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MIDDLEPORT – A freecommunity dinner will beserved Friday evening at theMiddleport Church of ChristFamily Life Center and every-one is welcome to come eatand enjoy the fellowship. Themenu includes meat loaf, mac-aroni and cheese, baked bens,applesauce and a dessert.
Bethel hosts“Pandamania”Bible school
TUPPERS PLAINS –What happens when a pack offun-loving panda bears invadeyour church?
Kids attending BethelWorship Center’s“Pandamania - Where God IsWild About You” vacationBible school are finding outthis week at Bible schoolwhich got underway Mondayand will be held throughFriday, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
The free VBS week isavailable for area childrenages 3 years through 6thgrade by registering online atwww.bethelwc.org, or parentscan bring their child to thechurch early at 6 p.m. to regis-ter on site. The panda bearand jungle-themed“Pandamania” summer Bibleschool offers a wild celebrationof God's unconditional love.For more information call thechurch at 740-667-6793.
OʼBleness givingsports physicals
ATHENS – O’BlenessMemorial Hospital will behosting a sports physical examclinic, Aug. 10, 5:30 to 7 p.m.at the O’Bleness FamilyMedicine and Women’sHealth Center at 444 WestUnion St., Suite C in Athens.
The exams will be $10payable by cash, check orcredit card and no insurancewill be billed. The clinicaccepts walk-ins only so noappointment is necessary. Aparent or guardian mustaccompany a minor child. Allproceeds will be donated tothe school’s athletic programat the school where the stu-dent attends.
For more information,please call the O’BlenessFamily Medicine andWomen’s Health Center at(740) 566-4925 or visitwww.OblenessHealthSystem.org.
Human remains found near Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va.BY STEPHANIE [email protected]
GALLIPOLIS FERRY,W.Va. — Human remainshave been found in aremote part of Mason Co.,W.Va., and investigatorsare now faced with thetask of sorting out themystery.
Sgt. E.B. Starcher of theMason County Detachmentof the West Virginia StatePolice confirmed that the
remains of at least oneperson were foundSunday evening around8:30 p.m. just off ofDuncan Creek Road inGal l ipo l i s Fer ry.Investigators cannot yetconfirm whether or notthey have discoveredmore than one body orwhether the confirmedbody is male or female.
According to Cpl.K.M. Gilley with theWest Virginia State
Police, the Crime SceneTeam will continue tosecure the scene untilforensic specialists fromthe Smithsonian Institutein Washington, D.C.arrive. The Smithsonianteam was originiallyexpected on the sceneMonday, but their arrivalhas been postponed untilearly Tuesday morning.Gilley confirmed thatDuncan Creek Road iscurrently closed to traffic
in the area of the crimescene.
According to Starcher,the remains were discov-ered when a group ofpeople stumbled uponthem in the woods.
Many communitymembers question if thediscovery is in some wayrelated to the most recentmissing persons casereported in MasonCounty involving marriedcouple William “Jeff” and
Ashley (Baird) Crawford,as well as Ashley’s cousinTonda (McCarty) Nelson.According to investiga-tors, it is too soon to tell.
“We can’t say that it isor it isn’t,” Gilley said.“We just don’t know,yet.”
Once the scene hasbeen processed, theremains will be sent thethe West Virginia StateMedical Examiner’sOffice.
Local kids go greenMeigs SWCD announces contest winners
RUTLAND — “Forestfor People, more than youcan imagine!” was thetheme of the 2011 MeigsSoil and WaterConservation Coloring,Poster, and Slogan Contestheld during the 2010-2011school year and directed byMeigs Soil and WaterEducation Coordinator,Jenny Ridenour.
Meigs SWCD is a mem-ber of the NationalAssociation ofConservation Districts(www.nacdnet.org) whichoversees the StewardshipWeek program.Stewardship Week is one ofthe largest national annualprograms to promote con-servation. NACD repre-sents the nation’s 3,000conservation districts,which were established toencourage resource conser-
vation across the country. “We want to connect
people to the forest whetherthey have one in their backyard, in their state or noforests at all. We all have aconnection to the trees inthe forest that providewood for our homes, furni-ture or cork for the centerof our baseballs. We canthank trees that help cleanthe air we breathe. Treesplay an important part inthe lives of many farmers
across the nation, for foodwe eat, how forests aremanaged and products wereceived from them.Forests are great to hike inas well as watching wildlifeand birds. There is a lot tolearn about forests!”explains NACD.
Ridenour read the GivingTree to the first graders anddiscussed all the things weget from trees. Abby
POMEROY – A t-shirtquilt made by the MeigsCounty 4-H FashionBoard from scraps of 4-Hclub emblem shirts willbe auctioned off duringthe August 20 Junior Fairlivestock sale at the 2011Meigs County Fair.
Funds from the sale ofthe quilt will go into 4-Hscholarships. Beforebeginning the quilt con-struction, the FashionBoard members underthe leadership of theBoard’s Advisor DebbieDrake the eleven girlsthat make up the group
have put in over 100hours to create this one ofa kind quilt. Before start-ing on the quilt the 4-Hers visited the ForestRun Quilters and theHemlock Grove Quiltersto gain inspiration andlearn techniques for quiltmaking.
in the group workingon the project were KariArnold, Kaitlyn Barber,Katelyn Hill, BrennaHolter, Abbie Houser,Katie Keller, KayteLawrence, KeriLawrence, SarahLawrence, Laura Pullinsand Catherine Wolfe.
POMEROY – ThePomeroy Blues & JazzSociety’s Big Bend BluesBash kicks off a three-dayweekend of entertainmentby artists from across thecountry at 7 p.m. Thursdaywhen Bongo Joe and LittleSteve take the stage onPomeroy’s parking lot.
The Akron duo, a win-ner in the Marietta 2010River City Blues competi-tion, recently performed onthe world-famous BealeStreet in Memphis, Tenn.Their performance will befollowed by Front PorchRevival with a dose of tra-ditional blues to close outopening night.
On Friday the Big BendBlues competition willbegin at 5 p.m. with bluesbands and solo/duo bluesacts competing for prizesand the PB&J’s sponsor-ship to The BluesFoundation’s InternationalBlues Challenge heldannually in Memphis,Tenn.
To cap off the evening,the Patrick Sweany Bandwill swing through theblues, folk, soul, bluegrass,and some classic 30’s rockbeginning at 10 p.m.
On Saturday the musicwill begin at noon and gonon-stop until about mid-night. Blackberry Jam will
kick off the day with itshomemade mix of funk,rock, blue, jazz and coun-try, followed at 1 p.m. byguitarist/singer Ray Fuller& the Blue Rockers.
Patrick McLaughlin, ablues/rock guitarist fromColumbus and his group.will entertain from 3 until5 p.m. when the EricJerardi, a true blue rocker,and his band take thestage. At 7 p.m. the JohnnyRawls Revue will performfollowed by Bryan Lee,the “braille blues daddy”at 9 p.m. to close out the2011 Big Bend BluesBash.
Another addition to the
weekend activities onPomeroy’s parking lot willbe cornhole clashes begin-ning at 4 p.m. on Thursdayand Friday, and 11 a.m. onSaturday. Cash prizes willbe awarded with a guar-antied purse of $4,000.Again this year ButchMeier and Mark Lambertare handling the tourna-ments.
For the fourth year aBlues School for Kids willbe held on Saturday at 11a.m. on the Court StreetMini-Park. The BluesSchool is a free songwrit-ing and performing work-shop conducted by RonSowell, music director for
PBS’s Mountain Stage, aperformer and songwriter,and Todd Burge, a full-time performing countryfolk songwriter from WestVirginia.
The kids coming to theBlues School will write ablues song and learn toplay it on harmonicas. Inthe afternoon following aluncheon in the park, theywill have another practiceand then perform on themain stage at the Big BendBlues Bash.
Registration for theclass will begin at 10:30a.m. Children can pre-reg-ister by calling JackieWelker at 416-4016.
POMEROY – There areopenings for new MeigsCounty participants in theCommodity SupplementalFood Program (CSFP) ofthe Hocking-Athens-PerryCommunity ActionAgency which distributesfood here to quaified resi-dents.
According to Tina HallSoutheastern Ohio FoodBank manager, people whoqualify for the programmay attend the next CSFPdistribution slated from9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday,Aug. 4, at Alligator Jack’slocated at 41300 LaurelCliff Road, Pomeroy. Hallreminds individuals theyneed to bring a photo idand proof of their address.
To qualify for the pro-gram, participants must bea resident of Meigs County,60 years of age or older,and meet federal incomeeligibility guidelines.
Eligibility is based on130 percent of the FederalPoverty Guidelines. Allincome eligible households60 and older must be ableto provide proof of age andresidence. The incomeguidelines in annual,monthly and weeklyinstallments are as follows:
One-person household:$14,157 income per year$1,180 income per month,or $273 income per week.
Two-person household:$19,123 per year, $1,594per month, or $368 perweek.
Three-person house-hold: $24,089 per year,$2,008 per month, or $464per week.
Four-person household:$29,055 per year, $2,422per month, or $559 perweek.
For each additional fam-ily member over four add$4,966 per year, $414 permonth, or $95 per week.
CSFP is a federally-funded USDA food andnutrition program for nutri-tionally at-risk, income-eli-gible participants 60 andolder administrated byOhio Department of Joband Family Services.
According to Hall eachmonth, more than 4,150seniors 60 and older in a10-county region receive afood box of USDA prod-ucts from the CommunityAction Agency. Themonthly food box includescanned fruits, vegetables,juices, meats, dairy andcereal.
For those who want toapply prior to the Aug. 4distribution, applicationsare available by callingCarla Saum at 800-385-6813, ext. 2221. Saum canalso be contacted for addi-tional information aboutthe program.See T-Shirt, A2
Laying the quilt block out are 4-H Fashion Boardmembers from the left, Sarah Lawrence KaitlynBarber, Kari Arnold, Katelyn Hill and Katie Keller.
