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Flower, blan-ket removal atGravel Hill

CHESHIRE — TheGravel Hill Cemeterytrustees advise the pub-lic that all flowers andblankets that are on theground need to beremoved by Tuesday,March 15.

Revival atPromisedLand Church

GALLIPOLIS — Rev.Rick Barcus and Rev.Bob Thompson willpreach during revivalservices March 15-19 atPromised Land Church.Services will begin at 7p.m. daily. Following isthe lineup of singers foreach service: Tuesday,Rick Towe; Wednesday,Promised Land Group;Thursday, Victory River;Friday, Forever Blessed;Saturday, Carl PayneFamily. The church islocated on Clay ChapelRoad off Ohio 218.

Citizens ̓Academy

GALLIPOLIS — TheGallia County Sheriff’sOffice will be holding itscitizens’ academy March15-April 26. This freeservice is open to allGallia County residents.Meetings will be heldfrom 6:30-9 p.m. onTuesdays in the secondfloor meeting room ofthe Gallia County Court-house. Those wishing toapply can obtain anapplication at the sher-iff’s office and applica-tions must be droppedoff at or mailed to thesherrif’s office at 18Locust Street, Gallipolis,Ohio 46531. For furtherinformation contactDeputy Jim Spears at446-4612, ext. 290 orvisit the sheriff’s officewebsite at www.gal-liasheriff.org.

Sheriff warns about scam calls after bomb threatBY AMBER GILLENWATER

MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM

GALLIPOLIS — Localofficials are warning Gal-lia County residents aboutphone scams following arecent bomb threat atHolzer Medical Center(HMC) in Gallipolis.

According to BryanLong, Holzer Health Sys-tems Public Information

Officer, a bomb threatwas received at approxi-mately 4:30 p.m. onThursday, March 10 atHMC and the hospitalstaff immediately imple-mented a “code black,”the hospital’s bombthreat action plan.

Officials with the Gal-lia County Sheriff’sOffice were called in toassist with a large-scale

search to address thethreat and HMC latergave the “all clear” atapproximately 6:15 p.m.

According to an offi-cial with the sheriff’soffice, no evidence ofsuspicious activity wasfound during the searchof the building and it isbelieved that the bombthreat was a hoax. Thethreat was the result of

several calls originatingfrom Jamaica (area code876) that were receivedby the hospital — callsthat continued throughSaturday. No calls havebeen received since Sat-urday.

The official furtherwarned residents to bewary of calls with areacode 876 and to nevergive out personal infor-

mation to any suspiciouscallers.

Detectives with thesheriff’s office have con-tacted the Ohio Depart-ment of Homeland Secu-rity in reference to thiscase.

To report suspiciousactivity to the sheriff’soffice, call the anony-mous tip-line at (740)446-6555.

Gallipolis man facing vandalism, drug chargesBY AMBER GILLENWATER

MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM

GALLIPOLIS — AGallia County man wasrecently arraigned in Gal-lia County Common PleasCourt in two separate cas-es and is also facing com-munity control violationsin two previous commonpleas cases.

On March 11, James A.Drummond, Jr., 29, Gal-lipolis, was arraigned onone count of vandalism inhis most recent case andwas arraigned, in a secondcase, on one count of drugtrafficking and one countof drug possession.

The indictment in

Drummond’s most recentcase alleges that he causedphysical harm to propertylocated at 400 SecondAve. in Gallipolis on April9, 2010, a fifth degreefelony.

Drummond was indict-ed in this case in April2010 and a warrant wasissued for his arrest onApril 22, 2010, for hisappearance before thecourt.

Drummond was onlyrecently arrested and, dur-ing his arraignment,pleaded not guilty to thecharge against him.

The indictment inDrummond’s second casealleges that the sold or

offered to sell one Oxy-codone tablet on April 5,2010, and was in posses-sion of said tablet on theday in question.

A warrant was issuedfor Drummond’s arrest inthis case on Aug. 20,2010. During his arraign-ment on March 11, thedefendant pleaded notguilty to the chargesagainst him.

A status conference inboth cases is scheduled forApril 18 in the commonpleas court, while a nego-tiated plea may be filed onor before April 29 with theclerk of courts.

Drummond is also fac-ing probation violation

charges in two 2009 cases.In his first 2009 case,

Drummond pleaded guiltyto one count of theft onJan. 6, 2010.

The indictment in thiscases alleged that Drum-mond stole a 1992 DodgeCaravan from the victimon July 16, 2009, andthen, allegedly, by meansof fire or explosion, know-ingly caused risk of harmto the vehicle on the day inquestion, both fourthdegree felonies.

As per a plea agree-ment, count two of arsonwas dismissed by the stateand Drummond pleaded

Former Globetrotter to keynote FCA dinnerBY TIM STEPHENS

SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE

RIO GRANDE — SethFranco can spin a tale aswell as a basketball.

The former HarlemGlobetrotter will be thefeatured speaker at theGallia County Fellow-ship of Christian Athletesdinner and fundraiser at 6p.m., March 29 at theUniversity of Rio Grandecafeteria.

“I’m excited to comeback to Gallia Countyand the surroundingarea,” said Franco, whoplayed for the Globetrot-ters in 2003 before aninjury ended his career.“Some of my favorite

experiences in my travelsall over the country havetaken place there.”

Franco came to GalliaCounty in 2008 and2009, visiting elemen-tary, middle and highschools, as well as theUniversity of RioGrande. He performs avariety of unique basket-ball tricks while speak-ing to students about suc-ceeding in life, avoidingtemptations and over-coming obstacles. Francowill visit schools in Gal-lia and Jackson countiesfrom March 28 throughApril 1.

“We’re pleased to haveSeth back with us,” saidSarah Evans-Moore,

president of the GalliaCounty FCA board. “Hehas done a tremendousjob every time he’s come.He’s very impressive.”

Franco combines bas-ketball and humor whileinteracting with kids. Healso will perform his bas-ketball tricks at the dinnerand tell of success storieshe has witnessed locally.

Proceeds from the din-ner are used to send youthto FCA spring and sum-mer camps, purchaseBibles, fund a variety ofmissions and numerousother events.

FCA Gallia Countyfeatures more than 300students.

Tickets to the dinner

cost $35 apiece and maybe purchased from FCAboard members or bycalling Joe or SarahMoore at (740) 441-1111,Kim Jividen at (740) 339-1675 or Tracy Call at(740) 446-2265.

Sponsorships also areavailable. A Red Spon-sorship costs $750, aWhite Sponsorship is$500 and a Blue Sponsor-ship is $250. Checks maybe made payable to GalliaCounty Fellowship ofChristian Athletes, P.O.Box 994, Gallipolis, OH45631.

Farmer’s Bank andOhio Valley Bank are theprimary sponsors for theevent.

Ohio River begins to recedeFlood warning remains in effect from Racine to GreenupBY ANDREW CARTER

MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM

GALLIPOLIS —Flooding along the OhioRiver and its tributariesover the weekend forcedroad closings throughoutGallia County, but, accord-ing to local emergencymanagement officials, veryfew flood-related emer-gencies were reported.

The National WeatherService reports that a floodwarning for the Ohio Riverremains in effect fromRacine, Ohio, to Greenup,Ky., with more rain on theway today (Tuesday).

Gallia County 911Director Sherry Dainessaid dispatchers receivedjust two flood-related callsover the weekend. Bothoccurred on Ohio 7 alongthe Ohio River. The firstwas reported at 9:45 p.m.on Friday when a motoristbecame stuck in approxi-mately 2 feet of water onOhio 7 N. near Addison.The driver escaped thevehicle unharmed and can-celed the call for assis-tance.

The second incident wasreported at 8:22 a.m. Satur-day when a caller told 911that a vehicle was in thewater along Ohio 7 S. near

Ohio 218. No one was inthe vehicle when authori-ties arrived. The caller whoreported the incident saidthey saw three peoplewalking toward Ohio 218.

Most of Ohio 7 in GalliaCounty was closed overthe weekend. Floodingalong the Ohio Riverforced authorities to issueroad closing notices forOhio 7 at Addison,Garfield Avenue in Gal-lipolis, Ohio 218, Eureka,Swan Creek and CrownCity.

Ohio 554 and Ohio 325in the Vinton area werealso closed over the week-end. Both roadways areopen to traffic.

As flood waters began torecede on Monday, theclosing notices for Ohio 7from Addison to Ohio 218were lifted. However, clos-ing notices remained ineffect from Ohio 218 toCrown City late Monday.

Flooding was also anissue in neighboring Meigsand Mason counties. InMeigs County, thePomeroy riverfront areawas totally inundated withflood water over the week-end. Portions of Ohio 124and Ohio 248 remained

Karate/Jujutsuseminar set forMarch 19-20 atGallia Academy

High SchoolSTAFF REPORT

GALLIPOLIS — TheGallipolis Rotary Club, incooperation with HolzerHealth Systems and Holz-er Clinic, will offer a mar-tial arts seminar withGrand Master Roy Hobbsof the Sekai DentokanBugei Renmei of O’Fal-lon, Ill., to be held March19-20 at Gallia AcademyHigh School.

Col. (Ret) Roy Hobbsserves as Shidoin, NipponSeibukan Academy(NSA), U.S.A. Branch,and Fuku Shibucho forNSA English SpeakingCountries like the ZenNihon Sogo Budo Ren-mei, the Hombu Dojo ofthe Nippon SeibukanAcademy located inKyoto, Japan.

