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Wayne AllenPDT Staff Writer
Southern Moon Pit BBQ has reopened after being closed for a month to con-duct computer upgrades and clean the restaurant located at 1501 East 52 and Offnere Street in Ports-mouth.
“We reopened yester-day (Tuesday),” said Carl Marley, owner of Southern Moon Pit BBQ. “We did some computer updates and cleaning while we were closed. We ended up paint-
ing the outside and inside and moved some stuff around.”
He said there are many items offered at Southern Moon Pit BBQ and all of the meats are smoked.
“We offer smoked pork, chicken. We smoke a whole chicken and pull it apart. We offer pulled chicken, we sell half, quarters or legs. We have jumbo wings that are smoked. We also smoke turkey. We also pull that apart to make sandwiches
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Layoffs possible after state reviews budgetFrank LewisPDT Staff Writer
The city of Portsmouth may lay off employees as the result of a higher than originally predicted budget deficit. Ports-mouth Mayor David Malone issued a memo about possible layoffs to department heads on Tuesday.
“There are some things that we are discuss-ing and looking at but they may not pan out,” Malone said Wednesday
morning. “We’ll have an overall budget meet-ing next week possibly with all departments. I’ve asked them to revise their original budget so that we can look at the worst case scenario, based upon the discus-sion that went on in the (City) Council meeting.
State Auditor Dave Yost’s office has iden-tified multiple adjust-ments due to unallow-able allocations made by the city of Portsmouth. Portsmouth had pro-
jected slashing the city’s deficit to $700,000 for 2012 and clearing it off the books by the start of 2013, but the State Audi-tor’s office now says the city must pay back to several enterprise funds monies that were used as Central Service Cost Al-locations, known to city officials as charge-offs, to other funds within the city. That will balloon the deficit from $700,000 to $1.1 million next year, forcing Malone to have to make some decisions
on how to cut the budget even more than original-ly anticipated.
“When we told the state that we were going to reduce this, did we tell them we were going to take two years?” Sixth Ward Councilman Steve Sturgill asked.
“We didn’t tell them,” Malone said. “They told us.”
Portsmouth City Audi-tor Trent Williams said this puts pressure on the city’s original plan.
“We agreed on a pro-
gram to reduce the defi-cit by half in the first year and by half in the second year, from $700,000 to zero,” Williams said. “So this puts a little problem in that plan.”
Citizens can expect to see a reduction in city services.
“Is there any way to reduce that $1.1 million without making cuts in services,” Sturgill asked.
Williams said he did not see a way. He said if everything goes as planned the city is still
facing a $700,000 deficit at the end of 2013.
“So the state kind of outlined a plan for us, then changed the rules, basically,” Third Ward Councilman Nick Basham said.”We had an approved plan and bud-get.”
Williams said the state only monitors the city’s plan.
“The state doesn’t ap-prove our budget,” he said. “They approved
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Detroit 5 convictedFrank LewisPDT Staff Writer
The Fourth District Court of Appeals has up-held the convictions of five Detroit men, dubbed the “Detroit 5.”
The five men were in-dicted on charges stem-ming from the Oct. 25, 2010 raid by Portsmouth Police and the Scioto County Adult Probation Department on a house only a block from the Sci-oto County Courthouse. The jury convicted the men on all 40 counts sub-mitted to them after a four day trial.
Daniel C. Pippen, 36; Maurice H. Williams, 31; Tyrone R. Dixon, 28; Eric D. Durr, 39 and Evan Ja-mar Howard, also known as Antonne Perkins, 32, all of Detroit were con-victed on eight counts each of trafficking in Oxy-codone, heroin and mari-juana. Each was convicted as a major drug offender, which carries an addition-al 10 year sentence and for trafficking in drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.
Each man was sen-tenced to 27 years in pris-on. The Appeals Court returned the case to the Court of Common Pleas for minor adjustments in the sentencing.
According to Scioto County Prosecutor Mark Kuhn, on the morning of Oct. 25, 2010, after re-ceiving anonymous tips about drug sales near the courthouse, officers went to the residence of proba-tioner Katherine Lansing at 518 Sixth St. Upon knocking, officers heard voices and movement in-side and kicked the door open, entered and found the five men. Officers searched the house and seized 1,824 Oxycodone 30 milligram tablets, hero-in, cocaine and marijuana, as well as $16,800 cash.
“The irony of this case is that it happened about half way between Scudder School and the courthouse,” Assistant Prosecutor Pat Apel said. “Scudder is an alternative school for students with discipline problems, many of whom have drug prob-lems, and these Detroit drug dealers are going wide open in eyesight of the school and the court-house.”
The Appeals Court has returned the case to the Common Pleas Court for resentencing on certain counts.
frank lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at [email protected]
County helps residents with septic systemsWayne AllenPDT Staff Writer
The Scioto County Board of Health has received $160,000 from the Environ-mental Protection Agency to help fix failed or failing residential septic systems throughout the county.
On Tuesday the Scioto County Commissioners ap-proved a second round of funding totaling $16,490. Round No. 2 includes seven projects in Franklin Fur-nace, South Webster, Min-ford, Lucasville and McDer-mott.
“This program is aimed at low to moderate income res-idents, depending on house-hold size. If you system is failing or needs repaired and as long as you live in and own the home, you can apply,” said Melissa Spears, director of Environmental Health for the Scioto Coun-ty Health Department. “De-pending on household size, will depend on whether or not the funding will cover 100 percent of the project cost or if the homeowner is
going to be required to pay 15 percent of the cost.”
She said funding for this program was first available through the American Re-covery and Reinvestment Act.
The Scioto County Com-missioners recently ap-proved the first round of 15 projects totaling $40,000.
She said projects will be funded as funding will be made available.
“We have $120,000 that we have access to. Until that’s gone, we can keep awarding projects,” Spears said. “We have until Decem-ber to have the systems put in.”
She said those interested in applying must live in the county, can’t be hooked up to a sanitary system, and the residence cannot be a rental property. To ap-ply call the Scioto County Health Department at 740-354-3241.
Wayne allen may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 208, or [email protected].
Crews with American Star Painting & Coatings of Marietta are working to paint parts of St.
Mary Church on Market Street in Portsmouth. Crews are expected
to be at the church for the next three to four weeks.
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InfraMetals still moving forward in NBRyan Scott OttneyPDT Staff Writer
NEW BOSTON — A spokesperson for InfraMetals says the company is “close to closing” on the acquisition of recently remediated land in New Bos-ton to build a new steel distribution center.
In June, Inframetals project man-ager Michael Dean said they were just 30-days away from closing the deal to build a $13 million steel distribution
plant in New Boston. Now far past that timeframe, Dean said Wednesday that the company is still “close to clos-ing” on their deal.
He had no further comment at this time.
The Southern Ohio Port Authority first announced in 2007 their plans to remediate land behind the former Walmart building, where a diesel shop once operated in the New Bos-ton Coke Plant. InfraMetals agreed to purchase the land from SOPA after it
had been remediated and approved by Environmental Protection Agency.
After SOPA had completed its re-mediation of the New Boston property last fall, they and InfraMetals hosted a formal groundbreaking ceremony, even though the company still had not — and has not — yet purchased the land.
As further incentive to build in New Boston, the company was granted a 40 percent, six-year Job Creation
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Obituaries
Carl Fleser, 80Carl L. Fleser, 80 of St Rt
#335, Waverly, Ohio died 11:38 p.m. Monday at his residence. Carl was born Jan. 16,1932, in Waverly,
O h i o t h e s o n of the l a t e M i k e
Fleser and Mary A. (Lazar) Fleser. He was united in marriage to Clare M. Peg (Honaker) Fleser on June 15, 1958, who survives.
Also surviving are a son Carl Roger Fleser and wife Jacqueline of Sunbury, Ohio two daughters, Renee Lou-ise Allen of San Antonio, Texas and Rebecca Ann Gill and husband Matthew of Galena, Ohio, five grand-children, Lauren Elizabeth and Thomas Michael Fleser, Carly Renee, James Ryan and Nicholas Andrew Allen, two sisters, Olympia Hen-son and husband David of Galesburg, Mich., and Mary Ann Dettis and husband Weyandt of Akron, Ohio.
Carl attended Waverly Grace United Methodist Church, graduate of Wa-verly High School, Class of 1950 and was a lifetime Farmer. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served in the U. S. Army, member of Orient Lodge #321 F&AM, member of the Valley of Columbus, Scottish Rite, and a mem-ber of Aladdin Shrine, Co-
lumbus, Ohio, former board member of Pike County Soil Conservation District and Pike County Landmark and a former member of the First National Bank Board of Directors. Funeral servic-es will be held 10 a.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 29, 2012, at the BOYER FUNERAL HOME in Waverly, Ohio with Rev. David Burris and Rev. Dan Evory Officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Union Cemetery, Waverly, Ohio.
Friends may call at the funeral home 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. until the service hour on Saturday. Orient Lodge #321 F&AM, will conduct Masonic services 7 p.m. Fri-day. Memorial Contribution may be made to: Waverly Grace United Methodist Church, Family Life Cen-ter or 4-H Building Fund % OSU Extension, 313 Mill Street, Piketon, Ohio 45661.
www.boyerfuneral.com
Janice F. Alley, 65Janice Faye Alley, 65, of
Wheelersburg, died Tues-day, September 25, 2012 at her residence. Born May 6, 1947 in Portsmouth, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Harold Donald and Eva Faye Pyles Conklin, she was a homemaker and a member of Harrison Mills Church of Christ in Christian Union.