Blues Bash kicks off Thursday
Blackberry Jam will kick off Saturdayʼs Blues Bash lineup of entertainers. (Submitted photo)
POMEROY – Newofficers were electedat a recent meeting ofthe Meigs AthleticBoosters at Meigs HighSchool.
Elected were LisaRoush, president; TonyHawk, vice president;Kimberly Payne, secre-tary; and Susie Souslby,treasurer.
The next meetingwill be held at 6:30p.m. on Aug. 2 in thehigh school library.Anyone over 18 inter-ested in becoming a
part of the Boosters isinvited to attend themeeting when prepara-tions will move forward
for football seasonactivities. New input tothe Booster program isneeded, said Roush.
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Pauley of Mid ValleyChristian was selected asthe overall county champi-on in the coloring contestand received $10. A total of$130 was awarded to 15first grade classes in thecoloring contest. Firstplace winners in each classreceived $5 and secondplace received $3. Eachstudent in the classreceived a “Wild Ohio forKids” magazine and a pen-cil. Winners in each classwere, in order:
Eastern: Hill – AbigailBauerbach, CydnieGillilan; Jones – TiffanySmith, Mackenzie Newell;White – Haleigh Barber,Emma Epling; Spaun –Bryce Newland, Lisa Rose.
Mid Valley Christian:Stadler – Abby Pauley,Amber Heil
Ridenour said that thefourth graders learnedabout the parts of the treeand how these are used totell tress apart. Then thestudents used a key to iden-tify several species of pinetrees. It was discussed as towhy it is important to knowhow to tell trees apart.Different trees are used fordifferent things. Trees arevery important and weneed to remind people ofthe variety of trees and theirmany uses.
Fourth grade studentsmade a poster on brownpaper bags supplied byTNT Pit Stop. These bagswere returned to TNT PitStop for distribution to itscustomers. The bags are toserve as a reminder to theresidents of Meigs Countyof the importance of treesand their many uses.
A total of $235 wasawarded to 14 fourth gradeclasses in the poster con-test, with first place in eachclass receiving $10 andsecond place winners, $5.Each student received a“Wild Ohio for Kids” mag-azine booklet and a pencil.
Alyson Bailey of EasternElementary was the overallcounty champion in theposter contest and received$25. Alyson was also cho-sen to represent MeigsCounty at the State PosterCompetition.
Winners in each class,listed first and secondplace respectively, are asfollows:
Eastern: Jewell – AlysonBailey, Victoria Curtis;Lisle – John Tanner, AndyBrooks; Weber – HannahHill, Shayla Honaker; Otto
– Kylee Tolliver, KelseyCasto.
Mid Valley Christian:Edwards – Melyla Mash,Sheryl Sions.
Sixth grade studentswrote slogans about inva-sive species. The studentslearned the differencebetween a native and nonnative species. Studentslearned that not all nonnative species are invasive.Invasive species can befound in everyone’s back-yard and you may not real-ize it. Invasive species canbe plants, animals, or bugs.And each is monitored bya different office: plants bythe Division of Forestry,animals by the Division ofWildlife, and bugs by theDepartment ofAgriculture.Invasive species are dam-aging to the environment,compete with nativespecies, and affect theeconomy and naturalresources.
A total of $220 wasawarded to 13 sixth gradeclasses in the essay con-test, with first place ineach class receiving $10and second place winners,
$5. Each student that par-ticipated received a “WildOhio for Kids” magazinebooklet and a pencil.
Kylie Dillon of MeigsMiddle School was theoverall county championin the slogan contest andreceived $25. Winners ineach class, listed first andsecond place respectively,are as follows:
Southern: Manuel –Tyler VanInwagen, BlakeJohnson; Neal – BrodyRichards, Jacob Weddle;Knight – Marissa Johnson,Faith Teaford.
Eastern: Edwards –Austin Westfall, DanielleBurelli; Rigsby – JettFacemyer, Laura Pullins;B o w e n — T a y l y n nRockhold, Jon Wolfe.
Mid Valley Christian:Pauley -- Coleton Drenner,Bryan Hammond
Contributing to the projectwith donations were JaneHarris and Sarah Carletonfrom Dan’s ClothingStore, along with KathyClark who did the quilting.Others assisting were par-ents and grandparents of4-H members, MarciaArnold, ElizabethLawrence, and DebbieBarber.
The Meigs County 4-HFashion Board is a groupof 4-H members who areinvolved in clothing pro-jects, and who are interest-ed in developing andimplementing educationalopportunities for clothingawareness. They hold sev-eral events including the 4-H style reviews and cloth-ing skill-a-thon.
Cassie Turner, ExtensionEducator 4-H YouthDevelopment, OSUExtension - Meigs County,said another importantcomponent of the 4-HFashion Board is their ded-ication to service in thecounty. “Their efforts havebenefited communitymembers year after year.In the past they have con-structed numerous blan-kets, hats, and baby cloth-ing for the less fortunate.They are also great pro-moters of 4-H throughwindow displays at Dan’sand modeling at Walmart,”said Turner.
4-H Clubs and 4-Hgroups represented on thequilt are the Pioneers 4-HClub, God’s Country Kids,Whiz Kidz, Silver Spurs,Backyard Critters,Bleedin’ Green, WooleyBully’s and More, Fur andFeathers, Salem Center GoGetters, Meigs CountyBetter Livestock DairyClub, Lakeside Leaders, Cowboy Boots and Country Roots, 4 Fun 4H Club, MeigsCounty Shepherds, Keepin It Green, Rocksprings Raiders, Kids and K9’sHarrisonville 4Hers, Klassy Klovers, Dream Catcher, Redneck 4-H Club, MeigsCreek, Meigs County 4-H Fashion Board, Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp, BashanBunch, and Meigs Misfits.
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(Submitted photo)Abby Pauley of Mid Valley Christian was selected asthe overall county champion in the coloring contestand received $10.
(Submitted photo)Kylie Dillon of Meigs Middle School was the overallcounty champion in the slogan contest and received$25.
(Submitted photo)Laura Pullins works on a quilt square.
(Submitted photo)Kerri Lawrence and Sarah Lawrence present thefinished quilt.
(Submitted photo)Alyson Bailey of Eastern Elementary was the overallcounty champion in the poster contest and received$25.
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POINT PLEASANT, WV-- The Pleasant ValleyHospital Health Foundationis preparing for the future ofhealthcare in the tri-countyarea by supporting educationtoday.
Mackenzie B. Stalnaker, aBSN student at MarshallUniversity School of Nursingwas named the Vitus HartleyJr. Scholarship winner alongwith nine other student schol-ars who were recently recog-nized at a reception in theirhonor. Stalnaker received a$4,000 check and a com-memorative paperweight. Inaddition, her name will beadded to the plaque thathangs in the Lobby justinside the main door of theHospital.
The Pleasant ValleyHospital Health Foundation,a non-profit corporation,established the ScholarsEndowment Fund in 1988.Today, the fund has grown inprincipal to more than $1.2million. Interest from thefund goes toward financialassistance for students major-ing in a healthcare relatedfield at a West Virginia orOhio institution of higherlearning.
In presenting this year'sawards, George Miller, toldabout the early beginnings ofthe group. “Tonight the inter-est from the fund allows us topresent a total of $31,750.”Miller, who is currently theChairman of the PVH HealthFoundation Board ofDirectors, announced “Thewinnings this year brings thetotal number of studentsassisted over the years to 175young people from the tri-county area.”
“The objective of the PVHHealth Foundation is toencourage students to returnto the community and utilize
their skills in the local area.The aim of this board is tomake our communities a bet-ter place to live, work andraise a family by helpinglocal students realize theirdream of becoming health-care providers.”
Tom Schauer, ChiefExecutive Officer of PleasantValley Hospital announcedthat the Hospital is proud ofthe tradition of honoringexcellence among today’sstudents working toward adegree in the healthcareindustry. He said “We arevery proud to continue toserve our community. Thequality of our people makeour employees the very best.Pleasant Valley Hospital con-tinues our long tradition ofservice making a differencein the lives of our friends andneighbors.”
The 2011 scholars in addi-tion to Stalnaker are: AndreaAdkison, Mason County(Marshall MOVC); JordanCullen, Mason County,Nursing (WVU); Jolisha
Cundiff, Mason County,Speech Pathology (WVU);Brittany Hively, GalliaCounty, Nursing (MarshallMOVC); Jessica Ryan,Gallia County, Nursing(URG); Desireé A. Sines,Mason County, Nursing(Marshall MOVC); MelissaStump, Gallia County,Nursing (Marshall MOVC);and two returning MedicalStudents. Both future physi-cians are Mason County resi-dents. They are CharlotteBibbee at West VirginiaUniversity and JessicaWilson, WV School ofOsteopathic Medicine.
Applications are acceptedannually in the early spring forthe PVH Health Foundationprograms. For informationcontact Georgianna Tillis,Federal & State Programs,Pleasant Valley Hospital,304-675-2040 or write:Pleasant Valley HospitalHealth Foundation, Attn:Georgianna Tillis, 2520Valley Drive, Point Pleasant,WV 25550.
BY DR. JOYCEBROTHERS
Dear Dr. Brothers: Isleep lying flat on myback with my arms at mysides, and my girlfriendsleeps curled up in thefetal position. She toldme the other day that theway people sleep can bea sign of their personali-ty, and she was worriedthat because we sleep indifferent positions, ourrelationship is doomed.To me, this sounds com-pletely made up, but I’mno scientist. Is there anytruth to the idea that theway you sleep can berelated to your personali-ty? — N.Y.