Additionally, Hobbs isthe branch director in theState of Illinois for the Oki-nawa Goju-Ryu Karate-DoKyokai, U.S.A. Branch,and serves as an Advisor tothe International Goju-Ryu Karate Association,Pan America Branch. TheDentokan Hombu Dojo isa Life Member Dojo with-in the International Goju-Ryu Karate Association,

6 motoristscited for

driving onclosed roadsBY AMBER GILLENWATER

MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM

GALLIPOLIS — Sixmotorists were recentlyissued citations by officerswith the Gallipolis PoliceDepartment after theydrove upon city roadwaysclosed due to recent flood-ing.

Greg Fooce, 37, Gallipo-lis, was stopped by an offi-cer at 11:34 p.m. on Fridaynear the intersection ofOhio 7 and Ohio 141 inGallipolis. Fooce was citedfor driving upon a closedroad and for fictitiousplates.

Brandon M. Johnson,21, Gallipolis, was stoppedby an officer on Vine Streetin Gallipolis at approxi-mately 7:55 p.m. on Sun-day. Johnson was cited fordriving upon a closed road-way.

Kevin R. Roach, 54,Gallipolis, was cited fordriving upon a closed road-way at approximately 8:17p.m. on Sunday. Roachwas stopped by an officeron Vine Street in Gallipo-lis.

Allen M. Cox, 70, Gal-lipolis, was stopped by anofficer on Chillicothe Roadat approximately 9:24 p.m.

See Karate, A5

See Cited, A5

See River, A5

See Vandalism, A5

Andrew Carter/photoThe Ohio 7 bridge over Chickamauga Creek in Gallipo-lis was clear of water on Monday after being submergedbelow several feet of muddy flood water over the week-end.

Keith Wilson/photoThe Ohio River totally engulfed the Gallipolis water-front area over the weekend, leaving just the top ofthe shelter in the parking lot uncovered.

Obama asks Congress to rewrite main education lawWASHINGTON (AP)

— President Barack Oba-ma asked Congress onMonday to rewrite thenation’s main educationlaw before the new schoolyear starts in September,setting an ambitioustimetable for lawmakerswhose primary focus nowis on budget cuts and thedeficit.

He also issued his mostdetailed outline yet forchanges to the No ChildLeft Behind law.

Obama said the law,enacted in 2002 underGeorge W. Bush, got somethings right but that it alsogot some things wrong.

“The goals of NCLBwere the right goals,” Oba-ma said, mentioning thelaw’s promises of puttingquality teachers in every

classroom, establishinghigher standards for learn-ing, requiring accountabili-ty and highlightingachievement gaps amongstudents.

“That’s the right thing todo,” he said at an Arling-ton, Va., middle school.“But what hasn’t worked isdenying teachers, schoolsand states what they needto meet these goals.”

That’s why the lawneeds to be rewritten, hesaid.

“In the 21st century, it’snot enough to leave nochild behind. We need tohelp every child getahead,” Obama said.

The president has metseveral times in recentweeks with a bipartisangroup of House and Senatelawmakers leading efforts

to rewrite the bill. In Mon-day’s remarks, he set thestart of the new school yearas a deadline for Congressto send him a bill.

“I want every child inthis country to head backto school in the fall know-ing that their education isAmerica’s priority,” Oba-ma said.

Both Republicans andDemocrats agree that thelaw needs to be rewritten;they disagree on the feder-al government’s role ineducation as well as onhow best to turn aroundfailing schools.

The bipartisan group, ledin the Senate led by Sen.Tom Harkin, D-Iowa,chairman of the SenateEducation and LaborCommittee, is working todraft a comprehensive bill.

Harkin has said he hopesto have the bill ready byEaster. House SpeakerJohn Boehner, whochaired the House Educa-tion and Workforce Com-mittee when Congresspassed the law, has notindicated whether he’llmake the issue a prioritythis year. A new group offreshman lawmakers alsois skeptical of any federalrole in education.

Education SecretaryArne Duncan said lastweek that the percentageof schools labeled as “fail-ing” under the law and notmeeting yearly targets forstudent proficiency inmath and reading couldskyrocket dramaticallythis year, jumping from 37percent to 82 percent asstates raise standards to

try to satisfy the law’smandates, according toDepartment of Educationestimates.

The law requires statesto aim to have all studentsproficient in math and sci-ence by 2014, a standardnow viewed as unrealistic.

Schools that do notmeet yearly targets overtime are labeled as in needof improvement. Manyparents consider the labelan unfair stigma. Schoolslabeled as such are oftendescribed as failingalthough the law itselfdoes not use that term.Obama suggested it did,however, by repeatedlysaying schools are labeledas “failing” under the law.

In his remarks at Ken-more Middle School,Obama said he wants an

updated education law toempower principals andteachers, support innova-tion at the state and locallevels, and targetresources to schools withconsistent records of poorperformance.

Instead of labelingmore and more schools as“failing” under the law, hewants a more flexible sys-tem that focuses onpreparing graduating stu-dents for college andcareer and he wants betterassessments to under-stand whether kids aremeeting that goal. Profi-ciency in math and sci-ence will continue to beemphasized, Obama said,but he added that skillssuch as critical thinkingand creativity are alsoimportant.

Clinton in Paris for talks on Libya crisis with French presidentPARIS (AP) — U.S.

Secretary of State HillaryRodham Clinton discussedthe widening Libya crisiswith French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy on Mon-day and planned an unusu-al meeting with Libyanopposition figures.

The meeting later Mon-day would be the Obamaadministration’s first high-level contact with foes ofLibyan strongman Moam-mar Gadhafi, who is push-ing back a rebellioninspired by the “Arabspring” of political unrest.

Sarkozy has taken thelead in recognizing aninterim council as Libya’slegitimate government.The U.S. has yet to decideon such recognition but hassevered ties with theLibyan embassy in Wash-

ington and boosted its out-reach to the oppositionwhile maintaining cautionon a no-fly zone the rebelswant.

In the meantime, U.S.concerns were growingthat the unrest roiling thebroader Arab world maynot produce the changesdemanded by increasinglyvocal and emboldenedanti-government protest-ers. Recent violent crack-downs on demonstrators inYemen and Bahrain havefueled those fears andClinton will travel fromFrance to post-revolt Egyptand Tunisia to press transi-tional leaders there tomake good on pledges fordemocratic reform.

Details on Clinton’smeeting with the Libyanopposition in Paris

remained in flux, under-scoring the administra-tion’s lack of clarity as towho is who in the move-ment that has sprung up totopple Gadhafi from theperch he has held for 42years. The State Depart-ment has not announcedwhom Clinton would see,but the session as expectedlate Monday.

It comes as rebels stepup calls for a no-fly zone todeter Gadhafi loyalistsfrom air strikes that havehelped the regime retakekey opposition-held areas.Those appeals got a boostover the weekend when the22-nation Arab Leagueasked the United Nationsto authorize the step.France and Britain aredrafting a U.N. SecurityCouncil resolution that

would do that but the U.S.and some others haveexpressed reservationsabout the utility of a no-flyzone, its cost and potentialimplications.

The debate has turnedincreasingly heated in theU.S. with demands fromsome in Congress to sup-port the rebels with air cov-er and weapons. PresidentBarack Obama and his topnational security aideshave so far demurred, fear-ing it would further strainAmerica’s alreadystretched military andentangle the U.S. in anexpensive and messy con-flict that could be per-ceived as meddling. In hislast public comment on thematter, on Friday, Obamasaid all the risks and conse-quences had to be weighed

before intervening.The sparring has tran-

scended traditional politicaldivisions in Washington withlawmakers from both par-ties on the each side. Evenfamilies have been split.Clinton herself has beenvery cautious on the subjectwhile her husband, formerPresident Bill Clinton, hasendorsed the move.

On Monday, one ofHillary Clinton’s closestconfidantes, Anne MarieSlaughter, who until lastmonth was the StateDepartment’s director ofpolicy planning, wrote anopinion piece in The NewYork Times entitled “Fid-dling While Libya Burns”that implored the adminis-tration to act. Now a pro-fessor at Princeton,Slaughter argued that the

U.S. has an obligation tointervene to preventwholesale slaughter andembrace the potentialemergence of democracyin Libya.

Bahrain ʻarena ̓for Gulf forces and wider fearsBY BRIAN MURPHYAND REEM KHALIFA

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MANAMA, Bahrain —A Saudi-led military forcecrossed into BahrainMonday to prop up themonarchy against widen-ing demonstrations thathave sent waves of fearthrough Gulf states overthe potential for enemyIran to take new footholdson their doorsteps.

The Bahrain conflict issectarian as much as pro-democracy, as the strate-gic Gulf island nation’smajority Shiite Muslimssee an opportunity to ridthemselves of two cen-turies of rule by a Sunnimonarchy.

But Gulf Sunni leadersworry that might give Shi-ite Iran a stepping stone toits arch-rival Saudi Ara-bia, connected to Bahrainby a wide causeway.

Instead, the Saudis and

the other members of theGulf Cooperation Councilsent forces the other way,deploying about 1,000troops by land and air andcementing the entire six-nation alliance to the fateof Bahrain’s rulers, keyU.S. allies as hosts of theU.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.

The first cross-borderoffensive against one ofthe rebellions sweepingthe Mideast was notgreeted with celebrations.

Shortly after word ofthe foreign military rein-forcements began tospread through the islandnation, protestersblocked roads in the cap-ital Manama. Thousandsof others swarmed intoPearl Square, the sym-bolic center of themonthlong revolt.

Shiite-led oppositiongroups denounced theGulf military task forceas an occupation thatpushes the tiny island

kingdom dangerouslyclose to a state of“undeclared war.”

“No to occupation,”demonstrators cried inManama’s packed PearlSquare.

Gulf leaders see itcompletely differently.

The Sunni kings andsheiks fear any cracksin Bahrain’s ruling sys-tem could threatentheir own foundations.Protests are alreadyflaring in Oman,Kuwait and even tight-ly ruled Saudi Arabia.The leaders also per-ceive political gains byBahrain’s Shiites aspotential avenues ofentry for Iran’s Shiiteregime — even thoughthere are no apparentlinks between Tehranand Bahrain’s Shiiteopposition.