She is survived by one son, William J. Alley of Lucasville; two daughters, Christina L. Alley of Wheel-ersburg, Angela F. (Herb) Pistole of Portsmouth; four grandchildren, Garrett Adkins, Kayla Alley, Todd Adkins, Heather Adkins; one brother, Stan (Patty) Conklin, and two sisters, Barb (Bill) Alley and Deb-bie (Rick) McClurg. In ad-dition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roger L. Alley
on May 11, 2005 whom she married January 16, 1971, and two brothers, Donald Conklin and James Clifford Conklin.
Funeral services will be conducted at Noon Satur-day, September 29, 2012 at Erwin-Dodson-Allen Fu-neral Home in Minford with Rev. Harold Cox officiating. Burial will be in Gilliland Cemetery near Minford. Friends may call at the fu-neral home from 10:00 a.m. to Noon Saturday prior to the service. Online condo-lences may be sent to www.edafh.com.
Clayton Coburn, 82
Clayton Frederick Co-burn, 82, of McDermott, died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 at his residence.
He was born Oct. 3, 1929, in West Portsmouth; a son
of the l a t e George a n d Thelma C u l p
Coburn.Clayton was a retired ce-
ment mason from Cement and Plasterers Union 109, a U.S. Army Korean War vet-eran, formerly active in the Rush Township Volunteer Fire Department, and at-tended Bethel United Meth-odist Church.
He is survived by one daughter Lois (Richard) Phillips of McDermott; two grandchildren Joel and Michael (Christy) Web-ster; Step grandsons Kyle (Drew) Phillips and Tyson (Elizabeth) Phillips; one great granddaughter Han-nah Faith Webster; four step great grandchildren So-phie, Myles, Cameron, and Tori Phillips; one brother George “Pete” Coburn of McDermott; one sister Ida Fay Guilkey of Columbus.
He was also preceded
in death by his wife, Sarah Katherine Rupert Coburn, Aug. 23, 2012; one brother Harold Edward Mullins; and two sisters Dorothy Mullins and Janet Smalley.
Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Fri-day, Sept. 28, 2012, at the McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville with George “Pete” Coburn officiating. Burial will follow in Scioto Burial Park where mili-tary graveside rites will be performed by the William A. Baker and James Irwin Posts of the American Le-gion. Friends may call 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Helen Journey, 100Helen Louise Journey,
100, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, at SOMC Hospice. Helen was born Feb. 19, 1912 in Portsmouth to the late Sidwell Ferguson and Ten-nessee Bartrum Ferguson.
She was a fancy stitcher for Williams Manufactur-ing Company, and also em-ployed by Kroger. She was a member of the former First United Methodist Church and its Crusaders Class.
In addition to her par-ents, she was preceded in death by her husband, How-ard Journey in 1958; four brothers; and five sisters.
Helen is survived by her daughter, Judy Aeh Cutlip of Portsmouth; one grand-daughter, Sara (Danny) Wales of Salisbury, North Carolina; one great-grand-daughter, Hannah Wales of Salisbury, North Carolina; and many nieces and neph-ews.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at F.C. Daehler Mor-tuary Company in Ports-mouth with Pastor John Gowdy officiating. Inter-ment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before the service on Saturday at Daehlers.
Garnet Davis, 82Garnet Faye Davis of
Wheelersburg went in peace to meet our Lord on Sept. 25, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at SOMC Hospice. She was born July 10, 1930 in Ports-mouth to the late Iva and Hord Frye of Portsmouth. Garnet was a member of Stoney Run Tabernacle. She will be truly missed.
Garnet is survived by her two children, Debra Cupp of Wheelersburg and Dar-rell Randolf Davis of Hunts-ville, Alabama; four grand-children, Brandi Cupp of Wheelersburg, Phillip Cupp II of Sammamish, Washing-ton, and Evan and Nathan Davis of Columbus.; three great-grandchildren, Patrick Lee Burnett of Wheelers-burg, and Leah and Asher Cupp of Sammamish, Wash-ington; and six sisters and one brother.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Sat-urday, September 29, 2012 at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelersburg with Pastor Danny Thomp-son and Francis Wiley offi-ciating. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28 and one hour before the ser-vice on Saturday. Burial will be in Memorial Burial Park.
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Bill Ottney, 92William “Bill” Ottney,
92, of Ft. Meyers, Fla., for-merly of New Boston, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, in Ft. Meyers. Arrange-ments are pending at the Swick-Bussa-Chamberlin Funeral Home in Wheelers-burg.
Terry Richendollar, 63
Terry Richendollar, 63, of Vanceburg, Ky., died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. Ser-vices will be 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, at the Tracy Brammer-Monroe Funeral Home. Interment will fol-low the service at Haver-hill Cemetery in Haverhill, Ohio. Friends may call Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Ray Mullins, 77Ray Homer Mullins,
77, of Denton, Ky., died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at Kings Daughter’s Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. Ser-vices will be Saturday, Sept. 29, at noon at Sparks Funer-al Home in Grayson. Inter-ment will follow in the Fort-
ner Cemetery near Denton, Ky. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the funeral home.
Rayetta Dyer, 63Rayetta Henderson Dyer,
63, of Vanceburg, Ky., died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, in Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. Ser-vices will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at Dickerson Funeral Home in Vanceburg, Ky. Interment will follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Concord, Ky. Friends may visit from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, and until the service hour at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Dickerson Funeral Home in Vanceburg, Ky.
Mary Skidmore, 47Mary Kathy Preble Skid-
more, 47, of Garrison, Ky., died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va. A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 29, 2012, at the Skidmore Cemetery in Garrison, Ky. Globe Family Funeral Chapel in Garrison, Kentucky, is in charge of all arrangements.
• Juanita Carson — 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Boyer Funeral Home in Waverly, with visitation 9:30-10:30 a.m. Thursday. Interment in Moores Chapel Cemetery.
• Jack Glass Jr. — 11 a.m. Thursday at Barrett’s Creek Missionary Baptist Church, with visitation 10-11 a.m. Thursday. Arrangements by Sparks Funeral Home in Grayson, Ky
• Elizabeth Spillman — 11 a.m. Thursday at Roger W. Davis Funeral Home in West Portsmouth, with visi-tation 10-11 a.m. Thursday. Interment in McKenndree Cemetery.
Wilma Gifford — 1 p.m. Thursday at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelers-burg, with visitation 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday. Interment in Sunset Gardens.
• Mitchell Grooms — 1 p.m. Thursday at Lafferty Funeral Home in West Union, with visitation 11 a.m.-1 p.m Thursday. Inter-ment is at East Liberty Cem-etery.
• Harry Shope — 1 p.m. Thursday at Davis Funeral Home in South Webster, with visitation until service Thursday. Interment in Highland Memorial Garden.
• Richard Myers — 2 p.m. Thursday at Phillips Funeral Home in Ironton. Interment in Slabfork Cemetery.
• Judy Swords — 2 p.m. Thursday at Melcher Fu-neral Home in Portsmouth,
with visitation 1-2 p.m. Thursday.
• June Carlson — 3 p.m. Thursday at Peterson Fu-neral Home, 205 East Cass St., Cadillac, Mich., with visitation 2-3 p.m. Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday at Flanner and Buchanan, 1305 East Broad Ripple Ave., Indianapolis, Ind., with visitation 2-3 p.m. Saturday.
• Robert Francis — 6 p.m. Thursday at Miller Fu-neral Home in St. Marys, Ohio, with visitation 1-5 p.m. Thursday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Friday at Hickory Ridge Cemetery in Bentonville.
• Arthur Grooms — 1 p.m. Friday at Thompson-Meeker Funeral Home in West Union. Interment in West Union Cemetery.
• Betty Weisenberger — 1 p.m. Friday at Davis Funer-al Home in South Webster, with visitation 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. Interment in South Webster Cemetery.
• Tom Evans Jr. — 2 p.m. Friday at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheel-ersburg, with visitation 6-9 p.m. Thursday. Interment in Vernon Cemetery.
• Betty Gilmer — Cele-bration of life 1-3 p.m. Satur-day at Hill View Retirement Center’s Forrest Room in Portsmouth. Arrangements by F.C. Daehler Mortuary in Portsmouth.
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our plan. So long as the budget goes as we ex-pected, then we would have been on target for that plan. They don’t ac-tually approve it. They re-view it, basically after it’s finished. You’re looking at the 2011 budget when you had about $1 million in charge-offs, and they wanted us to reduce it down to about $600,000.”
The adjustments in-clude decreasing the General Fund balance by $718,917; decreasing the Capital Improvement Fund balance by $17,587; decreasing the Commu-nity Development Fund balance by $4,329 and decreasing the Sewer Fund balance by $7,957. As a result of the find-ings, Yost ordered the city to increase the Flood Defense Fund balance by $83,784; increase the Street Maintenance Fund balance by $174,570; in-crease the Water Fund balance by $399,617 and increase the Sanitation Fund balance by $90,819.
The adjustments were the result of a current audit of the city of Ports-mouth for the period of Jan. 1, 2011 through Dec. 31, 2011.
“Ohio Revised Code
Section 5705.10(H) states that monies paid into a fund must be used only for the purposes for which such fund has been established,” Charles F. Barga, CPA, Chief Auditor the the Athens Region, said in correspondence with Portsmouth City Auditor Trent Williams. “A Cost Allocation Plan was devel-oped in order to allocate fiscal year 2011 costs to various city departments.”
Those allocations are commonly referred to as “charge-offs.”
Barga’s testing referred to the fact that the city’s Cost Allocation Plan in-cluded various indirect costs such as fringe bene-fits and utilities which may be subject to allocation. However, Barga said the city only posted allocations pertaining to wages.