Dear N.Y.: Actually,your girlfriend may becorrect on this one. Somebelieve that the positiona person feels comfort-able sleeping in can be aclue to his or her innercharacter. A scientist atthe Sleep Assessmentand Advisory Service inthe U.K. has analyzedthe ways that peoplesleep, and has come upwith six common pat-terns that may be linkedto personality types. Inthe same way that wehave body languagewhen we are awake, ourbody position when wesleep can reveal certainthings about our person-alities. For instance, peo-ple who sleep in the fetalposition, like your girl-friend, could be tough onthe outside, but actuallyquite sweet and vulnera-ble once you get throughthe outer shell. Peoplewho sleep like a “sol-dier” (you) are morelikely to be somewhatquiet and reserved, andto set high standards forthemselves, says thestudy.
While there may betruth to the idea that theposition in which yousleep can provide a clueto your personality, thereisn’t any evidence toshow that two peoplewho sleep in different
positions can’t have asuccessful relationship.The personality cluesfrom your sleeping posi-tions are broad enoughthat many different peo-ple can share these com-mon positions and stillbe quite different. Youcan put her mind to restthat your incompatiblesleeping positions don’thave any bearing onwhether you’re compati-ble romantically.
* * *Dear Dr. Brothers:
Both of my sons, I regretto admit, are a little over-weight. My wife and Iare too, so I guess it runsin the family. I’ve man-aged to stay healthy byexercising a lot, especial-ly now that I’m gettingolder, but neither of mysons seems to be veryinterested. We’ve gottenthem both to play soccerand baseball after school,but I don’t know if it’senough. How can Iexplain the need to exer-cise more and eat betterto my kids without ruin-ing their self-esteem? —D.R.
Dear D.R.: Kids willalways follow their par-ents’ lead, especially
when it comes to thingslike diet and exercise.While after-schoolsports can be a helpfuladdition to our kids’daily activity, weshouldn’t rely on thesefew hours a week to con-stitute the bulk of theirexercise. Even in sportsthat emphasize runningand more intense physi-cal activities, kids canspend a lot of time, dur-ing a typical practice,waiting for their turn,listening to their coachgive instructions or feed-back and doing other-wise inactive things.These parts of a sportpractice are valuable forother reasons — build-ing social skills andlearning teamwork —but don’t contribute toexercise goals.
Instead of relyingentirely on sports prac-tices for your kids’ exer-cise, take this opportuni-ty to get healthier your-self. There are plenty offamily-friendly activitiesthat also count as exer-cise — something assimple as a bike ridewith your kids, a gameof basketball or a walk inthe woods can go a longway toward instilling avalue of physical fitnessthat will stick with yourkids for the rest of theirlives. If you can makethe goal of exercisingand eating a healthy, bal-anced diet a goal for thewhole family, and nottarget just your kids,you’ll reap the rewardsin your own health and inthe relationship you havewith your children.
(c) 2011 by King Features Syndicate
BY THE BENDBY THE BEND Page A3Tuesday, July 26, 2011The Daily Sentinel
Community CalendarPublic meetings
Friday, July 26RUTLAND — Rutland Township
Trustees, 5 p.m., Rutland fire station.Thursday, July 28POMEROY - The Meigs Soil and
Water Conservation District, regularsession, 11:30 a.m. at the district officeat 33101 Hiland Road.
Friday, July 29MARIETTA – The Regional Advisory
Council for the Area Agency on Aging ,10 a.m. at the Knights of ColumbusHall, 312 Franklin Ave., Marietta.
Community meetings
Tuesday, July 26POMEROY — Brian Duffy of Salem
Township, retired Special Forces offi-cer formerly serving in Iraq, to speakat the meeting of the Meigs CountyTea Party, 7 p.m., Mulberry CommunityCenter.
Saturday, July 30SYRACUSE – The Beta Sigma Phi
Sorority will have a potluck picnic atthe Syracuse Community Center shel-ter house at noon.
Reunions
Sunday, July 31RUTLAND — VanMeter Family
Reunion, 1 p.m., Rutland park,potluck.
Church Events
Tuesday, July 26RACINE — Carmel-Sutton United
Methodist Church Bible School, 6-8p.m., today - Thursday, July 28, at theCarmel Building; theme isPandamania.
COOLVILLE –Bethel Church BibleSchool being held through Friday, July29, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Theme isPandamania.
A S K D R . B ROT H E R S
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Summertime is a great time to schedule
Annual Exams and Sports Physicals.
To schedule an appointment, call
(740) 949-2683
Hunter Family Practice
Sleeping positions are clues to personality
Meigs High School graduating seniors, members of the Meigs Marauder Band,were given special recognition and presented awards at the recent banquet heldin the high school cafeteria. Honored were from the left, front, Angela Keesee,Hannah Cleek, Hope Hajivandi, Meghen Lambert and Olivia Bevan, and back,Brady Bissell, Dustin Nash, Johnathon Michael, Austin Sayre, Garrett Riffle, andLindsay Hysell. (Submitted photo)
Meigs High School graduatingsenior band members honored
Pleasant Valley Hospital HealthFoundation honors scholars
Left: Pleasant Valley Hospital HealthFoundation recently recognized MackenzieStalnaker of Mason County as the VitusHartley Jr. Scholarship winner. Picturedhere with Mackenzie, are left to right EthelHartley, widow of Vitus Hartley, Jr., TomSchauer, CEO of PVH and George Miller,Chairman of the Health Foundation Boardof Directors.
(Submitted photos)
PVH Health Foundation recently held a reception andawards ceremony honoring the 2011 Scholars. Seated inthe front row left to right are: Jessica Ryan, MacKenzieStalnaker, and Melissa Stump. Back row (left to right):Jolisha Cundiff, Tom Schauer, CEO of Pleasant ValleyHospital; Desireé Sines, Brittany Hively, Andrea Adkison,Jessica Wilson and George Miller, Chairman of the PVHHealth Foundation board. Unable to attend the receptionand not pictured are Jordan Cullen and Charlotte Bibbee.
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Drug prices to plummet in wave of expiring patentsBY LINDA A. JOHNSON
AP BUSINESS WRITER
The cost of prescriptionmedicines used by millionsof people every day isabout to plummet.
The next 14 months willbring generic versions ofseven of the world’s 20best-selling drugs, includ-ing the top two: cholesterolfighter Lipitor and bloodthinner Plavix.
The magnitude of thiswave of expiring drugspatents is unprecedented.Between now and 2016,blockbusters with about$255 billion in global annu-al sales will go off patent,notes EvaluatePharma Ltd.,a London research firm.Generic competition willdecimate sales of thebrand-name drugs andslash the cost to patientsand companies that providehealth benefits.
Top drugs getting genericcompetition by September2012 are taken by millionsevery day: Lipitor alone istaken by about 4.3 millionAmericans and Plavix by1.4 million. Generic ver-sions of big-selling drugsfor blood pressure, asthma,diabetes, depression, hightriglycerides, HIV andbipolar disorder also arecoming by then.
The flood of genericswill continue for the nextdecade or so, as about 120brand-name prescriptiondrugs lose market exclusiv-ity, according to prescrip-tion benefits managerMedco Health SolutionsInc.
“My estimation is at least15 percent of the popula-tion is currently using oneof the drugs whose patentswill expire in 2011 or2012,” says Joel Owerbach,chief pharmacy officer forExcellus Blue Cross BlueShield, which serves mostof upstate New York.
Those patients, alongwith businesses and tax-payers who help pay forprescription drugs throughcorporate and governmentprescription plans, collec-tively will save a fortune.That’s because genericdrugs typically cost 20 per-cent to 80 percent less thanthe brand names.
Doctors hope the lowerprices will significantlyreduce the number of peo-ple jeopardizing theirhealth because they can’tafford medicines they need.
Dr. Nieca Goldberg,director of The Women’sHeart Program at NYULangone Medical Center inManhattan, worries aboutpatients who are skippingcheckups and halving pillsto pare costs.
“You can pretty much tellby the numbers when Icheck the patient’s bloodpressure or cholesterol lev-els,” that they’ve not takentheir medications as oftenas prescribed, she says.
Even people with privateinsurance or Medicarearen’t filling all their pre-scriptions, studies show,particularly for cancerdrugs with copays of hun-dreds of dollars or more.
The new generics willslice copayments of thosewith insurance. For theuninsured, who have beenpaying full price, the sav-ings will be much bigger.
Daly Powers, 25, anuninsured student whoworks two part-time jobs atlow wages, says he oftencan’t afford the $220 amonth for his depressionand attention deficit disor-der pills. He couldn’t buyeither drug in June and sayshe’s struggling with hisSpanish class and his emo-tions. He looks forward tohis antidepressant,Lexapro, going genericearly next year.
“It’d make all the differ-ence in the world,” saysPowers, of Bryan, Texas.
Generic medicines arechemically equivalent tothe original brand-namedrugs and work just as wellfor nearly all patients.
When a drug loses patentprotection, often only onegeneric version is on salefor the first six months, sothe price falls a little bit ini-tially. Then, several othergeneric makers typicallyjump in, driving pricesdown dramatically.
Last year, the averagegeneric prescription cost$72, versus $198 for theaverage brand-name drug,according to consultingfirm Wolters Kluwer
Pharma Solutions. Thosefigures average all prescrip-tions, from short-term to90-day ones.
Average copayments lastyear were $6 for generics,compared with $24 forbrand-name drugs givenpreferred status by an insur-er and $35 for nonpreferredbrands, according to IMSHealth.
Among the drugs thatrecently went off patent,Protonix, for severe heart-burn, now costs just $16 amonth for the generic, ver-sus about $170 for thebrand name. And of thetop sellers that soon willhave competition, Lipitorretails for about $150 amonth, Plavix costsalmost $200 a month andblood pressure drugDiovan costs about $125 amonth. For those withdrug coverage, their out-of-pocket costs for each ofthose drugs could dropbelow $10 a month.
Jo Kelly, a retired socialworker in Conklin, Mich.,and her husband, Ray, aretired railroad mechanic,each take Lipitor and twoother brand-name medi-cines, plus some genericdrugs. Both are 67, andthey land in the Medicareprescription “doughnuthole,” which means theymust pay their drugs’ fullcost by late summer orearly fall each year. Thatpushes their monthly costfor Lipitor to about $95each, and their combinedmonthly prescription costto nearly $1,100.