“The Gulf leadershave tried to legitimizethis.

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Hundreds of bodies wash ashore in quake-hit JapanBY JAY ALABASTERAND TODD PITTMAN

ASSOCIATED PRESS

TAGAJO, Japan —There are just too manybodies.

Hundreds of dead havewashed ashore on Japan’sdevastated northeast coastsince last week’s earth-quake and tsunami. Otherswere dug out of the debrisMonday by firefightersusing pickaxes and chainsaws.

Funeral homes and cre-matoriums are over-whelmed, and officialshave run out of body bagsand coffins.

Compounding the dis-aster, water levels droppedprecipitously inside aJapanese nuclear reactor,twice leaving the uraniumfuel rods completelyexposed and raising thethreat of a meltdown,hours after a hydrogenexplosion tore through thebuilding housing a differ-ent reactor.

On the economic front,Japan’s stock marketplunged over the likeli-hood of huge losses byJapanese industriesincluding big names suchas Toyota and Honda.

While the official death

toll rose to nearly 1,900,the discovery of thewashed-up bodies andother reports of deathssuggest the true number ismuch higher. In Miyagi,the police chief has esti-mated 10,000 deaths in hisprovince alone.

Miyagi prefecture borethe full force of Friday’stsunami, and police said1,000 bodies were foundscattered across its coast.The Kyodo news agencyreported that 2,000 bodieswashed up on two shore-lines in Miyagi.

Most Japanese opt tocremate their dead, andwith so many bodies, thegovernment on Mondaywaived a rule requiringpermission first from localauthorities before crema-tion or burial to speed upfunerals, said Health Min-istry official Yukio Okuda.

“The current situation isso extraordinary, and it isvery likely that crematori-ums are running beyondcapacity,” said Okuda.“This is an emergencymeasure. We want to helpquake-hit people as muchas we can.”

The town of Soma hasonly one crematorium thatcan handle 18 bodies aday, said an official, Kat-

suhiko Abe.“We are overwhelmed

and are asking other citesto help us deal with bod-ies,” Abe told The Associ-ated Press.

Millions of people spenta fourth night with littlefood, water or heating innear-freezing tempera-tures as they dealt with theloss of homes and lovedones. Asia’s richest coun-try hasn’t seen such hard-ship since World War II.

Hajime Sato, a govern-ment official in Iwate pre-fecture, one of the hardesthit, said deliveries of sup-plies were just 10 percentof what is needed. Bodybags and coffins were run-ning so short that the gov-ernment may turn to for-eign funeral homes forhelp, he said.

The pulverized coasthas been hit by hundredsof aftershocks, the latestone a 6.2 magnitudequake that was followedby a new tsunami scareMonday.

As sirens wailed inSoma, the worst hit townin Fukushima prefecture,soldiers abandoned theirsearch operations andyelled to residents: “Findhigh ground! Get out ofhere!”

The warning turned outto be a false alarm andinterrupted the efforts ofsearch parties clearing ajumble of broken timber,plastic sheets, roofs,sludge, twisted cars, tan-gled power lines andhousehold goods.

Ships were flipped overnear roads, a half-mile (akilometer) inland. Offi-cials said one-third of thecity of 38,000 people wasflooded and thousandswere missing.

Though Japanese offi-cials have refused to spec-ulate on the death toll,Indonesian geologist HeryHarjono, who dealt withthe 2004 Asian tsunami,said it would be “a miraclereally if it turns out to beless than 10,000” dead.

The 2004 disaster killed230,000 people — ofwhich only 184,000 bod-ies were found.

Harjono noted thatmany bodies in Japan mayhave been sucked out tosea or remain trappedbeneath rubble as they didin Indonesia’s hardest-hitAceh province. But healso stressed that Japan’sinfrastructure, high-levelof preparedness and cityplanning to keep housesaway from the shore could

mitigate its human losses.According to public

broadcaster NHK, some430,000 people are inemergency shelters orwith relatives, whileanother 24,000 are strand-ed.

One reason for the lossof power is the damage toseveral nuclear reactors inthe area. At one plant,Fukushima Dai-ichi, threereactors have lost the abil-ity to cool down. A build-ing holding one of themexploded Monday, thesecond such blast at theplant in three days.

A top Japanese officialsaid the fuel rods in allthree of the most troubledreactors appeared to bemelting. Unit 2 caused themost worry.

Technicians struggled toraise water levels in thereactor, but the rodsremained partiallyexposed late Mondaynight, increasing the riskof the spread of radiationand the potential for aneventual meltdown.

“Units 1 and 3 are atleast somewhat stabilizedfor the time being,” saidNuclear and IndustrialAgency official RyoheiShiomi. “Unit 2 nowrequires all our effort and

attention.”Though people living

within a 12-mile (20-kilo-meter) radius wereordered to leave over theweekend, authorities toldanyone remaining there orin nearby areas to stayinside their homes follow-ing Monday’s blast.

Military personnel onhelicopters returning toships with the U.S. 7thFleet registered low-levelof radioactive contamina-tion Monday, but werecleared after a scrub-down. As a precaution, theships shifted to a differentarea off the coast.

So far, Tokyo ElectricPower, the nuclear plant’soperator, is holding off onimposing rolling black-outs, but the utility urgedpeople to limit electricityuse. Many regional trainlines were suspended oroperated a limited sched-ule.

The impact of the earth-quake and tsunami on theworld’s third-largest econ-omy helped drag down theshare markets Monday,the first business day sincethe disasters. The bench-mark Nikkei 225 stockaverage fell 6.2 percentwhile the broader Topixindex lost 7.5 percent.

GALLIPOLIS — GalliaCountyAlzheimerʼs/DementiaSupport Group meeting,1:30-3 p.m., third Thurs-day of each month, atHolzer Medical CenterEducation Center. Info:Amber Johnson, (740)441-3406.

GALLIPOLIS — Griev-ing Parents SupportGroup meets 8 p.m., firstTuesday of each monthat New Life LutheranChurch, Jackson Pike.Info: Jackie Keatley at446-2700 or John Jack-son at 446-7339.

GALLIPOLIS — GriefSupport Group meetssecond Tuesday of eachmonth, 8 p.m., at NewLife Lutheran Church.Facilitators: SharonCarmichael and JohnJackson.

GALLIPOLIS — Sereni-ty House support groupfor domestic violence vic-tims meets Mondays at 2p.m. For more informa-tion, call the SerenityHouse at 446-6752.

GALLIPOLIS — LookGood Feel Better cancerprogram, third Monday ofthe month at 6 p.m.,Holzer Center for CancerCare.

GALLIPOLIS — Alco-

holics AnonymousWednesday book studyat 7 p.m. and Thursdayopen meeting at noon;Tuesday closed meetingat 8 p.m.; Friday openlead meeting, 8 p.m. St.Peterʼs Episcopal Church,54 Second Ave., Gallipo-lis.

GALLIPOLIS — Nar-cotics Anonymous, 7:30p.m. every Thursday, St.Peterʼs Episcopal Church,541 Second Ave., Gal-lipolis. Open discussion.Candlelight meeting.

POINT PLEASANT,W.Va. — NarcoticsAnonymous Living FreeGroup meets everyWednesday and Friday at7 p.m. at 305 Main St.

GALLIPOLIS — 12Step Support Group forSpiritual Growth meets at7 p.m. every Tuesday atNew Life LutheranChurch. Facilitators: TomChilds and John Jackson.

VINTON — CelebrateRecovery at Vinton Bap-tist Church. Small groupslooking for freedom fromaddictions, hurts, habitsand hangups everyWednesday at 7 p.m.Info: 388-8454.

VINTON — Vinton Bap-tist Church food pantryevery Monday from 5-

6:30 p.m. Info: 388-8454.GALLIPOLIS — Gallia

MS (Multiple Sclerosis)Support Group meets thesecond Monday of eachmonth at Holzer MedicalCenter. Info: AmberBarnes at (740) 339-0291.

GALLIPOLIS — NAMI(National Alliance onMental Illness) meetingswill take place the firstThursday of each monthat 6 p.m. at the GalliaCounty Senior ResourceCenter, with a generalmembership meeting at6:30 p.m. Info: Jill Simp-kins (740) 339-0603.

GALLIPOLIS — GalliaCounty Stroke SupportGroup, first Tuesday ofevery month, 1 p.m., atBossard MemorialLibrary.

GALLIPOLIS — RiverCities Military SupportCommunity (RCMFSC)meets the second Tues-day of the month at 7p.m. at VFW Post 4464(upstairs), 134 Third Ave.The meeting and activi-ties are open to all fami-lies and friends who wishto support our service-men and women in allbranches of the military.Info: 245-5589 or 441-7454.

GALLIPOLIS —Overeaters Anonymousmeets every Sunday,5:30 p.m., at St. PeterʼsEpiscopal Church.

Support Groups

Dear Dr. Brothers: Ifeel like I’m in a Catch-22, an impossible situa-tion. I know I have togive up smoking. I’vebeen doing it for morethan 20 years, and nowthat I’m around the agewhen my father died oflung cancer, I think Ishould stop temptingfate. I just worry that I’mgoing to be so miserable— I’m currently unem-ployed, and already feelstrung out — that I’lljust light right back up.But if I don’t quit, I’llstill feel miserable. Ineed to get off the mer-ry-go-round. — A.R.

