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Vol. 161, No. 254 TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013 50 cents daily

Death of Minford man still under investigationFrank Lewispdt staff writer

The Scioto County Sher-iff’s Office is looking into the mysterious circum-stances of the weekend death of a Scioto County man. According to the Scioto County Sheriff’s Of-fice, Barry McGraw, 51, of

Minford, was found dead at his home on Sunday.

Scioto County Sheriff’s Captain David Hall said McGraw was treated at Southern Ohio Medical Center on Saturday, after a gun accidentally dis-charged striking him in the leg. Then, after McGraw was unreachable on Sun-

day, Hall said the man’s father went to his house where he found him dead at around 4:25 p.m.

Hall said McGraw’s body was taken to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office for an autopsy. A preliminary report Monday morning said that a gunshot wound

was also found in his side.“We found the wound.

My detectives found it,” Hall said. “The autopsy confirmed it.”

No other details were immediately available and if a ruling is with-held until a toxicology report is done, it could be from 6 to 12 weeks

before that is available.The Daily Times asked

Hall if someone else could have inflicted the gunshot.

“We’re doing an unbi-ased investigation and being open-minded just to make sure it is what it is,” Hall said. “We don’t know if it is self-inflicted or not. We’ve got testing

and results to wait for and we have people we are interviewing, including relatives, family members, any last-known people that may have been associated with him.”

frank lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 252, or at flew-is@civitasmedia.com.

Fatal accident on Ky. side of Grant BridgeBob Strickleypdt content manager

The Kentucky State Police Post 14 in Ashland are in-vestigating a two vehicle collision that occurred on U.S. Route 23 at the intersection of The Grant Bridge in Gree-nup County, Ky.

The collision occurred around 1:55 p.m. Sunday. Ben-jamin R. Johnston, age 27, of Portsmouth, was operating a 2012 Jonway Moped travelling southbound on 23 and attempting to turn left onto the Grant Bridge.

Jamie Miller, age 44, of Portsmouth, was travelling northbound on 23 operating a 1998 Ford Explorer. It ap-pears Miller failed to stop at the red light at the intersec-tion and struck Johnston. Drug usage is also suspected as a factor in the collision.

Johnston was transported to Southern Ohio Medical Center and was pronounced deceased at 2:05 p.m.

Miller and a juvenile passenger were wearing seat belts at the time of the collision and received no injuries.

Multiple agencies responded including Greenup Coun-ty Sheriff’s Department, South Shore Fire Department, KDMC EMS and Portsmouth Police Department.

The Collision remains under investigation by Trooper Nathan Carter. Any charges are pending completion of the investigation.

SOMC Hands of Hope Program receives a grantPortia Williamspdt staff writer

The Columbus Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure recently announced they would be awarding Southern Ohio Medical Center $81,757 to support the hospital’s Hands of Hope Program.

Wendi Waugh, SOMC Director of Cancer Servic-es, said she is elated about receiving the grant.

“I am so excited, we are extremely grateful to have the continued support of Susan G. Komen for the Cure,” Waugh said.

Waugh said the grant is the largest amount that Hands of Hope has ever received.

“Our grant got top pri-ority this year for Ohio. We were awarded the en-

tire grant. That’s the most money that we have ever been given for our commu-nity,” Waugh said.

Waugh said she believed Hands of Hope captured the attention of the Susan G. Komen organization through their diligence of putting the funds that they have been given to good use.

“The exciting part is because of all of the com-munity awareness, and all of our efforts, and the fact that we are actually using all of our funds, and we can prove that, got Komen with their opens saying, ‘Wow, they are doing great stuff,’” Waugh said.

According to Waugh, Hands of Hope is a pro-gram at SOMC that pro-

Collaborative effort leads to a clean roadwayWayne Allenpdt staff writer

The Lawrence-Scioto Solid Waste Management District (LSSWMD) in collaboration with Ports-mouth Municipal Court, the village of New Boston and the city of Portsmouth helped to clean the right side of the westbound lane of Gallia Street among oth-er spaces last week.

With the help of some community service work-ers from Portsmouth Mu-nicipal Court, they cleaned the area between Daymar College and the Vern Riffe School.

Kyle McCain with Ports-mouth Municipal Court described the area as an, “explosion of garbage,” be-

fore it was cleaned.“We had to do some-

thing. What does this (roadway) say to people coming from other areas, driving through? What does this say about the community? Is this condu-cive to anyone wanting to bring a business to town?” said Dan Palmer, Director of LSSWMD. “By doing this we hope we can instill pride and respect from mo-torists and residences for this area.”

According to McCain over three pickup trucks and one dump truck were filled with litter during their efforts.

“No one entity could do this alone. If Judge (Ste-ven) Mowery and Judge (Russell) Kegley did not

provide us with the com-munity service workers we would not be able to do this. It’s all of us work-ing together to make our community look better,” Palmer said.

Palmer said this effort was a part of an ongoing effort in partnership with Portsmouth Municipal Court to cleanup city, vil-lage, county and township roadways.

McCain said since he has been coordinating this program for Portsmouth Municipal Count last April, community service workers along with others have picked up an esti-mated 2,000-3,000 tons of garbage off area roadways.

“There is still a lot of work to be done and we

are still willing to do it,” McCain said.

Among the things dis-covered by the crew was a large pile of roofing shin-gles and suspected meth making material along with several needles and drug abuse instruments.

McCain said efforts are under way to plan an area wide cleanup. He said in an effort to continue the momentum a cleanup has been scheduled for May 25 within the city of Ports-mouth. That day residents of Portsmouth can cleanup their property and bring the items to dumpsters.

McCain said anyone wishing to help with the cleanup can call the Ports-

SciotoTech students win at regional competitionRyan Scott Ottneypdt staff writer

Competing against hundreds of students from as far away as Columbus, 13 students from the Scioto County Career Technical Center (SciotoTech) were award-ed medals during the 2013 Skill-sUSA Ohio South Central Region-al Championships in Lucasville on March 2.

“It’s a regional contest, which means we have people from Buck-eye Hills, the Gallipolis area, and it goes all the way up to Columbus, and then we (SCCTC) may be the furthest west, but this includes that entire block of the state, the southeast region,” Stan Jennings, Superintendent at SCCTC said. “What they do is, they have the kids who are proficient in their ar-eas compete. There’s some other things - team leadership things they also do.”

According to its website (skill-susa.org), SkillsUSA is a national non-profit partnership of students, teachers and industry working to-gether to ensure America has a skilled workforce. It was formerly known as the Vocational Indus-trial Clubs of America. Among

the skills being contested during the competition were automotive refinishing, basic health care, car-pentry, criminal justice, nurse as-sisting, welding and more.

Two SciotoTech students, John Williams and Michael Carver, were elected south central Ohio SkillsUSA officers during a con-ference in Columbus last fall. The students participated in a week-long training program in Wash-ington D.C. to prepare them as presenters for the regional com-petition held earlier this month on the SciotoTech campus. More than 600 students from 20 differ-ent school districts participated.

This is the first year SciotoTech has hosted the competitions, and the awards ceremony followed at Valley High School with Scioto-Tech SkillsUSA officers Williams and Carver presenting the open-ing and closing ceremonies.

“Everything we had was very positive, all the way down to the contests themselves. We didn’t have a lot of people complaining. Everything seemed to be very positive with the judging and ev-erything like that,” Jennings said. “The whole concept was, not only did the schools all come together

to make that happen, but the com-munity did as well and we can’t thank the community enough for their participation.”

SciotoTech advisers were Lyn-da Spittle, Rick Stringer, Ralph Madden and Jay Miller. Medal winners from the Scioto County Career Technical Center were Robert Stacey, Carpentry, First Place (Gold); Crime Scene Inves-tigation Team (Abigail Ridout, Josh Barnett, and Dylan Mey-ers) First Place (Gold); Dakota Yates, Electricity, Second Place (Silver); Jeremy Cooper, Indus-trial Motor Control, Second Place (Silver); Austin Blevins, Job In-terview, Second Place (Silver); Teamworks (Brady Sexton, Jus-tin Huffman, Aaron Robinson, and Michael Carver) First Place (Gold); Corey Canter. Technical Drafting, First Place (Gold); and Bill Yinger, Welding, Third Place (Bronze).