Generic Lipitor shouldhit pharmacies Nov. 30 andcost them around $10 eacha month.
“It would be a tremen-dous help for us financial-ly,” she says. “It wouldallow us to start going outto eat again.”
For people with no pre-scription coverage, thecoming savings on somedrugs could be much big-ger. Many discount retail-ers and grocery chains sellthe most popular genericsfor $5 a month or less todraw in shoppers.
The impact of the com-ing wave of generics willbe widespread — andswift.
Insurers use systems thatmake sure patients areswitched to a generic thefirst day it’s available.Many health plans requirenewly diagnosed patientsto start on generic medi-cines. And unless the doc-tor writes “brand only” ona prescription, if there’s ageneric available, that’salmost always what thepharmacist dispenses.
“A blockbuster drug thatgoes off patent will lose 90percent of its revenue with-in 24 months. I’ve seen ithappen in 12 months,” saysBen Weintraub, a researchdirector at Wolters KluwerPharma Solutions.
The looming revenuedrop is changing the eco-nomics of the pharmaceuti-cal industry.
In the 1990s, big phar-maceutical companieswere wildly successful atcreating pills that millionsof people take every dayfor long-term conditions,from heart disease and dia-betes to osteoporosis andchronic pain. The drugs areenormously profitablecompared with drugs thatare prescribed for short-term ailments.
The patents on thoseblockbusters, which werefiled years before the drugswent on sale, last for 20years at most, and manyexpire soon.
In recent years, manydrug companies havestruggled to develop newblockbuster drugs, despitemultibillion-dollar researchbudgets and more partner-ships with scientists at uni-versities and biotech com-panies. The dearth of suc-cesses, partly because the“easy” treatments havealready been found, hasturned the short-term prog-nosis for “big pharma”anemic.
“The profit dollars thatcompanies used to reinvestin innovation are no longergoing to be coming,” warnsTerry Hisey, life sciencesleader at consultantDeloitte LLP’s pharmaceu-tical consulting business.He says that raises “long-term concerns about theindustry’s ability to bringnew medicines to market.”
But pharmaceutical
companies can save bil-lions when they stop pro-moting drugs that havenew generic rivals, andU.S. drug and biotechcompanies are still spend-ing more than $65 billion ayear on R&D.
Drug companies havereceived U.S. approval for20 drugs this year andexpect approval for otherimportant ones the nextfew years. Eventually,those will help fill the rev-enue hole.
For now, brand-namedrugmakers are scramblingto adjust for the billions inrevenue that will soon belost. Typically, they raiseprices 20 percent or morein the final years beforegenerics hit to maximizerevenue. Some also con-tract with generic drug-makers for “authorizedgenerics,” which give thebrand-name company aportion of the generic sales.
Brand-name companiesalso are trimming researchbudgets, partnering withother companies to sharedrug development costsand shifting more manu-facturing and patient test-ing to low-cost countries.
Pharmaceutical compa-nies have cut about 10 per-cent of U.S. jobs in fouryears, from a peak of about297,000 to about 268,000,according to LaborDepartment data. Nearlytwo-thirds of the cuts camein the last 1 1/2 years, part-ly because of big mergersthat were driven by theneed to bulk up drugs indevelopment and boostprofits in the short term bycutting costs.
Drug companies also aretrying to grow sales byputting more sales reps inemerging markets, such asChina and India, and bydiversifying into businessesthat get little or no genericcompetition. Those includevaccines, diagnostic tests,veterinary medicines andconsumer health products.
As the proportion of pre-scriptions filled with gener-ic drugs jumped to 78 per-cent in 2010, from 57 per-cent in 2004, annualincreases in prescriptiondrug spending slowed, tojust 4 percent in 2010.
According to the GenericPharmaceutical Association,generics saved the U.S.health care system morethan $824 billion from2000 through 2009, andnow save about $1 billionevery three days.
The savings are onlygoing to get greater as ouroverweight populationages. People who take theirmedicines regularly oftenavoid costly complicationsand hospitalizations, saysAARP’s policy chief, JohnRother, which produceseven bigger savings thanthe cheaper drugs.
In addition, manypatients taking a particularbrand-name drug willdefect when a slightly olderrival in the same class goesgeneric.
Global sales of Lipitorpeaked at $12.9 billion in2006, the year Zocor, anolder drug in the statin classthat reduces bad choles-terol, went generic. Lipitorsales then declined slowlybut steadily to about $10.7billion last year. That stillwill make Lipitor thebiggest drug to go generic.
For patients, it’s a god-send.
Douglas Torok, 59, ofErie, Pa., now spends near-ly $290 every three monthsfor insulin for his Type 2diabetes, plus four dailypills — Lipitor, Plavix andtwo generics — for hisblood pressure and choles-terol problems. The$40,000-a-year foundrysupervisor fears not beingable to cover the out-of-pocket costs when heretires and doesn’t have agenerous prescription plan.
In the meantime, onceLipitor and Plavix getgeneric competition hiscopayments will plunge.
“I will pay $16 for 90days,” says Torok, whohopes to travel more. “It’s abig deal for me on myincome.”
Brand-name drugs goingoff patent through 2015:http://www.medcohealth.com/art/corporate/anticipat-edfirsttime_generics.pdf
Brand-name and genericdrug price comparisons:https://www.flrx.com/cal-culator/generic/advanced_calculator.html
2nd Ohio lawmaker facesdrunken driving charge
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio lawmaker hasbeen cited for drunken driving five days after a colleaguefacing a similar charge resigned.
The Highway Patrol says Republican state Rep. JarrodMartin was arrested Friday at about 10:55 p.m. in JacksonCounty after being pulled over when he swerved over thecenter line while hauling a trailer without a taillight
Lt. Anne Ralston says Martin was with two adults andtwo juveniles and also was charged with child endanger-ment.
Martin says in a Mondaystatement that he takes thematter seriously and intendsto vindicate himself incourt.
According to a tweet onhis Twitter account, Martinin May rode along with stateand local police inBeavercreek setting up adrunken driving checkpoint.
A fellow GOP legislator,state Rep. RobertMecklenborg, resigned July17 after a drunken drivingcharge in Indiana.
“Finest” honoredCHESTER — John Bailey, 99, Pomeroy, and Goldie
Frederick, 86, Chester, were named “Meigs County’sFinest” at last weekend’s Chester-Shade Day.
They were awarded banners and handmade letter open-ers, crafted by Roy Grueser, as the oldest in attendance.Both were born in MeigsCounty and have lived theirlives here.
One dead, one hurt, one incustody after Ohio shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Officials in westernOhio say a weekend shooting left one person dead andanother hurt, and a third person was taken into custody.
The Springfield News-Sun reports one body wasfound Saturday in a vehicle on a road a couple of milesoutside Springfield. The Clark County sheriff said a sec-ond man who was shot multiple times was flown to ahospital but didn’t share information about his condition.
Deputies searched for an armed man who was spottedfleeing the scene and arrested a suspect Saturdayevening in a barn structure on a different road.
The sheriff said the man was being held on an out-standing warrant but was not immediately charged inrelation to the weekend shooting.
Ohio AGʼs health care fraudunits recover $103M
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio attorney gen-eral’s office says its units that deal with Medicaid andworkers’ compensation fraud recovered a record-settingamount of nearly $103.8 million for the fiscal year thatended last month.
Attorney General Mike DeWine says about $101.9million of that was recovered by the Medicaid FraudControl Unit, which secured 135 indictments and 121convictions.
His office says the workers’ compensation unit recov-ered nearly $1.9 million and had 99 indictments and 100convictions.
DeWine says it’s important that such funds meant tohelp the injured and the sick are used as they’re intend-ed. He says more agents have been hired this year toenhance the Medicaid and workers’ compensation units.
Ohioan dies after falling from tractor into creek
ENGLEWOOD, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a west-ern Ohio man was killed when he fell off his tractor intoa creek and the equipment he was towing landed on him.
The Dayton Daily News reports the accident happenedSaturday in the Dayton suburb of Englewood.
Englewood assistant fire chief Ron Fletcher tells thenewspaper the 61-year-old man was using the tractor totow mowing equipment, and the equipment caught on aguardrail of a bridge over the creek. Fletcher says theman was thrown from the tractor and fell about 8 feetinto the creek, and the falling equipment crushed him.
His body was discovered when someone passing byspotted the damaged guardrail.
Soap Box Derby brings young racers to Akron
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Eleven-year-old GabrielleBeville won the 74th All-American Soap Box DerbyWorld Championship in the Rally Stock Division.
Beville, from Linden, Va., guided her car down the hillat Derby Downs on a hot and humid day. Her late uncle,Steve Beville competed in the derby in the 1970s.
Actor Corbin Bernsen, who recently released theDerby-themed movie 25 Hill, was among the crowd ofapproximately 10,000 watching 539 kids between theages of 8-17 compete.
Allison Bates and Meghan Frantz, a pair of 16-year-old girls from Ohio also triumphed with loved onescheering them on.
Bates, a Twinsburg, Ohio resident, won the MastersDivision championship.
Frantz, a native of New Philadelphia, Ohio, earned theRally Masters Division title.
Sheri Lazowski, 17, won the Ultimate Speed Divisionfor the second year in a row.
Emily Fox, a 13-year-old from Hancock, Md., won theSuper Stock Division and 10-year-old Katelyn Hahn ofSouth Charleston, W.Va., claimed the Stock Division.
Daniel Raulli, 13, of East Syracuse, N.Y., won theRally Super Stock Division and Bobby DeNucci, who isfrom Lower Bucks, Pa., won the National Super KidsClassic.
Ohio man who barked atpolice dog may face trial
MASON, Ohio (AP) — A southwest Ohio mancharged with teasing a police dog by barking at it couldface trial after a judge rejected his request to dismiss thecharge.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a judge in Mason onFriday turned down the request to toss out the city lawagainst abusing police dogs because it violated freespeech and was too vague.