Dear A.R.: It is verydifficult to give upsmoking anytime, butwhen you are in a partic-ularly stressful situationand you really want tofall back on your old,comfortable friends (thatare actually your ene-mies), it feels like a verybad time to try. It seemslike there is always abetter time just aroundthe bend, up the road.“Now” never seemsquite right! Since youuse cigarettes to handlestress, why not startlearning some new tech-niques so they’ll be inthe loop already whenyou decide to quit?Mindful meditation,breathing exercises, evenrelaxing in a hot tub canshow you that there areother ways to relax.

When you do decide togo forward, you alsoshould avail yourself ofall the wonderful sup-port groups that are outthere — down the streetor in cyberspace. Theyreally can help get youthrough the rough patch-es. And I guarantee thatyou will be glad you didquit. Since it is so diffi-cult, it feels like — andis — a tremendousaccomplishment thatshould give a lift to yoursagging self-image.Allow yourself to havesetbacks without givingup — if you slip andhave a cigarette, vow notto let it lead to another,and keep on quitting.Who knows, the with-drawal phase may leadyou to some bursts ofenergy you never knewyou had, and you can usethem to your benefitwhen job-hunting.

• • •Dear Dr. Brothers:

My 78-year-old fathernever says “Thank you”to anybody. To the peo-ple who know him, it’skind of endearing. But tostrangers, he comesacross as a really nastyold man. I’ve brought itup to him several times,but in response he justswears under his breath.I just don’t think hecares anymore sinceMom passed four yearsago. Is there any way I

can get him to realizehow rude he is being toothers? — J.G.

Dear J.G.: Your dadprobably knows thatthings have not been thesame since the death ofhis wife, and that hedoesn’t respond to peo-ple the way he once did.Although he knows therules of polite behavior,he simply might not careabout them anymore. Infact, he may feel that bybeing rude or ungrateful,people will just leavehim alone — and that isthe kind of response hemay be most comfort-able with at this time inhis life. Your father mayhave a kind of low-leveldepression that is visibleto you mostly in hisnasty behavior. If asked,he may deny that there isanything wrong. He maybenefit from counselingor medication, if youcould get him to agree.

There is another pos-sibility: He could mere-ly be lonely and feelinglike a burden or justtotally unappreciated.Saying “Thank you”would be to acknowl-edge that he is depen-dent on others, and thathe is cared for. He maytake this not as a nor-mal part of nurturing,but as a sign that he isno longer capable oftaking care of himselfor others. Does he haveinterests and activitiesthat bring him plea-sure? Concentrating onthings that make himfeel good could helpthis situation consider-ably. Make a real effortto find a few happinesstriggers in your dad,and you may see hisattitude softening.(c) 2011 by King Features Syndicate

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Community Calendar

Wednesday, March 16GALLIPOLIS — Gal-

lipolis City School Districtboard of education, 7p.m., Gallia AcademyHigh School.

Thursday, March 17GALLIPOLIS — Ameri-

can Cancer Society Can-cer Support Group, 6p.m., Holzer MedicalCenter. Info: BonnieMcFarland, 446-5679.

GALLIPOLIS — WingHaven free personalityworkshop, 6:30 p.m.,Grace United MethodistChurch, 600 SecondAvenue, Gallipolis. Info:Jamie Payne, (740) 388-8567.

GALLIPOLIS — GalliaCounty Commission, 9a.m., Gallia County Cour-thouse.

VINTON — Vinton Vil-lage Council, 6 p.m.

Friday, March 18GALLIPOLIS — Gallia

Co. Family and ChildrenFirst Council businessmeeting, 9 a.m., GalliaCo. Service Center, 499Jackson Pike.

Saturday, March 19RIO GRANDE — Gal-

lia Co. Republican PartyLincoln Day Dinner, 5:30p.m., Univ. of RioGrande. Info: 446-0946.

Monday, March 21GALLIPOLIS — Look

Good Feel Better meet-ing, 1 p.m., CancerResource Center, HolzerCenter for Cancer Care.Info: (888) 227-6446.

GALLIPOLIS — Gal-lipolis town hall meeting,7 p.m., Gallipolis Munici-pal Court, 49 Olive

Street.Tuesday, March 22EWINGTON — Ameri-

can Legion Post 161meeting, 7:30 p.m.,Ewington Academy.Social hour, 7:15 p.m.

Thursday, March 24GALLIPOLIS — Gallia

County Commission, 9a.m., Gallia County Cour-thouse.

Friday, March 25GALLIPOLIS — Gallia

Co. Family and ChildrenFirst Council programmeeting, 9 a.m., Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board ofAlcohol, Drug Addictionand Mental Health Ser-vices office.

Saturday, March 26GALLIPOLIS —

Souper Saturday freelunch program, noon-2p.m., Holzer ClinicSycamore, located atcorner of SycamoreStreet and FourthAvenue, Gallipolis. Info:245-9873 or e-mailfcc@aceinter.net.

Monday, March 28GALLIPOLIS — Gallia

County Local School Dis-trict board of education, 7p.m., 230 ShawneeLane.

Thursday, March 31GALLIPOLIS — Gallia

County Commission, 9a.m., Gallia County Cour-thouse.

GALLIPOLIS —French 500 Free Clinic,1-4 p.m., 258 PinecrestDrive.

Friday, April 1GALLIPOLIS — First

Friday, 8 a.m., OVBAnnex, 143 Third Ave.

Info: Michelle Miller, 446-0596.

Monday, April 4CHESHIRE —

Cheshire Village Councilmeeting, 6:30 p.m.

CROWN CITY —Crown City Village Coun-cil, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 5GALLIPOLIS — Gal-

lipolis City Commission, 7p.m., Municipal Court, 49Olive Street.

GALLIPOLIS — HolzerClinic and Holzer MedicalCenter retirees will meetfor lunch at 12 p.m. atTuscany Cuccini Ris-torante Italiano on East-ern Avenue.

Thursday, April 7GALLIPOLLIS — Gallia

County Commission, 9a.m., Gallia County Cour-thouse.

CENTERVILLE —Centerville Village Coun-cil, 8 p.m.

Friday, April 8GALLIPOLIS —

French 500 Flea Market,8 a.m.-5 p.m., GalliaCounty Fairgrounds.

Saturday, April 9GALLIPOLIS —

Souper Saturday freelunch program, noon-2p.m., Holzer ClinicSycamore, located atcorner of SycamoreStreet and FourthAvenue, Gallipolis. Info:245-9873 or e-mailfcc@aceinter.net.

GALLIPOLIS —French 500 Flea Market,8 a.m.-5 p.m., GalliaCounty Fairgrounds.

Sunday, April 10GALLIPOLIS —

French 500 Flea Market,8 a.m.-5 p.m., GalliaCounty Fairgrounds.

Monday, April 11RIO GRANDE — Rio

Grande Village Council,6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12GALLIPOLIS — Gal-

lipolis City School Districtboard of education, 7p.m., Gallia AcademyHigh School.

Thursday, April 14GALLIPOLIS — Gallia

County Commission, 9a.m., Gallia County Cour-thouse.

Thursday, April 21GALLIPOLIS — Gallia

County Commission, 9a.m., Gallia County Cour-thouse.

VINTON — Vinton Vil-lage Council, 6 p.m.

Saturday, April 23GALLIPOLIS — Easter

egg hunt, 11 a.m., Gal-lipolis City Park. Info:441-6022.

Monday, April 25GALLIPOLIS — Gallia

County Local School Dis-trict board of education, 7p.m., 230 ShawneeLane.

Thursday, April 28GALLIPOLIS — Gallia

County Commission, 9a.m., Gallia County Cour-thouse.

Saturday, April 30GALLIPOLIS — Feder-

al Army Homecoming, 9a.m.-5 p.m., GallipolisCity Park.

Sunday, May 1GALLIPOLIS — Feder-

al Army Homecoming, 9a.m.-1 p.m., GallipolisCity Park.

Revivals

GALLIPOLIS — March15-19, Promised LandChurch, Clay ChapelRoad off Ohio 218.Speakers: Rev. Rick Bar-cus and Rev. BobThompson. Music: Tues-day, Rick Towe; Wednes-day, Promised LandGroup; Thursday, VictoryRiver; Friday, ForeverBlessed; Saturday, CarlPayne Family.

Events

Wednesday, March 16GALLIPOLIS — End-

time Prophecy Biblestudy, 7 p.m., CalvaryChristian Center, 533Jackson Pike. Speaker:Rev. T.D. Hale. Info:(740) 645-9831 or (740)446-6306.

GALLIPOLIS — Biblestudy, 7 p.m., Gallipolischurch of Christ, 214Upper River Road, Gal-

lipolis. Info: www.gal-lipolischurchofchrist.net.

GALLIPOLIS — Biblestudy, youth group, chil-drenʼs ministry, choirpractice, 7 p.m., FirstChurch of the Nazarene,1110 First Avenue, Gal-lipolis. Info: 446-1772.

GALLIPOLIS — Biblestudy, 7 p.m., church ofChrist in Gallipolis, 234Chapel Drive, Gallipolis.Info: www.chapelhillchur-chofchrist.org.

ADDISON — Businessmeeting and open micnight, 7 p.m., AddisonFreewill Baptist Church.Bring a song.

Thursday, March 17GALLIPOLIS — Lenten

service and luncheon,noon, Grace UnitedMethodist Church, 600Second Avenue, Gallipo-lis. Speaker: Rev. TimLuoma, First Presbyter-ian Church. Lunch fol-lows service at 12:30p.m.

Friday, March 18

GALLIPOLIS — Lentenfish fry, 4:30-7 p.m., St.Louis Catholic ChurchParish Center. Info: 446-6986.

Sunday, March 20ADDISON — Sunday

school, 10 a.m.; eveningservice, 6 p.m.; AddisonFreewill Baptist Church.Pastor Rick Barcuspreaching.

