 304-675-5086 

OR 304-895-3470 

Want To Buy 

Elderberries, spice 

bushberries, 

pawpaws, black 

walnuts, 740-698- 

6060 

Ginseng- want to buy 

other botanicals, 

Twin Oaks Service 

Station junction 

RT7/33, 

Wednesdays 12-1 

starting 22 

September, call 330- 

674-4195 for price 

list. 

900 Merchandise 

Miscellaneous 

Jet Aeration Motors 

repaired, new & 

rebuilt in stock. Call 

Ron Evans 1-800- 

537-9528 

Sunquest tanning 

bed, exc cond. new 

bulbs $400 740-388- 

9373 

5 piece bedroom 

suite, large 

refrigerator, tables & 

other pieces, 740- 

949-3601 

5 piece bedroom 

suite without bed, 

large refrigerator, 

marble top tables & 

many other pieces, 

also 2 bedroom, 2 

bath moble home for 

sale, 740-949-3601 

2 Grave Lots Beal 

Chapel (RT 2) 

Mason Co. Call for 

more info at 863- 

357-1602 

Want To Buy 

Absolute Top dollarsilver/gold 

coins any 

10K/14K/18K gold 

jewerly, dental gold, 

pre 1935 US 

currency. proff/mint 

sets, diamonds, MTS 

Coin Shop. 151 2nd 

Avenue, Gallipolis. 

446-2842 

Yard Sale 

Estate Sale 

Longaberger 

Baskets, 

Antiques,Tools, 750 

First Ave Oct 1st & 

2nd 9am to 3pm 

1000 

Recreational 

Vehicles 

Campers / RVs & 

Trailers 

94 Sunsport Motor 

Home 32' long. 

garage kept, exc. 

con. $17,000 serious 

calls only 740-388- 

9373 

Motorcycles 

2007 HD Heritage 

Softail. 4,695 miles- 

Showroom cond. 

$16,000 negotiable 

740-446-0121 

2000 Automotive 

Autos 

03Neon standard-air 

$3200 OBO 256- 

1539 87 Chrysler 

Lebaron 2 door 

$1500 OBO 256- 

6002 

1998 Olds New Tires 

Alloy Whs. 6 cyl. AC, 

PW, PL, TS, CC, P/S 

$1200 304-882-2796 

02 Monte Carlo, 

Sharp, Garage Kept 

$4500 

304-675-1874 

Want To Buy 

Want to buy Junk 

Cars, call 740-388- 

0884 

Oiler's Towing. Now 

buying junk cars 

w/motors or w/out. 

740-388-0011 or 

740-441-7870. No 

Sunday call 

3000 

Real Estate 

Sales 

For Sale By Owner 

6 apts $137.000 

rent $2030 mo, 740- 

446-0390 

Land (Acreage) 

Gallia Co. SR218- 5 

acre homesites 

$22,900 or Kyer 16 

acres $16,500! 

Meigs co. 22 

wooded acres 

$39,900. More @ 

www.brunerland.com 

or call 740-441-1492, 

we finance! 

1 1/16 acres Happy 

Hollow Road, 

Middleport, 740-992- 

0924 

Lots 

2 Lots for sale w/s/e 

aval.102 &104 Depot 

rd Bidwell 618-402- 

9921 

3500 

Real Estate 

Rentals 

Apartments/ 

Townhouses 

CONVENIENTLY 

LOCATED & 

AFFORDABLE! 

Townhouse 

apartments, and/or 

small houses for rent. 

Call 740-441-1111 for 

application & 

information. 

1BR nicely furnished 

apt. No smoking, no 

pets. $400 mon & 

dep. 740-446-4782 

Apartments/ 

Townhouses 

Free Rent Special 

!!! 

2&3BR apts $395 and 

up, Central Air, W/D 

hookup, tenant pays 

electric. Call between 

the hours of 8A-8P. 

EHO 

Ellm View Apts. 

(304)882-3017 

Twin Rivers Tower is 

accepting applications 

for waiting list for HUD 

subsidized, 1-BR 

apartment for the 

elderly/disabled, call 

675-6679 

Tara Townhouse Apt. 

2BR 1.5 BA, back 

patio, pool, 

playground. No pets. 

$450 rent. 740-645- 

8599 

Nice 2BR apt. 

appliances, w/d 

hookup, water pd., 

good location on 

Centenary close to 

hospital. No pets. call 

after 5. 740-446- 

9442 

Pleasant Valley 

Apartments is now 

taking applications 

for 2, 3, & 4 br HUD 

Subsidized 

Apartments. 

Applications are 

taken Monday thru 

Thrusday 9:00am- 

1:00pm. Office is 

located at 1151 

Evergreen Drive, 

Point Pleasant, WV. 

(304) 675-5806 

Spring Valley Green 

Apartments 1 BR at 

$395+2 BR at $470 

Month. 446-1599. 

Commercial 

Commercial building 

for rent 740-446- 

6565 

Houses For Rent 

2 BR house in 

Vinton, nice area 

$400 mon. 2 BR 

mobile home 4 mi 

from Hospital near 

160 $400 mon. 441- 

5150 or 379-2923 

Downtown Gallipolis. 

3 br 1.5 bath, central 

air, carpet/hardwood 

floors, kitchen 

applicances 

included, 

washer/dryer hook 

up. No Pets. Ample 

storage available. 

Dep & Ref Required. 

call 740-446-7654 

4BR ranch house for 

rent, 2 miles west of 

Holzer on Jackson 

Pike, new ktichen 

w/granite, walk out 

basement, 2 car 

garage. $1100 mon + 

dep. 740-446-1299 

New home in city, 88 

pine 

st.2BR,1BA,LR,DR,K 

.$550-mon+ dep. 