“I think that far exceeded our expectation on how well our stu-dents would do in these particular contests. To have those kind of numbers is totally astounding to us,” Jennings said. “This was a very

submitted photoStanding (L to R) Advisor Mr. Jay Miller, Robert Stacey, Abigail Ridout, Jeremy Cooper, Advisor Mr. Rick Stringer. Sec-ond Row: Michael Carver, Dylan Meyers, Austin Blevins. Third Row: Corey Canter, Bill Yinger, Justin Huffman. Fourth Row: Dakota Yates, Josh Barnett and Aaron Robinson. Not pictured: Brady Sexton.

submitted photoSome of the Portsmouth Municipal Court Workers that helped cleanup up a portion of Gallia Street.

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ObituariesDouglas Besco, Sr., 70Douglas M. Besco Sr.,

70, of West Portsmouth died Saturday March 9,

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cal Centers emergency room. He was born Dec. 7, 1942, in West Portsmouth, a son of the late Sherman and Myrtle Hall Besco. Doug was a longtime truck driver and a U.S. Navy veteran. He is survived by his wife, Linda Flowers Besco; two sons, Douglas (Bonnie) Besco Jr. and Jason Besco both of West Portsmouth; one daugh-ter, Kim Besco (Tim Ev-ans) of West Portsmouth; two sisters, Patty Staggs and Josephine Redoutey both of Portsmouth and six grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Sherman and Norman Callaway and a infant sister, Edith Ruth Besco. Memorial services will be held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Mt.Zion Ap-ostolic Church, 1514 16th St., West Portsmouth with Pastor Donald S. Harr of-ficiating. Cremation ar-rangements were handled by D.W. SWICK FUNER-AL HOME IN NEW BOS-TON. Condolences to dws-wickfuneralhome.com.

David Boehm, 76David Boehm, 76, of

Portsmouth, Ohio, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013, at SOMC Hospice. He was born Oct. 15, 1936, to the late David Boehm, Sr. and Maybelle (Smith) Boehm.

In addition to his par-ents, David was preceded in death by two sons, John Boehm and Scott Boehm; and a brother, Jack Boehm.

He is survived by his fian-cée, Sandy Hanes; a broth-er, Steve (Bev) Boehm of Rosemount; a sister-in-law, Martha Boehm of Portsmouth; mother and father-in-law, Marge and Bill Green; and numerous nieces and nephews. He is also survived by three step-daughters, Stephine (Anthony) Llewellyn of Portsmouth, Julie Johnson of Portsmouth, and Ameri-

ca Hanes of Lancaster; sev-en grandchildren, Andrea Llewellyn, Ryan Llewellyn, Haley Lewellyn, Bailee Llewellyn, Kaydie (Mark) Gray, Andrew Johnson and Amila Hanes; and three great-grandchildren, Tori Rinehart, Macy Gray and Michael Wilburn.

David was a member of Central Church of Christ on Grandview Avenue, where he was baptized into Christ. David worked for The Portsmouth News Agency for 45 years as a route salesman, retiring December 1998. He loved golfing, yard work and playing with his very spe-cial angel, Haley Llewellyn. David will be missed by all.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m.Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at F.C. Daehler Mortuary Company in Portsmouth with Dennis Dawes, minister, officiat-ing. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8p.m. Tuesday, at Dae-hler’s and one hour before the service.

Betty Neely, 80Betty Ruth Neely, 80, of

Lucasville, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at South-ern Ohio Medical Center.

She was born Aug. 7, 1932, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Walter and Elizabeth Neff Loper. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.

She is survived by two daughters Elizabeth “Su-sie” Neely and Betty Ruth Neely II both of Ashland, Ky.; a niece with whom she made her home, Carol Neely of Lucasville; and several additional nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, Har-rison “Kink” Neely, Feb. 6, 2012; two brothers George and Melvin Loper; and two sisters, Minnie Neely and Elfie Barton.

Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Thurs-day, March 14, 2013, at the McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville with Bob Al-exander officiating. Burial will follow in Lucasville Cemetery. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Thurs-day at the funeral home.

James Pennington, 96James Pennington, age

96, of Beaver, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013, at his home. Today our beloved father and grand-father went to his heavenly home to walk with his wife, children and angels. He was born in Sandy Hook, Ky. on March 24, 1916. to Isaac Green Pennington and Vena Pennington. He was united in marriage to Grace Chandler on Octo-ber 22, 1938 in Greenup, Ky. who presided him in death. He was a mem-ber and trustee of Bethel Ridge Baptist Church for over 30 years.

He is survived by one brother Jess Pennington of Beaver.

From his union with his beloved wife of over 70 years, was born twelve children, six boys and six girls, of which three sons, Mark Pennington, Ronald Pennington and Rick Pen-nington and two daughters Alice Marquand and Caro-lyn Holbrook preceded him in death. Surviving sons are James (Brenda) Pen-nington, Jesse (Lee) Pen-nington, Frank (Ceclia) Pennington; surviving daughters Darlene Mason, Jane Martin, Judy (Gary) Vercammen, Brenda Pen-nington-Cooley. Also sur-viving son-in-laws Roger Holbrook, Terry Marquand and surviving daughter-in-laws, Hazel Pennington and Janet Pennington.

James is survived by grandchildren who loved to come to his house and receive unconditional love. They are Marvin Penning-ton, Jeff Pennington, Shan-non (Bill) Wiget, Susan Holbrook, Lori (Scott) Smith, Roger Lee Hol-brook, Jerry Dale Mason, Melanie (Gary) Burke, Stephanie (Joe) Triplett, James Pennington, III (Vicki), Kelli Pennington, Stacey (Bob) Riber, Frank Pennington, II (Melissa), Will Pennington (Bon-nie), Michael Pennington, Kimberly (Benjie) Brown, Jamie Martin (Jennifer), Jason Cooley (Colleen), Rhonda Gail Cooley, An-drew Cooley, Kendra Roosa (David), Trinette Pennington, Rickey Pen-nington, Sarah Marquand, Andrew Lee Marquand (Sara).

James was also the great-grandfather of Chase Brown, Marc Thompson, Nathan Pennington, Ty-ler Thompson, Samantha Burke, Alex Triplett, Isiah Clifford, Clay Shaffer, Ri-ley Martin, Zachary Pen-nington, Abigail Triplett, Conner Martin, Jacey Bev-ins, Elijah Butcher, Trey Pennington, Caleb Butch-er, James Pennington, IV,

Gracie Pennington, Jacob Pennington, Meghan Cool-ey, Mady Martin, Matt Martin, Jesse Pennington, Nicholas Smith, Hannah Marie Wiget, Thomas Pennington, Caroline Pen-nington, Annabelle Cooley, Emmitt Pennington, Chloe Sanders, Benjamin Pen-nington. He is also sur-vived by Buddy, his faithful canine friend.

Jim begin his career as Beaver Constable, he also worked at Jackson Pig Iron Foundry and was a farmer for over 70 years. He was an avid hunter, gardener and naturalist. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He will be greatly missed by all whom new and loved him.

Funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the Lewis & Gillum Funeral Home of Jackson with Pas-tor Richard Robertson of-ficiating. Burial will follow in Beaver Union Cemetery. Friends may call on Mon-day, March 11 at the funer-al home from 4 to 8 p.m.

Carolyn Schmidt, 64 Carolyn Sue Schmidt,

64, of Portsmouth died Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Southern Medical Center Emergency Room. She was born Sept. 9, 1948, at Iron-ton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Alonzo and Bessie Willis. Sue was a graduate of Portsmouth High School and Ohio University. She was retired from the Ports-mouth City School system, where she taught for 37 Years. She was a member of Christ Brethren Church in Rubyville and a member of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association.

