By FRANK LEWISPDT Staff Writer

The Scioto County man who escaped from the Heath Nursing Care Cen-ter early Thursday was arrested by Heath Police at 10:36 p.m. Thursday. Police say they found John Stroud, 53, of 1235 Hogan Street Rosemount, in a mo-bile home park.

“Right now he is in the Licking County Jail, and we expect to have him re-turned to Scioto County some time next week,” Scioto County Prosecutor Mark Kuhn said.

Detective Sgt. Craig Black of the Heath Police Department said officers received a call of a possible

prowler in the mobile home park. Officers found Stroud and Black said they arrest-ed him without incident. Stroud was transported to Licking Memorial Hospital as a precaution due to his extended exposure to the elements.

He was, according to police, then to be taken to the Licking County Justice Center. He will have an ex-tradition hearing at a later date.

“He made bond here, and for the last year we’ve been arguing over compe-tency issues,” Kuhn said. “The court had him evalu-ated and he asked for his own evaluation, and he was declared incompetent to stand trial in March.

One of the big concerns is not only that he could hurt someone, but that he could hurt himself, too. His con-dition is organic from a tumor. It is not something you can treat with medica-tion.”

Kuhn said a warrant had been issued for his arrest.

On Jan. 19, 2011, Scioto County Sheriff ’s deputies were called for a “welfare” check at Stroud’s home, which resulted in a nearly four-hour standoff. After attempting to negotiate with Stroud to surrender his firearm, deputies said they found the opportunity when Stroud was not hold-ing the weapon. They used a Taser to subdue him, but deputies said he then fled

into the house and gained control of a handgun prior to falling, at which time deputies reported the subject discharged one round, with two deputies returning fire, striking Stroud once in the knee. Stroud was apprehended and transported to South-ern Ohio Medical Center, where he was treated and later transported to Grant Hospital in Columbus for further treatment.

Kuhn said Stroud’s attor-ney had recommended the Heath nursing facility as a place for Stroud to recuper-ate from the injuries he suf-fered during the standoff.

Scioto County Sher-iff Marty V. Donini said during the 17 hours that

Stroud was missing, his family and friends were co-operating with his depart-ment.

According to a story in the Newark Advocate, Heath Police Chief Tony Shepherd said Thursday he did not know Stroud had been placed in the Heath facility.

“I’m so mad, I can’t see straight,” Shepherd said. Kuhn said Stroud was placed in the facility by his guardian through Probate Court.

Kuhn said Stroud’s next court date is a continued jurisdiction and placement hearing on May 23.

“What that means is that we’ve asked the criminal court to retain jurisdic-

tion,” Kuhn said. “He has been found incompetent and he has been found un-restorable. His condition is such that he, in no predict-able period of time, will be better.”

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at flewis@heartlandpublica-tions.com

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Police find Stroud; court date set in Scioto

Vehicle count to gauge need for traffic lightFRANK LEWISPDT Staff Writer

Portsmouth City Service Direc-tor Bill Beaumont said he or some-one from the Service Department will be doing a car count on Sci-oto Trail in the vicinity of Bertha Avenue and George Street next week. The purpose is to determine

whether there is a need for a traffic light at one of those intersections.

“Somebody has to physically sit there for 10 hours,” Beaumont said. “We borrowed a little black box from ODOT (Ohio Depart-ment of Transportation), and ev-ery time somebody comes by you have to flip a little switch.”

The lack of a light has been a

neighborhood concern since a por-tion of Argonne Road was closed shortly after former Mayor Jane Murray took office in 2010. The street was vacated for use by King’s Daughters Medical Special-ties, the decision for which oc-curred during the administration of former Mayor James Kalb. At

Brothers suspected in aggravated burglary JOSH RICHARDSONPDT managing editor

Sheriff ’s deputies have arrested a Portsmouth man and charged him with aggravated burglary after a Franklin Furnace resident said two males forced en-try into his home.

Scioto County Sher-iff Marty V. Donini said several 911 calls received Wednesday indicated the incident happened at 20 Ison Road. A caller to 911 mentioned that shots had been fired, although Sher-iff ’s Capt. David Hall said deputies could not sub-stantiate that claim.

Deputies and detec-tives responded and were advised that two men had forced entry into the residence. Once inside, ac-cording to the release, the suspects kicked open the bedroom door and demand-ed money and a wallet from the victim. The victim told deputies a fight took place inside his residence before the suspects left the area in a vehicle. According to the report, the suspect vehicle was struck with a large rock, knocking the window out and causing damage to the vehicle. The victim suf-fered minor injuries from this alleged assault.

Detectives said they found the vehicle at a resi-dence in Franklin Furnace, but the suspects had al-ready fled the area.

Donini said detectives received information that

a suspect was at a Wheel-ersburg residence. Depu-ties responded, where they arrested Matthew C. Steele, 34, of Portsmouth. Steele has been charged with aggravated burglary, a second-degree felony, and probation violation. He is being held without bond and was scheduled to appear Friday in Ports-mouth Municipal Court. Donini said more charges will be presented to a Sci-oto County grand jury on a later date.

Hall said 20-year-old Hank C. Steele of Ports-mouth also is suspected in the burglary and the Sher-iff ’s Office has issued a warrant for his arrest. Hall said Hank and Matthew Steele are brothers.

Anyone with any infor-mation concerning this burglary is asked to call Detective Jodi Conkel at 740-351-1091. All calls will remain anonymous.

Josh richardson may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 244, or jrichard-son@heartlandpublications.com.

Green, Glenwood students choosing sodabrietyFRANK LEWISPDT Staff Writer

The Scioto County Healthy Lifestyles Initia-tive is continuing its work to assess, educate and plan activities for reducing

Type 2 diabetes.The Initiative is a collabo-

ration of several individuals and agencies in the county. One activity of the coalition is the Sodabriety Challenge, an activity offered to high school students, which in-

creases the risk awareness of drinking sugary bever-ages.

Research has found that people who drink one or more sugary drinks a day are more likely to be obese and develop Type 2 diabetes

by as much as 2 percent.“Drinking sugar-sweet-

ened beverages is certainly and consistently associ-ated with an increased risk of diabetes and metabolic

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frank lewis | Daily TimesPeople wait for traffic to subside on Friday so they can cross Scioto Trail at the Bertha Avenue intersection in Portsmouth. Residents are asking for a traffic light at that intersection.

Area residents lost easy access to U.S. 23 when hospital was built

Hank Steele sought; Matthew Steele charged

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COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio prisons system has fired three prison guards following an investigation into an in-mate’s suicide, saying the guards failed to conduct proper prisoner checks that day.

An investigation by the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction released Friday says inmate Bobby Joe Clark had been dead as many as four hours before he was discovered.

Prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith says no more than 30 minutes should have passed between checks on Clark if the checks were conducted properly.

The investigation says the 48-year-old Clark was found hanged with a sheet around his neck on Feb. 11 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.

Clark, in prison since 1999, was convicted of aggravated murder out of Marion County and had a release date in 2015.

Ohio fires 3 SOCF guards after inmate’s suicide

‘I love recycling’Electronics, documents secured, recycled at eventFRANK LEWISPDT Staff Writer

Sixty vehicles brought in items to be shredded, and 43 vehicles brought in e-waste for recycling by the Lawrence-Scioto Solid Waste Management Dis-trict at the Valley Whole-sale Foods parking lot on Market Street in Ports-mouth.

One of those people was Candace Hatten of Wheel-ersburg.

“I do the recycling,” Hatten said. “I brought a computer monitor and a scanner and some docu-ments to shred. I’m careful about stolen identity. And I also use (recycling) for the newspaper, pop cans and plastic bottles. I use all of the ones (recycle bins) they have around the area. I love recycling.”

“They’re bringing in computers, monitors, keyboards, anything like

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Roy Horton, 79Roy Kenneth Horton,

79, of Thurman, Ohio, a former resident of South

Shore, Ky., went to be with his Lord, Wednes-day, April 11,

2012, in King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. He was born in South Shore, Ky., Feb. 23, 1933, a son of the late James T. Horton and Sarah Wright Horton.

He was a U.S. Army vet-eran a member of the Faith Baptist Church in Gallipo-lis, Ohio. He was a retired accountant with Belasio Co. of Jackson, Ohio.

Preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie Kee Horton, Oct. 31, 1990; a stepdaugh-ter, Tammy Nickels and stepson, Tony Stockham; two brothers, Harold and Gary Horton; two sisters, Nan Peterman and Georgia Scott. Surviving are his wife, Wanda Mercer Stockham Horton of Thurman, Ohio; two daughters, Judy “John” Bruhling of St. Joseph, Mo., and Kenni Horton of Thur-man, Ohio; stepdaughter, Trina “Scott” Newberry; four brothers, James T. Hor-ton of McGregor, Texas, Milford Gene Horton of Buckeye Lake, Ohio, Wil-liam Tom Horton of Mocks-ville, N.C., and David Lee Horton of South Webster, Ohio; four sisters, Betty L. Arnold of McKeesport, Pa., Lula Steele of Marietta, Ga., Carolyn Dunlap of Newark, Ohio, and Maxine Bringen-berg, Reynoldsburg, Ohio; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15, 2012, at the Roberson Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. William Nolen and Rev. Jim Lusher officiating. Burial in Oldtown Cemetery, Gree-nup, Ky. Friends may call at the Roberson Funeral Home in South Shore, Ky. from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Satur-day and from 11 a.m. until the funeral hour on Sunday. Military graveside services by the James L. Flannery American Legion Post #276 of South Shore, Ky. In lieu of flowers donation can be made to King’s Daughters Hospitality House, 2221 Central Ave., Ashland, KY 41101.

Dwight Lute, 68Dwight Wayne Lute,

68, of Portsmouth died Thursday, April 12, 2012, at Southern Ohio Medical Center.

He was born June 27, 1943, in Rushtown, a son of the late Herschel and Ro-setta Logan Lute Van Horn.

Dwight was a former STAR Workshop employee and enjoyed playing check-ers and listening to Chris-tian music.

He is survived by two brothers, Clifford Lute of Lucasville and Donald Lute of Columbus, and two sis-ters, Helen Ellis of McDer-mott and Shirley Van Dyke of Fairborn.

Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Mon-day, April 16, 2012, at the McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville with George Vastine officiating. Burial will follow in Rushtown Cemetery. Friends may call from 11:30 a.m. until the funeral Monday at the

funeral home.

Ruth Gipson, 77Ruth Rister Gipson, 77, of

Wellington died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at her resi-dence. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Lloyd Ridge Pentecos-tal Church on Lloyd Ridge in Lewis County, Ky. Inter-ment will follow in the Dum-mitt Cemetery on Dummitt Ridge in Lewis County, Ky. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Sunday and anytime on Monday at the church. Dickerson Funeral Home in Vanceburg, Ky., is in charge of local arrangements.

Helen Smith, 82Helen J. Jenkins Smith,

82, of Jackson died Thurs-day, April 12, 2012, at a Jackson nursing facility. Fu-neral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the Cox Burkitt Funeral Home in Beaver. Interment will follow in the Beaver Union Cemetery. Friends may call on Satur-day from 11 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home.

Steve Maggard, 67Steve Wilson Maggard,

67, of Grayson died Fri-day, April 13, 2012, at an Ashland, Ky., hospital. In-terment will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in Maggard’s Cem-etery, Mayhew Flats, Ky. Friends may call from noon until 1:30 p.m. at Sparks Fu-neral Home.

Erma Buckle, 90Erma Buckle, 90, of

Lebanon, Ohio, formerly of Clarktown died Friday, April 13, 2012. Arrangements are pending at McKinley Funer-al Home in Lucasville.

Wilma Melvin, 79Wilma J. Melvin, 79, of

New Boston, died Friday, April 13, 2012, at SOMC. Arrangements are pending at Erwin-Dodson-Allen Fu-neral Home in Minford.

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Obituaries

Bible VerseJohn 6:28-29Then they asked him,

“What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

• Edgar Gibbins — 11 a.m. Saturday at Erwin-Dodson-Allen Funeral Home in Minford, with 10-11 a.m. Saturday. Inter-ment in Bennett Cemetery.

• Raymond Keller — 11 a.m. Saturday at Roger W. Davis Funeral Home in West Portsmouth, with visitation 10-11 a.m. Sat-urday. Interment in Memo-rial Burial Park.

• Geraldine Turner — 11 a.m. Saturday at Reed Funeral Home in Greenup, Ky., with visitation 10-11 a.m. Saturday. Interment in Bellefonte Memorial Gardens.

• Ottof Bryan — Noon Saturday at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheel-ersburg, with visitation 10 a.m.-noon Saturday. Inter-ment in Junior Furnace.

• Betty Ratliff — Me-

morial service noon Sat-urday at Central Christian Church in Ironton, with visitation 11 a.m.-noon Saturday. Interment in Woodland Cemetery. Ar-rangements by Phillips Fu-neral Home in Ironton.

