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BY FRANK LEWISPDT STAFF WRITER

Many people might not have real-ized that oil prices dropped Thursday.What might be more surprising tosome, however, is why: Crude pricesfell because pump prices rose.

Oil prices eased below $102 a bar-rel Thursday to $101.06, but remained

near highs last seen in 2008, as fight-ing between rebels and governmentforces in Libya intensified amidefforts to reach a mediated resolutionto the conflict that has cut crude sup-plies by more than half from thatOPEC nation.

So why did gasoline prices climb tomore than $3.55 a gallon Thursday inScioto County?

“It’s just what you see on TV overthere in the Middle East. It’s the priceof crude,” said Brent Clark of the JohnClark Oil Company.

People traveling from Portsmouth toChillicothe or Columbus often see amarked difference in gasoline prices,with central Ohio prices almost always

BY FRANK LEWISPDT STAFF WRITER

State Rep. Dr. Terry Johnson, R-89, says he wentto Columbus tosupport southernOhio’s workingfamilies and jobcreation, andlooks forward todoing that byvoting on thefinal House ver-sion of what is

currently Senate Bill 5.“I think people should know that

the bill has not come to the Houseyet,” Johnson said. “I have hadhundreds of e-mails that asked menot to vote for Senate Bill 5. I can’tvote on it because it has been in theSenate.”

Johnson said he does not knowwhat the bill will look like when itcomes to a vote in the House ofRepresentatives, but he said hisgoals are job creation, working forthe best interest of working fami-lies in southern Ohio and “healingour community.”

“We’ve got to pull together as acommunity to create good jobs,”Johnson said. “There is a lot morethat we can do than fight eachother. Any idiot can fight. It takesreasonable people to come togeth-er and talk things out. We need toreturn civility to our community.”

Johnson recently met with mem-bers of an HVAC union appren-ticeship program in LawrenceCounty, and says he wasimpressed.

“When I was talking with theunion guys who were doing thetraining in sheet metal work andHVAC, I told them that I’m notnecessarily against the project-labor agreement,” Johnson said.

Johnson:‘I’m in favorof the union

worker’

BY FRANK LEWISPDT STAFF WRITER

The Scioto County EmergencyManagement Agency is keepingan eye on the Ohio River, whichis on the rise after recent rainsand snow melt-offs.

EMA Director Kim Carversaid the National Weather Serv-ice has issued a flood advisoryfor the Ohio River at Portsmouthuntil Friday evening.

At 10 a.m. Thursday, the riverstage stood at 47.7 feet. Floodstage is 50 feet. The NWS saysthe river was to crest near 48 feetafter midnight last night, and willremain above 40 feet into earlynext week.

Carver said at stages near 49

feet, lowland flooding increas-ingly affects southern SciotoCounty. Backwater floodingbegins into the Scioto River, too,as along smaller creeks andstreams flowing into the OhioRiver.

Several routes in Scioto Coun-ty remained closed Thursday.

• Ohio 239 at U.S. 52 at WestPortsmouth

• U.S. 52 exit ramp to Ohio 852• Ohio 73 underpass at U.S. 52

and Ohio 852• Ohio 73/104 south to the Sec-

ond Street Bridge in Portsmouth• Second Street Bridge from

Portsmouth to Ohio 73/104.

FRANK LEWIS may be reached at(740) 353-3101, ext. 232, orflewis@heartlandpublications.com.

Flood watch issued through Friday

Weather

High Low OutlookSAT 53 38 RainSUN 39 27 SnowMON 46 33 CloudyTUE 56 41 Cloudy

Today Rain High 59Tonight Rain Low 48

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• Ruby Brown• Sadie Combess• Tony Diaz• Shirley Gilreath• Dolores Hibshman• Merrill Hickman• Chris Mason• Thelma Rice

Obituaries

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LUCASVILLE — Marko’sfirst day on the job went well.The German shepherd canineunit belonging to the Ohio StateHighway Patrol, who just gradu-ated Feb. 24, joined two otherdogs in a sweep through the park-ing lot and lockers Thursday atValley High School.

Trooper Travis Woodyard andTrooper Matt Ruth led their dogsthrough the paces from vehicle tovehicle, while Trooper TerryMikesh, walked Marko throughthe school’s hallways, accompa-nied by Sheriff’s Detective JodiConkel and school Principal LisaHarley.

That was just a single facet of aMAPS (Multi-Agency PoliceSaturation) exercise by the OhioState Highway Patrol,Portsmouth Police, Scioto Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office, New BostonPolice, the Ohio InvestigativeUnit, Bureau of Criminal Identifi-cation and Investigation, theScioto County Probation Depart-ment and several supportingagencies such as the SciotoCounty Prosecutor’s Office, theCity Solicitors Office and federalenforcement agencies.

The search at the school wasroutine, but taken very seriously

MAPS SWEEPS SCHOOL, COMES UP CLEAN

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Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Matt Ruth and his K9 search cars inthe parking lot at Valley High School on Thursday.

Wayne Allen ■ Daily Times

Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Travis Woodyard and his K9 search cars in the parking lot at Valley HighSchool on Thursday.

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Wayne Allen ■ Daily Times

Travelers were detoured around recently flooded roads between Portsmouthand West Portsmouth.

New state rep. says hewent to Columbus to

fight for people ofsouthern Ohio

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Johnson

“We’d love to see$1.50 gas. I knoweverybody would, but this climate ishorrible.”Brent Clark of John Clark Oil Company on the rise ingasoline prices

Crude prices fall — pump prices go up

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PDT Staff Report

Twenty-seven local stu-dents from grades fourthrough eight were com-peting Saturday in the60th Civic Forum SciotoCounty Spelling Bee, atthe Southern Ohio Med-ical Center Friends Centeron 18th Street inPortsmouth.

This year’s First PlaceWinner was fifth-graderKalee Gannon, 10, ofGreen Elementary. Kaleeis the daughter of John andDonna Gannon ofFranklin Furnace. Shewon a $300 U.S. savingsbond donated by DescoFederal Credit Union, anda trophy donated byBerndt and Murfin Insur-ance.

Second Place was sev-enth-grader Jimmy Mad-den, 13, of Clay JuniorHigh. Jimmy is the son ofDanny and Lisa Maddenof Portsmouth. He won a$200 U.S. savings bonddonated by American Sav-ings Bank, and a trophydonated by Morgan Broth-ers Jewelry.

Third Place was eighth-

grader Keith Blanton, 13,of Green High School.Keith is the son of Rickand Michelle Blanton ofFranklin Furnace. He wona gift certificate dinner forfour donated by GoldenCorral, and a trophydonated by Lute Supply.

Fourth Place was sixth-grader Nate Marcum, 11,

of Wheelersburg MiddleSchool. Nate is the son ofNancy Marcum ofPortsmouth. He won a col-lege dictionary donated byBihl’s Office Supply, anda trophy donated byKyle’s Sign Company.

This year’s judges wereRalph Clay, Beth Haneyand Lt. Karla Taulbee.

LOCALA2 Friday, March 4, 2011 Portsmouth Daily Times

Obituaries

Service Schedule• Wilma Harmon —

Noon Friday at TracyBrammer Funeral Homein Ironton. Interment inWoodland Cemetery.

• Carolyn Lewis —Noon Friday at Melcher

Funeral Home inPortsmouth, with callers10 a.m. to noon Friday.Interment in SunsetMemorial Gardens.

• George Rowe —Noon Friday at Commu-nity Bible Church, Fairgrounds Road,Lucasville, with callers11 a.m. to noon Friday.Interment in LucasvilleCemetery. Arrangementsby McKinley FuneralHome in Lucasville.

• Barry Bishop — 1 p.m. Friday at PhillipsFuneral Home in Ironton.Interment in CommunityCemetery.

• Edit Click — 1 p.m.Friday at RobersonFuneral Home in SouthShore, Ky., with callersnoon to 1 p.m. Friday.Interment in Mount ZionCemetery.

• Stephen Bowman — 1 p.m. Friday at Hayes-Phillips Funeral Home inIronton. Interment in Ver-non Furnace Cemetery.

• Kathleen Maynard— 1 p.m. Friday at Pre-ston Funeral Home inAshland, Ky. Intermentsin Melvin Cemetery.

• Carolyn Kitchen — 11 a.m. Saturday at Pre-ston Funeral Home inAshland, Ky. Interment inRose Hill Burial Park.

• David Wagner — 11 a.m. Saturday atPhillips Funeral Home inIronton, with callers 6 to8 p.m. Friday. Intermentin Woodland Cemetery

• Donald Stanfield — 1 p.m. Saturday atMaysville-Mason CountyCemetery in Maysville,Ky. Callers 11 a.m. tonoon Saturday at Thomp-son-Meeker FuneralHome in West Union

• Delores Hibshman— 2 p.m. Saturday atKingdom Hall in Chilli-cothe.

• Stanley Kaltenbach— 2 p.m. Saturday atD.W. Swick FuneralHome in South Webster,with callers 1 to 2 p.m.Saturday. Interment inSouth Webster Cemetery.

• Emma Reilly —Memorial service 2 p.m.Saturday at Second Pres-byterian Church inPortsmouth. Arrange-ments by F.C. DaehlerMortuary in Portsmouth.

• Carol Deem — 3 p.m.Saturday at Rutherford-Corbin Funeral Home,515 High St., Worthing-ton, with callers 1 to 3p.m. Saturday.

Meetings

Local Briefs

Monday• New Boston Flood

and Sewage, meeting todiscuss Eden Park SewerProject, New BostonCouncil Room, 3980Rhodes Ave., NewBoston, 4 p.m.

• Porter Townshiptrustees, meeting, meetinghall, AdministrativeBuilding, 1536 DogwoodRidge Road, Wheelers-burg, 6 p.m.

Tuesday• Board of Scioto

County Commissioners,regular meeting, Commis-sioners Conference Room107, Scioto CountyCourthouse, 602 SeventhSt., 9:30 a.m.

• Scioto County Veter-ans Commission, meet-

ings, open to public,Scioto County VeteransService Office, 612 SixthSt., Suite E, 10 a.m.

• Bloom Townshiptrustees, regular meeting,Pinkerman Building,7250 Bennett School-house Road, South Web-ster, 6 p.m.

• Rush Townshiptrustees, meeting, mainte-nance building, 75 BarkerSt., McDermott, 7 p.m.

• Scioto Soil and WaterConservation District,board meeting, SciotoSWCD office, 12167AOhio 104, Lucasville.

Wednesday• Washington-Nile

Local Board of Educa-tion, special meeting,Portsmouth West HighSchool, 15332 U.S. 52,

West Portsmouth, 7 p.m.

Thursday• Scioto County Chil-

dren Services, regularboard meeting, 3940 Gal-lia St., New Boston, 9:30a.m.

• Board of SciotoCounty Commissioners,regular meeting, Commis-sioners Conference Room107, Scioto CountyCourthouse, 602 SeventhSt., 9:30 a.m.

• Scioto County CareerTechnical Center, regu-lar board meeting, Tay-lor Building, SCCTC,951 Vern Riffe Drive,Lucasville, 5 p.m.

• New Boston Board ofEducation, meeting, Glen-wood High School, 522Glenwood Ave., NewBoston, 6 p.m.

Lenten Fish Frybegins March 11

Members of theKnights of Columbus ofSt. Peter and St. MonicaParishes will have theirannual Lenten Fish Fry,beginning on March 11and continuing each Fri-day through April 15. TheFish Fry will be servedfrom 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. atSt. Peter’s parish hall,2167 Lick Run-LyraRoad, Wheelersburg.

Meals will include friedand baked fish, slaw,

freshly made french fries,roll and drink. Cost will be$7 for adults, $3 for chil-dren under 13, and ages 3years and under free. TheLadies Guild will providea variety of desserts for asmall additional charge.

Celebrity dinner is March 15

The Counseling Cen-ter’s third annual Celebri-ty Dinner and Auction onMarch 15 will have some-thing fun for everyone.Judge Steve Mowery andAsa Jewett will be one of

20 plus volunteer Celebri-ty Chefs who will besharing one of theirfavorite recipes on March15 at the SOMC FriendsCenter from 6 to 9 p.m.

Those attending thedinner will able to sampleall of the “chefs” dishesin addition to a buffet din-ner included in the ticketprice of $25. For moreinformation regardingreservations contact AmyHuffman (740) 354-3829,ext 234. Deadline forreservations is March 10.

From PDT staff reports

Bible Verse

1 Corinthians15:58

Therefore, my dearbrothers, stand firm. Letnothing move you.Always give yourselvesfully to the work of theLord, because you knowthat your labor in theLord is not in vain.

Today • Blood drive in memory of

Storm Bratchett, identificationrequired, walk-ins invited,Christ’s Community Church,25th Street and ThomasAvenue, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Scioto County Health Depart-ment, walk-in childhood immuniza-tions, $10 per immunization, OhioMedicaid accepted, none refusedfor inability to pay, Room 211,Scioto County Courthouse, 602Seventh St., 9-11 a.m.

• Accepting Angel Food ordersfor March, cash, money orders orfood stamps only, Potter‘s HouseMinistries, 5409 Winchester Ave.,Sciotoville, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

• Consumers Helping Con-sumers Thrift Shop, open, 725 FifthSt., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

• Storyhour, Greenup CountyPublic Library, 614 Main St.,Greenup, Ky., 11 a.m.

• Alcoholics Anonymous, As BillSees It, closed discussion, FindlayStreet United Methodist Church,13th and Findlay streets, noon.

• Stop the Insanity Group ofNarcotics Anonymous, meeting,New Boston Community Center,3980 Rhodes Ave., NewBoston, noon.

• World Day of Prayer, service,the Rev. Jeff Queen, minister,speaking, All Saints EpiscopalChurch, Fourth and Court streets,1 p.m.; refreshments following.

• Family storytime, children of all

ages, Lucasville Library, 103 Ohio728, Lucasville, 1 p.m.

• Elks City Club, KENO, games,socializing, Fourth Street, 5-11 p.m.

• Alcoholics Anonymous, opendiscussion Wheelersburg HopeGroup, Wheelersburg MedicalCenter, Ohio River Road, behindLittle Caesar’s Pizza, Wheelers-burg, 6 p.m.

• Bingo, sponsored by 14thStreet Community Center, 17thStreet Armory, 17th Street, 6:30p.m.; doors open, 4:30 p.m.

• Narcotics Anonymous, the Winthe Battle group, meeting, 1301Findlay St., 7 p.m.

• Alcoholics Anonymous, Belle-fonte Behavioral Health Center,St. Christopher Drive, Russell,Ky., 7 p.m.

• Reformers Unanimous, Christ-centered addictions program,Franklin Furnace Independent

Baptist Church, 100 Seneak Ave.,Franklin Furnace, 7-9 p.m.

• Russell D. Williams PostAmerican Legion, karaoke anddrawing, 950 Gallia St., 7 p.m.-midnight.

• Portsmouth Idol, competition,$12 for adults, $10 for students,Vern Riffe Center for the Arts,Shawnee State University, 940Second St., 7:30 p.m.

• Alcoholics Anonymous, 12&12Group, open lead, All Saints Epis-copal Church, Fourth and Courtstreets, 8 p.m.

• Narcotics Anonymous, open,step and tradition, nonsmoking,Stop the Insanity Group, in rightfront room, New Boston Communi-ty Center, 3980 Rhodes Ave., NewBoston, 8 p.m.

• James Dickey Post AmericanLegion, Kyova Band, 705 Court St.,8:30-11:30 p.m.; drawing, 10 p.m.

To submit items, mail at leasta week in advance of meeting toCalendar, Daily Times, 637 SixthSt., Portsmouth, OH 45662-0581.Items can be e-mailed to pdt-news@portsmouth-dailytimes.com. Include in writ-ing the names of the club orsponsoring organization, time,day, date and complete addressof event planned. For an item tobe repeated in the Calendar, anew notice must be mailed in foreach meeting date. The Timeswill not hold items for repeateduse. Please do not call in items.

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Today, why not try ...Portsmouth Little The-atreʼs performance of“Gopspell,” directed byJason Chaney, $15 perperson per show, $12for senior/student pershow, tickets at boxoffice one hour beforeshow theater, 1117Lawson St., 7:30 p.m.;doors open, 7 p.m.

Tony DiazFelix Joseph Antonio

“Tony” Diaz, 30, of Min-ford, went to be with theLord Wednesday, March 2,2011.

He was born December16, 1980 in Portsmouth, thebeloved son of Felix(Raquel) Diaz of Piketon,and Jody (Eric) RatcliffDiaz-Barker of Portsmouth.

In addition to his parents,Tony is survived by his lov-ing wife, Jamie Lynn Pom-mell Diaz, whom he mar-ried November 1, 2002 inGatlinburg, TN; his fourdaughters, Kaleigh, Madis-en, Hope and Bella, all athome; his sister, Felicia JoDiaz of Dublin, and herfiance Aaron Taylor; hisgrandfather, Joseph Ratcliffof Portsmouth; his mother-in-law Janette Sparks ofCoal Grove; and father-in-law James Pommell ofKitts Hill. Tony was cousin,nephew and friend to many.

He was preceded in deathby grandparents, FlorenceI. Ratcliff, and Rosita andCarlos Alberto Diaz.

Tony graduated fromNotre Dame High School in2000. Following school, heworked as a model forAbercrombie & Fitch, aswell as Karin Men. He wasa former top sales associatefor Dolce & Gabbana inNew York City. He was alsoa gifted tattoo artist and heloved spending time out-doors, especially with hisadoring daughters. He hadan early affiliation withLiving Waters Fellowshipand Pastors Steve andDicky Butts.

Tony received a Bachelorof Theology degree fromSolid Rock Bible Collegein Monroe, Ohio. He wascurrently working on aMasters of Theologydegree from the Life Chris-tian Bible Institute. He wasthe owner of Diaz Enter-prises, Inc. and a memberof the Carpenters Union#437. He had a deep lovefor the Lord, his family andlife. Tony had a calling onhis life to preach the Wordof God and had ministeredat New Beginnings Out-reach Ministries. He had acharisma that was conta-gious and extended a kindhand to anyone in need.Tony’s eyes were filledwith God’s love and hisheart with compassion. Hewill be deeply missed bythe many people who’slives he has touched.

Funeral services will beheld at 11 am Monday atthe Ralph F. Scott FuneralHome in Portsmouth withRev. Barry Pelphrey offici-ating and interment in Sun-set Memorial Gardens.

The family will receivefriends at the funeral homeSunday from 4 to 8 pm, andone hour prior to serviceson Monday.

In lieu of flowers, Tony’sfamily requests that memo-rials be made to the TonyDiaz Memorial, NewBeginnings Ministry, P.O.Box 472, Piketon, OH45661.

Online condolences maybe shared at www.RalphF-Scott.com.

Dolores Hibshman, 80

Dolores Hibshman, age80, of Greenwood, Indiana,died February 27, 2011.

She was born July 25,1930 in Portsmouth, Ohio,the daughter of the lateCharles L. and Ruth BlumeMcKnight. She was mar-ried in 1948 to Paul Hibsh-man who preceded her indeath. She was also preced-ed in death by one brother,George McKnight.

She is survived by onebrother, Charles McKnightof Waverly, Ohio.

Dolores graduated in1948 from Valley HighSchool in Lucasville, Ohio.Dolores and her husbandPaul attended the GileadBible School in Brooklyn,N.Y. and mastered theSpanish language. Theyspent the greater part oftheir lives in missionaryservice to the natives ofGuatemala, C.A. Doloreshad a great love of children,but unfortunately had noneof her own. She took pridein her several nieces andnephews, and spent the pastfew years in the care of herniece Karen Tiefert ofGreenwood, Indiana.

There will be a memorialservice 2:00 P.M. Satur-day, March 5, 2011 at theKingdom Hall, 137 Universi-ty Dr., Chillicothe, Ohio, withJohn Hibshman officiating.

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Merrill WayneHickman, 65

Merrill Wayne Hickman,65, of Minford, died Thurs-day, March 3, 2011 atSOMC Hospice.

Born April 16, 1945 inPortsmouth, a son of thelate Ernest Andrew andDorothy Evelyn AllenHickman, he was a 1970graduate of Ohio Universi-ty. He was a retired schoolteacher with 33 years ofservice and a Boy ScoutLeader. He was a coach forGolf and Senior LeagueSoftball; he drove a bus forLakefront Trailways, was amember of LucasvilleMasonic Lodge #465, and32 Degree Mason with Val-ley of Cincinnati.

He is survived by hiswife, Sandra Powell Hick-man whom he married June4, 1966; two sons, EricHickman of Batavia, Keith(Jill) Hickman of Cincin-nati; one daughter, Kristi(Bill) Melvin ofPortsmouth; ten grandchil-dren, Kasey Ann Hickman,Kori Ann Hickman, KylaAnn Hickman, Gabe KeithHickman, Allison RaeHickman, Sarah ChristineHickman, Scott Jared Hick-man, Miranda Joan Melvin,Macy Brice Melvin, MerrillBrook Melvin.

Funeral services will beconducted at 10:00 a.m.Saturday, March 5, 2011 atErwin-Dodson-AllenFuneral Home in Minfordwith Rev. Don Pfleger offi-ciating. Burial will be inWhite Gravel Cemetery.Friends may call at thefuneral home from 5:00 to7:00 p.m. Friday and onehour prior to the service onSaturday. Masonic serviceswill be conducted at 7:00p.m. Friday by LucasvilleMasonic Lodge #465.

In lieu of flowers memori-al contributions may be madeto SOMC Hospice, 220125th Street, Portsmouth, OH45662 (740/356-2657).

Online condolences maybe sent to the family atwww.edafh.com.

Ruby Brown, 93Ruby Kathryn Brown,

93, of Piketon, formerly ofWaverly, died Thursday,March 3, 2011, at a Piketoncare center.

Services will be 2 p.m.Sunday at Boyer FuneralHome in Waverly, withinterment in Beaver UnionCemetery. Friends may call4 to 8 p.m. Saturday andnoon to 2 p.m. Sunday atthe funeral home.

Sadie CombessSadie Combess of New

Boston died Thursday,March 3, 2011, at the homeof her daughter in Board-man, Ohio.

Arrangements are pend-ing at D.W. Swick FuneralHome in New Boston.

Shirley Gilreath, 70Shirley Gilreath, 70, of

West Union, formerly ofOtway, died Wednesday,March 2, 2011, at a Seamanhospital.

Services will be 1 p.m.Monday at Lafferty FuneralHome in West Union, withinterment in West UnionCemetery. Friends may callnoon to 1 p.m. Monday atthe funeral home.

Chris Mason, 58Chris Ann Mason, 58, of

Piketon, died Tuesday,March 1, 2011, at her home.

Memorial services willbe 6 p.m. Monday at HoweWheeler Boyer HornbackFuneral Home in Piketon.

Thelma Rice, 92Thelma Rice, 92, of

Cincinnati, formerly ofHaverhill, died Tuesday,March 1, 2011, at a Bataviacare center.

Services will be 1 p.m.Saturday at Tracy BrammerFuneral Home in Ironton,with interment in HaverhillCemetery. Friends may call11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdayat the funeral home.

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Asa T. Jewett, AAMSFinancial Advisor709 6th Street Portsmouth, OH 45662740-353-3655

Jodi L. High, AAMS2105 11th Street Suite C Portsmouth, OH 45662740-355-3050

Crystal Hemmings8328 Ohio River Rd. Wheelersburg, OH 45694740-574-5456

Barry L. Rodbell, AAMS1915 Scioto Trail Suite B Portsmouth, OH 45662740-353-0363

Ryan T. Chamberlin7997 Ohio River Rd. Wheelerburg, OH 45694740-353-7071

lower than those in thesouthern part of the state.

“Sometimes the pricingis different out of Colum-bus cost-wise. It tends tobe a little cheaper up thereon the wholesale part,”Clark said. “We’re not upin central Ohio. Waverly isas far as we go.”

Clark said his companyserves about four or fivestations in the Portsmoutharea.

“A lot of it has to do withpopulation,” Clark said. “Ifyou do more business thenyou can always do thingsat a cheaper rate becauseyou do more of it.”

Clark was asked if hesees the same trends asbeing reported in thenational news media as topredictions of even highergas prices in the weeks andmonths ahead.

“If I knew that I would-n’t be doing this,” Clarksaid. “I’m just going on thesame news reports that

they are saying. I hope itdoesn’t. It’s a bad climatefor us as well. In our busi-ness, people tend to thinkthe higher it is the more wemake. It is just the extremeopposite. We get killedwith credit card fees as theretail goes up. It’s based ona percentage. People tendto buy less, so their (con-

venience stores) volumegoes down.”

Clark said he also has tofactor in the price of dieselfuel for his companytrucks that deliver thegasoline.

“Everything, like anyother business, goes up,”Clark said. “Our creditcard fees are No. 1 — our

inventory costs. It cutsinto any convenience storebusiness. It’s unbelievable.We’d love to see $1.50gas. I know everybodywould, but this climate ishorrible.”

When the fuel tankertruck pulled up in front ofMuletown Mini Mart onWednesday, owner Roger

Blackburn got a rudeawakening.

“My working capital hasgotten scary. The reasonwhy is that the tanker usedto pull up out front, and Icould get a load of fueland it would cost me$15,000,” Blackburn said.“Now it pulled up lastnight, and it was almost$25,000 for the samething. The other day wewent to $3.49 and it wasgoing to cost me $3.30something. I’m makinganywhere from 10 to 15cents on a gallon. That’sgross. And then you haveto pay these tank fees, andthat costs me $3,000 ayear just to turn the keyon.”

Blackburn was quick toadd that his supplier,Gampp’s, doesn’t make abig profit on what they sellhim, either.

Dale Gampp chargesabout 2 cents per gallon tohaul the fuel, Blackburnsaid.

“If he brings us a bigtanker load, that is 8,000gallons,” Blackburn said.

“So, at 2 cents a gallon,he’s going to be making$160-$170 or somethinglike that. That isn’t awhole lot of money.”

Blackburn said the costto Gampp’s having tooperate the trucks also hasto be taken into considera-tion.

“Dale’s not gettingrich,” Blackburn said.

Blackburn has one moreexpense most other con-venience stores do nothave — he has an employ-ee whose sole job is topump gas for motorists.

“That’s probably goingto end real soon,” Black-burn said. “And that’sbecause of what they arehitting me with with allthese fees. The operatingfees are getting so bad thatit is just squeezing the lit-tle guy to death. If theywould come in and tell methat I had to do somethingsuch as upgrade today, Iwould quit selling fuel.”

FRANK LEWIS may bereached at (740) 353-3101, ext.232, or flewis@heartlandpubli-cations.com.

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by Harley.“There is no question that

all schools have problems atthis point, and I think weare one of those,” Harleysaid. “So we’re trying to beproactive. We’re trying tosend a message to the stu-dents and their parents andcommunity members thatwe’re not going to toleratethat here. So we’re going todo whatever we have to doto send them that message.”

Drugs were not found

during the search.Early in the day at the

Ohio State Highway Patrolpost in Portsmouth, PostCommander Karla Taulbeesaid there had already beena couple of significantarrests with the MAPSexercise throughout thearea.

One was Randall Walters.“He cooks meth. He’s

known to cook meth,”Taulbee said. “He has donetime before and he had afelony warrant out from theScioto County ProbationDepartment, and our Spe-cial Response Team went

with the (Scioto County)Sheriff’s Office detectivesand Probation, and theylocated him hiding under abed.”

Taulbee said one of thecommercial units was com-ing down to take part in theevent when they pulled overa car with a possiblyimpaired driver.

“Trooper (David)Richendollar and Sgt.(John) Howard, and sureenough, they wereimpaired. They had pills onthem,” Taulbee said. “Oneis already asleep in the frontlobby (of the patrol post),

and the other one is backhere about to be chargedwith felony possession plusDUI.”

Taulbee said PortsmouthPolice Chief CharlesHorner and Police Capt.Robert Ware had theirdetectives out as did Capt.David Hall of the SciotoCounty Sheriff’s Office.

“Their detectives are outworking and running upleads. We just got a list ofnames of drug dealershanded to us,” Taulbee said.“So we are working that.”

Taulbee said all depart-ments in the city and coun-

ty share intelligence andthey also get a lot of infor-mation from citizens whosee things like a large num-ber of cars going in and outat a house. The Sheriff’sOffice was following up onthose leads Thursday.

“A schedule was madeup. I have a sergeantassigned to each area,”Taulbee said. “I have atrooper assigned to the ser-geants with an intel sheetwith photos so they knowwho they are looking for.We have OVI Tac-Squadslooking for impaired driv-ers. We have one squad

working out of Portsmouthand one working in NewBoston. The last threefatals that we had werealcohol-related and theywere all in the Village ofNew Boston.”

Officers spent the dayrounding up those wantedon warrants, and stoppingsuspected drunk drivers.

Taulbee said it was thefirst time MAPS events hadbeen scheduled on back-to-back weeks.

FRANK LEWIS may bereached at (740) 353-3101, ext.232, or flewis@heartlandpubli-cations.com.

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“The project-labor agree-ment actually does bring ajob in more efficiently andat a greater value to the tax-payer. Why would I beagainst that? On the otherhand, if it doesn’t do that,why would you be for it?”

Johnson said in additionto the jobs problem, there isa need to fight back againstwhat he called a scourgecaused by the illegal drugtrafficking and usage.

“That poor guy that gotrobbed a couple of weeksago when he had a flat tire,that is so unlike the characterof the people of southernOhio,” Johnson said. “Whenthat happened we havecrossed the line. Peopleshould be safe and secure intheir homes and in their cars.”

Johnson said one of thethings he stressed when meet-ing with union workers inLawrence County was safety.

“If they are training theirfolks to do a job in a safeway so that a mom or a dadthat goes out on a job comeshome with all their fingersand toes at the end of the day,I’m happy about that,” John-

son said. “What I’m for isholding people accountablebecause the taxpayer’s dollaris supreme. Those peoplethat are working, they paytaxes. The people who arenot union people pay taxes.I’m for all of them. I’m look-ing out for their dollars.”

Another issue being dealtwith by lawmakers is theprevailing wage.

“Prevailing wage providesgreat training as it’s billed todo for people who are inapprenticeships, and for peo-ple who are learning a trade,”Johnson said. “And thosepeople can go out and actual-ly deliver on higher qualitywork. So prevailing wagecan be a great thing also.”

Johnson said the meetingscheduled for Tuesdy withAustin Keyser of the ShawneeLabor Council was plannedmore than a month ago.

“We plan on sitting downand talking. It’s sort of ameet and greet thing,” John-son said. “I can tell you, Iam in favor of the unionworker. It doesn’t matter ifthey voted for me or not.I’m not about politics. I’mabout working families, jobcreation and doing what isright for the citizens ofsouthern Ohio.

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Josh Richardson ■ Daily Times

Motorists gas up Thursday at the Speedway on Gallia Street in Portsmouth.

By FRANK LEWISPDT Staff Writer

CHILLICOTHE — AWest Virginia woman isfacing felony drug chargesafter Ohio State HighwayPatrol troopers say theyseized 112 grams of crackcocaine, valued at $16,800,during a traffic stop Tues-day in Ross County.

Troopers stopped a 1998Dodge Durango on U.S. 35near milepost 26, about 3:39p.m. They said theyobserved the driver attempt-ing to conceal the crackcocaine on her person.

A search of the driverrevealed three packagesof crack cocaine, weigh-ing 112 grams.

The driver, CharmainWillis, 28, of Oak Hill,W.Va., was charged withpossession of crackcocaine and trafficking incrack cocaine, both first-degree felonies.

Womancharged withtrafficking following traffic stop

By WAYNE ALLENPDT Staff Writer

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brownsent a letter Thursday toFlorida Gov. Rick Scott urg-ing him to reverse courseabout eliminating Florida’sprescription drug monitor-ing program (PDMP).

In his letter to Scott,Brown wrote, “I am writingto urge you to reversecourse and support rigorousmonitoring of oxycodoneand other prescription opi-oids in your state. The deci-sions you make in regard toprescription drug abuse inFlorida will have a directimpact on Ohio, which issecond only to Florida inthe number of Oxycodoneprescriptions filled. “

Brown wrote that ifFlorida’s prescription drugmonitoring program wascut, “it would hamperefforts to combat thescourge of drug addictionnationwide and especiallyin Ohio.”

Brown said Ohio has

waged a bipartisan waragainst the prescriptiondrug epidemic.

“Now is not the time forthe Florida governor to haltefforts that deter the so-called ‘Oxy Express’ ofprescription drugs divertedto Ohio and other states.”

The ‘Oxy Express’ is atheoretical drug pipelinethat starts in Florida andruns through Ohio.

“Failing to take action inFlorida to combat Oxy-codone abuse serves tohelp sustain the illegal pre-scription drug pipeline inyour state. Both the Strick-land and Kasich adminis-trations in Ohio have advo-cated for thorough andcomprehensive approachesto combating prescriptiondrug abuse,” Brown wroteto Scott. “I urge you to fol-low their lead and doeverything in your powerto choke off the supply ofunjustifiably prescribedand dispensed prescriptionpain killers, and to addressthe drug dealing and addic-

tion that inevitably follow.Your action – or inaction –has national implications,and I urge you to be proac-tive in your efforts to com-bat the pain pill epidemic.”

According to sunsen-tinel.com, Scott is is quot-ed as saying, “I don’t thinkit’s the state’s responsibili-ty. I don’t think it’s some-thing the state ought to bedoing, tracking every-body’s, every individual’sdrug interactions.”

Kentucky RepublicanRep. Hal Rogers in a letterdated Feb. 17 wrote, “Thenotion of canceling Flori-da’s PDMP is equal to fir-ing firefighters while yourhouse is ablaze; it neithermakes sense nor addressesan urgent crisis. Governor,your state, more than anyother, must take this crisisseriously.”

Lawmakers from aroundthe country have writtensimilar letters to Scott urginghim to reverse his decision.

Scott’s office could notbe reached Thursday forcomment.

Lawmakers urge Floridagovernor to reverse course

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Wheelersburg High SchoolSecond Nine Weeks

Seniors:All A’s — Kalyn Bailey,

Molly Knapp, CarlyMiller, Rachel Phillips,Katie Provaznik, CoreyTurner

A Average — RachelAllen, Webb Ballard,Stephanie Chaffin, KaylaCrawford, Jordan Cyrus,Veronica Darby, BrandonDeFoe, Joeb Fisher,Tommy Graf, SamanthaHatten, MacKenzieHutchinson, EmilyJarrells, Kelsey Jenkins,Morgan LeBrun, KateMacDonald, Ivan Medina,Aaron Parker, DrewParsley, Courtney Pierron,Jessica Pistole, ElizabethRiepenhoff, HaleyRuggles, Michelle Staley,Lianna Trankina, AshleyVaughn, Kara Wagner,Annie Wang, ChaseWorkman, Bethanie Yeley

B Average — DaphanyBauer, Erika Blair, TylerBowen, NicoleCarmichael, Ali Coburn,Brook Holcomb, DannyHudgel, Brandi Jones,Jacob McGraw, KatherineMacDonald, JacobMcGraw, Michael Reed,Joey Reinhardt, KailynSmith, Courtney Stamper,Andy Stegman, HaileeUnderwood, LindseyWalker, Shane Ward,Alexis Warren, TaylorWeaver

Juniors:All A’s — Jonathan

Clevenger, Jacob Jenkins,Timara Lewis, EricaSchmidt

A Average — CortnyBailey, Ciara Coriell,Hannah Cyrus, AllisonDavidson, Kelsey Flowers,Gretchen Holbrook, BrettHood, Auston Jordan,Melissa Martin, BreeMiller, Darian Ross, SadieRuby, DevonSchankweiler, LoranSpradlin, BrooklynThompson, MackenzieVanderpool

B Average — LaurenAllen, Austin Boyer, EricaDoughty, Alex England,Taylor Ferguson, AustinHall, Kollin Hiles, TaylorHoward, Brady McCain,Eric Mohebbian, MarkO’Brien, Aaron Rawlins,Amber Scott, MichaelaShaw, Alex Shears,Cassidy Vaughters, KelseyWright

Sophomores:All A’s — Benjamin

Arnold, Geoffrey Ashburn,Brianna Boggs, CaseyCoriell, Ethan Hiles,Austin McBee, MalloryNewsome, HalleeThompson, MikalaThompson

A Average — LarryBrannan, Nicholas Clay,Krista Colegrove, CoriConley, Alyssa Conn,Aaron Cowgill, JacobDingess, Dakota Gee,Jenny Gomez, KristenHammond, Robert Horton,Cody Howard, KyleeHurley, Zachary Jenkins,Cassidy May, Emily Pratt,Bethany Robinson, RobinStanley, Kristen Stringer,Anna Trankina

B Average — DerekArthur, Abby Bailey,Morgan Basham, ChelseaBobst, Emma Campbell,Zachary Cunningham,Michael Diddle, ChelseaEichenlaub, TravisFalkner, Andrew Gifford,Christopher Howell, JamesHudgel, Casey Hull, AricKaskey, Clay Massie,Katie Maynard, GavinPreast, Tia Reed, MeghanSchultz, William Seek,Quentin Sharp, Justice

Silvey, Jordan Sparks,Brian Stiers, AlyshaSzymczak, Megan Webb,Miranda Whisman

Freshmen:All A’s — Alexis Atkins,

Paige Ballard, HaileeBarbarits, Matthew Boll,Courtney Davis, MaryMartin, Dylan Miller,Logan Miller, AbigailNewman, PhilippSchroeder, AustinStevenson, Asia Williams,Lacey Willis

A Average — MadysonBarrett, Mathew Bickett,Taylor Cowman, AllyDarnell, Eliza Eaches,Jeremy McLaughlin,Eddie Miller, Irene Praest,Cassidy Spradlin, MaggieStegman, Emily Turner,Cassidy Walker, SarahWillis

B Average —MorganAdkins, Zach Bettis, MaryBibbey, Rachel Blair,Mark Butler, Tyler Claxon,Lauren Davis, KristenHorton, ChristopherLawrence, LaikenLongfellow, DuncanMacDonald, AlexanderMullins, BrooklynOtworth, Frankie Pratt,Mary Rawlins, AdamSalmons, Brianna Seek,Abbi Sparks, BriannaStepp, Meagan Swick,Maddison Vanderpool,J.D. Widdig, KatelynWolosehek, BrooklynYeley, Austin Young

WheelersburgMiddle SchoolFourth Grade:

All A’s — Ally Ahad,Sylas Akers, Masa AI-Azm, Ryanna Bobst,Aaron Bundy, KylanCanary, Sarah Claxon, IraCole, Evan Dahm,Zachery Davenport,Anthony Drake, PaigeEmnett, MckenzieEngland, McKinleyFlinders, Sophia Hagans,Evan Hambrick, AbbieJones, Abbie Kallner,Hannah Marzolf, WhitneyMcBee, Carson McCorkle,Elizabeth Miller, AdysonRase, Chloe Rase, AbbieRuggles, JustinSalyers,AthanTemponeras-Elston, NickWeller, Lea Wright

A Average — HaleyBradley, Trey Carter,Ashton Clevenger, DustinDarnell, Emma Eaches,Baylen Haywood, TannerHolden, Drew Jackson,Kyle Jones, KevinMeadows, CadenMorrison, ChristinaMyers, Kayse Nichols,Sydney Porter, KiaraRiffe, Justin Salyers, TrentSalyers, Kylie Vastine,Dani Vogler, TylerWoodruff

B Average — RandyAllgood, Jaida Barbaritus,Brian Begley, Zach Bihl,Austin Blevins, EliBowen, Logan Clifford,Cameron Colbert, MichaelDubose, Jacob Easter,Lexie Gambill, BraydenGifford, Kaitlynn Gifford,Brady Gillum, LaylaHollins, Leah Howard,Camryn King, MorganKitchen, MorganMcClurg, MatalynMcFarland, LindseyMcQuithy, MicaelaPalmer, George Rowan,Chase Stidham, TrevorSwim, Landon Vaughn,Jennah Warren, NatalieWiegers, Uriah Wilburn,Joel Willis

Fifth grade:All A’s — Hania AI-

Azm, Miranda Atkins,Marissa Copley, MiaDarnell, Mack Dyer,Sydney Ervin, TaylorFannin, Austin Johnson,Makayla Johnson, JacobLewis, Kailey McDermott,Nathan McLaughlin,

Travis Miller, AllisonMullins, Hannah Newman,Natalie Percell, SethPertuset, Dominic Reyes,Ellie Ruby, RamaSoumakieh, LaurenSchuerer, Madisyn Staggs,Victoria Thomas, CalebVaracalli, Sydney White,Lyndlee Willis, JennaYoung

A Average — KatieBasham, GracieBlankenship, JillianBowen, Caleb Browning,Toby Butler, SaraCampbell, MasonClausing, Korey Collins,Taylor Cook, Annie Davis,Kaitlynn Dunn, Cole Dyer,Megan Eichenlaub, ZekeEmnett, Ethan Evans,Bailee Fannin, PierceGilmore, Bryson Keeney,Austin Layne, Tori Long,Ron Massie, Luke May,Nathian Mershon, AlexMontavon, Isaac Naylor,Hunter Pistole, JessePotter, Ariana Thurmer,Alexis Vaughn, CaitlynWatts

B Average — TabithaAntonaros, ChristopherBailey, Lexi Blevins,Eddie Bradley, ZachBroughton, Mariah Brown,Will Brown, DylanBurton, XanderCarmichael, DavidCraycraft, MasonCraycraft, LexusFenimore, Ethan Haas,Matt Marshall, AllisonMcKenzie, Joey Meyers,Alex Mullins, JasonNham, Allie Rice, ElijahRuby, Leann Spradlin,Shane Thayer, TaylorWorthington, Kyle Wright

Sixth grade:All A’s — Makayla

Akers, Kasey Bergan,Tanner Bivens, BaileyBowen, Katelynn Burt, TreCanary, Allison Conklin,Hanna Cox, Jacob Coy,Taylor Davis, TaylorDoerr, Maddy Evans,Nichole Goodman,Madison Knight, MadisonLang, Taylor McQuay,Amber Nesbit, KatelinRussell, Maggie Salmons,Malek Soumakieh, TylerSpeas, Michael Spradlin,JJ Stamper, MorganStorey, Alex Thompson,Morgan Willoughby,Dolton Wood

A Average — DanielleBeekman, Josh Brabson,Grant Clifford, KalleColeman, Mya Conley,Hanna Cox, EmilyDingus, Stephen Dye,Jordan Eldridge, AlysaEmnett, Clint Hatfield,Rachel Hooper, RebekahHutchinson, CameronJenkins, Austin Lotspeich,Nathaniel Marcum, NickMarvin, Keaton Newsome,Cheyenne Risner, EvanSpradlin, Kyleigh Tackett,Samantha Vallance, KatieWiddig, BrandonWilliams, Mackenzie York

B Average — BenAllen, Megan Allgood,Emily Bays, TannerBevins, Taylor Boyle,Jordan Cantwell, IsaiahChamber, Kaleb Coleman,Shawn Cremeans,Brandon Denney, DanielDowney, Ethan Feeman,Ethan Gifford, GabrielleHall, Shelby Hatfield,Chandler Holbrook,Hannah Horr, ScottHoward, Moriah Knight,Amanda Lewis, DaylorLewis, Janie Miller, KadeMowery, Troy Odel, JoshOtworth, Karleigh Owens,Emily Pratt, BrooklynSteele, Brittany Swim,Katie Tolbert, JacobWalker, Tori Wright

Seventh grade:All A’s — Maria

Clevenger, MichalCunningham, BeccaMartin, MitchellMcFarland, Tori Murphy,Tait Nelson, Raygan

Reyes, Tabby WilliamsA Average — Byron

Bihl, Madisun Bishop,Alexis Blair, Callie Cole,Jordan Collier, RachelCollier, Alexis Cottle, JakeDarnell, Tori Davis, KevinEstep, Brandon Goodling,Abby Grant, Cortnee Hale,Sammy Hall, MichaelHanna, Marley Hanzel,Faith Howard, JordanHoward, Charles Howell,Kyle Jenkins, Emily Jones,Zack Jordan, CaitlinKamer, Kurt Kaskey,Dominique Lodwick,Christina Martin,Brooklyn McBee, TylerMcCormick, MeganMeyers, Tracy Murray, AJReed, Ben Schultz, LaurenSmith, Devin Spencer,Stephen Vanscoy, JessicaWaller, Hannah Willis

B Average — DarcyBellar, Tristin Bender,Chase Burk, Tye Clark,Kylah Clinger, JordanCollier, Brooke Conley,Justin Crawford,McKenzie Davidson, KyleDavis, Lilly Dobbs,Breanna Dubose, DallasDyer, Austin Ervin, ChaseFoster, Lauren Gustafson,Lillian Hacker, TylerHamilton, ChanceHolbrook, Sydney Holden,Alison Hopper, MakenzieHorton, Catie Johnson,Allison Keeney, MadisonKitchen, BraydenLindamood, JuliannaLogan, Laikyn Luster, BenMarvin, Ethan McCain,Devin McDavid, BradyNewsome, Cayton Nickell,Tyler Pennington, CayleyRase, Mackenzie Reed,Taylor Roush, LaikenSalyers, Myra Sosby, JadaSparks, Hannah Williams

Eighth grade:All A’s — Brooklyn

Adams, Abbie Berringer,Alannah Bihl, AndrewConn, Blake Copley,Taylor Dempsey, HannahDuckworth, MariaFraulini, Michael Green,Jacob Hutchinson, WadeMartin, Austin May, LanaPercell, Jacob Roe, KelseySpradlin, Jessi Wright

A Average —Alexandria Allen, LaurenBays, Emily Begley, BobbyCoriell, MackenzieCraycraft, Tyler Dodridge,Chandler Fowler, PJGreeno, Austin Howell,Tyler Jenkins, AlexandriaKing, Brandon McQuithy,Patrick Nesbit, HannahNoel, Kirsten Nolfi, MaddyOsborne, Karah Perkins,Chase Porter, Abbey Reed,Ian Salyers, ZachSchweinsberg, PatrickSloan, Brooke Smith,Jordan Spencer, ShyannVanbibber, Amber Vaughn

B Average — BrandanAdams, Brittany Adams,Cody Adkins, JoshBennett, Ricky Besco,Christine Book, KaitlynBoyce, Paityn Breech,Emily Brewer, NathanBriggs, Tristan Browning,Gareth Bussa, SusanCheek, Brittony Collier,Cole Cunningham, JakeDixon, Nicole Dubois,Courtlin Easter, AndrewGreen, Megan Hiles, IsaacHoyos, Bergen Jarvis,Ryan Jones, CodyKaveski, Jacob Lawson,Madison McAlister, MicahMcAlister, Wyatt Mingus,Tabitha Otworth, SethParlin, Dalton Ramey,Andrew Risner, CalebRoof, Megan Ruggles,Zach Ruggles, BrandonSchreick, Josh Shears,Josie Silvey, JacobSpradlin, Hunter Stepp,Caleb Tackett-Dye, KeithThurmer, Mitchell Warner,Bailey Watts, Rylee Webb,Casey White, JordanWilliams, Marc Wilson,Tiffany Woodruff

Source: WheelersburgLocal Schools

Honor Rolls

Submitted photo

Burg collects items for veteransThree eighth-grade students, left to right, Cody Kaveski,Andrew Risner, and Tyler Stidham, from WheelersburgMiddle School have been working since Jan. 10 to collectitems for Veterans Helping Veterans, an organization thathelps veterans and their families who need assistance andfinancial support. After contacting the organization andmuch planning, these students advertised the organization’sneeds to the entire student body at their school district andbegan collecting donated items. This fundraiser was a volun-teer class project that was created with the intentions ofteaching students how to positively impact their community.The project was coordinated by Miranda Fenton, eighth-grade math teacher. The students used their own free timeto: pick an organization to help, create flyers, appear on theschool’s morning news program, collect donations, anddeliver the items. Their fundraiser ended Feb. 18. Anyonewho is interested in donating to Veterans Helping Veteransshould visit the website: www.veteranshelping.org/ or emailveteranshelping@frontier.com.

Source: Amber B. Fannin, Wheelersburg Middle School principal

NorthwestThe Northwest Board

of Education met for theirRegular Meeting onTuesday, Feb. 15, at 5p.m. in the NorthwestHigh School MediaCenter, the Board con-ducted the following busi-ness:

• Passed a resolution toapprove the minutes oftheOrganizational/Regularmeeting on Jan. 11.

• Passed a resolution toapprove reports.

• Passed a resolution toemploy substitute teach-ers for the 2010-2011school year.

• Passed a resolution toemploy classified substi-tute staff for the 2010-2011 school year.

• Passed a resolution toaccept notification ofretirement of certifiedpersonnel.

• Passed a resolution toaccept resignations ofsupplemental personnel.

• Passed a resolution toemploy supplemental per-sonnel.

• Passed a resolution to

approve fall supplementalschedule for the 2011-2012 school year.

• Passed a resolution toapprove payment of pur-chase orders.

• Passed a resolution torenew administrative con-tract.

• Passed a resolution toenter into a licensingagreement between PELIndustries and NorthwestLocal School District,

• Passed a resolution toapprove financial literacyand college and careerreadiness teaching.

• Passed a resolution toenter into contract withSchool InsuranceConsultants LLC.

• Passed a resolution toenter into provider ofservice agreement withAdena Health Systems.

• Passed a resolution toaccept notification ofretirement of classifiedpersonnel.

The next regular boardmeeting will be held onTuesday, March 15, in theNorthwest High SchoolMedia Center.

Source: NorthwestLocal Schools

Board Notes

Amanda Hamiltoninterns throughCentre College

Amanda Hamilton ofWurtland, Ky., a senior atCentre College ofDanville, Ky., participatedin an internship duringthe College’s unique,three-week winter term.

Hamilton’s internshipwas with Centre CollegeAthletics. She is a daugh-ter of Angela Litteral ofWurtland and is a gradu-ate of Greenup CountyHigh School.

Source: Cindy Long

Appleton makesDean’s List

Rachel Appleton, agraduate of Notre DameHigh School, has beennamed to the Dean’s Listfor the fall semester atThe College of Wooster.Appleton, a first-year stu-dent from Portsmouth,achieved a grade pointaverage of 3.65 or above.

Source: Leah M. Inglis

Knapp makesDean’s List

Katherine Knapp ofWheelersburg has beennamed to the dean’s list inthe University of NotreDame’s First Year ofStudies for outstandingscholarship during theFall 2010 Semester.

Students who achievedean’s honors at NotreDame represent the top30 percent of students intheir college.

Knapp is a daughter ofMark and Mary BethKnapp. She is a graduate ofWheelersburg High School.

Source: University ofNotre Dame

Gower makesDean’s List

Molly Gower ofPortsmouth has beenadded to the dean’s listduring the fall 2010semester at Ball StateUniversity of Muncie, Ind.

Source: Gail Werner,media relations manager

Chalk Dust

Tanner Hatcher ofPortsmouth was again thetop popcorn salesman for theSimon Kenton Council, BoyScouts of America. He wasrecently honored for hisaccomplishment at the annu-al Simon Kenton CouncilCourt of Honor inColumbus, where hereceived a standing ovationfrom the more than 150 adultScouters in attendance. SeanGallagher, director of devel-opment for the Council, pre-sented him with an engravedbook of Scouting’s history.

Hatcher, an Eagle Scoutand member of Troop 2 inPortsmouth, has been thetop popcorn salesman forthe council for five consec-utive years with sales total-ing more than $128,000.

“Approximately $37,000of his sales went directlytoward supporting theSimon Kenton Council,which also makes Tannerone of the Council’s largestindividual donors over thefive-year period,” Gallaghersaid. “In 2010, our Councilhad 441 packs and troopssell popcorn and Tanner sin-gle-handedly outsold 439 ofthem,” Gallagher said. “Withsales of $61,328 in 2009, hewas the No. 1 seller in thecountry, which more than

likely will never be duplicat-ed by another Scout.”

The year 2010 wasHatcher’s final year forBoy Scout popcorn sales ashe will be 18 in the fall. Hissales for 2010 totaled$25,191 with second placeawarded to a Scout fromColumbus with sales of$5,455. A junior atPortsmouth High School,he plans to continue beingactive in the program as a

member of Venture Crew 2.When asked about his

accomplishment, Tanner said,“First, I set a goal and then Iknocked on many doors in thePortsmouth community andcalled on many area business-es as well. The Portsmouthcommunity believes in sup-porting the Boy Scout pro-gram and this helped a lot.”

More than 70 percent ofthe money collected fromthe popcorn sale stays in the

local Scouting program.Popcorn sales not only sup-port the local council servicecenter, leader training andCamp Oyo but also supportthe individual scouts andtheir Cub Packs, ScoutTroops or Venturing Crews.

For more information onjoining one of the BoyScout programs, visitwww.BeAScout.org or callthe local Service Center at(740) 354-2811.

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Our Lady ofBellefonte Hospital(OLBH) represen-tatives haveannounced KarenWurts is the hospi-tal’s first quarterGood Help Awardrecipient for 2011.

Wurts works in the hospital’sEmergency Room and hasbeen an employee ofOLBH since 1994. Wurtsis a graduate of BoydCounty High School andshe resides in Ashland.

Initiated by BonSecours HealthSystem, Inc., theGood Help Awardis presented quar-terly to an employ-ee who showsrespect and caringtoward patients, co-workers and visi-tors. The employee

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Thefirst time John Rodrigueztried to sail around theworld a hurricane sunk hisboat. His second attemptfailed because of a scourgebedeviling mariners in theIndian Ocean, the ArabianSea and the Gulf of Aden:pirates.

Rodriguez is amongthousands of sailors whoonce steered their yachtsacross the warm IndianOcean without a secondthought, but are now rerout-ing, hiring replacementcrews, packing their boatsaboard cargo ships and con-tracting armed guards, orcanceling their dream voy-ages altogether.

With Somali pirates seiz-ing vessels and killinghostages in an area as vastas the continental UnitedStates, boatyards, restau-rants and other establish-ments among the yachters’routes have seen businessfall, with some of their cus-tomer base scared off.

Rodriguez, a 44-year-oldBriton, sailed from hishomeland to Florida withhis wife and two children.But the family didn’t pushon through the PanamaCanal. They knew theiraround-the-world routewould eventually take thempast waters infested bySomali pirates.

The European UnionNaval Force has done itsbest to warn yachters of thedanger, said spokesmanWing Cmdr. PaddyO’Kennedy. But from theirblog posts, it appeared theDanes felt safe enoughbecause of the presence ofwarships on antipiracy

By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL,Fla. — The 12 astronautson the orbiting shuttle-sta-tion complex had toexplain to a higher authori-ty Thursday why they had-n’t yet unpacked R2, thefirst humanoid robot inspace.

In a phone call to the twocrews, President BarackObama congratulated themfor their joint mission andmade note of shuttleDiscovery’s final flight.

Then he went straight tothe robot matter.

“I understand that youguys have a new crewmember, this R2 robot,”Obama said from the OvalOffice. “Are you guys mak-ing him do chores upthere? Washing the dishesor something? Or does hehave more exciting jobs?”

Discovery’s commander,

Steven Lindsey, explainedthat the astronauts hadpulled the robot out of thenewly installed storage unitbut had yet to remove thepacking foam around thehumanoid.

“He’s still in packingfoam?” Obama asked witha laugh. “That’s a shame,man. Come on guys,unpack the guy. He flew allthat way and you guysaren’t unpacking him?”

Lindsey said the robot,officially known asRobonaut 2, has beenencased in foam formonths.

“Every once in a while,we hear kind of somescratching sounds frominside and maybe a ‘let meout, let me out.’ “

“All right,” the presidentsaid, “well, let him stretchhis legs pretty soon.”

Actually, R2 doesn’t havelegs yet. The robot existsonly from the waist up.

After the call, flightdirector Royce Renfrewsaid NASA would stick toits plans to keep Robonautboxed up on theInternational Space Stationuntil long after Discoverydeparts with its crew of six.

R2 was designed to be anastronaut helper, takingcare of simple, monoto-nous chores. Its arrival atthe space station wasdelayed four monthsbecause of Discovery’sprolonged grounding.

On Thursday, NASAmanagers added a 13th dayto Discovery’s mission,which already had beenstretched earlier in theweek to 12.

Lindsey said that theextra two days meansDiscovery will have spent365 days in space, over 39missions, by the time land-ing day comes around nextWednesday. He said that is“pretty incredible for a

vehicle.”NASA’s oldest shuttle

will be retired once itreturns to Earth and sent to

a museum. The same fateawaits the two other shut-tles, Endeavour, due tomake its farewell flight in

April, and Atlantis, whichwill close out NASA’s 30-year shuttle program thissummer.

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BREGA, Libya —Rebels reinforced a key oilport Thursday while facingnew regime airstrikes ineastern Libya, and thou-sands of angry mournersburied victims of a coun-teroffensive by MoammarGadhafi’s forces, shootingguns in the air, shouting“Down with Gadhafi!” andswearing to takevengeance.

Although there havebeen stirrings of a diplo-matic effort to ease the cri-sis, an oppositionspokesman flatly ruled outany negotiations withGadhafi, saying “his handsare tainted with blood.”

President Barack Obamainsisted that Gadhafi leaveoffice, declaring he had“lost the legitimacy tolead.”

He pledged to holdGadhafi and his loyalistsaccountable, saying theU.S. and the entire worldwere outraged by violenceagainst the rebels, and he

lauded U.N. sanctionsmeant to put internationalpressure on the longtimeruler.

Signaling he was diggingin, Gadhafi’s regime appar-ently has stepped up itsrecruitment of mercenariesfrom other African coun-tries, with an official inneighboring Mali sayingthat 200-300 men have leftfor Libya in the last week.

The InternationalCriminal Court in theNetherlands said it willinvestigate Gadhafi, hissons and his inner circle forpossible crimes againsthumanity in the violentcrackdown of the 17-day-old uprising that sought totopple the man who hasruled Libya for fourdecades.

Luis Moreno-Ocampo,the court’s top prosecutor,said Gadhafi and severalcommanders and regimeofficials had formal or defacto control over forcesthat attacked protesters,and he promised “noimpunity in Libya.”

Army units that have

joined the rebels fannedout in the oil facilities andport at Brega, armed withmachine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launch-ers and dressed in camou-flage army uniforms withcheckered keffiyehs. Theywere backed by at least adozen pickup trucks withmounted machine guns ortowing rocket launchers.

Government warplaneslaunched a new airstrike onthe town Thursday morn-ing, according to witness-es. It was not clear whatthey targeted, but it waslikely an airstrip of thehuge oil complex on theMediterranean coast.

No casualties werereported, and pro-Gadhafiforces withdrew 80 miles(130 kilometers) to thewest to another oil port,Ras Lanouf, after theirdefeat Wednesday by citi-zen militias from nearbytowns and cities.

Despite having little cen-tral organization or com-mand, the anti-Gadhafifighters were able to repel aforce of several hundred

regime troops that attackedafter dawn.

“We are in a position tocontrol the area and we aredeploying our forces,” arebel officer in Brega toldThe Associated Press,speaking on condition ofanonymity because he wasnot authorized to talk to themedia.

At least 14 rebel fighterswere killed in Wednesday’sbattle, including Abdul-Salaam Senoussi, whosefather, Mohammed, cameto Brega to claim his body.

“You know, this is myson,” the grieving fathersaid softly after identifyingthe body. He made a ges-ture like a pistol and said:“They shot him by plane.”

Gadhafi has come underinternational criticism forfiring at his people fromwarplanes, although hisregime denies it.

Also among the deadwas 7-year-old HassanUmran, who was killedwhen he was caught in thecrossfire. His body was atthe same Brega morgue asSenoussi’s son.

In the opposition strong-hold of Benghazi, 140miles northeast of Brega,thousands of mournerschanted “Down withGadhafi” and firedweapons into the air as theyburied three of the dead.

“Our message to Gadhafiis we are coming and wewill make Libya free,” saidone man in the crowd,Sami Mosur. “We will killhim, like he has killed ourpeople here.”

Gadhafi has unleashedthe bloodiest crackdown ofany Arab nation to therecent wave of anti-govern-ment protests. Hundredsare known to have beenkilled, and some estimatestop 1,000.

The fighting at Bregahalted for now the regime’sfirst counteroffensive onthe opposition-held easternhalf of the country. It alsounderlined the deadlockthat Libya appears to havefallen into.

Farj Lashrash, a soldierwith the opposition, saidthe rebels had captured 10pro-Gadhafi soldiers since

Wednesday night.The western gate of the

nearby rebel-held town ofAjdabiya, which buriedfive dead, was reinforcedwith heavy weaponry —including a tank, four anti-aircraft guns mounted onpickup trucks and fourrocket launchers.

Gadhafi’s forces seemunable to bring significantstrength to dislodge rebelsfrom the territory they hold.But the opposition does nothave the capability to go onthe offense againstGadhafi’s strongholds inthe west, including the cap-ital, Tripoli. Its leaders havepleaded for foreign powersto launch airstrikes to helpthem oust Gadhafi as theUnited States moves mili-tary forces closer to Libyanshores.

The Pentagon onWednesday tried to playdown the idea of using mil-itary force in Libya, includ-ing a “no-fly zone” thatDefense Secretary RobertGates said would firstrequire attacking Libya’sair defenses.

Rebels reinforce key Libyan oil port in east

Obama to astronauts: Unpack robot in space soon

Yachts shun waters after string of hijackspatrol in the area.

For those who liveaboard their boats and wantto get home, few choices

remain: shell out bigmoney to ship home theiryacht or hire guards — orrun the Somali gauntlet.

Friday, March 4, 2011

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Fans, Obamareact to possible

NFL lockout

Pages B2, B3

Lady Panthers come up short against Eastern By CODY LEISTPDT Sports Writer

ATHENS — The Convo-cation Center at Ohio Uni-versity is normally a test ofa team's endurance andstamina when it gets to dis-trict action.

The Clay Lady Panthersfound that out quickly andcould not recover quickenough as their season cameto a close Thursday night64-26 to Reedsville Easternin a Division IV Southeast

District Championshipgame. The loss is the secondstraight year in which Clayfinishes its season as the dis-trict runner-up.

“We tried to run at least acouple players at a time(into the game) because Iknew that would be (a chal-lenge),” Lady Pantherscoach Kevin Castle said.“But that's not an excuse,Eastern wasn't out of gasand they're playing on thatsame floor too.”

Fatigue was a factor

against Clay. The Lady Pan-thers shot air balls on eightdifferent occasions in thegame, with four of themcoming as free throws fromsenior Holly Hempill.

“The court's bigger andyour legs get tired quicker,”Hempill said. “...I was get-ting in my own head. Icouldn't focus and I justcouldn't get them to dowhat I wanted them to do.”

Clay had difficulty of han-dling the pressure of theLady Eagles, who have been

ranked throughout the sea-son in the Division IV Asso-ciated Press Top 10, used itsrun-and-jump trap to force11 Lady Panther turnoversin the first half. The combi-nation of the trap as well asearly foul for CatherineBauer – who picked up threefouls in the first 8:24 of thegame – made it challengingfor players such as freshmanShannon Curley to handlethe ball.

SMILE WHILE YOU CAN

David Stephenson ■ MCT

Trainer Rick Dutrow, center, with exercise rider Michelle Nevin, left and assistant trainer Walter Blum, Jr. head to the winner's circle aftertheir horse Big Brown won the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Derby-winner faces loss of licenseBy RICHARD ROSEN-BLATTAP Sports Writer

NEW YORK — Ken-tucky Derby-winningtrainer Rick Dutrow Jr. hassome explaining to do.

New York racing author-ities deemed Dutrow"obnoxious" and "unbe-coming" and ordered himto show why he should notbe suspended, lose hislicense and be kicked offstate tracks after years anddozens of sanctions.

The New York State

Racing and WageringBoard suspended Dutrowtwice last month. The sus-pensions totaled 90 daysfor hypodermic needles inhis barn and for a winninghorse's positive test for abanned painkiller at Aque-duct last year.

Dutrow has appealed andthe board scheduled hear-ings for March 30-31.

The board Thursdayalso questioned the con-duct and character of thetrainer who won the 2008Derby and Preaknesswith Big Brown, taking

the unusual step of con-sidering revokingDutrow's license.

The notice says Dutrow isa "person whose conduct atrace tracks in New York stateand elsewhere has beenimproper, obnoxious, unbe-coming and detrimental tothe best interests of racing."

It goes on to say his"character and general fit-ness are such that yourparticipation in pari-mutuel racing is inconsis-tent with the public inter-est" based on recent sus-

pensions and "your histo-ry of rule violations."

Dutrow's lawyer insistedthere is no merit to theclaims.

"When all the facts arein, and the witch hunt isover, we are confident thatMr. Dutrow will be totallyvindicated," lawyer GerardRomski wrote in an e-mailto The Associated Press.

The notice comes twoweeks after Ed Martin, presi-dent of the Association of

NFL, union extenddeadline by 1 dayBy HOWARD FENDRICHAP Pro Football Writer

WASHINGTON —America's favorite sport isstill in business — foranother day.

The NFL and the players'union decided Thursday tokeep the current collectivebargaining agreement inplace for an additional 24hours so that negotiationscan continue.

"The parties have agreedto a one-day extension,"federal mediator GeorgeCohen said in a one-sen-tence statement after thesides met with him forabout eight hours. TheCBA was set to expire atmidnight, which wouldlikely have prompted thefirst work stoppage since1987 for a league that rakesin $9 billion a year.

"For all our fans who digour game, we appreciateyour patience as we workthrough this," union execu-tive director DeMauriceSmith said as he emergedfrom the talks. "We aregoing to keep working. Wewant to play football."

Said NFL CommissionerRoger Goodell as he left:"We are working as hard aswe can."

Allowing the CBA toexpire could put the twosides on the road to a yearwithout football, eventhough opening kickoff ofthe 2011 season is still sixmonths away. The laborunrest comes as the NFL isat the height of its popular-ity, breaking records for TVratings: This year's SuperBowl was the most-watched program in U.S.history.

If the CBA expires, theowners could lock out theplayers, and the unioncould decertify to try andprevent that through the

courts — something theNFLPA did in 1989. Itformed again in 1993.

NFL lead negotiator JeffPash said the sides had"good discussions andexchanges," and "we'regoing to be back here (Fri-day) morning."

A person with knowl-edge of the talks said the24-hour extension was anopportunity to decidewhether there would be awillingness to extend nego-tiations further.

The person, who spoke tothe AP on the condition ofanonymity because thetalks were supposed toremain confidential, saidthe sides were apart on eco-nomics, but have agreed onother topics. The personwould not say what the twosides do agree on.

Washington Redskinsplayer representative Von-nie Holliday cautioned thatthe two sides are "stillapart" on a pact to replacethe current CBA. "I don'tsee how we can be thatclose right now unlesssomebody is going to pull arabbit out of the hat," hesaid. "I just don't see it."

Besides Goodell, also onhand for the NFL werePash, outside counsel BobBatterman, New YorkGiants owner John Mara,Green Bay Packers presi-dent Mark Murphy, Wash-ington Redskins generalmanager Bruce Allen andseveral other league execu-tives. Mara and Murphy aremembers of the league'slabor committee, which hasthe authority to call for alockout if a new agreementisn't reached.

"We'll stay at it as long asit takes," Pash said as theday began.

They'll be staying at least

SSU Sports Information

The Shawnee StateWomen's Basketball Teamovercame cold shooting inthe first half to defeatPikeville 63-40 in the semi-finals of the Mid-SouthConference Tournament onThursday evening.

The Bears got off to ahot start by building anearly 8-0 lead in whichsophomore CatriceMitchell scored six of theeight points. Their leadquickly dwindled asPikeville battled back totake an 18-15 lead.Shawnee State went score-less for over seven minutesuntil freshman AlannahSheets ended the Bears'

drought by sinking a pairof free throws. The Bearsthen regained the lead 22-20 on an open court lay-upby Sheets. Senior KeileeGuthrie gave the Bears a24-20 lead with a pair offree throws with 1:33 leftin the half. Sheets laid in abasket with 1:15 remain-ing to give the Bears the26-20 halftime advantage.

Shawnee State cameout with intensity in thesecond half and heldPikeville to only 19 sec-ond half points. ShawneeState opened the half withback-to-back 3-pointersby senior Abby Ballman

SSU defeats Pikeville

Yong Kim ■ MCT

Edinson Volquez of the Cincinnati Reds pitches during the firstinning in Game 1 of the NLDS Series against the PhiladelphiaPhillies on Oct. 6, 2010.

Reds’ Volquez tofix visa problemAssociated Press

GOODYEAR, Ariz. —Cincinnati Reds pitcherEdinson Volquez is goingback to the DominicanRepublic to obtain his workvisa, hoping to a straightenout a problem that appears tostem from his performance-enhancing drug ban last year.

Volquez has already beenpicked to start on openingday for the NL Centralchampions.

The 27-year-old righty plansto be back in the Dominicanthis weekend and meet withU.S. government representa-

tive Monday. He expects torejoin the Reds at their Arizonacamp on Tuesday.

Volquez only has a travelvisa right now. He has notbeen allowed to pitch in anyexhibition games for whichadmissions were charged. Hisban last April for testing posi-tive for a performance-enhancing drug apparently hasprevented him from gettingthe proper documentation.

Volquez has been allowed towork on the back fields andthrew 50 pitches in live battingpractice on Wednesday. Hewill get four starts betweennow and opening day.

Racing authorities: “Obnoxious” Dutrow deserves suspension

PDT Sports Report

LUCASVILLE — SouthWebster got 21 points fromConnor Scott as the Jeepsdefeated Notre Dame 59-33on Wednesday to claim theboys basketball Division IVsectional title at Valley HighSchool.

South Webster (16-4)stayed in the contest early

as Ashton Miller scoredeight of 10 points in the firsthalf.

“He stepped up andcame through for us in thefirst two quarters,” SouthWebster Coach StevenAter said.

South Webster took a 9-11 lead after one, thenextended the lead to 25-18at the brreak.

“We were a little rusty,”Ater said. “We’d been offfor 12 days as was NotreDame. It took us a while toget going.”

Ater said the game wasmade up of a series ofruns, and that South Web-ster was able to keepenough distance betweenthe Titans.

Notre Dame Coach Matt

Mader said the first threeminutes of the third quarterwas the difference in thegame, when South Websterwent on an 8-0 run.

“At half time we weregetting beat up and downthe floor,” Mader said.“Then South Webster cameout strong and we couldn’tkeep up. We did make anice run toward the end of

the quarter and cut it to 12,but that was as close as wecould get.”

Austin Loop scored 16points for South Webster inthe win.

Tyler Noel led NotreDame (9-13) with 10points.

Mader added that wewanted to thank his threeseniors, Jeff July, Brock

Hannah and Blake Glockn-er for all of their hardwork.

“They were all very dedi-cated players and I hate tosee them go,” Mader said.Notre Dame — 9 9 9 6 — 33South Webster — 11 15 21 12 — 59Notre Dame — Noel 4 2 10, Lewis 2 1 7,Milani 2 2 6, Pierron 2 0 6, Kayser 1 2 4.South Webster — Scott 9 0 21, Loop 7Sutton 3 0 6, Goddard 1 1 4, Wright 1 0 2.3-pointers — Notre Dame 4 (Lewis 2, Pier-ron 2) South Webster 8 (Scott 3, Loop 2,Miller 2, Goddard.)

South Webster boys knock off Notre Dame on Wednesday

Del Duduit ■ Daily Times

Clay’s Madison Whitley (21) dribbles past Eastern’s Beverly Maxson(13) during the Lady Panthers’ Thursday night loss.

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A 49ers emblem on hislaptop bag, financialadviser Christopher Pagefiddled with his smartphone Wednesday indowntown San Francisco,checking for updates notonly on the stock marketbut the NFL labor dispute.

Page's family has hadseason tickets since JoeMontana and Jerry Ricewere winning SuperBowls in the 1980s. Buthe's not yet fretting aboutgames being canceledwith the season monthsaway.

"At least that's whathelps me sleep at night," hesaid, laughing. "No, seri-ously. It's what, March?Talk to me in August."

The Associated Presstalked to more than 200fans, representing everyNFL city, this week withthe league's collective bar-gaining agreement set toexpire and a potentiallockout looming. Mostechoed Page's mix of con-cern and optimism.

"The league is too pow-erful and too smart to ruinwhat they've built," saidRyan Patsko of Shaler,Pa., who spent entireSundays this past fallwatching NFL Network'sRedZone channel thatshows key plays live fromevery game.

Then he added: "Atleast I hope they are."

Their confidence that thesides would be nuts not to

reach a deal leaves manyfans unperturbed for now.But that same convictionmakes the thought ofmissed games infuriating.

"The NFL is a goldmine, and the only thingthat's preventing the sea-son from happening isabject greed, people mak-ing money hand over fist,"said Todd Portune, thecommissioner ofHamilton County, Ohio,home of the CincinnatiBengals. "If they can'tmake it work — splittingup all the money madethrough the business of theNFL — something is seri-ously wrong."

Millionaires versus bil-lionaires was the phraseused over and over by fans.Some side with the players,some with the owners — notthat they have much sympa-thy for either. Some areequally repulsed by both.

"You want to say, 'Can'twe just get along and get thisthing on the road?'" said EricSense, a Chargers fan wholives in Orange County."When everyone else is try-ing to pay their mortgagesand these guys are battlingover billions of dollars."

Fans can agree on onegroup that is getting short-changed: themselves.

"No matter what theydecide, no matter whatthey agree to, I feel liketicket prices are going togo up and it's going tocost even more for us togo to the game,"Michael Nassar, whoworks in petrochemical

sales, said at a Houstonsports bar.

Fans may very wellkeep paying those prices.After all, they realize theNFL is wildly popularonly because they're sopassionate about the sport.

"The NFL, they defi-nitely know we love foot-ball," said Cord Hale ofIndianapolis. "They haveus on the barrel. Anythingthey put on the field, we'regoing to eat it up."

And they'll go throughwithdrawal if it's takenaway.

"In March, I'm alreadymissing the games," saidJim Dodson, who owns amemorabilia business inPalm Beach Gardens, Fla."Once October comesaround, if there are nogames, that's going to be aproblem. Football is sucha big part of people's lives— going to games, watch-ing games, following theirteam, fantasy football."

Which is why fans mayhold their noses while mil-lionaires and billionaireshaggle over how to divvyup untold riches, but for-give everything if thegames start on time — butreact very differently if theseason is compromised.

"When baseball had itslong strike several yearsago, I know what I did,"said Randy Smith, a smallbusiness owner in Olathe,Kan. "I haven't been to fivebaseball games since."

Many fans mentionedthey'd just watch morecollege football if the NFL

spurned them.Roy Harris is a retired

air traffic controller inOlathe. A longtimeKansas City Chiefs seasonticket holder, he probablywouldn't renew if part ofthe season was canceled.

"It's hard to believethey're about to mess upsomething that's so closeto being perfect," he said.

Even a short lockout hasits consequences. MarcStander, a Denver Broncosseason ticket holder, does-n't want to renew becauseof the potential work stop-page, "but I feel trappedbecause I want to keep mypriority number."

"I'd lose the time invest-ment my family has had inthe team since '71," he said."This makes me angry."

Part of the NFL's popu-larity is fans' interest inthe tiniest of minutiae.Some worried about howa lockout might hurtteams with a new coachwho wouldn't have a fullcomplement of offseasonworkouts, or those clubsthat wanted to makemajor moves in freeagency this year. Rookiescould be behind when theseason started if trainingcamp was shortened.

"It's going to hurt in Julywhen I'm looking for myteam's training camp reportand there is nothing toreport," said Ryan Gaddy, aLions fan living inIndianapolis. "It's going tohurt when it's time for fan-tasy drafts, and my friendsand I don't get together...”

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South Webster CoachOpenings

South Webster HighSchool is taking applica-tions for the following:

High school assistantbaseball coach; high schooltrack coach, junior hightrack coach, junior highvolleyball coach. Resumescan be sent to BrettRoberts, athletic director atSouth Webster HighSchool, or call 778-2320.

Minford Falcon FortuneThe Minford Athletic

Boosters will hold itsannual Falcon FurtuneRaffle March 19. Ticketsare $100 and will admittwo people for the nightof food, fun and a chanceto win up to $5,000. Cashprizes will total $11,000.For more information,call 740-981-6110.

Valley Girls All StarTournament

The Valley Girls All-Star basketball tourna-ment will take placeMar. 7-13. The 3rd and4th grade tournamentwill be held at the ValleyElementary gym. The5th and 6th grade tour-nament will be held atthe Valley MiddleSchool gym. The entryfee is $100. Deadline forregistration is Feb. 25.All players must beenrolled in the sameschool and no travelteams are permitted.Contact Lisa Call at(740) 821-4169, CherylJennice at (740) 464-8621, or Philip Shephardat (740) 352-1011 formore information.

Clay Little LeagueRegistration will be

held at Clay High Schoolcafeteria March 5 and 12from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more informationcall Jeff at 352-2467 orKristi at 357-7687.

Golf TournamentThe Charles Varney

Memorial SnowshoeOpen will be March 19 atthe Little Scioto GolfClub in Wheelersburg.

It will be a 9 a.m. shot-gun start, four-personscramble with two divi-sions. An open divisionincludes all team mem-bers to age 59. A seniordivision includes all teammembers 60 years andabove.

Entry fee is $200 perteam and includes cart andlunch. Proceeds will bene-fit Kiwanis Club ofWheelersburg ScholarshipFund.Prizes include $400 to thefirst place open divisionand $300 to the first placesenior division. For moreinformation, call JackSpradlin at 740-574-2490.

Shawnee SoccerAssociation Spring

LeagueThe Shawnee Soccer

Association SpringLeague will take place onSundays from March 20through April 17. GradesK-8 will be held from2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.,while grades 9-12 will beheld 3:30 p.m. to 5:00p.m. The cost is $10 perweek.

Any questions you cancontact Mark Trapp atmtrapp@shawnee.edu or(740) 352-4815.

Wheelersburg vs.Peebles Boys

Tournament TicketsTickets are on sale dur-

ing school hours throughFriday March 4th at thehigh school and middleschool offices. Ticketsare also available atDeemer’s Supermarketduring business hoursThrough Saturday March5th. All tickets are $6.00each.

Toughman CompetitionThe Toughman Contest

returns this Friday andSaturday to PortsmouthHigh School’s OldGymnasium. The semi-professional competitionwill take place at 8 p.m.both nights.

Competitors can enterby calling 1-800-TUFGUYS. A field of atleast 40 local men andwomen are expected toparticipate. All competi-tors must be 18 years orolder and pass a physicalon the site.

The weigh-ins and ringgirl finals will take placeat 7 p.m. Thursday at theFishbowl Bar.

Advance tickets are $15at the Dash ThruConvenience Store and$20 at the door the day ofthe event.

Almost $3,000 in cashwill be awarded at theconclusion of Saturdaynight’s festivities.

Other events during theweekend will includepush-up competitions andPepsi/Mountain Dewdrinking contests.

For further information,contact Stephen Coppler,President at 1-888-868-4462.

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NFL fans concerned yetoptimistic about lockout

The biggest stickingpoint all along has beenhow to divide the league'srevenues, including whatcut team owners should getup front to help cover cer-tain costs, such as stadiumconstruction. Under the olddeal, owners received about$1 billion off the top. Theyentered these negotiationsseeking to add another $1billion to that.

Among the other signifi-cant topics: a rookie wagescale; the owners' push toexpand the regular seasonfrom 16 games to 18 while

reducing the preseason bytwo games; and benefitsfor retired players.

Since the 1987 players'strike that shortened the sea-son to 15 games — withthree of those games featur-ing nonunion replacementplayers — there has beenlabor peace in the NFL. Thefoundation of the currentCBA was reached in 1993 bythen-Commissioner PaulTagliabue and union chiefGene Upshaw. It has beenextended five times as rev-enues soared, the leagueexpanded to 32 profitableteams, and new stadiumswere built across America tohouse them.

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Racing Commissioners International, sent a letter to theboard asking it to "revisit the question" of whetherDutrow should be allowed to "participate in racing at all."

Martin, a former executive director of the NYSR-WB, said that since 1979, Dutrow has been sanc-tioned "at least 64 times for various rules violationsin nine different states at 15 racetracks."

The most recent accusations:—Dutrow's horse Fastus Cactus tested positive for

the drug butorphanol — a pain killer — after win-ning the third race at Aqueduct on Nov. 20.

—Three hypodermic needles were found inDutrow's barn at Aqueduct on Nov. 3.

—Three unlabeled syringes were "loaded with thedrug xyzaline" in Dutrow's desk at Aqueduct's Barn 10.The drug listed as Xylazine can be used as a musclerelaxer.

—Improper conduct based on previous accusa-tions and "history of rules violations."

DutrowFrom Page B1

“(Eastern) is so athletic,they're so aggressive ondefense,” Castle said. “Oneof our worries was takingcare of the ball. I knew we

had quite a few turnovers.”But in her first game at

the Convo, Castle felt hisyoung point guard handledthe situations well andproved a lot in her first year.

“I think Shannon hasgrown tremendously as aplayer,” Castle said. “She's

doing a lot of things at theend of the year – especiallydefensively – that she was-n't doing in the season.”

Hempill finished her finalhigh school game with ateam-high nine points andfour rebounds.

“It is a tough moment, it's

going to be weird not com-ing back tomorrow into bas-ketball practice afterschool,” Hempill said.

Although Clay will beopening up a new gym asearly as next year, it will hap-pen it without the services ofBauer, Hempill, Chelsea

Beegan, Brittany Miller andKeely Craft. The five gradu-ating seniors helped build theLady Panther program’s rep-utation.

“We're proud that memade it to the Convo twice,”Hempill said. “Most teams inthe SOC (I) don't get this far.”

Reedsville Eastern 21 13 1317 – 64Clay 6 4 8 8 26Reedsville Eastern – Holter 2 0 4, Parker3 2 10, Maxson 2 0 4, Burdette 4 2 13,Gilliam 0 3 3, Connery 7 1 17, Putman 3 17, Swatzel 3 0 6, Totals 24 9 64.Clay – Bauer 1 1 3, Jenkins 0 2 2, Carter0 1 1, Beegan 1 2 5, Curley 2 0 4, Hempill3 3 9, Craft 0 2 2, Totals 7 11 26.3-Pointers – Reedsville Eastern 7(Burdette 3, Parker 2, Connery 2); Clay 1(Beegan).Records – Reedsville Eastern 21-2; Clay17-6

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and Sheets. The Bearsadded another basket tocap off an 8-0 run.Pikeville hit back-to-backbuckets to cut the deficit34-25, but Shawnee Stateput on the pressure and

went on a 10-2 run to takethe 44-27 lead. Shawneenever looked back as theywent on to defeat Pikeville63-40 to advance to theQuarterfinals of the Mid-South Tournament.

After shooting a dismal25% in the first half,Shawnee State finished thegame shooting 34% from

the floor. The Bears shot46% from beyond the arc,going 5-for-9 in the secondhalf. At the line, ShawneeState converted 17-of-23attempts for 74%.

Ballman led the Bearswith 16 points, going 3-for-3 from behind the arc.She also pulled down fiverebounds and dished out

five assists in the game.Sheets added 15 points andfour assists, while Cropperadded 11 points and pulleddown a team-high ninerebounds.

Shawnee State will facethe winner of LindseyWilson and Georgetownon Saturday, March 5th at4:00 p.m.

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By JOE KAYAP Sports Writer

DAYTON — EbonyGainey didn't read anythinginto the text. Dayton'sdirector of basketball opera-tions wanted to see her afterclass. Probably had someerrand for her to run.

Happens a lot.The 6-foot forward is

used to it. She was one ofthe school's top recruits in2007, an all-Ohio playerwith a quick first step and asoft left-hand shot. A heartcondition prevented herfrom ever getting into agame. The school kept heron scholarship for fouryears as an assistant.

Make copies. Help withpractice. Travel to games.Encourage teammates. Thatwas her job.

"You name it, I try tohelp," she said. "Whateverthe coaches need."

With the Flyers' finalhome game — the one hon-oring Gainey and the otherseniors — a few days away,she figured the text messageinvolved preparations. Shewalked into the athleticoffices and was surprised tosee coach Jim Jabir and therest of the staff waiting forher, all of them grinning.

Uh-oh."At this point it's like,

'What did I do?'" Gainey said.It wasn't about anything

she did wrong. It was aboutsomething she'd ached to dobut never got the chance.

She was going to play."Coach Jabir finally told

me, 'We want you to startand we want to draw some-thing up for you to get you abucket,'" Gainey said. "Andmy mouth just dropped.

"When we got out of theroom, I just bawled. Honestly,I never thought it would hap-pen."

She'd waited nearly fouryears for this one shot.

The small forwardexpected to score a lot ofpoints when she accepted ascholarship to Dayton. Shewas rated one of the nation'stop prep players at DaytonMeadowdale, averaging11.6 points, 10.5 rebounds.7.7 assists and 4.5 blocks asa senior. Jabir spent a lot oftime selling her on herhometown university.

"She was quick and couldget to the rim on anyone,"said Jabir, now in his eighthseason at Dayton. "She wasslight, but really smooth. Iloved watching her play. Ithought she was going to bea great player."

On July 7, 2007, Gaineywas getting ready to start herfreshman season. Her oldestsister, Kenyattia, was homefor the summer from OhioState. She wasn't getting outof bed that morning.Something was wrong.Ebony and another sistershook her.

Kenyattia had died of aheart attack that came with-out warning.

"It hit me hard," Gaineysaid. "It was definitely hardto put into perspective what

happened, how it happened,why it happened."

Jabir was on the roadrecruiting when he heardthe news. He came back toDayton and attended thefuneral. The 48-year-oldcoach had been diagnosedwith a heart condition a fewyears earlier.

"It was personal for me,"he said. "Not only my rela-tionship with Ebony and hermom, but my own situation.I'd been sick for three yearsat that time. It hit me prettyhard."

Basketball helped Gaineywork through her grief.Three months later, she waspracticing with the Flyers,getting ready for the season,when she had troublebreathing and mild chestpains. She figured it was herbody getting used to the rig-orous conditioning.

Gainey was sent for med-ical tests. An EKG cameback good. So did a specialEKG. She did fine on astress test. The cardiologistordered an MRI as a finalcheck. When that result wasback, he called her into hisoffice. Gainey assumed shewas going to be cleared topractice.

What she heard was sur-real.

"It's not all clear, but I doremember bits and pieces ofit," she said. "I rememberhim telling me I wasn'tgoing to be able to play. Apart of me just kind of satthere in shock. I didn't wantto believe it."

The MRI found somescar tissue and enlargementin the heart. Moderate activ-ity was all right. Playingcompetitive basketball wasfar too risky.

Her career was over.Jabir wanted to keep her

on scholarship for fouryears, a generous offer fromsomeone who understoodbetter than most whatGainey was handling.

"I was intent on fighting forit if I had to, but the adminis-tration didn't think twice," hesaid. "It wasn't even a two-minute conversation. Theydidn't need persuading. Wewere all on board."

At first, it was difficultfor Gainey to be so close tothe game when she couldn'tplay it.

"It definitely was hard,"she said. "You sit on thesideline and you see yourteammate miss a shot andyou say, 'Aw, I could havehit that shot,' certain thingslike that. You go throughscenarios in your head,thinking, 'What could thisbe like if this was me?'

"As time goes on, I kindof embraced my role in adifferent way, to be more apart of the team now in theway I can be instead of theway I want to be."

Occasionally, she picksup a ball and shoots afterpractice, remembering thatsweet feeling when the ballslips through the net.Nothing like it.

"It feels good to knowyou can still hit a jump

shot," she said.Jabir wanted more for

her. He came up with theidea of getting her into thefinal home game longenough to take a shot. Hewould run a play that gother the ball on the left wingand provided a teammate asa screen, leaving her a pathto the basket.

"I didn't want to embar-rass her," he said. "I wantedit to be dignified because

she has so much dignity."Last Saturday, Gainey suit-

ed up in her No. 13 jersey —the one she wore during prac-tice as a freshman — gotintroduced as a starter andwas on the floor for the tipoff.With a cluster of teary familyand friends in the stands, shegot the ball as planned, head-ed for the hoop, lost her gripand missed.

She went down the courtto play defense. The Flyers

got the ball back and set upthe same play. Gainey gotthe pass, got the screen,beat the defender and put upa soft shot with her lefthand that banked off thebackboard and slippedthrough the net.

What a moment."Magic!" is how Jabir

described it.At the first dead ball,

Jabir got her out of thegame. The crowd erupted.

"I could just see the joy inher face," said her mother,Juanita. "Although every-thing that's transpired wasnot great, that was as sweetas it could possibly be."

The clock read 18:02when Gainey sat down onthe bench and caught herbreath.

"My lungs were burning,but I felt great," she said."Best two minutes of mylife."

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Obama: No plans to help in NFL labor disputeBy DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — Thefootball fan in the WhiteHouse said Wednesday heexpects wealthy NFL teamowners and players can fig-ure out for themselves howto share the billions of dollarsthat their sport generates.

"I've got a lot of otherstuff to do," PresidentBarack Obama said at anews conference, making

clear he had no plans tointervene.

The NFL and the players'union met for a 10th dayThursday with a federalmediator not far from theWhite House, racing tobeat a midnight expirationfor the current collectivebargaining agreement. Thebiggest sticking point ishow to divvy up $9 billionin annual revenues.

Failure to agree on areplacement contract

before the deadline wouldshut down the league andjeopardize the 2011 foot-ball season. The NFLhasn't had a work stop-page since 1987.

Obama noted that peopleacross the country are fac-ing economic hardshipwhile millionaire athletesand billionaire owners hag-gle over a big pot ofmoney, and he commiser-ated with fans everywhere.

"You've got owners,

most of whom are worthclose to a billion dollars.You've got players who aremaking millions of dol-lars," Obama said, standingin the East Room alongsideMexico's president, FelipeCalderon.

"My working assump-tion, at a time when peopleare having to cut back,compromise and worryabout making the mort-gage and, you know, pay-ing for their kid's college

education, is, is that thetwo parties should be ableto work it out without thepresident of the UnitedStates intervening."

"I'm a big football fan,"he said. In fact, he hadpledged to go to the SuperBowl in February had hishometown Chicago Bearsreached the championship.His dreams were dashedwhen the Bears lost theNFC championship to theGreen Bay Packers.

"But I also think that foran industry that's making$9 billion a year in rev-enue, they can figure outhow to divide it up in a sen-sible way and be true totheir fans, who are the oneswho obviously allow for allthe money that they'remaking," Obama said. "Somy expectation and hopeis, is that they will resolveit without me intervening,because it turns out I've gota lot of other stuff to do."

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BEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker

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HI & LOIS Brian and Greg Walker

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DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum

CONCEPTIS SUDOKUby Dave Green

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, March 4, 2011:

Your birthday signals a new begin-ning. Consider which areas you might like to revitalize. You can do just that. Your creativity surges. You seem to be an endless fountain of information. If you are single, you attract many people. The issue will be choosing the right one! Date until you are sure. If you are attached, curb a tendency to be me-oriented. It takes two to make a relationship work. Be sensitive to your sweetie. Another Pisces reflects the same or similar issues as you.

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)

The New Moon empha-sizes the importance of taking good care of yourself mentally, physically and spiritually. You need to be more diligent about taking care of yourself. Make an appointment for a checkup. Tonight: Get some much-needed R and R.TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

A new commitment or beginning finally becomes possible. You understand what is happening behind the scenes. Realize your goals by asking for support and ideas. The first step is verbalizing your desires. Tonight: Where the action is.GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

Your ability to bypass problems emerges. Others would like you to take the lead more often. Though it is nice to have the approval of others, do you want additional responsibility? Is it worth that position in the limelight? Tonight: Celebrate the end of the week.CANCER (June 21-July 22)

Reach out for new infor-mation and confirm what you believe to be fact. If you are blocked, attempt to clear your thinking and approach this same situation from a different mind-set. Break through mental rigid-ity. Tonight: Accept the suggestion that breaks the mold and encourages a first-time experience.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Deal with a key associ-ate directly. Clear out as much as you can in this manner. Decide on a new beginning. With the help of this person, you could have that begin-ning. Instrument positive changes in your daily life. Tonight: Togetherness works.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Let others who are trying to dominate call the shots. Give feed-back on a more creative level. Your sense of direction helps others figure out what will need to happen. Others could be a bit defiant. Work with the issues. Tonight: Follow another’s lead.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Dive into the matter at hand. You might need to make an adjustment on a personal level or in your domestic life. Let go and willingly hop on the roller-coaster ride. The end results will be much more than you visualize. Tonight: Out and about with co-workers and/or friends.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Allow greater give-and-take within an important relationship. This tie could be with a wild loved one. You might wonder if you can clear out a problem. A commitment to a new beginning could work in the long run. Make it now. Tonight: Let off steam.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Emphasize security, investments and a new beginning. At the same time, there could be a new start with a personal relationship if you are live-ins. If you can, clear out work early or work from home You will accomplish more. Tonight: At home.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

You might be thinking about a new computer, car or some other toy that helps you reach out to others. You are likely to purchase one in the near future. Don’t antagonize a neighbor or sibling who always seems to occupy a lot of your time. Tonight: You don’t have to go far.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

You have made the deci-sion to handle your finances better. Use today to initiate some changes. Yes, sometimes you have to spend money to get money. On the other hand, be careful with justifying expen-ditures that could be eliminated. Tonight: Show good sense. Fun doesn’t have to cost.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

You cannot always count on the magic of your charisma — perhaps today, but possibly not tomorrow. If you want to start anew in some area of your life, the time is now. Resolutions made presently are likely to stick. Tonight: Others cannot stay away.

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Kasich says‘The Avengers’ tofilm in Cleveland

CLEVELAND — OhioGov. John Kasich saysfilming of the MarvelStudios superhero movie“The Avengers” will takeplace in Cleveland.

The Plain Dealer reportsthat Kasich made theannouncement Thursdaybefore Mayor FrankJackson’s State of the Cityaddress.

The film for release nextyear features the Marvelcomics superheros, includ-ing Robert Downey Jr. asIron Man, Samuel L.Jackson as Nick Fury andScarlett Johansson asBlack Widow.

Ohio Film Office publi-cist Katie Sabatino saysthe state was in discussionswith Marvel throughoutthe week before reachingan agreement.

The Detroit Free Pressreported last month thatMarvel considered filmingin Detroit but backed outafter Michigan Gov. RickSnyder proposed eliminat-ing the state’s film incen-tive program.

Country singerPickler to headlineNCAA festival

INDIANAPOLIS — TheNCAA Women’s FinalFour basketball tournamentwill host a free festivalheadlined by countrymusic star Kellie Pickler.

The former “AmericanIdol” finalist will performApril 2 in the IndianapolisConvention Center along

with Indiana native CaseyJamerson, who will per-form the same day as partof the “Tourney Town” fes-tivities.

The festival will alsoinclude a talent show host-ed by celebrity judges andperformances by basketballskills entertainers, amongother events.

Mariah Carey‘embarrassed’over concert

NEW YORK (AP) —Mariah Carey says she wasunaware that she wasbooked to perform a con-cert linked to Gadhafi’sclan — and she’s embar-rassed “to have participat-ed in this mess.”

Carey is among a hand-ful of entertainers whowere paid handsome feesto give exclusive privateconcerts. It was laterrevealed the people behindthose concerts were thefamily of Libyan leaderMoammar Gadhafi, whosecountry is in an open revoltagainst him and who facesan investigation for possi-ble war crimes.

Carey performed in St.Bart’s in 2008, but in astatement released to TheAssociated Press onThursday, she said she did-n’t know she was perform-ing for an infamous family.

Zsa Zsa Gabortaken to hospitalby ambulance

LOS ANGELES — ZsaZsa Gabor was rushed to ahospital Wednesday in anambulance when bloodflow stopped to her leg, a

publicist said.Doctors ordered the ail-

ing 94-year-old actress togo to UCLA MedicalCenter because of theproblem with her left leg,publicist John Blanchettesaid.

Most of Gabor’s rightleg was amputated inJanuary because of gan-grene.

Gabor broke her hip andhad replacement surgery inJuly. She has been hospi-talized several times sincethen for swelling, clots andinfections.

She celebrated her birth-day at home on Feb. 6 andwatched the OscarsSunday with her husband.

The actress is partiallyparalyzed from a 2002 caraccident and now uses awheelchair.

She also appeared on TVspecials and game shows,and as a guest on severaltelevision series, oftenplaying herself.

Source: AP wire service

Dear Annie: I’ve beenmarried to “Sam” for 17years. I have two growndaughters from my firstmarriage and a 16-year-old son with Sam.

For all these years, Samhas been the quintessentialstable husband and father,working to put a roof overour heads and food on thetable. I, too, have workedthe entire time. Sam’s dis-ciplinary methods causedmany problems in theearly days of his steppar-enting — with lots ofthreats of divorce — butwe all survived, thoughnot entirely unscathed.

The problem is, I mar-ried Sam for his stabilityand now everything elseabout him is really gettingon my nerves. With analmost-empty nest, I wantto get back to the real me— the one who enjoysdinners out, concerts,dancing, travel, the greatoutdoors, intellectual stim-ulation, etc. Sam is acouch potato who’s over-weight, diabetic and impo-tent. I can’t stop myselffrom imagining a betterMr. Right, which makesme open to the possibilityof meeting someone else,and that jeopardizes mymarriage. So, Annie, ifthis Mr. Right comesalong, should I go? —Lucky but Not Happy

Dear Lucky: After 17years and a teenage son,don’t you think you owe itto Stable Sam to tell himyou are unhappy andwould like to see somechanges made? You areassuming he is unable orunwilling, but saving the

marriage could motivatehim. Get some counseling,preferably with your hus-band, and see what can befixed.

Dear Annie: A yearago, my husband and Ilent my daughter somemoney to help with hermortgage payments, insur-ance, etc. She told us shewould pay a certainamount each month untilthe loan was paid up oruntil she got the settle-ment she was waiting for.

As I write this, she hasnot attempted to pay any-thing. When I bring it up,she yells, “You’ll get yourmoney when I get mine!”She no longer answers thephone when I call, andwhen I text, she rarelyresponds. When she does,it is only to bring upthings that happened inthe past. She hasn’t comeright out and said it, but Iget the distinct impressionthat she doesn’t want mein her life anymore.

I am at my wits’ end.She is over 30 and stillacts like a defiant teenag-er. I have already told herI will never again lend hera dime. In the process oftrying to help her, I may

have lost my daughter.What can I do now? —Trying Too Hard in NewYork

Dear Trying: This isnot about you. It’s aboutthe money. Your daughtereither doesn’t have themeans to pay you back, orshe doesn’t want to. Whenshe thinks of you, all thatcomes to mind is her guilt.By pushing you away, shealso won’t have to partwith that settlementmoney (if she ever gets it).Either chalk this up to abad loan and let her knowshe’s off the hook, orinsist on repayment andrun the risk of anestrangement — whichev-er result is easier for youto live with.

Dear Annie: “NoName, No Place” said her60-year-old binge-drink-ing husband was not analcoholic.

There are differenttypes of alcoholics: thosewho drink daily andbecome physicallydependent, and those whogo on binges and can havelong periods of time whenthey don’t drink.

As a member of A.A.,here’s how it wasexplained to me: “It’s nothow much you drink, orhow often, but what hap-pens when you do.” If Ionly had one drink a day,but that one drink wasdetrimental to my healthor caused me to rage at orbe isolated from the peo-ple I loved, alcoholism isthe likely culprit. —Arlington, Texas

Dear Dr. Brothers: I’mhoping you can help me.I’m a 26-year-old malewho is quite satisfied withlife, but I just can’t seem toget into any kind of rela-tionship. I suspect that ithas something to do withmy height. I’m 5 feet 6inches, and never reallythought of myself as short,until a friend pointed outhow girls always wantsomeone taller than them. Iguess I had really goodself-esteem until then!What’s a short man to dothese days? I need mymojo back. — F.R.

Dear F.R.: Your friendmay have been trying to behelpful, but guess what? Hewasn’t even correct. Theold-fashioned views aboutthe guy being big andstrong and the girl beingpetite and weak no longerapply! Just look aroundyou — there are many cou-ples these days that consistof tall girls and short guys,and notice how many ofthese taller women arewearing high heels as well!So whether you date some-one taller or shorter thanyou, or the same height, isvery much a function ofpersonal preference. Yourjob is not to allow height tobecome a factor in yourdating — especiallybecause you can’t reallychange your height (what-ever happened to elevatorshoes?).

I needn’t point out allthe world leaders and lead-ing men who were or arealtitude-challenged. So youmay as well stop thinking

that your lack of social suc-cess has anything to dowith your height. Work onmeeting lots of people andletting your great personali-ty shine through. If youfind a girl you like, ask herout. There’s no way toguess whether your heightwill be a factor, but you cando everything in yourpower to make it less like-ly. And don’t forget, thereare going to be women outthere who really dig ashorter guy. So the sky’sthe limit when it comes tolooking for love.

Dear Dr. Brothers: Mybest friend from college isplanning on visiting myhusband and me next year.We haven’t seen each otherin ages, and I’m reallylooking forward to beingwith her. The problem is,we were kind of more thanjust best friends. The lasttwo years of college, wewere romantically involved.I have a family now, and Iknow she doesn’t. I’m notreally worried about usmessing around, but I feelI’ll be keeping somethingfrom my husband. Do Itell? — J.C.

Dear J.C.: Can you say“can of worms”? Or shallwe call it opening

Pandora’s box? In any case,if you had a two-yearsame-sex romantic relation-ship with someone and arenow married to someonewho doesn’t have a clue,you’ve already been keep-ing something from yourhusband. The question nowis whether to deal withyour past, or let it alwaysbe a deep, dark secret.Most couples have sharedsome information aboutpast lovers when they takea step as serious as mar-riage, but if they don’tshare that — or if therehaven’t been past lovers —they are doing what makesthem most comfortable as acouple. Some want it all tohang out, while others liketo maintain the illusion thatthey are the only one.

You need to be honestwith yourself, first andforemost, regardless ofwhether your former girl-friend is visiting or neversets foot on your property.If you were romanticallyinvolved for two years, wasit a secret? Or are therethose who would identifyyou as a lesbian or bisexu-al? Did your marriage can-cel out that orientation?How much would you likeyour children to knowabout this? What do youthink your husband’s reac-tion would be to your leav-ing this off your resume —or adding it? Only you cananswer these questions. Itmay be a bit late for thisdiscussion, should youchoose to have it — but itmight not be a bad idea.

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NOTICE OFPUBLIC SALE

A PUBLIC SALE WILL BE HELD BY:

QUALITY CAR & TRUCK & LEASING, INC.

AT: GLOCKNER PLAZA

RT. 23 NORTH, PORTSMOUTH, OHIO

ON: THURSDAY, MARCH 10th, 2011

AT 12PM

Sale is for the purpose of disposing of:

2000 INTERNATIONAL 9200I

VIN# 2HSCEAXR6YC049983

TERMS: SALE WILL BE FOR CASH.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT

ANY AND ALL BIDS60176299

NOTICE OFPUBLIC SALE

A PUBLIC SALE WILL BE HELD BY:

QUALITY CAR & TRUCK & LEASING, INC.

AT: GLOCKNER PLAZA

RT. 23 NORTH, PORTSMOUTH, OHIO

ON: THURSDAY, MARCH 10th, 2011

AT 12PM

Sale is for the purpose of disposing of:

2000 TRANSCRAFT EAGLE TRAILER

VIN# 1TTF48200Y2006895

TERMS: SALE WILL BE FOR CASH.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT

ANY AND ALL BIDS60176292

NOTICE OFPUBLIC SALE

A PUBLIC SALE WILL BE HELD BY:

QUALITY CAR & TRUCK & LEASING, INC.

AT: GLOCKNER PLAZA

RT. 23 NORTH, PORTSMOUTH, OHIO

ON: MONDAY, MARCH 7th, 2011

AT 12PM

Sale is for the purpose of disposing of:

2003 PETERBILT 379

VIN# 1XP5DB8X93D585761

TERMS: SALE WILL BE FOR CASH.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT

ANY AND ALL BIDS60176304

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LEGAL NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

Sealed proposals will be re-ceived by the WheelersburgBoard of Education until Noon onTuesday, March 22, 2011, and atthat time opened and publiclyread by the Treasurer of theBoard of Education as providedby Section 3313.46 of the OhioRevised Code for one (1) 2011model or newer, 72 passengerbus, according to specificationsof said Board of Education.Instructions to bidders, condi-tions for submitting bids, specifi-cations and bid proposal formsmay be obtained at the office ofthe Superintendent of the Boardof Education at 620 CenterStreet, Wheelersburg, Ohio,45694.The Board of Education reservesthe right to accept or reject anyand all bids. By Order of theBoard of Education Wheelers-burg Local School DistrictGeorge Grice, TreasurerAdv. March 4, 11, 2011

LEGAL NOTICE

Sealed bids will be received bythe Treasurer, Washington NileLocal Schools, 15332 US-52,Portsmouth OH 45662, until 1pmlocal time on March 11, 2011 forthe New Middle School LooseFurnishings in accordance withDrawings & Specifications pre-pared by Tanner, StoneHolsinger, Donges Architects.Bids will be opened and read im-mediately after receipt. The con-struction manager is HillInternational. Submit all ques-tions to Brice Clawson at brice-claw son@hillintl.com or by fax:740/876-9933.

This notice is posted on the Dis-trictʼs website www.west.k12.oh.us. Click on Construction No-tices to Bidders under Short Cutson the left hand side of the homepage. A pre-bid meeting isscheduled for 1pm local timeMarch 4, 2011, at the Washing-ton Nile High School Library15332 US-52, Portsmouth OH.Contract Documents may be ob-tained from DC Reprographics,1254 Courtland Ave, ColumbusOH (614-297-1200) for a refund-able deposit of $50/set (checkpayable to Washington Nile LocalSchools). Shipping costs areseparate and the bidderʼs re-sponsibility. The Contract Docu-ments may be reviewed withoutcharge during business hours atBuilders Exchange Plan Roomsin Valley View, Cincinnati & Day-ton and FW Dodge Plan Roomsin Cincinnati, Columbus & Day-ton All bids must be accompa-nied by a Bid Guaranty in theform of either a Bid Guaranty andContract Bond for the full amountof the bid (including all add alter-nates) or a certified check,cashierʼs check, or an irrevoca-ble letter of credit in an amountequal to 10% of the bid (includingall add alternates), as describedin the Instructions to Bidders.

DOMESTIC STEEL USE RE-QUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIEDIN SECTION 153.011 OF THEREVISED CODE APPLY TOTHIS PROJECT. COPIES OFSECTION 153.011 OF THE RE-VISED CODE CAN BE OB-TAINED FROM ANY OF THEOFFICES OF THE DEPART-MENT OF ADMINISTRATIVESERVICES.

No Bidder may withdraw its bidwithin 60 days after the bid open-ing. The District reserves theright to waive irregularities inbids, to reject any or all bids, andto conduct such investigation asnecessary to determine the re-sponsibility of a bidder.Adv. February 25, March 4, 2011

On March 16, 2011, a 95 Olds Cutlass Supreme 2DVIN#1G3WH12M55D337607

will be for public sale at:New Rides

1818 Eighth StreetPortsmouth, Ohio 45662

Adv. March 4, 2011

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COURT OF COMMON PLEASSCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO

RICK D. MOORE, et al.Plaintiffsvs DANIEL FLORES, et al.Defendants

Case No. 11CIH00031Judge William T. Marshall

PUBLICATION OF NOTICE

To: Mr. Daniel Flores and Mar-lana Flores, Last known addressof 2306 Ridgewood Drive,Wheelersburg, Ohio 45694Please be advised that a Com-plaint has been filed against youin the court of Common Pleas,Scioto County, Ohio, bearingCase No. 11CIH00031. In thatComplaint, the Plaintiffs, RickMoore and Lou Ann Moore, haveasked that the Court of CommonPleas quiet title as to any claimsthat you and other named defen-dants may have as to certain realproperty generally described as2306 Ridgewood Drive, Wheel-ersburg, Ohio. If you fail to file ananswer or otherwise assert yourclaim as to this property within 28days of the last date of the publi-cation of this notice, a judgmentby default may be taken againstyou, and any claimed interestthat you might have in the prop-erty will be terminated. The lastdate of publication will be March18, 2011Stephen C. Rodeheffer, 0014992 Attorney for PlaintiffsAdv. February 11, 18, 25, March4, 11, 18 2011

SHERIFFʼS SALE OF REAL ESTATE

WESBANCO BANK, INC. SUCCESSOR Plaintiff

vs.

JERRY R. HULL, ET AL Defendant

No. 10-CIE-266 In pursuance of an Order of Sale issued in the above entitled ac-tion, I will offer for sale at public auction, at the door of the Court House in Portsmouth, Ohio, in the above named County, on Wednesday, the 6th day of April, 2011, at 1:00 oʼclock P.M., the following described real estate, situate in the County of Scioto and State of Ohio, and in the Township of Madison to-wit: 25.728 Acre Tract Situate SouthWest 1/4 Of Section 18, Town-ship 5, Range 19 (MadisonTwp.), Scioto County, Ohio and being part of that original 82 acre tract of James Ray Hull and Carmen R. Hull as recorded Vol-ume 636, Page 625. Beginningat a stone found on the east lineof the said James Ray Hull origi-nal 82 acre tract recorded Vol-ume 636, Page 625 said stone also being located at the south east corner Of the North East 1/4 of the South West 1/4 of S 18, T5, R19; thence, from this point ofbeginning and with the north-south splitting line thereof, N 03°21 '05” E a distance of 345.33feet to a point in the center line ofShoemaker Road said pointbeing witnessed by a survey PKspike set in said center line S38°42ʼ 40” E at a distance of 21.98feet; thence, with the next fifteencalls along the said center line ofShoemaker Road to PK surveyspikes set, N 47°24'48" W a distance of 12.91 feet; thence N 02°11'27" W a dis-tance of 91.91 feet; thence N 04° 04' 03" E a distance of 116.62 feet; thence N 11°12'18" W a dis-tance of 65.15 feet; thence N 49° 40' 01" W a distance at 85.23feet; thence N 63° 28' 05" W adistance of 185.10 feet; thence N64° 20' 29" W a distance of194.44 feet; thence N 56° 51' 25”W a distance of 103.67 feet;thence N 69° 56' 33" W a dis-tance of 68.74 feet; thence N 87°55' 11" W a distance of 62.20feet; thence S 80° 18' 30” W adistance of 51.57 feet; thence S82° 33' 47" W a distance of128.59 feet; thence S 81° 48' 19" W a distance of 50.32 feet; thence S 85° 57' 34" W a dis-tance of 330.84 feet: thence S85° 42' 13" W a distance of160.45 feet to the intersectionwith the center line of MarcumRoad; thence, with three callsalong the center line of MarcumRoad to survey PK spikes settherein, S 04° 28' 02" W a dis-tance of 265.78 feet; thence S04° 27' 13" W a distance of279.87 feet, and; thence S 04°59' 17" W a distance of 249.24feet; thence, leaving the saidroad, S 87° 08' 12" E a distanceof 1400.60 feet (passing an ironpin set at 30.00 feet, all iron pinsbeing set this survey are 5/8"rebar w/cap and bearings arebased on those of a plat of sur-vey by John Elswick, LS OhioNo. 5334, dated 10/27/81) backto the stone found at the point ofbeginning, having an area of25.728 acres more or less.

* Said Premises Located at 459 Joe Shoemaker Road, Minford OH 45653

PARCEL NUMBER: 10-0497.001

* Said Premises Appraised at $ Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount.

TERMS OF SALE: TEN PERCENT (10%) CASH INHAND ON DAY OF SALE WITHBALANCE TO BE PAID UPONDELIVERY OF DEED. THISSHERIFFʼS SALE OPERATESUNDER THE DOCTRINE OFCAVEAT EMPTOR. THESCIOTO COUNTY SHERIFFMAKES NO GUARANTEE ASTO STATUS OF TITLE PRIORTO SALE.

Marty V. Donini Sheriff Scioto County, OH Flagel & Papakirk LLC 513-984-8111 Attorney Adv. March 4, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011

200 Announcements

Notices

Special Meeting Lucasville Lodge #465 F&AM Friday March 4th 7:00pm At Erwin-Dodson-Allen Fu-neral Home To Conduct Fu-neral service for Bro. Merrill Wayne HickmanHarold Arnett, Jr W.M.

300 Services

Child / Elderly Care

A&A Care GiversIn-Home Senior Care 740-370-

4992 OHSeniorServices.com

Home Improvements

EVERMAN DRYWALL Hang, Finish, Texture,WorkGuaranteed 740-354-6923

400 Financial

500 Education

600 Animals

Pets

6 yorkie pups 3M 3F $300 M$350 F First Shots wormed,Ready to go Feb. 28th 740-574-4988 After 4pm

Chinese Crested Pups AKCHairless & PowderPuffs Par-ents on Premises. $350 285-1436

CKC Pups Lhasa Apso & MinDachsund, 8wks- 4mo $200-$300 606-836-5928

Gr Dane, Maltese, T-cup,Yorky Pups, $375+Gr Dane2yrs $300 paypal av 820-2460

700 Agriculture

900 Merchandise

Bargain Basement

2 Zebco Fishing Rod & Reels$10 ea. Porcelain Doll in hang-ing cab., papers $28 858-6579

Adopt A Dog F Shitzu $49.99Toy Poodle F Free To good

Home Call 820-2460

Chihuahua/Terrier Mix Pups$20 ea 12 wks 1 white male 1br. fem. 10lbs as adult very lov-able & sm. 4 yr old Mother freeto good home 372-0450 or textfor pic 961-3871

FS76 Stihl Weedeater, 2 Heads,$49.99 Call 858-5478 or 464-9114

Pickup load split Firewood$40 858-6579

Steel/Wood Cart 5'x3' $40 firmPlatform scales wt. up to 30lbsex cond $9.99 353-7043

Terrier Mix Puppy Free toGood Home Incl. 1 mo. dogfood Call 259-4933

Thornless derect Blackbirdplants, 20 for $49.99 740-820-8622

Very Nice Twin Size Mat-tress, Can be wiped clean$49.99 876-9050

Furniture

Estate Furniture Uph Chair $95Rocker $60 Dresser $50 8-ChairDinette Set $180 740-981-6088

Miscellaneous

2 Fireplaces 1 Cast Iron, 1 Oakw oak columns, frame, & mirror.Gd Cond, $250ea Two sets of GolfClubs w Bags $70ea Golf Pull Cartlike new $40 574-6951Aftr 5pm

Bathtub & enclosure woodvanity & top, toilet new $325.Oak table & chairs, china cabi-net like new $650 Ab lounge$50 606-694-2826

Bryant C/A 3.5 ton condenserunit only (R410A-Puron) Neverused $450 858-8532

CCW Classes Edmon Scott740-858-2850 next classMarch 9 2011 Held at Ports.Super 8 Motel Cost $100 lessammo. enscott@yaho.com

Computer Desk $40, 821-3795

Fed. Reserve Note, U.S. Cur-rency One Thousand Dollar BillRare $1350 firm 740-533-3870

For Sale Dry Wall Hanger$350 259-4810

Goodman complete heatpump system 10 seer, used$600, Amana Fridge.w. Icemkr Used $175 606-932-4726

Miscellaneous

Lucrative Floor Covering Busi-ness For Sale. Excellent Income.740-352-8092

Moving Must Sale Washer &Dryer set works great $100.Wurlitzer Spinnet Piano $300740-357-2616

Ruger LCP Pistol .380, 2Mags, w/ Case, like new, $425Call 858-5478 464-9114

Sponge Bob Toddler Bedw/mattress Ex. Cond. $49.99961-5212

Wall Tapestry For sale 78x52very good condition. $300 obo876-3005

Yard Sale

Estate Sale THurs. & Fri. 8am-5pm 4300 St. Rt. 140 Wheel-ersburg All Appliance, furnitureetc. 352-2377

Giant CHurch Rummage Sale Sat.March 5th 8-3 Ohio Furnace BaptistChurch Fellowship Hall. 3132Haverhill Ohio Furnace Rd. FollowSigns Off of Ohio Furnace Rd. Fur-niture, clothes, toys, householditems, and much more. Rain orshine.

Huge Rummage Sale Fri & Sat8:30 - 3 Berean Baptist ChurchWinchester Ave. in Sciotoville.

Indoor Flea Market SaturdayMarch 5th IOOF Building 502Court Street.

INDOOR MOVING SALE 2297 Lucasville/Minford RdSat. March 5, Doors open 8amSharp

Inside Garage Sale 283Gleim Rd Burg. Sat March 5th10-? Wa-a-ay to much to men-tion!

Yard Sale At 1712 Har-risonville High Praises Churchof God. Sat. the 5th at 9am-?Concession Included.

Yard Sale Sat. Mar. 5, 7:30-3Sherman Rd. Ports. Everythingmust go. Lots of clothes,household items.

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Vehicles

ATVs

04 Four Wheeler 90 CC2 Stroke $525 obo464-2880

07 400 EX w/reverse 440 bigbore kit ITP wheels tires, DGexhaust, nerfs, fr. bumper$1000 extras $2200 464-5476

2005 400 EX 4Wheeler In veryGood Condition $2800 Call259-4503 or 357-6432

Boats / Accessories

Fiberglass boat 15' 4" 25 HPSpirit motor incl. sm. trollingmotor. $600 464-6053

Campers / RVs & Trailers

04 Forest River RockWoodRoo Travel Trailer 24ft slideout Sleeps 8 Loaded w/ extrasWinter cover inc. Very goodcond. $7800 740-285-0664

2006 Travel Trailer Sierra 34 Ft.2 Slideouts. $35,000 Invested Ask-ing $18,000. On Lot At Lazy Vil-lage 354-1202 or 357-3369

98 Wilderness Camper 33ftw/ Super Slide out A/C furn. Allworks $7800 352-7219

Motorcycles

2002 Kawasaki K5AKX 65 dirtbike like new, new rear tire$1000 obo title 354-2647

Harley 01 Heritage Classic$7,995, Harley 01 Road King103 Screaming Eagle Mustsee $8,750 606-232-6319

Harley 04 Electra Glide CLas-sic 1 Owner $9995, Harley 91Sportser $2995 606-232-6319

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Autos

08 Chevy Malibu V6 AUTOLoaded 41k mi Nice, $9550

352-8343 or 858-3077

02 Merc. Benz 320 C Class4dr Auto CD/ Radio EC Aprox90Kmi $10,700 call 259-5774

04 Ford Escape XLT V-6 Auto,60kmi $6995 858-9213 be-tween 9-5

04 Toyota Sequoia LoadedLeather 3rd row seating 4wd97k $12,900 obo 820-2740

05 GMC sierra Z71 Crew Cab DuelExhaust DVD/ NAV. Sys. $15,500357-3328

08 Sat Vue 07 Chevy Cobalt06 Kia Sorento brilliantbryant.com for details 821-2283

09 Cobalt LT 2 dr auto 4 cyl18k 37 mpg. Asking $6,995Book $12,000 740-352-1251

09 Mazda 3 4dr 31kmi $8,450,01 Chevy Tracker 4x4 AUTO

74km $4995 8589213 9-5

09 Pontiac Vibe 20kmi $845000 Toyota ext. Cab 2WD60kmi $5995 858-9213 9-5

1995 Dodge Caravan Wheel-chair accessible new tiedowns, converted by IMS96,000 mi $6000 Call 330-607-0838 or 354-6121

Autos

20 ft low boy trailer $900 93Ford Topaz 70kmi needs littlework $500 574-8133

Buying Some Junk Carscomplete $275 & up Noncomplete less 776-2886

Lowered to $6,900 09 2 dr.Cobalt auto, cd, 47kmi, rebuiltNew Tires 456-6574

Will pay top $ For unwantedjunk cars & trucks $300-$500Free pkup 456-4237 740-727-3134

Trucks

05 Chevy Silverado V8 Auto AC,CD Cruise 114kmi $4,950 352-8343 858-3077

2006 Toyota Sequoia Verygood shape 79k, w/ext. war-ranty, limited package interiorbrand new tires very sharp,black $17,900 Call 372-1011

Nice 1999 full sz Dodge Van318 V8 90k runs ex. $4200obo 574-0660 648-0033

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Sales

For Sale By Owner

50 Acre Farm. Home, Barn,Garage, & Fence Great HuntingGreenup, KY 606-473-1843

Houses For Sale

For Sale 3 Bdrm House, Newwood floors throughout. 4 mi.W. of Carl Perkins Bridge. Rt.8, KY $74,900 obo email:dave@grafbro. com or 740-352-6605

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Rentals

Apartments/ Townhouses

2 Bd Apt. in Burg water,sewer, gar., cable, internet pd.$475 mo. 574-0660 648-0033

2 Bdrm. Stove &Fridge. Gas furn. Call OsborneCleaners 9-5:30 354-2440

Candlewood Apartments

Efficiency, 1 & 2 Bedrooms in Wheelers-burg's finest apartment

community. No applicationfee, reduced security de-

posit with good credit.Laundry & pool 740-574-

8665.www.renttheburg.com

PGS RentalsQuality Apts. For Rent Office Located at 1037Kent St. Ph: 353-1443

or 877-353-1443

So. Shore KY Apt 2 Bdrm.W/D Hookup $350 mo + Dep.353-6047

SSU STUDENTS Quiet, 2 BDApt $550 mo. 354-2179

Woodbine Apartments

1519 Kendall Avenue

Portsmouth, OH$315 and up!740-353-0717

Houses For Rent

2112 Vermont Ave. 2BR No largePets, $370m Dep, Ref. req. 353-7390

New Boston Beautiful newlyremod. 2BR Cottage Stove Fridgemini Blinds off st parking no pets$600mo 456-5527

Rosemount Newly Remod-eled 1 bdrm. kitchen appl.attch. gar. 456-6769 $500 mo.$400 dep. Ref. Req'd.

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Housing

5000 Resort Property

6000 Employment

Help Wanted - General

Baby Sitter Needed in myhome Rubyville Area 876-4126or 740-250-6042

Hiring Immediately Fri/Sat.Night shift Apply in person onlySuper 8 in Portsmouth

Local Landscape Co. NowHiring. Carpentry skills a plus,Please send resume or letterof interest to PO Box 166Wheelersburg OH 45694

Part time Cook and ServerNeeded for Night Shift. Applyin person Patsys InnPortsmouth.

Best Specialized is currentlyseeking Class A CDL FlatbedDrivers. Must have 2 yearscurrent tractor trailer experi-ence and a minimum of 6months pulling flatbeds. Runsare East of the Mississippi;pays .33 cpm; weekly guaran-tee of $750.00; home 8 out of10 weekends, great benefitswith monthly bonus. Pleasecall 800-849-1818 or apply online at www.bestspecialized.com

Riverbend House HiringLPNs Full & Part Time, Activi-ties Coordinater, Part TimeNeeded. 740-574-1399

RN - $31 P/H

Needed for Juvenile Correc-tional Institute in Franklin Fur-nace, OH. 1st, 2nd & 3rd Shiftsavailable on Full-time, Part-time and PRN basis.Each assignment ranges from1 month - 3 months at a time.Please call 614-268-3800(daytime) and/or email re-sumes to employment@a1columbus.com

State Tested Nurse Aide

Full Time PositionAvailable

*Excellent Benefit Package*State Testing Paid

*No mandatory Overtime*Structured Orientation

*Free Meals

Accepting Applications At Hill View

1610 28th St.Portsmouth, OH

E.E.O.E.

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Directory

Cleaning

Heavenly Touch Cleaning Serv.Mon-Fri Home/ Business $50 flatrate Mona Cooper 606-932-9989

Home Improvement

D.L. Binion ContractingSpecializing in drywall & plas-

ter repair. For all your new con-struction or remodeling needs.Installation of windows, doors& vinyl siding 574-5725 For

Free Estimate

Miscellaneous

Rogerʼs Home Improvement Windows Siding Decks PlumbingRoofing Fully Insured. 574-9555

Roofing

A Plus Contractors Roofing andRoof Repair. License & Insured.606-923-1934