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50 CENTS • Vol. 119, No. 141 SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2011 www.mydailyregister.com
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Dr. Joyce Brothers:Elderly cat is driving
her crazy, page A2
British Open wide open, A10
INDEX1 SECTION — 10 PAGES
OBITUARIESPage A3• Rene Gonzalez
Boil WaterAdvisory Lifted
The boil water advisoryissued by the MasonCounty Public ServiceDistrict on July 11, forwater customers in theRoute 87 area from MountFlower to the JacksonCounty line, Gunville-Yeager Road, Leon-BadenRoad, and the towns ofEvans, Leon, Robertsburg,Arbuckle, and Route 62from Leon to DebbieRoad and all surroundingareas has been lifted.Formore information call304-675-6399.
Big Tree Contest
POINT PLEASANT —The Big Tree Contest,sponsored by PointPleasant In Bloom, will beexcepting nominationsuntil July 25.
Senior Olympics tobe held July 27-29
The Senior Olympics,hosted by Central WestVirginia Aging Services,will be held July 27-29 atHolly Gray Park. Thereare several events availablefor people age 50 andolder to participate in.Cake decorating and sev-eral other baking competi-tions, as well as, arts andcrafts, including painting,ceramics and floralarrangements, will alsotake place. In addition totrack and field events therewill be horseshoes, corn-hole, basketball and dancecompetitions.
For more information orto register contact Shellyat (304) 765-3668 or 1-800-814-8514.
Mason CountyFair Parade set
POINT PLEASANT —The 2011 Mason CountyFair Parade will be held onSaturday, Aug. 6 at noon.The parade will begin atthe corner of Second andMain Streets and will endat the Mason CountyBoard of Education Office.
Those interested in par-ticipating in the parade cancall either Brian Billings at304-675-6633; KevinDurst at 304-675-5415;Shayla Blackshire at 304-895-8830 or the MasonCounty Fair Office at 304-675-5463.
Commissioners discuss potential changes to New Haven Ball FieldsBY SARAH HAWLEY
POINT PLEASANT —The Mason CountyCommissioners discussedpotential renovations to theNew Haven Ball Fields andWahama Football Field aspart of the Bend AreaCommunity Enhancement(BACE) project duringThursday’s meeting.
The commissionersmoved to allow the discus-sion and design phases ofthe project to proceed.
Aaron Faulk, BACEChairman, presented a pre-liminary proposal to thecommissioners, whichwould move the Wahamavarsity baseball field to thelocation of the current NewHaven Pony League Field.Renovations would alsotake place to the two addi-tional fields located on theNew Haven Ball Fieldproperty, which is ownedby the county.
“What we want to do istake the bigger field — thepony league field — and
redo that field, for the varsityfield, that they would share,and move the t-ball field a lit-tle,” Faulk said. “We wouldbe renovating the dugoutsand the other fields also.”
“We would not be dis-rupting the horse ring atall,” Faulk added.
This project would coin-cide with the building of anew football field and trackat Wahama High School.The design option beingconsidered for the newfootball field wouldinclude a turf field and a
track around the field area.The field would also berotated 90 degrees from itscurrent position.
The project is currentlyin the discussion phase andis moving toward thedesign phase.
“You have the blessingof the commission to carryon,” Commissioner RickHandley said to Faulk.
The BACE is in contactwith the Mason CountyBoard of Education con-cerning the project. Theboard has yet to approve
the project, according toFaulk, but is working withand supporting the organi-zation.
The next Mason CountyCommission meeting is setfor 4 p.m. on Thursday,July 21.
Commissioner BobBaird was absent from themeeting. In attendancewere Commissioners MilesEpling and Handley,County Clerk DianaCromley, Wahama footballcoach Ed Cromley andFaulk.
School-based bullying prevention grants awardedREGISTER STAFF
ASHTON — A $7,500,school-based “bullyingprevention” grant has beenawarded to AshtonElementary School andHannan Junior/SeniorHigh School. This is one offour grants totaling$50,000 recentlyannounced by a coalitionof funders from the Mid-Ohio Valley.
The grants are primarilyfor raising awareness of theproblem of bullying inschools, as well as toimplement comprehensivebullying prevention pro-gramming. Further, thegrants are designed to havea lasting impact and to cre-ate an overall positive cli-mate and culture change.
Derived from theBullying PreventionForum held in Parkersburgin February, eligible recipi-
ents could be from bothpublic and private schoolslocated in Calhoun,Doddridge, Gilmer,Jackson, Mason, Pleasants,Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirtor Wood counties.
Recipients of the fund-ing are Martin Elementaryand Edison Middle School— $17,500 for Rachel’sChallenge; PleasantsCounty Schools —$15,000 for Rachel’sChallenge; Gilmer County
Schools — $10,000 forOlweus; and AshtonElementary SchoolandHannan Junior/SeniorHigh School — $7,500 forSteps to Respect/SecondStep/Rachel’s Challenge.
Grant recepients werechosen through a competi-tive application process,with final selections beingmade by a committee fromthe donating foundations.
Point Pleasant Sternwheel RegattaPretty Baby contest winners announced
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POINT PLEASANT —The winners of the recentShowboat Pretty Babycontest have beenannounced.
Age divisions for thecontest were 0-6 months,7-12 months, 13-18months, 19 months-24months, three year old,four year old and five yearold. In each age group awinner and runner-up wereselected for boys and girls.
Placing first and second,respectively, in the agegroups were, Amelia Blainand Breonna Pearson (0-6month girls); Gage Clark
and Landyn Berkley (0-6month boys); AbellaMartin and CatherineCornell (7-12 monthgirls); Aubrey Newell andT.J. Davis (7-12 monthboys); Jada Chapman andMakayla Mitchem (13-18month girls); EvanGremillion and BraxtonRandolph (13-18 monthboys); Payton Oldakerand Zyla Wallace (19-24month girls); LoganLitchfield and Eli Simms(19-24 month boys);Azzruia Rose Russelland Katie Wray (threeyear old girls); BenSupple and AustinRandolph (three year oldboys); Taylor Marie
Wood and Lexus Halfhill(four year old girls);Caleb Logan and Tre’Gillispie (four year oldboys); Zoey Watson andEmily Taylor (five yearold girls); and Justin Ryan
Wood and TrevorMcMillan (five year oldboys).
The winners in the fiveyear old category alsoearned the title of Misterand Miss Showboat.
MasonCounty Spirit
of OurCommunity
Program currentlyaccepting
nominationsBY SARAH HAWLEY
POINT PLEASANT— The Mason CountyCommunity Foundationand the Point PleasantRegister are teaming upto honor volunteers anddonors in the community.
The Mason CountySpirit of Our CommunityProgram was establishedas a way to honor thevolunteer leaders anddonors who work toimprove our region andhave helped to build the“spirit of our communi-ty”. It is the hope of thepartnership that by show-casing those who areworking to improve thecommunity, it willencourage new leaders tofollow their example andcontinue making thecommunity a great placeto live, work and raise afamily.
Members of the com-munity can nominate aspecial person, organiza-tion or company who hasworked to improve theMason County area bygenerously andunselfishly giving ofhis/her or their volunteertime or financial support.
Award recipients willbe selected onSeptember 23, and hon-ored at a Spirit of OurCommunity Receptionon November 10. Anewspaper article willalso be published whichhighlights the goodworks of each awardrecipient.
Nomination forms areavailable online atwww.mydailyregister.com and must be submittedby September 2.Nominations are beingaccepted in the followingcategories: Health andHuman Services; Youthand Education; Arts andCulture; and Recreation.Along with the form, aone-page narrative out-lining why this person ororganization shouldreceive the award shouldbe attached.
Completed forms maybe mailed to the MasonCounty CommunityFoundation, P.O. Box 66,Point Pleasant, W.Va.25550; submitted onlineto [email protected]; or faxed to (304)428-4438 by 4 p.m. onSeptember 2.
For more informationabout the Spirit of OurCommunity programplease visit www.mydai-lyregister.com.
See Bullying, A3
Classifieds A7Comics A6Editorials A4Sports A9-10© 2011 Ohio Valley Publishing Co.
Heartland Publications announces Cutest
Kids winner
POINT PLEASANT — The results are in for Heartland Publications’ Cutest Kids Contest that wrapped up in June. The grand prize winner is 1-year-old Gracyn Gay, daughter of Brian and Renea Gay, of Point Pleasant. The People’s Federal Credit Union sponsored the award and presented Gracyn with a $45 Lil Punkin Kids Club Savings Account and a $100 CD. Gracyn’s maternal grandparents areTerry and Jeanne Sayre, of Point Pleasant, and her paternal grandparents are Mark and Patricia Gay, of Gallipolis. Her great-grandparents are Mack Bauer, of Point Pleasant, Clara Sayre, of Point Pleasant, and Mary Belle Pasquale, of Gallipolis.
Pictured left with Gracyn is her aunt Kourtney Bordman and People’s Federal Credit Union Branch Manager Matt Cochran. (Stephanie Filson/photos)
SoCute!
Gracyn Gay
2011 Point Pleasant Sternwhell Regatta Pretty Baby contest
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Calendar of Events
REUNIONS
• The Wilson FamilyReunion will be held begin-ing around 11:20 a.m. onSunday, July 17, at KrodelPark, Clubhouse 2, in PointPleasant, W.Va. All Wilsonfamily and friends are wel-come to attend. The mealwill begin around noon.Bring pictures, games, acovered dish or just yourself.
• The Hoffman FamilyReunion will be held onSunday July 17, at the NewHaven Community Center. Acovered dish lunch will beheld at 12:30 p.m., alongwith a chinese auction,swimming, games and fel-lowship. For more informa-tion call Carolyn at 304-882-3160 or Bernita at 304-882-3887
• The John and CoraPrice family reunion will takeplace 4 p.m. Saturday, July23 at Krodel Park. Theevent will be held in theparkʼs large shelter. Formore information, call 304-576-2678.
• The 83rd AnnualRoush/Rausch Reunion willbe held Aug. 5-6 in Fishers,Ind. For more information,contact Polly Everingham at317-770-9481 or SandraRoush Pomeroy at 505-859-1017.