A defense lawyer argued 25-year-old Ryan Stephenshad a right to bark at the dog under the FirstAmendment. He also questioned the validity of the law.
An officer investigating an April car crash said hefound Stephens making barking noises and hissing at thedog, which barked uncontrollably.
It’s not clear whether Stephens will appeal. A messageseeking comment from his lawyer was left Saturday byThe Associated Press.
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Obituaries
John “Craig” NicinskyJohn “Craig” Nicinsky, 49, Bidwell, Ohio, passed
away at his residence Sunday, July 24, 2011. Craig was born April 29, 1962 in Marianna, Fla., son
of John and Velma Louise Rodgers Nicinsky, Bidwell.He attended Henderson Tabernacle Church, Henderson,W.Va., and was an avid hunter and fisherman.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife,Jenny Nicinsky, Bidwell; two sons, John B. Nicinsky, KYand Joshua Aaron Nicinsky, Bidwell; two grandchildren,Haylee Dawn Nicinsky and Ariel Lambert; sister, Pamela(Donald) Vaughan, Pomeroy, OH and several nieces andnephews.
Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday,July 27, 2011, at Gravel Hill Cemetery with PastorWilliam “Sonny” Mayes, officiating. The McCoy-MooreFuneral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, is honoredto be handling the arrangements for Mr. Nicinsky.
Condolences may be sent to www.mccoymoore.com
Christine Ann "Chrissy" TaylorChristine Ann "Chrissy" Taylor, 35, Pomeroy, passed
away on Sunday, July 24, 2011. She was born on Dec. 8,1975, in Point Pleasant, W.Va., daughter of HermanTaylor of Pomeroy and Fona Kay (Wise) Smith ofMiddleport. She was very active in sports for childrenand was a softball coach and cheerleader instructor.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Rick Taylor,and her sister, Belinda "Pinky" Hicks.
She is survived by her parents, Herman Taylor,Pomeroy; Fona (Larry) Smith, Middleport; children,Chelsea Kelley, Weston Kelley, Hannah Mulford; hergrandmother, Geneva Wise, Middleport; brothers. Chris(Connie) Taylor, Pomeroy; Darren Carpenter, Pomeroy;sister: Melissa Wise (Joe Rife), Middleport; special auntand uncle, Sharon and Gene Wise, Middleport; severalnieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday,July 28, 2011, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home inPomeroy. Officiating will be Pastor Justin Roush. Burialwill be in Meigs Memory Gardens. Friends may call onWednesday, July 27, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
An on-line registry is available at www.andersonmc-daniel.com
Larry W. JonesLarry W. Jones, 64, Pomeroy, passed away on
Saturday, July 23, 2011, at Holzer Medical Center. He was born on October 12, 1946, in Gallipolis, Ohio,
son of the late William C. and Elsie L. Jones.He enjoyed classic cars and playing music as he was a
member of the Middle Branch Bluegrass Band.Larry is survived by his wife, Dottie Wilt Jones of
Pomeroy; two sons, Larry Jr. (Cathy) Jones and MatthewJones, both of Florida; step-children Mark (Rosemary)Price, Racine; Gail (Jim) Fitch, Cheshire; Cheryl Varian(Jim Gardner), Mike Pierce, Marty (Belva) Pierce,Matthew (Mandy) Pierce, all of Rutland; three brothers,Rick (Cathy) Jones, New Jersey; Gary (Debbie) Jones,Gallipolis; Tim (Jan) Jones, Middleport; two sisters,Donna Davis, Pomeroy; Barbara Pratt, New Orleans; 17grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren; several nieces andnephews.
Funeral service will be at noon on Wednesday, July 27,2011, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy.Officiating will be Mike Thompson. Burial will be inLetart Falls Cemetery. Friends may call on Wednesdayfrom 10 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home.
An on-line registry is available at www.andersonmc-daniel.com
Rex Kevin ButcherRex Kevin Butcher, 50, Pomeroy, passed away on July
23, 2011.He was born on Sept. 12, 1960, in Pomeroy, son of the
late Charles L. Butcher and Alpha Gladys (French)Butcher. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, a lifetimemember of the NRA, and a member of the OhioBowhunters Association and the North AmericanHunting Club. He enjoyed the antique tractor pull com-petition. He was employed as a carpenter with Local650.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death bya brother, Roger Butcher; a niece, Bobbie Butcher;nephew, Rodney "Scooter" Butcher; his father-in-law,Orville Phillips.
He is survived by his wife, Tammy Butcher, Pomeroy;children: Brent Allan Butcher of Pomeroy; Kevin Dale(Lena Yoacham) Butcher of Racine; April Dawn (JerryThomas) Butcher of Pomeroy; grandson, ConnorThomas; brothers, Charles M. Butcher,Pomeroy; Pete(Bonnie) Butcher, McArthur; Rodney (Mindy) Butcher,Pomeroy; Ronald (Cheryl) Butcher, Pomeroy; Randy(Robin) Butcher, Pomeroy; Robert (Anita) Butcher,Pomeroy; a sister: Sandy (Art Gray) Distelhorst, Racine;special friend, Maylon Gingerich; several aunts anduncles; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July29, 2011, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home inPomeroy. Officiating will be Pastor Ron Warrens. Burialwill be in White Oak Cemetery at Harrisonville. Friendsmay call on Thursday, July 28, from 4 to 9 p.m. at thefuneral home.
An on-line registry is available at www.andersonmc-daniel.com
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Southeast Ohio county toreplace, keep WWII-era bridge
MILLFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Southeast Ohio’s AthensCounty plans to replace a bridge that was built just afterWorld War II but won’t destroy the structure, which hasbeen designated as a historical landmark.
Officials determined the single-lane bridge is not suit-able for vehicle traffic on a county road in Millfield,about 60 miles southeast of Columbus. The AthensMessenger reports the pony welded truss-style bridgewas built by the Ohio Bridge Co. of Cambridge and maybe the last of its kind in Ohio.
The Athens County engineer says it could be used inother ways, such as for pedestrians. One commissionersuggested storing the bridge until it could be used again,perhaps as part of a bike path extension.
The newspaper says federal funds will pay for dis-mantling and storing the bridge.
Ohio prisonerʼs deathreviewed as medical problem
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — Officials are investigatingthe death of a 47-year-old inmate at a southwest Ohioprison.
State prisons spokesman Carlo LoParo says TracySmith missed a designated check-in Friday morning, andofficials found him in distress and sought medical help.He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounceddead.
LoParo said Saturday there were no signs of foul playor involvement by other prisoners, and the case is beingreviewed as a medical problem. The coroner is investi-gating how Smith died.
Officials did not release further details about what hap-pened.
LoParo says Smith was serving 30 to 75 years on anaggravated murder charge out of Pickaway County.
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100 Legals
The Village of Middleport will acceptsealed bids for alterations to an ex-isting Elementary School and theaddition of a Police sallyport for anew Village Hall. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held August 4that 2pm at the work site (659 PearlStreet, Middleport).The bids will bedue at 12pm on August 18th. Bidsshall be delivered to the Office ofthe Mayor at 237 Race Street, Mid-dleport, Ohio.The contract docu-ments may be obtained at the officeof the Mayor by calling 740-992-3037 or Breech Engineering inGallipolis by calling 740-446-0059and arranging for pickup. A non-re-fundable deposit of $100 will becharged for each set. This projectwill be performed under prevailingwages. A bid bond will not be re-quired. The owner reserves theright to reject or accept all bids andpricing shall hold for a scheduledelay of up to 60 days. The projectmay be awarded at the VillageCouncil meeting on August 22nd.(7) 19, 26, 2011
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Will babysit for infant or toddler inmy home on Georges Creek Road.Monday thru Friday $25 a day perchild Ph: 446-4680
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Will pick up unwanted Appliances&yard sale items also Will haul orbuy Auto's & Scrap metal Ph. 446-3698 ask for Robert.
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8-mixed lab puppies 740-446-0419
2 female 8wk old lab mix puppiesfirst shots and worming 352-201-5211
AKC Min Dashounds all colors anddapples $300.00 and up. 740-256-1498
CKC Maltese puppy $400.00 740-256-1498
Pets
Free Kittens Indoor Only Littertrained Ph: 446-3897or 446-1282
Pekingnese Puppies $100 ph 740-256-1664
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Satoh Beaver Tractor 4x4 front endloader and plow $1,800 740-446-4922
Garden & Produce
For sale tomatoes, peppers, andsquash. Rowe Farm Racine 740-247-4292
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15' above ground pool, new liner, fil-ter and motor, 25' deck treated 2x6lumber, T1-11 siding, $2000 OBO304-675-1602
Jet Aeration Motorsrepaired, new & rebuilt in stock.Call Ron Evans 1-800-537-9528
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2008 Ford Taurus $13,700. Cur-rently under 32,000 miles, locatedat Clifton, WV 304-593-0504
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The Gallia Co. Board of DD has aCommercial / Retail Building isequipped with loading dock area,two large work bay areas,lockedtool storage, wired for high voltageequipment use, office space, Largebreak/lunch area, Large yard withpicnic area, and meets all fire andstate regulations. To inquire pleasecontact Superintendent, RosalieDurbin, at 740-446-6902 or [email protected].
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Alomar, Blyleven and Gillick enter Baseball HOFC O O P E R S T O W N ,
N.Y. (AP) — RobertoAlomar stared at theadoring crowd and wasnearly rendered speech-less, the tawdry episodeof his stellar career longsince forgotten. BertBlyleven was morecomposed but movednonetheless as he staredat his 85-year-old moth-er and reminisced abouthis late father.
Both men wereinducted on Sunday intothe Baseball Hall ofFame along with front-office guru Pat Gillick.
Speaking first in hisnative Spanish, Alomar,the third Puerto Ricanplayer to be enshrined,along with OrlandoCepeda and RobertoClemente, said he feltproud to be a PuertoRican.
“I always played formy island,” Alomarsaid, dozens of PuertoRican flags blowing in agentle breeze on asunny afternoon. “It is atrue blessing to be ableto share this momentwith all of you. I haveyou in my heart. I amstanding here todaybecause of the fan sup-port.
“To my family, to myfans, to all the PuertoRican people ... and thegame of baseball, youare and will always bemy life and my love.”
The switch-hittingAlomar won a record 10Gold Gloves at secondbase, was a 12-time All-Star and a career .300hitter. Full of baseballsmarts and grace, he’salso linked with one ofthe game’s most forget-table moments — he
spit on umpire JohnHirschbeck during anargument in 1996.
The two have longsince moved past that,and Hirschbeck wasinvited to come onSunday. He had todecline because he’sworking a game in St.Louis.
Alomar, a member ofthe Toronto Blue Jays’World Series champi-onship teams in 1992and 1993, is the firstplayer to enter the Hallof Fame wearing a BlueJays cap and just the20th second baseman tobe inducted.
“I did not know hownervous I would be,”said Alomar, who wasbypassed in his firstyear of eligibility andon his second try wasnamed on 90 percent ofballots cast, becomingthe 26th player to garnerat least 90 percent inany election. “Suddenly,I feel speechless.”
Alomar also thankedhis mom, his dad, SandyAlomar Sr., who forgeda 15-year major leaguecareer as an infielder,and his big brother,Sandy Jr., a catcher whoplayed in the majors fortwo decades but washampered by injuries.
“My mom is the mostwonderful person in mylife,” Alomar said as helooked down at hismother, her teary faceburied in a handker-chief. “She gave melove. She took me to theballpark, even though Iwas a little boy runningaround, hanging around.Mom, thank you foreverything that youhave done for me. If I’m
standing here today, it’sbecause of you.
“And to my parents,thank you for teachingme how to be a humbleperson. That’s whatcounts.”
The governor ofPuerto Rico, LuisFortuno, took a momentto congratulate Alomar,saying that his induction“is an honor for allPuerto Ricans.” Hethanked Alomar for rep-resenting his Caribbeanhomeland well in thebig leagues.
Blyleven, the firstDutch-born player to beenshrined, thanked hisparents for the drive anddetermination he need-ed to succeed. Draftedby Minnesota in thethird round of the 1969amateur draft, hebecame the youngestpitcher in the majorswhen the Twins calledhim up June 2, 1970,after just 21 minorleague starts.
Blyleven, whoseamazing curveball frus-trated batters in his 22-year career, finishedwith 287 wins, 3,701strikeouts, 60 shutoutsand a pair of WorldSeries rings — in 1979with the PittsburghPirates and 1987 in hissecond stint with theTwins.
Still, his path towardthe Hall was a slow,steep one — he drew thebacking of only 14.1percent one year — but
on his 14th try becamethe first pure startingpitcher to get selectedby the BBWAA sinceNolan Ryan in 1999.
Blyleven’s father, Joe,who died of Parkinson’sin 2004, fell in lovewith baseball and theDodgers after the familymoved to SouthernCalifornia in the late1950s and built a moundin the backyard, thegenesis of his son’s Hallof Fame career.
“I wish he was here,”said Blyleven, who inthe past had regrettednot being selected forthe Hall while his fatherwas still alive. “But youknow, mom, I know he’sup there looking downright now. Mommy, Ilove you.”
Baseball has lost sev-eral giants of the gamein recent years, andBlyleven rememberedthe ones that helped himalong the way.
“I know in my heartthat Harmon Killebrew,Willie Stargell, BobFeller, Chuck Tannerand Kirby Puckett arelooking down at all ofus right now,” Blylevensaid, adding a specialthought for Hall ofFamer Gary Carter,who’s battling braincancer. “Gary, keep bat-tling the way that youalways have.”
Gillick, a left-handedpitcher in college, saidhe knew he had to findanother way to stay inthe game after fiveyears in the minorleagues. He found it inthe front offices of fourmajor league teams,winning 1992 and 1993titles with Toronto and a
2008 title withPhiladelphia.
Gillick’s teams postedwinning records in 20 ofhis 27 seasons as a gen-eral manager andadvanced to the postsea-son 11 times.
“It was pretty clearmy arm wasn’t going toget me to the majors,”Gillick said. “Then Iguess luck took over.”
Gillick began hisfront-office career in1963 as assistant farmdirector with theHouston Astros, movedto the New YorkYankees system in 1974as coordinator of playerdevelopment, and in1976 moved to theexpansion Blue Jays,becoming vice presidentof player personnel andlater vice president ofbaseball operations.
Gillick’s signaturedeal was the trade in1990 that sent FredMcGriff and TonyFernandez from theBlue Jays to the SanDiego Padres forAlomar and Joe Carter.
Three awards weregiven at a special cere-mony on Saturday atDoubleday Field: DaveVan Horne, longtimeplay-by-play man forthe Montreal Expos andFlorida Marlins,received the Ford C.Frick Award for his con-tributions in broadcast-ing; Philadelphia sportswriter and columnistBill Conlin was giventhe J.G. Taylor SpinkAward for meritoriousservice in print baseballcoverage; and RolandHemond received theBuck O’Neil LifetimeAchievement Award.
AP BriefsMARSHALL TO HOST
PURDUE IN 2015SEASON OPENER
H U N T I N G T O N ,W.Va. (AP) — MarshallUniversity will open the2015 football season athome against Purdue.
Purdue originally wasset to make its first trip toHuntington in 2017 aspart of a home-and-homeseries. The game is nowset for Sept. 15, 2015.
Marshall athleticsdirector Mike Hamrickannounced the schedulechange Monday in anews release.
Marshall will travel toWest Lafayette, Ind., onSept. 29, 2012.
Purdue is will be thefirst Big Ten team to playin Huntington. TheThundering Herd hasnever played theBoilermakers in football.
REDS OF HEISEY HASEXAM FOR SORENESS
CINCINNATI (AP) —Reds outfielder ChrisHeisey had an MRI onMonday, a day after hebumped his left shoulderinto the outfield wallwhile going after a flyball.
Manager Dusty Bakersaid the exam was nega-tive, but Heisey was sore.He wasn’t in the lineupfor the start of a seriesagainst the New YorkMets.
Heisey and centerfielder Drew Stubbs ranto the wall in left-centerfield to track down NateMcLouth’s fly ball in thegap during the ninthinning of a 4-3 win overAtlanta on Sunday night,bumping as Stubbs madethe catch. Heisey stayedin the game.
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Australian Cadel Evans claimshistoric Tour de France title
PARIS (AP) — CadelEvan’s history-makingTour de France victory isas much a testament topatience as it is toendurance.
At 34, the soft-spokenAustralian rider putaside the disappointmentof two runner-up finish-es to finally stand atopthe podium on theChamps Elysees onSunday as champion ofcycling’s great race.
In a meticulous race,run with a strategy ofalmost military preci-sion, Evans won only thefourth of 21 stages onthis year’s Tour, butalways remained withinstriking distance.
It was only on the lastcompetitive leg — theindividual time trial —that Evans claimed hisfirst leader’s YellowJersey from nearest rivalAndy Schleck and theultimate prize after 20years of cycling.
Wrapped in the nation-al flag and with tears inhis eyes, Evans listenedas French-basedAustralian singer TinaArena sang their nation-al anthem after hebecame the firstAustralian, the oldestrider since World War II,and the first man outsideEurope or the UnitedStates to win the mostprestigious race incycling.
“I couldn’t be any hap-pier. A few peoplealways believed in me. Ialways believed in me.And we did it,” Evanssaid.
He celebrated aftercrossing the finish linein the pack on theC h a m p s - E l y s e e ,embracing riders from
different teams as themassive crowd onFrance’s most famousthoroughfare cheeredwildly.
Evans bounded up thesteps onto the podium,taking deep breaths, thenappeared at the top look-ing calm and waved thebouquet he received inthe air.
“Thank you to every-one. It’s really incredi-ble,” he told the crowd.
Evans was joined onthe podium by theSchleck brothers ofLuxembourg — Andy,who finished secondoverall for the thirdstraight year, and Frank.Andy finished 1 minute,34 seconds behindEvans in the final stand-ings.
Evans’ Italian wife,Chiara, stood at his sideafter the presentationceremony.
“I think he’s workedvery hard,” she said.
Evans is the third non-European to win theTour since it started in1903. Greg LeMondbroke the Europeandominance in 1986 withthe first of his threewins, and fellowAmerican LanceArmstrong won sevenstraight starting in 1999.
It’s been a long waitfor Evans, who firstshowed himself as achallenger for majorraces in 2002, and fin-ished second in the Tourin 2007 and 2008.
Evans is the oldestwinner of the Tour’spostwar period, narrow-ly eclipsing Gino Bartaliof Italy — who was also34 but slightly youngerwhen he won in 1948.The age record was set
by 36-year-old FirminLambot of Belgium in1922.
“Cadel was the best ofthe Tour and he deservedto win,” said 26-year-oldAndy Schleck. “Secondisn’t bad, and my brotherwas on the podium, too.I’ll be back to win thisTour. We have a date fornext year.”
This year was a far cryfrom the Tours of manyrecent years that weredominated almost fromthe start by Armstrongor, later, AlbertoContador. This was arace that defied predic-tions and was still hang-ing in the balance on thefinal weekend.
Evans rarely made hispresence obvious, but hewas always there. Upevery mountain he wasnever more than onebicycle length behind hisrivals. He knew he did-n’t need to attack to win.
Still, when AndySchleck broke awayfrom the field on theclimb of the Galibierpass on Thursday,observers thoughtEvans’ BMC team hadmade a critical mistake.But Evans remainedcalm.
He went intoSaturday’s time-trialneeding to make upalmost a minute onSchleck; he did muchbetter than that, finish-ing that stage more than21⁄2 minutes quickerthan Schleck.
“The real highlightwas the last three to fourkilometers of the timetrial (Saturday) becauseI knew we were on theright track,” Evans said.
Sunday’s 21st andfinal stage — the most
prestigious for the race’ssprinters — was won byBritain’s MarkCavendish for the thirdyear in a row, despitebeing forced to changehis bike on the Champs-Elysees. He also took thegreen jersey for theoverall best sprinter.
Cavendish crossed theline holding out thegreen jersey he waswearing, and then kissedit. Despite his 20 Tourstage victories, the jer-sey had eluded him untilnow.
“Finally!” he said.Second place in the
stage went to EdvaldBoasson Hagen ofNorway. Andre Greipelof Germany was third.
The polka-dot jerseyawarded to the bestclimber went to Olympicchampion SamuelSanchez of Spain, whobrought his two childrenonto the podium withhim. The best youngrider was Pierre Rollandof France, who won theclassic climb up the Alped’Huez on Friday.
Before setting off onSunday, riders removedtheir helmets andobserved a minute ofsilence in tribute to thevictims of the attacks inNorway on Friday.
“When this kind ofthing happens, every-body forgets about thesport,” Norwegian riderThor Hushovd said. “It’snot even important incomparison.
“It’s quite nice thateverybody thinks of us.We’re a small country ...unfortunately this canhappen anywhere.”
Hushovd and BoassonHagen won two stageseach in this year’s race.
New-look Browns prepare to get back to workCLEVELAND (AP)
— Count the Browns inas one of the happierNFL franchises Monday,now that the lockout isover. Within hours of thenew agreement beingreached, the teamannounced that single-game tickets for all pre-season and regular-sea-son games would beavailable on Aug. 6, withprices beginning at $35.
The Browns, comingoff a 5-11 season, willhave a decidedly differ-ent look this year undernew coach Pat Shurmur.He will transition theBrowns to a West Coastoffense, and will movethe defense from a 3-4
a l i g n -ment to a4-3.
“ S t i c kwith theplan andwe haveto beaware of
how it is different thisyear,” Browns presidentMike Holmgren said onSaturday at a fan rally.“If we feel we’re havingbad practices becauseguys are making toomany mistakes that theyshouldn’t make, we’llprobably have to tone itdown a little bit. Untilthey show us that theycan’t absorb it, it’s fullspeed ahead.”
The Browns will openthe preseason vs. GreenBay on Aug. 13 at home.They will open the regu-lar season vs. Cincinnatiat home on Sept. 11.
There is optimismabound in Cleveland, asfans seem to have shoul-dered up to Shurmur andhis new approach. Thecity has also found aspot for second-yearquarterback ColtMcCoy, who will opencamp as the No. 1 forthe first time.
“One of the things thatI think we’ve all learnedabout him, in a veryshort period of time, isthat he is a tremendousleader and kind of a
charismatic kid,”Holmgren said. “Theplayers follow him andthey like him. He’s thequarterback.
“We have some goodleaders on the footballteam and we needed thatthis offseason.”
McCoy played ineight games last year forformer coach EricMangini. He completed135 of 222 passes for1,576 yards and sixtouchdowns. He wasintercepted, however,nine times, and wassacked 23 times. With136 yards on 28 carries,he was also the second-leading rusher on theBrowns.
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Reds put SS Cozart onDL with elbow injury
CINCINNATI (AP) —Rookie shortstop ZackCozart had his left armencased in a bulky brace,supported by a sling overhis shoulder, as hewalked through theCincinnati Reds’ club-house on Sunday.
That’s going to be hisuniform for a while.
The Reds placedCozart on the 15-day dis-abled list on Sunday, oneday after he sprained hisleft elbow while trying tomake a tag at secondbase. Paul Janish, whoopened the season atshortstop but struggledand was demoted on July7, was called up fromTriple-A.
Cozart’s injury wasanother notable setbackfor the fourth-place Reds.He hit safely in his firstseven games after hisfirst promotion to themajors, injecting a sparkinto a struggling offense.He could be out forlonger than two weeks.
“I don’t really knowtoo much,” Cozart said.“I know I’ve got a lot ofswelling and pain inthere.
“It’s very frustrating. Iwas just starting to getcomfortable up here, getmy routine down. It’s atough break.”
Cozart covered secondbase on Derek Lowe’sbunt to first basemanJoey Votto, who tried toget the forceout on NateMcLouth. The throw wastoward the sliding runner.Cozart reached for theball and McLouth slidinto the arm, bending theelbow backward.
“I just felt a little some-thing pop,” Cozart said.“I don’t know what hap-pened really. I’ve been inthat situation a lot. Iguess I just hit him per-fect where it bent theelbow back.”
Edgar Renteria had astomach ailment, butreplaced Cozart anddrove in three runs, lead-ing a comeback from a 2-1 deficit. Renteria was inthe starting lineup forSunday’s game.
Shortstop has been oneof the biggest troublespots for the defendingNL Central champions.
They let Orlando Cabreraleave after last seasonrather than pick up his $4million option. Janishwas the backup last sea-son and got the startingjob this year, but strug-gled at the plate.
Janish was batting .227without a homer when hewas sent to the minors towork on his swing. Hebatted .256 at Louisville,showing improvementlately.
“It’s one of those situa-tions where you’ve got tokind of take advantage ofthe circumstances, eventhough they’re not ideal,”Janish said. “I kind ofhad to swallow it and saysome adjustments haveto be made, for sure. Thelast week or 10 days Ihave felt better, and asconsistent as I have insome time.”
The Reds gave Janishthe starting job based onhis improvement at theplate last season, whenhe batted a career-high.260 with five homersand 25 RBIs. He knew hecould lose the job if heslumped, and ended upputting pressure on him-self. The time in theminors allowed him torelax.
“I let it snowball on mein terms of being hard onmyself,” Janish said.“That was probably thebiggest adjustment.There was no revolution-ary mechanical adjust-ment, I don’t think. Itwas more of a mentalthing. I’m definitely in abetter spot now.”
Manager Dusty Bakerplans to use both short-stops.
“The way Edgar’sstarting to come on prettygood now, it’s kind ofmix-and-match with bothof them,” Baker said.“This is sort of Edgar’stime of the year. Lookslike he’s looser, his batspeed’s better, he’s mov-ing better.”
Ohio probation hearing set for NY Jets’ EdwardsNEW YORK (AP) —
Now that New York Jetsstar Braylon Edwards hasresolved his drunken dri-ving case, he’ll have tohead for court inCleveland to find outwhether he’s violated hisprobation in a nightclubdust-up there, with jail apossibility if a judge findshe did break probation.
Cleveland MunicipalCourt officials have setan Aug. 8 hearing, thoughit could be just a first stepto a determination, court
spokesman Ed Ferencsaid Monday.
As Edwards pleadedguilty Friday in NewYork to a misdemeanordriving while intoxicatedcharge, he said he wantedto wrap up the casebefore free agencyopened. That case will beclosed without jail timeor probation if he meetsconditions that includepaying a $500 fine andstaying in an NFL sub-stance-abuse counselingprogram.
SPORTS Page A10Tuesday, July 26, 2011The Daily Sentinel
WASHINGTON (AP)— Now it can be saidwith certainty: Get readyfor some football!
NFL players voted toOK a final deal Monday,days after the ownersapproved a tentativeagreement, and the sidesfinally managed to put anend to the 41⁄2-monthlockout, the longest workstoppage in league histo-ry.
“This is a long timecoming, and football’sback,” NFLCommissioner RogerGoodell said, “and that’sthe great news for every-body.”
The labor disputecomes to a close afterclaiming one exhibition:the Hall of Fame gamebetween the Bears andRams, scheduled forAug. 7 in Canton, Ohio.Otherwise, the entire pre-season and regular-sea-son schedules remainintact. Club facilities willopen to players Tuesday,when 2011 draft picksand rookie free agentscan be signed.
At a joint appearanceoutside the NFL PlayersAssociation headquar-ters, Goodell and NFLPAhead DeMaurice Smithshook hands, surroundedby some of the ownersand players who wereinvolved in the talks.They spoke shortly afterthe NFLPA executiveboard and 32 team repsvoted unanimously toapprove the terms of a10-year deal.
“We didn’t get every-thing that either sidewanted ... but we didarrive at a deal that wethink is fair and bal-anced,” Smith said.
Owners can point tovictories, such as gaininga higher percentage ofthe more than $9 billionin annual league rev-enues, one of the keyissues throughout.Players persuaded teamsto commit to spendingnearly all of their salarycap space in cash andwon changes to offseasonand in-season practicerules that should makethe game safer.
If there was one unex-pected moment duringthe press conference itwas certainlyIndianapolis Colts centerJeff Saturday’s eloquenttribute to New EnglandPatriots owner BobKraft, who was lauded asinstrumental in helpingforge the deal. Kraft’swife, Myra, diedWednesday after a battlewith cancer.
“A special thanks toMyra Kraft, who even inher weakest momentallowed Mr. Kraft tocome and fight this out,”Saturday said. “Withouthim, this deal does notget done. ... He’s a manwho helped us save foot-ball.”
With that, Saturdaywrapped Kraft in a hug— a gesture that symbol-ized how the lockoutended more than any-one’s words.
Owners overwhelm-ingly approved a propos-al to end the dispute onThursday, but some unre-solved issues needed tobe reviewed to satisfyplayers. The sidesworked through theweekend and wrapped upnearly every detail byabout 3 a.m. Monday ona final pact that runsthrough the 2020 seasonand can’t be terminatedbefore then.
That’s significantbecause the old collec-tive bargaining agree-ment contained an opt-out clause, and ownersexercised it in 2008. Thatled to the contract expir-ing when talks brokedown March 11; hourslater, owners locked outthe players, creating theNFL’s first work stop-page since 1987.
“I know it has been avery long process sincethe day we stood herethat night in March,”Smith said in a briefappearance about 20minutes before beingjoined by Goodell andthe owners. “But ourguys stood together whennobody thought wewould. And football isback because of it.”
As he spoke, Smithwas flanked by NFLPApresident Kevin Mawaeand other key membersof the players’ negotiat-ing team, includingSaturday, Saints quarter-back Drew Brees andRavens defensive backDomonique Foxworth.
Brees was one of 10plaintiffs in the antitrustlawsuit that players filedagainst the league March11. They approved thesettlement deal Monday,after two unanimousNFLPA leadership votes:to recommend to theplaintiffs that they acceptthe settlement, then torecommend to all 1,900players that they re-establish the union.
All players now willtake a vote to re-certifythe union — it was dis-solved March 11, turningthe NFLPA into a trade
association — and thenone more vote to approvethe final CBA. That allneeds to be wrapped upby Aug. 4 to make every-thing official, somethingeveryone involvedbelieves will happenwithout a hitch.
Only once it is back tobeing a union can theNFLPA finish the con-tract, covering remainingitems such as player dis-cipline, drug testing, dis-ability programs andpensions.
“I believe it’s impor-tant that we talk about thefuture of football as apartnership,” Smith said.
Later, standing shoul-der to shoulder withGoodell, Smith said: “Ifwe don’t have a goodrelationship, it hurts thegame and the business offootball. I’m not sure anytwo people have evercome together in a morecompressed, public,interesting time thanRoger and I. I’m proud tosay our relationship hasgrown.”
In addition to Kraft,John Mara of the Giantsand Jerry Richardson ofthe Panthers — all mem-
bers of the owners’ laborcommittee — were pre-sent, too.
“I’d like, on behalf ofboth sides, to apologizeto the fans: For the lastfive, six months we’vebeen talking about thebusiness of football andnot what goes on on thefield and building theteams in each market,”Kraft said. “But the endresult is we’ve been ableto have an agreement thatI think is going to allowthis sport to flourish overthe next decade.”
Then, taking a verbaljab at the nearby WhiteHouse and Congress,Kraft added: “I hope wegave a little lesson to thepeople in Washington,because the debt crisis isa lot easier to fix than thisdeal was.”
Now comes frenziedfootball activity, startingimmediately.
On Tuesday, clubs canbegin talking to veteranfree agents, who can signas soon as Friday. OnWednesday, trainingcamps will start to open.
Both sides set up infor-mational conference callsfor Monday afternoon to
go over the details of theagreement. The NFLPAtold player agents theywould be coached in par-ticular on the guidelinesand schedule for signingfree agents and rookies;the NFL alerted generalmanagers and coachesthey would be briefed inseparate calls.
The major economicframework for the dealwas worked out morethan a week ago.
That included dividingrevenue (about 53 per-cent to owners and 47percent to players overthe next decade; the oldCBA resulted in nearly a50-50 split); a per-clubcap of about $120 millionfor salary and bonuses in2011 — and at least thatin 2012 and 2013 — plusabout $22 million forbenefits; a salary systemto rein in spending onfirst-round draft picks;and unrestricted freeagency for most playersafter four seasons.
“We know what we didto frustrate our fans overthe last several months,”Goodell said. “They wantfootball, and our job is togive them football.”
Players vote to OK deal to end NFL lockout
AP photoNFL football Commissioner Roger Goodell participates in a news conference atthe NFL Players Association in Washington on Monday after the NFL PlayersAssociation executive board and 32 team reps voted unanimously Monday toapprove the terms of a deal with owners to the end the 41⁄2-month lockout.
Sports BriefsMYL FALL BALL
SIGNUPS
MIDDLEPORT, Ohio— The Middleport YouthLeague will be holdingFall Ball signups for bothbaseball and softball forboys and girls ages 5-16at the Middleport BallFields from noon until 4p.m. on the Saturdays ofAugust 6 and August 13.The cost is $35 per childor $45 per family. Formore information, callDave at (740) 590-0438,or Tanya at (740) 992-5481.
CO-ED TEEN SLOW-PITCHSOFTBALL TOURNEY
MIDDLEPORT, Ohio— The Middleport YouthLeague will be holding ateenage slow-pitch co-edsoftball tournament forboys and girls ages 13-18on Saturday and Sunday(July 30-31) at theMiddleport Ball Fields.This will be a draw tour-nament and you must besigned up by Tuesday,July 26. For more infor-mation, call Dave at(740) 590-0438, or Tanyaat (740) 992-5481.
EAGLE 5K ROAD RACEAND FUN RUN
TUPPERS PLAINS,Ohio — The annualEagle 5k Road Race andWalk and 1 mile fun runwill take place onSaturday, August 6, inTuppers Plains, Ohio.Registration will begin at7 a.m. with the race start-ing at 8:30 a.m.Registration will be at theTuppers Plains Ballfieldsand the race will beginand end at the St. PaulUnited Methodist Churchin Tuppers Plains, Ohio.Registration forms areavailable online atwww.easternlocal.com.For more informationcontact Eastern CrossCountry and TrackCoach Josh Fogle at 740-667-9730.
EASTERN FALL SPORTSSIGNUPS
TUPPERS PLAINS,Ohio — All athletes whoare planning to play a fallsport — football, volley-ball, cross country, golfor cheerleading —should signup and fill outinformational packets inthe Eastern High Schooloffice. Office hours are 8a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday-Friday.
BBYFL SIGNUPS
MIDDLEPORT, Ohio— The Big Bend YouthFootball League willhold its final signup onSaturday, July 30, from11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for allyouth interested in par-ticipating in football orcheerleading. Agesrange from third grade tosixth grade. The finalsignup will be held at theVeterans MemorialStadium in Middleport.
OHSAA FOOTBALLOFFICIALS COURSE SET
RIO GRANDE, Ohio— A course is beingoffered for any individualwhich is interested inobtaining an Ohio HighSchool AthleticAssociation football offi-cial’s license for the 2011season. The class willbegin on Saturday, Aug.6 at 2 p.m. at theUniversity of RioGrande. Interested indi-viduals should contactTom McNerlin at (740)352-9535. McNerlin canalso be contacted by e-mail [email protected]. Any individual whichenrolls in and successful-ly completes this coursewill be eligible to offici-ate any OHSAA-sanc-tioned football gamefrom the junior varsitylevel and lower.
Reds beat Braves 4-3 for back-to-back winsCINCINNATI (AP) —
Drew Stubbs went to theplate ready to swing at thefirst pitch.
When he got the fastballhe expected, Stubbs wentthe opposite way for aleadoff homer in the ninthinning Sunday night, send-ing the Cincinnati Reds toa 4-3 victory over theAtlanta Braves and theirfirst set of back-to-backvictories in more than fiveweeks.
Stubbs expected ScottLinebrink (3-2) to try toget ahead in the count withhis first pitch. Good guess.
“I went up there lookingfor a fastball out over theplate,” Stubbs said, afterthe second game-endinghomer of his career. “Hegave it to me, I put a goodswing on it, and the rest ishistory.”
A little recent history:The defending NL Centralchampions hadn’t wonconsecutive games sinceJune 14-15, when theycompleted a three-gamesweep of the Dodgers inLos Angeles.
“It’s been even longersince we’ve won three in arow, so we might as wellwin three in a row,” man-ager Dusty Baker said.
The Reds’ inability toput together even the mostmodest winning streak hasstranded them in fourth.
“We know we haven’tbeen playing our bestbaseball, but we definitelyhave the pieces of the puz-zle to make a run,” Stubbssaid. “It’s going to be adogfight. Nobody’s run-ning away with it. I thinkwe can stay right we’re atand make a run at it.”
Stubbs’ homer offLinebrink (3-2) completedthe Reds’ all-power night.Brandon Phillips hit a two-run homer, and MiguelCairo added a solo shot offrookie Brandon Beachy,giving Cincinnati a 3-0lead.
Francisco Cordero (4-3)fanned pinch-hitterBrooks Conrad with a run-ner on third base to end theBraves’ ninth.
Reds starter DontrelleWillis couldn’t hold a 3-2lead in the seventh, whenJulio Lugo tied it with apinch-hit single. The left-hander was trying to gethis first big league winsince June 5 last season.
Willis put on a show atthe start. He got throughthe inning on seven pitch-es, all strikes, and endedthe inning with a flourish.
Brian McCann ground-ed to first baseman JoeyVotto, whose flip to Williswas a little behind thepitcher. Willis reachedback, caught the ball, thendived and tagged the base
with his glove. He rolledonce on the ground beforegetting to his feet.
McCann hit his secondhomer of the series in thefourth inning, and theBraves got another runwhen Alex Gonzalezgrounded into a forceout,cutting Cincinnati’s lead to3-2. McCann’s 18 homersare the most by a catcherin the majors.
For a moment, itappeared Willis mighthave to leave early. Hefanned Martin Prado in thethird inning on a hard slid-er, then shook his lefthand, looked at his indexfinger and saw he had
cracked the nail. A trainerchecked out his hand, andBaker and pitching coachBryan Price talked to himon the bench after theinning.
“I’ve done it before,”Willis said. “The thing is,the pitch I did it on was astrikeout. If I get a strike-out every time I crack afingernail, I’ll crack all10.”
Willis stayed in until theseventh, when NateMcLouth singled,advanced on a wild pitchand scored on Lugo’s sin-gle, which ended his 0-for-12 slump.
Beachy was coming off
the worst outing of hisyoung career. The rookiegave up six runs, nine hitsand two homers — allcareer highs — in only 42-3 innings of a 12-3 lossat Colorado on Tuesday.
The right-hander gaveup two more homersSunday night. Phillips hitan opposite-field, two-runshot in the first inning, andMiguel Cairo hit a solohomer off the facing of theupper deck in left field inthe second for a 3-0 lead.Beachy went six innings.
Braves second basemanDan Uggla went 0 for 3,ending his career-best hit-ting streak at 14 games.
CincinnatiReds’ DrewStubbs, bot-tom, stealssecond asAtlantaBraves sec-ond basemanDan Uggla ispulled off thebag by awide throw inthe firstinning of abaseballgame Sundayin Cincinnati.