“The approved Cost Al-location Plan included an iteration factor in the calcu-lation to reallocate indirect costs received back into ex-pending funds. This allows for the potential to post the same expenditure multiple times,” The letter said. “The Cost Allocation Plan used total expenditures by department from calendar year 2010 to allocate some indirect costs. These 2010 expenditures included the 2010 unsupported alloca-
tion adjustments posted by the city. As such, the percentages used did not accurately reflect depart-mental portions and were not supported by any other reasonable methodology.”
Barga said the city posted allocations from departments not included in the CAP; Fire Depart-ment Fund 101.223; Traf-fic Lights Fund 101.331; Grounds Maintenance Fund 101.333; Commu-nity Development Fund 101.661; Engineer In-spection Fund 101.663; Street Maintenance Fund 231.335; Water Collections Fund 604.774 and Flood Defense Fund 621.225.
Williams said the state reacted to the charge-offs because of the lack of a reasonable methodology to explain the need for those funds to be transferred, and told Council the city has to comply.
“It really bothers me as a local elected official that first we had one plan of CIP money a local judge didn’t find palatable,” Basham said. “So we came with another plan, and we thought this out. We worked the budget out. We came up with numbers that within years we could be back at least to a level. And now it’s almost like having the rug pulled out from un-
der you. It’s the state tell-ing the local government basically what you can and can’t do and at the same time telling us we can’t have a deficit. So what if we just don’t do anything with this? If we leave it the way it is, what is the State Auditor going to do?”
Malone suggested the city might then be put into fiscal watch status.
“We need to look at the worst case scenario which includes layoffs,” Malone said on Wednesday morn-ing. “(City Auditor) Trent (Williams) doesn’t seem to think they will accept any explanation as far as the charge-offs that we use, and, based on that, we’re just assuming that we’re going to have to go ahead and deal with that $400,000. It’s possible that could change, but we don’t know of it. It’s going to be well after our budget is finalized and approved anyway. So we’re just assuming that we have that deficit and we just have to deal with it.”
Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at [email protected]
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Tax Credit from the state of Ohio and a 75 percent, 10-year local tax credit from the village. Also, last month, the Scioto County Commissioners approved an application to the Gov-ernor’s Office of Appalachia for $150,000 to help In-fraMetals purchase an over-head crane that will be used
in the New Boston facility.Now with remediation
behind them and the site approved by the EPA, Dean said in June that the com-pany is moving forward with legal transfer of the property to build the new facility. Once the title has been cleared, Dean said the company will begin construction right away. He estimated in June that
the business will be com-pletely operational by mid-first-quarter of 2013 with 25 starting employees and increasing to 65 or 70 as quickly as possible. There was no comment on how these further delays might affect that timeline.
A subsidiary of the pub-licly-traded Reliance-Infra-Metals (NYSE: RS) of Wall-ingford, Conn., InfraMetals
steel distribution company already operates six steel service center warehouses in Florida, Virgina, Mary-land, Connecticut and Il-linois. The company will reportedly generate $1.8 million in new annual pay-roll at its New Boston plant
Ryan Scott Ottney can be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 235, or [email protected].
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and we also have jumbo tur-key legs,” Marley said.
Marley said he is not aware of any business in the area that offers anything similar to what they do at Southern Moon Pit BBQ.
He said the response from the community has been positive since the reopen-ing.
“We’ve had a really good response from the commu-nity,” Marley said.
Marley said there is not one particular item people stop to specifically order. He said they stop in for ev-erything.
Marley is still recovering from an accident that oc-curred in front of Southern Moon Pit BBQ in February.
“In February I got hit by a car. I went over to Family Dollar to get some Clorox and I was coming across the road and I had three gallons of Clorox on a two wheeled dolly and someone hit me,” Marley said. “They said I flew higher than the car. The impact broke my hip, broke my wrist and I was in the hospital for two weeks.”
Marley said he is still un-dergoing therapy as a result of his injuries.
He said catering services are also available.
Southern Moon Pit BBQ is open from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
For more information call 740-355-2271.
Wayne Allen may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 208, or [email protected].
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Ohioans may qualify to receive foreclosure settlementFrank LewisPDT Staff Writer
If your home was foreclosed on between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2011, and you had your mortgage with Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMor-gan Chase or Wells Fargo, you may be eligible for money.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Monday that claim forms are going out to 64,428 Ohio borrowers who lost their home to foreclosure during that time period and who may be eligible for pay-ment under the $25 billion National Mortgage Foreclosure settlement.
The nation’s five largest mortgage servicers have agreed to the settlement with the fed-eral government and attorneys
general for 49 states and the District of Columbia.
The settlement, which took effect in April, earmarked $1.5 billion in payments for 1.75 mil-lion borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure during that period. The payments will be at least $840, and will very likely be higher, depending upon the num-ber of borrowers who decide to participate.
DeWine urged eligible Ohio borrowers to complete their claim forms and return them as soon as possible in the envelope provided, or file them online at www.nation-almortgagesettlement.com. The deadline for all claims is Jan. 18, 2013. Payment checks are expect-ed to be mailed in 2013.
“This payment is intended as partial compensation for the ille-
gal conduct of the mortgage ser-vicers,” DeWine said. “Borrowers don’t have to give up their legal rights to participate. They are free to participate in this settle-ment and also pursue other le-gal remedies for the loss of their home if they choose.”
Eligible borrowers may get a payment from this settlement even if they participate in another foreclosure claims process. How-ever, any payment received may reduce payments borrowers may be eligible to receive in any other foreclosure claim process or legal proceeding.
DeWine said last week, the na-tional settlement administrator mailed notification postcards to the eligible borrowers nationwide. In Ohio, packets containing a let-ter from the Attorney General,
claim forms, instructions and other explanatory information are being mailed to eligible borrowers beginning immediately and con-tinuing through Oct. 12.
DeWine said the one-page claim forms are simple to com-plete. However, borrowers who have questions or need help fil-ing their claim can call a toll-free number 866-430-8358 for assistance, or send questions by e-mail to [email protected]. The information line is staffed Mon-day through Friday. Borrowers should not need to pay anyone to file their claim.
More information about that program is available at www.inde-pendentforclosurereview.com
The national settlement fol-lowed state and federal investi-
gations, which claimed that the five companies routinely signed foreclosure-related documents outside the presence of a no-tary public and without personal knowledge that the facts con-tained in the documents were cor-rect. They also claimed that the mortgage servicers committed various errors and abuses in their mortgage processes.
For more information about eli-gibility and filing a claim, please contact: www.OhioAttorneyGen-eral.gov, www.National Mortgag-eSettlement.com, by e-mailing [email protected], or by calling toll-free 866-430-8358, hearing impaired: 866-494-8281.
Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at [email protected].
Commissioners establish mandatory sewer hookups for Eden ParkWayne AllenPDT Staff Writer
On Tuesday the Scioto County Commissioners passed a resolution establishing a mandatory hookup of sewer taps and establishing a deadline for connection to the upcoming $2.5 million Eden Park Sewer Project.
The resolution passed by the commissioners states that un-der the Ohio Revised Code section 6117.51 the commission-ers orders the owner of any premises located in the Eden Park Sewer District to connect to the sewer system.
In the resolution, homeowners are given 90 days after the system is installed to comply with this resolution.
“The Scioto County Board of Health has passed a resolu-tion stating that the reason for the Eden Park Sewer Project is to reduce or eliminate an existing health problem or hazard of water pollution,” the resolution states.
The resolution also orders homeowners to stop, “the dis-charge of sewage or other waste into a cesspool, ditch, private sewer, privy, septic tank or other outlets,” once the system is installed.
Once installed, the Eden Park Sewer Project will run along Ohio 139 and Munn’s Run northeast of New Boston and will serve 245 homes and businesses.
Scioto County Sanitary Engineer Joe Delong said final bids on the project are due Oct. 5 and will be opened by the county at the same time to determine the low bidder.
Delong said it could 30 days to get the necessary paper work finished before construction can begin.
Construction is estimated to take about a year to complete.
Wayne Allen may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 208, or [email protected].
Hope for the Howards benefitPortia WilliamsPDT Staff Writer
A benefit will be held for Brian Howard and his family Sunday, Sept. 30 at 172 B Park St. in Wheel-ersburg. Activities will begin at 10:30 a.m. with music from Whitey’s Mu-sic Barn set to start at 1 p.m.
According to the Ports-mouth Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at approximately 10:20 p.m., Aug. 6, 2012, a driv-er of a vehicle was headed northbound on Ohio 104. The vehicle attempted to pass a semi-tractor trailer rig and struck a south-bound struck the vehicle driven by Brian Howard of West Portsmouth.
Howard, of West Ports-mouth, and his children were headed home after visiting the Scioto Coun-ty Fair.
It was a day that Sheree Howard, the wife of Bri-an Howard, said that she will never forget. Howard said she received a call on her cellular phone that her husband and three of
their children had been involved in an accident.
Sheree was advised that she needed to get to the scene immediately.
“Initially, quite natu-rally I panicked,” Howard said.
Remarkably, there were no fatalities as a result of the accident, but Bri-an Howard and his two daughters Jillian Cun-ningham, age 15, and Em-ily Howard, age 11, and his son Tyler Howard, age 15, were all injured.
Jillian Cunningham and Emily Howard were transported to Nation-wide Children’s Hospi-tal in Columbus. Tyler Howard was discharged by SOMC. Brian Howard had to transported to a hospital in Huntington, W.Va.
Workers at Whitey’s Music Hall in Wheelers-burg decided to come to-gether to host a benefit to raise money for the How-ard family.
Prior to the accident, Brian Howard had been the drummer, but now due to his injuries has yet
to be able to perform on the drums.
The benefit will be held this Sunday at Whitey’s Music Hall, located at 172 B Park Stree in Wheelers-burg.
Jim Caldwell, one of the event coordinators, said that a host of activities have been planned for the Howard family benefit.
“We are going to play music and just have a good time. Brian has not been able to work because of the head-on collision that he was involved in, so we wanted to raise money to help out the Howard family out with all of their expenses,” Caldwell said.
“To raise money we will have a Chinese Auction, square dancing, country music, hot dogs, and a lot of food for people to purchase. We want to do what we can to raise mon-ey for Brian and his fam-ily,” Caldwell said.
All proceeds collected from the benefit will go directly to the Howard family to help to pay the medical expenses accrued from the accident.
According to Sheree Howard, her husband is slowly progressing from the accident, but still has a long way to go and is in physical therapy.
“My husband worked as a contractor before the accident. Now, he can barely getting around,” Howard said.
Howard said that her two daughters, Jillian and Emily, still have night-mares about the accident and also are still going through physical therapy.
Sheree Howard said that it has been their faith, family and friends that has sustained her family through this very difficult time in their lives.
Anyone that would like to donate items for the Chinese Auction for this benefit may contact Mary at 740-357-3471, Tami at 740-978-7351, Jim at 740-574-5950, or Doug or Donna at 740-259-3029.
Portia Williams may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 234 or por-t iawil l [email protected]
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Dear An-nie: I am 38 and have been with my hus-band for 18 years. We have built a won-derful life with great kids, but circumstances led to a sepa-ration. I was the one who wanted it. My husband is a good guy, but he just hasn’t been able to give me the love I want. Something is always more important. He now says he’s willing to do any-thing to make this mar-riage work. But he’s promised that before, and after a short time, I am on the back burner again.
A few months ago, I ran into a man I hadn’t seen in years. He is di-vorced. One thing led to another, and, well, you can figure it out. Now, I have two really great guys in my life, and I want them both. My husband is a stable, sen-sible, great father. My guy friend is fun, sweet and the best lover I have ever had.
I know I am being self-ish, and I feel guilty, but apparently not guilty enough to make a choice between them. How do I decide? — Used To Be Sensible in Milwaukee
Dear Milwaukee: There are children in-volved in this mess, and you should think of them. Ideally, you and your husband would work on this together and make your marriage stronger. It requires that you both get back into counsel-ing, that he sticks to the plan and that you give up your boyfriend. If you
are not ready to do that, please get a le-gal separation from your hus-band and put a custody and visitation plan into effect while you sort this out. Don’t wait too long. Your husband may decide he is entitled to look else-where for hap-piness, too.
Dear An-nie: I was re-cently invited to a small, in-
formal engagement par-ty. The invitation said, “No gifts, please,” so I followed that. But when I arrived, there was a table with quite a few cards, a bottle of wine and other small boxes.
My uncle is getting married soon for the second time. He is hav-ing the ceremony and a dinner at a local restau-rant. His invitation also says, “No gifts, please, only best wishes.” My sister says we must get him a gift, or we are being cheap, no matter what the invitation says. But I would think people would be miffed if they received presents they specifically said they didn’t want. I don’t want to make the same mis-take again. Is a card not enough? — Not Sure
Dear Not Sure: When someone requests “no gifts,” that is exactly what it means. People who bring presents any-way are insecure about the request and feel they must buy something regardless. Of course, etiquette also says “no gifts” does not belong on an invitation because it implies that gifts are otherwise expected. If
you insist on giving a present, we suggest a do-nation to their favorite charity in honor of their nuptials.
Dear Annie: The letter from “The Drunk’s Wife” brought back some mem-ories.
My husband hangs out at a local bar with his buddies. One evening, when it was well past the time he usually comes home, I went to the ga-rage to see whether he had driven the golf cart home yet. I found him ly-ing between the wall and the cart. He had been trying to recharge the cart, but was so drunk he fell and passed out.
Once I got him into bed, I called the bar and told them if it happened again, I would call the police, and they could lose their liquor license. I said I was not only pro-tecting my husband and those he encountered on the road, but also the bar business. The next day when he was sober, I told him what I did. He was angry, but he needed to know how many people would be affected by his drunk driving. For-tunately, the bartender now watches and lim-its his drinks, and my husband is more careful because he knows I’ll re-port him to the police. It’s because I love him. — A Caring Wife
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sug-ar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Her-mosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mail-box and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.cre-ators.com.
Dear Dr. Brothers: The other day I was at the gro-cery store with my 3-year-old identical twin boys, who people usually love to make a fuss over, and this woman came up to me and asked me how much lon-ger I am going to dress them alike, with the same haircuts and so on. I stammered something about how they like to fool people, and then she actually said I am going to ruin their lives! I haven’t been able to get that out of my mind. Is there anything to this? — C.P.
Dear C.P.: I’m sorry a stranger has ruined the fun you are having with your little boys. Twins are special, and even though it’s much less rare these days to encounter them, it’s a sure bet that they are always the center of attention in public. Identi-cals whose mirror images are played up by dress-ing them alike and giving them the same haircuts and so forth are always the star of the show — it’s fascinating to see double, and people just can’t keep from commenting. Some people will be kind, and others will be rude. A pleasant smile will do for both.
The important thing here is to understand the nature of identicals and some of the special chal-
lenges they face as they mature. These children often have a difficult time develop-ing their own identities, es-pecially if they are encour-aged to play up their identical looks and not find their own style. It’s time to put away the matching out-fits, give one of them a haircut
and start focusing on who each of them is. This way, they will have a better chance of learning how to separate and become independent throughout the years, with their own interests and talents. Try to start putting being the center of attention behind all of you. It will take a lot of pressure off your chil-dren and will free them to be themselves. Now is a great time to start this new vision of their lives.
* **Dear Dr. Brothers: I
am a very protective par-ent who doesn’t want the problems my husband and I have to spill over into the lives of our children. We are trying to save for their education as well as keep our home from be-ing foreclosed, but it’s not easy, and we are stressed. I don’t let the kids know what’s happening, and they seem to be doing OK. My husband isn’t worried about letting them in on our family issues, as he calls them. The kids are in middle school. Who is
right? — K.M.Dear K.M.: Parents are
concerned about what will be the best thing for the kids, yet often are clue-less about just what that is. One problem is that many people have one of two rather extreme views about children or their ability to handle adver-sity. One camp sees kids as delicate flowers that can easily be crushed and ruined for life by adver-sity. Others buy into the argument that children are resilient; toss any-thing from hurricanes to divorce at them, and they only need a little time to bounce back. There’s no way to generalize about which is correct for any given child. Only knowing our children as individu-als can help us find the right path.
A recent national study by the American Psycho-logical Association may shed some light on the value of understanding your kids and how they react to what’s going on around them. The survey showed that tweens and teens were more stressed by their parents’ financial difficulties and school pressures than parents be-lieved they were. The chil-dren reported higher lev-els of worry and physical symptoms than parents were aware of — which I imagine could be due to a lack of communica-tion within the family. So perhaps the best course would be to stop worry-ing about who is right or wrong, and get to the work of helping relieve stress for all of you.
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“The Casual Vacancy” (Lit-tle, Brown and Company), by J.K. Rowling.
So look, here’s the thing: This. Is. Not. A. Children’s. Book. If you’re looking for what made Harry Potter magical — Wizards! Spells! Flying Broom-sticks! — you’re not going to find it.
If you’re looking for what makes J.K. Rowling magical — emotion, heart — you will.
“The Casual Vacancy” is the first novel written for adults from Rowling, the successful-beyond-belief author behind the “Harry Potter” series about the young boy who discovers he’s a wizard.
Published in the U.S. by Little, Brown and Company and in Britain by Little, Brown Book Group, “The Casual Va-cancy” is scheduled to come out Thursday and has been held under tight control, with media outlets required to sign non-dis-closure agreements before be-ing permitted to see the book. The Associated Press declined to sign such an agreement and instead purchased a copy early.
Already at No. 2 on Ama-zon, the book has gotten early buzz from references to sex and drugs that might be a tad ma-ture for the youngest “Potter” fans.
It’s set in the small British village of Pagford, and tells the story of what happens after the unexpected death of a town of-ficial leaves a vacancy on the town’s governing body. A long-simmering conflict over what the solidly middle-class village should do about the residents of a poverty-stricken, drug- and crime-infested housing proj-ect on the edge of town gets heated, interwoven with the personal lives and problems of Rowling’s characters.
This isn’t a book that’s easy to fall in love with, the way Har-ry Potter was with its charming,
winning hero and his plucky friends, saving the world from evil with the help of a powerful spell or two.
Even with its moments of hu-mor, it’s a hard story where some people just don’t get saved, because really, they never had a chance. It’s filled with often unlike-able people, some of whom cross the line into terrible. They’re all unhappy in one way or another, even if the only people who know that are themselves, if that. They can be judgmental, mean, petty and violent. Some are damaged beyond repair. Even the deceased official, in some ways the most posi-tive, moral force in the sto-ry, is shown to have hurt his wife with his dedication to his cause that clearly came at her emotional expense.
But what could have been an unreadable story becomes something else in Rowling’s hands, thanks to her gift of being able to
make her characters com-plex and really, just human.
Readers know these people. They’re familiar, with their mo-ments of lashing out in anger or hoping against hope that this time things will be differ-ent. They’re people the reader feels something for, even it’s just pity, because they’re strug-gling, because life can be hard and sometimes there just aren’t any breaks, because even people who look like nothing but trou-ble can do something good. A number of her characters are teenagers, trying to figure out their places in the world, with all the emotional peaks and valleys that can bring.