Must have excellent 

reference. Call for 

details. 446-2801 

Houses For Rent 

House for sale or 

rent. Pretty, clean, 

3BR. Downtown 

Gallipolis, close to 

Washington Elem. 

Rent $750, no utlilite. 

Sale $99,000. Kelly- 

Jo 645-9096 or 446- 

4639 

4000 Manufactured 

Housing 

Rentals 

2BR Mobile Home 

water, sewer, trash 

pd. No pets, 

Johnson's Mobile 

Home Park 740- 

446-3160 

Mobile Home on 

farm 3Br 2Ba all 

appl., including .w/d, 

& all utlit. incl. $750. 

540-729-1331 

Taking applications 

for 2BR mobile. Very 

good condition. No 

pets. $395 mon & 

dep. 740-446-3617 

Nice 16x80, for rent, 

3 Bedroom, 2 bath, 

Country setting. 

740-339-3366 740- 

367-0266. 

6000 Employment 

Drivers & Delivery 

Tractor trailer Driver 

needed. Must have 

Hazmat. Send 

resume to Human 

Resources Po Box 

705 Pomeroy Oh 

45769. 

Food Services 

Dairy Queen of 

Gallipolis is hiring 

dependable 

individuals who can 

work flexible shifts. 

No phone calls 

please. 

Help Wanted - 

General 

Exp. Person to assist 

w/ milking on 

moderate dairy farm, 

housing & utilities 

can be apart of 

package fax resume 

w/ 3 ref. to 304-675- 

5074 

Enjoy caring for the 

Elderly? Caregivers 

needed Pt. Pleasant, 

Leon & Pliny areas. 

Good pay benefits. 

Drivers Licenses 

required. Flexible 

hours. 1-866-766- 

9832 or 1-304-766- 

9830 

Application / Sales 

Engineer Put your 

experience to use 

with ElectroCraft, a 

global leader in 

motion engineered 

solutions. In this key 

position, the 

Application / Sales 

Engineer will serve 

as the primary point 

contact for 

customers, outside 

sales representatives 

and Regional Vice 

Presidents. The 

person in this 

position will be 

Help Wanted - 

General 

responsible for 

satisfaction of 

customer needs by 

providing technical 

responses to inquires 

to product 

technologies 

including stepper 

motors and linear 

motor applications. 

This person will offer 

insight into Value 

Added configurations 

within the capability 

of the design 

engineering team 

and manufacturing. 

In this position you 

will act as a liaison 

and technical expert 

to support design 

innovation through 

collaborative efforts 

with our customer’s 

engineering teams. 

This position 

combines significant 

elements of Sales 

support, and 

Engineering. In 

addition to the 

generation of 

quotations, site visits 

to key customers 

may be required. 

Our ideal candidate 

will have a 

Bachelor’s degree in 

electrical or 

mechanical 

engineering. 

Equivalent 

experience may be 

considered. A 

minimum of three 

years experience 

with a technical 

based product with 

direct customer 

interface is required. 

General knowledge 

of our products and 

manufacturing is 

desired. Effective 

verbal and written 

communication skills 

are required as well 

as proficiency in 

Microsoft 

applications. For 

immediate 

consideration, please 

mail your resume 

and cover letter to: 

ElectroCraft – 

Human Resources, 

250 McCormick Rd, 

Gallipolis, OH 45631 

or fax to 

740.441.6305. An 

Equal Opportunity 

Employer Supporting 

Diversity in the 

Workplace 

Happy Ad 

Joseph 

Morgan Jr. 

has successfully 

graduated basic 

training at 

Fort Sill, 

Oklahoma. 

He is in AIT for 

more training in 

Oklahoma then 

he will go to 

college at OU. 

Congratulations 

Joseph 

Morgan, Jr. 

Help Wanted - 

General 

Behavior Support 

Specialist: To work 

with individuals with 

developmental 

disabilities assessing 

behavior problems, 

developing effective 

interventions, training 

staff and monitoring 

implementation of 

interventions. 

Position is open in 

the Ripley area. Must 

have BA/BS and 2 

years professional 

experience working 

with MR/DD 

individuals. 

Experience and 

working knowledge 

of behavioral 

principles and 

techniques preferred. 

Salary negotiable 

based on 

experience. Reply to: 

BSS-Ripley, 4834 

MacCorkle Ave., 

South Charleston, 

WV 25309 or email 

cgarris@paiswv.com 

Direct Care -Full and 

Part time direct care 

position for 

Ravenswood, WV 

providing community 

skill training with an 

individual with 

MR/DD. Seeking 

Monday-Friday: 

evening and midnight 

shifts. Saturday and 

Sunday: day, 

evening and midnight 

shifts.For all 

positions: High 

school diploma or 

GED required. 

Criminal background 

check required. Must 

have reliable 

transportation and 

valid auto insurance. 

Hourly rate starting 

at $8.00-$9.50 hour 

based on 

experience. Apply 

online at 

http://www.paiswv.co 

m or call (304) 373- 

1011 

FOR RENT 

Management / 

Supervisory 

The Tuppers Plains 

Chester Water 

District is accepting 

applications/resumes 

for a Water 

Treatment Plant 

Operator. A valid 

Class 1 Operators 

Certification is 

desired but other 

qualifications may be 

acceptable such as 

college for related 

engineering fields of 

experience. This is a 

working supervisor's 

position. Starting pqy 

and benefit package 

will range from 

$15.00 to $19.50 per 

hour commensurate 

fo qualifications. 

100% paid Health 

Care/ Vacation, 

OPERS Retirement, 

and many other 

benefits. Interested 

parties should send 

to TPC Water 

District, 39561 Bar 

30 Road, Reedsville, 

Ohio 45772 and 

Attention to Donald 

C. Poole, General 

Manager. Must be 

received by 

September 30, 2010. 

Medical 

Part-time LPN: to 

prepare, administer, 

and monitor patient 

medication twice 

daily 8am & 8pm for 

individual with 

developmental 

disabilities in 

Ravenswood, WV 

Sunday-Saturday. 

$14-$17 per hour 

based on 

experience. Must 

have valid WV LPN 

license. High school 

diploma or GED 

required. Criminal 

background check 

required. Must have 

reliable 

transportation and 

valid auto insurance. 

Apply online at 

http://www.paiswv.co 

m or call (304) 373- 

1011 

SHOP CLASSIFIEDS 

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300 Mulberry Ave. 

Pomeroy, OH 45769 

740-992-6183 

Now taking applications for all 

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trash included. 

Call Today - 

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“This institution is an equal opportunity 

provider and employer”

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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT 

Posting Date: September 8, 2010 

SECRETARY FINANCIAL AID 

The University of Rio Grande invites 

applications for the position of secretary 

for the Financial Aid Department. This 

position is available immediately. 

Under general supervision, performs 

various receptionist’s duties; answers the 

phone, takes messages, and provides 

information; provides general clerical 

assistance, Financial Director and others 

in the office and performs other duties as 

required. Great emphasis will be placed 

on customer service skills. 

Must have high school diploma or 

equivalent. Associate Degree preferred. 

Must have knowledge of computers. 

Previous office experience as a secretary 

required. Must be able to work with a 

variety of age populations. Good oral 

and written communication skills 

required. 

Resumes will be reviewed as received. 

All applicants must submit a letter of 

interest and resume including the names 

and addresses of three references to: 

Ms. Phyllis Mason 

SPHR, Vice President of Human 

Resources 


Rio Grande, OH 45674 

e-mail, pmason@rio.edu 

fax 740-245-7972. 

EEO/ AA Employer 


Do you want to make a difference? If 

you are compassionate and committed to 

providing Quality Care come and be a 

part of our Long Term Care/Home Care 

Division. 

Holzer Senior Care Center 

has the following positions available: 

• RN Supervisor- Full time Exempt 

(2:00 pm - 12:00 am) 

• LPN- Part Time (Days/Evenings) 

• STNA - Part Time 

• Dietary Aide- Part Time 

• Housekeeping/Laundry- Part Time 

Now accepting applications for the 

Nurse Aide Training Class 

Please Contact: 

Barb Peterson- Manager of HR-HSCC 

740-446-5001 or peterson@holzer.org. 

Visit us on the web at www.holzer.org. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted 

Veolia ES Industrial 

Services, Inc. 

Separations Division 

Will be taking applications 

Wednesday, September 29 

from 1:00 pm. until 5:00 pm 

Gallipolis Holiday Inn 

577 State Rt. 7 North 

Gallipolis, OH. 

This is an entry level position for our Gallipolis 

jobsite. High School diploma or equivalent, valid 

drivers license and reliable transportation are 

required. 

Veolia ES is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V, committed 

to promoting a diverse workplace. We are focused on providing our 

employees with a safe and healthful work environment through 

industry leading practices. Veolia offers world-class benefits and 

industry competitive pay. 

SUNDAY TELEVISION GUIDE 

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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT 

Posting Date: September 16, 2010 

PART TIME INSTRUCTORS 

ENGLISH - SPRING SEMESTER 

The University of Rio Grande invites 

applications for part-time non-tenure 

track faculty positions in English for the 

spring semester 2011. 

Responsibilities of this teaching position 

include teaching two part· time courses 

on line for spring semester 2011. Those 

classes will be Composition I and 

Composition II. 

A Master’s degree or above in English is 

required. Experience in teaching on-line 

courses required with knowledge of 

Blackboard/WebCT preferred. 

Applications win be accepted until 

positions are filled. All applicants mast 

submit a letter of interest and resume 

including the names of three references 

to: 

Ms. Phyllis Mason 

SPHR Director of Human Resources 

P.O. Box 500 


Rio Grande, OH 45674 

Fax 740-245-7972 

E-mail pmason@rio.edu 

EEO/ Affirmative Action Employer 

Auction Auction 

ISAAC’S AUCTION HOUSE 

Vinton, OH 

First of the Month Sale 

Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010 

7:00 pm 

Assortment of Fenton, Depression, Slag, 

Carnival, Fostoria, Heisey, Waterford, 

hand blown glass, Westmoreland, 

Amber, Hall, USA, Higbey compote, 

Brush, Tiffany & Co. award, #39 Watt 

Pansy spaghetti bowl, Roseville 6” - 10” 

bowl, Hull, McCoy, Wapak #8 Indian 

head skillet, water can, copper broiler, 

glass washboard, broad axe, sadd iron, 

NY SC oil can, stone wine bottles, stone 

jugs, stone crock, 6-drawer high boy 

chest (nice), old buttons, costume 

jewelry, tin-type picture, Bessie- Pease 

Gutman #700 picture, wall pockets, tea 

pots, paper weights, marbles, old hats. 

Table space still available for this 

auction. Call Ike at 740-388-8741. 

See auctionzip.com for more 

info/pictures. 

Terms: Cash or check with ID. 

Everything sold as is- where is. Not 

responsible for lost items or accidents. 