UNDATED — Worshipservice, 1 p.m.; Sundayschool, 2-4 p.m.; Cen-terpoint Freewill BaptistChurch, corner of Cen-terpoint Road and NeboRoad. Info: Elmer Hill,245-1010.

GALLIPOLIS — Sun-day school, 9:30 a.m.,worship service, 10:40a.m., evening service, 6p.m., First Church of theNazarene, 1110 FirstAve., Gallipolis. Info:446-1772.

GALLIPOLIS — Thechurch of Christ in Gal-lipolis meets at 234Chapel Drive. Sunday

meeting times are: 9:30a.m., Bible class; 10:30a.m., worship; 5 p.m.,evening assembly. Website: www.chapel-hillchurchofchrist.org.

GALLIPOLIS — TheGallipolis church ofChrist meets at 214Upper River Road.Sunday servicesinclude 10 a.m. Biblestudy, with classes forall ages, and 11 a.m.worship. Web site:www.gallipolischur-chofchrist.net.

Wednesday, March 23GALLIPOLIS — End-

time Prophecy Biblestudy, 7 p.m., CalvaryChristian Center, 533Jackson Pike. Speaker:Rev. T.D. Hale. Info:(740) 645-9831 or (740)446-6306.

GALLIPOLIS — Biblestudy, 7 p.m., Gallipolischurch of Christ, 214Upper River Road, Gal-lipolis. Info: www.gal-lipolischurchofchrist.net.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Two years into its pledge to improvegovernment transparency, the Obamaadministration took action on fewerrequests for federal records from citi-zens, journalists, companies and otherslast year even as significantly more peo-ple asked for information. The adminis-tration disclosed at least some of whatpeople wanted at about the same rate asthe previous year.

People requested information 544,360times last year under the U.S. Freedomof Information Act from the 35 largestagencies, up nearly 41,000 more thanthe previous year, according to ananalysis by The Associated Press of newfederal data. But the governmentresponded to nearly 12,400 fewerrequests.

The administration refused to releaseany sought-after materials in more than1-in-3 information requests, includingcases when it couldn’t find records, aperson refused to pay for copies or therequest was determined to be improperunder the law. It refused more often toquickly consider information requestsabout subjects described as urgent orespecially newsworthy. And nearly halfthe agencies that AP examined tooklonger — weeks more, in some cases —to give out records last year than duringthe previous year.

The government’s responsivenessunder the Freedom of Information Act iswidely considered a barometer of howtransparent federal offices are. The AP’sanalysis comes a day before a SenateJudiciary Committee hearing examiningthe Obama administration’s progress.

There were some improvements. Theadministration less frequently invokedthe “deliberative process” exemptionunder the law to withhold recordsdescribing decision-making behind thescenes. President Barack Obama haddirected agencies to use it less often, butthe number of such cases had surgedafter his first year in office to more than71,000. It fell last year to 53,360. Theexemption was still commonly invokedlast year at the Homeland SecurityDepartment, which accounted for nearly80 percent of cases across the wholegovernment.

Overall, the decidedly mixed perfor-mance shows the federal governmentstruggling to match the promisesObama made early in his term toimprove transparency and disclose moreinformation rapidly. “Transparency pro-motes accountability and provides

information for citizens about what theirgovernment is doing,” Obama saidwhen he took office.”

The White House said it was volun-tarily disclosing more information, fore-stalling a need to formally makerequests under the law, and said thatagencies released information in nearly93 percent of cases, excluding instanceswhen it couldn’t find records, a personrefused to pay for copies or the requestwas determined to be improper.

“A lot of the statistics need to be takenwith a grain of salt, but they may under-state our successes,” said Steven Croley,a special assistant to the president forjustice and regulatory policy.

At an event on Monday celebratingSunshine Week, when news organiza-tions promote open government andfreedom of information, AssociateAttorney General Tom Perrelliannounced the unveiling of a website,foia.gov, to provide the public with acentralized resource that details how tofile requests for government records.

The Obama administration censored194 pages of internal e-mails about itsOpen Government Directive that the APrequested more than one year ago. TheDecember 2009 directive requires everyagency to take immediate, specific stepsto open their operations up to the public.But the White House Office ofManagement and Budget blacked-outentire pages of some e-mails betweenfederal employees discussing how toapply the new openness rules, and itblacked-out one e-mail discussing howto respond to AP’s request for informa-tion about the transparency directive.

The OMB invoked the “deliberativeprocess” exemption — the one thatObama said to use more sparingly — atleast 192 separate times in turning overthe censored e-mails to the AP. Someblacked-out sections involved officialsdiscussing changes the White Housewanted and sections of the opennessrules that were never made official.

This year, after Republicans won con-trol in the House and with the presiden-tial election looming, the fight overtransparency could turn political. Thenew Republican chairman of the HouseOversight and Government ReformCommittee, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.,is conducting a broad inquiry intoObama’s openness promises. The inves-tigation was at least partly prompted byreports from the AP last year that theHomeland Security Department hadsidetracked hundreds of requests forfederal records to top political advisers,

who wanted information about thoserequesting the materials.

Organizations that routinely ask forgovernment records are fighting manyof the same battles for informationwaged during the Bush administration.Federal offices lack enough employeesand money to respond to requests quick-ly and thoroughly, said Anne Weismann,chief counsel at Citizens forResponsibility and Ethics inWashington, a watchdog group. Withfederal spending expected to tighten,the problem will likely get worse.

“They’re going to be asked to do morewith less,” Weismann said.

AP’s analysis showed that the odds agovernment agency would search its fil-ing cabinets and turn over copies ofdocuments, e-mails, videos or otherrequested materials depended mostly onwhich agency produced them — and ona person’s patience. Willingness to wait— and then wait some more — was avirtue. Agencies refused more routinelylast year to quickly consider informa-tion requests deemed especially urgentor newsworthy, agreeing to conduct aspeedy review about 1-in-5 times theywere asked. The State Departmentgranted only 1 out of 98 such reviews;the Homeland Security Departmentgranted 27 out of 1,476. The previousyear the government overall grantedmore than 1-in-4 such speedy reviews.

The parts of the government that dealwith sensitive matters like espionage orstock market swindles, including theCIA or Securities and ExchangeCommission, entirely rejected informa-tion requests more than half the timeduring fiscal 2010. And they took theirtime to decide: The SEC averaged 553days to reply to each request it consid-ered complicated, and the CIA tookmore than three months.

Less-sensitive agencies, such as theSocial Security Administration orDepartment of Agriculture, turned overat least some records nearly every timesomeone asked for them, often in justweeks.

Some federal agencies showedmarked improvements, but sometimesit came at a cost elsewhere in the gov-ernment. The Homeland SecurityDepartment cut its number of back-logged information requests by 40 per-cent last year, thanks mostly to workunder a $7.6 million federal contractwith TDB Communications of Lenexa,Kan., which was approved during theBush administration. The companyaccomplished its work partly by for-

warding to the State Department tensof thousands of requests for immigra-tion records from Homeland Security’sCitizenship and Immigration Servicesbecause the State Department makesvisa determinations in immigrationcases. At one point, as the HomelandSecurity Department was reducing itsbacklog, it was sending as many as3,800 cases each month to the StateDepartment, said Janice DeGarmo, aState Department spokeswoman.

The State Department received andhandled three times as many requestsin 2010 than the previous year. Itended up with a backlog of more than20,500 overdue cases, more than twiceas many as the previous year.

Also, the Veterans AffairsDepartment said it received 40,000fewer information requests last year.Spokeswoman Jo Schuda said thedepartment incorrectly labeled somerequests in 2009 as being filed underthe Freedom of Information Act butactually were made under the U.S.Privacy Act, a different law.

The 35 agencies that AP examinedwere: Agency for InternationalDevelopment, CIA, Consumer ProductSafety Commission, Council onEnvironmental Quality, AgricultureDepartment, Commerce Department,Defense Department, EducationDepartment, Energy Department,Department of Health and HumanServices, Department of HomelandSecurity, Department of Housing andUrban Development, InteriorDepartment, Justice Department,Labor Department, State Department,Transportation Department, TreasuryDepartment, Department of VeteransAffairs, Environmental ProtectionAgency, Federal CommunicationsCommission, Federal DepositInsurance Corporation, Federal TradeCommission, NASA, National ScienceFoundation, National TransportationSafety Board, Nuclear RegulatoryCommission, Office of Managementand Budget, Office of National DrugControl Policy, Office of PersonnelManagement, Office of Science andTechnology Policy, Office of theDirector of National Intelligence,Securities and Exchange Commission,Small Business Administration and theSocial Security Administration.

(Online: FOIA.gov,www.foia.gov/index.html; SunshineWeek, www.sunshineweek.org)

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For the RecordDeaths

Town hall meeting March 21

GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis City Manager RandyFinney has rescheduled the March town hall meeting forMonday, March 21. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. inthe Municipal Courtroom, 49 Olive Street.

Juanita L. NidayJuanita L. Niday, 77, Gallipolis, died Saturday,

March 12, 2011, at Riverside Methodist Hospital,Columbus, Ohio. Services will be at 1 p.m., Saturday,March 19, 2011, at Willis Funeral Home with PastorBill Thomas officiating. Friends may call from 11a.m.-1 p.m. prior to the service. Please visitwww.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condo-lences.

Helen M. DavisHelen M. Davis, 84, Pomeroy, Ohio, March 12,

2011, at Holzer Medical Center. A memorial servicewill be held Monday, March 21, 2011, at noon at NewBeginnings U.M. Church, Pomeroy. Pastor BrianDunham will officiate. Calling hours will be from 11a.m. to the time of service.

Milford Franklin JordanMilford Franklin Jordan, 80, Mt. Alto, W.Va., died

Sunday March 13, 2011. The funeral service will beheld at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at DealFuneral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Burial willfollow at Blaine Memorial Gardens in Cottageville,W.Va.

Mary Katherine (Smith) GibbsMary Katherine (Smith) Gibbs, 66, Point Pleasant,

W.Va., died Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Holzer SeniorCare. There will be no service or visitation at thefuneral home. A private graveside service and burialwill be held at the Forest Hills Cemetery with Rev.Annetta Durst officiating. Arrangements are under thedirection of the Wilcoxen Funeral Home. Online con-dolences may be made at www.wilcoxenfuneral-home.com.

Virginia M. AdrianVirginia M. Adrian, 84, Gallipolis, died Monday,

March 14, 2011, at her residence. Funeral arrange-ments will be announced by Cremeens FuneralChapel.

Gallipolis Police Department

GALLIPOLIS — An officer with the GallipolisPolice Department issued a citation to Andrew J.Maciejewski, 37, Johnstown, Ohio, on March 4, fordriving under the influence.

At approximately 10:13 p.m. on the day in ques-tion, an officer observed a vehicle turn left ontoCourt Street from Second Ave., left onto First Ave.,and westbound onto State Street without using aturn signal. Once the driver failed to signal his leftturn onto Second Ave. from State Street, the officerpulled the vehicle over at 518 Second Ave.

Several field sobriety tests were administered onMaciejewski and the driver was later transported tothe police department for a breath test and he sub-sequently had a blood alcohol level of .144.

Maciejewski was issued a citation for operating avehicle under the influence and for failing to useturn signals. The driver was later released to a friendand the passenger of the vehicle was transported toa local hotel, where he was staying, by an officer.

GALLIPOLIS — A Delaware, Ohio, man wasarrested by an officer with the Gallipolis PoliceDepartment on March 5, following several com-plaints about his alleged disruptive behavior.

Shawn Kistler, 31, was arrested in the 600 blockof Fourth Ave. following complaints of a male wear-ing dark clothing, covered in blood, who wasattempting to stop vehicles on Second Ave., as wellas beating on the door of residence on Fourth Ave.

Kistler was stopped by an officer and admitted tobeing drunk and reported that he had been assaultedwith a beer bottle to his right eye. Kistler furtherstated that he did not wish to press charges againstthe alleged suspect who assaulted him and was giv-en the opportunity to stay with family or friends inGallipolis. He refused and was later jailed for eighthours. Prior to his booking into the Gallia CountyJail, Kistler was taken to the emergency room ofHolzer Medical Center for care.

Gallia Co. Common Pleas Court

GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County man wasrecently sentenced to 11 months in the Ohio Depart-ment of Rehabilitation and Correction following aguilty plea to one count of telecommunicationsfraud, a fifth degree felony.

Brian E. Angell, 31, Vinton, was originally sen-tenced to 24 months of community control on Oct.4, 2010, and ordered to complete the SEPTA pro-gram.

On Nov. 8, 2010, violations were filed with thecourt after Angell tested positive for buprenorhinewhile at the SEPTA Correctional Facility and wasterminated at the program.

On Feb. 22, Angell’s community control wasrevoked and he was sentenced to 11 months impris-onment. Angell was further given credit for eightdays served and was ordered to pay court costs. Thedefendant may be subject to a period of up to threeyears of post release control.

GALLIPOLIS — The following individuals wererecently sentenced to community control:

Carolyn W. Roberts, 31, Athens, was sentenced to24 months of community control on Feb. 18 follow-ing a guilty plea to fleeing and eluding, a thirddegree felony. Roberts was further ordered to per-form 500 hours of community service, register withOhio Employment Services, pay $50 per monthwhile on probation, and ordered to pay court costs.

Vonda K. Ravenscroft, 45, Gallipolis, was sen-tenced to 24 months of community control on Feb.18, following a guilty plea to one count of traffick-ing in drugs after she sold or offered to sell oneMorphine tablet on Jan. 26, 2010.

Ravenscroft was further ordered to pay the courtcosts, ordered to pay $50 per month to the clerk ofcourts while on probation, ordered to perform 500hours of community service, register with SpectrumOutreach Services and Ohio Employment Servicesand had her operator’s license suspended for sixmonths.

Gallia County 911

GALLIPOLIS — The following calls wererecently dispatched through the Gallia County 911Center:

March 4• Two-vehicle minor accident, 10:26 a.m., Gal-

lipolis Post Office.• Vehicle accident, 10:47 a.m., Holzer Medical

Center Lower Parking Deck. No injuries reported.• Vehicle accident, 12 p.m., Go Mart, Eastern Ave.

Gallipolis. No injuries reported.• Jackson Co. mutual aid fire, 3:35 p.m., Thurman

Road, Centerville. Gallia County District 5 and Dis-trict 3 fire departmentsresponded.

• Two-vehicle accident,4:02 p.m., French CityChild Care, small blackcar and red pickup truck.No injuries.

• Vacant house fire,11:42 p.m., Mount ZionRoad, Walnut Township.Gallia County District 3responded; District 11and District 2 called formutual aid.

March 5• Hit skip accident,

11:04 a.m., WinterplaceDrive, Green Township.No injuries reported.

• Single-vehicle injuryaccident, 2:28 p.m.,Alice Road, Vinton,Ohio. Negative entrap-ment; driver transportedto Holzer Medical Cen-ter.

March 7• Two-vehicle accident,

12:42 p.m., GallipolisWalmart, Izuzu and aDodge Neon. No injuriesreported.

Local Stocks

Gallia County ForecastFlood Warning

Tuesday: Rain before4 p.m., then rain likelyand possibly a thunder-storm between 4-5 p.m.,then rain likely after 5p.m. High near 51. Eastwind between 5 and 11mph. Chance of precipi-tation is 90 percent.New rainfall amountsbetween a tenth andquarter of an inch,except higher amountspossible in thunder-storms.

Tuesday Night:Showers and possibly athunderstorm beforemidnight, then showerslikely. Low around 44.South wind around 6mph. Chance of precipi-tation is 80 percent.New rainfall amountsbetween a tenth andquarter of an inch,except higher amountspossible in thunder-storms.

Wednesday: A chanceof showers, mainlybefore 1 p.m. Mostly

cloudy, with a high near54. West wind around 9mph. Chance of precipi-tation is 30 percent.New rainfall amountsbetween a tenth andquarter of an inch possi-ble.

Wednesday Night:Partly cloudy, with alow around 39.

Thursday: Mostlysunny, with a high near67.

Thursday Night:Partly cloudy, with alow around 47.

Friday: Partly sunny,with a high near 72.

Friday Night: Achance of showers.Mostly cloudy, with alow around 45. Chanceof precipitation is 40percent.

Saturday: Mostlysunny, with a high near63.

Saturday Night: Part-ly cloudy, with a lowaround 41.

Sunday: Mostly sun-ny, with a high near 66.

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990A 2nd Ave. Gallipolis, OH

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Pan America Branch.The Gallipolis Rotary Club will be holding these

events at the new Gallia Academy High School, 2855Centenary Road.

Following is the schedule of events:• Saturday, March 19, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Karate (Chil-

dren 8 & above).• Saturday, March 19, 2-5 p.m., Jujutsu.• Sunday, March 20, 1-4 p.m., Karate and Jujutsu

(Brown Belts and above).This unique opportunity to work with a Grand Master

is open to students on a first come, first served basis andthe class size is limited to a maximum of 40 students.Reserve a spot and make payment online at www.gal-lipolisrotary.org or on Facebook.

For information, e-mail the Gallipolis Rotary Club atgallipolisrotary@live.com or call club secretary ChuckClark at (740) 446-7943.

on Sunday. Cox was cited for driving upon a closed road-way.

Jennifer L. Ehman, 38, Crown City, was stopped by anofficer on Chillicothe Road at approximately 9:35 p.m.on Sunday. Ehman was cited for driving upon a closedroadway.

Stephen M. Hawkins, 37, Gallipolis, was stopped atapproximately 10:04 p.m. on Sunday on Vine Street inGallipolis. Hawkins was given a citation for driving upona closed roadway and for fictitious plates.

As of press time, Ohio 7, from the intersection withOhio 218 to Crown City, remained closed due to highwater. Within the city limits, only Spruce Street Exten-sion remains closed.

An official with the police department further advisedmotorists never to drive past road closed signs and to con-tinue to drive cautiously along roadways where floodwater has recently receded due to debris remaining alongroadways.

guilty to count one of theft. He was sentenced to 24months of community control on Feb. 23, 2010.

The indictment in Drummond’s second 2009 casealleges that he left his residence on Aug. 15, 2009, fol-lowing his placement on lockdown house arrest on Aug.14, 2009.

After pleading guilty to one count of escape, Drum-mond was sentenced to 24 months of community con-trol on Feb. 23, 2010.

On April 12, 2010, community control violationswere filed with the court after Drummond was alleged-ly found out past midnight and intoxicated during theearly morning hours of April 9, 2010.

During his arraignment as to the alleged communitycontrol violations in both of his 2009 cases on April 12,2010, Drummond pleaded not guilty.

On May 18, 2010, Drummond failed to appear for ahearing in relation to the alleged violations and a war-rant was issued for his arrest.

On March 11, 2011, following his arrest for failing toappear, Drummond was present for a hearing in relationto both of his 2009 cases. Drummond’s bond was set at$5,000, 10 percent in both of his cases.

The defendant is scheduled to appear for a prelimi-nary hearing in relation to the community control viao-lations on April 18. A final hearing has been set forth forMay 4.

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In Mason County, portions of W.Va. 2 S. and W.Va. 62were still closed on Monday as flood waters preventedsome residents from leaving their homes along both road-ways.

The National Weather Service forecast for today (Tues-day) is calling for a 90 percent chance of rain. There isalso the possibility for thunderstorms this afternoon. Upto a 1/4 inch of accumulation is possible with higheramounts likely during thunderstorms. More rain isexpected tonight and Wednesday and then again on Fri-day night.

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Submitted photoThree River Valley High School students won merit awards at the University of RioGrande Juried Art Exhibition. Amanda Moore, Britni Walker and Jayla Conley sub-mitted art work that was accepted for the first annual show at the University. Aman-da Mooreʼs mixed media art entitled “My Friend” won $50. Britni Walkerʼs ceramicpiece entitled “Decadent” won $50. Jayla Conleyʼs acrylic painting entitled “FromTuscany with Vengeance” won a $500 scholarship. They show opened Februaryand included work from many area students. Walker from River Valley High Schoolwas chosen to attend the Ohio Governorʼs Youth Art Exhibition State Finals. Theregional competition was held March 5 at Athens High School. The regional exhibi-tion included a variety of two and three dimensional work from area students andprojects were selected to go on for state judging in Columbus. Walker entered aceramic piece entitled “Decadent.” Pictured from left to right are Amanda Moore,Britni Walker and Jayla Conley.

River Valley High School studentswon merit awards at the Universityof Rio Grande Juried Art Exhibition

Submitted photoOhio Valley bank officers Larry Miller (far left) and Tom Wiseman (far right) presenta check for $750 to Fellowship of Christian Athletes board members Kim Rose andJoe Moore. The sponsorship is for the FCA dinner and fundraiser at 6 p.m. March29 at the University of Rio Grande.

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Gallipolis City Schools kindergartenregistration begins in April

GALLIPOLIS — Kindergarten registration for the Gallipolis City School Dis-trict will be held on the following dates:

• Rio Grande Elementary — Monday, April 11, 2011; Tuesday, April 12, 2011.Please call Rio Grande at 245-5333 for an appointment.

• Washington Elementary — Monday, May 2, 2011; Tuesday, May 3, 2011.Please call Washington at 446-3213 for an appointment.

• Green Elementary — Monday, May 9, 2011; Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Pleasecall Green at 446-3236 for an appointment.

If you cannot attend registration during these dates and times, please call theappropriate school to make other arrangements. It is important that children beregistered for kindergarten in order to plan for classes and materials needed forall students.

Parents or guardians must bring their kindergarten-aged child to the registra-tion. Children will be screened for hearing, vision, speech and communications,health and medical issues. Other screenings will be done by observing the childwhile he/she interacts with other children and the registration team.

A child must be five years of age on or before Sept. 30, 2011, to be eligible toattend kindergarten. By law, a child must attend school if he or she is six years ofage on or before Sept. 30, 2011.

To register, the parent or guardian must bring a copy of the child’s birth cer-tificate, record of immunizations, and Social Security number. If there are cus-tody issues, please bring any court documentation you may have.

The State of Ohio’s immunization requirements for children entering kinder-garten in 2011 are as follows:

• 5 diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus vaccinations (DPTs).• 4 polio vaccinations (IPVs).• 2 measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations (MMRs).• 3 Hepatitis B vaccines (HBVs).• 2 varicella vaccines.It is also recommended that each child have a tuberculin (TB) skin test before

entering kindergarten.Children may obtain these immunizations from their doctor, or free of charge

from the Gallia County Health Department, which is located at 499 Jackson Pike,Gallipolis. Be sure to take your child’s current immunization record with you.

The Kindergarten Registration Team at each school is looking forward to see-ing you and your child.

Grace UMC collector baskets availableGALLIPOLIS — Grace United Methodist Church is offering limited edition

collector basket to commemorate the church’s existence in the community and tobenefit the church’s mission projects.

The hard maple baskets feature a laser-engraved lid and custom, engraved brasstag. A limited number of baskets will be made and each one will be numbered.

The Grace UMC Esther Circle is selling the baskets. Proceeds will be used tosupport local mission projects.

For information or to view the basket, stop by the church office at 600 SecondAvenue in Gallipolis. Orders can be placed by calling the church at 446-0555, orby contacting Pat Boyer at 446-4223.

The Gallia County Children ServicesBoard and the Gallia County Board ofCommissioners recognizes Molly Plymale

Pictured, from left to right, Commission Vice-president Joe Foster, CommissionPresident Lois Snyder, Molly Plymale and Commissioner Harold Montgomery.

Amber Gillenwater/photosThe Gallia County Children Services Board and the Gallia County Board of Com-missioners recently recognized the work of former Children Services Board Mem-ber Molly Plymale. Plymale served on the Children Services Board from 2001-2010, retiring in December. Gallia County Children Services Director Russ Moorepresented Plymale with a plaque on behalf of the board and the children of GalliaCounty for her over nine years of dedication. The commissioners further issued aresolution on behalf of the community recognizing Plymale for her years of self-less dedication to the children and families in Gallia County.

University of Rio Grande/ Rio Grande Community College offering UndergroundRailroad study

RIO GRANDE — Anew summer program atthe University of RioGrande / Rio GrandeCommunity College willallow teachers fromaround Ohio to learnmore about the Under-ground Railroad and itssignificance in Ohio.

Teachers can earn col-lege credit hours throughthe program, which willgive them the tools theyneed to provide newlearning experiences fortheir students relating tothe Underground Rail-road.

The “River of Slavery,River of Freedom: Per-sonal Dignity and theUnderground Railroad inthe Ohio River Valley”institute for teachers isbeing funded through agrant from the OhioHumanities Council. Theprogram is designed forsocial studies and Ameri-can history teachers ingrades K-12 in Ohio.

The program will betaught in June, and a con-tinuing online compo-nent of the class will alsobe available for thosewho are interested. Stu-dents in the June programwill earn three graduatecredits will have anopportunity to earn anadditional three credits ifthey take part in the con-tinuation of the onlinecourse.

The teachers whoenroll in the program willlearn from several pre-senters in the classroom,as well as take trips tolocations along the Ohio

River that played a sig-nificant role in theUnderground Railroad.

Elaine Armstrong,M.Ed., will teach the pro-gram. Armstrong has lednumerous presentationsabout this period of histo-ry for colleges, schools,churches and other orga-nizations and she has col-lected various artifactsrelated to slavery inAmerica.

Guest instructors willinclude Cathy Nelson,Annette Jefferson, Her-bert W. Martin, and RicSheffield, Corliss Miller,and Michael E. CrutcherSr. from colleges andorganizations aroundOhio will also visit theclass and share theirknowledge with the stu-dents. In addition, histor-ical re-enactors will helpbring to life the stories ofsome of the importantpeople of the time.

“We hope to take amore in-depth look at theUnderground Railroadand the role it played inthe commerce and com-modity of slavery andfreedom, as well as theeffects that slavery hadon both the black andwhite community,“ Arm-strong said.

“We’ll also be examin-ing how it affected fami-lies, government, laws,living, and working prac-tices, and of course, thedangers involved as aconductor or a passengeron the so-called Under-ground Railroad. Themore I research the sub-ject, the more I realize

just how difficult theprocess was in theattempt to be ‘free.’” Thetrips to places along theOhio River that werestops on the Under-ground Railroad will bean important part of thelearning process, sheadded.

“By visiting and seeingactual sites, by touchingand feeling actual arti-facts of that time period,and by scholarly researchand discussion, I hope toinspire excitement and adesire to know moreabout this important peri-od in our nation’s histo-ry,” Armstrong said.“Hopefully, the teachers’inspiration and excite-ment will be passed on toeach teacher’s classroomstudents in the future.”

The hands-on learningopportunities will makethis teaching instituteunique, Armstrongexplained. “In someaspects, we will see, feel,hear, and touch some ofthe same things that theslaves and the conductorson the Underground Rail-road did,” Armstrongsaid.

Teachers enrolled inthe program will be ableto live on campus duringthe class if they choose,and scholarships areavailable.

For more informationon the “River of Slavery,River of Freedom”teaching institute, callDreama Hudson at 1-800-282-7201 or sendher an e-mail at dhud-son@rio.edu.

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The following is a summarized ver-sion of legislation adopted at theMarch 1, 2011 regular meeting ofthe Gallipolis City Commission: OR-DINANCE NO. O2011-09: ANORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THEREMOVAL FROM THE LEDGERSOF THE CITY OF GALLIPOLISUTILITY BILLING OFFICE CER-TAIN PAST DUE ACCOUNTS ASSET FORTH HEREIN. Removes$8,155.34 from the utility depart-ment ledgers from list negotiated bythe City Auditor and approved byCity Commission. (Adopted onsecond reading.)ORDINANCE NO.O2011-11: AN ORDINANCE AC-CEPTING AND REJECTING BIDSFOR CHEMICALS AND QUICK-LIME. Accepts bids form BondedChemical, Inc. (Columbus, OH),Greer Lime Co. (Morgantown, WV),Sal Chemical (Weirton, WV), andC.I. Thornburg Co., Inc. (Hunting-ton, WV). (Rules suspended.Adopted on first reading.)ORDI-NANCE NO. O2011-16: ANEMERGENCY ORDINANCE AU-THORIZING THE CITY MANAGERTO ENTER INTO AN AGREE-MENT WITH EVANS ENTER-PRISES FOR THE LEASE OFPROPERTY FOR OFFICE ANDEQUIPMENT STORAGE FOR MU-NICIPAL OFFICES. Authorizeslease of storage space for$250/month in old Odd Lots Build-ing. (Adopted as anemergency.)Notice: The completetext of the legislation listed abovemay be obtained or viewed at theoffice of the City Clerk, the BossardPublic Library, or on the City’s web-site at www.gallianet.net (3) 15,2011

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NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY TOTHE PUBLIC STATE OF OHIO DE-PARTMENT OF TRANSPORTA-TION Columbus, Ohio You areinvited to be a part of Ohio’s up-coming Statewide TransportationImprovement Program (STIP). TheSTIP identifies the statewide pro-gram of highway and transit main-tenance and new capacity; andbicycle and other transportation re-lated projects that will be imple-mented throughout the State overthe next 4 years. The Draft docu-ments will be available for public re-view and comment at 30 locationsstatewide during the review periodof April 4, 2011 thru April 15, 2011,during normal business hours.These locations consist of the Plan-ning and Programming Administra-tor's Office in each of the twelveODOT District Offices, the ODOTCentral-Office Division of Planninglocated in Columbus, Ohio andeach of the seventeen Ohio Metro-politan Planning Organization(MPO) Offices. The ODOT DistrictOffice serving your area is locatedat 338 Muskingum Drive, Marietta,Ohio (740-568-3900). To facilitatethe STIP review, the District and theWood-Washington-Wirt InterstatePlanning Commission will jointlysponsor an open house on Tues-day, April 5, 2011 from 10 AM to 2PM at the Belpre Library, 2012Washington Blvd. in Belpre, Ohio.The District Office will hold severalother open houses: Monday, April4, 2011 from 3 PM to 7 PM at theWayne Forest National Headquar-ters, 13700 US 33 in Nelsonville,Ohio; Wednesday, April 6, 2011from 3 PM to 7 PM at the CaldwellCommunity Center located at theNoble County Fairgrounds, Cald-well, Ohio; Thursday, April 7, 2011from 3 PM to 7 PM at the PomeroyLibrary 216 W. Main StreetPomeroy, Ohio. The MPO servingthe Washington County, Ohio areais the Wood-Washington-Wirt Inter-

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PROBATE COURT OF GALLIACOUNTY, OHIO PUBLICA-TION OF NOTICE RevisedCode, Sec. 2109.32-.33 “TOALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN THE FOLLOWING ES-TATES PENDING IN THE GAL-LIA COUNTY PROBATECOURT. The fiduciary in eachestate has filed an account ofhis trust. A hearing on the ac-count in each case will be heldat the date and time shownbelow. The court is located atthe Gallia County Courthouse,18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH45631. NAME James AldenNibert CASE NUMBER#971109 DATE OF HEARINGAPRIL 15, 2011 TIME 10:00O'CLOCK A.M. THOMAS S.MOULTON JR. PROBATEJUDGE MARCH 15, 2011

PROBATE COURT OF GALLIACOUNTY, OHIO PUBLICA-TION OF NOTICE RevisedCode, Sec. 2109.32-.33 “TOALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN THE FOLLOWING ES-TATES PENDING IN THE GAL-LIA COUNTY PROBATECOURT. The fiduciary in eachestate has filed an account ofhis trust. A hearing on the ac-count in each case will be heldat the date and time shownbelow. The court is located atthe Gallia County Courthouse,18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH45631. NAME WILMA JEANMULLINS CASE NUMBER#02002 DATE OF HEARINGAPRIL 15, 2011 TIME 10:00O'CLOCK A.M. THOMAS S.MOULTON JR. PROBATEJUDGE MARCH 15, 2011

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PROBATE COURT OF GALLIACOUNTY, OHIO PUBLICA-TION OF NOTICE RevisedCode, Sec. 2109.32-.33 “TOALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN THE FOLLOWING ES-TATES PENDING IN THE GAL-LIA COUNTY PROBATECOURT. The fiduciary in eachestate has filed an account ofhis trust. A hearing on the ac-count in each case will be heldat the date and time shownbelow. The court is located atthe Gallia County Courthouse,18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH45631. NAME Anna M. KinderCASE NUMBER #971028DATE OF HEARING APRIL 15,2011 TIME 10:00 O'CLOCKA.M. THOMAS S. MOULTONJR. PROBATE JUDGEMARCH 15, 2011

PROBATE COURT OF GALLIACOUNTY, OHIO PUBLICA-TION OF NOTICE RevisedCode, Sec. 2109.32-.33 “TOALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN THE FOLLOWING ES-TATES PENDING IN THE GAL-LIA COUNTY PROBATECOURT. The fiduciary in eachestate has filed an account ofhis trust. A hearing on the ac-count in each case will be heldat the date and time shownbelow. The court is located atthe Gallia County Courthouse,18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH45631. NAME Carol J. JohnsonCASE NUMBER #20101053DATE OF HEARING APRIL 15,2011 TIME 10:00 O'CLOCKA.M. THOMAS S. MOULTONJR. PROBATE JUDGEMARCH 15, 2011

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PROBATE COURT OF GALLIACOUNTY, OHIO THOMAS S.MOULTON, JR. JUDGE IN RE:CHANGE OF NAME OF Jill DawnSimpkins (present name) Jill DawnAustin (name requested) Case NO.20117007 NOTICE OF HEARINGON CHANGE OF NAME(R.C.2717.01) Applicant herebygives notice to all interested per-sons that the applicant has filed anApplication for Change of Name inthe Probate Court of Gallia County,Ohio, requesting the change ofname of Jill Dawn Simpkins to JillDawn Austin. the hearing on the ap-plication will be held on the 20thday of April, 2011, at 10:00 o'clockA.M. in the Probate Court of Gallia,County, located at 18 Locust Street,Gallipolis OH 45631 Jill DawnSimpkins 2849 Neighborhood RdGallipolis Ohio 45631. March 15,2011

PROBATE COURT OF GALLIACOUNTY, OHIO PUBLICA-TION OF NOTICE RevisedCode, Sec. 2109.32-.33 “TOALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN THE FOLLOWING ES-TATES PENDING IN THE GAL-LIA COUNTY PROBATECOURT. The fiduciary in eachestate has filed an account ofhis trust. A hearing on the ac-count in each case will be heldat the date and time shownbelow. The court is located atthe Gallia County Courthouse,18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH45631. NAME Clara JosephineHurt CASE NUMBER#20101047 DATE OF HEAR-ING APRIL 15, 2011 TIME10:00 O'CLOCK A.M. THOMASS. MOULTON JR. PROBATEJUDGE MARCH 15, 2011

PROBATE COURT OF GALLIACOUNTY, OHIO PUBLICA-TION OF NOTICE RevisedCode, Sec. 2109.32-.33 “TOALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN THE FOLLOWING ES-TATES PENDING IN THE GAL-LIA COUNTY PROBATECOURT. The fiduciary in eachestate has filed an account ofhis trust. A hearing on the ac-count in each case will be heldat the date and time shownbelow. The court is located atthe Gallia County Courthouse,18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH45631. NAME William E. HalleyCASE NUMBER #062020DATE OF HEARING APRIL 15,2011 TIME 10:00 O'CLOCKA.M. THOMAS S. MOULTONJR. PROBATE JUDGEMARCH 15, 2011

PROBATE COURT OF GALLIACOUNTY, OHIO THOMAS S.MOULTON, JR. JUDGE IN RE:CHANGE OF NAME OF HomerHorton Simpkins (present name)Homer Horton Austin,Jr. (name re-quested) Case NO. 20117008 NO-TICE OF HEARING ON CHANGEOF NAME (R.C.2717.01) Applicanthereby gives notice to all interestedpersons that the applicant has filedan Application for Change of Namein the Probate Court of GalliaCounty, Ohio, requesting thechange of name of Homer HortonSimpkins to Homer HortonAustin,Jr. the hearing on the appli-cation will be held on the 20th dayof April, 2011, at 10:00 o'clock A.M.in the Probate Court of Gallia,County, located at 18 Locust Street,Gallipolis OH 45631

PROBATE COURT OF GALLIACOUNTY, OHIO PUBLICA-TION OF NOTICE RevisedCode, Sec. 2109.32-.33 “TOALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN THE FOLLOWING ES-TATES PENDING IN THE GAL-LIA COUNTY PROBATECOURT. The fiduciary in eachestate has filed an account ofhis trust. A hearing on the ac-count in each case will be heldat the date and time shownbelow. The court is located atthe Gallia County Courthouse,18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH45631. NAME Marilla GothardCASE NUMBER #001019DATE OF HEARING APRIL 15,2011 TIME 10:00 O'CLOCKA.M. THOMAS S. MOULTONJR. PROBATE JUDGEMARCH 15, 2011

PROBATE COURT OF GALLIACOUNTY, OHIO PUBLICA-TION OF NOTICE RevisedCode, Sec. 2109.32-.33 “TOALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN THE FOLLOWING ES-TATES PENDING IN THE GAL-LIA COUNTY PROBATECOURT. The fiduciary in eachestate has filed an account ofhis trust. A hearing on the ac-count in each case will be heldat the date and time shownbelow. The court is located atthe Gallia County Courthouse,18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH45631. NAME Esta Mae DeelCASE NUMBER #091006DATE OF HEARING APRIL 15,2011 TIME 10:00 O'CLOCKA.M. THOMAS S. MOULTONJR. PROBATE JUDGEMARCH 15, 2011

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Water Treatment Plant Opera-torThe City of Gallipolis is ac-cepting applications for theposition of Water TreatmentPlant Operator – State Certified.High School Diploma or GEDEquivalent and Class I WaterOperators License are re-quired.Position is full-timehourly with required weekendwork offering a competitive andcomprehensive benefit pack-age, including health insurance.Applications and job descrip-tions may be picked up at theCity Manager’s Office, Gallipo-lis Municipal Building, 848 ThirdAvenue, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631.Applications will be accepteduntil 4 p.m., Friday, March 25,2011. EOE.

Kipling Shoe Company Retail SalesFull/Part time employment. 3 yrsexperience required. Apply in store306 3rd St, Pt Pleasant. 304-675-7870

Driving instructor needed. Mustpass background check, workeve/weekends. Drop resume off atGallipolis AAA office or fax attn: Al740-351-0537

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