That ability to bring her char-acters to their emotional life was a hallmark of the Harry Potter series — it didn’t become a glob-al phenomenon just because it was an exciting adventure, but because there was a real heart to it, characters who had both strengths and weaknesses, who struggled with their choices.
J.K. Rowling’s debut novel for adults worth a read
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THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 SportSContact Sports Editor Bob Strickley at
740-353-3101 ext. 203 or [email protected]
Reports: NFL, referees closing in on new dealTim ReynoldsAP Sports Writer
Two days after a contro-versial call cost the Green Bay Packers a win, the NFL and the referees’ union are reportedly nearing an end to a lockout that put re-placement officials on the field since the start of the season.
According to several reports, the NFL and the union are close to a new deal that would allow the league’s regular officials to return to work, possibly as early as this weekend.
ESPN reported Wednes-day that “an agreement in principle is at hand,” and The New York Times reported that the sides “were closing in” on a way to end the impasse. ESPN cited unidentified sources from both sides; the Times cited a person briefed on the negotiations.
The NFL declined to confirm that a deal was imminent.
“Until somebody tells me differently, it’s not re-ally changed,” Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt said.
Still, even the suggestion that regular refs could be back as early as Sunday was greeted with wel-coming words.
“If it’s final and they are, I’m sure a lot of people will be happy — and I’ll be one of those guys, too,” Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson said on a conference call with re-porters from Detroit in advance of the upcoming Vikings-Lions game.
NFL agent David Canter
tweeted: “Wel-come back real refs. Just remem-ber when you blow a call you’ll get no sympathy.”
A person briefed on the negotiations told The Associat-ed Press that talks
between the league and its officials resumed Wednes-day morning after a short break following a 14-hour meeting that started Tues-day. The person spoke to AP on condition of anonym-ity because the discussions were not made public.
The debate over the use of replacement officials has raged since the start of the season, and boiled over after the final play of the Packers-Seahawks game. A last-second scrum in the end zone was ruled a game-winning touchdown by Seahawks receiver Golden Tate. But Packers players, their fans and much of the football-watching public saw an interception by Green Bay’s M.D. Jennings.
“Would you let a Toyota dealership work on your brand new Rolls-Royce? That doesn’t work right,
does it,” Dallas safety Gerald Sensabaugh said Wednesday. “Our brand is so big, it’s so important to a lot of people. There’s no way you can have guys that don’t have experience at that level.”
Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay’s quarterback and the reigning league MVP, used his weekly radio show Tues-day as a platform to lash out at the NFL and question its priorities. However, New England quarterback Tom Brady said he would rather
WR Sanu shows off arm in NFLJoe KayAP Sports Writer
CINCINNATI — With one perfect throw, Bengals rookie receiver Mo-hamed Sanu Bengals showed the NFL that he can really sling it.
Sanu lined up in a wildcat forma-tion, took the snap and threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Green on Cincinnati’s first play during a 38-31 win in Washington last Sunday, the Bengals’ most successful trick play in years.
The Redskins were surprised. Not the Bengals (2-1), who saw Sanu throw the ball during a charity flag football game in the spring and again during training camp, when he’d imi-tate the opposing quarterback on the scout team.
Before a preseason opener against the Jets, Sanu got to play Tim Tebow and throw it down the field. When of-fensive coordinator Jay Gruden put
the wildcat play in the plan last week, everyone was eager to see how it turned out.
“We had the luxury of watching Mo throw the ball in the spring,” receiver Andrew Hawkins said. “We played in a flag football charity event and the dude can sling it. When they put it in, we got all excited.
“He threw it around 50 yards in the air and dropped it in on a dime to A.J.”
It was something totally different for the Bengals, who hadn’t gotten a completed pass from one of their receivers since Carl Pickens did it in 1999. Nothing new for Sanu, a high school quarterback who ran the wildcat at Rutgers and completed a 51-yard touchdown pass against the University of Cincinnati.
The Bengals drafted Sanu in part because of his versatility. They de-cided to let him throw one in a game until last week, figuring the Redskins’ penchant for going after the quarter-
back would leave them vulnerable to the trick play.
Gruden devised the play and ran it in practice. He decided two days be-fore the game to make it the opening play.
“He asked me if I was ready, and I told him yeah, sure,” Sanu said. “He had enough confidence in me.”
And Sanu had plenty of confidence in his arm. He was a high school quar-terback for three seasons. Rutgers used his ability to throw crisp, accu-rate passes in various wildcat plays. He stunned the University of Cincin-nati during the 2010 season by lining up in a wildcat formation on the open-ing play — sound familiar? — and throwing a 51-yard touchdown pass to running back Jordan Thomas, who was uncovered along the sideline.
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Athletic director Tom Osborne retiring at NebraskaEric OlsonAP Sports Writer
LINCOLN, Neb. — Tom Osborne, who put together one of the most successful coaching runs in college foot-ball history before serving in Congress and taking the reins as Nebraska’s athletic director five years ago, is retiring.
The 75-year-old Osborne announced at a news con-ference Wednesday that he would step down Jan. 1, though he will stay for an ad-ditional six months to assist in the transition to a new athletic director.
“At some point, whether you’re able to function or not, just the perception that you’re getting old can get in the way,” Osborne said. “I don’t want to be one of those guys
everybody is walking around wringing their hands trying to figure out what are we going to do with him? That happens sometimes.”
Osborne, who had double-bypass heart surgery in 1985, said he has no health issues that led to his decision.
“I’m probably healthier to-day than when I was a mem-ber of Congress. That takes a big toll on you,” he said.
Basketball coach Tim Miles tweeted news of Osborne’s retirement announcement shortly before Osborne spoke to reporters. Miles said Os-borne leaves “an unreal lega-cy” at Nebraska.
Associate athletic director Jamie Williams, who played tight end for Osborne in the early 1980s, said, “They don’t make a lot of Tom Osbornes.
There aren’t a lot of living leg-ends left that you can rub el-bows with every day. For him to say he’s going off to pasture, I told him we have more drag-ons to slay. Sometimes fishing becomes more important.”
Osborne said he told chan-cellor Harvey Perlman in Au-gust that he planned to retire after the football season. Perl-man said a search firm had been hired to identify candi-dates to succeed Osborne, and that he has already inter-viewed some of them.
“The decision will be his,” Osborne said, referring to Perlman. “I’ll support him any way I can.”
Besides the success his Cornhuskers teams enjoyed from 1973-1997, Osborne served in Congress and lost a gubernatorial bid before
returning to the university in 2007 to take over the athletic department. He oversaw the rebuilding of the football pro-gram he loves and shepherded the school’s move from the Big 12 to the Big Ten.
Under Osborne’s watch, the athletic department has built a new basketball practice facil-ity and entered into a public-private partnership to build a 16,000-seat basketball arena in downtown Lincoln that will open for the 2013-14 season. He also oversaw an expansion project that will increase Me-morial Stadium’s capacity to more than 90,000 next year.
Perlman had asked Os-borne to take over the ath-letic department at a time of turmoil. The football program
SSU women roll past Ohio Christian 5-0SSU Sports Information
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio – Shawnee State Women’s soccer broke out of its of-fensive slump in a big way Tuesday afternoon at Ohio Christian. The Bears (3-6) tied their season high with five goals against the Trail-blazers (1-2) and recorded their first shutout of the year on the defensive end. The Bears spread the scor-ing around as Schuyler Jones was the only Bear to tally twice. She also added an assist to give her five points for the game.
The Bears broke onto the scoreboard first with a goal in the first 31 seconds when Jones took the pass from Teresa Welch and converted the early chance. For Jones, it was her first career goal at Shawnee State. The as-sist to Welch was the first of her season and eighth of her Shawnee State career.
In the 19th minute, Brittney Brooks would put her team up 2-0 with her team-leading fourth goal of the season. The goal was
the 37th career goal for the Bears’ senior. SSU would carry that 2-0 lead into the half. Over the first 45 min-utes, the Bears took 16 shots and put 10 of those at-tempts on target. On the op-posite end of the spectrum, Shawnee State did not allow a single Ohio Christian shot during the opening 45 min-utes.
Just under nine minutes into the second half, it was Jones that would again tally early in the half. This time, it was Brooks that assisted on the freshman’s second goal of the game. The assist was the second of the year for Brooks. She now has 86 career points at Shawnee State.
In addition to Jones, two more freshmen would make their way on the score sheet with goals in the second half to cap off the 5-0 vic-tory. Jessica Fair found the back of the net off a feed from Katy Castillo. It was the third goal of the season for Fair and first helper of
Mark Gail | MCTCincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green (18) runs for a 73-yard touchdown after catching a pass from Bengals wide receiver Mohamed Sanu on the first play of the game during the first half at FedEx Field in Landover, MD, Sunday, Sept. 23. Cincinnati defeated Washington 38-31.
Alyssa Schukar | MCTIn an elevator between stops on a busy day of campaigning, for-mer University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer, left, discusses similarities between coaching football and running for a political office with former University of Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne.
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focus on the game and not worry about officiating.
The NFLRA, whose members were locked out in June, wants improved sala-ries, retirement benefits and other logistical issues. The NFL is proposing a pension freeze and a higher 401(k) match; the union is balking because of the greater risk to the nest egg that comes with the loss of a defined benefit.
And as speculation swirled that a deal was close on Wednesday, the players’ association urged caution.
“Having done this before, everyone needs to wait until the ink is dry,” NFL Play-ers Association executive director DeMaurice Smith tweeted.
The replacement officials previously worked mostly in lower-division college ranks, such as Division III, and in minor professional organizations like the Arena League.
Despite several field fias-cos, not everyone is neces-sarily pointing fingers at the
replacements.“Someone made a good
point this morning that maybe we shouldn’t be blaming the refs, but blam-ing the league, the owners, I don’t know who it is,” Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. “May-be it’s not just the officials. We’re putting them in tough situations and it can’t be easy.”
In Cincinnati, coach Mar-vin Lewis urged the Bengals in a team meeting to not fix-ate on the replacement-ref issue.
“I told our guys to shut up,” Lewis said. “It’s none of your business. You have no influence on it. You don’t need to worry about it. Just play football.”
Even if a deal was at hand, it was still uncertain how it would affect the weekend’s games.
“Your loud voices r heard about getting Refs back,” Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay wrote on Twitter. “We’re desperately trying 2 get it done! We want a deal that improves officiating overall.”
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tory, won by the Bearcats 69-38.
Of course, that was two years ago. Aside from that flag football game and a few snaps on the scout team, Sanu hadn’t done anything to keep his arm in passing shape.
“I haven’t thrown in a while,” he said.
The Redskins and Green made it easy.
The play called for Sanu to read the defense at the line of scrimmage and react ac-cordingly. If Green had single coverage, he would let it fly. If Green was double-covered, Sanu would get the snap and run.
Washington lined up in man-to-man coverage with a safety on Green in the slot — easy pickings for the Pro Bowl receiver. The pass was on.
“I just took a deep breath and let it rip,” Sanu said.
He dropped back, reared back and threw the ball 50 yards in the air, hitting Green in stride down the middle of the field. The sideline erupt-ed.
“We were definitely on edge, especially the receiv-ers,” Hawkins said. “We were
curious to see if Mo was going to clam up on us, but he didn’t. The dude threw a strike. He threw it even bet-ter than he did in practice. That tells you what Mo is like.”
In the aftermath, Sanu got calls and texts from family and friends, including former Rutgers teammates who had seen that arm before. Sanu was 8 of 18 for 207 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions during his col-lege career.
“I talked to some of the guys,” Sanu said Wednesday. “They were like, ‘We ran that play a couple of times at Rut-gers.’ They were clowning and joking with me.”
Not so funny back in Wash-ington.
Notes: DE Michael John-son was named the AFC’s defensive player of the week for his three-sack perfor-mance in Washington. … The Bengals’ two starting cornerbacks missed practice on Wednesday. Leon Hall sat out the game at Washington with a sore calf/hamstring and didn’t practice. Nate Cle-ments also missed practice with a sore calf. RB Bernard Scott (ankle) and LT Andrew Whitworth (knee) didn’t practice, either.
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was struggling under Bill Cal-lahan, and staff morale was low under athletic director Steve Pederson.
Osborne recalled Wednes-day that when he first met with athletic department exec-utives, a few of them told him they were receiving counsel-ing because of stress. Several staff members either had quit or were considering quitting.
“I wouldn’t say things were awful,” Osborne said, “but things were a little fragment-ed. Some people had quit and some people were thinking about quitting. People pulled together very quickly. Hope-fully, it has worked out well.”
Osborne fired Callahan after the 2007 season and hired Bo Pelini, who made the Huskers competitive again and led them to the Big 12 championship game in 2009 and 2010. Among Osborne’s other key personnel moves: hiring Miles from Colorado State last March to coach the men’s basketball program and hiring former major-leaguer Darin Erstad in 2010 to coach baseball at his alma mater.
Osborne is most widely known for his coaching. Every one of his 25 teams won at least nine games, and three of his last four teams won nation-al championships. He retired with a career record of 255-49-3, an .836 winning percent-age that ranked fifth all-time among Division I coaches, and 13 conference titles. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998, the year after he retired.
Osborne turned to politics after his coaching days. By overwhelming margins, voters in the western Nebraska dis-trict elected him to the House of Representatives in 2000, 2002 and 2004. In perhaps the greatest upset in Nebraska po-litical history, Osborne lost to
incumbent Dave Heineman in the 2006 Republican guberna-torial primary.
Osborne finished his third term after the crushing defeat, then returned to the Universi-ty of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he taught classes in leader-ship and business ethics be-fore taking the reins of the athletic department.
“I feel we’re well posi-tioned,” Osborne said. “We worked hard on the culture and part of that has not just been internal. We’ve tried to link this place with the former players. … Whatever we’ve accomplished couldn’t happen if we didn’t have a united fan base. It would be hard to find one equal to our fans around the country. It al-lows a program in a state of 1.8 million to be competitive with programs in densely populated areas.”
Perlman praised Osborne for stabilizing the athletic department.
“There are people you can admire from a distance and then when you get up close you see all the warts,” he said. “That’s not been my experience with Tom. It’s been fun to interview head coaches with him and to see the national respect and awe they have of his reputation.”
Williams said he hoped Osborne would stay involved in Nebraska athletics long af-ter the new athletic director is hired.
“But at some point,” Wil-liams said, “he has to do more fishing.”
Osborne joked that his wife approved of his deci-sion.
“It leaves me with a great deal of fear and trepidation,” he said with a smile, “be-cause she keeps reminding me the garage hasn’t been cleaned in three years and I can see a whole list of things popping up.”
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ON THE AIRThursday, Sept. 27COLLEGE FOOTBALL9 p.m.ESPN — Stanford at WashingtonGOLF3 p.m.TGC — Web.com Tour, Chiquita Classic, first round, at Weddington, N.C.MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL3 p.m.WGN — Chicago Cubs at ColoradoNFL FOOTBALL8 p.m.NFL — Cleveland at BaltimoreWNBA BASKETBALL8 p.m.ESPN2 — Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 1, teams TBD10 p.m.ESPN2 — Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 1, teams TBD
TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLAmerican AssociationWINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Traded RHP Chris Bodishbaugh to Sioux City, C/OF Kyle Day to Gary Southshore and LHP Jack Van Leur to Sioux Falls to complete earlier trades.Can-Am LeagueQUEBEC CAPITALES — Released OF Billy Mottram.FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueNFL — Fined Washington offensive coor-dinator Kyle Shanahan $25,000 for his actions during Sunday’s game against Cincinnati.ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released LB Ricky Elmore from the practice squad. Signed LB Zack Nash to the practice squad.ATLANTA FALCONS — Released S Mark
LeGree from the practice squad. Signed RB Josh Vaughan to the practice squad.KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed C Rodney Hudson on injured reserve. Signed G Russ Hochstein and C Bryan Mattison.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released DL Marcus Forston. Signed DL Terrell Mc-Clain.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released WR Jeremy Ebert from the practice squad. Signed TE Kyle Nelson to the practice squad.TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released WR Jordan Shipley. Signed WR Roscoe Parrish.TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DE Pannel Egboh. Placed DE Keyunta Dawson on in-jured reserve.WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Placed RB Roy Helu Jr. on injured reserve. Signed RB Ryan Grant.HOCKEY
American Hockey LeagueCONNECTICUT WHALE — Signed D Se-bastien Piche.HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Signed G Ce-drick Desjardins, F Aaron Palushaj and D Frederic St-Denis.COLLEGEBROWN — Announced the resignation of director of track and field Michelle Eisenreich. Named Tim Springfield in-teim director of track and field and cross country.COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL — Named Tammy Holder women’s basketball coach.FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Named Daniel Bass women’s assistant fencing coach.FORDHAM — Named David Roach direc-tor of intercollegiate athletics and recre-ation.NEBRASKA — Announced the retirement of athletic director Tom Osborne, effec-tive Jan. 1.
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the season for Castillo. The final goal came off the foot of Hannah Figlestahler. Her goal came off the feed from Jones. For Figlestahler, it was the second goal of her rookie campaign and the as-sist was the first of the year for Jones.
Overall, the Bears held a 28-1 advantage in shots and 17-1 edge in shots on goal. Staci Johnson, Jones and Brooks each finished with a team-high five shots. Figlestahler took a total of four shots on Tuesday and put three on target, while Fair made the most of her only shot with the game’s
fifth goal. In goal, Shelbi Halverson went untested for the first 79:15. She was replaced by Emily Kuehn, who played the final 10:45 in goal. She was called on to make one save in the fi-nal minutes to preserve the first shutout of the season.
After their second five goal output of the season,
the Bears will look to keep that momentum rolling on their home turf as they open up a three-game home stand. All three of those matches will be Mid-South meetings. The home stand will begin this Sunday at 5 p.m. when No. 3 Lindsey Wilson descends on the Shawnee Turf.
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Dewey Lykins Memorial Golf
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Space is limited as only 28 teams will be able to compete. Registration starts at 8:15 a.m. with the start of the tournament at 9 a.m.
Registration for this Best Ball scramble is $50 per person or $200 per team with $400, $300 and $200 prizes for first through third places.
There will also be a lon-gest drive contest, a lon-
gest putt and closest to the pin. Food and drinks will be provided and all pro-ceeds go to the South Web-ster HS Scholarship Fund.
For more information, contact Bill Fenton at 778-8301.
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Southern Ohio Lady Vi-pers tryouts
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The tryouts for the 14u team will be 4 p.m. Oct. 6-7 at the Valley High School softball field. For more in-formation, contact Shane Adkins at 740-935-9000.
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Sealed proposals will be re-ceived by the Board of Educa-tion, Dawson-Bryant LocalSchool District at the Office ofthe Treasurer, located at 222Lane Street, Coal Grove, Ohio45638 until
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and will be publicly openedand read immediately there-after, for furnishing the materi-als and performing the laborfor "Track Repairs & Resurfa-cing at Dawson-Bryant HighSchool."