Auctioneer: Finis “Ike” Isaac 

Licensed and bonded in the state of Ohio 

9000 

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Page D4 • Sunday Times-Sentinel Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, OH • Pt. Pleasant, WV Sunday, September 26, 2010 

Auction Auction Auction 

SURPLUS AUCTION 

OHIO UNIVERSITY 

OASIS RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT 

70 University Terrace, Athens, OH 

Tuesday, September 28 - 6:00 p.m. 

Ohio University surplus items to be sold at public auction. 

ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS/NO GUARANTEE & NO 

RETURNS. Preview the week before - call 740-593-0463 

from 8:00-3:00 for further information. Everything must be 

removed by October 15th. 

DIRECTIONS: Auction to be conducted at the former Oasis 

Restaurant building located at 70 University Terrace. From 

Rt. 50/32 exit Rt. 682, turn right at round-about on Richland 

Avenue, at light (Convo on left/Football Stadium on right) 

turn right on South Green Drive, turn left on University 

Terrace, watch for signs. 

EQUIPMENT: 8’x 10’ walk-in cooler, 8’x 10’ walk-in 

freezer, new compressor, electrical transformer, electric meter, 

gas space heater, 3-roof top HVAC units, 1-roof top A/C 

condensing unit, 1-roof top exhaust fan, 2-large galvanized 

cooking hoods, fire suppression system for cooking hoods, 4burner 

gas range, convection oven, gas griddle, 16’ long 

stainless steel counter, large 3-bay stainless steel sink, 

washer/dryer combo unit, washing machine, 10-4 person 

booths, 4-2 person booths, 

TERMS: Cash or check w/positive I.D., Master Card & Visa 

Credit Cards accepted. NOTE: Sales Tax will be charged on 

all purchases. If Tax Exempt - Must Provide Tax ID# 

Paperwork at Registration. Checks over $1000 must have 

bank authorization of funds available. 

OWNER: Ohio University 

WEB: www.ohio.edu/surplus 

Click on Surplus, Surplus Inventory in 

Stock Items for Public 

SHAMROCK AUCTION SERVICE 

AUCTIONEERS: John Patrick “Pat” Sheridan, 

Kerry Sheridan-Boyd, Mike Boyd, Brent King 

Email: ShamrockAuction@aol.com 

WEB: www.shamrock-auctions.com 

PH: 740-592-4310 or 800-419-9122 

Auction Auction Auction 

REAL ESTATE & PERSONAL 

PROPERTY AUCTION 

Thursday, September 30 - 4:00 p.m. 

640 Windy Ridge Road, Vincent 

(Washington County), OH 

DIRECTIONS: From Marietta: Rt. 550 to Barlow, turn south 

on Rt. 339, approximately 5 miles to Veto Road (Co.Rd. 3B), 

turn east go 5 miles to Windy Ridge, turn north .6 mile, house 

on right. From Parkersburg or Belpre: Rt. 7, turn north on Rt. 

339 (towards Beverly), go to Veto Road (Co. Rd. 3B), turn 

east go 5 miles to Windy Ridge, turn north .6 mile, house on 

right in Decatur Twp., watch for signs. 

REAL ESTATE sells at 6:30 p.m.: 135 acres M/L beautiful 

remodeled two story farm house with 2200 sq. ft. in excellent 

condition, recently remodeled, large kitchen with oak 

cabinets, laundry room, large family room w/fireplace, dining 

room, living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large front 

porch, and attached double garage. Also includes a barn and 

outbuilding, 2-ponds, 60 M/L acres wooded (some ready to 

be timbered), 40 M/L acres pasture, 35 M/L acres hay field, 

tremendous hunting for deer & turkey, land is eligible for 

government funding for conservation projects. Located 

within Warren Local School District. May offer property in 

multi-parcel units, then combine all parcels to offer as one 

unit to be sold to whichever is the higher bid either separate 

or combined. 

TERMS: BUYERS PREMIUM-10% - Down payment of 

$5000 on auction day, balance in full at closing and delivery 

of deed within 30 days. Possession within 10 days of closing. 

Sold with owner’s consent. Selling as is in present condition, 

financing if needed must be made prior to auction, as well as 

any inspections. Property sells with no contingencies. 

Call for appointment to see this property. 

VEHICLES, ATV & RIDING MOWER: 2005 Durango 

w/87,000 miles, 2007 Camry XLT w/122,000 miles,1998 

Pontiac Grand Prix GT w/162,000 miles, 2004 Polaris 

Magnum 330 ATV, Polaris Trail Boss 330 ATV, 2006 Cub 

Cadet 22 hp. Zero Turn Riding Mower, King Kutter 6 ft. blade, 

UNIQUE ITEMS, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: 7- 

African stuffed mounts (Kuda, Impala, Spring Buck, Mt. Reed 

Buck, Blue Wildebeast, Full Bush Pig), mounted Fox, White 

Tail & Mule deer rack, some wild life framed prints, drop front 

secretary cabinet, oak drop leaf table, painted hall seat, 

Hamilton crock, crock butter churn, some Fenton glassware, 

some old medicine bottles, Little Wizard & Dietz lanterns, 

wood chicken crate, crosscut saws, old hand tools, RR jack, 

GUNS, ETC.: Remington side-by-side double barrel 1894 

hammerless shotgun, Remington Sports Browning 16 ga. Semi 

shotgun, Belgium Browning A5 light 12 ga. Semi shotgun, 2- 

Remington 870 Wing M. Mag 12 ga. Pump, Remington 870 

Magnum, Savage (new in box) Model 98R17, Steven’s 

Browning 620, Ruger 10/22 Rifle (blue barrel/walnut stock), 

Luger 9 MM feather Ind semi auto black tactical Rifle, Mauser 

1944 dot Model 98, Mauser BVF 45 Model 98, Enfield 303 

bolt action Model 5 MKI, Smith & Wesson 44 mag. 