• The descendants of thelate Hiram N. and SarahRollins will meet at theLetart Community Buildingon August 7, for heir annualreunion. The building willbe opened at 10 a.m. , witha covered dish dinneraround 12:30 p.m. Alldescendants and friendsare welcome. For moreinformation contact ClaraRollins Capehart at 304-895-3366
• The 108th Blain FamilyReunion will be held onSunday, August 14, at LarryBlainʼs picinic shelter inGallipolis Ferry. A covered
dish lunch will be served at1 p.m. Family and friendsare welcome. For moreinformation contact BarbaraBlain at 304-576-2626.
SATURDAY, JULY 16 POINT PLEASANT — AA
meeting, 8 p.m., PointPleasant PresbyterianChurch, located at 8th andMain Streets. Use sideentrance. Closed discus-sion.
POMEROY, Ohio — AAmeting, 8 p.m., SacredHeart Catholic Church,located at 161 MulberryAve. Closed big book study.
SUNDAY, JULY 17POMEROY, Ohio — AA
meeting, 7 p.m., SacredHeart Catholic Church,located at 161 MulberryAve. Closed 12 & 12 meet-ing.
MONDAY, JULY 18NEW HAVEN —
Outreach services, 9 a.m.-5p.m., Jacobʼs WellMinistries. Services avail-able include counseling,mission store and foodpantry. Questions? Call304-882-3838.
POINT PLEASANT —Soup kitchen, 5:30-6:30p.m., Main Street BaptistChurch. Menu includessoup, sandwiches, adessert and a drink.Questions? Call the churchat 304-675-4061.
POINT PLEASANT — AAmeeting, 7:30 p.m., PointPleasant PresbyterianChurch, located at 8th andMain Streets. Closed bigbook study.
TUESDAY, JULY 19MASON – Bend Area
Food Pantry 9 a.m. to noon,Old Mason Grade School inMason. Providing food andcommodities to families whoqualify in the Bend Area(upper Mason County)Please bring proof ofincome, proof of residencyin Mason County and boxesfor food. Questions? Call304-882-3570.
SATURDAY, JULY 16POINT PLEASANT —
Sabbath School, 11 a.m.and Worship Service, 12:30p.m., Point PleasantSeventh-day AdventistChurch, located at 4751Ripley Road. Pastor JustinHoward welcomes all.
POINT PLEASANT —“Youth Explosion” GospelSing, 7-10 p.m., Point ofFaith Pavilion.
FLATROCK — PleasantValley Community ChurchSpecial Singins by Prayerand Faith singers.Preaching by LelandVanmeter, Pastor DougGarten, 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, JULY 17 POINT PLEASANT —
Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.,preaching service, 10:30a.m., and evening service,7:30 p.m. WesleyanHoliness Church. PastorDan Brown welcomes all.
POINT PLEASANT —Sunday Bible student, 9:45a.m., worship service, 10:30a.m., and evening service,6 p.m., Church of Christ onSand Hill Road. MinisterPete Allinder welcomes all.
GALLIPOLIS FERRY —Sunday school, 10 a.m.,and evening service, 6p.m., Mount CarmelChurch. Pastor Jim Selvigwelcomes everyone.
GALLIPOLIS FERRY —Sunday services, 10 a.m.,evening services 6 p.m.,Zion Missionary BaptistChurch, located on CrabCreek Road. Interim pastoreach Sunday.
POINT PLEASANT —Sunday school, 10 a.m.,and worship service, 6 p.m.,Gospel Tabernacle Church.Pastor Bert Flora welcomes
everyone. POINT PLEASANT —
Sunday school, 10 a.m.,and worship service, 7 p.m.Morning Star AdventChristian Church, locatedon Rt. 62. Pastor JamesBalser welcomes all.
POINT PLEASANT —Sunday school, 10 a.m.,and evening worship, 6p.m., House of Praise andWorship. Everyone wel-come.
POINT PLEASANT —Sunday school, 10 a.m.,morning worship, 10:45a.m., and evening services,7 p.m., Krebs ChapelUnited Methodist Church.
ADDISON, Ohio —Sunday school, 10 a.m.and evening service, 6p.m., Addison FreewillBaptist Church. Pastor RickBarcus will preach.
LEON — Sunday school,9:45 a.m., morning worship11 a.m. and evening ser-vice 7 p.m., Leon BaptistChurch.
JULY 17-22 GALLIPOLIS FERRY —
Vacation Bible School willbe held from 6-8 p.m. night-ly at the Jordan BaptistChurch. The theme will be“Kids of the Kingdom” Aprogram and picnic will beheld on the final evening.Classes will be available forages Pre-K to adult.
JULY 18-22 ASHTON — Vacation
Bible School, 6:30-8:30p.m. at Ballʼs ChapelChurch. Come join us forthe Inside Out & UpsideDown on Main StreetVacation Bible School.Formore information pleasecall 304-576-3193 or 304-576-9993.
GALLIPOLIS — SerenityHouse support group fordomestic violence victimsmeets Mondays at 6 p.m. Formore information, call theSerenity House at 446-6752.
GALLIPOLIS — NarcoticsAnonymous, 7 p.m., everyMonday at Saint PeterʼsEpiscopal Church, 541Second Ave., Gallipolis.Meetings are open, basic textstudy groups. Anyone desir-ing to know more about nar-cotics anonymous mayattend.
GALLIPOLIS — GalliaCounty Alzheimerʼs/Dementia Support Groupmeeting, 1:30-3 p.m., thirdThursday of each month, atHolzer Medical CenterEducation Center. Info:Amber Johnson, (740) 441-3406.
GALLIPOLIS — GrievingParents Support Groupmeets 8 p.m., first Tuesdayof each month at New LifeLutheran Church, JacksonPike. Info: Jackie Keatley at446-2700 or John Jackson at446-7339.
GALLIPOLIS — GriefSupport Group meets sec-ond Tuesday of each month,8 p.m., at New Life LutheranChurch. Facilitators: SharonCarmichael and JohnJackson.
GALLIPOLIS — The RiverCities Military Family SupportCommunity (RCMFSC)meets every other month onthe second Tuesday at theGallipolis VFW Post 4464 onThird Ave. Questions may bedirected to the RCMFSC,P.O. Box 1131, Gallipolis, OH45631, by calling (740) 441-7454, or [email protected].
GALLIPOLIS — LookGood Feel Better cancer pro-gram, third Monday of themonth at 6 p.m., HolzerCenter for Cancer Care.
GALLIPOLIS — AlcoholicsAnonymous Wednesdaybook study at 7 p.m. andThursday open meeting atnoon; Tuesday closed meet-ing at 8 p.m.; Friday openlead meeting, 8 p.m. St.Peterʼs Episcopal Church, 54Second Ave., Gallipolis.
GALLIPOLIS — NarcoticsAnonymous, 7:30 p.m. every
Thursday, St. PeterʼsEpiscopal Church, 541Second Ave., Gallipolis.Open discussion. Candlelightmeeting.
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va.— Narcotics AnonymousLiving Free Group meetsevery Wednesday and Fridayat 7 p.m. at 305 Main St.
GALLIPOLIS — 12 StepSupport Group for SpiritualGrowth meets at 7 p.m.every Tuesday at New LifeLutheran Church. Facilitators:Tom Childs and JohnJackson.
VINTON — CelebrateRecovery at Vinton BaptistChurch. Small groups lookingfor freedom from addictions,hurts, habits and hangupsevery Wednesday at 7 p.m.Info: 388-8454.
VINTON — Vinton BaptistChurch food pantry everyMonday from 5-6:30 p.m.Info: 388-8454.
GALLIPOLIS — Gallia MS(Multiple Sclerosis) SupportGroup meets the secondMonday of each month atHolzer Medical Center. Info:Amber Barnes at (740) 339-0291.
GALLIPOLIS — NAMI(National Alliance on MentalIllness) meetings will takeplace the first Thursday ofeach month at 6 p.m. at theGallia County SeniorResource Center, with a gen-eral membership meeting at6:30 p.m. Info: Jill Simpkins(740) 339-0603.
GALLIPOLIS — GalliaCounty Stroke SupportGroup, first Tuesday of everymonth, 1 p.m., at BossardMemorial Library.
GALLIPOLIS — RiverCities Military SupportCommunity (RCMFSC)meets the second Tuesdayof the month at 7 p.m. atVFW Post 4464 (upstairs),134 Third Ave. The meetingand activities are open to allfamilies and friends who wishto support our servicemenand women in all branches ofthe military. Info: 245-5589 or441-7454.
GALLIPOLIS —Overeaters Anonymousmeets every Sunday, 5:30p.m., at St. Peterʼs EpiscopalChurch.
BY DR. JOYCEBROTHERS
Dear Dr. Brothers: Ihave always had a lot ofcats, and I still do. I lovecats. But one of my cats isdriving me nuts. She hasalways been cranky, butnow that she is old, she iseven worse. She hates allthe other cats, and criesall the time. She poopsand pees on the kitchenfloor, and sometimes Idon't even like her at all. Ifeel guilty, but it is hard tobe nice to her. I know oth-ers are so sweet to theirelderly pets and I'm not. Isthere something wrongwith me? — D.G.
Dear D.G.: I think yousound extremely frustrat-ed, and all that dramawith your cat is makingyou very cranky and ill-tempered. There is no rulethat says owning a pet isgoing to be all fun, orrewarding, or even tolera-ble — that's why so manyonce-loved animals endup at an animal shelter orleft outside to fend forthemselves. But your cathas done nothing mean orvicious. She has just got-ten old, and you are feel-ing very guilty about yourfeelings of frustration atnot having a pleasantcompanion anymore. Itcan't be easy cleaning upmesses when you oncehad a well-trained catwho used the litter boxand brought you somepleasure.
What to do? Well, Ihope you will try to keepthings in perspective andnot let her behavior con-tinue to get to you,because your cat verylikely is not going to stopher unwanted activities onher own. There are waysyou can try to re-train herto use the litter box, andyou can consult an animalbehaviorist for those tech-niques. But the mainadjustment will have tocome from your ownbrain and the knowledgethat this is part of agingand that your cat's crankynature is apt to be magni-fied as she lives out herremaining months oryears. There is nothingwrong with you — it'shuman nature to wantthings to stay the waythey were.
* * *Dear Dr. Brothers: My
wife has gone off the deepend with this sex-equalitystuff. I mean, I think it isgreat that boys can wearpink ties to church andgirls can excel in science,
and so on. But my son anddaughter are nearly mid-dle-school age, and theyhave been doing all theopposite-sex things for solong that I think they mustbe confused. My wife hasmy daughter taking shoot-ing lessons, and my son isgetting all obsessed withfashion. Should I put astop to this before itharms my kids? — M.K.
Dear M.K.: You soundlike a good and caringdad, and one of the thingsyou can do to make your-self feel a lot better andround out the picture foryour children is to take avery active role in lettingthem explore their moretraditional sides. You cantake your son to do all theguy-type things youmight have enjoyed at hisage, and you can makesure your daughter gets toexpress her feminine side.There is no reason to crit-icize your wife, especiallyin front of the kids,because she has the samegoals you do — to raisetwo healthy, active kidswho are going to findtheir own paths in the end.
The activities your kidsare doing might or mightnot lead to long-terminterests, but beingtogether as a family andkeeping the lines of com-munication open are moreimportant than whichactivities they choose.Nothing your wife hasdone will make eitherchild less of a boy or agirl, if that is your worry.And remember, be awarethat you and your wife arerole models that both yourkids look to for gender-appropriate activities andactions. You both canmodel the parts of yourgender that you findimportant to pass along toyour kids in terms of thevalues you'd like them tolive by. Enjoy your familyand stop worrying.Everything is fine, andyour kids will enjoy hav-ing done something dif-ferent as they were grow-ing up.
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Mason County ForecastSaturday: A chance
of showers and thunder-storms, mainly afternoon. Partly sunny, witha high near 86. Chanceof precipitation is 40percent.
Saturday Night: Achance of showers andthunderstorms, mainlybefore 10 p.m. Partlycloudy, with a lowaround 67. Chance ofprecipitation is 30 per-cent. New rainfallamounts of less than atenth of an inch, excepthigher amounts possiblein thunderstorms.
Sunday: Mostly
sunny, with a high near88.
Sunday Night: Partlycloudy, with a lowaround 67.
Monday: Mostlysunny, with a high near91.
Monday Night:Partly cloudy, with alow around 67.
Tuesday: Partlysunny, with a high near92.
Tuesday Night:Partly cloudy, with alow around 70.
Wednesday: Mostlysunny, with a high near94.
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2011 Mason CountyFair Queen Pageantapplications available
POINT PLEASANT — Applications for the 2011Mason County Fair Queen Pageant are now avail-able at these locations: Ohio Valley Bank andVictoria’s Prom & Bridal. Applications also areavailable on the fair’s Web site.
When complete, applications can be dropped offat Ohio Valley Bank, Victoria’s Prom & Bridal ormailed to the directors. Applications must bereceived by Friday, July 15.
The fair queen pageant will be held Monday, Aug.8, on the main stage at the Mason CountyFairgrounds. The pageant will immediately followthe Little Mr. and Miss contest, which also will takeplace on the main stage.
The pageant is under the direction of Aimee Steinand Andrea Henderson. For more information, callor text 304-593-3832, 304-675-0533, or [email protected].
ORLANDO, Fla.(AP) — When CaseyAnthony is releasedfrom jail Sunday, it willprobably be in the mid-dle of the night.
If her lawyers aresmart, security expertssay, they will arrangefor several SUVs withtinted windows to pullup to the Orange CountyJail. Then they will bun-dle her into one of themand whisk her away to asafe house, where shewill be protected bybodyguards for days, ifnot weeks.
“I’d tell her to go to abig house in the middleof nowhere,” saidDallas-based securityexpert Stuart Diamond,who has worked forcelebrities and federalagencies. “That wouldbe the safest thing forher. It’s more of aneffort for someone toreally follow through ona threat.”
Online and elsewhere,Anthony has been vili-fied, many believing shegot away with murder.Some have wished thesame fate on her thatprosecutors say befellher 2-year-old daughter,Caylee.
Anthony’s legal teamsaid Friday it receivedan emailed death threatwith a doctored photo ofthe 25-year-old womanwith a bullet holethrough her forehead.The threat was forward-ed to authorities.
One her attorneys,Cheney Mason, saidAnthony is nervousabout getting out of jail,and he isn’t taking anychances: “We are allvigilant and I amarmed.”
A jury acquittedAnthony last week ofmurder but found herguilty of lying to lawofficers investigatingthe disappearance ofCaylee in 2008. She wassentenced to four yearsin prison, but with goodbehavior and nearlythree years alreadyserved, she will be outthis weekend.
Details of her releaseare being closely held,and the sheriff’s depart-ment is not making thetime public beforehand.
“This will not be ausual release,” jailspokesman Allen Mooresaid in an email. “Dueto the high-profilenature of this case andintense, emotional inter-est by the public, appro-priate measures will betaken to release the indi-vidual into the commu-nity in such a manner soas to preserve the safetyof the individual andpublic.”
The Orange CountyJail has had very fewhigh-profile inmates.Former astronaut LisaNowak, who was con-victed in a bizarre attackon a romantic rival,walked out the jail’sfront door, where ahorde of media pushedand elbowed their waytoward her, shoutingquestions and trying tosnap photos. In anothercase, Noelle Bush, the
daughter of then-Gov.Jeb Bush and niece ofthen-President GeorgeW. Bush, received spe-cial handling after herarrest on drug charges.Secret Service agentswere worried she couldbe targeted.
Once she is out of jail,Anthony will not getspecial treatmentbeyond the protectionany person would get ifthere were a crediblethreat, law enforcementauthorities said. (Earlierthis week, authoritiessaid they had notreceived any crediblethreats, but they did notimmediately return acall Friday about thenew email.)
“She’s like everyother resident or citizenhere,” Orange CountySheriff Jerry Demingssaid. “We’re not goingto be her personal secu-rity. Her attorneys willmake appropriate deci-sions or prepare for herown security after that.”
She should be let outof jail at “an offbeattime like 3 or 4 in themorning,” said DanielMeachum, an Atlantalawyer who has repre-sented football starMichael Vick and actorWesley Snipes.
Ideally, securityexperts said, she shouldgo to a safe house. Shemay have to arrangebackup locations, incase the address is dis-covered.
She probably won’t begoing to the home shehad shared with her par-ents before her arrest, inpart because the trialfractured their relation-ship. Defense attorneyJose Baez told jurorsthat Anthony’s father,George Anthony,molested his daughterand covered up hisgranddaughter’s deathafter Caylee accidental-ly drowned in the familypool. George Anthonyhas denied the abuseand cover-up allega-tions.
“Most of the time youcan always go home, butshe doesn’t have thatoption,” Meachum said.“Baez has to have some-where for her to go forher to get herself togeth-er.”
Anthony’s securitymay be hampered by herlimited financial means,though many have pre-dicted lucrative bookand TV interview deals.Two security guardsaround the clock couldcost $10,000 a week,experts said.
The best thing she cando for her safety is keepa low profile, said MarkGeragos, a Los Angeleslawyer who has repre-sented Winona Ryder,Michael Jackson andNicole Ritchie.
“She needs to lay aslow as possible until thenext big scandal ortrial,” Geragos said.“It’s not time to do aphoto spread. It’s nottime to sit down withDiane Sawyer. None ofthose things. There is noreason to do any ofthat.”
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News Corp. reports $115Kin 2011 political giving
COLUMBUS, Ohio(AP) — Under assault in aphone hacking scandal,News Corp. met a self-imposed deadline Fridayfor reporting its latest polit-ical contributions online,revealing $115,750 in con-tributions mostly toDemocrats.
The company reportedthat its single largest con-tribution since Januarywent to the DemocraticGovernors Association,which strongly criticizedthe media giant's $1.25million in donations to itsRepublican counterpartahead of the 2010 elec-tions. The sum was donat-ed by Wireless Generation,an independently ownedsubsidiary that News Corp.bought in November.
News Corp. or its affili-ates also have given nearly$16,000 to state chaptersof the Motion PictureAssociation of America,$5,000 to the CaliforniaRepublican Party and$2,000 to Democratic NewYork Gov. Andrew Cuomo2014.
The company's boardapproved a new disclosurepolicy for its political giv-ing in April after two 2010donations by RupertMurdoch, the Australianmogul who controls thecompany, raised concernamong shareholders.
Murdoch gave $1 mil-lion to the U.S. Chamberof Commerce and $1.25million to the RGA, sayinglater that he hoped it wouldhelp Republican JohnKasich, a former commen-tator on News Corp.'s FoxNews. Kasich is nowOhio's governor.
News Corp. was the topdonor to the RGA in2010, according toresearch conducted by thenonpartisan Center forResponsive Politics.Other top donors wereContran Corp., DevonEnergy, Altria Group andU.S. Sugar. The DGA'stop donors were laborunions.
Center spokesmanMichael Beckel com-mended News Corp. forconsolidating the infor-mation.
"Certainly, posting it allin one place is a very nicething for people who areinterested in these num-bers," he said. "Theydon't have to hunt andpeck through reports filedwith the IRS, the FEC(Federal ElectionsCommission) and else-where."
But Beckel said it'sunclear whether theboard's new policy willprompt News Corp. toreveal those politicallymotivated donations thatare exempt from disclo-sure.
Ilyse Hogue, of the lib-eral watchdog groupMedia Matters, said maxi-mum transparency willhelp Americans monitorthe investigation of NewsCorp. and track politicalinfluence.
"It's an important indica-tor if there's evidence ofwrongdoing, and there is:
Are legislators going tocome down on the side ofthe truth, of getting at thetruth, or on the side of theircampaign donors?" shesaid. "It's not a crime totake donations, but it doesshow a significant breachof ethics if you comedown on the side of thedonors when they breakthe law."
News Corp. posted anotice about the new poli-cy on its website withoutfanfare in April. It calls forfor the company — whichalso owns 20th CenturyFox movie studio and TheWall Street Journal — todisclose political contribu-tions first now, then once ayear each January.
Joan Lebow, a spokes-woman for Wireless, saidthe education softwarecompany has a longstand-ing relationship with theDemocratic governor'sgroup and the $25,000donation is consistent withits past support. The con-tribution, like some otherson Friday's list, hadalready been reported aspart of other required fil-ings.
Wireless has partneredwith the DGA to improvestudent achievement inschools across the country,association spokeswomanLis Smith said. She saidthe relationship is notpolitical.
The DGA filed a com-plaint with the OhioElections Commissionduring the campaign alleg-ing Fox provided Kasichwith an illegal in-kind con-tribution when it displayedhis website address duringone of his appearances on"The O'Reilly Factor." Itlater amended the com-plaint to reflect Murdoch'sremark that he hoped themoney would help Kasich.
In December, the com-mission found no violationof campaign finance laws.
Denise Roth Barber,research director for theNational Institute onMoney in State Politics,said the Republican andDemocratic governorsassociations took on thepolitical role generallyplayed by the national par-ties in 2010.
"The RGA became sortof the RNC (RepublicanNational Committee),because the legislators andgovernors picked at thestate level were the ones incharge of drawing the linesthat will determine theoutcome of the next con-gressional race," she said.
Ohio campaign filingsshow the RGA spent morethan $5 million in the stateahead of the Novemberelection. Kasich led aRepublican sweep ofstatewide offices and bothchambers of theLegislature.
The national institutefound that Fox Groupaffiliates and employeesalso gave nearly $1.5 mil-lion directly to state partiesand candidates last year.Many of its 2011 dona-tions revealed Friday alsowent to state-level politi-cians, mostly in California.
Companies proposecurbing junk foodads for kids
WASHINGTON (AP)— The nation's largest foodcompanies say they will cutback on marketingunhealthy foods to chil-dren, proposing their ownset of advertising standardsafter rejecting similarguidelines proposed by thefederal government.
A coalition of food com-panies — includingGeneral Mills, ConAgraFoods and Kellogg —announced the guidelinesThursday. The companiessaid the effort will vastlychange what is advertised,forcing them to curb adver-tising on one out of threeproducts currently market-ed to children.
The new standards,which will allow compa-nies to advertise food andbeverage products to chil-dren if they meet certainnutritional criteria, couldforce some brands tochange recipes to includeless sodium, fat, sugars andcalories. While many com-panies have trumpeted theirown efforts to markethealthier foods to kids, theagreement would apply thesame standards to all of theparticipating companies.
"Now foods from differ-ent companies, such ascereals or canned pastas,will meet the same nutri-tion criteria, rather thansimilar but slightly differ-ent company-specific crite-ria," said Elaine Kolish ofthe Children's Food andBeverage AdvertisingInitiative, a group formedby the industry to addressmarketing issues.
The group's proposalwas pushed along by a gov-ernment effort to do thesame thing. The FederalTrade Commission andseveral other governmentagencies were directed byCongress to come up withvoluntary guidelines formarketing junk food tochildren, and those wereissued earlier this year. Theindustry balked at that pro-posal, saying the voluntarystandards were too broadand would limit marketingof almost all of the nation'sfavorite foods, includingsome yogurts and manychildren's cereals.
Not surprisingly, the pro-posal issued by the govern-ment is stricter than thestandards the companiesare pushing for themselves.Still, FTC Chairman JonLeibowitz praised theindustry guidelinesThursday. He said the gov-ernment would considerthe food companies' initia-tive as the governmentdevelops its own standards.
"The industry's uniformstandards are a significantadvance, and are exactlythe type of initiative thecommission had in mindwhen we started pushingfor self-regulation morethan five years ago ... weapplaud industry for mak-ing healthy progress," hesaid.
While the governmentproposal put broad limitson fats, sugars and sodiumthat would apply to market-ing of all foods, the indus-try has suggested differentguidelines for differentfoods, saying that is a morepractical approach.
The industry guidelinesfor children's cereals, for
example, would allowthem to be advertised ifthey have around 10 gramsof sugar a serving, whilethe formula used by thegovernment would dis-courage advertising forcereals that have 8 grams ofsugars in an equivalentserving. That would meanGeneral Mills would stillbe able to advertise HoneyNut Cheerios cereal underthe industry guidelines butwould be discouragedunder the voluntary gov-ernment guidelines. Othersugary cereals such as Trix,Lucky Charms and CountChocula would also makethe cut under the industrynumbers.
Another differencebetween the proposals iswhere companies areallowed to advertise. Whilethe government guidelinesare broad, discouragingadvertising of unhealthyfoods on packaging and instores, along with in themedia, the industry guide-lines would apply to media— television, radio, print,video games and theInternet — but not packag-ing. That means the littlebee on the front of theHoney Nut Cheerios boxand the rabbit on the Trixbox would stay under theindustry proposal and gounder the governmentdraft.
Even if the industry stan-dards are not as strict as thegovernment guidelines,they still represent progresson the part of the compa-nies. Many companies nowadvertise any children'scereals that have less than12 grams of sugar, downfrom 15 or 16 grams ofsugars a decade ago.
Margo Wootan, directorof nutrition policy at theadvocacy group Center forScience in the PublicInterest, praised the indus-try for pushing for uniformstandards for all of thecompanies, though she saidthey do not go far enough.She said she hopes theindustry standards are ajumping-off point for nego-tiations with health advo-cates and the government.
"The government agen-cies have developed stan-dards that are best for kidsand the companies havedeveloped standards thatare best for industry, nowwe need to work out a rea-sonable compromise," shesaid.
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin,the Democrat who wrotethe language directing thegovernment to develop thestandards, said he believesthe industry proposal fallsshort.
"With childhood obesityrates rising, now is the timefor all parties to rallyaround those guidelinesand begin implementingthem, rather than comingup with competing propos-als," he said.
That may be a while off.House Republicans haveincluded a provision innext year's Federal TradeCommission budget thatwould delay the govern-ment standards by askingthe government to studythe potential cost andimpact of the guidelinesbefore implementingthem.
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Churches opposition to immigration lawBY JAY REEVES
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —For some believers andchurch leaders, opposingAlabama's toughest-in-the-nation law against illegalimmigration is a chance forBible Belt redemption.
During the civil rightsmovement of the 1950s and'60s, many state churchesdidn't join the fight to endJim Crow laws and racialsegregation. Some cross-burning Ku Klux Klan mem-bers took off their hoods andsat in the pews with everyoneelse on Sunday mornings,and relatively few white con-gregations actively opposedsegregation. Some blackchurches were hesitant to getinvolved for fear of whitebacklash.
Now that Alabama haspassed what's widely consid-ered the nation's most restric-tive state law against illegalimmigration, mainstreamchurches, faith-based organi-zations and individual mem-bers are leading oppositionto the act. Some see theirinvolvement as a way toavoid repeating mistakes ofthe past.
"I think what happened inthe '60s may be a stimulusfor the action that you haveseen many of the churchestaking on this," said ChrissH. Doss, an attorney andordained Southern Baptistminister.
Matt Lacey, pastor of aUnited Methodist churchonce attended byBirmingham's infamous seg-regationist police commis-sioner Eugene "Bull"Connor, said there are allsorts of reasons AlabamaChristians are opposed tothe law. Making amends forthe past inaction of reli-gious groups is amongthem, he said.
"For me, as pastor of achurch that was engaged inthat battle, it is very impor-tant," said Lacey. "If we takeredemption very seriously,then it not only covers oursins but our past actions as achurch. I think for some,there is a tendency to want tobe on the side of right on thisissue. ... I would like to thinkthe church just wants to do
what's right."At 56, the Rev. Al Garrett
is old enough to recall somefaith communities sitting onthe sidelines during the civilrights movement. Garrett,who helped organize aprayer rally that drew a fewhundred people Sundaynight in Huntsville, said thedifference now is uplifting.
"I've thanked God that I'vebeen here to see the way peo-ple of faith are taking a standon this," he said.
After a prayer for wis-dom, members of theBirmingham City Councilrecently passed a unani-mous resolution calling forthe repeal of the law. Thatsame day, ministers and laypeople gathered to discussopposition to the law in thesame church where, morethan 50 years ago, whitesegregationists gathered toform a group to opposewhite and black childrengoing to school together.
Urged to come to a rallyand candlelight march spon-sored by churches and faith-based groups, a diversecrowd estimated around2,000 marched quietlythrough downtown streets ona recent Saturday night nearwhere police dogs snappedat black demonstrators twogenerations ago.
An interfaith prayer walkplanned for July 30 inMontgomery will passMartin Luther King Jr.'s firstchurch on the way to thesteps of Alabama's Capitol.And more than 100 UnitedMethodist ministers — manyof them moderate to liberal,but some also on the conser-vative side — signed an openletter to the governor criticiz-ing the law.
Believers are doing morethan praying and protesting.The ecumenical GreaterBirmingham Ministries,along with two ministersand a Montgomery-areachurch member who workswith Hispanics, were amongthe groups and individualswho filed a federal lawsuitlast week attempting to havethe law declared unconstitu-tional.
Doss is struck by the dif-ferences between 2011 and1963, when the Rev. MartinLuther King Jr. wrote his
"Letter from a BirminghamJail" to seven white moderateministers and a rabbi whowere publicly urging him togo slower with the campaignto end legalized segregation.Many black churches alsowere slow initially toembrace the cause of civilrights in Birmingham, whereKlan night riders roamedwith bombs for years.
"There were a number ofblack ministers who took amore conservative positionthat they were not going toget involved publicly. Theirinvolvement greatlyincreased through the years,"said Wayne Coleman, headof archives at theBirmingham Civil RightsInstitute.
Churches had little to sayabout the bill as it movedthrough the AlabamaLegislature, but that could bebecause they were over-whelmed for weeks provid-ing food and other assistanceto victims of the deadly tor-nadoes that swept across thestate on April 27, killingmore than 240 people.
In contrast, denomination-al leaders were outspoken atthe Georgia GeneralAssembly as a similarlytough law moved towardfinal passage in Atlanta.Religious leaders have beenless vocal in Georgia sincelegislators passed the law,but a federal judge blockedkey provisions of that actthis week.
Now in Alabama, leadersamong the state's fast-grow-ing Hispanic communityhope the involvement ofchurches will help lead to arepeal of the law, signedearlier this month byRepublican Gov. RobertBentley, a Southern Baptistdeacon and Sunday schoolteacher.
"It's huge to have the faithcommunity come togetherand speak out in such greatnumbers against this newlaw," said Isabel Rubio,executive director of theHispanic Interest Coalitionof Alabama. "Because we'rein the middle of the BibleBelt, we certainly expectthat the faith communities'influence ... will land onfolks' ears who are willing tolisten."
Call Obamaʼs bluffBY RICH LOWRY
The first principle ofpoker is not to give anyindication that you'rebluffing. President BarackObama violated it at oneof the increasingly farci-cal White House meetingson the debt ceiling. Hereportedly left the confabwith a warning toRepublicans: "Don't callmy bluff."
This is not a man whowill ever be foundexpressionless, wearingsunglasses and a baseballcap, at a table at theWorld Series of Poker.Obama's self-styled bluffis his threat to veto anystopgap increase in thedebt ceiling. Such short-term legislating is unwor-thy of our country,according to Obama, andso he'll reject it out ofhand.
Given the devastationthat the administrationpredicts will be visited onthe country in theabsence of an increase,Obama's threat to veto aplace-holding hike in thelimit is probably justwhat he called it -- abluff.
True to the dyspepticspirit of the talks, asquabble quickly brokeout between Republicansand Democrats aboutwhether Obama had leftthe meeting in a huff orhad coolly ended it withthe steely resolve of aman determined to makehis opposition eat peas.
President Obamashouldn't feel testy. He'sdramatically transformedthe debate over the debtlimit to his advantage.He's posed as the advo-cate of the biggest deficit-reduction deal and usedthe threat of post-Aug. 2turmoil to paint theRepublicans as recklessand unreasonable.
The GOP position dete-
riorated so rapidly thatSenate Minority LeaderMitch McConnell pro-posed a convolutedscheme to give the presi-dent essentially a cleandebt-limit increase inexchange for lettingRepublicans wash theirhands of it. McConnell'splan had a clear politicalmessage to his fellowRepublicans -- "We're los-ing, and there's no goodway out."
Figuring into his calcu-lation is that no increasecan currently get 218votes in the House. IfHouse Republicans werevoting to cut spending by$10 trillion and raise thedebt ceiling by $10, theystill might not be able toget a majority. Too manyof their members areopposed in principle.Never mind that none ofthem has a plan to cutfederal spending byroughly 40 percent in twoweeks' time, which iswhat running up againstthe debt limit entails.
The paralysis in theHouse means Obama canbeat nothing with noth-ing. His nothing is madeup of phantom spendingcuts that he's never com-pelled to reveal but thathe takes credit forproposing in negotia-tions. Free of any obliga-tion to put them on paper,let alone get them scoredby the CongressionalBudget Office, he can
pose as the most regal offiscal hawks.
The House Republicannothing is much more lit-eral. Republican leadersdon't know their nextmove. To extend thepoker analogy, they areall-in with no hand toplay. If the worst comeson Aug. 2, they will takemuch of the blame with-out having achieved anytactical or strategic aim.President Obama couldreceive his greatest unde-served political windfallsince the financial tur-moil of September 2008.
If a bipartisan dealdoesn't come togetherquickly, House Republicansat the very least should passa 90-day extension andforce President Obamato make good on his"bluff." More ambitious-ly, they should pass adebt-limit increase withspending cuts equal to orgreater than the increasein the debt ceiling. Theycould draw on the $6 tril-lion in cuts over the next10 years they've alreadypassed in the Ryan bud-get or the roughly $1.4trillion in cuts currentlyon the table in the WhiteHouse talks.
Then they can wait fora serious counteroffer.The president still needsa deal, both to get somecover for his years-longspending binge and tosignal to the markets thatWashington can trim thedebt. But if HouseRepublicans continue tohave nothing, the gamemay simply fall into hislap. The last thingRepublicans should wantis to make PresidentObama fortunate in hisadversaries.
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"A married daughter with children puts you in danger of being cataloged as a first edition." — Author Unknown
CHARLESTON, W.Va.(AP) — A seriously flawedcomputer system has leftWest Virginia's Departmentof Environmental Protectionunable to track $23 millionin permit and fee revenues,legislative auditors say.
The auditors say thatdoesn't mean the paymentsare lost or weren't collected.But the array of problemsthat plague the department'sEnvironmental ResourcesInformation System, orERIS, meant they could notaudit five years' worth ofpermit and fee revenues.
Auditor Londa Sabatinotold legislative leadersduring this week's inter-im meetings that whatbegan as a simple infor-mation database hasbecome the department'sway to track everythingfrom permits and billingsto employee schedulesand efforts to reclaimpolluted land.
DEP Secretary RandyHuffman disagreed withsome of the audit report'sfindings, but told theHouse-Senate Post AuditsSubcommittee that hisagency recognizes the sys-tem's shortcomings and ispursuing a new system.
"It was really neverintended to do financialmanagement," Huffmansaid during the Tuesdayinterim meeting. "It hasmorphed into that over theyears."
The audit focused on theagency's Division of Waterand Waste Management.Sabatino said her teamfound ERIS marred byduplicate entries, inaccu-rate listings of fee invoicesand payments, and limitson the data it will accept. Italso can't mesh with thestate's main accountingsystem, provide historicaldata or even print outreports.
Most of the $23 millionthat auditors could nottrack reflected annual feespaid by entities allowed todischarge pollutants intowaterways. But Sabatinoalso noted that these rev-enues, totaling around $20million, reflected just 197permits, roughly 3 percentof the relevant permitsthey reviewed that wereissued under the NationalPollutant DischargeElimination System pro-gram.
Another $1 millioncame from fees owed to afund for undergroundstorage tanks. The agencycould not tell whether alltank owners were in itssystem, or were beingbilled, Sabatino said.
Nearly $900,000
reflected fees from oil andgas drillers meant to pro-tect area groundwater.With DEP recentlyordered to issue emer-gency regulations forMarcellus shale naturalgas wells, auditors couldnot identify all of the oiland gas wells active dur-
ing the 2006 through 2010budget years.
"Without being able toknow the number of wells,we don't know how muchshould have been collect-ed," Sabatino said.
Huffman cited the ERISflaw that prevents it fromlocating non-current
information."I can tell you how
many gas wells we havetoday that are active andcurrent," he told lawmak-ers. "What I can't tell you,what the system can't tellyou is how many we hadfour years ago, for exam-ple, or last year.
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Kasey Winter and Adam Wise
W I N T E R - W I S EE N G A G E M E N T
Sherry Winter, of Rock Branch, W.Va., and RickWinter, of Poca, W.Va., announce the engagemenetof their daughter, Kasey Ann Winter to AdamWilliam Wise, son of Lester Wise, of Middleport,Ohio, and Linda and T.D. Dennis, of Point Pleasant,W.Va.
Adam is a graduate of Meigs High School andemployed at City Ice and Fuel in Point Pleasant.Kasey is also a graduate of Meigs High School andis employed at Early Education Station in PointPleasant. She is also persuing her Masters inPsychology at Rio Grande University.
Adam and Kasey are planning to wed at 6:30 p.m.on July 30, 2011, at Soul Harvest Church in Mason,W.Va., with the reception following at Mason GolfCourse.
Clay Roush and Lexxi Rees
R E E S - R O U S HE N G A G E M E N T
Bob and Susie Roush of New Haven, W.Va.announce the upcoming marriage of their son, ClayRoush, to Lexxi Rees, daughter of Mark andLeighanne Rees of Gallipolis, Ohio.
Clay received his bachelor of science in nursingfrom Marshall University in 2010. He is currentlyworking as a registered nurse in the CardiovascularIntensive Care Unit at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Heis planning to start the nurse anesthesia program at theUniversity of South Florida in Tampa, Fla., next fall.
His fiancee received her bachelor of arts degreefrom Marshall University. She will begin chiropracticschool in the fall at the National University of HealthSciences in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The wedding will take place in Huntington, W.Va.on July 30.
Ashley Johnson and Ryan Dickie
JOHNSON-DICKIEENGAGEMENT
Ashley Kay Johnson and Ryan Joseph Dickie, bothof Mason, W.Va., announce their engagement andupcoming marriage.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Brian and BrendaJohnson of Mason, W.Va. and the granddaughter ofEarl and Mary Johnson of Mason, W.Va. and MaeNelson and the late Carl Nelson of Middleport.
Ryan is the son of Joseph Dickie of Miama, Fla.,and Martha C. Dickie of Letart, W.Va. He is thegrandson of Velma ‘Sis’ Clark and Lowell Grimm andthe late Clyde Clark of Letart, W.Va. and Gordon andAurela Dickie of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Ashley is a 2005 graduate of Wahama High Schooland a graduate of Marshall University with an associ-ates degree in business administration.
Ryan is a 2008 graduate of Wahama High Schooland will graduate in July from Valley Beauty Schoolin Parkersburg, W.Va. with a degree in cosmetologymanagement.
The wedding will take place at 6:30 p.m. onSaturday, July 23, at the Racine Locks and Dam inLetart, W.Va. with Pastor Jason Simpkins of SoulHarvest Church performing the ceremony. In theevent of rain, the ceremony will take place at the SoulHarvest Church in Mason. The gracious custom ofopen church will be observed.
A reception will follow the ceremony at the com-munity building in New Haven, W.Va.
W.Va. auditors unable to track $23M from DEP
McKinleyʼs coalash bill clears2nd House hurdle
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A bill aimed atstopping the Obama administration from trying toreclassify coal ash as a hazardous waste has cleareda second hurdle in the U.S. House ofRepresentatives.
The Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Actis the first bill from West Virginia's freshmanRepublican, Rep. David McKinley. It passed out ofthe Energy and Commerce Committee on a vote of35-12 Wednesday night, with support from sixDemocrats.
The Sierra Club recently picketed McKinley'sMorgantown office over the bill, arguing it couldstrip the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ofthe power to protect people from the toxins in coalash.
McKinley defends the bill as a jobs-protectionmeasure.
Coal ash contains arsenic, selenium, lead, cadmi-um, and mercury, but it's used in the constructionand agriculture industries for products such as con-crete, drywall and fertilizers. McKinley contendshis bill ensures those continued beneficial uses andargues "the science proves it is non-hazardous."
"This bill will prevent hundreds of dollars inincreased electricity costs, stop hundreds of thou-sands of job losses, and strengthen and protect pub-lic health," he said in a statement after the vote.
McKinley's district is home to millions of tons ofcoal ash dumped in strip mines and ponds, and hisoffice in a retail center sits in the shadow of apower plant.
Critics say the bill is designed to benefit utilitycompanies and architectural and engineering firms,noting that McKinley owns such a firm inWheeling.
The Sierra Club questions McKinley's loyalties,and the Environmental Integrity Project issued areport this week that says he has reported morethan $200,000 in political donations from miningand electric power interests.
More than a third of the money came from fourcoal operators: Morgantown-based MEPCO,$32,200; Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources,$17,000; Scott Depot-based International CoalGroup, $15,900; and St. Louis-based Patriot Coal,$10,000.
The Sierra Club, which is suing Ohio-basedFirstEnergy over a fly ash waste site along theCheat River at its Mon Power plant in Albright,acknowledges there are appropriate uses for flyash. It argues, however, that too much "hidesbehind that designation" and is simply beingdumped on mine lands to fill holes.
Coal companies use ash in reclamation projects,dumping it in vast pits then covering it with soil.People who live near those sites worry about heavymetals and other contaminants leaching out.
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BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun
BEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Chris Browne
HI & LOIS Brian and Greg Walker
FUNKY WINKERBEAN Tom Batiuk
MUTTS Patrick McDonnell
THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane
DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum
CONCEPTIS SUDOKUby Dave Green
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This year, focus on the quality of your most important relationships and what is really important to you. Don’t get caught up in the trivial. Learn to express your less-than-pleasant feelings as well. The pos-sibility of manifesting a long-term goal becomes a distinct reality. Work with a partner or trusted friend who supports you in realizing this goal. If you are single, you will miss being coupled up, though you are likely to meet a very special person. AQUARIUS comes through for you.
The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Relax with friends, and
be a little less uptight about finances. Your way of answering a question or dealing with a problem could be quite challenging. Help an overly serious friend lighten up. Tonight: Where the gang is.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) While others are into sum-
mer fun and folly, you are being per-haps too responsible, if there is such a thing. Opportunities appear right now because of a new attitude that radiates from within. Keep your wal-let close to you; count your change. A mistake easily could be made. Tonight: Take the lead role one more time.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Let go of a close loved
one’s sense of limitation, which in some sense is being projected on you. Plans are subject to change, though you might not care in the least. You have a strong sense that it will make no difference. Tonight: Go with the offbeat idea.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) Work with a loved one
or dear friend. You might be angrier about a situation than you realize. Be willing to get your feelings under control and work through them. You must, if you care about the situation and about yourself. Tonight: Chat over dinner.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Someone shares a very
difficult situation, wondering what to do next. Listen to your instincts with a child or loved one. Honor a situa-tion that might be subtly impacting you behind the scenes. You know what you want. Tonight: Ask and
expect to receive it.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Your unique style lets others worry less, be it at work or at a party. Your efficiency is natural but also a gift to others. They know they can trust you with the details. A par-ent or older friend could be demand-ing. Tonight: Don’t push. You try too hard!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your imagination knows
no limits, which someone finds delightful as you make plans. You have been overly serious. Why not give it up and add to the fun factor in your life? Hop on an idea, be it only for a few hours. Tonight: Be your naughty and nice self.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You are more anchored
than you thought possible, and oth-ers might try to shake you up a bit. Your fiery side emerges in a discus-sion with a partner who might be egging you on. Others show their appreciation. Tonight: Happy close to home.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Listen to news, then make
plans accordingly. A friend could be overly serious. A loved one could be jealous of the attention you are giving to others. Be careful, and don’t make this person jealous. Tonight: Favorite spot, favorite people.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Be aware of what you
have to offer. Sometimes you look at yourself as less than you are. You are on top of your game. Discuss what is happening in a difficult situa-tion with a proactive friend. Tonight: Your treat.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You seem unusu-
ally vivacious. Others pick up on your energy and want to be with you. Reach out for someone at a distance. You might not realize the impact of a conversation, but you know it is there. Tonight: All the fun you can concoct.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Know what is going on
behind the scenes before making a decision. A partner trusts you but might be hesitant to let you know how much. A family member or roommate could be tough. Tonight: Shhh ... you don’t need to tell every-thing.
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AP photoPittsburgh Pirates second baseman Neil Walker (18) and center fielder AndrewMcCutchen (22) celebrate after McCutchen hit a home off of WashingtonNationals relief pitcher Sean Burnett (17) during the eight inning of Game 1 of adouble-header at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C, Saturday, July 2. Pittsburghdefeated Washington 5-3.
Injuries to stars mar 1sthalf of baseball seasonBY JON KRAWCZYNSKI
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From Derek Jeter toAlbert Pujols and JoeMauer, you could puttogether an All-Star teamjust from the guys whohave been stuck on thedisabled list this season.
If 2010 was the Year ofthe Pitcher, 2011 mightjust be the Year of theInjury. David Wright,Buster Posey and ZackGreinke have missed bigchunks of time as well,and the rash of injuredstars may be one of thebiggest reasons that allsix division races are soclose heading into theunofficial second half ofthe season.
With so many teamsplaying short-handed, noone has been able tobreak away from thepack yet and take com-mand of the pennantrace, setting up a 21⁄2month sprint to the fin-ish.
Jeter spent 21 days onthe shelf with a calfinjury that slowed hispursuit of 3,000 hits,Pujols stunned everyoneby coming back from abroken forearm after justtwo weeks and Mauer’sseemingly unimpeach-able image in his homestate of Minnesota took abig hit when he spentmost of the first twomonths of the seasonrehabbing a mysteriousleg injury.
The current disabledlist is chock full of stars— Johan Santana, JonLester, Roy Oswalt, CarlCrawford, Josh Johnson,Justin Morneau. Andmany of the trips haven’tbeen quick ones. Wrighthas been on the list sinceMay 16 with a stressfracture in his lowerback, Morneau is notexpected back until mid-August after having necksurgery and Johnson wasplaced on the 60-day dis-abled list with rightshoulder inflammationon May 17.
Others won’t be backat all this year. Posey,San Francisco’s brightyoung star catcher, is outafter breaking his left legand straining some liga-ments in his left ankle ona home plate collisionwith Florida’s ScottCousins on May 25.Cardinals ace AdamWainwright, Yankeesright-hander JobaChamberlain andBoston’s DaisukeMatsuzaka have all hadsurgery on their pitchingelbows and are rehabbingfor 2012.
The Red Sox,Cardinals and Giantshave somehow been ableto weather a series of sig-nificant injuries and sitatop their respective divi-sions as the second halfof the season is about tocommence.
Others such as theTwins, who havewatched eight regularplayers hit the DL forextended periods of time,and the Tampa Bay Rays,who saw Evan Longoria
miss 26 games with anoblique injury, got off toslow starts in partbecause of health prob-lems.
With the air-tightnature of the playoffchase — all six divisionleaders have a cushion of31⁄2 games or fewer — itis conceivable that theteams who are able toremain the healthiest andavoid any more keyinjuries will be the onesthat advance to the post-season.
How teams choose toaddress key injuries willalso add some intrigue tothe trade deadline, whichis three weeks away.
Here’s a quick look atthe stars, slumps and sur-prises of the first half ofthe season:
STARS:—Jose Reyes, SS, New
York Mets: Electrifyingpresence has made theMets worth watching.Leading NL with .354average and 15 triples,six more than next clos-est hitter.
—Matt Kemp, CF, LosAngeles Dodgers: All-around stud. Hitting .313with 22 homers and 67RBIs. Been intentionallywalked 12 times andleads in many of the statgeeks’ favorite cate-gories, including winsover replacement.
—Jair Jurrjens, RHP,Atlanta Braves: LeadsNL in wins (12), ERA(1.87) to keep Braveswithin striking distanceof the juggernaut inPhiladelphia.
—Jose Bautista,OF/3B, Toronto BlueJays: His assault contin-ues. Belted a league-high31 homers in first halfand also hitting .334, sec-ond in the league whileplaying two positions.
—Adrian Gonzalez,1B, Boston Red Sox:Worth everything that theRed Sox invested.Leading league with .354average and 77 RBIswith 17 homers.
—Justin Verlander,RHP, Detroit Tigers:With apologies to All-Star starter Jered Weaver,Verlander has been theAL’s best pitcher in thefirst half. Is 12-5 with a2.15 ERA and league-leading 147 strikeouts.Also tossed a no-hitter onMay 7 at Toronto.
SLUMPS:—Los Angeles
Dodgers: Pretty mucheverything has gonewrong for one of base-ball’s tradition-rich fran-chises. Owner FrankMcCourt is in a bitterbattle with MLB overcontrol of the team, withthe fight spilling intobankruptcy court. Andthe team has sunk to thebottom of the NL West inDon Mattingly’s firstseason as manager.
—J.A. Happ, RHP,Houston Astros: Hasn’trecorded a victory sinceMay 14, falling to 3-10with a 5.63 ERA. Happ is0-6 with a 5.85 ERA dur-ing his skid, and the
Astros are winless inthose nine starts.
—Adam Dunn, DH,Chicago White Sox:Hitting .160 with ninehomers, 34 RBIs and 117strikeouts in first year ofa four-year, $56 millioncontract. Hitting .031 (2for 64) against lefties.
—John Lackey, RHP,Boston Red Sox: Hasbeen a massive disap-pointment since signing afive-year, $82.5 milliondeal before last season. Is6-8 with a 6.84 ERA thisyear.
SURPRISES:—Pittsburgh Pirates:
The perennial losers arein the middle of a stun-ningly successful season,riding CF AndrewMcCutcheon and closerJoel Hanrahan to a 47-43record, just one gamebehind the Cardinals andBrewers in the NLCentral.
—Lance Berkman, OF,St. Louis Cardinals: Inthe middle of a careerresurgence, leading NLwith 24 homers.
—Curtis Granderson’spower: The New YorkYankees’ center fielderstruggled in his first yearin pinstripes, but hasrebounded in a big waythis year. His 25 homersat the break are the sec-ond-highest total in themajors, behind Bautista.
—The top ace inPhilly: When the Philliesunveiled their ‘FourAces’ starting rotation,Cole Hamels was the lastone mentioned. Not now.Hamels has the best ERA(2.32) of any of the fourand his 11 wins are tiedwith Roy Halladay forthe team lead.
MEMORABLEMOMENTS:
—Jeter’s 3,000th: Likeeverything else in hischampionship-drenchedcareer, the Yankees short-stop did it in style, hittinga homer to become the28th player in MLB his-tory to achieve the feat ina five-hit day.
—Brewers acquire K-Rod: Milwaukee GMDoug Melvin made thefirst big splash of thetrade season, announcingjust after the All-Stargame that he got closerFrancisco Rodriguezfrom the Mets to bolsterthe bullpen and try tomake what is expected tobe Prince Fielder’s lastyear in Milwaukee amemorable one.
—Heath Bell slidesinto the infield: What anentrance for the Padresreliever in the All-Stargame. The big right-han-der sprinted nearly 18mph to the infield andexecuted a one-kneeslide to take a divot outof the infield just beforehe hit the mound.
—Travis Hafner’swalkoff slam: TheIndians slugger, who hasrebounded after threemediocre seasons, hit agrand slam in the ninthinning on July 7 to beatthe Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4.
NFL, players: We’re makingprogress toward deal
BY HOWARD FENDRICHASSOCIATED PRESS
Noting that “progresshas been made,” NFLowners and playerswrapped up a round ofintensive talks Fridaywithout a full agreementto end the league’s four-month lockout, but deter-mined to keep pushingover the weekend.
NFL PlayersAssociation headDeMaurice Smithexpects to speak withNFL CommissionerRoger Goodell in thenext couple of days, pos-sibly in person, while thetwo sides’ legal andfinancial teams continueworking. After abouteight hours of negotia-tions in New York onFriday — tacked ontomore than 25 hoursacross Wednesday andThursday — the leagueand players issued a jointstatement, saying: “Thediscussions this weekhave been constructiveand progress has beenmade on a wide range ofissues.”
They did not revealany details, citing a gagorder imposed by thecourt-appointed media-tor, U.S. MagistrateJudge Arthur Boylan.
“I wouldn’t dare spec-ulate on where we are,”said Dallas Cowboysowner Jerry Jones, oneof six members of theowners’ labor committeeparticipating Friday.
But people familiarwith the discussions toldThe Associated Pressthat Friday’s talks movedbeyond economic issuesto cover other remaining
areas where gaps need tobe bridged to finish off adeal. That included play-er health and safety mat-ters, such as offseasonworkout rules.
The aim was to buildupon the significantsteps made Thursday,when the framework fora rookie salary systemwas established, includ-ing that first-round draftpicks will sign four-yearcontracts with a cluboption for a fifth year.On another financialmatter, the per-team capfigure for 2011 will be inthe range of $120 millionin salaries plus about $20million or so in benefits,according to people withknowledge of the talks.
The people spoke tothe AP on condition ofanonymity because thenegotiations aimed atbreaking the impasse aresupposed to be confiden-tial.
One person also toldthe AP that owners firstlearned Thursday that theNFLPA set up $200,000in “lockout insurance”for each player if the2011 season were lostentirely, a policy thatcost at least $10 millionand was taken out nearlya year ago. That policywas first reported by
SI.com.The NFL’s first work
stoppage since 1987began in March, whenowners locked out play-ers after negotiationsbroke down and the oldcollective bargainingagreement expired. Nowthe preseason is just afew weeks away.
The Hall of Famegame that opens theexhibition season isscheduled for Aug. 7between the St. LouisRams and ChicagoBears, who hope to be intraining camp by nextweekend. Yet campswon’t start before a newCBA is in place.
Boylan, who has beenon vacation, orderedboth sides to meet withhim in Minneapolis earlynext week, and the own-ers have a special meet-ing set for next Thursdayin Atlanta, where theypotentially could ratify anew deal — if one isreached by then.
Any agreement alsomust be voted on bygroups of players,including the namedplaintiffs in a class-action antitrust lawsuitpending in federal courtand the NFLPA’s 32team representatives.
“We made someprogress; we continue tohave a lot of work to do,”Smith said as he leftFriday’s session at aManhattan law firm. “Iknow everybody is frus-trated, and they want adefinitive answer. I hateto disappoint you; you’renot going to get one rightnow. We’re going to con-tinue to work, and I thinkthat’s a positive sign.”
Ward holds off challengers to win Ohio AmKETTERING, Ohio
(AP) — Xavier fresh-man Korey Ward lovesPhil Mickelson. Heprobably wouldn't havewon the Ohio Amateurhad he not pulled off ashot that perhaps Leftywouldn't have eventried.
"I hit it absolutely per-fect," said the WestChester native.
A day after almostshooting himself out ofthe tournament, Wardholed a flop shot on thepar-3 eighth hole tobegin his comeback andthen overtook defendingchampion MichaelBernard to capture the105th Ohio Am title.
The second-roundleader had rounds of 69-68-75-71 to stand aloneat 1-under 283 at NCRCountry Club's SouthCourse, one shot aheadof hard-chargingMichael Lewis who hadtwo eagles in a closing69 that matched the low
round.The event's youngest-
ever winner a year ago atage 16, Bernard was inthe lead coming into thefinal round but falteredto a 77 that left him tiedfor third with Dublin'sMichael Cress (76) at286.
Bernard still led Wardby three strokes whenthey came to the 172-yard eighth. Ward's ironshot ended up left of thehole, leaving him unableto even see the puttingsurface and little room towork with out of heavyrough on the 20-yardshot.
"There was a littleslope and I had a 3-footcircle where I could landit," he said. He slid hisclub under the ball andpopped it high into theair before it rolled intothe cup.
Maybe the only personwho wasn't surprisedwas Bernard, who willbe a senior at Wayne
High School in HuberHeights and has verballycommitted to Ohio Statenext year.
"Honestly, I've playedwith him and he's donethat kind of stuff beforeso I kind of expected it,"Bernard said. "You haveto expect the other guyto make great shots."
After his 75 in thethird round, he had said,"I played awful, honest-ly. I did everything bad."But then he added, "Ineed to play well tomor-row. I kind of shotmyself out of it a littlebit. I just didn't play welltoday; tomorrow I thinkI'm going to play well."
Ward began the daythree shots back ofBernard and two behindCress, his playing part-ners, before finallycatching up and thenpulling ahead.
Bernard failed tobecome the 10th playerto win back-to-backOhio Am titles.
WV football officialstraining class
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va — TheOhio-Kanawha Rivers OfficialsAssociation is planning to conduct atraining class for prospective new foot-ball officials. Interested individualsmust be at least 18 years of age, have aninterest in the sport of football, and bewilling to attend the training classesand study and learn the rules of thegame. Individuals who sucessfullycomplete the class and become regis-tered with the West Virginia SecondarySchools Activities Commission will beeligible to assist in officiating middleschool and junior varsity footballgames during the upcoming season.
For more information contact KevinDurst at 304-593-2544 or Scott King at304-882-3392. The initial meeting willbe held at the Main Office at the MasonCounty Fairgrounds on Thursday, July21 at 6:30 p.m.
Mason County SoccerLeague Signups
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — TheMCSL fall registration signups areMonday, July 18, and Thursday, July 21from 5:30-7 p.m. each day at the PointPleasant Presbyterian Church on the
corner of 8th and Main Streets. Forquestions call Brandy 304-593-6055 orthe Mason County Soccer League fbpage.
BBYFL SignupsThe Big Bend Youth Football League
will hold its annual signups everySaturday in July from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.for all youth interested in participatingin football or cheerleading. Ages rangefrom third grade to sixth grade.Signups will be held at the VeteransMemorial Stadium in Middleport,Ohio. For questions call Sarah at 740-698-4054, Regina at 740-698-2804,Randy at 740-591-4203, Jim at 304-674-3825, Bill at 740-416-8712 orTony at 740-992-4067.
Mason Co.YouthFootball Signups
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — TheMason County Youth Football andCheerleading League will be holdingsignups every Thursday in the month ofJuly at Harmon Park under the picnicshelter from 5-7 p.m. Any boy or girlage 6-12 as of July 31, and from Masonor Gallia Counties will be eligible tosign-up. Any questions please contactD.J. Turner @ 304-593-9461.
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AP photoTom Watson of the US acknowledges the crowd on the 6th green after his hole in one during the second dayof the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's golf course Sandwich, England, on Friday.
McIlroy right in the mixfor another major title
SANDWICH, England(AP) — On a sunny daywhen the old-timersshined, the kid made surehe was right in the thickof things at the BritishOpen.
Another major title isstill in Rory McIlroy’sgrasp, though he isn’tgoing to run away withthis one.
The 22-year-old fromNorthern Ireland tena-ciously carved out a 1-under 69 Friday that lefthim four strokes off thelead at Royal St.George’s, where justseven strokes will be sep-arating the field headinginto what figures to be awild — and possiblystormy — weekend.
Darren Clarke andLucas Glover are at thetop of a leaderboardfilled with experience,from 40-somethingsThomas Bjorn, MiguelAngel Jimenez and DavisLove III to 52-year-oldTom Lehman.
But there’s somethingfor everyone (exceptmaybe the home coun-try). Phil Mickelson,check. Sergio Garcia,check. Major championsMartin Kaymer andCharl Schwartzel, checkand check.
And McIlroy, lurkingin the rearview mirror,looking to the add theclaret jug to his U.S.Open title.
“It was a grind,” hesaid. “It would be nicerto be a couple better, butI’ll take that going intothe weekend. I’m veryhappy with my position.”
So are a lot of guys,including anotherUlsterman.
Clarke shot his secondstraight 68 to show hisyounger countrymen athing or two. Once theface of golf in his coun-try, the 42-year-oldbecame an afterthoughtwhen first GraemeMcDowell, then McIlroyclaimed major titles.
Maybe it’s time for theold guy to get his, too.
“It would mean anawful lot,” Clarke said.“But obviously, this isonly after two rounds.There’s an awful longway to go yet.”
Clarke rolled in a 90-footer for eagle at theseventh and closed hisround with a birdie at thetough 18th, sending himto the clubhouse tied forthe top spot with LucasGlover at 4 under 136.
Glover, the 2009 U.S.Open champion, fol-lowed an opening 66with a solid 70 along theEnglish seaside.
“I didn’t hole as manyputts as I did yesterday,”the bearded Glover said.“But I’m happy to grindout even par.”
The U.S. has gone fivestraight majors without atitle — its longestdrought of the modernGrand Slam era. Glovershrugged off the slump;besides, he could be inline to snap anotherstreak.
“They told me no onehas won the Open cham-pionship with a beardsince the 1890s,” he said.
Also in contentionfrom the other side of theAtlantic: Chad Campbell,who shot 68 and was oneshot back at 3-under 137;Dustin Johnson (68) andold-timers Love (68) andLehman (67), all at 138;and, yes, evenMickelson, who came toEngland trying to forgethis Open record.
Lefty has only one top-10 finish in 17 previousappearances. Despitemissing several shortputts over the first twodays, a 69 made him afactor at 139.
“It’s fun to be in con-tention heading to theweekend of the BritishOpen,” he said.
McIlroy won’t beromping to an eight-stroke victory like he didat Congressional, but hewasn’t complainingabout the way he playedin the afternoon, whenthe wind picked up andthe tricky pin positionsmade things treacherous.
He saved his best forlast, pulling out a parafter plugging hisapproach in a pot bunkerin front of the green.McIlroy somehowknocked it on the greenand sank a 12-foot putt,pumping his fist as hereached the midwaypoint of the tournamentat an even 140.
Garcia, showing againhow his game is roundinginto shape, matchedMcIlroy with his second70 in a row. Bothendured the wrong end ofthe draw, playing intougher conditions dur-ing the morningThursday and the after-noon Friday.
“Obviously I wouldhave loved to have fin-ished at 2 under,” saidGarcia, who bogeyed two
of the last four holes.“But under the condi-tions that we played in, ifyou had given me evenpar I would have beenhappy.”
All four current majorchampions were headedto the weekend, but notthe top-ranked player inthe world. England’sLuke Donald closed withfour straight bogeys for a75 to miss the cut of 3-over 143. Lee Westwood,No. 2 in the world, shot73 and missed the cut byone stroke. Ian Poulterheaded home after a 78.
Their dismal finishepitomized the woes forthe English, who hadhoped to make a bigsplash at the club that hashosted more Opens out-side Scotland than anyother.
PGA champion MartinKaymer (67) was at 137,with Masters winnerCharl Schwartzel (68)another stroke back.Defending British Openchampion LouisOosthuizen (70) also wassafely above the cut lineat 142.
The forecast was muchworse for the final tworounds, with both windand rain expected.
Bring it on, saidMickelson.
“One of the things I’mlooking forward to isactually the bad weath-er,” he said. “I hope itcomes in.”
Bjorn, playing in thesame group as Dyson,was in danger of fallingcompletely out of the mixwhen he bogeyed threestraight holes at the startof his round. But the 40-year-old Dane pulledhimself together, playing1 under the rest of theway for a 72 that left himone stroke off the leadheading to the weekend.
“It wasn’t the prettiestof days golfwise, but I’lltake where I stand in thechampionship,” Bjornsaid.
So will Jimenez, evenwith Bjorn at 137 aftershooting 71.
“I’m one shot behind,”the Spaniard said. “I putmy breath on the back onthe players, and they’regoing to feel myself com-ing from behind. Be care-ful.”
The opening roundproduced a pair ofunlikely leaders. Bjornhad missed the cut in fourof five events before hegot to Royal St.George’s, his game in
disarray, his heart heavyafter the death of hisfather, and luggingaround plenty of baggageat this place.
Eight years ago, Bjornsquandered a two-strokelead in the final threeholes, allowing BenCurtis to sneak awaywith one of golf’s mostimprobable wins.
Getting into the tourna-ment on Monday as analternate when VijaySingh dropped out, Bjornplayed only one practiceround, then went out andshot a 65.
So did 20-year-oldTom Lewis, who becamethe first amateur to leadthe Open since 1968, thefirst to pace any majorsince Mike Reid at the1976 U.S. Open.
But Reid seemed morehis age in the secondround, bogeying the finaltwo holes for a 74 thatdropped him threestrokes off the pace. AtNo. 18, Lewis knockedhis approach over thegreen, striking a fencepost in front of the grand-stands and forcing him toplay a chip off a gravelroad.
Still, he’s made itthrough to the weekend— his primary goal.
“If you asked me thattwo days ago, I wouldhave taken it,” Lewissaid. “But at thismoment, it doesn’t feelso good.”
At least he had a goodview for the shot of theday.
Playing partner TomWatson, the five-timeOpen champion Lewis isnamed after, sent acharge through the placewith a hole-in-one at thesixth.
Pulling out a 4-iron,Watson sent the ball soar-ing to the green, then itbounced once beforedropping into the cup.The 61-year-old threwboth arms in the air, high-fived Henrik Stenson,shook hands with Lewis,then took a bow towardthe grandstand.
“Wish I could haveseen it go in,” Watsonsaid as he walked towardthe hole to retrieve thesecond hole-in-one atthis Open. Johnson hadan ace in the openinground.
Watson missed someshort putts, though, andfinished with a 70 for a142, good enough to sendhim through to the week-end.
Records:Tressel had historyof compliance issues at OSU
COLUMBUS, Ohio(AP) — Former OhioState coach Jim Tresselwas told by the school thathe did a poor job of self-reporting NCAA viola-tions years before hefailed to tell his bossesthat players were sellingchampionship rings andother Buckeyes memora-bilia, a cover-up that costhim his job.
In an evaluation ofTressel’s job performancefrom 2005-06, then-ath-letic director Andy Geigerrated Tressel “unaccept-able” in terms of self-reporting rules violationsin a timely manner. Thecoach also was warned ina separate letter that heand his staff needed to doa better job of monitoringthe cars the Buckeyeswere driving — an issuethat would arise again thisspring.
The documents werepart of a mountain of pub-lic records released Fridayby Ohio State dealingwith Tressel and the ongo-ing scandal that has sul-lied one of the nation’selite football programs.
Tressel received a letterof reprimand from then-athletic director AndyGeiger for giving a recruita Buckeyes jersey — aclear NCAA violation —before he had evencoached his first game.
In spite of a sparkling106-22 record and win-ning the 2002 nationalchampionship, Tresselwas forced to step downon May 30 after it becameclear that he had knowing-ly played ineligible play-ers during the 2010 sea-son. Investigators discov-ered he found out in April2010 that players werereceiving cash and dis-counted tattoos from theowner of a local tattoo par-lor in exchange for OSUfootball memorabilia, buthe did not report them tohis superiors or NCAAcompliance officers —and didn’t even acknowl-edge he had known of theproblem until confrontedin January.
Ohio State, which hasvacated the 2010 seasonincluding its share of theBig Ten championship,and has issued itself a two-year probation, is now fac-ing an Aug. 12 meetingbefore the NCAA’s com-mittee on infractions.
Tressel received a letterof reprimand from Geigerfor giving a recruit aBuckeyes jersey, clearlybreaking an NCAA bylaw,before he had evencoached his first game.Geiger put the letter inTressel’s personnel file onJune 15, 2001 — he washired earlier that year onJan. 17.
In his ‘05-’06 evalua-tion, Tressel was graded“excellent” in 10 of 12areas. Yet the NCAA-OhioState evaluation form alsorated Tressel unacceptablein self-reporting violationsand in “timely and accu-rate completion of phoneand unofficial visit logs.”Ohio State says that cur-rent AD Gene Smith metwith Tressel for oral evalu-ations of his performanceand that no written recordsexist.
In Ohio State’s responseto the NCAA’s allegationsagainst Tressel and theprogram last week, Tresselsaid, “I take full responsi-bility for my mistakes thathave led to the ongoingNCAA inquiry and toscrutiny and criticism ofthe football program.”
This spring, the NCAAalso investigated the carsdriven by Ohio State play-ers. That subject wasbroached in a letter byGeiger dated Sept. 9, 2003,that cautioned Tressel heand his staff needed to do abetter job of monitoringthe players’ cars.
“In the course of theinvestigation, there werequestions surrounding,among others, (redactedname’s) automobiles andcell phone use,” Geigerwrote to Tressel. “I amwriting to make it clearthat the Universityexpects you and your staffto pay attention to auto-mobiles driven by thefootball student-athletesand report to the AthleticCompliance Office any
unusual circumstanceswith respect to such auto-mobiles.”
In the last year, theNCAA and Ohio Statedelved into the carsowned by and loaned tostar quarterback TerrellePryor.
Ohio’s Bureau of MotorVehicles looked into 25sales involving Buckeyesplayers and determinedthat the dealers receivedfair-market value for thecars. The bureau did notaddress whether the dealsmet NCAA standards pro-hibiting benefits not avail-able to the general studentpopulation.
Pryor announced short-ly after Tressel was forcedout that he would forgohis final year of eligibilityto make himself availablefor an NFL supplementaldraft.
The heavily redactedmaterial released Fridayby Ohio State also includ-ed:
— Reprimands inTressel’s file for permit-ting an outside person tocoach kickers before a fullteam practice and allow-ing the mother of a recruiton an official visit to makea call for $7.93 that wasbilled to the university. Inaddition, his file containedat least two “letters of cau-tion and education” charg-ing that Tressel gave com-plimentary tickets to ahome game to a recruit’sparents and allowed anunidentified student-ath-lete to “practice with theteam during fall camp for19 days despite (his) nothaving completed hisNCAA Drug TestingConsent Form.”
In his letter, Geigerwrote to Tressel: “It is ourgoal to avoid all viola-tions. ... It is your respon-sibility to adhere to theNCAA rules and makesure you and your coach-ing staff understand theimportance of strict com-pliance with all NCAArules.”
— A police reportdetailing the investigationinto the theft of at least 10pairs of Ohio State foot-ball cleats from the team’slocker room inside OhioStadium last November.Ohio State police inter-viewed the three playerswho said they had cleatsstolen — Pryor, widereceiver DeVier Poseyand leading rusher DanHerron. A campus policeofficer later posed as abuyer on eBay and boughta pair of cleats signed byPryor. But a team equip-ment manager said thatpair was an older modeland was not one of thosestolen. No charges werefiled in the case.
— That men’s basket-ball coach Thad Matta hadfive cautionary letters putin his personnel file dur-ing the early part of hisseven-year tenure, but waslater praised for his rela-tionship with the school’sNCAA compliancedepartment.
Tressel’s attorney hassaid that the ex-coachintends to join Ohio Stateofficials, including Smithand interim head coachLuke Fickell, for theAugust meeting before thecommittee on infractions.The school and Tresselrecently agreed not to sueeach other, and Tressel hasbeen able to formallychange his departure froma resignation to a retire-ment from Ohio State.
Ohio State has suspend-ed six players (five afterPryor’s departure, includ-ing both Posey andHerron) for the first fivegames of the 2011 seasonand has vacated its 12wins from last season,including its victory overArkansas in the SugarBowl. In addition, it alsoself-imposed a two-yearNCAA probation. TheNCAA can choose toaccept those penalties orcan add to them.