The total estimated Cost ofConstruction is $300,000.00 inaccordance with the Drawingsand Specifications preparedby:
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Contract Documents may beobtained by placing a deposit,in the amount of $25.00 perset, payable to the Dawson-Bryant Local School District atDC Reprographics. (All ship-ping costs by contractor.) Inaddition to the Contract Docu-ments, DC Reprographics willmaintain and disseminate allplanholder information. A list ofplanholders will be available atwww.dcreprographics.com.Jon Rieser is the point of con-tact at DC Reprographics.*All plans and specificationsmust be returned to DC Repro-graphics within one month ofthe Bid Date in order to re-ceive a refund. If the plans arenot returned within one month,the deposit check will be cred-ited to the Dawson-Bryant Loc-al School District's account.
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Each bid shall be accompan-ied by a BID GUARANTEEAND CONTRACT BOND in anamount equal to the total sumof the proposal, supported by aPower of Attorney, for thebonding agent, a Certificatefrom the Department of Insur-ance authorizing the SuretyCompany to do Surety busi-ness in the State of Ohio, anda current financial statement ofthe Surety Company. Thebond shall be on the formbound in the Specifications,which bond shall be forthwithreturned to the bidder in casethe contract is awarded to an-other bidder.
Bids are to be sealed and ad-dressed to the attention of theTreasurer of the Board of Edu-cation, Dawson-Bryant LocalSchool District, 222 LaneStreet, Coal Grove, Ohio45638. If forwarded by mail,the sealed envelope contain-ing the bid must be enclosed inanother envelope addressedas above. Bidders shall stateon the outside of the bid envel-ope “Track Repairs & Resur-facing at Dawson-BryantHigh School, Dawson–Bry-ant LSD.”
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The total estimated Cost ofConstruction is $300,000.00 inaccordance with the Drawingsand Specifications preparedby:
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Separate sealed Bids for theconstruction of Eden Park San-itary Sewer Extension Projectwill be received by the SciotoCounty Commissioners, 602Seventh Street, Room 107,Portsmouth, Ohio 45662, until1 p.m. Local Time, on October5, 2012, and then at said of-fice publicly opened and readaloud.
The Work includes installationof approximately 23,000 feet ofsanitary sewer and appurten-ances from North Morelandnorth through the Eden Parkcommunity.
Bids are to be addressed tothe Scioto County Commis-sioners, 602 Seventh Street,Room 107, Portsmouth, Ohio45662, and shall be marked"Sealed Bid-Eden Park Sanit-ary Sewer Extension-Contract1-2012."
The Bidding Documents maybe examined at the followinglocation(s):
McGraw Hill Construction-Dodge Offices, www.construc-tion.comThe Builders Exchange, Inc.,www.bxohio.comScioto County Sanitary Engin-eer, 602 Seventh Street, Room104, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662Strand Associates, Inc.™,4433 Professional Parkway,Groveport, Ohio 43125
Complete digital project bid-ding documents are availableat www.strand.com or atwww.questcdn.com. Down-load the digital plan docu-ments for $50 by inputtingQuest project number 2257980on the website's ProjectSearch page. Please contactQuestCND.com at (952) 233-1632 or [email protected] assistance in free member-ship registration, downloading,and working with this digitalproject information.
All Bidders submitting a sealedBid shall obtain the BiddingDocuments fromQuestCDN.com.
CONTRACTOR shall paywages to each laborer andmechanic at a rate not lessthan the minimum wages spe-cified in the current wage de-termination, in accordance withthe provisions of the Davis-Ba-con Act.
Bidders will be required tocomply with the President's Ex-ecutive Order No. 11246 EqualEmployment Opportunity, asamended, Title VI of the CivilRights Act of 1964, Title VIII ofthe Civil Rights Acts of 1968,Equal Credit Opportunity Act of1974, Title IX of the EducationAmendments of 1972, Section504 of the Rehabilitation Act of1973, the Americans with Dis-abilities Act of 1990, and theAge Discrimination Act of1975.
Bidders who submit a Bid mustbe a Plan Holder of record atthe Issuing Office. Bids fromBidders who are not on thePlan Holders List may be re-turned a not being responsive.Plan Holders are requested toprovide an e-mail address ifthey wish to receive addendaand other information electron-ically. Plan Holders are re-quested to designate whetherthey are a prime contractor,subcontractor, or supplier ifthey want this information pos-ted on the project Plan Hold-ers List.
The Scioto County Commis-sioners reserve the right to re-ject any or all Bids, to waiveany technicality, and to acceptany Bid which it deems advant-ageous. All Bids shall remainsubject to acceptance for 60days after the time set for re-ceiving Bids.
Contract award will be madebased on the lowest respons-ible and responsible Bidder.
A prebid conference will beheld at 1 p.m. Local Time, onSeptember 24, 2012, at 602Seventh Street, Room 107,Portsmouth, Ohio 45662. Bid-ders are encouraged to attendand participate in the confer-ence.
This Project is expected to befunded in part with fundsprovided by the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture,Rural Utilities Service (RUS)Ohio Public Works Commis-sion (OPWC), and Appalachi-an Regional Commission(ARC). RUS, OPWC, and ARCrequirements will apply to theProject.
The Strand Associates, Inc.™project manager is Kris E.Ruggles, who can be contac-ted by Strand Associate,Inc.™, 4433 Professional Park-way, Groveport, Ohio 43125,(614) 835-0460, regarding theProject.
Published by the authority ofthe Scioto County Commis-sionersVernal G. Riffe, III, ChairmanDated at the Scioto CountyCommissioners, Portsmouth,OhioAD: September 13, 20, 27,2012
Legals
EDEN PARK SANITARYSEWER EXTENSIONCONTRACT 1-2012SCIOTO COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS
Separate sealed Bids for theconstruction of Eden Park San-itary Sewer Extension Projectwill be received by the SciotoCounty Commissioners, 602Seventh Street, Room 107,Portsmouth, Ohio 45662, until1 p.m. Local Time, on October5, 2012, and then at said of-fice publicly opened and readaloud.
The Work includes installationof approximately 23,000 feet ofsanitary sewer and appurten-ances from North Morelandnorth through the Eden Parkcommunity.
Bids are to be addressed tothe Scioto County Commis-sioners, 602 Seventh Street,Room 107, Portsmouth, Ohio45662, and shall be marked"Sealed Bid-Eden Park Sanit-ary Sewer Extension-Contract1-2012."
The Bidding Documents maybe examined at the followinglocation(s):
McGraw Hill Construction-Dodge Offices, www.construc-tion.comThe Builders Exchange, Inc.,www.bxohio.comScioto County Sanitary Engin-eer, 602 Seventh Street, Room104, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662Strand Associates, Inc.™,4433 Professional Parkway,Groveport, Ohio 43125
Complete digital project bid-ding documents are availableat www.strand.com or atwww.questcdn.com. Down-load the digital plan docu-ments for $50 by inputtingQuest project number 2257980on the website's ProjectSearch page. Please contactQuestCND.com at (952) 233-1632 or [email protected] assistance in free member-ship registration, downloading,and working with this digitalproject information.
All Bidders submitting a sealedBid shall obtain the BiddingDocuments fromQuestCDN.com.
CONTRACTOR shall paywages to each laborer andmechanic at a rate not lessthan the minimum wages spe-cified in the current wage de-termination, in accordance withthe provisions of the Davis-Ba-con Act.
Bidders will be required tocomply with the President's Ex-ecutive Order No. 11246 EqualEmployment Opportunity, asamended, Title VI of the CivilRights Act of 1964, Title VIII ofthe Civil Rights Acts of 1968,Equal Credit Opportunity Act of1974, Title IX of the EducationAmendments of 1972, Section504 of the Rehabilitation Act of1973, the Americans with Dis-abilities Act of 1990, and theAge Discrimination Act of1975.
Bidders who submit a Bid mustbe a Plan Holder of record atthe Issuing Office. Bids fromBidders who are not on thePlan Holders List may be re-turned a not being responsive.Plan Holders are requested toprovide an e-mail address ifthey wish to receive addendaand other information electron-ically. Plan Holders are re-quested to designate whetherthey are a prime contractor,subcontractor, or supplier ifthey want this information pos-ted on the project Plan Hold-ers List.
The Scioto County Commis-sioners reserve the right to re-ject any or all Bids, to waiveany technicality, and to acceptany Bid which it deems advant-ageous. All Bids shall remainsubject to acceptance for 60days after the time set for re-ceiving Bids.
Contract award will be madebased on the lowest respons-ible and responsible Bidder.
A prebid conference will beheld at 1 p.m. Local Time, onSeptember 24, 2012, at 602Seventh Street, Room 107,Portsmouth, Ohio 45662. Bid-ders are encouraged to attendand participate in the confer-ence.
This Project is expected to befunded in part with fundsprovided by the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture,Rural Utilities Service (RUS)Ohio Public Works Commis-sion (OPWC), and Appalachi-an Regional Commission(ARC). RUS, OPWC, and ARCrequirements will apply to theProject.
The Strand Associates, Inc.™project manager is Kris E.Ruggles, who can be contac-ted by Strand Associate,Inc.™, 4433 Professional Park-way, Groveport, Ohio 43125,(614) 835-0460, regarding theProject.
Published by the authority ofthe Scioto County Commis-sionersVernal G. Riffe, III, ChairmanDated at the Scioto CountyCommissioners, Portsmouth,OhioAD: September 13, 20, 27,2012
Legals
EDEN PARK SANITARYSEWER EXTENSIONCONTRACT 1-2012SCIOTO COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS
Separate sealed Bids for theconstruction of Eden Park San-itary Sewer Extension Projectwill be received by the SciotoCounty Commissioners, 602Seventh Street, Room 107,Portsmouth, Ohio 45662, until1 p.m. Local Time, on October5, 2012, and then at said of-fice publicly opened and readaloud.
The Work includes installationof approximately 23,000 feet ofsanitary sewer and appurten-ances from North Morelandnorth through the Eden Parkcommunity.
Bids are to be addressed tothe Scioto County Commis-sioners, 602 Seventh Street,Room 107, Portsmouth, Ohio45662, and shall be marked"Sealed Bid-Eden Park Sanit-ary Sewer Extension-Contract1-2012."
The Bidding Documents maybe examined at the followinglocation(s):
McGraw Hill Construction-Dodge Offices, www.construc-tion.comThe Builders Exchange, Inc.,www.bxohio.comScioto County Sanitary Engin-eer, 602 Seventh Street, Room104, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662Strand Associates, Inc.™,4433 Professional Parkway,Groveport, Ohio 43125
Complete digital project bid-ding documents are availableat www.strand.com or atwww.questcdn.com. Down-load the digital plan docu-ments for $50 by inputtingQuest project number 2257980on the website's ProjectSearch page. Please contactQuestCND.com at (952) 233-1632 or [email protected] assistance in free member-ship registration, downloading,and working with this digitalproject information.
All Bidders submitting a sealedBid shall obtain the BiddingDocuments fromQuestCDN.com.
CONTRACTOR shall paywages to each laborer andmechanic at a rate not lessthan the minimum wages spe-cified in the current wage de-termination, in accordance withthe provisions of the Davis-Ba-con Act.
Bidders will be required tocomply with the President's Ex-ecutive Order No. 11246 EqualEmployment Opportunity, asamended, Title VI of the CivilRights Act of 1964, Title VIII ofthe Civil Rights Acts of 1968,Equal Credit Opportunity Act of1974, Title IX of the EducationAmendments of 1972, Section504 of the Rehabilitation Act of1973, the Americans with Dis-abilities Act of 1990, and theAge Discrimination Act of1975.
Bidders who submit a Bid mustbe a Plan Holder of record atthe Issuing Office. Bids fromBidders who are not on thePlan Holders List may be re-turned a not being responsive.Plan Holders are requested toprovide an e-mail address ifthey wish to receive addendaand other information electron-ically. Plan Holders are re-quested to designate whetherthey are a prime contractor,subcontractor, or supplier ifthey want this information pos-ted on the project Plan Hold-ers List.
The Scioto County Commis-sioners reserve the right to re-ject any or all Bids, to waiveany technicality, and to acceptany Bid which it deems advant-ageous. All Bids shall remainsubject to acceptance for 60days after the time set for re-ceiving Bids.
Contract award will be madebased on the lowest respons-ible and responsible Bidder.
A prebid conference will beheld at 1 p.m. Local Time, onSeptember 24, 2012, at 602Seventh Street, Room 107,Portsmouth, Ohio 45662. Bid-ders are encouraged to attendand participate in the confer-ence.
This Project is expected to befunded in part with fundsprovided by the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture,Rural Utilities Service (RUS)Ohio Public Works Commis-sion (OPWC), and Appalachi-an Regional Commission(ARC). RUS, OPWC, and ARCrequirements will apply to theProject.
The Strand Associates, Inc.™project manager is Kris E.Ruggles, who can be contac-ted by Strand Associate,Inc.™, 4433 Professional Park-way, Groveport, Ohio 43125,(614) 835-0460, regarding theProject.
Published by the authority ofthe Scioto County Commis-sionersVernal G. Riffe, III, ChairmanDated at the Scioto CountyCommissioners, Portsmouth,OhioAD: September 13, 20, 27,2012
Pets
Cane Corso puppies for sale,champion blood line, call 740-961-7471
Fuel / Oil / Coal / Wood / Gas
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Furniture
Antique sifter cab, oak mantle,oak chest drawer, trunk, vanity,740-776-7657/285-4594
Miscellaneous
John Deere STX38 lawn tract-or 12.5 hp Kohlar engine, greatcondition, complete bg sys in-cluded $550, 740-727-0406
Nautilus 2100 treadmill fold up model $150
call 740-259-5885SUNVISION PRO 28LETTANNING BED $200, 740-352-9780
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Fri and Sat, Sept. 28 & 29,tools, toys, misc.
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Inside moving sale Fri & Sat,Sept. 28&29, 10-3, 1858 ColesBlvd, Ports, furn, pictures, hhlditems, Tupperware, clothes
ATVs
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Boats / Accessories
86 Starcraft 16' deep fish boatw/48 hp Johnson and trailer,extras, $3200, call 858-2628
Selling As Is- 198928' Bay liner Siera, 460 Fordeng, low hrs, king cobra out-drive, 32' yd trailer, $3500OBO, 352-9983 or 456-7906
Motorcycles
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2010 Honda Civic LX 4dr 4cycauto 41K,asking $8900, booksfor $17000, 740-961-2427
Buy Some Junk Trucks & VansFull Sz $350 & up Cars $300 &up complete & noncompleteless. buy Junk car batteries $8.lawn mowers $2. motorcycles$1. Alum wheels $10 with tires$8. Starters & alternators $3.Converter GM Breadloaf $75.Double GM $90. selling carbatteries $25 & old batteries 3mos free replacement,Highland Bend 776-2886
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Commercial
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Call 740-357-5193
Lots
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Apartments/Townhouses
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Clean 1, 2 bedroomunits available
Call (740) 456-0159Cottage 2BR stove & fridge.gas furn. app Call OsborneCleaners 9-5:30, 354-2440New Boston 1 bd apt, stove,fridge, w/d hookup, $450 mo +dep, refer required, 776-6140Saxony Village Apts. 1 & 2bedrooms $320/$360 mo, appl.furnished, Call (606) 932-3741or 740-935-8210Sciotoville 1 bd apt, utilities fur-nished, NO pets, $400 + dep,call 776-2074South Shore Apt 2 bd W/DHookup $350 Month + DepositNO PETS, call 353-6047
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2 bd Sciotoville, $550 mo +$550 dep, ref. reqd, NO insidepets, Call 981-7664/981-22522 bedroom trailer for rent$325 month + dep, call 740-858-2836Newly Remodeled 2 bd cot-tage, W.Ports. quiet neighbor-hood $550+dep. 740-357-5789
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BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun
BEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Chris Browne
HI & LOIS Brian and Greg Walker
FUNKY WINKERBEAN Tom Batiuk
MUTTS Patrick McDonnell
THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012:
This year you experience many different feelings that help guide you. You sometimes wonder which voice to listen to, but only you can decide that. You often have issues with the opposite sex. Maintain your sense of humor, and everything will work out fine. Transform your attitude, and you’ll transform your life. If you are single, you come from a place of compassion when you meet someone. Be vulnera-ble yet open to the fact that this person might not be Mr. or Ms. Right. If you are attached, share a new hobby with a sweetie in order to become closer. PISCES can drag you down.
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) HHH Your intuition directs you as to
which way to go, though you could feel stuck between a rock and a hard place. You see the potential for change, but you need a boss or supervisor to go along with you. You might opt not to share everything you are thinking. Tonight: Not to be found.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH A friend seems to zero
in on an issue, which helps you to verbalize and express your thoughts. A partner cares, but he or she initially might show it as hostility. Get past this person’s behavior. Detach, and you will see more. Tonight: Where your friends are.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You are on top of your game,
and you understand what makes an associate function in the way that he or she does. Open up to a talk, and share more of what you think is needed. Be aware of what others suggest as well. Tonight: A must appearance.CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Detach before making
a final decision. You intuitively want to know more of what could make a situation work. By stepping back, you will gain greater insight for how to pro-ceed. Evaluate what is needed at the moment. Tonight: Your feelings need to lead the way.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Recheck any agreements
that could impact your finances. You have very high ideals, and you want to satisfy them. Sometimes double-check-ing is important in ensuring that every-thing is proceeding as you’d like. Be willing to flow with a change in plans or a call that takes too long. Tonight: Deal with a family member directly.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Defer to someone who really
wants to call the shots and make the decisions. You might not agree with this person, but you need to witness the end results of his or her actions. A child or loved one interjects a delightful element into your day. Tonight: Make calls and figure out weekend plans.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You deal with others directly
and with self-confidence. You know what your expectations are, and, for the most part, you share them with those involved. You could get into a heated conversation at first, but let it go — don’t let it mar your interaction. Tonight: Off to the gym.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Your sense of direction
calls for some quick decisions. Your ability to see beyond an issue and understand the consequences of cer-tain actions allows you to make the right move. Deal with a passionate individual directly; remember that this person cares. Tonight: Choose some-thing fun.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Think through a problem
with key players. What you see hap-pening is OK, even if on some level you don’t buy someone else’s version of the story. Nevertheless, you plan on making an important change because you see the wisdom of making it. Tonight: Happy to be home.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Keep conversations mov-
ing. You have an intuitive sense of what you want to hear. Do not let frus-tration build, and realize that you have no control over others. Stay upbeat. A conversation opens up a situation. Tonight: Visit with a friend over a drink and munchies.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You might not understand
the financial implications of what you are seeing. Someone might be more deceptive than you think. If you are unsure, say little and avoid making any commitments. A boss or higher-up tests your patience. Tonight: Think “budget.”PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH You might want to under-
stand what is going on with someone at a distance. You could be unusually aggravated with a loved one, but let these feelings pass. A friend encour-ages you to go along with his or her idea. Say “yes.” Tonight: Beam in what you want.
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zITS Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope
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