Single/double action revolver, Ruger Black Hawk 30 cal. 

Single action revolver, Walther PPKS 380 semi auto handgun, 

Jennings 22 semi auto handgun, Tarus 9 mm Para semi-auto 

pistol, New Dillon XL650 progressive reloader, reloading 

equipment, “Shooter’s Bible” magazines, 150+ boxes of 

ammo (12-20-16-410-rifle), tree stand, camouflage clothing, 

gun rack, fishing reels, rods, some lures, 

HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS: newer oak dining table & 5 

chairs, queen size log frame bed complete, newer iron queen 

size bed complete, dresser/chest of drawer/2-night stands, 

maple dresser/chest of drawers/corner desk unit, Italian leather 

sofa, microfiber loveseat, sectional sofa w/queen hide-a-bed, 

hide-a-bed sofa, lamps, Steelcase desk, 2-station Weider 

Pro900 exercise gym equipment, weight bench, Pulse snare 

drum, Polar water cooler, 

TOOLS & MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: Campbell 

Hausfeld dual stage 220 air compressor, Craftsman table saw, 

chain fall, binders, body grinder, scroll saw, fluorescent lights, 

electrical supplies/boxes, post hole diggers, shop vac, culvert 

pieces, plates of aluminum and steel, scrap, and other 

miscellaneous items. 

OWNERS: Jonathan & Holly McAtee 

AUCTIONEER/REALTOR: 

John Patrick “Pat” Sheridan 

AUCTIONEERS: 

Kerry Sheridan-Boyd, Mike Boyd, Brent King 

Email: ShamrockAuction@aol.com 

WEB: www.shamrock-auctions.com 

PH: 740-592-4310 or 800-419-9122 

100 Legals 

REQUEST FOR 

PROPOSAL Notice 

to Wireless 

Communication 

Vendors: In 

accordance with 

section 721.03 of the 

Ohio Revised Code, 

sealed bids will be 

received by the 

Racine Village 

Council, PO Box 

399, Racine, Ohio 

45771, until 12:00 

NOON, on Monday, 

October 25, 2010. 

The bids will then be 

opened and read 

aloud at 6:10 P.M. on 

Monday, October 25, 

2010 for the 

following:FOR 

LEASE OF REAL 

ESTATE 

BELONGING TO 

RACINE VILLAGE 

FOR THE 

PURPOSE OF 

PLACEMENT OF A 

TELECOMUNICATI 

PUBLIC 

AUCTION 

100 Legals 

ON TOWER. The 

Village of Racine, a 

“Municipal 

Corporation”, will 

accept proposals for 

the lease of property, 

owned by the Village 

of Racine, near the 

Village’s “Water 

Tower” located on 

Greenwood 

Cemetery Road, an 

area approximate 

100’ X 100’ for 

providing adequate 

telecommunication 

for the citizens of the 

Village of Racine. 

NEGOTIATION OF 

CONTRACT & TIME 

LINE The Village 

Council reserves the 

right to negotiate an 

option to lease for 

$500 a year up to 2 

(two) years and if 

option is exercised a 

“Lease Agreement 

Contract” with the 

highest bidder will be 


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 

10:00 A.M. 

Auction Located on 1287 College Road, 

Rt 124, Syracuse, OH. Ms.Alice 

Houdashelt has moved into assisted 

living and the following items will be 

sold. 

ANTIQUE FURNITURE 

Square Oak China Cabinet; Depression 

DR Suite; Oak Dresser; Poster Bed; 

Fancy Oak Mirror; Mahogany Chevel 

Dresser; Oak Rocker; 5 Leg Oak 

Harvest Table; Oak Sewing Machine; 

Trunks; and more. 

COLLECTIBLES 

Crocks; Lanterns; Oil Lamps; Old 

Cookie Jar’s: Owl, Chicken, Puppy in a 

Basket; Fenton Pitcher and other pieces; 

Set of Beautiful China; Old Marble with 

Elephant in it; Old Prints: Inspirational, 

Autumn, Mammoth Trees of California; 

Wooden Jointed Frog and Monkey; Two 

Dazey Churns; Iron Kettle; Old Tools; 

Military Uniforms: WWI Marine, WWII 

Army, Korean Air Force; Linens; Wicker 

Baby Buggy; Aluminum Christmas 

Tree; Old Quilts; Flatware Set; 

Gallipolis Dairy Bottle; and more. 

HOUSEHOLD 

18 CF Gibson Refrigerator(Nice); 30” 

Hot Point Range; Whirlpool Portable 

Washer and Kenmore Portable Dryer; 

Two Pc. LR Suite; and more 

MISC. 

11 HP Murray Lawn Tractor; Baltic 3 

Pc. Cone Spreader. 

Go to www.auctionzip.com for pictures 

and listing. 

POA: Dan Houdashelt 

TERMS: Cash or Check with ID. 

Everything Sold “AS IS” 

AUCTION CONDUCTED BY 

RICK PEARSON 

AUCTION CO. 

LICENSED AND BONDED IN THE 

STATE OF OHIO 

304-773-5447 or 304-593-5118 

www.auctionzip.com 


Absolute Gallia County 

Land Auction 

20 Acres with Stocked Pond! 

Online Only 

Auctions Ends Oct. 12th 

Location: 2-1730 County Road (White 

Hollow Rd.) 142 Patriot, OH 45658 

Directions: From Gallipolis, OH at SR 7 

& SR 141 take SR 141 West 6 miles to 

SR 775 South go 11.3 miles to White 

Hollow Rd. then west 1.5 miles to 

property From Huntington, WV take SR 

775 North 34 miles to White Hollow Rd. 

then West 1.5 miles to property 20+/- 

Wooded Acres *Stocked Pond *Terrific 

Hunting* Good Cabin Site *1.5 Miles 

from State Route*Gallia County* 

Walnut Township *Gallia County LSD 

Offering a sportsman’s playground in 

Gallia County OH. This property is 

primarily wooded and boasts excellent 

Deer hunting and even better fishing. 

There are 2 ponds on the property, the 

main pond (1+/- Acre) is approximately 

25’ deep at the dam and was stocked 

with mature Bass, Crappie & Blue Gills 

in 2008. The property offers multiple 

trails for walking or 4 wheeling. The 

woods offers good young Oak stand that 

produces acorns now and timber in the 

future, there are multiple building areas 

with several overlooking the pond. Feel 

free to walk this property at your 

convenience and risk. The property will 

sell to the highest bidder via online 

auction. Auction ends on Oct 12th at 

approximately 6:00 PM. To register and 

bid on this fine offering go to 

www.kaufmanrealty.com 

Terms: At the close of the auction, the 

successful bidder will be emailed a 

contract to be executed and returned to 

Kaufman Auctions. The successful 

bidder will deposit $2,000.00 in the form 

of cashier’s check or wire transfer with 

Kaufman Realty Inc. The entirety of the 

remaining is due at closing in 30 days. 

Tax & Legal; Gallia County Parcel 

#03100130000 Taxes are $88 per _ Year. 

Buyers Premium: 10% Buyers Premium 

Applies. 

Kaufman Realty & Auctions 

888-852-4111 

www.kaufmanrealty.com 

Jason L Miller CAI Auctioneer 

740-541-7475 

jason@kaufmanrealty.com 

100 Legals 

acceptable by the 

Village. The lease 

agreement will be for 

a five (5) year term 

and up to four (4) 

renewals and thereafter 

a new lease 

agreement will be 

required. The bid 

proposals, provided 

by the bidder, will be 

sent to the Village of 

Racine, Clerk 

Treasurer’s Office, 

located in the 

Municipal Building at 

405 Main Street, P.O. 

Box 399, Racine, 

Ohio 45771. Sept 

26, Oct 3,10,17,24, 

2010The Racine 

Village Council may 

accept the lowest 

bid, or select the best 

bid for the intended 

purpose, and 

reserves the right to 

accept and/or reject 

any or all bids and/or 

any part thereof and 

will award a contract 

to the highest bidder 

which is in the best 

interest of the Village 

of Racine.David 

Spencer, 

Clerk/TreasurerVillag 

e of Racine 

Bulletin Boards 

BOAT STORAGE 

Keep your boat safe and dry 

this winter. 

I will beat Competitors Prices 

304-675-2424 

Get your gun permit now! 

Call for next conceal and 

carry class 

740-256-6514 

Certified Instructor 

Seeking Administrator for 

CHRISTIAN DAYCARE 

Send resume to 

First Church of God 

1723 State Rt. 141 

Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 

Antique and 

Old Bottle Sale 

Oct. 2 

Farm Museum Pt. Pleasant, 

WV 9 am - 3 pm 

Free Admission & 

Appraisals Dealer space 

available 

Info: 740-992-5088 

ANNUAL LIFE CHAIN 

A stand of solidarity against 

abortion will take place on 

Sunday, October 3rd 

from 2:30 - 3:30 

during the annual Life Chain. 

We will meet at the Ohio River 

Plaza and will peacefully hold 

signs along Eastern Avenue 

as we pray for an end to 

abortion. 

Meigs High School 

Class of 1990 

Reunion 

10/2/10 

Bun’s Party Barn 

7-10 pm 

$10 per person 

Please contact Jay Humphreys 

740-992-9101 if you plan on 

attending. 

Looking For 

A New Home? 

Try the 

Classifieds!! 

$12.00 Column Inch per day 

BASKET GAMES 

Proceeds go to Shriners 

Hospital & Children of Gallia 

County 

opportunity 

October 2, 2010 

Senior Citizens Building 

Gallipolis, OH 

Doors open 5:00 

Games begin 6:00 

20 games $20.00 

3 Special games $5.00 each 

50/50 drawing 

Advance ticket drawing for 

Ohio State Basket 

Sponsored by Lady Shrinettes 

of Gallipolis For Tickets call 

446-2706 or 446-0927 

HANNAN TRACE 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

FALL CARNIVAL 

Saturday, 

October 2 

Games and food start at 

4:00 pm 

Cornhole tournament at 

5:00 pm 

($10.00 entry fee per 

team) 

Auction at 7:00 pm 

Donations appreciated 

Join Holzer Center 

for Cancer Care 

and go 

Passionately Pink for 

the cure! 

Friday, October 1 

10 am - 2 pm 

Wear pink and show your 

support of 

Breast Cancer 

Awareness. 

For more information call 

(740) 441-3573

Sunday, September 26, 2010 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, OH • Pt. Pleasant, WV Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page D5 

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FARM • GARDEN 

FARM • GARDEN 

Page D6 


Heritage rose fans cite beauty, aroma, hardiness 

BY DEAN FOSDICK 


Mike Shoup is a self-described “rose 

rustler,” but that doesn’t make him an 

outlaw. 

He rides herd on the many old garden 

roses growing wild in the countryside, 

corralling stray and neglected blooms 

to display in new settings. 