Sue is survived by her husband of 43 years Jim Schmidt, two sisters Glen-da Willis of Portsmouth, and Barbara McGlone of

Florida, five nieces and nephews. She was also pre-ceded in death by s sister Janet Metzler. Funeral ser-vices are 11 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Melcher Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Davis officiating. Burial will be at Universal Cemetery. Friends may call at Melcher Funeral Home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

• Mike Phipps — Noon Tuesday at Big Run United Baptist Church, with call-ers 11 a.m.-noon Tuesday. Interment in Big Run Cem-etery. Arrangements by McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville.

• Mary Cade — 1 p.m. Tuesday at Phillips Funeral Home in Ironton, with call-ers 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday. Interment in Highland Me-morial Gardens.

• Bob Blaine — 1 p.m. Tuesday at Morton Funeral

Home in South Shore, Ky. Interment in Greene Cem-etery.

• Wanda Noel — 1 p.m. Tuesday at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelers-burg, with callers 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday. Interment in South Webster Cemetery.

• Raymond Raytay — 11 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Good Hope Church in Miamisburg. Interment in Calvary Cemetery. Call-

ers 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gebhart-Schmidt-Par-ramore Funeral Home in Miamisburg.

• Nancy Breech — Noon Wednesday at Pleasant Valley Branch of Commu-nity of Christ. Interment in Crabtree Cemetery. Callers 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville and 11 a.m.-noon Wednesday at the church.

RhodenGARRISON, Ky. — Car-

la Cooley Rhoden, 45, of Garrison, Ky., the wife of Billy Joe Rhoden, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Cincinnati Uni-versity Hospital in Cin-cinnati, Ohio. Funeral ar-rangements are pending at Globe Family Funeral Chapel in Garrison, Ky.

McGrawMINFORD— Barry Le-

roy McGraw, 51 of Min-ford, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013, at his home. Arrangements are pending at the Roger W. Davis Funeral Home in West Portsmouth. www.rogerwdavisfuneralhome.com

JahnDUBLIN — Judy E.

George Jahn, 73, of Dub-lin, Ohio, entered passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Sat-urday, March 16, 2013 ,at the Boyer Funeral Home in Waverly. Interment will follow in Omega Ceme-tery in Waverly. Visitation is Friday, March 15, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m. and one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the funeral home.

HobstetterKITTS HILL — Earl

“Hoppie” Henry Hobstet-ter, 85, of Kitts Hill, Ohio passed away, March 9, 2013, at his residence.

Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Myrtle Ridge Cemetery. Visita-tion is Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Phillips Funeral Home, 1004 South Sev-enth Street in Ironton.

KelleyIRONTON — Minnie

Mae Kelley, 72, of Iron-ton, the wife of Danny Kelley, passed away Sun-day, March 10, 2013, at St. Mary’s Medical Center-Ironton Campus. Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Lawrence Furnace Cemetery.Visita-tion is Wednesday from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Phil-lips Funeral Home, 1004 South Seventh Street, Ironton.

ShepherdSOUTH SHORE —

Rhonda Lou Shepherd, 52, of South Shore, Ky. passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013, at her residence. Arrangements are pending at Roberson Funeral Home in South Shore, Ky.

YoungLUCASVILLE — Mary

Alice Young, of Lucasville, died Monday, March 11, 2013, at Hospice of But-ler and Warren County in Franklin, Ohio. Arrange-ments are pending at the McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville.

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Bible VerseEphesians 6:10-12

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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positive outcome for our students and a very positive outcome for our community. Myself and the school dis-trict couldn’t be happier.”

He said the competition will return to SciotoTech next year.

For more information

about SkillsUSA visit them online at www.skillsusa.org or Ohio SkillsUSA at www.ohioskillsusa.org, and the Scioto County Ca-reer Technical Center on-line at www.sciototech.org.

Ryan Scott Ottney can be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 287, or rottney@civitasmedia.com.

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vides free services such as mammograms and clinical breast exams.

The program also seeks to educate women 40 years and older about the importance of early breast cancer detec-tion, while supplying those already diagnosed with guid-ance and support.

Waugh said early detection is paramount.“Early detection is key to improving survival rates.

Through the Hands of Hope program, we are helping pro-mote early detection by providing resources and remov-ing financial obstacles wherever we can,” Waugh said.

Waugh also said local women can have access to an an-nual mammograms through the grant.

“The grant will ensure that local women without in-surance or under insured women can still receive their annual mammograms without the fear of medical bills,” Waugh said.

The SOMC Breast Navigator can be reached at 740-356-PINK. To learn more, visit www.somc.org/cancer or like SOMC on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Souther-nOhioMedicalCenter.

Portia Williams may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 286 or portiawil-liams@civitasmedia.com.

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mouth Municipal Court Probation Department at 740-353-7367.

Palmer reiterated that if someone sees someone else open dumping call the LSSWMD and take down the license plate number of the person(s) open dump-ing and they will investi-

gate. The LSSWMD can be contacted at 740-532-1231.

For more information about the Lawrence Scioto County Solid Waste Man-agement District visit their website at www.lssemd.org.

Wayne Allen may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 228, or tallen@civitasmedia.com.

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Save Your Vision MonthBest Care Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is hosting

a Family Day, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., with guest speaker Dr. Aaron Kallner, OD. The topic is, “Geriatric Eye Disorders, from Dry Eye to Macular De-generation.” RSVP by Monday, March 18. For more infor-mation, contact Scott Akers at 740-574-2558.

American Legion Post 471to host St. Patrick’s Day celebration

Post 471 will host a St. Patrick’s Day celebration Sun-day, March 17, 2013. The band U TURN will perform from 7 -to 11 p.m. Dinner is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The menu will be Corn beef or pulled pork, and slaw served with chips and a pickle. The cost for the dinners is $5. The event will take place at Russell D Williams American Legion 950 Gallia Street Portsmouth.

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WeatherToday High: 45 | Low: 31

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers between 9pm and midnight, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 37. West wind 11 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of snow showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low

around 29.Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 53.Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly

cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipi-tation is 40%.

Saturday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipita-tion is 30%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Most-ly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of pre-cipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Ohio River levelsMonday: 22.5 | Tuesday: 24.2 | Wednesday:

30.0Source: National Weather Service

Guns and tools the target of thievesFrank LewisPDT Staff Writer

Thieves in West Portsmouth made several entries and took power tools and other items dur-ing those entries over the last several days.

Thieves hit a house on Crain Road, where they took two De-Walt cordless drills, valued at $125 each; a DeWalt cordless im-pact drill valued at $150, and a DeWalt Cordless Sawzall, valued at $125.

Thieves struct a residence on

Sixth Street, where they made off with a cordless framing nail gun, valued at $350; a cordless angled finish nailer, valued at $350; a roofing nail gun, valued at $185; an 18 volt 1/2 inch cord-less drill, valued at $150; a 1/2 inch loaded hammer drill, valued at $75; a lithium ion cordless im-pact drill, valued at $125; a pneu-matic framing nail gun, valued at $185; a sawzall, valued at $100; a corded circular saw, valued at $100; an 18 volt cordless impact driver, valued at $185; a socket

wrench, valued at $75, and a car-tridge of fuel, valued at $60.

Tools were taken from a Car-ey’s Run residence on Saturday. Stolen were a DeWalt electric drill, valued at $100, and a Pou-lan Weed Shark, valued at $150. Also taken was a CD player, val-ued at $250.

When thieves hit Ninth Street, they took a Black and Decker drill, valued at $75; a Black and Decker corded drill, valued at $100, as well as a Zebco rod and reel, valued at $75, and children’s

Zebco rod and reel, valued at $10.On Friday, thieves hit a house

on Houston Hollow Long Run Road in Portsmouth, where they took a stainless steel .22 semi-automatic rifle, valued at $200; a bolt action .22 caliber rifle with a Bushnell scope, valued at $350; a stainless steel semi-automatic pistol, valued at $500; air sta-plers, valued at $70; a trim gun, valued at $200; a nail gun, valued at $379; a 16-inch bar chainsaw, valued at $149; PlayStation-3 games, valued at $100; rolls of

coil stock, valued at $150, and an iPhone 4 valued at $100.

Pills were taken at an entry on Private Road 4287 in Ironton. In that entry 84 Diazepam 10 mil-ligram pills; 72 Percocet 5/325 milligram tablets; 72 Clonidine .1 milligram tablets; 48 Vasoterc 10 milligram tablets; 72 Zantac 150 milligram tablets; 56 Lasix 20 milligram pills and 56 20 mil-ligram potassium tablets.

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 252, or at flewis@civitasmedia.com.

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Fire and Police Departments top appropriationsFrank LewisPDT Staff Writer

The Portsmouth Fire Department and the Portsmouth Police Depart-ment again top the list of appropria-tions from the city’s General Fund, which began on Jan. 1, 2013 and runs through Dec. 31, 2013. The ap-propriations are for current expenses and other expenditures of the city for the calendar year. The top five de-partments are:

Fund 101 Code 223 - Fire shows a total appropriation of $3,774,061 for

the year. That figure is a combination of $2,254,012 for personal services and $1,520,049 for other expenses.

Fund 101 Code 221 - Police reflects $1,952,232 for personal expenses; $1,371,592 for other expenses, for a total appropriation of $3,323,824.

Fund 101 Code 111 - Municipal Court appropriations total 923,262, based on $503,469 for personal services and $419,792 for other ex-penses.

Fund 101 Code 440 - The City Health Department’s appropriations are $269,978 for personal services;

$297,866 for other expenses, for a total appropriation of $567,844.

Fund 101 Code 105 - Legal rounds out the top five with appropriations totaling $292,221 - $133,780 for personal services and $158,441 for other expenses.

The city’s total appropriations from the General Fund are $11,369,279 - $5,463,406 for personal services and $5,905,873 for other expenses.

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 252, or at flewis@civitasmedia.com.

Greenup Co. E911 launching watch programPortia WilliamsPDT Staff Writer

RUSSELL, Ky. — The Greenup County E911 cen-ter will host an information Friday, March 15, 2013, at the Lady of Bellefonte Hos-pital Pavilion at 2 p.m.

The Greenup County E911 center, will host an information session Friday regarding a program called the Police Watch Program. The center is inviting other offices and agencies to attend a presentation about the program.

Sherry Chapman, Depu-ty Director of the Greenup

County 911 center, said the center was motivated by the recent tragic events in Aurora, Colo. and Sandy Hook, Conn.

According to Chapman, the Police Watch Program is a system that can help response time to incidents and alarms. The program will also provide emer-gency responders with pre-arrival information about what is going on by using camera systems at these venues.

“We just believe that it would just be a good step in the right direction for

our area,” Chapman said.According to Chapman,

the E911 department has been seeking to find better ways to improve emergen-cy responses to incidents of that nature and any other emergency at loca-tions where large numbers of people may gather.

Chapman said the Gree-nup County E-911 learned about the Police Watch Program from another agency that instituted the program and has had suc-cess with it. She said the E911 center is hopeful that many other offices, insti-

tutions and agencies will come out and learn more about the Police Watch Program Friday.

The event is free and open to the public.

“We have invited all of the school systems, banks, pharmacies, police depart-ments, any kind of govern-ment offices, city build-ings, and well over 100 people have been invited, so we are hoping that we will have a good turn out,” Chapman said.

Portia Williams may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 286 portiawil-liams@civitasmedia.com

Shamrock Shuffle set for SaturdayWayne AllenPDT Staff Writer

The Community Action Organi-zation (CAO) of Scioto County has scheduled a Shamrock Shuffle 5k race for this Saturday to benefit and support the expansion of its summer backpack program.

According to Luanne Valentine, Operations Director for CAO, the CAO Summer Food Service Pro-gram has served more than 100,000 meals in the past two summers. In 2011, nearly 550 individual youths in Scioto county received meals on a daily basis at 24 sites from June 6 through Aug. 7. In 2012, the number of youths served increased to nearly 725. This increase was due in part to adding nine more serving sites, eight of which were located in Lawrence county.

Valentine said the proceeds from the race will be used to expand the program into the school year.

“The program is needing to be ex-panded due to the need that’s in our community. This program started because we were part of a two-year demonstration project with the USDA and last year was the second year,” Valentine said. “However, we were funded for the summer of 2013. Since we were in the process of pro-moting our Shamrock Shuffle, we decided to proceed with the hopes of expanding the program into the school year.”

She said this program is vital be-cause, “when young people are hun-gry they can’t learn and in the end that means they will not be able to earn in the future,” Valentine said.

According to www.cao5k.org, “the 5K event is 3.1 miles of flat terrain starting at the Scioto County Wel-come Center, and going through the historic Boneyfiddle District and by the Floodwall Murals of Portsmouth, Ohio.”

She said registrations for the event can be taken throughout this week and on Saturday.

“The registration is $30, you can register by check or money order or at www.cao5k.org. We will also take registrations from 7 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, with the race starting at 8 a.m,” Valentine said.

She said registered participants will receive a packet full of informa-tion and a t-shirt. According to Val-entine, more than 100 people are cur-rently signed up to participate.

“It takes about $2 to feed a child lunch. So, if you are signing up for the race you are going to provide 15 meals. All the money we raise will go back into the program so, we are trying to raise as much as we can,” Valentine said.

For more information visit www.cao5k.org.

Wayne Allen may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 228, or tallen@civitasmedia.com.

‘Girl Rising’ screening at Wheelersburg CinemaPortia WilliamsPDT Staff Writer

The Portsmouth, Ohio Partners In Health/En-gage community is re-sponsible for the viewing of the film, “Girl Rising,” at Wheelersburg cinema Sunday, March 24 at 3 p.m. The film was cre-ated by 10x10, a global campaign to educate and empower girls.

Carolyn Petit of Ports-mouth is a volunteer co-ordinator for the Ports-mouth, Ohio Partners In Health/Engage.

“One of the things they suggested that we could do as a community is to bring this movie to our area,” Petit said.

Petit said she signed up to be a volunteer coordi-nator and has started the Portsmouth, Ohio Part-

ners In Health/Engage. She took the necessary steps to ensure that Girls Rising would be viewed by members of the local community.

She said the process to obtain the film included the completion of an ap-plication and interview.

“Girl Rising tells the stories of nine girls from around the world who face and overcome unbe-lievable obstacles on the path toward getting an education,” Petit said.

Petit said each girl’s story was written by an author and is narrated by a cast of great actresses including Meryl Streep, Kerry Washington, Anne Hathaway, Salma Hayek, Alicia Keys and others.

“When we buy a ticket we will be supporting the 10x10 organization,

which continues to help to educate young girls,” Petit said.

Ticket for the movie may be purchased at http://gathr.us/screen-ing/1264.

“When you buy a $10 ticket to view the film Girl Rising, sales will help fund programs for girls, so seeing the film literally makes an impact on girls’ lives,” Petit said.

The screening for Girls Rising will be Sunday, March 24 at 3 p.m. at the Wheelersburg Cinema.

The film is rated PG 13 and is approximately 100 minutes long.

“The film focuses on countries where girls are not allowed to have an education, where they lit-erally have to fight to get educated. I think the film will be good for young

women and young men in our area to see how for-tunate they are to have a free public education,” Pe-tit said.

Petit said many young people in the United States take education for granted and undermine its value.

“I think that perhaps if they see how young girls have to fight just to get an education, perhaps it will motivate them,” Petit said.

According to Pe-tit, management of the Wheelersburg Cinema will donate 10 percent of funds from all concessions on March 24 to the cause of educating young girls.

Portia Williams may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 286 or por-tiawilliams@civitasmedia.com.

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OPINION4 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Portsmouth Daily Times

Commentary Guest Commentary

In 2008, I spent a couple of weeks visiting a friend in Dur-ham, N.C. My stay was extend-ed because of the ice storm that ripped through Ohio leaving chunks of the state without pow-er. As a freelancing journalist, I figured I would stay on vacation rather than return to powerless house. Because of that mindset, I took the long way home.

The drive up Interstates 77 and 64 was a scenic one, outside of having to stop every 50 miles or so because my Oldsmobile’s wipers failed. I made the deci-sion to take Route 52 home rather than working my way up to Route 32. People had told me that the drive was beautiful, with the Ohio River fixed to your left and various towns and rural outposts interspersed. I had grown up only a couple miles from the road on the east side of Cincinnati, why not see what the barges see be-fore they cruise by my childhood home?

This was my first Portsmouth experience. As I came into New Boston my initial thought was “alas, finally something significant.” As I made my way down Gallia Street my thoughts changed to, “this is significantly littered.”

Strewn along the roadway were emptied fast food containers, beer bottles and just about anything anyone has ever been lazy enough to toss out the window of a moving car. Add the limitless traffic lights along that route and there was plenty of time to be perturbed.

Fast forward to 2011, and as coincidence would have it, I found myself employed in Portsmouth and sad to see the litter problem had not improved. To date, it’s still a major problem in this area.

As Kyle McCain of the Portsmouth Mu-nicipal Court described that section of Gallia

Street in today’s edition of the Daily Times, it’s an “explosion of garbage.”

While the Court and the Law-rence-Scioto Solid Waste Man-agement District deserve praise for their recent effort to clean up that area, that effort shouldn’t have been needed in the first place.

Littering isn’t just a crime, it’s an insult. Anyone who tosses gar-bage on the side of our roads is insulting the community and the person they have to look at in the mirror. This is home, and no self-respecting person consciously lowers the quality of their own home.

LSSWMD Director Dan Palm-er had the money quote:

“We had to do something. What does this (roadway) say to people coming from other areas, driving through? What does this say about the community? Is this conducive to anyone wanting to bring a business to town?” Palmer said. “By doing this we hope we can instill pride and respect from motorists and residences for this area.”

Bullseye, Mr. Palmer. My 2008 impression stuck with me until I was here long enough to know more about this area. There is so much potential here. So many good, hardworking people who want to build on what has been achieved and see things improve further. We can help improve things by putting our trash in trash cans and reporting the people who we see littering to the LSSWMD.

When it comes to littering, you are the gar-bage you toss.

Bob Strickley can be reached at 353-3101, ext. 296, or bstrick-ley@civitasmedia.com.

Near mid-night Nov. 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln began to hear the church bells ring in Spring-field, Ill. He had just been elected Presi-dent of the United States. The celebra-tion had barely ended when South Carolina voted to suc-ceed from the Union, just five weeks after his victory. He was inaugurated on March 4, 1861 and by that time, six more states had suc-ceeded. On April 12, Confederate forces of the newly formed Con-federate States of Amer-ica bombarded a United States fort on Sullivan’s Island, Fort Sumter.

In Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book “Team of Rivals: The political Genius of Abraham Lin-coln,” she detailed how his eight years in the Illinois House of Repre-sentatives and the aids who surrounded him during his campaign for the nomination for the Presidency had taught him the essence of tim-ing in politics. Lincoln learned it well. He did not issue the Emanci-pation Proclamation in a vacuum. He didn’t wake up one morning and decide to free the slaves. His pronounce-ment took over a year to develop.

The President knew he could not free the slaves during the early years of the war because he was afraid the bor-der states of Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri might leave the Union. He also felt that North-erners (who voted for him) would not support him because they would then be fighting a war to only free the slaves. Neither was acceptable to Lincoln. Virginia had already seceded, but Lincoln could not afford to lose the next slave state to the north, Maryland. If Maryland seceded, then Washing-ton City (now Washing-ton D.C.) would become a capital city trapped

inside an e n e m y c o u n t r y . The fed-eral gov-e r n m e n t w o u l d a l m o s t c e r t a i n l y fall if oth-ers joined the band-wagon. He n e e d e d the public sentiment to be with him.

If he m o v e d too soon,

Northern voters might turn against his party in the Congressional election of 1862 and force on him a hostile Congress, unwilling to continue prosecuting the war. He shrewdly was preparing North-erners to think of the document as a measure necessary to win the war and preserve the nation, not to achieve humanitarian goal or change the social or-der. Only then, he felt, would Northern whites accept it.

On July 22, 1862 he called his cabinet to-gether and revealed that he had reached his mo-mentous decision. Just as all great leaders, Lin-coln usually polled the members of his Cabinet to get each person’s opinion and would then make an informed deci-sion. But he bluntly told them that he would en-tertain no opposition or debate. He did however, after his announcement, take the advice of his most trusted ally, Sec-retary of State William Seward, by postponing the Proclamation until the Union could win a victory on the battle-field - therefore issu-ing his proclamation not from weakness, but from strength. Over the next two months, as the Union war effort stalled, the inevitabil-ity of emancipation re-mained the best-kept secret in America.

Finally, on Sept 17, 1862, Union troops gave Lincoln the long-await-ed victory when Union General George McClel-lan’s army repelled an

invading Confederate force at Antietam, Md. It was by no means a decisive or overwhelm-ing triumph since Lee’s troops were allowed to escape. Lincoln then summoned his cabinet and read a revised proc-lamation he had been re-crafting.

“I do not wish your advice. I made the promise to myself, and to my Maker, that if Lee was driven back, I would crown the result with a declaration of freedom for the slaves,” he said.

Five days later, on Sept 22, he announced the Emancipation Proc-lamation. It gave the Confederacy until Jan 1, 1863 to return to the Union or forfeit slaves who would otherwise be “thence forward, and forever free”, their liberty recognized and maintained by “the ex-ecutive government of the US, including the military and naval au-thority thereof…” When he signed the Proclama-tion on Jan. 1, 1863, he declared that “the South had fair warning that if they did not return… I would strike at this pillar of their strength. This promise must now be kept.”

Freed black slaves could now join Union military forces to bat-tle for the freedom as U.S. Colored Troops. Lincoln, and surely African-Americans as well, knew that for all is good intentions, the Proclamation would free slaves only if Union armies won victories in Rebel states. Such was the case for America’s first freedom document, the Declaration of In-dependence. Its prom-ise was not fulfilled by magic on July 4, 1776, but through hard fight-ing by the Continental army in the months and years that followed. Lincoln launched what Pulitzer Price win-ning historian James McPherson has aptly called a second Ameri-can Revolution. He not only ended the shame of human bondage in America, but helped guarantee the survival of America itself.

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Declining coronary artery arteriosclerosis in our soldiers

The tragedy of war has pro-vided a window into the ar-teries of young, mostly male, adults over time that explains a lot of the 72 percent de-crease in heart disease death since it’s peak in 1968.

During the Korean War, when we were just beginning to understand that heart dis-ease was caused by coronary artery arteriosclerosis, (aka atherosclerosis) it was detect-ed in 77 percent of soldiers killed. During the Vietnam War it was 45 percent. Now, an article in the Dec. 26 issue of The Journal of the Ameri-can Medical Association re-ports that the prevalence of autopsy-determined coronary atherosclerosis was 8.5 percent among 3832 US service members who died in combat or by unintentional injuries dur-ing our two current wars that I hope are mostly over.

(1) Furthermore they found that ser-vice members with atherosclerosis were more likely to have the other associations

with heart disease - bad cho-lesterol profiles, high blood pressure and obesity. How-ever, one culprit that was not associated with coronary atherosclerosis was smoking. Does this mean that smok-ing causes heart disease by another mechanism? There can be no doubt that smoking kills by causing more heart attacks. Smoking, despite ef-forts by the military to try and curtail it, is still higher among the military, 30.5 percent, than similarly aged civilian rates - 21-24 percent. During the Korean war the smoking rate was greater than 50 percent.

Although there are some issues that make these rates not exactly comparable, this steep decline means that we are doing some things right by our young people.

1.Webber BJ et al. Prevalence of and risk factors for autopsy-determined atheroscle-rosis among US service members, 2001-2011. JAMA 2012;308(24):2577-83.

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Dear Annie: My husband, “Clark,” and I have been married for 47 years. We both have Facebook accounts. A year ago, Clark became friends with “Toni,” an ex-girlfriend from his late-teen years. I am my husband’s third wife. Toni has been mar-ried at least twice, maybe three times. I’ve lost track.

The problem is, Clark and Toni were chat-ting and “pok-ing” each other regularly until his sister told him it was not fair to me. Clark claimed that he stopped chatting. However, the pok-ing has continued.

A few months ago, I sent Toni a friend request. All of Clark’s friends from his hometown have friended me right off, but Toni didn’t respond. Clark then asked her to do it as a favor to him. She then sent me a friend request, with no mention of being sorry for ignoring my previous one. I agreed so as not to be rude. When Toni’s birthday came, I wished her a “hap-py birthday.” Our birthdays are in the same month. She ignored mine.

Last week, I taught Clark how to delete a poke, and he did. But this week, they are doing it again. Since he was the one who did the de-lete, he must have been the one to start back up. When I asked him, his response was that nothing is going on and Facebook chatting and poking is no big deal.

Clark has even com-mented that he would like to meet Toni, with me, just to see what she looks like now.

Toni is not the only female who r e g u l a r l y pokes Clark on Facebook. I have told him that lik-ing and shar-ing posts is less personal than pokes, chatting and m e s s a g e s . Now he is talking about

creating a Twitter account. Am I overreacting, or should Clark be more con-siderate of my feelings? — Torn

Dear Torn: This boils down to trust. Something about Toni is ringing a lot of bells in your head, and Clark should respect this by limiting contact. However, he doesn’t seem to have done anything untoward, so he objects to your reac-tion. Try calmly explaining why Toni bothers you and why it is important that his behavior reassure, rather than alarm, you. He needs to know this is moving into risky territory.

Dear Annie: I’m 19 years old and work at least 60 hours a week. I recently found out that I am preg-nant. The father does not have a job and lives far away. I want him involved with our child, but not if he can’t help support the baby. Am I being too harsh? — Hard Worker

Dear Hard: Yes. A par-ent’s importance should

not be based on his in-come. “Support” is more than money. It can include taking care of the child and being emotionally supportive of the mother. Unless the father is a drug addict, alcoholic or abuser, your child’s relationship with him is necessary and beneficial. But the father should be actively looking for work so he can pay child support, and you should hold him responsible for it. In the meantime, please don’t deny either of them the positive aspects of this relationship.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Walk a Mile in My Shoes,” who com-plained about out-of-state relatives who try to take over caregiving duties.

Here’s our family wisdom when visiting or offering to help a primary caregiver: Think of yourself as the “assistant caregiver,” and simply ask the primary care-giver what, when, where and how. Do your best to do what they would do. Don’t make suggestions or change routines. Just give them the peace of mind of knowing that they can leave for a while and everything will be done exactly as they would have done it. This attitude is helpful and comforting to the primary caregiver, who certainly doesn’t need any additional stress. — Been There, Too

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to an-niesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read fea-tures by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Oz the Great and the Power-ful” clicked with moviegoers.

Disney’s 3-D prequel to the classic L. Frank Baum tale “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” debuted in first place and earned $80.3 million at the weekend box office in the U.S. and Canada and $69.9 million overseas, according to studio estimates Sunday.

“Oz” tells the origin of James Franco as the wizard with Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz as the trio of witches he en-counters after crashing in the mystical realm of Oz.

The updated take on “Oz,” which was directed by original “Spider-Man” tril-ogy mastermind Sam Raimi, was a gamble that looks like it will pay off for the Walt Disney Co. The film report-edly cost $200 million and opened a week after “Jack the Giant Slayer,” another big-budget 3-D extravaganza that reimagines a classic tale, flopped in its opening week-end, debuting with $28 mil-lion at the box office.

“Oz” was also golden over-seas. The film conjured up $69.9 million from 46 foreign markets, including Russia and the United Kingdom. “Oz” could follow in the foot-steps of Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland,” another costly 3-D film, which opened on the same weekend in 2010 and went on to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

“‘Oz’ is the shot in the arm that the industry needed,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hol-lywood.com. “We had six consecutive weekends where the box office was down. As a result, we’re at a 12-and-a-

half percent deficit year-to-date on box office revenues versus last year. Not a lot of movies have worked. There have been several underper-formers.”

In its second weekend, “Jack” stomped out second place behind “Oz” with $10 million, dropping 62 percent since its opening weekend. It earned just $4.9 million overseas. “Jack,” based on the Jack and the Beanstalk fable, was directed by Bryan Singer and stars Nicholas Hoult and Ewan McGregor.

The only other new release this weekend, the FilmDis-trict revenge drama “Dead Man Down” starring Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace, opened in fourth place with $5.3 million.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters,

according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are included. Final domestic fig-ures will be released Monday:

1. “Oz the Great and Pow-erful,” $80.3 million. ($69.9 million international.)

2. “Jack the Giant Slayer,” $10 million. ($4.9 million in-ternational.)

3. “Identity Thief,” $6.3 million.

4. “Dead Man Down,” $5.3 million.

5. “Snitch,” $5.1 million. ($4.7 million international.)

6. “21 & Over,” $5 million.7. “Safe Haven,” $3.8 mil-

lion.8. “Silver Linings Play-

book,” $3.7 million. ($6 mil-lion international.)

9. “Escape from Planet Earth,” $3.2 million.

10. “The Last Exorcism Part II,” $3.1 million.

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Director of ODMH visits PortsmouthFrank LewisPDT Staff Writer

Tracy J. Plouck, Direc-tor of the Ohio Depart-ment of Mental Health, was in town Monday to meet with officials at the Scioto County Counsel-ing Center.

“In July we will be consolidating with ODA-DAS (Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Adiction Services), which is the cabinet level addiction agency, and since the consolidation was announced last May, I have been traveling around and learn-ing more about alcohol and drug addic-tion tretments, intervention services around the state,” Plouck said. “Today, I was fortunate enough to spend the day with (The Counseling Center Executive Director) Ed Hughes and the folks at The Counseling Center.”

Plouck said she visited the clinic, the residential treatment centers, and talked with those involved with those programs.

“One of our key priorities now in the governor’s budget that has been pro-posed and is supposed to take effect in July, is the expansion of Medicaid to in-dividuals up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level,” Plouck said. “Many of the folks who are currently receiving servic-es through The Counseling Center and other folks who are waiting for services, and who may be waiting because they lack a care source, I think the governor’s priority to extend Medicaid benefits will do significant good throughout the state, but particularly in areas like this where there are a lot of folks who, for whatever reason, do not have health care.”

Plouck said about 50 percent of the people who will be eligible through the Medicaid expansion may already be working, but may be working without health insurance and unable to afford insurance based on their hourly wages.

“I think this (Medicaid expansion) will have great benefit for a healthier work force as well as healthier families,” Plouck said.

Hughes said this area, particularly the Appalachian counties, have the worst health care indicators in the state. The most recent numbers show Scioto Coun-ty the worst in the state followed by Law-rence County and the trend continues along the river.

“And, as she (Plouck) mentioned, a lot of that is an access issue because we have wonderful hospitals and The Coun-seling Center is one of the biggest drug

and alcohol treatment programs in the state,” Hughes said. “But again, there are all these folks who cannot get the kind of care that they need, across the continuum of health care services.”

“There are few ways to become Medicaid eli-gible currently, and one of the few ways is if you have children, and you become Medicaid eligi-ble through that child,” Hughes said. “So, if a person doesn’t have chil-dren then they do not have Medicaid and they

can’t access all these opportunities. And what we are seeing is that generationally now we have generations of sick people. We have generations of unemployed people.”

Hughes said the health care crisis caused by those socioeconomic issues deals with not just the person who can’t get health care, but also with the fact that there may be many family members who may have never had health care.

“Another great benefit of Medicaid expansion is that local communities can take what they are currently spend-ing with clinical services, so if a local ADAMHS (Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services) Board area is buying counseling services, crisis and Medicaid becomes a payer, the federal government in conjunction with the state will pay for that,” Plouck said. “And the local system can actually invest in other kinds of re-covery support, such as housing, maybe respite for families, prevention services with the schools. So the existing dol-lars that we have in the system can be re-directed for purposes that will help prevent the onset of addiction in some cases, and the onset of a mental health crisis, because you can make connec-tions with treatment.”

Plouck said, statewide, once Medicaid is expanded, there will be about a $70 million amount across the entire state that can be re-directed in that way.

“Our local ADAMHS Board, even though it’s not a lot of money, what money they have they are putting into continuing treatment services, and leav-ing practically nothing for prevention,” Hughes said. “We estimated that we are spending $3 per child, per year on pre-vention services in Scioto County. So the dollars that are going to treatment can be diverted into prevention services.”

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 252, or at flewis@civitasmedia.com

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Kretzer named MAC All-Freshman performerPDT Sports Report

Former Waverly basket-ball star Jake Kretzer has been recognized for his first collegiate season.

The Akron freshman was named to the 2012-2013 Mid-American Conference All-Fresh-man team Monday by the coaches in the con-

ference. Kretzer, a 6-7 guard/forward for the MAC co-champion Zips, averaged six points and three rebounds in 30 games, four of which were starts for the former Tiger standout, who led his high school team to a Division II Regional ap-pearance a year ago.

Akron, which finished

24-6 in the regular season and 14-2 in the confer-ence, shared the regular season championship with Ohio but will have the No. 1 seed in this week’s conference tourna-ment by way of winning the two head-to-head match-ups with the Bob-cats.

Joining Kretzer on

the All-Freshman team are Buffalo guard Jarryn Skeete, Central Michi-gan guard Chris Fowler, Toledo center Nathan Boothe and Western Michigan forward Darius Paul. In all, the Zips had a representative on the All-MAC lists on First Team (center Zeke Mar-shall), Second Team (for-

ward Demetrius “Tree” Treadwell) and Honor-able Mention (guard Alex Abreu).

Akron and Ohio are both into the semifinals of the conference tourna-ment and will play Friday night at Quicken Loans Arena, the home of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. The Zips will either play

Ball State, Buffalo, Central Michigan or Kent State.

Last season, the Bobcats won the conference tour-nament as well as the au-tomatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. They took advantage by becoming a Sweet 16 team, the first in MAC history since Kent State’s 2002 Elite 8 run.

Will March basketballbe madness after awild regular season?Rachel CohenAP Sports Writer

NEW YORK — College basketball fans with fond memories of the wild 2011 NCAA tournament may have forgotten this fact: A mostly tranquil regular sea-son led up to it, with the four top seeds combining for just 13 loses.

Back in 2007, by con-trast, the No. 1 seeds had 18 defeats among them. Then the tournament start-ed, and the familiar upsets of March were almost no-where to be found.

College basketball ana-lyst Clark Kellogg would love to be calling three weeks full of stunners this year. But he knows it’s hardly inevitable — de-spite a season when the top-ranked team never seemed safe.

“I’ve already told a num-ber of people I hope it plays out the way it did during the regular season, but there are no guarantees,” Kellogg said Monday.

A chaotic season can turn into a tame tourna-ment for many reasons.

Matchups are always part of the mystery. Some years, the top seeds find themselves up against a string of opponents they stack up favorably against. Other seasons, they run into a team in an early round whose strengths seem perfectly targeted for whatever their weakness.

Kellogg sounded another note of caution about why the regular season instabil-ity may not be a predictor of true March Madness: Tournament games are on neutral courts.

“Much of the tumult you see during the regular sea-son happens in conference play on the home court of the underdog,” he said.

Still, Kellogg is expect-

ing a topsy-turvy tourna-ment, evidenced by his struggle in picking the Fi-nal Four. He suggests that two of the top teams will make it to Atlanta, joined by a school from a power conference that had an un-remarkable regular season, with perhaps a George Ma-son-esque squad to round out the field.

Kellogg bases that as much on the muddle in the middle of the brackets as on the vulnerabilities of the highest-ranked teams. He thinks the selection com-mittee will struggle to dif-ferentiate programs for the fifth through 14th seeds.

“Because of that, you’re going to have some match-ups that will create high drama,” he said. “And teams that come out of 8-9 games against certain 1s may be better positioned to move on.”

With most conference tourneys yet to start, the four No. 1 seeds will to-tal at least 16 losses when this season’s NCAA tour-nament opens next week. The contenders for those spots certainly seem very beatable, but perhaps they will roll through the tour-ney. Maybe Indiana will dominate once it escapes the brutal Big Ten. Maybe Duke is a powerhouse again with Ryan Kelly healthy. Maybe Gonzaga really is as good as its record despite playing outside a power conference.

The 2007 and 2011 NCAA tournaments — the two extremes of predict-ability in recent memory — prove that we’re all just guessing. Six years ago, Florida returned nearly ev-erybody from its national championship team, yet hardly dominated during the regular season, losing

Tuesday’s Game Slate

Boys BasketballDivision IV Regional Semifinal

at Ohio University’s Convocation CenterSouth Webster vs. Notre Dame — 7:00Follow @CodyLeist on Twitter with live in-game

updates throughout the tournament

Jeeps, Titans prep for All-Scioto County semifinalCody LeistPDT Sports Writer

Sunday’s time change wasn’t a deterrent to ei-ther the South Webster or Notre Dame boys bas-ketball teams.

Shortly after winning Division IV Southeast District Championship games the night before, both teams jumped back into the gym Sunday and Monday to prep for Tuesday’s regional semifinal at Ohio Uni-versity’s Convocation Center. Both programs know that when pub-lic address announcer Lou Horvath announces that it is basketball-30, a lot will be on the line as Scioto County waits with anticipation to see who will be playing in Friday’s championship at Ohio Dominican Uni-versity.

It’s been 40 years since the Titans were crowned as district champions and coach Matt Mader under-stands the road to the school’s first-ever state semifinal berth will be a tough one to climb.

“The way they’ve been shooting the ball, that’s the key,” Mader said. “They’ve put up a lot of points…Offensive-ly, they’ve been shooting the basketball well.”

In the three postsea-son contests leading up

to Tuesday’s game, the Jeeps have been aver-aging 65 points a game with four players in dou-ble figures. The ring-leader of the offense, which has been without the services of Lance Swords for the second half of the season, is Levi Cook.

The junior is near a 20-point-per-game clip, which included a 26-point outburst dur-ing Saturday’s 72-57 win over Leesburg Fairfield. He is the only player on the team to not only reach double digits in all games but to also score at least 15 points.

Senior Seth God-dard found his shoot-ing stroke against the Lions, finishing with 25 after posting four in the 51-30 district semifinal win over Miller. While Andrew Salisbury and Nick Norman have also averaged at least 10 points from the guard spots, the interior pres-ence of Jensen Dyer and Brody Queen can be a challenge as well.

“They share the ball real well and their half-court offense, they run very well,” Mader said. “They back cut and they play well without the bas-ketball so that presents a huge problem for us.”

This is the second trip to the regionals in three

years for South Webster and coach Steven Ater. The last trip to the state for the Jeeps was a fruit-ful one as South Web-ster won the 2006 Divi-sion IV State Title.

“There is a little bit of an experience factor for us but I still wouldn’t say that negates just how

good of a team and how good of a season (Notre Dame) has had,” Ater said. “Twenty-one and three is a great season and we want to make sure that we approach them the right way.”

While the Jeeps have won every tournament

Noel to have surgery Tuesday on injured left kneeThe Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Ken-tucky freshman Nerlens Noel will have surgery on his injured left knee Tuesday, a move that could offer a hint about his future with the Wildcats.

Famed orthopedic surgeon James Andrews will perform the operation to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Scott Mair of University of Kentucky Sports Medicine will observe and co-ordinate Noel’s rehabilitation, which is expected to take six to eight months.

Noel’s NBA prospects played a major role in when the 6-foot-10

freshman will have the surgery and who is performing it.

“Due to the unique timetable for Nerlens’ recovery in regards to the NBA Draft deadline, the University of Kentucky and No-el’s family thought it was in his best interest to have his surgery performed by Dr. Andrews in Florida,” Kentucky athletic de-partment spokesman DeWayne Peevy said in a statement.

“Being one of the few surgeons that NBA franchises use regular-ly, Dr. Andrews’ involvement will allow the NBA personnel to have the most updated post-surgery information available in regards to Nerlens’ medical condition. Our medical staff and adminis-

trators are not permitted to talk to NBA teams and Nerlens is not allowed to be examined by the NBA, prior to the draft, without jeopardizing his eligibility.”

Kentucky coach John Calipari wouldn’t comment on Noel’s re-turn to the program, saying “all the other stuff will take time to play out” during a Monday tele-conference.

Noel sustained the season-ending injury on Feb. 12 at Flor-ida and was expected to have the surgery within two to three weeks

Considered the nation’s top recruit and projected as an NBA draft lottery pick, Noel was lead-ing the nation with 106 blocks

when he sustained the devastat-ing injury with eight minutes remaining in the Wildcats’ even-tual 69-52 loss to the Gators.

Noel, who has attended Wild-cats home games since his injury, will not be with the team for the Southeastern Conference tour-nament beginning Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.

“After talking with my family, I decided to schedule my surgery over spring break so I wouldn’t miss as much class,” Noel said in a statement. “I wish all my team-mates luck in the SEC tourna-ment and look forward to getting back to Lexington as soon as I can to begin my rehab and finish my school work.”

Kentucky (21-10, 12-6) strug-gled to play well consistently with a healthy Noel and the Wildcats are just 4-3 without him. Tennessee routed the Wild-cats 88-58 in their first game without Noel before reeling off three straight wins.

But the Wildcats then lost two road games before rebounding with Saturday’s 61-57 home win over the Gators that earned them the No. 2 seed for the conference tournament. Beating Florida also provided the late season sig-nature victory that the defending national champions needed to improve their chances of earning an at-large NCAA tournament bid.

Daily Times File PhotoThe South Webster trio, left to right, of Jensen Dyer, Levi Cook and Andrew Salisbury will look to be a part of a Jeeps squad that will take on Notre Dame Tuesday night.

See SEMIFINAL | 7

See MADNESS | 7 Daily Times File PhotoJ.P. Kayser and the Notre Dame Titans won their first district title since 1973 in Saturday’s victory over East. Notre Dame is two wins away from the school’s first state semifinal berth.

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PROBATE COURT OFSCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO

JUDGE JAMES W. KIRSCHIN THE MATTER OFGUARDIANSHIP OF

ALYSSA N. MATTHEWSCASE NO. 20082039

"To all interested in the Guardi-anship of Alyssa N. Matthews,Scioto County Probate Court,Case No. 20082039Attorney George L. Davis, IV,has filed a Second Account onFebruary 27, 2013. A hearingon the Second Account will beheld the 4th day of April, 2013,at 10:00 a.m. in the SciotoCounty Probate Court. TheCourt is located on the secondfloor of the Scioto CountyCourthouse, Sixth and CourtStreets, Portsmouth, Ohio45662".

George L. Davis, IV740-353-4661

AD: March 12, 19, 26, 2013PROBATE COURT OF

SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIOJUDGE JAMES W. KIRSCH

IN THE MATTER OFGUARDIANSHIP OF

KATIE L. MATTHEWSCASE NO. 20082040

"To all interested in the Guard-ianship of Katie L. Matthews,Scioto County Probate Court,Case No. 20082040Attorney George L. Davis, IV,has filed a Second Account onFebruary 27, 2013. A hearingon the Second Account will beheld the 4th day of April, 2013,at 10:00 a.m. in the SciotoCounty Probate Court. TheCourt is located on the secondfloor of the Scioto CountyCourthouse, Sixth and CourtStreets, Portsmouth, Ohio45662".

George L. Davis, IV740-353-4661

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Cardinals release Beanie WellsThe Associated Press

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals have released running back Beanie Wells after four injury-plagued seasons.

A first-round pick in 2009, Wells

showed flashes of the brilliance he had at Ohio State, but has only played one full season — his rookie year.

Wells eclipsed 1,000 yards and scored 10 touchdowns in 2011, but was limited to eight games last sea-son due to a turf toe injury. He ran

for 234 yards and eight touchdowns.Wells has 2,471 yards and 24

touchdowns rushing, with 28 catches for 293 yards in 51 career games.

Arizona also released running back Fozzy Whittaker off its practice squad.

game by at least 20 points, Notre Dame’s path to the Sweet 16 has been more difficult. After pulling away in the sectional fi-nals with a 20-point win over Clay, the Titans have won their two games over Reedsville Eastern and East at The Convo by margins of one and three points respectively.

Senior J.P. Kayser has been the mainstay of the Notre Dame offense with

a 17-point average while Daniel Ogg comes in with a dozen. What scares Ater is the fact that the Titans are not led by one player.

“They’re really bal-anced, they’ve got good guard play and they shoot the ball well from the pe-rimeter,” Ater said. “That’s one of the main things especially when you talk about Kayser and (Kevin) Lewis…Inside, they’re so physical and strong with Ogg and (Michael) Mader

working down there and (Adam) Cooper coming off the bench gives them instant offense.”

Cooper has scored 19 points off the bench in the last two games. After scoring 18 against the Panthers, Lewis has been held to 11 points the last two games.

Despite not playing each other this regular season, both teams have played each other in previ-ous years. Tendencies in

previous battles will be ex-ploited when both teams tip at 7 p.m. as the winner will take on the winner of the Danville-Lancaster Fairfield Christian game.

That semifinal will be taking place at the same time but will be at ODU. Neither team is looking ahead because they both understand a loss ends the season.

Cody Leist can be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 294, or cleist@civita-smedia.com.

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Semifinal

five games.The No. 1 ranking was held by

five different schools. Yet this led to an NCAA tournament when perhaps the most surprising development was the lack of surprises.

Not counting 8-9 games, there were just two upsets in the first round. The worst seed in the round of 16 was a No. 7 — not exactly Cinderella. Seven of the final eight teams were top-two seeds, with the lone exception a No. 3. And Florida repeated as champion.

Four years later came the Butler-VCU national semifinal. That sea-son, Duke, Ohio State, Pittsburgh and Kansas were the top four teams

in the fourth poll, and none strayed very far from there on the way to the No. 1 seeds.

They didn’t stick around very long in the tourney, though. One lost in its second game; two others were knocked out in the round of 16. Four double-digit seeds made the round of 16, and no top-two seeds reached the Final Four.

For all the talk about the oppor-tunity for teams from outside the power conferences to make a run this year, many of the schools be-ing mentioned for top seeds are established winners: Duke, Indiana, Georgetown, Louisville, Kansas.

And while the executives at CBS and Turner who televise the tourna-ment love those buzzer-beaters that

spring major upsets, they wouldn’t mind a few big names hanging around, too.

“Brands do matter,” Turner Sports chief David Levy said. “It always good to have powerhouse brands that are in the tournament and that get themselves deep into the tourna-ment.”

The tournaments that inspire the most buzz seem to star both David and Goliath, CBS Sports Chair-man Sean McManus said. The 2010 Duke-Butler title game was the clas-sic example of that.

“It’s a combination of the big na-tional traditional powers,” McManus said, “and the Cinderella stories.”

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POLLSThe top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 10, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:Record Pts Prv1. Gonzaga (54) 30-2 1,611 12. Duke (11) 27-4 1,559 33. Indiana 26-5 1,491 24. Louisville 26-5 1,421 85. Georgetown 24-5 1,344 56. Michigan 25-6 1,230 77. Kansas 26-5 1,224 48. Michigan St. 24-7 1,184 109. Miami 24-6 1,082 610. Ohio St. 23-7 1,073 1411. Kansas St. 25-6 932 912. Marquette 23-7 921 1513. Florida 24-6 838 1114. Oklahoma St. 23-7 805 1315. New Mexico 26-5 771 1216. Saint Louis 24-6 557 1617. Pittsburgh 24-7 551 2018. Arizona 24-6 523 1819. Syracuse 23-8 362 1720. Memphis 27-4 316 2521. UCLA 23-8 245 2322. Wisconsin 21-10 191 2223. Creighton 27-7 190 —24. Notre Dame 23-8 171 2425. VCU 24-7 157 21Others receiving votes: Saint Mary’s (Cal) 117, Butler 105, North Carolina 49, Colorado St. 48, Temple 20, Belmont 13, UNLV 7, Wichita St. 6, Kentucky 5, Or-egon 4, