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BY HOPE [email protected]

MASON — As oneof the closing assign-ments to their highschool careers,Wahama High Schoolseniors recently com-pleted and presentedtheir senior projects.

Throughout theiryears spent in school,members of the WHSClass of 2011 havetaken a variety ofcourses and developedmany skills as a result.According to schoolofficials, a senior pro-ject provides an oppor-tunity for students tochoose a subject ofinterest, develop inde-

pendent learning skills,conduct in-depthresearch and teachesthem to demonstrateproblem solving, deci-sion making.

The goal of theassigned senior projectsalso is to challenge stu-dents and provide themwith experiences thatwill prepare them forpost-high school life ineither furthering theireducation or in theworkplace. The pro-jects also offered stu-dents a valuable oppor-tunity to learn outsideof the classroom.

Upon beginning theirprojects, WHS seniors

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ICL-IP Americato conducttesting

GALLIPOLIS FERRY— ICL-IP America willconduct the monthly test-ing of the emergencyalarms at noon on Friday.

Offices to beclosed

POINT PLEASANT —The City of Point PleasantOffices will be closed onMonday, May 30 inobersvance of Memorial Day.

Garbage pick-up will runa day late with Thursdayand Friday’s route beingpicked up on Friday.

City hall to beclosed

NEW HAVEN — TheNew Haven City Hall willbe closed and all townworkers will be off inobservance of MemorialDay on Monday, May 30.

Due to the holiday,garbage pick-up will bedelayed by one day.

Relay for LifePageant takingapplications

POINT PLEASANT —The inaugural Relay ForLife pageant, slated for 4p.m. June 12 at the PointPleasant Jr/Sr High SchoolAuditorium, is currentlyaccepting applications.

The pageant is open toMason, Gallia and Meigscounty girls ages 13-24.Applications are availableat any local Farmers Banklocation.

For more information,contact Cassi Heib, pageantdirector, at 304-593-8655.

Chamber plans Annual Golf TournamentBY HOPE ROUSH

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POINT PLEASANT— The Mason CountyArea Chamber ofCommerce is ready forsummer.

On Tuesday, thechamber held theirmonthly luncheon andmeeting to discussupcoming plans andevents. The luncheonwas held in Brad Deal’srenovated Victorianhome, located at 1210Viand St. in PointPleasant. Deal and hisstaff catered the meal,while Mary Fowler,Travel Time Toursowner, provided the

meeting’s presentation.The chamber also rec-

ognized the May“Business of the Month,”Four Seasons Florist,located at 504 Main St. inPoint Pleasant.

Currently, chambermembers are finalizingplans for the 2011Annual Chamber GolfT o u r n a m e n t“McDonalds Scramble.”The event, slated forThursday, June 30, willtake place at theRiverside Golf Club inMason. The day willbegin with breakfast pro-vided by McDonalds.Tudor’s Biscuit Worldalso will provide lunchfor those in attendance.

According to HildaAustin, chamber execu-tive director, the tourna-ment is a fun opportunityto interact with othermembers as well as earnprizes, which are donat-ed by member business-es.

“Everybody always hasa great time at this outingand we want you to be inon the fun,” Austin saidin the monthly chambernewsletter. “We appreci-ate your support.”

To enter the golf tour-nament or for more infor-mation on the chamber,contact Austin at 304-675-1050.

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ASHTON — In just a few days, seniors atHannan High School will bid farewell. Among theClass of 2011, Jasmine Campbell stands out withher Wildcat pride.

Involved in volleyball and cheerleading sincethe ninth grade, Campbell says sports have taughther a lot.

“I have gained a great sense of responsibility bybeing on both the volleyball team and cheerlead-ing squad,” she said. “Both are my favorite sportsfor different reasons.”

Campbell was a bumper and was sometimesbrought in to serve.

“Serving was my strongest point,” she said.As captain her senior year, Campbell added that

she felt everyone got along really well.“I love my teammates, and our bus rides to and

from games were always fun.”Campbell’s favorite senior memory also comes

from volleyball.“I once made a shot from the opposite side of

the court. It was pretty cool.”And whether it’s football or basketball season,

this 17-year old loves cheering on the blue andwhite.

“Football season would have to be my favorite,but I don’t really like the cold,” Campbell said.

Serving as captain over the squad this year,Campbell says she loved being the flyer.

“As someone who is basically being thrown intothe air, you have to really get along and trust yourbases,” she added. “Cheerleading was a lot of fun,but also a lot of work.”

But it’s not just about bumps and cheers for thissenior. In her school, Campbell also serves on theRAZE committee and on the Mason County TeenCourt.

“I am a juror on Teen Court, a small version ofreal court,” Campbell explained. “I like it and itreally has been a good learning experience.”

Just a few weeks ago, it was a ‘Girls Night Out’for Campbell and her best friends as they all wentto the 2011 Prom together.

“It was a lot of fun, just my friends and I. Weeven went bowling after the prom,” Campbellsaid.

But on Saturday, this senior will take her final

steps across the gymnasium floor and then bepreparing for her future.

“I am still undecided about my future goals andplans, but I am currently thinking about attendinga college in Kentucky to major in Early ChildhoodEducation,” she said. “I do know that I want to geta good career and start a family.”

Campbell states her hobbies include hanging outwith her friends, shopping, swimming, and ridingfour-wheelers.

She thanks for family for “always being there.”“I really want to thank my family, especially my

parents, for guiding me and helping me getthrough.”

She is the daughter of Chris Campbell andPhyllis Campbell of Gallipolis Ferry, and the sib-ling of Celeste Campbell.

70 localathletes tocompetein SpecialOlympics

BY HOPE [email protected]

POINT PLEASANT— After weeks of prac-tice and preparation,70 local athletes willcompete in the MasonCounty SpecialOlympics on Friday.

The Olympics willtake place from 8:30a.m.-2 p.m. at PointPleasant Jr/Sr HighSchool rain or shine.During the event, par-ticipants will beawarded first, secondand third placesmedals.

Special Olympics isdesigned for individu-als ages eight and upwho have an IEP (ifthey are currently inschool) or the equiva-lent. The organizationalso is for adult ath-letes who are no longerin school, but were ineither special educa-tion, LD or BD classeswhen they did attendschool. During thisyear’s Olympics, ath-letes will compete inseveral track and fieldevents as well as docrafts and other events,such as bocce or corn-hole.

According to eventorganizers, SpecialOlympic participantsacquire more than justawards — they gainskills through socialinteraction. They alsogain lasting friend-ships, memories andgood sportsmanship.

The Mason CountySpecial Olympics isprimarily fundedthrough donations.Event organizers donot require participantsand their families topurchase anything asall equipment and uni-forms are provided.This year, the event isbeing made possiblethrough the help ofAEP Mountaineer,AEP Sporn and AEPRiver Transport as wellas other local business-es and many dedicatedvolunteers. See PROJECTS, A5

SENIOR SPOTLIGHTSENIOR SPOTLIGHTJasmine Campbell – Hannan High School

Hope Roush/photoMario Liberatore and Ron Harris proudly smile after tak-ing first place in last yearʼs Mason County Area Chamberof Commerceʼs Annual Golf Tournament. This yearʼstournament is slated for Thursday, June 30 at theRiverside Golf Club in Mason.

WHS students present senior projects

Wahama High School Senior Jon Pearson, pictured, recent-ly presented his senior project in front of a panel of judges.Pearsonʼs project was on the topic of nursing and wasfocused on the dangers of prescription drug abuse amongnurses. The senior project assignment was an effort to pro-vide students with learning outside of the classroom as wellas an opportunity to prepare them for life after high school.

GARY D. ROBERTSONASSOCIATED PRESS

RALEIGH, N.C. —John Edwards could beindicted within days in afederal investigation intowhether the former presi-dential candidate illegal-ly used money fromsome of his politicalbackers to hide his extra-marital affair and out-of-wedlock child, a personfamiliar with the casesaid Wednesday.

It was not immediatelyclear what charges prose-cutors planned to bring.The 57-year-old formerNorth Carolina senatorcould strike a plea bar-gain to avoid indictment,said the person, whospoke on condition ofanonymity because of thecase’s sensitivity.

Federal authoritieshave spent more than twoyears investigating theDemocrat’s campaignfinances, focusing heavi-ly on money fromwealthy supporters thatallegedly went to keepmistress Rielle Hunterand her baby in hiding in2007 and 2008 to protectEdwards’ White Housecampaign from a career-ending scandal.

Prosecutors, in aninvestigation overseen byJustice Department offi-cials in Washington, havebeen looking at whetherthose funds should havebeen reported as cam-paign contributions sincethey arguably aided hispresidential bid.

The investigation hascentered largely allega-tions leveled by formerEdwards campaign aideAndrew Young, who asthe scandal began tounfold in 2007, publiclyclaimed to be the baby’sfather to protect his boss’career.

Young has said thattwo wealthy Edwardssupporters supplied themoney and the private jetthat Young used to keepHunter away from thenews media, first inNorth Carolina, then inColorado, and finally at ahome in California.

An Edwards spokes-woman did not immedi-ately return a messageseeking commentWednesday, though hisattorneys have said theyare confident he did notviolate campaign financelaws.