“Generally when you think of a rose 

rustler, you conjure up an image of a 

Texan wearing a black outfit, astride a 

black horse and with a shovel on his 

shoulder pillaging roses from out-ofthe-way 

places,” said Shoup, owner of 

the Antique Rose Emporium in 

Brenham, Texas. “But it’s just the 

opposite. What we try to do is find the 

kinds of roses that make gardening 

easy.” 

Shoup has built a thriving business 

from the heritage roses he’s discovered, 

restored and then reintroduced to modern-day 

gardeners. 

“We find them in neglected cemeteries, 

abandoned farmsteads, along fence 

lines, roadsides and other spots where 

they’ve survived for years without any 

care,” Shoup said. “Cemeteries are the 

most fruitful hunting grounds. Families 

would often plant a favorite rose to 

honor their loved ones.” 

Old garden, heritage and antique 

roses are interchangeable terms, but 

generally describe varieties introduced 

into commerce before 1867. 

“People are collecting the heirlooms 

again because they have classic 

shapes,” said Greg Stack, an extension 

horticulturist with the University of 

Illinois. “They have a loose, open form 

that blends well with other perennials 

or in mixed borders. Grandifloras or 

hybrid tea roses tend to grow taller and 

don’t seem to fit in.” 

Shoup calls heirloom roses “beautiful, 

long-blooming and resilient, making 

them the perfect modern-day garden 

plant.” “There’s a great diversity,” 

he said. “Every (old) rose has its own 

personality in the way it grows or 

blooms. They’ve been able to tolerate 

blizzards, drought and the toughest 

conditions Texas has to offer. They’re 

the best of the best, and trouble-free for 

homeowners to grow.” 

And then there’s their perfume. 

“Unlike modern varieties, most old 

roses come with a fragrance that’s as 

important as their appearance,” Shoup 

said. “Once you smell that rose, you’ll 

always have its scent in your memory.” 

Rose rustlers from around the country 

operate under a gatherer’s code of 

ethics. 

“There’s a protocol,” said Faith 

Bickley, chairwoman of the Texas Rose 

Rustlers, a volunteer search and rescue 

group specializing in old roses. “We 

always ask first. We try to find out 

where they originally came from. If 

they’re in an abandoned site or cemetery, 

we only take cuttings, so we don’t 

hurt the original plants. We clean them 

up, weed and prune. We try to leave 

them better than they were when we 

found them.” 

Cuttings may take longer to develop 

than, say, placing bare-root bushes into 

the ground, but that practice leaves the 

parent plants intact while producing 

progeny. 

There are many ways to take plant 

cuttings, but here is Shoup’s favorite 

method: 

“With the leaves still on, roll them 

(clipped stems) up in wet paper towels. 

Tuck them into zip-lock bags and store 

in a cool place until you can get them 

home. Fill a gallon-size zip-lock bag 

with moist potting soil, stick three or 

four cuttings into that material and 

close it up. Set it on an east-facing windowsill, 

and you should see new 

growth within a week or so.” 

Many antique roses are so old — in 

many cases dating to the 1850s — that 

their original names have been forgotten. 

If Shoup can’t trace their lineage 

through historical accounts or information 

gathered from property owners, 

then he might classify them according 

to where they were found, such as 

“Highway 290 Pink Buttons,” or 

“Martha Gonzalez” for the person who 

shared the cutting. 

J. Griffiths Smith/AP Photo 

This file photo provided by J Griffiths Smith shows Mike Shoup cutting an Old 

Blush rose (intro 1752) surviving in a cemetery in Texas. Shoup is a self-described 

“rose rustler” but that doesn’t make him an outlaw. He rides herd on the many old 

garden roses growing wild in the countryside, corralling stray and neglected 

blooms to display in new settings. 

Germplasm that’s good for you 

Fall is here and so are 

the bugs looking for a 

place to overwinter. This 

week, boxelder bugs 

seem to be “bugging” our 

local homeowners. 

Boxelder bugs and their 

offspring have spent the 

summer on the boxelder 

trees (Acer negundo), but 

are now migrating to the 

our buildings to overwinter. 

Boxelders adults look 

like lightening bugs, one 

half inch long and narrow 

but have distinctive red 

stripes along their back. 

Immatures look similar 

but are bright red in color 

and lack wings. They can 

be seen congregating on 

the sides of houses as 

they find crevices in the 

cement walls or siding. 

They will overwinter in 

the crevices until early 

next spring when they reemerge 

to seek their way 

back onto the nearby 

boxelder trees. Control of 

adults and immatures can 

BY LEE REICH 


Despite its sinister sound, a “germplasm collection” 

spells good things for farmers and gardeners alike. 

Think beyond the flu season and the word “germ” 

takes on a broader meaning: a small mass of living 

substance that can give rise to a whole organism or 

one of its parts. Think of wheat germ, that nutritious 

part of a wheat seed that contains the cells — the 

germ — that develop into a whole new wheat plant. 

To us gardeners, a germplasm collection is a collection 

of plants or seeds. Many years ago, I had a collection 

of about 50 different varieties of gooseberries. 

It was one of the largest germplasm collections of 

gooseberries in the country. No, the fruits didn’t all 

taste good, but I was reluctant to part with any variety 

that might not be available elsewhere. After all, some 

desirable gene — for disease resistance or pretty color 

— might be hidden in an otherwise insipid-tasting 

variety. 

CORN BLIGHT WAS AN EYE OPENER 

In 1970, southern leaf blight disease swept through 

Midwest corn fields, reducing the crop by 700 million 

bushels. Disease spread was possible because of the 

heavy dependence at the time on just a few corn 

genes. That blight helped prompt the formation of the 

be accomplished by 

applying a spray of one 

half cup detergent to one 

gallon of water. Other 

insecticides that may be 

used include carbaryl 

(Sevin), permethrins, 

diatomaceous earth or 

boric acid. The boxelder 

bug does need the female 

or pistillate boxelder tree 

to feed on in the early 

spring. Boxelders belong 

to the maple family. They 

have a trifoliate leaf 

(three leaflets), on new 

bright green stem growth 

that is tipped in a bluish 

white waxy covering. 

The female plant has 

masses of samaras 

(seeds). We find the tree 

along creeks and on 

stream banks. It is fast 

growing but hard to 

develop into a useless 

shade tree due to its poor 

growth habit. Cutting 

down the female boxelder 

tree does dramatically 

reduce the local 

U.S. National Plant Germplasm System, which 

acquires, maintains, characterizes and distributes 

germplasm of crop plants. 

One part of the system is the National Clonal 

Germplasm Repositories, home to clones. Here, 

plants such as McIntosh apples, Hass avocados and 

Thompson Seedless grapes, which do not come true 

from seeds, are maintained as living plants. 

Mulching, pruning and keeping the labeling in 

order on 50 gooseberry bushes was a big job for me 

— just think of the care needed to maintain the 2,500 

varieties of apples at the apple repository in Geneva, 

N.Y. 

Twenty-five other such repositories are scattered 

across the country. You’ll find the papaya collection 

in Hawaii, the avocado collection in Florida, the 

blackberry collection in Oregon, the asparagus collection 

in Iowa, and so on for scores of other ornamental 

and crop species that must be maintained as living 

plants. 

SEEDS ALSO GET A HOME 

The National Seed Storage Laboratory and four 

Regional Plant Introduction Stations are another part 

of our Germplasm System. At these sites, alfalfa, barley, 

rice, wheat and other plants that are normally 

grown from seed are preserved as such in cold, dry 

rooms conducive to long-term storage. 

Extension Corner 

population of adult boxelder 

bugs. Male trees 

can be left standing. For 

more information and a 

black and white picture 

of the bug and boxelder 

plant check out our OSU 

factsheet #2106, 

“Boxelder Bug” at 

www.ohioline.osu.edu. 

Next week, look for 

information on controlling 

Multicolored Asian 

beetles. 

• • • 

Gardeners, remember 

to attend the Fall Plant 

Exchange on Oct. 1 at 1 

p.m. at Dave Diles Park 

(old train station) in 

Middleport next to 

Family Dollar. Share 

your excess plants, seeds 

and bulbs with the community. 

OSU Master 

Gardeners, Ohio State 

University Extension and 

Middleport Community 

Association have joined 

together this year to 

sponsor this free event. 

The Middleport 

Community will be having 

their luncheon fund 

raising event (donation 

$5) starting at 11:00 a.m. 

until 1 p.m. Gardening 

tips on “Planting Bulbs 

For Spring” and 

“Growing Perennials” 

will be discussed while 

people are enjoying 

lunch. If you are not able 

to bring plants to 

exchange you are still 

welcome to participate as 

there has always been 

ample plants for all. 

Whether it is raining or 

the sun is shining this 

event we be held. There 

is plenty of shelter. The 

public is welcome! 

(Hal Kneen is the 

Meigs & Scioto County 

Agriculture & Natural 

Resources Educator, 

Buckeye Hills EERA, 

Ohio State University 

Extension.) 

You think your boxes of seeds are overflowing? The 

lab, at Fort Collins, Colo., keeps seeds of a quarter of 

a million types of plants in good condition. 

Altogether, our germplasm system plays nursemaid 

to about a half a million varieties of plants. This 

germplasm might be used by plant breeders and other 

researchers to develop new varieties. Curators can 

also lend help to researchers, as well as to you and 

me, in obtaining obscure varieties not offered by nurseries. 

All holdings are entered into GRIN, the Germplasm 

Resources Information Network, a computerized 

database. 

GERMPLASM GIVE AND TAKE 

The National Plant Germplasm System is a twoway 

street, and about 10,000 new varieties are added 

to collections each year. As they started putting 

together the gooseberry collection at the Corvallis, 

Ore., repository, I was happy enough to donate some 

cuttings and plants. I do still grow a couple of dozen 

varieties — but no longer any that do not meet my 

gustatory standards. 

(On the Net: Germplasm Resources Information 

Network, www.ars-grin.gov.) 

Livestock report 

GALLIPOLIS — United Producers Inc. market 

report from Gallipolis for sales conducted on 

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. 

Feeder Cattle 

275-415# St. $90-$130, Hf. $85-$115; 425-525# 

St. $90-$115, Hf. $85-$108; 550-625# St. $90- 

$114, Hf. $85-$95; 650-725# St. $88-$108, Hf. 

$83-$92; 750-850# St. $85-$95, Hf. $80-$86. 

Cows 

Well Muscled/Fleshed $50-$56.50; Medium/Lean 

$43-$49; Thin/Light $22-$42; Bulls $46-$72 

Back To The Farm: 

Cow/Calf Pairs $650-$1050; Bred Cows $260- 

$850; Goats $30-$145; Lambs $95-$117; Hogs, 

$49-57. 

Manure to give away. Will load for you. 

Upcoming specials: 

Sept. 29 sale at 10 a.m. 

For more information, call Dewayne at (740) 

339-0241, Stacy at (304) 634-0224, Luke at (740) 

645-3697, or Donny at (740) 534-2533. Visit the 

Web site at www.uproducers.com

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