• Bonnie Mollett — 1 p.m. Saturday at Phillips Funeral Home in Ironton. Interment in Mollett Fam-ily Cemetery.

• Tommy Thompson — 1 p.m. Saturday at Lo-cust Grove Wesleyan Tab-ernacle Church in Locust Grove, with visitation noon-1 p.m. Saturday. In-terment in Locust Grove Cemetery.

• Lora Huffman — 2 p.m. Saturday at Davis Funeral Home in South Webster, with visitation noon-2 p.m. Saturday. In-terment in South Webster Cemetery.

• Herbert King Jr. — 2 p.m. Saturday at Boyer

Funeral Home in Waverly, with visitation noon-2 p.m. Saturday. Interment at Mount Latham Cem-etery.

• Diana Smith — 2 p.m. Saturday at Howe Wheeler Boyer Hornback Funeral Home in Piketon, with visitation noon-2 p.m. Sat-urday. Interment in Arkoe-Goff Cemetery.

• Blanche Mahaffey — 2 p.m. Sunday at Satterfield Chapel Christian Union Church in Tiffin Town-ship. Arrangements by Lafferty Funeral Home in West Union.

• Frances Schroeder — Memorial service 3 p.m. Sunday at F. C. Daehler Mortuary in Portsmouth.

• Betty Parkinson — 2 p.m. Monday at Boyer Funeral Home in Waverly, with visitation 1-2 p.m. Monday. Interment in Ev-ergreen Union Cemetery.

Service Schedule

Lick Run-Lyra Road closed for berm repairCraig J. Opperman P.E., Scioto County engineer, said work

crews will be performing Berm Repair (weather permitting) on Lick Run-Lyra Road — CR-02 at the 11.4 mile marker in Vernon Township. The road will be closed Monday, April 16, through Friday, April 20, both day and night. The location of the closure is between Haven Road and Pine Creek Road, being 0.30 miles from Haven Road and 1.30 miles from Pine Creek Road. County Engineer’s Crews will be performing berm work.

Public Employees Retirement chapter to meetThe local chapter of Public Employees Retirement Inc.,

PERI will meet on Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. at the New Boston Community Center, 3980 Rhodes Avenue, New Boston. Dr. Terry Johnson, Ohio State Representative, will be discussing the future of the five Ohio retirement sys-tems. All retirees from the five Ohio retirement systems are encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served.

Business and Professional Women’s Clubto Give Scholarship

Norna Prior, President of the Portsmouth Business and Professional Women’s Club announced recently the club is offering a $750 scholarship to an area woman or man who meets the following requirements:

· Must be a full-time student who has completed one year at an accredited four-year college;

· Has maintained a 3.00 accumulative grade point average;· Is a resident of Scioto County.Applications may be obtained from Annita Thompson,

BPW Scholarship Committee; P.O. Box 484; South Shore, KY 41175. Applications will be mailed upon receipt of a mailed request or you can pick up an application from Thompson at the Shawnee State University Bookstore in Portsmouth. Completed applications should be returned by May 30, 2012.

Three-on-Three TournamentThe Three-on-Three Tournament will take place at Mound

Park on Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. The ages for participation are 9-13, 14-17, and 18 and up. The cost is $30 for three players and $40 for groups with four players. For more information, call Robert at 740-357-0635.

Local Briefs

Submitted photoPortsmouth High School students participated in a moti-vational session with Marcia Harris, focusing on the impor-tance of combining motivation with academics. Another aim of the session was to assist students in becoming successful by recognizing their uniqueness and skills as well as the resources in others to create a win-win for all involved. For more information, call Marcia Harris at 740-353-8056, or Wanda Locke at 740-353-2398 at Portsmouth High School.

Portsmouth students get motivated

Tuesday• Northwest LPDC Com-

mittee will meet in the NES Conference Room. High School and Middle School will meet at 2:45 p.m. and Elementary will meet after dismissal.

• Northwest Board of Education will meet for their Regular Board meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the Northwest High School Media Center.

• Board of Trustees of the Portsmouth Public Library will be meeting at the Main Branch at noon.

• Nile Township Trust-ees, regular meeting, 7 p.m. at the Nile Township Trust-ees’ Office.

• Madison Township Board of Trustees, regular session, at the township meeting room, 457 White Gravel Road, Minford.

• Retirees of the Piketon Plant, monthly luncheon, 11 a.m. at Gatti’s Pizza, 1658 11th St., Portsmouth. For more information, call 740-897-2863 or 740-897-2457.

• Executive Committee Meeting of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction, Mental Health Services Board of Adams, Lawrence, Scioto Counties at 5:30 p.m.The Board of Director’s Meeting of the Alcohol, Drug Addic-tion, Mental Health Services Board of Adams, Lawrence, Scioto Counties will be at 6:30 p.m.The location is 919 7th Street, Portsmouth.

• Northwest Regional Water District Board, Regu-lar meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the Thomas E. Slye Annex, 123 Smith St., McDermott.

Thursday• Scioto County Board of

DD, monthly meeting April

19 at 6 p.m. in the STAR Inc. Building, 2619 Gallia St., Portsmouth. This meeting is open to the public.

Monday, April 23• Wheelersburg Board of

Education meeting at 6 p.m. at the Board Office on Cen-ter Street.

• Sciotoville Community School and Sciotoville El-ementary Academy board meetings scheduled for April 16 have been canceled and rescheduled for April 23.

Tuesday, April 24• McDermott and Sur-

rounding Area Senior Group will have their meeting at the newly remodeled Se-nior building at 11 a.m. The guest speaker will be Jim Day, regarding, “Overcom-ing Failure”. Lunch will be available. Contact Bob Shin-kle, President for further in-quiry at 740-259-2416

• Shawnee Nature Club, 7 p.m. in the Forest Room of Hill View Retirement Cen-ter, Portsmouth. OSU grad-uate student Nathan Patrick will talk about rock glaciers. Refreshments served. Meet-ings free and open to the public. For more informa-tion, call Lynne Rodeheffer 740-354-5467.

• Secretary of State Jon Husted’s regional liaison, open office hours, at the Portsmouth Public Library in the Robert C. Copley Meeting Room, 1-3 p.m.

• Washington-Nile Board of Education, regular meet-ing, 7 p.m. at Portsmouth West High School.

Thursday, April 26• Public Employees Re-

tirement Inc. (PERI) local chapter, 1:30 p.m. at the New Boston Community Center, 3980 Rhodes Ave. State Rep. Dr. Terry John-son will discuss the future of the five Ohio retirement systems. All retirees from the five Ohio retirement systems are encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served.

Meetings

the time, Kalb told area residents the city would revisit the problem once the road was closed to see if there was a need for a traffic light at one of those two intersections.

“He’s no longer mayor,” First Ward City Council-man Kevin Johnson said. “And every time we get a new Council or a new may-or, everything starts from scratch. And it’s not just this Council, it’s previous ones, they tend to ignore anything that has gone before them. Which is not the way things should be done, which is why I’m looking forward to having a city manager.”

Portsmouth voters vot-ed to reinstate the Coun-cil/City Manager form of government, beginning in 2014.

“The need for a light there exists based on the fact that that community is much like an island,” John-son said. “It is blocked off as far as access to U.S. 23, because of not having a light. And the traffic in the morning and afternoon is not only bad, but increas-ingly bad. The traffic just since I have moved here into my current home in June of 2009 has increased dramatically, especially truck traffic. I attribute that to just simply that truck business all along the river tends to come along U.S. 52 and U.S. 23.”

Johnson said the lack of a traffic light along that section of Scioto Trail (U.S. 23) presents a major problem not only through driving out of the Argonne Road, Bertha Avenue and George Street area, but since it is partially a busi-ness district, opposite the isolated area, people who walk to those businesses also have to cross the road, and there are no marked

legal crossings between Kinney’s Lane and 27th Street. In fact, all along that area are “no crossing” signs.

“We had a light there, and when they started negotiating for King’s Daughters, they took our light out, and we were able to go down by the old General Hotel to get out onto the (Scioto) Trail” Argonne Road resident Jeanie Smith said. “When they started the construc-tion, they closed that off, so we had no outlet. We have Spring (Lane) and Bertha, and both of those go right out onto the Trail up there by the (Gallia Street) Overpass light. Then, up here at Bertha is where the school bus stops. And they’ve got the (Four Keys) Hotel there. They’ve got Exsell (Re-alty) there, plus the con-struction company. Then, there are all of the trailer parks down on Bertha Av-enue. You can’t back your car out onto Scioto Trail. You have to sit there and wait and wait and wait to get out onto the Trail.”

Smith said the intersec-tion that leads to the Over-pass is dangerous for chil-dren crossing over to the area of several fast food restaurants.

Beaumont said the cost of a traffic light at Bertha Avenue would be about $130,000 to $140,000.

“The reason is that you are going to have to have a set of cross arms go-ing north and south, and you’re going to have to have another set of cross arms and lights on Bertha itself,” Beaumont said. “If we put one up at George, it will be right at about $80,000.”

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at flewis@heartlandpublica-tions.com.

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syndrome,” said researcher Vasanti Malik, ScD, a post-doctoral research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. “The link between sugar-sweetened beverages and diabetes and metabolic syndrome risk can be partially explained by the weight gain that can result from drinking the sugar-sweetened beverages, which in turn boosts Type 2 diabetes risk. The sugar-sweetened drinks can also raise blood sugar and insu-lin concentrations quickly, in turn leading to insulin re-sistance and higher risk of diabetes, according to the researchers.

Sharon Carver, Ap-paCHiP (Community Health in Partnership) di-rector, said Glenwood and Green high school students rose to the challenge and formed a student steering committee at each school. “They are having their cel-ebration at Glenwood today (Thursday),” Carver said. The Glenwood school ad-viser was Rachael Coriell, who facilitated the chal-lenge for 110 students. The Green school adviser was Megan Large, who facili-tated the challenge for 80 students. The student com-mittee addressed the vend-ing machines for low-sugar choices, developed market-

ing, sign up, recruitment, rewards and education of the student body. Each participating student was asked to complete a bever-age survey tool before and after the challenge. South-ern Ohio Medical Center was the lead agency on this initiative and also extended the challenge to their em-ployees. Student rewards were supplied by a vulner-able populations grant, Strengthening Communi-ties to Prevent Diabetes.

Carver said the students are having their celebration today at Glenwood.

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at flewis@heartlandpublica-tions.com.

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that,” LSSWMD Director Dan Palmer said. “And, if you have sensitive docu-ments, bank statements, anything with Social Se-curity numbers, those are shredded up.”

On one part of the lot, community service workers were busy piling computers, monitors and other computer hardware onto the back of a truck, while employees of Shred Devil LLC were letting people watch them turn documents into confetti. Shred Devil owner Molly O’Banion said some of the document-shredding com-panies turn the documents into ribbons, and she said that information is still readable.

“Everything we shred, we shred right on site,” O’Banion said. “We come to your location. Your doc-uments never leave your sight. It goes into our con-tainers, we weigh it. We give y0u the poundage of what we have done for you.

We give you a certificate of destruction. We are NAID (National Association of Information Destruction) certified. We received that last year, so we’re held to higher standards.”

Palmer said the truck with the shredded docu-ments takes its contents to Rumpke for recycling.

“When he goes to Rumpke, that floor will move and shove it out,” Palmer said. “Then it is baled and bound, and then it is taken to Columbus to the recycling center and all of this is recycled.”

The same care is taken with the computer hard-ware.

“They get broken down. The plastic is recycled at one place. The glass at another. The wire, the boards, the metal all get’s recycled,” Lester Betts of LB Salvage Recycling said. “The hard drives are drilled so no information gets out. It is disposed of properly. Nothing goes to a landfill.”

Palmer said the location

was a perfect fit for the event.

“I can’t thank the Vastines at Valley Whole-sale Foods enough for letting us use their lot,” Palmer said. “It’s easy in and easy out and really convenient.”

Palmer said he hopes to make the document and e-waste disposal program an annual event, probably in the spring.

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at flewis@heartlandpublications.com.

Frank Lewis | Daily TimesA pile of confetti fills the back of the Shred Devil truck Friday at a recycling event sponsored by the Lawrence-Scioto Solid Waste Management District in the parking lot at Valley Whole-sale Foods on Market Street in Portsmouth. The confetti is re-cycled in Columbus.

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Condemned inmate won’t appeal executionANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAP Legal Affairs Writer

COLUMBUS — A con-demned inmate scheduled to die next week for kill-ing a teenager during a 1985 farmhouse robbery has decided not to appeal a judge’s order allowing the execution, his attorney said Friday.

If put to death, 49-year-old Mark Wiles would be the first inmate executed in Ohio in six months fol-lowing legal fights over the state’s lethal injection poli-cies.

Wiles attorney Allen Boh-nert told The Associated Press that Wiles was not ap-pealing but declined to say why or comment further.

Wiles’ decision came two days after Gov. John Kasich refused to spare him, a de-cision that upheld the Ohio Parole Board’s ruling to deny Wiles clemency.

U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost ruled last week that the state had nar-rowly demonstrated it was serious about following its own lethal injection proce-dures.

Frost said he was “ad-mittedly skeptical” about Ohio’s ability to carry out the execution properly but said he was permitting the execution, while warning officials to get it right.

Frost had criticized the state in July for “haphaz-ard” execution policies that weren’t always followed, then allowed the state to carry out a November ex-ecution after the policies were updated and tight-ened.

He ruled against the state earlier this year after determining executioners had once again veered away from the policies during that November procedure, citing variations such as failing to check a box on a medical form and switching the official whose job it is to announce the start and fin-ish times of the lethal injec-tion.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincin-nati upheld that ruling, and it was that court that Wiles could have appealed to.

Attorneys who have rep-resented Wiles before the Ohio Parole Board called the state’s clemency system arbitrary and unpredictable and said Wiles was not the “worst of the worst” for whom capital punishment was designed.

He was sentenced to die for killing his employ-ers’ son, 15-year-old Mark Klima, in a Portage County farmhouse.

Klima, killed Aug. 7, 1985, was found by two girls who were staying at the farm, according to the parole board. The knife in his back had been used to cut a birthday cake the day before.

A report by the parole board also said Wiles had suffered a head injury in a bar 12 days before the slay-

ing, and a doctor testified that tests indicate he may have an injury to part of the brain that regulates im-pulse control. Another doc-tor agreed that Wiles has a brain injury and said he also has a substance abuse problem and personality disorder.

The parole board ruled unanimously March 23

against mercy for Wiles, saying he exploited the family’s kindness and his re-morse didn’t outweigh the brutality of the crime.

Wiles’ defense team had argued he should be spared because he confessed to the crime, has shown extreme remorse and regret and has a good prison record.

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OPINIONA4 Saturday, April 14, 2012 Portsmouth Daily Times

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The Pentagon knows it. The world’s largest insurers know it. Now, governments may be overthrown because of it. It is climate change, and it is real. Ac-cording to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis t rat ion , last month was the hottest March on record for the United States since 1895, when records were first kept, with average tempera-tures of 8.6 degrees F above av-erage. More than 15,000 March high-temperature records were broken nationally. Drought, wildfires, tornadoes and other extreme weather events are al-ready plaguing the country.

Across the world in the Mal-dives, rising sea levels con-tinue to threaten this Indian Ocean archipelago. It is the world’s lowest-lying nation, on average only 1.3 meters above sea level. The plight of the Maldives gained global promi-nence when its young presi-dent, the first-ever democrati-cally elected there, Mohamed Nasheed, became one of the world’s leading voices against climate change, especially in the lead-up to the 2009 U.N. climate-change summit in Co-penhagen. Nasheed held a min-isterial meeting underwater, with his cabinet in scuba gear, to illustrate the potential disas-ter.

In February, Nasheed was ousted from his presidency at gunpoint. The Obama ad-ministration, through State Department spokesperson Vic-toria Nuland, said of the coup d’etat, “This was handled con-stitutionally.” When I spoke to Nasheed last month, he told me: “It was really shocking and deeply disturbing that the United States government so instantly recognized the for-mer dictatorship coming back again. … The European gov-ernments have not recognized

the new regime in the Maldives.” There is a parallel between national positions on climate change and support or opposition to the Maldives coup.

Nasheed is the sub-ject of a new docu-mentary, “The Island President,” in which his remarkable trajec-tory is traced. He was a student activist un-der the dictatorship of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and was ar-rested and tortured, along with many oth-

ers. By 2008, when elections were finally held, Gayoom lost, and Nasheed was elected. As he told me, though: “It’s easy to beat a dictator, but it’s not so easy to get rid of a dictator-ship. The networks, the intrica-cies, the institutions and every-thing that the dictatorship has established remains, even after the elections.” On the morning of Feb. 7, 2012, under threat of death to him and his support-ers from rebelling army gener-als, Nasheed resigned.

While no direct link has been found yet between Nasheed’s climate activism and the coup, it was clear in Copenhagen in 2009 that he was a thorn in the Obama administration’s side. Nasheed and other representa-tives from AOSIS, the Alliance of Small Island States, were taking a stand to defend their nations’ very existence, and building alliances with grass-roots groups like 350.org, that challenge corporate-dominated climate policy.

Back in the U.S., March de-livered this year’s first weather disaster that caused more than $1 billion in damage, with tor-nadoes ravaging four central states and killing 41. Dr. Jeff Masters of the weather website Weather Underground blogged about March that “records not merely smashed, but obliter-ated.” On March 23, conserva-tive Texas Gov. Rick Perry re-newed the state of emergency declared there last year as a result of massive droughts.

Texas lists 1,000 of the state’s 4,710 community wa-ter systems under restrictions. Spicewood, Texas, population 1,100, has run dry, and is now getting water trucked in. Resi-dents have severe restrictions on water use. But for Perry, restricting corporations whose greenhouse-gas emissions lead to climate change is heresy.

Mitt Romney is on track to be the Republican candidate for president, with the sup-port of former challengers like Perry. They are already attacking President Obama on climate change. The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, has been promot-ing legislation in statehouses to oppose any climate legisla-tion, and rallying members of Congress to block federal ac-tion, especially by hampering the work of the Environmen-tal Protection Agency. As the Center for Media and Democ-racy has detailed in its “ALEC Exposed” reporting, ALEC is funded by the country’s major polluters, including ExxonMo-bil, BP America, Chevron, Pea-body Energy, and Koch Indus-tries. The Koch brothers have also funded tea-party groups like FreedomWorks, to create the appearance of grass-roots activism.

This election season will like-ly be marked by more extreme weather events, more massive loss of life, and billions of dol-lars in damages.

President Nasheed is work-ing to run again for his lost presidency, as President Obama tries to hold on to his. The climate may hang in the balance.

Denis Moynihan contrib-uted research to this column. Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 1,000 stations in North America. She is the author of “Breaking the Sound Barrier,” recently re-leased in paperback and now a New York Times best-seller.

43 BC – Battle of Forum Gal-lorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar’s assassin Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is wounded.

69 – Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Em-peror Otho in the Battle of Bed-riacum and seizes the throne.

70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, sur-rounds the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions.

966 – After his marriage to the Christian Dobrawa of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans,

Mieszko I, converts to Christian-ity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.

1028 – Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected king of the Germans.

1205 – Battle of Adrianople be-tween Bulgarians and Crusaders.

1294 – Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong.

1341 – Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.

1434 – The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in

Nantes, France is laid.1471 – In England, the Yor-

kists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.

1639 – Imperial forces are de-feated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Year’s War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.

1699 – Khalsa: The Sikh Reli-gion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh

in Northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.

1715 – The Yamasee War be-gins in South Carolina.

1775 – The first abolition so-ciety in North America is estab-lished. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Phila-delphia, Pennsylvania by Benja-min Franklin and Benjamin Rush.

1816 – Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave re-bellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.

1828 – Noah Webster copy-

rights the first edition of his dic-tionary.

1846 – The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illi-nois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and sur-vival.

1849 – Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.

1860 – The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, Cali-fornia.

1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.

CONNIE CASSAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — Only yester-day in presidential politics, The Donald was a contender, 9-9-9 was a buzzed-about tax plan, and Sarah Palin was cruising Iowa in a red, white and blue motor coach.

These days, Newt Gingrich’s moon base is just a distant dream.

Nothing fades faster than a pri-mary campaign’s losing slogans and all-the-rage moments. Remem-ber Rick Perry’s big “oops”? Rick Santorum’s sweater vest? Before it’s all lost, here’s a look back at the lingo of the race for the Republican nomination:

Trump for President — “The Donald” fired himself from the race early. He could have won, Trump declared, but business comes first.

Oops — All Perry could say in a cringe-worthy debate moment when he couldn’t come up with the name of that third federal depart-ment he wanted to eliminate.

Sarah Palin 2012 — Really? Nah, that bus tour through Iowa and New Hampshire was just foo-lin’.

John Wayne Who? — Michele Bachmann mistakenly congratu-lated Waterloo, Iowa, for being the birthplace of John Wayne. The town was home to serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Self-deportation — All-but-sure nominee Mitt Romney’s solu-tion to the problem of millions of illegal immigrants, offered during a Florida debate.

Food stamp president — Gin-grich’s nickname for President Barack Obama, as more jobless people joined the rolls.

9-9-9 — Former pizza CEO Her-man Cain was touting his plan for income, corporate and sales taxes, not a $9.99 takeout special.

Sweater vest — Santorum put one on in Iowa and nearly over-night it was his “official wardrobe.”

Back to the Gold Standard — Ron Paul is still primed for that return trip, right after he fires the Federal Reserve.

Moon base — The other guys mocked Gingrich for saying he would colonize the moon and even

make it into a U.S. state someday.Grandiosity — Gingrich is full

of it, Santorum snickered (see moon base). Gingrich retorted that grandiose ideas are what America’s about — then compared himself to the Wright brothers.

You are the same height as my wife — What Cain recalled tell-ing an employee who included the close encounter in her sexual ha-rassment complaint.

It wasn’t complicated — How a Georgia woman summed up the 13-year extramarital relationship she said Cain carried out with her. He denied it but soon quit the race.

Open marriage — What one of Gingrich’s ex-wives said he had sought from her. He denied her story and said the media was bringing up “trash.”

Baggage — Gingrich’s political and personal past began to weigh him down when pro-Romney ads jeered, “Newt has more baggage than the airlines.”

Airtight kennel — Where Mitt Romney said his dog used to love to travel, strapped to the top of the family car.

The dangers of contraception — Rick Santorum said he would warn the nation as president. Dem-ocrats warned women about him.

A couple of Cadillacs — What Romney said his wife drives, pro-voking another round of jokes about his wealth.

$2.50 per gallon — Gingrich pinned his comeback hopes on the nation’s thirst for low-cost gaso-line.

Phony theology — The basis of Barack Obama’s environmental policies, Santorum said.

Etch A Sketch — Romney can shake off the primaries and start the fall campaign like a clean Etch a Sketch, his spokesman said, to the delight of rivals who ridiculed the candidate as a pretend conser-vative.

Swiss bank account — Rom-ney’s history of offshore banking became another symbol of his per-sonal riches. While other factoids fade, this one may linger, thanks to an Obama campaign eager to keep it in voters’ minds until the November election.

The long, hot March of climate change

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Portsmouth High School Mock Trial Team Blue. Portsmouth High School Mock Trial Team Red.

PHS to compete in State Mock Trial CompetitionPortsmouth High School will

send two teams to the state mock trial competition after winning at the Ohio High School Mock Trial Regional Competi-tion on Feb. 24 at the Scioto County Common Pleas and Mu-nicipal Courthouses. This year’s case involved the violation of Fourth Amendment rights in the hearing of the State of Ohio vs. Storm Jackson.

Portsmouth Team Blue — consisting of seniors Brittney Scholl, Jori Williams, Klaire Smith and Kari Bentley, sopho-mores Ali Miller and Katie Wells, and freshman Micah Williams — defeated Logan Elm and East-ern; and Portsmouth Team Red — consisting of juniors Pajah Williams and Velsha West, fresh-men Brandon Jones, Madeline Clayton, Molly Kammler, Tanaia

Underwood, Jada Jenkins, Al-lison Raies and Alexis Tucker — defeated Ironton St. Joe and Lancaster. Both teams will com-pete in the state competition in Columbus on March 8-10. The teams are coached by teacher advisers Amy Keating and Tracy Campbell and legal advisers the Honorable Jay S. Willis, Magis-trate Margaret Apel Miller, Rob-ert R. Miller, Esq., and George

L. Davis IV, Esq.Winning “Best” awards for

Portsmouth were Ali Miller, “Best Attorney” in trials one and two, Brittney Scholl, “Best Wit-ness” in trial two, Madeline Clay-ton, “Best Attorney” in trial one, Velsha West, “Best Attorney” in trial two and Klaire Smith, “Best Witness” in trial one.

Also competing in the state competition from the Scioto

County regional are the teams of Georgetown and Warren. The Ohio mock trial program began in 1983-84 with 28 teams competing statewide. This year, about 350 teams from 150 high schools, involving more than 3,500 students, competed in the district competitions. It is the second largest high school mock trial program in the country.

Eastern’s Math-a-thon raises money for hospital

Submitted photoEastern Elementary (Grades 3-5) recently held its annual St. Jude Math-a-thon to raise money for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee. A total of 64 students participated in the event and $1,670.46 was collected. The top three donation collectors were all third-grade students. First was Lauren Bevins with $161, Second was Brynden Tipton with $109 and third was Colton Davis with $90.71. All participants received a certificate. Some students re-ceived T-shirts, backpacks and MP3 speakers based on the amount of money they raised. Mrs. Davis, Math-a-thon coordinator, thanks all students who participated in the fundraiser as well as all who donated. To date, the school has raised more than $25,000 for the hospital, which provides free health care to children with cancer and other diseases.

Valley artists selected for state exhibit

Valley Middle School of Lucasville recently announce that fifth-grader Trevor Zimmerman, left, and sixth-grader Maddie Kuhn has had artwork accepted in the 2012 Ohio Art Education As-sociation’s Youth Art Month Exhibition. Trevor and Maddie’s art will be representing Scioto County this year in this annual exhibit. The juried art exhibition includes 158 Ohio students in grades kindergarten through eighth and is on display at the State Teacher’s Retirement Sys-tems (STRS) second floor Gallery at 275 E. Broad St., Columbus, during the month of March. Trevor and Maddie are students of Miss Mary Boll, art instructor at Valley Local Schools.The exhibition is sponsored by the Ohio Art Education Association, which is the professional organization of more than 2,000 art educators in Ohio. OAEA promotes art education and rec-ognizes quality student art through various exhibits at both the state and local levels. A recep-tion and awards ceremony will be held at the STRS building on Saturday, March 10, 2012, for the artists, their parents, teachers and guests.

‘Youthful Visions’ exhibit set

Submitted photoAnna Trankina of Wheelersburg High School prepares artwork for the Youthful Visions Exhibi-tion.

In celebration of Youth Art Month, the Local History Department of the Ports-mouth Public Library will again display “Youthful Visions,” an exhibit of artwork created by Scioto County High School art students. The display consists of both two- and three-dimensional work in a variety of media. During the exhibit, bookmarks de-signed by the students will be available to library patrons.

The exhibit will be displayed from

March 1 through March 30 in the Local History Department and is being coordi-nated by Sharee Price, South Central Ohio Educational Service Center’s Gifted Ser-vices coordinator. This event is sponsored by the Scioto Foundation and the Ports-mouth Rotary Club. Artwork from the following high schools will be on display: Clay, Minford, New Boston, Northwest, Portsmouth, Valley, West and Wheelers-burg.

West Alumni Hall of Fame created

The Washington-Nile Local School District has formed an Alumni Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame will be organized as a way of main-taining the heritage and tradition of the suc-cessful academic programs at Portsmouth West High School.

If interested in nominating a graduate of Portsmouth West High School, go to the dis-trict website at www.west.k12.oh.us. Go to “Links” and click on Central Office. The in-formation is at the bottom of the page. The guidelines and nomination application are available there. All applications must be sub-mitted to the district by April 1.

Clay Board honors board members

At its regular meeting Feb. 23, the Clay Lo-cal Board of Education acknowledged Board

President Bill Warnock for 20 years of service and Board Member Donnie Caseman for 10 years of service. They also accepted resig-nations for the purpose of retirement from Charlotte Green and Steve Williams. Board Member Annie Riffe’s resignation was also ac-cepted because she is relocating out of state.

Eastern kindergarten screening set

The Eastern Local School District will be holding kindergarten screening on Monday, April 2, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Tuesday, April 3, 1-6:15 p.m.; and Wednesday, April 4, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Children who will be 5 years old by Sept. 30 are eligible. Please bring the child’s birth certificate, shot record, Social Security card and proof of custody (if applica-ble). All kindergarten teachers will be helping with the screening. The screening takes about 45 minutes to complete. Call 740-226-6402 or 866-801-9532 to schedule an appointment.

Chalk Dust

OEMPA coming to OU campusesThe Ohio Executive Master of Public Ad-

ministration (OEMPA) will be available at the Ohio University Proctorville Center starting in Summer 2012.

This “hybrid” program provides the conve-nience of online learning and the personal con-nections gained through the classroom. The OEMPA is ideal for busy professionals in the public and nonprofit sector, as the program features a once-a-month weekend residency, with the remainder of the coursework offered online.

At the monthly weekend residencies, semi-nar meetings are held at 6 p.m. Friday, 8:30

a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, and 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Guest speakers from the public sector are occasionally invited over the course of the program.

Information sessions will be offered at the Ohio University Southern Campus in the Col-lins Center, 1804 Room, at 6 p.m. March 13, and the Ohio University Proctorville Center, Room 130, at 6 p.m. April 3.

The application deadline for the program is May 15. There is no additional charge for out-of-state tuition. For more information, visit www.outreach.ohio.edu/mpaor call the OEM-PA program office at 740-593-4381.

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Husband has more fun with buddies

Dear Dr. Brothers: I’ve never objected to my husband go-ing out with his friends once a week. I’m a mom and a homebody, and I don’t mind him having fun. But when we’re part of a group and the guys go off on their own, my husband is a different per-son. He laughs, is outgoing, fun and entertain-ing. When we are at home alone, he has lit-tle to say, and spends more time with the kids than with me. It makes me feel lonely and unloved, and I don’t en-joy feeling like he finds me pretty dull. — L.A.

Dear L.A.: I can see how difficult it must be to watch your guy be the life of the party while out with friends and then turn back into a pumpkin the moment the car door slams shut. It is natural for you to feel like he doesn’t find you worth the time and attention he lavishes on his buddies, and for you to think of yourself as a dull homebody (your own words, not mine!). So the obvious way to face this issue is to set about making yourself more attractive to your husband — even if you are only competing with a bunch of middle-age men with beer bellies. For you never know when a bored husband will find another woman just as charming

as his buddies. Just a word to the wise. Think about seduc-ing him — that should get his attention!

See if he will set aside a night once a week or a couple of times a month for a date with you. Think of some things to talk about in advance — pref-erably planning something fun and exciting with him — so

that you don’t end up dining out in silence. You need to disrupt the routine you have gotten into that has made it more fun for him to invest in his friends than in you. Check out how you look in the mirror while you’re at it — the more reasons you can give him to interact with you, the easier this will be.

Dear Dr. Brothers: I recently emerged from a long-term relationship with a specific kind of baggage: I supported my boyfriend financially, and now I can’t even stand the thought of splitting a check with a date! While theoretically I believe in paying my own way, my oversensitivity to this issue makes me seem like a high-maintenance type who has to make sure a guy is going to pay his own way, and mine too, before I can take a chance on dating him. How do I get over this? — R.C.

Dear R.C.: You sound pretty unhappy about the way you are acting, but you should give yourself some credit for being so self-aware and knowing that it might be in your best inter-est if you can change. So, that’s half the battle.

Now for the hard part! Since you have a facility for examining your behavior and motives, it might not be so difficult to come to terms with why you are experienc-ing this financial phobia. Whatever reasons you used to convince yourself that it was OK to support your boyfriend for the long haul have been removed. If you loved him and could afford it, it might not prove so hard to quell the feelings of anger and vulnerability now. But if you ended up feeling really used by an unappreciative dependent, your caution about repeat-ing this scenario probably is even stronger. While you work on telling yourself that you are in control and your new friends aren’t going to become moochers, you probably will be OK for the first few times you meet, because most men will want to pick up the check. (If they don’t, that’s going to be a big red flag for you, understandably.) But as soon as possible, you might mention what happened — no details and no whining — and just let them know in advance that you are a bit sensitive about it. The reac-tion you get will tell you if they understand.

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Thermostat argument inflames some readers

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Upstate New York Where It’s 20 Degrees Outside.” He said his wife has hot flashes and wants to set the thermo-stat down, but he likes it at 74 so he can run around in his underwear. She’s ready to move out. He thinks she’s being self-ish.

We also are from upstate New York, and I think he is the selfish one. He can dress in layers, put on a sweater or buy himself a parka. On the other hand, there is just so much that she can take off. Yes, he may pay the bills, but I wonder who cooks, cleans, does the laundry, shops and cares for the chil-dren. — Long-Time Reader, First-Time Responder

Dear Long-Time Reader: That letter made a lot of readers “hot” under the col-lar. Read on for more:

From Wisconsin: Tell him to turn the heat down and put the money he saves to-ward those mortgage pay-ments he is so smug about. Better yet, donate it to a charity that helps cover energy bills for those who aren’t able to pay them.

Boston: I have never in my long life said this to any-one, but what a jerk!

My husband and I have had this same problem. Our thermostat is set at 69. He wears sweats and warm slip-pers, and I wear T-shirts. This is not about who pays

the mortgage, but about your attitude toward your partner.

Indiana: No one needs to suffer from hot flashes. As soon as my doctor prescribed an antidepressant, it was like some-one flipped a switch.

Chicago: As a woman in her eighth year of hot flashes and night sweats, I have learned some coping skills. Many women cannot

take hormone replacement. I have found some relief in yoga, breathing techniques and mindful meditation. I suggest the wife find a room she can call her own and keep it at a temperature that is comfortable for her. This time is a natural progres-sion in women’s lives and should be embraced. I hope her journey is a short one.

California: Thirty years ago, due to surgery, I had hot flashes. An acquain-tance told me her ob-gyn recommended vitamin E. It worked! It took six weeks to kick in, but, oh, the relief!

Georgia: I urge you to exercise extreme caution in recommending natural rem-edies for hot flashes. These treatments are unregulated and can contain a variety of harmful substances, and they don’t have to have any of these on their labels. People should be very care-ful. For further information, contact the Centers for Dis-ease Control toxicology di-vision in Atlanta.

Upstate New York: What an inconsiderate husband. It’s his choice to wear noth-ing around the house, so he should be willing to suffer the consequences. We keep our house at 65 degrees. Sweaters and slippers are comfortable and healthier than 74 degrees. We sleep well and even better when I get the gas bill. Last time I checked, it was “our” house, not “my” house.

California: I have had brief hot flashes since 2008. They only seem to last for-ever. I have a hand fan by my bed and recliner, and I carry a folding one in my purse. In the winter, I step outside for a few minutes. I take care of myself without inconveniencing anyone else, but I will be glad when they are over.

Florida: I’ve been in that gentleman’s shoes for a number of years and had the same complaint. Six months ago, however, I suf-fered male hot flashes as a result of a hormone imbal-ance. Having been on the other side, I can tell him that it is a very unpleasant experience and one over which you have no control.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sug-ar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmail-box@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Her-mosa Beach, CA 90254.

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NEW YORK (AP) — After seven years as a couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are finally engaged.

Pitt’s manager, Cynthia Pett-Dante, con-firmed the news to The Associated Press in an email Friday.

There isn’t a wedding date yet. The en-gagement “is a promise for the future,” Pett-Dante said.

Pitt, 46, and Jolie, 48, have six children together, including three who are adopted.

“Their kids are very happy,” Pett-Dante said.

Pitt and Jolie have been partners since

they began a relationship while working on the film “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.”

Jolie was briefly married to Billy Bob Thornton, but they divorced in 2003. She was also married to British actor Jonny Lee Miller before they divorced in 1999.

Pitt was previously married to Jennifer Aniston, but they divorced in 2005 after five years of marriage.

Jolie won an Oscar for her role in 1999’s “Girl, Interrupted.” Pitt was recently nomi-nated for an Academy Award for his role in last year’s “Moneyball.”

Finally! Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt get engaged

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Lingerie Football League is forgoing a 2012 season in order to expand the sport abroad and refocus it as a warm-weather game.

Spokesman Jim Wal-

lin said Thursday the LFL will resume playing in April 2013 on a spring-summer playing schedule. He says the hiatus will also allow the league to concentrate on launching in Canada this fall and free U.S. players to participate in a promotional all-star tour.

The “All Fantasy Tour” will start in Mexico City

next month, followed by dates in Sydney and Bris-bane, Australia, and pos-sibly cities in Asia later in the year.

The LFL, which is based in West Hollywood, Calif., plans to launch a league in Australia in 2013. The three-year-old LFL fea-tures all-female, seven-member teams playing in lingerie and football pads.

Lingerie league takes year off to promote sport

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mindy McCready is a mother for a second time.

McCready and boyfriend David Wilson welcomed their son Zayne on Monday. In a statement, McCready called the boy “a blessing and a joy.”

The country singer and former “Celebrity Rehab” star says it was “a long and trying” pregnancy. The statement said McCready would not be doing inter-views because of a court di-

rective in the custody case over her first son, Zander.

McCready took Zander from her mother and the boy’s legal guardian, Gayle Inge, late last year. She fled to Arkansas without permission over what she called child abuse fears. Au-thorities eventually found McCready and Wilson hid-ing in a residence without permission and took the boy into custody.

Zander’s status is unclear due to court privacy rules.

McCready, boyfriend welcome baby boyNEW YORK (AP) —

Scarlett Johansson admits it still bothers her to think countless people have likely seen her naked.

The actress speaks out in the May issue of Vogue magazine about having her email hacked last year where private photos she took for ex-husband Ryan Reynolds were leaked online.

Johansson talks about go-ing out to dinner and feel-ing “paranoid” that people

in the restaurant had seen her body.

Still, she says she doesn’t want pity and has coped by “tuning it all out.” Because of that, she stopped follow-ing celebrity gossip and reading stories about herself.

She says she’s found that ignorance is bliss. She says she’s “way happier” and “more creative” now.

The May issue of Vogue goes on sale nationwide April 24.

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New Boston Church of Christ in Christian Union

New Boston Church of Christ in Christian Union will host “God’s Promises to a Woman’s Heart,” Spring Retreat on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The speaker will be Lisa Barth Trimble, with special music by Amy Heimbach. Call Debbie Pruitt at 740-776-3354 or the Church office at 740-456-4390.

Community Bible ChurchCommunity Bible Church, at 230 Fairground

Road, Lucasville, will have Sunday morning service at 10 a.m. April 15, with preaching by Brother Jerry Stevens and singing by Sister Theresa Jeffries.

Bloom Freewill Baptist ChurchBloom Free Baptist Church, Rt. 140, will

host a Revival from Sunday, April 15 through April 18, 2012, at 7 p.m.

Christ Brethren ChurchChrist Brethren Church, 5877 Ohio 139, will

have a Revival on Monday, April 16 through April 21, 2012, with the preaching of Tim Throckmorton and special singing nightly at 7 p.m.

Berean Baptist Church, SciotovilleSunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service

10:40 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. with the

Wednesday Night Kids Club (WNKC) and Teen Time. Visitation for Sick and Shut-Ins and Churchwide Visitation each week, includ-ing the Bus Ministry Visitation 11 a.m. each Saturday.

The Adult Choir will be opening the morn-ing worship service with the choral anthem and also presenting their special anthem be-fore the message. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Tim Lapish in both the a.m. and p.m. ser-vices. Soloist for the a.m. service will be Naomi Vallandingham and a duet by Becky Hickman and Carol Southworth in the p.m. service.

Special missionaries for the week will be John and Sue Lovegrove serving in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Special Birthday recognition will be for Bert Niner and special anniversary recognition will be for Francis and Bobbe Jo Crum and Paul and Beverly Seeley.

Mark Pierce will continue the special series on the Wednesday night study on “Spirit-Filled Leadership.”

Portsmouth First Church of the NazarenePortsmouth First Church of the Nazarene, at

Third and Brown Streets in Portsmouth:Saturday, April 14, Missionary and NYI

Convention in Circleville.Sunday, April 15, 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School;

10:45 a.m. - Morning Worship with Pastor Brian Daniels bringing the message. This is Pastor Brian, his wife, Kelly and their three children, Cody, Briely and Annabelle’s first Sunday with us, as our Pastor and family. An interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing is available at all services; 10:45 a.m. - Bible Island for the children; Sunday, April 15, Fol-lowing Morning Worship, there will be a board meeting with Pastor Daniels; 5:30 p.m.- Josh

Whiteside’s College/Career Small Group meets at the church; 6 p.m. - Shane Davis Small Group meets at the church.

Monday, April 16, 6:30 p.m. - Elaine Evans and Leeann Kegley’s Smalll Group meets at the home of Cindy Brown.

Tuesday, April 17, 3-5 p.m. - Local Compas-sionate Ministries Hours are observed.

Wednesday, April 18, 6 p.m. - Wednesday Night Dinner; 7 p.m. - Men’s and Ladies” Bible Study; 7 p.m. - iLife for Teens; 7 p.m. - Chil-dren’s Bible Quizzing

Thursday, April 19, 3-5 p.m. - Local Compas-sionate Ministries hours are observed.

Thursday, April 19-21 - District Assembly at Grove City Church of the Nazarene

Pleasant Valley Community of ChristPleasant Valley Community of Christ, 723

Sedan Crabtree Road, Lucasville, will be host-ing their Spring rummage sale on Saturday, April 14.

Christians on Local Tours (COLTS)Christians on Local Tours (COLTS) will

have lunch and a meeting at noon Tuesday, April 17, at Ponderosa, Ohio River Road, Wheelersburg.

The ladies group Helping Hands of the First Church of Christ, 1224 Dogwood Ridge Road, Wheelersburg, will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the home of Maxine Munn.

For more information about these activities or the church, call Randy Wickham, minister, at 740-574-5031 or 740-574-1913.

The Evangelical United Church of Christ

The Evangelical United Church of Christ in-vites you to join them Sunday, April 15, for the weekly service. At 10 a.m. Rev. Evan Fisher will be presenting a sermon entitled “Surprises.”

Big Run Community Church Big Run Community Church in Lucasville

will host a Spring Revival starting Sunday, April 15, at 7 p.m. through Thursday evening, April 19. The message will be preached by Brother Bill Balcom of Mills River, N.C. Broth-er Balcom is originally from Scioto County and will be back to his home state to bring a spirit-filled message every evening. He brings years of experience and his humble personality will make you feel right at home. Please join the church and its congregation with local talent singing nightly.

The Revival will begin on Monday night with the family singers, “The Littles,” followed by Tuesday evening with Brother George Vastine and Brother Brad Harris who will also share their musical talents. April 18-19 will fea-ture local talent as well.

For more information, call J. Blackburn at 961-1874. The church is approximately 2 ½ miles off of Ohio 104.

Grace Chapel Baptist ChurchGrace Chapel Baptist Church of Dry Run

Road, West Portsmouth, will hold services Sunday mornings with Sunday School at 10 a.m., and evening service on Thursdays at 7 p.m.

Church News Healed woundsHave you ever

taken a close look at a dogwood flower? Look at them when they start to bloom this spring. The four petals show the beauty and the joy of Jesus’ new life. But look on the edges. Lit-tle wounds!

Christ’s glori-fied body after his resurrection retained the marks of his suf-fering and death. The disciples told Thomas, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” A week later his disciples were again

in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” (John 20:25-27 NRS)

An old hymn refers to this uni-

ty of the pain and the glory in the new life of Christ: “Rich wounds invisible, above in beauty glorified.” Will there be memories of our pain in heaven? Yes, just as there is memory of the suffering of Christ in the season of his

resurrection. The love of God was never expressed more fully and more effectively than in the suffering of Jesus. So the memory of suffering can inspire us to continue in love, even when we move through the pain into new-ness of life!

Through faith we are al-ways dying with Christ and rising again with him. His death and resurrection are the pattern of the Christian life. We go through many little deaths, and rise again in little resurrections. The new life we receive from God each time grows out of the deaths we die in love!

Stan Webster is pastor of the Morning Star Presbyte-rian Parish, which includes the First Presbyterian and Second Presbyterian church-es. He may be reached at pastorstan@frontier.com or 740-353-4159.

STAN WEBSTERContributing

Columnist

Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter

Petros Giannakouris | AP photoGreek Orthodox priests take part in a Good Friday reenactment of Christ being taken down from the crucifix, at the Pendeli Monastery, near Athens, on April 13. Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate Easter on Sunday, April 15.

Vegas priest arrives at federal prisonKEN RITTERAssociated Press

LAS VEGAS — A Roman Catholic priest from Las Vegas surrendered Friday at a federal prison in Texas to serve his sentence for si-phoning $650,000 from his northwest Las Vegas parish to support a video poker and casino gambling habit.

Monsignor Kevin McAu-liffe, 59, turned himself in as required at the low-secu-rity La Tuna correctional in-stitution in the Texas-New Mexico border town of An-thony, said Bureau of Pris-ons spokesman Edmond Ross in Washington, D.C.

McAuliffe was sentenced in January to three years and one month in prison, plus three years of super-vised release and $650,000 in restitution after pleading guilty in October to three federal mail fraud charges.

He admitted falsifying fi-nancial documents sent in 2008, 2009 and 2010 to the Roman Catholic Archdio-cese in San Francisco.

McAuliffe, a popular pas-tor known as Father Kevin, expressed “guilt, shame and self-loathing” for siphoning increasing amounts of mon-ey over eight years from vo-tive candle, prayer and gift shop funds at St. Elizabeth

Ann Seton Church.Prosecutor Christina

Brown said at sentencing that McAuliffe was able to hide his embezzlement be-cause he was a signatory to financial statements to the Las Vegas diocese and San Francisco archdiocese.

McAuliffe’s lawyer, Mar-garet Stanish, told the judge that McAuliffe had begun making restitution and repaid $13,420 in eight months. Stanish said this week she didn’t know how much more had been paid.

The Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas said McAuliffe had complete control of par-ish activities and finances from 2002 to 2010. The par-ish, with more than 8,000 families in the upscale Sum-merlin neighborhood, is one of the largest Roman Catho-lic congregations in Nevada.

Las Vegas diocese admin-istrators say McAuliffe was suspended and stripped of ministerial duties after FBI agents questioned him last May about missing church funds. The congregation wasn’t immediately told about the investigation, however, while church of-ficials issued pleas for pa-tience and asked parishio-ners to drop a letter-writing support campaign.

U.S. District Judge James

Mahan told McAuliffe he betrayed people who de-pended on him. The judge referred to a parish rift, not-ing that he received 100 let-ters supporting McAuliffe, but also received a stack of letters saying McAuliffe should be punished.

The 37-month sentence was midway between a 33-month minimum and 41-month maximum recom-mended by federal proba-tion officials.

Bishop Joseph Pepe, head of the regional church ad-ministration since 2001, was in Rome this week and unavailable for comment, diocese spokeswoman Ra-chel Wilkinson said.

Wilkinson released a diocese statement saying church administrators in-creased audits and added financial controls at Las Vegas-area parishes, schools and ministries.

The diocese said it circu-lated warnings about “the increasing financial pres-sures people are facing in today’s environment, the opportunities for theft as well as the rationalization that occurs in individuals perpetrating such crimes.”

The diocese refused Fri-day to say whether the church was seeking McAu-liffe’s dismissal as a priest.

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Waverly’s Robertson stepping downBOB STRICKLEYPDT Sports Editor

WAVERLY — After five sea-sons as the boss of Waverly boys basketball, Travis Robertson has decided to step away from his po-sition.

Robertson’s resignation was ac-cepted at a Wednesday Board of Education meeting and comes af-ter a season where Waverly fans witnessed the Tigers win the Di-vision II Southeast District with a record of 18-6.

Robertson, who announced his intention to resign to WK-KJ-FM in Chillicothe earlier in the week, said he felt the timing was right for him to leave the

Waverly’s program.“I felt like it was time to step

away and spend more time with my kids,” Robertson said Friday while on his way to one of his children’s AAU tournaments. “I felt like the program was in good shape and I wanted more time with my family.”

In his five seasons as Waverly’s coach, Robertson’s teams com-piled an overall record of 62-46. Waverly athletic director Bo Arnett said it was tough to lose Robertson, but with two kids at ages six and eight, the coach’s de-parture was for the right reasons.

“He has meant a lot to the pro-gram and was a great coach and is a real good person,” Arnett

said. “I’ve always said he was a player’s coach because he always took real good care of our play-ers.”

Arnett’s challenge will be to replace Robertson with someone possessing a similar work ethic and strategy.

“The key is to keep going what Travis got started. He did a great job with our Biddy Ball program and was great in the community,” Arnett said. “And his work ethic was tremendous. He would watch so much film and do so much preparation that he probably knew the opponents better than they knew themselves.”

The process of filling the vacant coaching position is in its infancy.

“It’s a slow-moving process,” Arnett said. “We just had the board meeting to accept his resignation and the job will be posted within the school in five to seven days. We don’t have a timetable in place but we would like to fill the position quickly without rushing the process.”

Robertson said his fondest memory was his last season with the Tigers.

“I think winning the district this year was great because it was great to see our seniors get rewarded with success after all the work they have put in,” Rob-ertson said.

That memory is unlikely to be the last of Robertson’s coaching

career as he left the door open to a return to the sideline.

“I don’t think I am done (coaching) and if the right situ-ation would arise, I would be interested down the road,” Rob-ertson said.

If and when Robertson de-cides to resume his coaching career, he will have a fan in Ar-nett.

“If he decides to get back in coaching I hope he returns to Waverly,” Arnett said. “But where ever he ends up he will do very well.”

Bob Strickley may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 203, or bstrickley@heart-landpublications.com.

Valley’s Dillow leads Lady Indians past NorthwestPDT Sports Report

Valley cruised over Northwest 7-0 on the back of Braiden Dillow’s no-hitter.The senior was a walk away from a per-fect game.“She hit her spots really well,” Valley coach Montie Spriggs said, “She wasn’t overpowering but she hit her spots and pitched a great game.”Dillow finished with 11 strikeouts on the day and was supported by a home run by teammate Kayla Koch.Valley will host Rock Hill for a double-header today while Northwest travels to West for the Raven Rock Softball Classic.Valley 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 - 7 9 1Northwest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1Valley - Malizio 2-4 (R), Corns 2-4, Koch 1-4 (HR, RBI), Dillow 1-4 (R), Conley 2-3 (2B, R), Richard 1-2 (2B, R)Northwest - No hitsW - DillowL - JohnsonRecords - Valley 13-0, 7-0; Northwest N/AMinford 9, Oak Hill 3Minford took care of Oak Hill Friday af-ternoon 9-3.Kelsey Conkey earned the win for the Lady Falcons while Rian Montavon drove in three runs on two hits.Minford will travel to Eastern today for a doubleheader.Oak Hill 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 5 6Minford 1 7 0 0 0 1 - 9 12 1Oak Hill - Bryant 2-5, Kuhn 1-4, Melvin 2-4, Bentley 1-3, Melvin 1-3, Melvin 1-3, Swan 2-3Minford - Brisker 2-4 (RBI), Montavon 2-4 (3 RBI), Conkey 1-3 (3B, 2 RBI), Jacko 2-3 (RBI), Pennington 2-3 (2B, RBI), Lowery 1-3, Fuhrmann 0-2 (HBP), Johnson 1-3, Thornsberry 1-3 (RBI)

W - ConkeyL - KuhnRecords - Minford 6-4, Oak Hill N/AWaverly 12, West 8Waverly took a league win over West 12-8 Friday evening.Kelsie Mays earned the win for the Lady Tigers while teammate Paige Pernell went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a run batted in.Waverly 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 12 9 5West 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 - 8 8 4Waverly - Riffe 1-4 (3 R), Mays 2-4 (2B, 1 R, RBI, Sac), Streitenberger 1-4 (2B, HBP), Ward 2-4 (2B, 3B, R, 2 RBI), Per-nell 3-4 (2B, 2 R, RBI)West - Ridout 2-4 (3B, 2B, 3 RBI), Webb 2-3 (2B), Callihan 1-3 (Sac, RBI, R), Owen 1-4, Frump 1-4 (RBI, 2 R), Howard 1-3 (R)W - MaysL - WelchRecords - West 8-4, 5-3; Waverly N/ASouth Webster 4, Wheelersburg 2South Webster defeated Wheelersburg 4-2 Friday evening for their first win over the Lady Pirates in 14 seasons.Erin Homerosky went 2-for-4 for the Lady Jeeps while teammate Kaci Mess-er went 2-for-3.South Webster will travel to Northwest Monday while Wheelersburg will travel to North Adams for a doubleheader today.South Webster 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 - 4 9 2Wheelersburg 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 3South Webster - Homerosky 2-4 (2 R), Messer 2-3 (RBI, R), Jordan 2-4 (2 RBI), Walker 2-4 (RBI)Wheelersburg - Dempsey 1-4, Blair 2-4, Allen 1-3, Sparks 1-2, Newsome 1-3W - B. EllifritL - Vanderpool

Bears take two from West Virginia Tech

SSU Sports InformationShawnee State (27-10, 10-

8) took the first two games of a four-game weekend series against the visiting Golden Bears of West Virginia Tech (18-25) in the non-confer-ence match-up.

In the first game Shawnee State used a six-hit, seven-run fifth inning to overcome a 3-0 deficit to take the first game 7-3.

The Bears trailed the en-tire game and was held with-out a hit until the bottom of the fourth inning. The Bears did all their damage in the bottom of the fifth as 13 bat-ters batted in the inning after going three and out for the first four innings of play.

Shawnee State starting pitcher Austin Dunfee al-lowed a solo home run in the first and two more runs in the top of the fourth to allow-ing the Golden Bears to jump out to an early 3-0 lead.

However, Dunfee (9-4) set-tled down and pitched shut-out baseball for the remain-ing game as he picked up his ninth win of the season. Dun-fee pitched seven innings al-lowing three earned runs on nine hits while striking out eight batters.

Adam Wamsley of Wheel-ersburg led the way for the Bears as he went 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI’s. Quentin Everman had a bunt down the line for a hit and an RBI as he went 1-for-4 with a run scored. Cody Morrison, Colin Keim, Ryan Burnett

and Cody Spires all added a hit and an RBI for Shawnee State.

With revenge on their mind, West Virginia Tech jumped on the Bears in the first inning of the second game.

The Golden Bears started the game with back-to-back singles and a walk to load the bases with no outs. Af-ter Shawnee State’s starting pitcher Alex Taku got a much needed strikeout West Vir-ginia Tech was able to get on the board with a sacrifice fly.

The Bears quickly an-swered the bell as Everman started Shawnee State off with a single in the bottom half of the first. Two batters later Danny Gesick tripled off the right field wall, scor-ing Everman from first base to tie the game at 1-1.

Keim then followed Gesick with a sacrifice fly ball to center field, allowing Gesick to score from third giving Shawnee State a 2-1 lead.

After exchanging scoreless innings in the second, West Virginia Tech took the lead back in the top of the third. The Golden Bears scored two runs on three hits in the inning to give themselves a 3-2 lead.

Shawnee State seemed to have an answer for ev-erything that was thrown at them on the day as the Bears answered the call again.

Everman, Gesick and Keim seemed like they want-

Meyer’s quest for game-changers is ongoingRUSTY MILLERAP Sports Writer

COLUMBUS — The list of big-time players Urban Meyer had while winning two national champion-ships at Florida goes on and on: Percy Harvin, Chris Leak, Tim Tebow, Joe Haden and Brandon Spikes, among others.

So far, during his first few weeks working with his new team at Ohio State, he has yet to find anyone of that caliber.

But he remains hopeful.“You’ve got to do it over

and over again but there are times …” he said ear-lier this week after what he called the best practice he’s seen the offense have in the short time he’s been with the team. “It’s not a clown show out there like at a couple of points it was.”

It’s a three-ring affair in many ways. With a new offensive system, the Buckeyes are learning new plays, new terminology,

new philosophies — really one philosophy, Meyer’s.

“It’s just really, really, really uptempo,” offensive lineman Jack Mewhort said of the change. “We’re a no-huddle offense now.”

That’s dramatically dif-ferent from years past when Ohio State relied more on muscle and execu-tion to blow people off the ball, freeing the skill play-ers to pile up big yardage.

“Last year we were much more of an I-formation team, kind of a pro-style thing with the quarterback under center a lot,” fullback Zach Boren said. “This year it’s all about spreading the field and making verti-cal plays, getting the ball up and down the field with speed. We’re not going to be lining up with a fullback and a tight end in the box and just running power. We’re still going to run power this year, we’re still going to be a tough, physi-cal power running team, but we’re just going to do it

out of different formations and let guys play in space and make plays.”

Now if somebody on of-fense would just prove that they can do that.

All spring Meyer has lamented that no one has

shown breakaway speed or playmaking ability. That doesn’t mean the Buck-eyes haven’t made some headway, but it’s not like they’ve unearthed a Harvin who can crack a game open

Photo Courtesy Kitty RoseSouth Webster’s Brody Queen tries to dive back to first and avoid the tag made by Wheelersburg’s Derek Moore during the second inning of Friday’s game.

Pirates handle Jeeps 14-1CODY LEISTPDT Sports Writer

WHEELERSBURG — A mark of a good team can be measured in many different aspects.

The Wheelersburg Pirates were able to bat around in each of the first two innings of Friday’s SOC II home game against South Webster. The Pirates were able to give seniors Zac Flanagan and Jonathan Clevenger each their first starts of the season, many of the starters were substi-tuted out and the team shown now signs of slowing down in their 14-1 win in five innings.

“Probably one of the luxuries of this team this year is that the depth of it is pretty good,” Wheelersburg coach Michael Estep said. “When you’re substituting people in the ballgame and there’s not a bunch of a drop off, we knew that coming in that we were going to have some kids that would be able to come off

the bench and play well.”The Jeeps drew first blood in their

first half of the inning when Lance Swords walked, Denver Fuller sin-gled to center and Andrew Salisbury singled to plate Swords. Those were the only two hits and run allowed by the Pirates combination of Dylan Miller and Zach Brown.

“On days like this, you try to be workman-like and make sure you’re doing the little things correctly,” Es-tep said. “Because whether you’re playing a team that you should beat or whether you’re playing a team that’s better than you, if you’re not doing the fundamental things right, it’s going to catch up to you at some point.”

Wheelersburg got to Swords on the mound, chasing him after one-plus inning of work in which he allowed seven runs off three hits, three strikeouts and five walks. The South Webster defense struggled throughout, committing seven er-

rors in the game.“We’ve got to throw and catch to

compete,” Jeeps coach Shanen Zim-merman said.

Derek Moore and Austin Boyer were each officially 1-for-1 at the plate while Garrett Carmichael was 2-for-2. In two innings of work, Mill-er earned his first victory of the sea-son as he struck out three.

The Pirates host Greenup County (Ky.) this afternoon in a double-header scheduled to start at noon. Estep’s crew will get familiar with the Musketeers as they will play in Greenup County’s tournament next weekend.

“It’s always been a good rivalry for us the last five, six, seven years,” Es-tep said. “Coach (Greg) Logan and that crew have put in a lot of time in over there.

“Those kids play a lot of baseball, probably just as much as anybody around the tri-state. Those kids put

Neal C. Lauron | MCTOhio State Buckeyes running back Zach Boren (44) tries to avoid Indiana Hoosiers cornerback Adrian Burks (23) and In-diana Hoosiers linebacker Leon Beckum (48) during the first quarter of their NCAA football game at Ohio Stadium in Colum-bus, Ohio, Saturday, October 9, 2010. Ohio State won, 38-10.

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in a lot of time.”South Webster is off un-

til Monday when the Jeeps will take on Northwest.

South Webster 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 2 7

Wheelersburg 4 7 3 0 x — 14 9 2

South Webster — Swords 0-1 (BB, R), Fuller 1-2, Salisbury 1-3 (RBI), Queen 0-1 (BB.)

Wheelersburg — Hood 1-2 (2B, R), Boyer 1-1 (2B, 2 BB, 2 RBI, 2 R), Hall 0-1

(BB, 2 R), Moore 1-1 (2B, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R), Miller 1-3 (SAC, R), Shears 1-2 (RBI, R), Massie 0-1 (BB, 2 RBI), Carmichael 2-2 (SAC, 2 RBI, R), Clevenger 1-3 (RBI, R), Flanagan 0-2 (R), Arnold 1-2, Parsley 0-2 (R), Martin 0-1 (R).

W — Miller (1-0)L — Swords (n/a)Records — South Web-

ster 2-13 (0-7); Wheelers-burg 10-0 (8-0).

Cody Leist can be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 242, or cleist@heart-landpublications.com.

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from any of three or four positions.

In his first season af-ter taking over a program rocked by Jim Tressel’s forced resignation less than a year ago and a 6-7 mark under interim coach Luke Fickell last fall, Meyer be-lieves the Buckeyes are gaining ground, literally.

“There’s momentum in (the running back) group,” he said. “As long as there’s momentum in a group, that’s a positive. And the receivers are getting better. But someone has to — we need two or three to step up.”

Funny, but Ohio State might have found someone to turn the tide on the other side of the ball. Although he is far from proving himself an All-American, as Haden and Spikes did at Florida at cornerback and linebacker, respectively, lineman John Simon has been a mainstay on defense.

How good has he been? Meyer went so far as to compare Simon to one of his favorite players at his last coaching stop, a guy still making headlines.

“The No. 1 guy, the guy who’s just a warhorse, he is Ohio State football, is John Simon,” Meyer said. “I can’t help but say I love

the guy. He’s one of the most committed — he’s Tebowish as far as his com-mitment.”

While none of the wide-outs have really stood out, many others on offense have made big strides.

Quarterback Braxton Miller, running backs Jor-dan Hall and Carlos Hyde, tight end Jake Stoneburner and occasionally others have displayed a knack for biting off chunks of yard-age.

Of the burly (6-foot, 235 pounds) Hyde, Meyer said, “He’s drinking the Kool-Aid right now.”

But that doesn’t mean he’s marked himself as

someone who can change a game with one step, one swivel of the hips, one shake-and-bake move like famed Florida quarterbacks Leak and Tebow, who de-livered national titles.

Besides, it’s a long way to the Sept. 1 opener against Miami (Ohio).

“It’s a work in progress,” Meyer said of the quest to find a football home-run hitter. “But the best thing, the snaps are hitting the quarterback right between the numbers. And guys are competing. So that’s why I’m (growing) very impressed with the Ohio State Buckeyes.”

MeyerFrom Page B1

ed to replay the first inning as Shawnee State scored two runs on three hits duplicat-ing the first inning. Everman started the bottom of the third with a single and Ge-sick again triple off the wall scoring Everman.

With Gesick standing on third, Keim hit another sacri-fice fly ball to center field to regain the lead 4-3.

With a one run lead, the Bears led off the inning with three straight hits from Aaron Suydam, Burnett and Spires. The inning continued as Morrison doubled to left field and Keim singling up the middle.

Shawnee State exploded for five runs on five hits in the fifth inning pushing their lead to 9-3.

The Golden Bears fought back in the top of the sixth inning. Trailing 9-3, West Virginia Tech scored five runs with a chance to tie the game.

Down 9-7, Kevin Bocock singled up the middle with a runner on second and third as Burnett picked up and fired home as the tying run was 45 feet from home plate.

The ball one hopped and landed in Keim’s glove with an incredible throw to home from Burnett as it kept Shaw-nee State lead and ended the inning.

Shawnee State answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Burnett led off with a double and scored on an RBI single by Morrison. The Bears posted two more runs on a double by Colin Keim extending their lead and the eventual 12-8 win.

Reliever Jordan Williams held the Golden Bears score-less in the final two innings to pick up his third save of the season. In 2 and 2/3 in-nings he allowed only one hit, while striking out three batters.

Taku (7-3) got the win pitching the first 4 and 1/3 innings allowing eight runs

(six earned) on nine hits. He allowed two walks against four strikeouts.

Brad Boles was tagged with the loss for West Virgin-ia Tech. In three innings he allowed five runs on six hits with one walk.

Burnett finished the game 3-for-4 with two runs scored, while Gesick and Keim went 2-for-2 at the plate. Everman and Morrison also had two hits for the Bears.

Shawnee State and West Virginia Tech will finish the four-game series today be-ginning at noon at Branch Rickey Park.

Bears defeat Central State 9-0

The Shawnee State Tennis Team (3-7) easily defeated Central State for the second time this season, 9-0.

In singles action, three players, senior Jamee Boyd, junior Ashley O’Neill and freshman Jennifer Hoag blanked their competitors winning 8-0. Sophomore Kyra Keeton won 8-5, while freshman Shelbie Wulfekamp edged her competition 9-8 and sophomore Crystal Car-penter of Portsmouth won 8-1.

In doubles, each team won 8-0 to take the 9-0 victory over Central State.

Singles competition1. Jamee Boyd (SSU) def.

Smith (CSU) 8-02. Kyra Keeton (SSU) def.

Mclain-Kelly (CSU) 8-53. Ashley O’Neill (SSU)

def. Hudson (CSU) 8-04. Shelbie Wulfekamp

(SSU) def. Hart (CSU) 9-85. Crystal Carpenter

(SSU) def. Mixon (CSU) 8-16. Jennifer Hoag (SSU)

def. Blackley (CSU) 8-0Doubles competition

1. Jamee Boyd/Kyra Keeton (SSU) def. Smith/Kelly (CSU) 8-0

2. Ashley O’Neill/Shelbie Wulfekamp (SSU) def. Hud-son/Hart (CSU) 8-0

3. Crystal Carpenter/Jen-nifer Hoag (SSU) def. Mix-on/Blackley (CSU) 8-0

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Records - South Webster 3-10, 1-8, Wheelersburg N/ABaseballValley 19, Northwest 0C.J. Burke led Valley to a 19-0 win over Northwest on the back of the senior’s no-hitter.Luke Keller supported Burke’s effort going 4-for-4 and driving in three runs. Patrick Riehl and Nathan Arnett each drove in two runs for the Indians.Northwest 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1Valley 3 3 1 1 2 0 - 19 17 1Northwest - No hits, five walksValley - Keller 4-4 (3 RBI), Rowe 2-3, Martin 1-1, Hartley 2-3, Riehl 1-1 (2 RBI), Scott 1-1, Arnett 2-3 (2 RBI), Burke 2-4, Holbrook 1-1, Jordan 1-1W - C.J. BurkeRecords - Valley 8-5, 6-2; Northwest N/AWarren 7, Portsmouth 2Warren visited Portsmouth Friday af-ternoon and came away 7-2 winners.

Brandon Wedebrook went 3-for-4 for the Trojans but the Trojans came up short.Portsmouth will host West today in a doubleheader.Warren 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 - 7 10 0Portsmouth 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 3Warren - Kern 2-4 (2 HR, 2 RBI), Ken-nedy 2-4 (2B), McKenna 2-3Portsmouth - Wedebrook 3-4 (R), Col-lins 1-4, Poage 2-4, Shackert 1-1, Gib-son 1-4 (R), Lattimore 1-3W - HenphornL - CollinsRecord - Warren N/A; Portsmouth 2-8, 0-7West 5, Waverly 4Adam Bricker drove in the winning run giving teammate Tas Shupert an extra innings win as the Senators defeated Waverly 5-4 Friday evening.Bricker was a perfect 3-for-3 and drove in a game-high four runs.West plays at Portsmouth today in a doubleheader.Waverly 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 - 4 9 2

West 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 - 5 10 2Waverly - Corcoran 2-4 (R, RBI), Un-derwood 2-4 (R), Rinehart 2-4 (RBI), Hitchens 1-4, Ramsey 1-3, Perkins 0-1 (2B, R), Nartker 0-3 (RBI)West - Auger 1-4 (HBP, R), Bailey 2-4 (BB, SB, 2 R), Bricker 3-3 (4 RBI), Shu-pert 1-4, Morgan 1-3 (RBI, Sac), Knittel 1-3 (BB, R), Kenyon 1-1 (2 BB, R)W - Shupert (3-0)L - RamseyRecords - Waverly 9-4; West 11-1Green 12, East 2Green rolled over East Friday afternoon to stretch their record to 9-4 overall and 7-1 in conference.Michael Avery, Rob Applegate and Cody Bruce each drove in two runs to fuel the Bobcats to the win.East 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 4 1Green 2 6 4 0 x - 12 7 2East - Egerton 2-3 (RBI), Welch 1-1, Bradford 1-2Green - Avery 2-3 (3 R, 2 RBI), C. Apple-gate 0-0 (3 BB, 3 R), R. Applegate 1-2 (R, 2 RBI), Bruce 1-3 (2B, 2 RBI), Bram-

mer 1-2 (3 RBI, R), Ratcliff 1-3 (2B, RBI), Riffitt 1-3 (R)W - Johnson (2-1)L - SeibertRecords - Green 9-4, 7-1; East N/AClay 9, Glenwood 1Clay chopped down Glenwood 9-1 Fri-day evening.Eli Kelley earned the win for the Pan-thers while teammate Jared Ruby sup-ported Kelley by going 3-for-5 from the plate.Clay will host East Monday afternoon.Clay 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 - 9 9 1Glenwood 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 1Clay - Ruby 3-5, Phipps 1-4, Fitch 1-2, Jackson 2-2, Crosier 1-3, Swayne 1-3Glenwood - Herrforth 1-4, Branham 1-4, Horsley 1-3, Shunkweiler 1-2, Woodrow 1-3W - KelleyL - MooreRecords - Clay 5-8, 4-3; New Boston N/ACORRECTION: In Friday’s edition of the Daily Times, the photo featuring the Valley-Portsmouth softball con-test incorrectly identified the Valley player. The player in the photo was was Brooke Cooper, not Kaylin Corns. The Daily Times apologizes for the incon-venience.

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LEGAL NOTICEDisposal of School Buses

Separate sealed bids will bereceived by the Northwest Lo-cal Board of Education, 800Mohawk Drive, McDermott,Ohio 445652, at the address ofthe above-named Board at12:00 noon on Thursday,April 19, 2012, and at thattime opened and publicly readby the Treasurer of the Boardof Education as provided bySection 3313:46 of the Re-vised Code of the State ofOhio for disposal of the follow-ing school buses from inven-tory:1. Used school bus in "as is"condition: 1995 InternationalVIN #1HTBBAAN1SH263091;Conventional; 71 passenger;466 engine; Manual Transmis-sion; Diesel (aka referred to as"Bus 9D")2. Used school bus in "as is"condition: 1994 Ford VIN#1FDXJ75C6RVA9210; con-ventional; 65 passenger; 5.9Cummins engine; AutomaticTransmission; Diesel (aka re-ferred to as "Bus 17D")Instructions to bidders andconditions for submitting bidbids are on file in, and may beobtained from, the Treasurer'soffice of the Northwest LocalBoard of Education at theabove listed address.The Board of Education re-serves the right to accept orreject any and all bids or partsof any and all bids.

Dianna L. ReedyTreasurer

AD: April 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,17, 18, 2012

Legals

LEGAL NOTICEDisposal of School Buses

Separate sealed bids will bereceived by the Northwest Lo-cal Board of Education, 800Mohawk Drive, McDermott,Ohio 445652, at the address ofthe above-named Board at12:00 noon on Thursday,April 19, 2012, and at thattime opened and publicly readby the Treasurer of the Boardof Education as provided bySection 3313:46 of the Re-vised Code of the State ofOhio for disposal of the follow-ing school buses from inven-tory:1. Used school bus in "as is"condition: 1995 InternationalVIN #1HTBBAAN1SH263091;Conventional; 71 passenger;466 engine; Manual Transmis-sion; Diesel (aka referred to as"Bus 9D")2. Used school bus in "as is"condition: 1994 Ford VIN#1FDXJ75C6RVA9210; con-ventional; 65 passenger; 5.9Cummins engine; AutomaticTransmission; Diesel (aka re-ferred to as "Bus 17D")Instructions to bidders andconditions for submitting bidbids are on file in, and may beobtained from, the Treasurer'soffice of the Northwest LocalBoard of Education at theabove listed address.The Board of Education re-serves the right to accept orreject any and all bids or partsof any and all bids.

Dianna L. ReedyTreasurer

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Lost & Found

Lost a postal envelope ad-dressed to Jihad Risheh, call(740) 464-5387

Fraternal Order of Eagles NewBoston Aerie #2271 will beholding elections Wednesday,May 2, 2012, from 11 a.m. to6:30 p.m. in Aerie meetingroom. Nominations for officerswill be held during the regularmeeting on April 18, 2012, inAerie meeting room beginningat 7 p.m.New Boston Eagles 2271 La-dies Auxiliary will be acceptingnominations for all Offices attheir regularly scheduled meet-ing on Thursday, April 19,2012. Elections will be held atthe regularly scheduled meet-ing on Thursday, May 3, 2012.

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MERCHANDISE

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Furniture

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Hobby/ Hunt & Sport

S & W .38 spl,model 642 Rev.,2" rl w/ laser grips. Ex.cond.$625. Call (740)858-5478 or740-464-9114

Miscellaneous

A lot of small household items,Hotpoint dryer and floor modeltv, 285-0507

Approximately 50 concreteblocks, different sizes, WestPortsmouth $49, call 727-3465

Jazzy $800, Fridgidaire sideb/side $500, ab. gr. pool 15x31w/extras $2500. 876-8847

PROM DRESSES $20beautiful & new, in Rosemount

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Houses For Sale

OPEN HOUSES Sunday, April 15 • 1pm-3pm

1280 Possum Hollow, Wheelersburg, OH $145,000

4369 Bradford, Rosemount $63,500

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Call Sharon King @ 357-0608 with any questions.

Charming 2 or 3 bedroom cottage with large yard is ready to move right in!

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Autos

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933 29th St. Land contract. 4bd, 1 1/2 ba, gas heat, centralair, appliances included,$75,000. call (740) 357-5253

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Apartments/Townhouses

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Land (Acreage)

Bussey Road, 3-1 aprx. acrebuilding sites, water tap on 1lot. Call Jason, (740)285-7540.River lot for sale Firebrick KYLot 1, 3 concrete pads 1 26x32shelter, swr/wtr/elec on all 3pads $40,000, (606) 498-1163

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Saturday, april 14, 2012 ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt

Today’s Answers

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, April 14, 2012:

This year you will open doors if you are OK with the unexpected and not rigid about sticking to the status quo. You could experience a lot of excitement and increased vitality. Network, socialize and commit to key causes. Expand your immediate circle. If you are single, a friendship could transform into a loving rela-tionship. Do not fight the inevitable. If you are attached, the two of you express a lot of mutual caring, which extends to your immediate circle. Many people around you feel cared about. AQUARIUS makes a great pal.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-DifficultARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You have come to the

point where you might even surprise yourself with your spontaneity. You can be diligent and responsible. To keep feeding those traits, you also need to let go more often. Your car-ing toward a friend emerges. Tonight: Surrounded by friends.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Take your time when

answering someone’s questions. Be aware that you might need to accept more responsibility. You might have a moment of clarity regarding a key person. Allow your feelings to flow. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You might have plans

to take off, or you could submit to a momentary impulse. Put yourself in a position to explore different places and lifestyles. If you are flying solo, you will not be alone for long. Tonight: Visualize, then create.CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Be sensitive to what is

going on with a loved one or your sweetie. He or she needs to make the judgment call as to when enough is enough. Relate directly to this per-son, and resist expressing your opin-ions through someone else. Tonight: Go for a cozy dinner.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You might be up for some

fun and decide to join a friend who you know is adventuresome. The two of you will manage to take off somewhere exciting. The unexpected occurs when you are driving or trav-eling. You might be more distracted than you realize. Tonight: Go along

with a friend’s plans.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You might have started with

a free day, but by the afternoon you’ll toss yourself into a project or hobby. Let yourself free up some time for nothing. A partner or loved one seeks you out and might surprise you. Tonight: Togetherness works.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You could be somewhat

disappointed if a scenario does not play out like you expected. Let go and be less uptight. A little more car-ing will ease any tension between you and a child or loved one. Tonight: Do only what you consider enjoyable.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Choose to stay close to

home and invite others over. You could even have an unexpected person drop in. Go with the flow and refuse to get uptight. Swap fun jokes and/or stories. Tonight: Order in.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Join a friend or go out with

your family. You might be unusually busy catching up on people’s news. If you are single, someone could unexpectedly enter your life. Expect the unexpected when dealing with a child or loved one. Tonight: Flow with the moment.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might have incorpo-

rated some spring shopping into your budget. Indulge a loved one who really appreciates getting out and not being as concerned about his or her life. What you might think is not a big deal could mean a lot to someone else. Tonight: Off at a favorite spot.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Others often find you to

be unpredictable, but lately you find that your days are filled with others’ acts of spontaneity. Let go of what is no longer needed, and choose a dif-ferent path. A new venture presents more excitement. Remember this fact when making plans. Tonight: Ruling the moment.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Visualization is the first step

in manifesting more of your desires. You could find yourself overwhelmed with errands, finishing up your taxes and/or handling other last-minute items. Take some much-needed time for these tasks. Tonight: Off doing your own thing.

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To place an item in the calendar please email pdt-sports@portsmouth-daily-times.com or call 740-353-3101 ext. 242.

SSU Men’s soccer to hold free soccer clinicThe Shawnee State Uni-

versity Men’s soccer pro-gram will hold a free soc-cer clinic for youth soccer players April 21 from 11 a.m. to noon. No registra-tion is necessary. Follow-ing the clinic SSU will play an intersquad scrimmage. The clinic is for all stu-dents grade K-12 as well as coaches.

Heritage Golf Tournament

Main Street Portsmouth will host the 2nd Annual Heritage Golf Tournament at the Elks Country Club April 27.

The tournament is a fundraising venture for Main Street Portsmouth and all proceeds of the event are used for revital-ization and historic pres-ervation throughout down-

town Portsmouth and Boneyfiddle.

There will be many door prizes and awards to con-clude the evening.

If you are interested in sponsorship, donating door prizes or entering the tournament as part of a four-some, email Main Street Portsmouth at pro-gram.msp@gmail.com or call 740-464-0203.

SOMC Sports Motion announces All Sport

Combine for local athletes

SOMC Sports Motion is offering an All Sport Combine for local athletes on May 12 at Valley High School. The event, which is open to athletes of any sport entering grades 9 through 12 as well as grad-uating seniors, includes several classic combine drills. Registration costs $15 and must becompleted by May 1.

Competitions include the 40-yard dash, 3-cone drill, 20-yard shuttle, ver-

tical jump, broad jump, bench press and squats. Following the competition, individual event as well as ‘all school’ champions will be named.

Athletes are asked to wear t-shirts, gym shorts and flat sole tennis shoes to the event. For certain events, cleats may also be worn. Official results will be mailed to the athletes’ home after the event. The public is also encouraged to attend and cheer on the athletes.

Registration forms will be made available at local high schools as well as the SOMC LIFE Center. Once completed, they should be mailed to:

High School CombineSOMC LIFE Center1202 18th StreetPortsmouth, OH 45694For additional informa-

tion on SOMC Sports Mo-tion’s All Sport Combine, please contact Brad Zieber at 740-356-7572 or Matt Wilson at 740-356-7650.

Pike County Dogwood Festival 5k Walk and

Run ScheduledThe Pike County Dog-

wood Festival will host the 6th Annual 5K Walk & Run on April 28. The race will start at 10:30 a.m. in front of Piketon High School.

The race will go through historic downtown Pike-ton, including the Festival, residential neighborhoods and finish in front of the high school. Piketon resi-dents are encouraged to line the course to cheer on participants.

The Top-3 runners in the male and female categories and the top walker will re-ceive a medal. Registration includes a T-shirt if partici-pants pre-register by April 20. T-shirts will be passed out on a first come, first serve basis to those that register on the day of the race.

Registration fee is $15 for adults and $10 for youth under 18.

Any runners with ques-

tions may direct them to dogwood5Krun@frontier.com.

Registration and fee can be mailed to:

Pike County Dogwood 5k Run

104 Todd Alan DrivePiketon, Ohio 45661

Skills USA Golf Scramble

The Scioto County Ca-reer Technical Center will present the third annual Skills USA Golf Scramble at the Elks Country Club in McDermott May 12.

The event includes a free lunch, door prizes, longest drive, closest to the pin and longest putt awards.

A $500 prize and in-dividual plaques will be awarded to the winning team and the second place team will receive $200.

Also, $10,000 will go to any one player who gets a Hole-in-one on the par 3, fourth hole.

The $220 4-man team entry fee enables students to attend and compete in

the Skills USA regional and state competitions.

Play in the tournament or sponsor a hole by call-ing Jay Miller at 740-259-6821.

Trojan BasketballBanquet Tickets

Tickets are now on sale for the Portsmouth basket-ball banquet that will take place at 6 p.m. April 15 at Portsmouth High School.

Admission for the event is $10 and all tickets will be sold at the high school until April 11. There will be no tickets sold at the door.

Del Rice MeetingA Del Rice Baseball

League coaches meeting will be held at 10 a.m. April 14 at Newberry’s Sporting Goods.

Anyone who is interest-ed in coaching or helping in any capacity this season should attend this meet-ing. For more information, contact league director Howard Richard at 740-456-6313.

Sports Briefs

New coaches bring element of surprise to LeadersRUSTY MILLERAP Sports Writer

COLUMBUS — Half of the six teams in the Big Ten’s Leaders Division have new coaches, plus there are a lot of familiar names and some not so familiar ones coming back this fall.

But one thing hasn’t changed: The drive to the conference title still runs through the picturesque college town of Madison, Wis.

“I believe we are the targeted team right now in the Big Ten because of what we’ve done these past two years,” said Montee Ball, the Badgers’ superstar running back. “Everyone is probably shooting and gun-ning for us. That’s why we make sure we practice just as hard as we did two years ago when we first went to the Rose Bowl, and last year as well. We make sure we do what we do here.

“We play Wisconsin foot-ball.”

Clearly, that’s been a suc-cessful formula for the Bad-gers, who have won the last two Big Ten titles, includ-ing last year’s inaugural conference championship game.

The Badgers lost half of their starters from an 11-3 team that outlasted Michi-gan State 42-39 last year to pick up the first Stagg Trophy. They also lost six key members of the coach-ing staff.

But they welcome back the conference’s top offen-sive player in Ball, a Heis-man Trophy finalist who led the nation with 1,923 rushing yards and 39 touch-downs. They also return maybe its top defender in second-team All-Big Ten linebacker Chris Borland.

Beyond the Badgers, it’s difficult to figure who’ll be the top contenders.

Perennial power Ohio State is coming off a woe-ful 6-7 season but has new coach Urban Meyer. Illi-nois has retooled with Tim Beckman now in charge. And division co-champion Penn State has replaced the iconic Joe Paterno with former NFL offensive guru Bill O’Brien.

All in all, the Leaders Di-vision should make for an interesting mix of the old and new.

“You’ve got some profile coaches at some great pro-grams,” said Indiana’s Kev-in Wilson, third in seniority in the division after going 1-11 and 0-8 in his first Big Ten season. “You’d like to think they’ll handle those things in a great way and still have good teams. It’ll play out, but it looks to me like both divisions there’s going to be (in for) some jockeying.”

Meyer, who won two

national championships at Florida, has already jousted with conference coaches over recruiting players who had made verbal commit-ments elsewhere.

His first team features re-turning quarterback Brax-ton Miller and 15 other starters, although Meyer — a coach who loves noth-ing more than guys who can break off a game-changing play — is still on the look-out for speedy players to whom Miller can hand or throw the ball.

“That’s a work in prog-ress,” he said of the search for playmakers. “I’m hold-ing out hope that in this last half of spring that we’re going to put them in situa-tions where they’re going to make plays.”

Beckman, who moved from Toledo to replace the fired Ron Zook, has been an assistant in the Big Ten and spent much of the rest of his career near the con-ference.

He has made a point of getting to know last year’s Illini quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase, who is a building block for the new coaching staff.

“Nathan’s got great arm strength and he runs the ball extremely well,” said Beckman, whose team has 15 starters back from a team that wilted down the stretch, but won a bowl to go 7-6. “But the thing that you don’t realize as a football coach until you’re around him all the time is his leadership capability. He’s done a fabulous job with that and getting this

team better each and every day.”

Penn State is trying to move on in the wake of the ugly sex-abuse scandal, the firing of Paterno and his subsequent death. By hir-ing O’Brien, an acolyte of New England genius Bill Belichick, the school has its first head-coaching change since 1966.

The Nittany Lions, 9-4 overall a year ago and tied with Wisconsin atop the di-vision at 6-2, have a surplus of QBs for O’Brien to fit into his pro-style offense: Matt McGloin, Rob Bolden and Paul Jones. The first two have shared the job, but all three have gotten equal first-team reps this spring.

“They’ve definitely pro-gressed,” he said. “Each one of them is a different type of player. They’ve worked very hard. They’re all bright guys. They all have different types of tools.

“I really enjoy being around them.”

Purdue has benefited from surviving a series of ghastly, injury-filled sea-sons. Caleb TerBush was the starting QB last year for a team that won a bowl game (the Big Ten was just 4-6 in the postseason). There’s Robert Marve, a former Miami Hurricanes starter who has had an in-jury-plagued career at Pur-due but is now healthy after the NCAA handed him a fi-nal year of eligibility. Then there’s Rob Henry, another starter who is out this spring after knee surgery.

It’s reached the point where the Boilermakers shifted another former starter at QB, Sean Robin-son, to linebacker.

“Having all these guys back is great, and unique in a lot of ways, but it gives us a lot of opportunities for this upcoming season,” coach Danny Hope said.

Wisconsin is the only Leaders team that doesn’t have its starting quarter-back returning. But don’t feel sorry for the Badgers. They’ve got three play-ers fighting for the job this spring. Then, in June, they get Danny O’Brien, a former Maryland star who transferred in to play much like last year’s stel-lar starter did, ex-North Carolina State standout Russell Wilson. Wilson led the Badgers, of course, to a second straight Rose Bowl and top-10 ranking.

No wonder everyone thinks that, despite losing half of their front-line play-ers, the Badgers will be in the thick of the race once again.

Coach Bret Bielema downplays his team’s fa-vorite’s role while at the same time sounding as if he’s looking forward to the struggles ahead.

“We added three great coaches with great his-tory,” he said. “It’s going to be fun, I think it’s exciting. It’s what the Big Ten is all about. You have some tran-sition. It’s hopefully going to make the whole confer-ence a national contender on a bigger stage.”

Kentucky lands Noel on national TVCOLIN FLYAP Sports Writer

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Top prospect Nerlens Noel announced he’s joining Kentucky, bolstering the Wildcats’ hopes of defend-ing their recent national championship and finish-ing with a fourth consecu-tive No. 1 recruiting class.

The 6-foot-10 center from the Tilton School in New Hampshire selected the Wildcats over Syra-cuse and Georgetown on Wednesday night.

“I’ll be taking my talents for college to play at the University of …” Noel said on ESPNU before turning around in his chair to show off the “UK” shaved in the back of his signature flat top hairstyle.

The Wildcats won their eighth title in school his-tory just over a week ago. Kentucky freshmen Antho-ny Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague and sophomores Doron Lamb and Terrence Jones have until April 29 to decide whether to enter the NBA draft.

But Kentucky coach John Calipari’s develop-ment of Davis into the nation’s best shot blocker with 186 swats clearly ap-peared to sway Noel, who is considered an even bet-ter defender than Davis was coming out of high school.

“I just thought it was the best fit for me personally,” Noel said. “I talked to my mom, she liked it as well, she liked all three of the schools, but when it came down to it, she liked Ken-tucky. She met (Assistant) Coach Orlando (Antigua) and Coach Calipari and they just had a great idea, just watching on TV what

they do with Anthony Da-vis. I mean, she thought it was the best fit for me and I did, too. So, we went with that.”

Noel said he could’ve played for any of the schools that were among his finalists.

“I thought I could play good at any three of these styles,” he said.

Earlier in the broadcast, Calipari repeated what he’s said often during Ken-tucky’s title run that the school isn’t for everyone because every opponent views games against the Wildcats as a “Super Bowl” and that he hoped that the five underclassmen along with departing senior Darius Miller would all be picked in the first round of June’s draft.

“We don’t know if all five underclassmen are go-ing to leave, but you know, if you’re a betting man, you’re probably saying it looks like if they all have an opportunity to be first round picks, they probably will,” the coach said.

Calipari had already landed three highly re-garded talents in the fall in guard Archie Good-win, small forward Alex Poythress and 7-footer Willie Cauley. If all five un-derclassmen leave, sopho-mores Ryan Harrow and Kyle Wiltjer likely will join the starting rotation with Noel anchoring the middle.