George Holding, theU.S. attorney in Raleigh,declined to comment.Holding was appointedby President George W.

Bush but has remainedon the job because NorthCarolina’s senators askedPresident Barack Obamato let him finish theEdwards probe.

Hunter had been hiredto shoot video ofEdwards — the 2004vice presidential nomi-nee — as he prepared forhis second White Housebid. Their child was bornin February 2008, amonth after he droppedout of the race.

Edwards initiallydenied having an affairwith Hunter but eventual-ly admitted to it in thesummer of 2008. He alsodenied being the father ofher child before finallyconfessing last year. His

wife, Elizabeth, died ofcancer in December.

Edwards, who madehis millions as a triallawyer, could lose hislaw license if he enters aguilty plea.

Young has said thatEdwards agreed in 2007to solicit money direct-ly from Rachel“Bunny” Mellon, the100-year-old widow ofbanking heir PaulMellon. Young has saidhe received hundreds ofthousands of dollars inchecks from Mellon forhis use and Hunter’s,with some of the checkshidden in boxes ofchocolate.

Mellon’s attorney hassaid she didn’t know

where the money wasgoing but intended it as apersonal gift.

Investigators alsolooked at money spent byEdwards’ former cam-paign finance chairman,Fred Baron, who died in2008. He said he helpedYoung and Hunter moveacross the country. Baronsaid that Edwards wasn’taware of the aid, butYoung said in a book thatEdwards knew aboutBaron’s money.

Young, Hunter,Baron’s wife and a castof other former Edwardsaides and supporters havebeen called to testifybefore a federal grandjury or have been inter-viewed by investigators.

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CHARLESTON —Cadet Todd ThomasBurris II of PointPleasant, WV, graduat-ed May 7, 2011, fromThe Citadel, TheMilitary College ofSouth Carolina.

George Will, acolumnist for theWashington Post andABC news political

commentator, deliv-ered the commence-ment address to theSouth Carolina Corpsof Cadets and activeduty military studentswho participated in thegraduation ceremony.

Burris earned a BAin History. He is theson of Mr. and Mrs.Todd Burris.

Local cadet graduatesfrom The Citadel

P O RT S M O U T H ,Ohio — The 25thannual commence-ment at ShawneeState University washeld on Saturday,May 7, on the AlumniGreen on campus inPortsmouth, Ohio.Cinthia LeaArbogast, of PointPleasant, earned herbachelor’s degree inpsychology this year.The commencementhonored 432 studentswith 19 master’s

degrees conferred intwo of the new mas-ter’s degree pro-grams. Beginning in2009, a FallCommencement isalso presented inDecember each year.

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education dedicated tothe exploration ofemerging technologiesand emerging ideas.SSU offers more than80 bachelor’s andassociate degree pro-grams and two newmaster’s programs,Master of Education inCurriculum andInstruction and aMaster ofOccupational Therapy.To find out more aboutSSU, visit the Web siteat www.shawnee.edu.

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RUPERT, W.Va. —Not every coal minergets pulled out of anunderground drift mineat midday for birthdaycake.

If there had beenroom on it, that tempt-ing piece of pastrycould have used 80 can-dles, testimony to themilestone of a minesupervisor named WileyCullop, an amazingminer who shoveled hisfirst load of black goldwhen Harry S. Trumandwelled in the WhiteHouse.

Cullop is old enoughto be a great-grandfatherto some of the youngmen working under him.Affectionately, he isknown as “Pop.”

At times, congenialkidding erupts over thedisparity in ages, and it’sall in a day’s work.Never does it turn nasty.And Cullop can recipro-cate. He is as glib-tongued with a verbalrejoinder as he is sure-handed on the job.

Told by a reporter helooks more like 60 than80, he quipped, “I’m notgoing to pull thatObama stuff and showyou a birth certificate.”

All kidding aside,Cullop has possibly for-gotten more about theindustry than some willever learn.

He broke into the pro-fession in 1950, workedin several mines, put in

16 years as an inspec-tor/supervisor for thefederal Mine Safety andHealth Administration,and invested 23 years ofhis life as a coal owner,three of them as the loneoperator after a partner-ship.

Each day, in full min-ing regalia, Culloparrives at the MidlandTrail No. 2 mine of WestVirginia Mine PowerCo. from his home inCool Ridge and prompt-ly gives his men a brieftraining update, and heis all business.

As the miners rivettheir eyes in rapt atten-tion, Cullop relates howa small piece of metalrecently flew from astrap while a drill bitwas rotating and lodgedin a man’s arm, prompt-ing a bleeding wound.

“For some reason, helicked it and split histongue,” Cullop tells theworkers. “That piece ofmetal was sticking outof his arm.”

Guffaws erupt, andCullop is quick tosilence the merriment.

“Now, that soundskind of funny, but imag-ine if that had him in theeye,” he says in asomber tone.

“Think about this. If ithad him in the eye, it’shard to tell what couldhave happened. Hemight have been blind inone eye. Wear thoseglasses, especially youguys on those roof boltmachines.”

Other safety admoni-tions follow: Wear earplugs. Keep the ventila-tion process working.Check the equipment

over and over, becauseno one expects you touse it if it’s not function-ing properly.

Last comes produc-tion.

“We have to minecoal,” Cullop instructs.

“We have to have pro-duction to survive. Wegot to do it right. Wewant to do it right. We’regoing to do it right, orwe’re not going to do it.”

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Calendar of Events

REUNIONS

• The 2011 WoodmarPicnic will be held from11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,Saturday, May 21 atthe Parkersburg CityPark in Parkersburg(Shelters A & B). Thisis the 8th annual eventfor current employeesand retirees of theWoodmar Plant inWashington, formerlycalled Marbon, BorgWarner, GE, and cur-rently Sabic. Pleasebring two covereddishes, your own serv-ing utensils, your din-ner ware and lawnchairs. Also bring pic-tures to share. Formore information, con-tact Sharon at 304-494-7002.

• The Workman-Ohse Reunion willtake place at noon onSaturday, May 28 atthe Susie Workmanhomeplace, located onLoneOak Road (CowRun) in Cottageville.All families and friendsare welcome. Bring acovered dish dinner toshare and lawn chairs.Live entertainment willfeaturebluegrass/gospelmusic. Questions?Call 304-675-3358.

THURSDAY, MAY 26POINT PLEASANT

— Committee meeting,9 a.m., Mason CountyFarm Service Agency,

at office at 224A FirstSt.

NEW HAVEN —Outreach services, 9a.m.-5 p.m., JacobʼsWell Ministries.Services availableinclude counseling,mission store and foodpantry. Questions?Call 304-882-3838.

GALLIPOLIS, Ohio— AA meeting, noon,St. Peterʼs EpiscopalChurch, located at 541Second Ave. Opendiscussion.

POINT PLEASANT— Weight Watchers,weigh-ins, 4:30 p.m.,meeting at 5 p.m.,Krodel ParkClubhouse.

POMEROY, Ohio —AA meeting, 7 p.m.,Sacred Heart CatholicChurch, located at 161Mulberry Ave. Opendiscussion.

POMEROY, Ohio —AA meeting, 7 p.m.,Sacred Heart CatholicChurch - annex build-ing, located at 161Mulberry Ave. Opendiscussion.

POINT PLEASANT— AA meeting, 7:30p.m., Point PleasantPresbyterian Church,located at 8th andMain Streets. Use sideentrance. Closed bookstudy.

FRIDAY, MAY 27GALLIPOLIS, Ohio -

AA meeting, 8 p.m.,St. Peterʼs EpiscopalChurch, located at 541

Second Ave. Openlead meeting.

SATURDAY, MAY 28POINT PLEASANT

— AA meeting, 8 p.m.,Point PleasantPresbyterian Church,located at 8th andMain Streets. Use sideentrance. Closed dis-cussion.

POMEROY, Ohio —AA meting, 8 p.m.,Sacred Heart CatholicChurch, located at 161Mulberry Ave. Closedbig book study.

SUNDAY, MAY 29POMEROY, Ohio —

AA meeting, 7 p.m.,Sacred Heart CatholicChurch, located at 161Mulberry Ave. Closed12 & 12 meeting.

POINT PLEASANT— Twin River Runnersand Walkersmeeting/run, 2 p.m.,Trinity UnitedMethodist Church.

MONDAY, MAY 30NEW HAVEN —

Outreach services, 9a.m.-5 p.m., JacobʼsWell Ministries.Services availableinclude counseling,mission store andfood pantry.Questions? Call 304-882-3838.

POINT PLEASANT— Soup kitchen, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Main StreetBaptist Church. Menuincludes soup, sand-wiches, a dessert anda drink. Questions?Call the church at

304-675-4061.POINT PLEASANT

— AA meeting, 7:30p.m., Point PleasantPresbyterian Church,located at 8th andMain Streets. Closedbig book study.

TUESDAY, MAY 31FLATROCK —

Clothing give-away, 9a.m.-1 p.m., GoodShepherd UnitedMethodist Church.

NEW HAVEN —Outreach services, 9a.m.-5 p.m., JacobʼsWell Ministries.Services availableinclude counseling,mission store andfood pantry.Questions? Call 304-882-3838.

POINT PLEASANT— AA meeting, noon,Prestera Center meet-ing room. Open dis-cussion.

LETART— HELPDiet Class, LetartCommunity Center.Weigh-ins from 5:30-6p.m., followed by ashort meeting.

GALLIPOLIS, Ohio— Barbershop musicby the French ColonyChorus, 7 p.m.,Central ChristianChurch. Questions?Call 740-446-9457 or304-633-5372.

GALLIPOLIS, Ohio— AA meeting, 8 p.m.,St. Peterʼs EpiscopalChurch, located at 541Second Ave. Closeddiscussion.

MAY 23-28POINT PLEASANT

— Revival, nightly,Gospel Tabernacle.Jamie Fortner willpreach and specialsinging will take placeeach night. PastorBert Flora welcomesall. Questions? CallNaomi Jordan at 304-675-7060. ʻʼ

MAY 23-28LEON — Revival, 7

p.m. nightly, LeonCommunity Church.

Featuring HappyHearts Evangelist andspecial singing.Everyone welcome.Questions? Call MaryStover at 304-377-6831.

THURSDAY, MAY 26GALLIPOLIS

FERRY — Eveningservice, 6 p.m.,Mount CarmelChurch. Everyonewelcome.

POINT PLEASANT— Prayer meeting, 6

p.m., Point PleasantSeventh-dayAdventist Church.

POINT PLEASANT— Bible Study, 7p.m., Morning StarAdvent ChristianChurch. Pastor JamesBalser welcomes all.

SATURDAY, MAY29

POINT PLEASANT— Sabbath School,11 a.m. and WorshipService, 12:30 p.m.,Point Pleasant

Seventh-dayAdventist Church,located at 4751Ripley Road. PastorJustin Howard wel-comes all.

MAY 31-JUNE 4COTTAGEVILLE —

Bend Area GospelJubilee, 5 p.m. to ?each day, JacksonCounty Fairgrounds.Admission is free. Formore information,contact Evelyn Roushat 304-882-2049.

Dear Dr. Brothers: My2-year-old daughterembarrasses me when Ivisit my father in his nurs-ing home. Sheʼs notscared of him, exactly,but sheʼs reluctant to bephysically intimate withhim. She wonʼt hug himor give him a kiss, and hegets understandablyoffended that his grand-daughter doesnʼt lovehim. What can I do toencourage her to showaffection for her grandfa-ther without forcing it onher? — H.S.

Dear H.S.: First of all,youʼre right to not want toforce this display of affec-tion on your daughter. Itʼsprobably not worth thebattle that will ensue, andthe tantrum likely will bemore embarrassing, onthe whole, than theavoidance. In the end,forcing her only will makeher less likely to want togreet your father nicely— and could extend toother members of thefamily as well. Not tomention that a forced hugor kiss is just that: forced.No one wants to feel likegestures of affection areforced or fake, especiallywhen they come from achild.

Instead of trying to per-suade your daughter tohug and kiss her grandfa-ther, you can try setting apositive example. Whenyour daughter refuses,you can give the hugyourself, and explain toyour daughter that youlike giving your dad ahug. It may take a while,but over the long termyour daughter may learnfrom this example andfeel more comfortablewith these displays ofaffection. You also cantry warning her beforeyou go to visit your father.If you let her know thatyouʼre going for a visit,and that he may want ahug, she might be able toprepare herself better.You also can offer her analternative — her grand-father might want a hug,but heʼll be so happy tosee her that even just asmile and wave will makehim happy. In the end, itʼsall about making yourdaughter comfortableexpressing herself theway she wants.

• • •Dear Dr. Brothers: Iʼm

a little worried about mybaby sitter. Thereʼs noth-ing I can put my fingeron, and sheʼs never doneanything obvious that Iʼd

outright fire her for, but Ijust get the feeling thatsheʼs not doing the bestjob. A friend of mine sug-gested videotaping hersecretly while weʼre out,but that seems ridiculousto me. Are there otherthings I can look for thatmight signal that sheʼsuntrustworthy or doingthings wrong? — L.W.

Dear L.W.: Sometimesall you have to go on areyour hunches, and thatcan be good enoughwhen it comes to the careof your children.Videotaping a baby sittercan be helpful for somepeople, but it makes oth-ers, like yourself, quiteuncomfortable. In yourcase, the first step shouldbe simply talking to yoursitter to see if thereʼs asimple explanation forthe way you feel. Donʼtbe confrontational, butexpress to her that youʼrea little worried and thatshe can always talk toyou if thereʼs somethinggoing on.

If this doesnʼt do thetrick, fortunately thereare plenty of warningsigns you can watch outfor. One good warningsign is your babyʼs atti-tude toward the sitter. Ifhe or she is alwaysunhappy to see the sitteror becomes nervous orwithdrawn, that could sig-nal that he or she doesnʼthave the right chemistrywith the sitter to providethe support youʼre look-ing for. If your sitter isreluctant to let you in onhow they spend the timewhen youʼre away, itmight be that sheʼs hidingsomething inappropriate.You also should keep aneye on whether yourbaby always ends his orher days dirty or withsome easily avoidableaccident — this can be asign that the sitter isnʼtpaying enough attentionto the baby. Lastly, ifsheʼs consistently late, oryou catch her being dis-honest, it may be time tolook for a new sitter.

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Troubled home market creates generation of rentersBY DEREK KRAVITZ

AP REAL ESTATE WRITER

WASHINGTON — Agrowing number ofAmericans can’t afford ahome or don’t want toown one, a trend that’sspawning a generation ofrenters and a rise in apart-ment construction.

Many of the new rentersare former owners wholost homes to foreclosureor bankruptcy. For otherswho could afford one, ahome now feels too cost-ly, too risky or unlikely toappreciate enough tomake it a worthwhileinvestment.

The proportion of U.S.households that ownhomes is at its lowestpoint since 1998. Whenthe housing bubble burstfour years ago, 31.6 per-cent of households wererenters. Now, it’s at 33.6percent and rising. Sincethe housing meltdown,nearly 3 million house-holds have becomerenters. At least 3 millionmore are expected by2015, according to censusdata analyzed byHarvard’s Joint Center forHousing Studies and TheAssociated Press.

All told, nearly 38 mil-lion households arerenters.

Among the signs of arising rental market:

— The pace of apart-ment construction hassurged 115 percent fromits October 2009 low. It’sstill well below a healthylevel. But permits forapartments, a gauge offuture construction, hit atwo-year peak in March.By contrast, permits forsingle-family home are onpace for their lowestannual level on recordsdating to 1960.

— The number of com-pleted apartments aver-aged about 250,000 a yearbefore the boom. Theyfell to 54,000 last yearand will probably numberaround the same this year.

But then the number willlikely double to about100,000 in 2012 and hit250,000 by 2013 or 2014,according to the CoStarGroup, a research firm.The lag is due to the timeit takes for an apartmentbuilding to be completed:an average of 14 months.

— Demand is drivingup rents. The medianprice of advertised rentsrose 4.1 percent betweenthe end of 2009 and theend of 2010, census datashows. Few expect thehigher prices to stem theflood of renters, though.One reason: Youngeradults don’t value home-ownership as earlier gen-erations did and manyprefer to rent, studiesshow.

— Rental housing isgiving builders morework just as constructionof single-family homeshas dried up. Still, thateconomic lift won’t makeup for all the single-fami-ly houses not being built.Apartments account foronly about one-fourth ofhomes. And renters areoutspent roughly 2-to-1by homeowners, who payfor items from lawn careto remodeling and helpdrive the economy.

Before the housingbust, mortgage rates wereso low it was often cheap-er to buy than rent. Thatwas true a decade ago inmore than half the 54biggest metro areas,according to Moody’sAnalytics. Today, by con-trast, it’s cheaper to rentin about 72 percent ofmetro areas.

Consider MasonHamilton, 26, an energyconsultant who rents anapartment with his wifefor $1,100 a month inAlexandria, Va., outsideWashington. He’d likesomething bigger. But hesays he doesn’t plan tobuy even though he couldafford to.

“My parents alwaystold me, ‘You need to buy

a place; you need to buyproperty,’” he says. “Butthe housing market isinsane.”

Many youngerAmericans see owning asrisky. It hardly seems thebest way to build wealth,especially when prices arefalling.

“There’s been this ideafor years, a part of theAmerican dream, thatowning a home improvesand strengthens commu-nities,” said JohnMcIlwain, a senior fellowat the nonprofit UrbanLand Institute. “But whatwe’ve learned over thepast few years is thatmany people simply arenot ready to own a home.”

From the 1940s until2007, homes appreciatedan average of nearly 5percent a year, adjustedfor inflation. In the pastfour years, the medianprice of a single-familyhome has sunk 37 per-cent, by $57,500, to itslowest since 2002. Yet insome areas, owning is stilltoo expensive for many.

“It’s becoming so diffi-cult for most Americansto afford a home, withlarger down paymentsand tighter credit, that it iscreating a renter’s nation,”says Robert Shiller, a Yaleeconomist and co-creatorof the Case-Shiller homeprice index. “The home isno longer an investment;it’s a burden.”

H o m e o w n e r s h i pbestows its own financialadvantages, of course.Each loan payment buildsequity. Loan interest andproperty taxes provide taxdeductions. And in nor-mal housing markets,home values rise overtime.

But for now, renting ismore attractive.Hamilton, the energy con-sultant, says his father, a58-year-old teacher inRichmond, Va., still owesnearly as much on hismortgage as his house isworth.

Tea party targets schoolsfor ʻConstitution Weekʼ

BY JOHN MIILLERASSOCIATED PRESS

MALTA, Idaho —America’s kids will belearning about the U.S.Constitution this comingschool year with help froma decidedly conservativeIdaho publishing house, ifa tea party group gets itsway.

The Tea Party Patriots,Georgia-based but claim-ing 1,000 chapters nation-ally, are instructing mem-bers to remind teachersthat a 2004 federal lawrequires public schools toteach Constitution lessonsthe week of Sept. 17, com-memorating the day thedocument was signed. Andthey’d like the teachers touse material from theMalta, Idaho-basedNational Center forConstitutional Studies,which promotes theConstitution as a divinely-inspired document.

The center’s founder, W.Cleon Skousen, oncecalled Jamestown’s origi-nal settlers communists,wrote end-of-days prophe-cy and suggested Russiansstole Sputnik from theUnited States. In 1987, oneof his books was criticizedfor suggesting Americanslave children were freerthan white non-slaves.

Interest in Skousen, aformer FBI employee andSalt Lake City police chiefwho died in 2006 in Utah,soared in tea party circlesafter praise from talk showhost Glenn Beck. Not sur-prisingly, groups battlingthe tea party — and Beck— warn that Skousen’scenter shouldn’t be teach-ing kids about Americanhistory.

“It’s indoctrination, noteducation,” said DougKendall, director ofthe Cons t i t u t iona lAccountability Center inWashington, D.C.“They’re so far from themainstream of constitu-tional thought that they arecompletely indefensible.”

Though the NationalCenter for ConstitutionalStudies is best known forits promotion of Skousen’swork, including “The5,000 Year Leap,” a 1981book that suggests Biblicalinspiration for theConstitution, those materi-als aren’t included in thepacket being touted by theTea Party Patriots.

Instead, a $19.95 orderbuys “A More PerfectUnion,” a movie DVDcreated by Mormon-runBYU in 1989 depictingthe 1787 ConstitutionalConvention, as well as anaccompanying teacher’sguide, a poster and apocket-size Constitution.

Bill Norton, the TeaParty Patriots leader incharge of the group’s“Adopt a School” push,gives seminars for theNational Center forConstitutional Studies. Hesays the BYU movie wasendorsed 20 years ago bythe federal Commission onthe Bicentennial of theU.S. Constitution, provingits educational merit.

“It has the stamp ofapproval of this federalentity,” Norton said,adding he’s not demandingschools use it. “It’s just asuggestion.”

But not everyone is con-vinced the film and studyguide are the bestresources.

David Gray Adler, whodirects the University ofIdaho’s McClure Centerfor Public PolicyResearch, said some of itsassertions — that“Americans’ confidence inrepublicanism stemmedlargely from their sharedcommitment toChristianity,” for example— exaggerates religion’simpact on the framerswhile neglectingEuropean enlightenmentfigures who shaped earlyAmerican views on gov-ernment.

“Give them (the TeaParty Patriots) credit forurging adherence to the

federal law,” Adler said.“But there are manyother, better, more schol-arly documents on theConstitution.”

Another constitutionaleducation group, the fed-erally funded Center forCivic Education inWoodland Hills, Calif.,suggested those unhappywith the Tea PartyPatriot’s choice of educa-tional materials shouldpromote alternatives.

“The Tea Party Patriotsare doing whatAmericans are supposedto do,” said RobertLeming, who directs hisgroup’s “We The People”program. “What thatshould do is encourageothers of a different pointof view to do the samething.”

The current leader ofthe National Center forConstitutional Studies,Zeldon Nelson, metSkousen in the mid-1980s, when the authorwas raising money for hislatest book, “The Makingof America.” Nelson saidhe took over amid finan-cial difficulties aftersales-damaging criticismof the book, includingfrom then-CaliforniaRepublican Gov. GeorgeDeukmejian, for its char-acterization of slavery.

Asked if the Tea PartyPatriots’ push is helpingsales, Nelson responded,“I would have to say,probably no.” But he antic-ipates business could pickup closer to the schoolyear.

Today, there’s a questionover whether Nelson has aright to distribute theBYU-produced materials.And further complicatingmatters is an acrimoniouslawsuit between Skousen’sadult children and Nelsonover rights to Skousen’swork,

Three years ago, BYUcanceled a longstandinglicensing agreement withNelson because he wasn’tpaying royalties.

VICKI SMITHASSOCIATED PRESS

M O R G A N TOW N ,W.Va. (AP) — DuPontwants a judge to denyplaintiffs in a WestVirginia personal injurycase the right to enroll ina related, court-adminis-tered medical monitor-ing program, arguingthere’s no point in test-ing for early detection ofillnesses if they’realready sick.

But lead plaintiffRebecca Morlockargued Wednesday thatshe and her neighborsare still being exposed toarsenic, cadmium, leadand zinc from the site ofa former zinc-smeltingplant in Spelter, andsome illnesses can takeas long as 40 years todevelop.

“It is impossible topredict today what ill-nesses may manifesttomorrow,” she said.

Morlock and 14 otherssued the chemical com-pany in Harrison CountyCircuit Court last sum-mer after their 2007 vic-tory in a long-runningclass-action lawsuit.

The smelter in north-central West Virginiaproduced more than 4billion pounds of slabzinc and 400 millionpounds of zinc dust foruse in rustproofingproducts, paint pig-ments and battery

anodes. By 1971, a toxicwaste pile stood 100feet tall and coverednearly half of the 112-acre site. Dust oftenblew into homes.

The plant closed in2001, and DuPontworked with state regu-lators to demolish build-ings and cap the site.

But in 2007, a juryruled DuPont was negli-gent in creating thewaste pile, and that ithad deliberately down-played and lied to itsneighbors about possiblehealth threats. It award-ed $380 million in puni-tive damages — anamount the stateSupreme Court later cutto $196 million.

The high courtaffirmed that thousandsof residents were enti-tled to a $130 million,40-year medical moni-toring program and a$55.5 million cleanupfund for private proper-ties.

DuPont had beenappealing, but abruptlyoffered last fall to settle.

The $70 millionagreement that CircuitJudge Thomas Bedellapproved in Januaryincluded $4 million tobe set aside for cashpayments to people whoare eligible for medicalmonitoring becausetheir exposure increasestheir risk of becomingsick.

The remaining $66million is to clean upcontaminated properties,launch the medical mon-itoring program, payattorneys and pay theplaintiffs.

DuPont also offered a30-year medical moni-toring program for peo-ple who meet certainresidency requirements.Its cost depends on thenumber of participants.

The settlement, whichwiped out the $196 mil-lion punitive damageaward, did not prohibitthe filing of personalinjury claims, andMorlock argues the cur-rent illnesses are sepa-rate from those that sheand others might stilldevelop.

The plaintiffs claimdozens of maladiesthey blame on DuPontand are demandingdamages for pain andsuffering, lost wages,and medical testing andtreatment.

Among their com-plaints are: ovarian anduterine cancer; bipolardisorder and mental dis-tress; kidney problems;migraine headaches;seizure-like activity;skin lesions; low IQscores; numbness andtingling of extremities;and thyroid, vascularand connective tissuediseases.

“Medical monitoringonly tests for latent dis-

eases. It will not treatthem,” Morlock said. “Itis clearly two differentthings.”

DuPont spokesmanDan Turner, mean-while, argues that ifsomeone is alreadysick, “the law precludesthem from also seekingmedical monitoring forthat specific injury ordisease.”

“There is no longer areason for that person tobe monitored,” he said inan e-mail. “They havealready developed arelated disease, as theyallege.”

The medical monitor-ing program is set tobegin in September.Turner said the numberof people registeredremains in flux but isbelieved to be more than2,000.

A claims administra-tor still must verify eligi-bility, and he saidDuPont is working dili-gently with the adminis-trator on that.

Under the judge’sJanuary order, partici-pants will be testedevery two years. Theexams may includeblood, urine, skin andgastrointestinal tests, aswell as lung cancerscreenings.

The exact battery oftests depends on the per-son’s age at the time.Some may also get a CTscan.


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Mason County ForecastThursday: A chance

of showers and thunder-storms before 8am, thena chance of showersbetween 8am and 11am,then a chance of showersand thunderstorms after11am. Mostly cloudy,with a high near 84.South wind between 9and 14 mph. Chance ofprecipitation is 40%.New rainfall amountsbetween a tenth andquarter of an inch, excepthigher amounts possiblein thunderstorms.

Thursday Night:Showers and thunder-storms likely before11pm, then showers like-ly and possibly a thun-derstorm after 11pm.Cloudy, with a lowaround 62. Southwestwind between 6 and 11mph. Chance of precipi-tation is 70%. New rain-fall amounts between atenth and quarter of aninch, except higheramounts possible inthunderstorms.

Friday: Showers like-ly and possibly a thun-derstorm before 1pm,then a chance of showersand thunderstorms after1pm. Mostly cloudy,with a high near 74.Southwest wind between6 and 8 mph. Chance of

precipitation is 60%.New rainfall amountsbetween a tenth andquarter of an inch, excepthigher amounts possiblein thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Achance of showersbefore 11pm, then aslight chance of showersafter 3am. Mostlycloudy, with a lowaround 57. Chance ofprecipitation is 30%.New rainfall amounts ofless than a tenth of aninch possible.

Saturday: A chanceof showers before 3pm,then a chance of showersand thunderstormsbetween 3pm and 5pm.Partly sunny, with a highnear 78. Chance of pre-cipitation is 30%.Saturday Night: Partlycloudy, with a lowaround 64.

Sunday: Mostlysunny, with a high near86. Sunday Night: Partlycloudy, with a lowaround 66.

Memorial Day:Sunny, with a high near87.

Monday Night:Mostly clear, with a lowaround 63.

Tuesday: Mostlysunny, with a high near88.

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picked a career path ofinterest to focus on andthen studied the chosencareer topic. With eachproject, students wererequired to write aresearch paper and pro-duce either a product orprocess that applied totheir research.

To aid them in theprocess, each seniorteamed up with a mentorin their field of choice. Asa final step, upon comple-tion of their projects, eachsenior had to conduct apresentation in front of apanel comprised of teach-ers and community lead-ers. Members of thisyear’s panel were Janelleand John Harrison, smallbusiness owners; KatieLarck, registered nurse;Dan Riggs, pharmacist;and April Rice, invest-ment banker.

Following each stu-dent’s presentation,members of the panelthen had the opportunityto ask questions.

Throughout theirwork on the projects,seniors were able todetermine if theirresearched career wassomething they wouldlike to continue to pur-sue or not.

ProjectsFrom Page A1

WHS Senior Molly Larck, pictured,presents her senior project on thefield of nursing. Her presentationfocused on the importance of hygienefor both patients and nurses.

WHS Senior Brice Clark, pictured, pre-sents his senior project. Through hisproject, he, along with fellow seniorsAnthony Bond, Tyler Kitchen and ElijahHonaker, conducted a baseball campfor students in grades 4-6. Clarkʼs pre-sentation focused on the importance ofcompetition.

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C H A R L E S T O N ,W.Va. — Filling up at thepump continues to getcheaper in West Virginia.

AAA’s Daily FuelGauge report says theaverage price for a gallonof self-serve unleadedhas fallen 25 cents tounder $4 over the pastweek. AAA said Tuesdaythe state average is now$3.82, down from $4.07a week earlier.

The decrease comes asdrivers head into theMemorial Day weekend.

AAA’s numbers showWest Virginia pricesrange from $3.80 a gal-lon in Bridgeport to$3.908 in Huntington.Overall the prices are stillhigher than a year ago,when a gallon averaged$2.769 in the MountainState.

Nationally, AAA saysthe current average is$3.83 a gallon.

AAA: W.Va. gasprices falling

DuPont says W.Va. plaintiffs canʼt double-dip

BY NANCY BENACASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON (AP) —Offering reassurance andresolve, President BarackObama stood in the his-toric grandeur ofWestminster Hall andserved notice to Englandand the world that thegrowing influence ofcountries like China,India and Brazil in noway dictates a dimin-ished global role forAmerica and itsEuropean allies.

“The time for our lead-ership is now,” Obamadeclared to members ofParliament, who for thefirst time gave anAmerican president thehonor of addressing themfrom the 900-year-oldhall where great and grue-some moments in Britishhistory have played out.

“If we fail to meet thatresponsibility, whowould take our place, andwhat kind of worldwould we pass on?” thepresident asked.

Tracing an arc from theallied soldiers whofought on the beaches of

Normandy to the NATO-backed rebels now fight-ing in Benghazi, Libya,Obama argued that onlythe Western allies havethe might and fortitude topromote and defenddemocracy around theglobe.

Obama’s message thatU.S. and Europe remainvital on the world stage isone he is sure to carrywith him as he heads nextto Deauville, France, fora two-day summit of theworld’s top industrialnations. In addition topressing economic mat-ters, leaders will focusthere, too, on how to sup-port democracy in theMiddle East and NorthAfrica in a time ofupheaval and economicstrains.

In London, Obamaurged patience in Libyaand with the ongoing warin Afghanistan. He alsorenewed his determina-tion to push for peace inthe Middle East andvoiced confidence thatdemocratic stirrings ulti-mately would prevailthere and in North Africaas Western allies stand

fast.Libyan leader

Moammar Gadhafi andhis regime “need tounderstand that there willnot be a let-up in thepressure that we areapplying,” Obama said ata news conference withBritish Prime MinisterDavid Cameron earlier inthe day. “I think we willultimately be successful.”

Obama’s vision of arelevant and revitalizedU.S.-European partner-ship was a welcome mes-sage for Western allieswho at times have dis-played nervousness thatthe president has focusedon the growing influenceof Asia at their expense.

“It was wonderful tohave the president hereoffering such a clear andunambiguous reaffirma-tion of our relationship,”said British EducationSecretary Michael Gove,a key ally of Cameron.

Opposition Labor Partylegislator Rachel Reevestweeted after the 35-minute speech: “Feelinguplifted and proud.”

Obama: West leadership role still strong

BY DANIEL WAGNERAP BUSINESS WRITER

WASHINGTON —Investors got a chancethis week to weigh in onthe government's odds ofrecouping the full $182billion bailout ofAmerican InternationalGroup Inc.

The response so far:Don't count on it.

AIG shares skidded asmuch as 7 percentWednesday, a day afterthe U.S. government solda chunk of its stake inAIG. The stock recov-ered some of its losses,closing down 4 percent to$28.28. But it still trailsthe $28.73 average pricethe government needs tobreak even on the bailout.

By offering 200 mil-lion shares at $29 each,experts say, the govern-ment misread the mar-ket's appetite for AIG.After Wednesday's priceswoon, they say, it mighthave to delay futureofferings of AIG stock.

And taxpayers mighthave to give up on break-ing even.

"Treasury clearlywants to get out, and atsome point I think exitingis more important thanhitting a target price,"said Clifford Gallant, ananalyst at KBW Inc.

AIG received thebiggest bailout during thefinancial crisis because itcouldn't meet its finan-cial obligations to theworld's biggest banks.AIG sold the banks insur-ance-like contracts tocover losses on mortgagebonds. Once the housingbubble burst and thebonds lost value, AIGcouldn't pay up. If AIG

failed, officials said, thebanks would follow.

Since then, govern-ment and AIG officialshave been working to set-tle AIG's obligations, sellbusiness units and repayits bailout money.

Reducing the govern-ment's control over AIGshould help the company,Gallant said, by freeingmanagement to deter-mine compensation andother matters withoutregard to taxpayer inter-ests. But Gallant said thatwasn't enough to swayinvestors concernedabout whether AIG cangrow and generate earn-ings.

As more shares are cre-ated and traded publicly,Gallant said, "we have abetter sense of what themarket really thinks,because it's not dominat-ed by a small number ofinvestors."

As of Wednesday,investors' assessments ofAIG were mostly nega-tive, said Scott Sweet,senior managing partnerof IPOBoutique.com.

"People are sellingbecause they don't trustit, and they feel it's goinglower," Sweet said. "Thisis going to make it excep-tionally difficult tounload more shares asquickly as the govern-ment had in mind."

Treasury officials saythe deal was priced andsized appropriately. Theysay short-term priceswings will not deter-mine whether the govern-ment can recoup itsmoney. Treasury can'tlaunch another offeringuntil September.

So why did investorspump $8.7 billion into

AIG shares Tuesdaynight, then dump theshares Wednesday morn-ing?

Some never intended tohold the shares beyondWednesday, Sweet said.He said the banks thathandled the deal neverdetermined whether"these were buyers ratherthan renters."

The price would rise,these unlucky rentersassumed, because ofadditional demand frominvestors who didn'treceive any of the 300million shares soldTuesday night. There wasno such demand, Sweetsaid, because mostinvestors who had want-ed shares were able tobuy some of the 300 mil-lion.

But generating stockprofits isn't a goal ofunderwriters, said JohnFitzgibbon, who tracksstock offerings atIPOScoop.com. He saidthe banks did their job —raising money for thecompany and the govern-ment.

"This is the object ofinvestment banking — toraise money for a compa-ny, not to enrich the flip-pers," Fitzgibbon said."The aftermarket isanother story completely,and that's up to thetraders."

In this case, Fitzgibbonsaid, the size of the offer-ing and the price wipedout any remainingdemand for AIG. Thatmade the stock vulnera-ble to declines.

Still, at Wednesday'sclosing price of $28.28,AIG is a bargain com-pared with its competi-tors, said Catherine

Seifert, an insurance ana-lyst with Standard &Poor's equity research.She concedes that thegovernment's now-77percent ownership addsuncertainty — about howmany shares will be sold,for example, and when.Still, Seifert has upgrad-ed the stock to a "buy."She foresees the sharesrising to $36 over thenext 12 months.

The stock is more like-ly to spike or swoonbecause relatively fewer

shares are being traded.Because only 23 percentof AIG's shares are trad-ing after Tuesday's offer-ing, each trade at a high-er or lower price has anoutsize impact, Seifertnoted.

Tracking the samedetails, Gallant takes anegative view of thestock. He sees the pricefalling to $23 within 12months. At that level,taxpayers would loseabout $8 billion on the1.4 billion AIG shares

Treasury still owns.But Gallant said that's a

small loss compared withthe potential disaster ifthe government hadrefused to bail out AIG atthe peak of the financialcrisis in 2008.

"The U.S. governmentdid stabilize the financialsystem by saving AIG,and if they have losses inthe single-digit billions,that will be cheap," hesaid.


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BY KRISTI EATONASSOCIATED PRESS

PIEDMONT, Okla.(AP) — Violent stormsrumbled through the cen-tral U.S. on Wednesday,spawning tornadoes thatturned homes into splin-tered wreckage, killing atleast 14 people over twodays and hampering res-cue efforts in a cityslammed by a massivetwister days earlier.

The new cluster ofstorms, which followed asystem that spawned themassive twister thatkilled more than 120 peo-ple in Joplin, Mo., onSunday, moved into theOklahoma City areaTuesday evening as wor-ried commuters rushedhome.

Several tornadoestouched down inOklahoma City and itssuburbs, killing at leasteight people and injuringat least 70 others, author-ities said. Among thosekilled was a 15-month-old boy, and searcherswere looking for hismissing 3-year-old broth-er.

The storms killed two

people in Kansas andfour in Arkansas, andmay have killed a man inTexas whose burnedbody was found near adowned power line.

A storm advancing fromthe south set off tornadosirens in and aroundKansas City, Mo., onWednesday. At least twoweak tornadoes toucheddown in or near the sub-urbs of Overland Park andHarrisonville, but therewere no immediate reportsof injuries or significantdamage, meteorologistJulie Adolphson said.

A twister also toucheddown in the city ofSedalia, 75 miles east ofKansas City, damagingseveral stores and caus-ing minor injuries,authorities said.

Four possible torna-does may have toucheddown Wednesday insouthern and centralIllinois, but they causedlittle damage and onlyminor injuries, authori-ties said. The weatherservice warned that awave of more powerfulstorms could hit the statelater Wednesday.

The storms were cen-

tered over Missouri andArkansas and IllinoisWednesday afternoon andmoving westward intoIndiana, Ohio, Kentucky,Tennessee and northernMississippi. Heavy rainand strong winds wereforecast for most of theregion, and the weatherservice placed parts of allthose states under a torna-do watch.

After roaring throughOklahoma, the deadlystorm system moved intowestern Arkansas lateTuesday night, bringingwith it a tornado thattouched down in severalsmall communities overthe span of an hour, flat-tening or damaging hous-es and scattering debrisbefore dissipating atabout 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Winery owner EugenePost, 83, said he watchedfrom the porch of hishome outside of Denningas the tornado advancedon the tiny community.The lights flickered, thendied out, leaving him lis-tening in the darkness tothe rattle of hail and thetwister’s deafening din.

“I didn’t see anything,”Post said. “I could hear it

real loud though.”Brenda Murders and

her husband rode out thetornado in their mobilehome in Denning afterher daughter called towake and warn them.

"We jumped up, got asfar as the kitchen. Therewas wind and hail, itdestroyed the trailer.”

The trailer was stillstanding, though the roofand wall panels had beenpeeled away.

Her daughter, TeresaDay, who rents outmobile homes inDenning with her hus-band, said all their ten-ants survived.

“I don’t know how,they don’t know how. Butthey did,” Day said.

The tornado killed oneperson each in the townsof Denning, Bethlehem,Strawberry and Etna,authorities said. JohnLewis, a senior forecasterat the weather service’soffice in Little Rock, saidnew tornadoes wereexpected to develop laterWednesday in northeast-ern Arkansas, southeast-ern Missouri, and thewestern parts ofKentucky and Tennessee.

A rural fire station inFranklin County was leftwithout a roof as emer-gency workers tended tothe wounded. Downedtrees and power linestossed across roadwaysalso slowed search-and-rescue crews’ efforts.

Renee Preslar, aspokeswoman for theArkansas Department ofEmergency Management,said the threat of moresevere weather coulddelay efforts to assessstorm damage.

The twisters that struckthe Oklahoma City areakilled five people inCanadian County, two inLogan County and one inGrady County, saidCherokee Ballard, aspokeswoman for theOklahoma MedicalExaminer’s office. Aweather-monitoring sitein El Reno recorded 151mph winds.

A tornado destroyedmost of two subdivisionsin Piedmont, 20 milesnorthwest of OklahomaCity, throwing vehiclesaround like toys tossedfrom a stroller.

Mayor ValerieThomerson saidsearchers were looking

for a 3-year-old boywhose 15-month-oldbrother was killed andwhose mother and anoth-er sibling were seriouslyinjured.

“My husband and Iwere driving around yes-terday and went past ahouse and there was avehicle in the pond in thefront yard. The only wayI could tell it was a vehi-cle was I could see fourwheels above the water.It was a crushed ball,”Thomerson saidWednesday.

“We have anythingfrom houses that haveshingles blown off, tohalf the house missing, tothe house being com-pletely wiped out, gone,”Thomerson said.

Some residents saidthey had been warnedabout the impendingweather for days andwere watching televisionor listening to the radioso they would knowwhen to take cover.

“We live in Oklahomaand we don’t messaround,” Lori Jenkinssaid. “We kept an eye onthe weather and knew itwas getting close.”

14 killed as tornadoes carve path through Midwest

BY BRYAN [email protected]

POINT PLEASANT,W.Va. — The PointPleasant baseball teamwon its ninth consecutive

r e g i o n a lcontest andalso set as c h o o l -record forwins in aseason fol-lowing a14-10 victo-ry over vis-iting RitchieCounty onT u e s d a ynight in aClass AARegion 1semi f ina lmatchup inM a s o nCounty.

The hostBig Blacks(24-6) —who havebeen to four

consecutive Class AA statetournaments — extendedits regional postseasonstreak to nine, a stretch thatdates back to the 2007campaign. Point, with thetriumph, also bested the2004 squad that finished23-12 overall — whichwas previously the mostwins for a season at PPHS.

For its efforts, PointPleasant earned a road tripto Magnolia (12-6) onThursday for the ClassAA Region 1 champi-onship title, which willbegin at 6:30 p.m.Magnolia defeated OakGlen 9-1 in the otherRegion 1 semifinal con-test on Tuesday night.

Both PPHS and theRebels (14-8) combinedfor 24 hits and 24 runs inthe contest, as the teamsscored at least one run in10 of the 13 innings at theplate. The difference,however, was that the BigBlacks outhit the guestsby a 15-9 margin and alsoscored three or more runsin half of their six plateappearances. RCHSscored three runs onlyonce in the setback.

Following the massiveoffensive outburst fromboth teams, Point baseballcoach JamesHigginbotham spokeabout coming away withthe hard-fought victory.

“They (Ritchie County)have a very good hittingteam. They put the ball inplay against both of ourpitchers and kept battlinguntil the end. My hat’s offto them on that,”Higginbotham said.“Luckily we had a fewpeople step up tonight andmake some plays in thefield and at the plate. Thetop of our lineup reallycrushed the ball tonight.

“Most importantly, I’mreally proud of our guystonight. We survived andadvanced.”

Point Pleasant fellbehind 2-0 after a half-inning of play, but thehosts rallied to score threetimes in their half of thefirst for a 3-2 advantage.

Brandon Toler andJason Stouffer started therally with a pair of one-outsingles, then JustinCavender was walked toload the bases. EricRoberts received a two-out walk to bring in thefirst PPHS run, then AlexPotter delivered a 2-RBIbloop single to right —giving the hosts their firstlead of the night at 3-2.

The Big Blacks keptthat momentum going intothe second frame, platingtwo runs that allowedPoint to open up a 5-2edge through two com-pete. Austen Toler andBrandon Toler wereissued back-to-back walkswith one out, which ledthe Rebels bringing inColby Vanoy to relievestarter Andrew Sellers.

After Vanoy induced aground ball for the secondout of the inning,Cavender singled homeboth Jacob Gardner (cour-

tesy runner for AustenToler) and Brandon Tolerto give PPHS a 3-runadvantage.

That cushion was short-lived, however, as theRebels countered withtwo runs in the top of thethird to pull back within arun at 5-4.

The score remained thatway until the bottom ofthe fourth, as PointPleasant again addedsome breathing room toits lead after Cavenderdelivered a single thatplated both Brandon Tolerand Stouffer for a 7-4 leadafter four complete.

Ritchie County, howev-er, battled back in the topof the fifth by platingthree runs to knot thingsup at seven. PPHS retali-ated by scoring four timesin its half of the fifth foran 11-7 edge after five fullframes.

Both Tolers started theinning with back-to-backsingles, then Stoufferlegged out an infield hitthat left the bases loadedwith one out. A passedball allowed Gardner toscore for an 8-7 game andalso allowed the other run-ners to move up a base.

Instead of choosing anintentional walk to set upa force out at any base, theRebels decided to goahead and pitch toCavender with first baseopen. Cavender followedwith his third 2-RBI hit ofthe ball game, producing adouble that plated bothStouffer and BrandonToler for a 10-7 edge.

Cavender later scoredon a two-out double byEric Roberts that gave thehosts a four-run cushionthrough five complete.

The Rebels trimmedtheir deficit in half by plat-ing two runs in the top ofthe sixth for an 11-9 con-test, but Point answeredwith three scores in itshalf of the sixth for a 14-9advantage. Steven Porterwas hit by a pitch with oneout in the frame, then anAusten Toler single gavePoint runners at the cor-ners.

Brandon Toler doubledhome Porter for a 12-9edge, then Stouffer pro-vided a 2-RBI single thatplated both Gardner andBrandon Toler for five-runcushion — Point’s biggestlead of the night.

Ritchie County man-aged to score a run and getthe tying run into the on-deck circle in the seventh,but Roberts fanned JordanShaffer to record the finalout and secure PointPleasant’s ninth straightregional victory.

Roberts was the win-ning pitcher of record,allowing three runs andfour hits over threeinnings of relief work.Roberts also struck out

five and walked three.Brandon Toler started andallowed seven runs, sixwalks and five hits overfour-plus innings whilestriking out six.

Colby Vanoy took theloss for Ritchie County,which used three pitcherin the contest. Rebelhurlers allowed 15 hitsand seven walks over sixframes while fanningseven.

Stouffer led the hostswith four hits, followed byCavender and Brandon

Toler with three safetiesapiece. Austen Toler con-tributed two hits, whileRoberts, Alex Potter andTitus Russell added a hiteach to the winning cause.

Cavender had a game-high six RBIs, whileBrandon Toler scored agame-high five runs in thetriumph.

Both teams committedone error in the contest.The first four hitters inPoint’s lineup produced12 of the hosts 15 hits.Ritchie County’s first four

hitters produced seven ofthe Rebels’ nine safeties.

Vanoy, D.J. Burgess andReno Jackson each hadtwo hits for the guests, fol-lowed by Shaffer, RyderBolin and Andrew Sellerswith one safety each.

POINT PLEASANT 14,RITCHIE COUNTY 10

RC 202 032 1 — 10 9 1PP 320 243 x — 14 15 1

RCHS (14-8): Andrew Sellers, ColbyVanoy (2), D.J. Burgess (6) and D.J.Burgess, Colby Vanoy (6).PPHS (24-6): Brandon Toler, EricRoberts (5) and Austen Toler.WP — Roberts; LP — Vanoy.

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Point baseball powers past Rebels, 14-10

B. Toler

Roberts

Bryan Walters/photosPoint Pleasant senior Justin Cavender watches a hit ball travel towards the outfield in the second inning ofTuesday night’s Class AA Region 1 baseball semifinal contest against Ritchie County in Point Pleasant, W.Va.

LOCAL SCHEDULEPOINT PLEASANT — A schedule of

upcoming college and high school varsitysporting events involving teams from Gallia,Mason and Meigs counties.

Point Pleasant’s Jason Stouffer, left, legs out an infield single during the first inningof Tuesday night’s Class AA Region 1 baseball semifinal contest against RitchieCounty in Point Pleasant, W.Va.

Thursday, May 26

D-4 Baseball Regional Semifinal

(5) Eastern vs. (1) Southern, 5 p.m.

Class AA Baseball

Region 1 Championship

Point Pleasant at Magnolia, 6:30p.m.

D-2 Regional Track and Field

at Meadowbrook High School(Byesville), 4 p.m.

Friday, May 27


at Fairfield Union H.S. (Lancaster), 4p.m.

Saturday, May 28


at Meadowbrook High School(Byesville), 11:30 a.m.

2nd AnnualBlue Devil

Golf ShootoutGALLIPOLIS, Ohio

— The 2nd annual BlueDevil Golf Shootout willbe held on Saturday, June25 at Cliffside GolfCourse in Gallipolis,Ohio. The event willbegin at 9 a.m. with ashotgun start. Three-manteams are to entry withthe fourth player selectedby blind draw of currentand former GAHSgolfers and coaches. Formore information contactCoach Corey Luce at740-709-6227 [email protected]

Shawn BakerMemorial

GolfTournament

The first 9 and 9 ForShrine, Shawn BakerMemorial GolfTournament will be heldSaturday, June 25, at theRiverside Golf Course inMason, W.Va. The dead-line for entry is May 31.For information andquestions contact 740-645-0753 or [email protected]

18th AnnualMeigs FootballGolf TourneyMASON, W.Va. —

The 18th Annual MeigsFootball GolfTournament will be heldon Saturday, June 4 atRiverside Golf Course inMason, W.Va.

For more informationcontact head coach MikeChancey at 740-591-8644.

Sports Briefs

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TTHHUURRSSDDAAYY TTEELLEEVVIISSIIOONN GGUUIIDDEE

Headed for a Showdown Marietta claims one lastSEOAL All-Sports trophy

BY CRAIG DUNNSPECIAL TO THE REGISTER

Marietta High Schooldidn’t have to win anyspring titles to claim onelast Southeastern OhioAthletic League WilliamE. (Bill) Thomas All-Sports Trophy.

Marietta won not onlythe 2010-11 All-SportsTrophy but the last threestraight and seven of thelast eight as well.

The May 14 leaguetrack meet markedMarietta’s final SEOALappearance. A member ofthe SEOAL each of thelast 26 seasons, Mariettaleaves this fall to join theEast Central OhioLeague.

Marietta wound upwith 74 points, withWarren (63) finishingsecond, Gallia Academy(59.5) third and Logan(54.5) edging Chillicothe(54) for fourth. Jackson(40) was sixth andPortsmouth (31) seventh.

Marietta won titles ingolf, boys soccer, girlssoccer, volleyball andgirls cross country lastfall to take a substantialearly lead, then main-tained a solid marginthrough the winter sportsseason after sharing thegirls basketball title withLogan.

During the spring, theMarietta girls track teamwas runner-up, the boystennis team tied for sec-ond, and the baseball andboys track teams bothfinished third.

Warren maintainedsecond place, which itheld the entire 2010-11season, by finishing sec-ond in both baseball andsoftball and third in girlstrack.

Gallia Academy, whichhad the league’s bestspring season for a sec-ond-straight season, wonthe baseball and softball

championships and fin-ished second in boystrack to vault into thirdplace past Logan, whichwas third after the winterseason.

Logan won the boystrack title and was fourthin softball, enough tohold off Chillicothe,which won both the girlstrack and boys tennischampionships.

Jackson’s top springfinish was third in soft-ball while Portsmouthtied for second in boystennis and placed fourthin baseball.

All-Sports Trophypoints are determined onan 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis insports where all sevenschools field full teams.In other sports, points aredetermined as to howmany teams competedfor the title, with frac-tional points awarded incase of ties.

Since Warren doesn’thave boys tennis, forexample, those pointswere determined on a 6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, withMarietta and Portsmouthboth receiving 4.5 pointsfor sharing second place.

The SEOAL, one ofthe longest-running prepconferences in the state,was formed by WilliamE. (Bill) Thomas ofWellston in 1925 andbegan competition with aboys track meet thatspring, with 1925-26being the first full seasonof conference competi-tion.

Craig Dunn is theSports Editor of theLogan Daily News inLogan, Ohio.

FINAL SEOAL ALL-SPORTSTROPHY STANDINGS

1. Marietta 74.02. Warren 63.03. Gallipolis 59.54. Logan 54.55. Chillicothe 54.06. Jackson 40.07. Portsmouth 31.0

Sarah Hawley/file photosMembers of the Southern baseball team (top) and Eastern baseball team (below) will be part of history todaywhen the two storied Meigs County rivals square off in their first-ever Sweet 16 matchup at Beavers Field onThursday night in a Division IV regional semifinal in Lancaster, Ohio. Meigs County is assured a spot in Elite8, as either the Tornadoes or the Eagles will appear in the regional final on Friday.

Lakers reach deal in principle with Mike BrownLOS ANGELES (AP)

— The Los AngelesLakers have reached anagreement in principlewith former Clevelandcoach Mike Brown tosucceed Phil Jackson, theteam said Wednesday.

“We’ve met with Mikeand are very impressedwith him,” said a state-ment issued by theLakers. “In addition, wehave an outline for anagreement in place andhope to sign a contractwithin the next few days.”

Brown will get a four-year deal worth roughly$18 million, a person withknowledge of the discus-sions told The AssociatedPress on Wednesday oncondition of anonymitybecause the Lakers hadn’tyet formally hired Brown.

With a strong interviewlast weekend, Brownjumped to the front of theline of candidates for thedaunting challenge ofsucceeding the 11-timeNBA champion Jackson

with one of the NBA’siconic franchises. Brownwill be the 22nd coach ofthe Lakers, whose 16NBA titles trail only theBoston Celtics’ 17 inleague history.

Rather than promotingone of Jackson’s assistantcoaches, the Lakers arechanging course after anabrupt end to their two-year title reign and thelong-anticipated depar-ture of Jackson, the coachwith the most champi-onship rings in NBA his-tory.

After nearly quittinglast summer, Jacksonretired earlier this monthafter the DallasMavericks swept thedefending two-timechampion Lakers out ofthe second round of theplayoffs.

Although Kobe Bryantendorsed Jackson assis-tant Brian Shaw for thevacancy, Jim Buss — theLakers’ executive vicepresident of player per-

sonnel and the son ofowner Jerry Buss —became intrigued byBrown after Saturday’sinterview.

A respected young tac-tician with a strongcoaching pedigree,Brown also has ampleexperience with biggames and big stars, evenif he couldn’t guideLeBron James to a title.

“I think it’s great,”James said in Miami,where he’s preparing forGame 5 of the EasternConference finals.

ESPN, which employedBrown as an analyst thisseason, first reportedBrown had been hired.

The 41-year-old Brownled the Cavaliers to the2007 NBA finals andwent 272-138 in fiveyears with Cleveland,becoming the most suc-cessful coach in franchisehistory while compilingthe league’s best regular-season record in each ofhis last two seasons.

But the 2009 NBAcoach of the year wasfired last spring followingthe Cavs’ dissension-filled exit from the secondround of the postseason,and James left for Miamia few weeks later.

Although James wascritical of Brown’s strate-gies during their finalplayoff run together, thetwo-time NBA MVPstrongly endorsed his for-mer coach Wednesday.

“Mike Brown is a greatcoach,” James said. “Hebrought us success thatwe hadn’t had before inthat city, and it startedwith his defensive con-cepts. He brought in adefensive mindset that wedidn’t have. Fifty-pluswins, he was coach of theyear, he got us to the(NBA) finals, won us theEastern Conference finals... because of him and hiscoaching staff. I respecthim. He definitely helpedme become who I amtoday.”

Point Pleasant Sports PhysicalsPOINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Sports physicals for

Point Pleasant Elementary, Junior High and HighSchool students will be held at the PPJSHSGymnasium on Friday, June 3, from 8 a.m. to noonand 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Please pick up an information packet in the schooloffice prior to the date. Parents must sign a consentform and there is a fee which will benefit the athleticdepartment. Dr. Kelly Roush of Holzer Clinic will beconducting the physicals.

Wahama Athletic Booster MeetingMASON, W.Va. — The Wahama Athletic Boosters

will also hold their monthly meeting on June 6 at 6:30p.m. at the high school.


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CLEVELAND (AP) —The Indians knew it wascoming.

They were due, perhapsoverdue, to play a miser-able game. At some point,their impressive, unex-pected start figured toslow down.

On Wednesday, it cameto a grinding halt.

Mitch Talbot came offthe disabled list andBoston put a hurting onhim, scoring seven runs inthe first inning as the RedSox rocked the Indians14-2, handing Clevelandits largest loss this yearand winning two of thelast three games in theseries.

“Every team is going tohave a game like this,”shortstop AsdrubalCabrera said. “We have toforget about today.”

Boston starter JonLester shut out Clevelandon three hits over sixinnings and the Red Soxracked up a season-high20 hits.

This was lopsided, andthen some.

“It was an uphill battlefrom the get-go,” Indiansmanager Manny Actasaid. “It’s not a very goodfeeling before you get tothe plate and you’re trail-ing 7-0 against Jon Lester.I don’t think even the ‘27Yankees would have agood feeling trailing 7-0against this guy.”

Talbot, activated beforethe game, was tagged witheight runs and 12 hits inthree innings — the worstouting of his career.Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run homer to startBoston’s first-inningonslaught, when all theRed Sox hits were rockets.

Talbot chalked it up as“just kind of one of thosedays.”

The Indians can onlyhope there aren’t anymore like it.

Talbot’s ERA swelled

from 1.46 to 5.87. He hadbeen on the disabled listwith a right elbow strain,and hadn’t pitched sinceshutting out the LosAngeles Angels for eightinnings on April. Actawouldn’t pin Talbot’s badperformance on the longlayoff.

“He pitched in Triple-A,” Acta said. “He justpitched five days ago. It’s60 feet, 6 inches whereveryou go. We don’t makeexcuses for anybody.We’ve never done it andwe’re not going to startnow.”

Lester (7-1) allowedthree hits in six shutoutinnings and won his sev-enth straight decision. Itwas a very different startthan his previous one inCleveland on April 7,when he pitched sevenshutout innings and got ano-decision in Boston’s 1-0 loss.

Notes: Indians CFGrady Sizemore ran thebases twice before thegame and said he didn’thave any problems. He’sexpected to be activatedthis weekend in TampaBay.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP)— The NFL is seeing theearly signs of cracks infan loyalty.

Ten weeks into theowners’ lockout of theplayers, CommissionerRoger Goodell notedWednesday the negativeeffect the labor dispute ishaving on pro football.

“Clearly it has had animpact on the fans,”Goodell said as the own-ers completed theirspring meetings. “We seeit in various metrics.There’s been a noticeablechange, TV ratings weredown on the draft rough-ly 4 million people.NFL.com traffic (isdown), we see that.”

Ticket sales also aredown.

“Fans want certainty,”Goodell added. “Wecan’t underestimate thatthe fans are goingthrough challenges justin the general economy.”

That certainty isn’tlikely to come soon. Bothsides have a date in 8thU.S. District Court onJune 3 for hearings on theleague’s appeal to upholdthe lockout. A decisionprobably won’t come forseveral weeks, and whileanother set of mediationsessions is scheduled tostart June 7, not much isexpected from those dis-cussions while the appealis being considered.

The owners’ meetingsincluded lengthy talksabout the labor dispute,but no deadlines havebeen set — yet — for theopening of trainingcamps, which usuallyhappens in late July. Thatdrop-dead date “obvious-ly is coming,” Goodellsaid, barring a collectivebargaining agreement.

“We’ve made it clearthat (revenue loss) is cur-rent and will continue toaccelerate and impact onthe ability of ownershipto make an offer (theplayers) find attractive,”he said.

Owners were presentedthe full range of plans foropening weekend, fromthe first game onThursday night at

Lambeau Field to com-memorations of the Sept.11 attacks on the first fullSunday of games. Thosedates are not in jeopardyyet, but the longer theimpasse, the more in dan-ger they would become,particularly with theleague’s marketing part-ners, sponsors and adver-tisers who must commitdollars to those eventswell in advance.

“We’re not at anArmageddon date,” EricGrubman, executive vicepresident of businessoperations for the NFL,told The AssociatedPress. “We’re not staringthat in the face thisweek.”

Several teams alreadyhave begun to consideradjusting where theyhold training camp.Fifteen teams trained lastsummer at complexesother than their in-seasonfacilities, and some havedeadlines as early as July1 to decide whether toreturn to those locales orhold a truncated trainingcamp at home.

“If it dragged on orthere was a shorter camp,something like that mightnot be inconceivable,”Colts owner Jim Irsaysaid. The Colts trainingcamp is held about anhour from Indianapolis atAnderson University.

One day after cancel-ing the rookie sympo-sium scheduled for June26 in Canton, Ohio —the first NFL event vic-timized by the lockout —Goodell reiterated theleague’s intent to play afull schedule this season.He recognized the neednot only for some sort oftraining camps but alsofor a free agency signingperiod once a new CBA

is reached.“The uncertainty is

something we have toconsider in getting play-ers ready to play, and wehave talked about differ-ent concepts,” he said.

One of those conceptswould be expanding ros-ters to help teams keeprookies who might nothave a chance to provetheir value in trainingcamp or the preseason.

A portion of thesemeetings was spent onadopting rules amend-ments for player safety.The league alsoannounced a policy of“club accountability” forteams whose playersrepeatedly are fined forflagrant hits.

Punishments for theteams will be financial,but also could includefurther discipline byGoodell, including strip-ping of draft picks, forrepeat offenders —something Goodell saidhe has “not contemplatedyet.”

That announcementbrought a strong reactionfrom two PittsburghSteelers linebackers:LaMarr Woodley and theoft-fined James Harrison.

“Man, they’re gettingridiculous,” Woodleytold SiriusXM NFLRadio. “Football is turn-ing soft now. Too manyfines. Too many penaltiesprotecting the quarter-back every single play.Defensive guys can’t bedefensive guys no more.”

Harrison tweeted: “I’mabsolutely sure now afterthis last rule change thatthe people making therules at the NFL areidiots.”

Local reporters, con-cerned about nextFebruary’s Super Bowl atLucas Oil Stadium, askedseveral owners andGoodell whether the titlegame is in danger.

“You’re going to havethe Super Bowl here, I’mconfident of that,” Giantsowner John Mara said.

“We’re approaching2011,” Goodell added,“as we would any otherseason.”

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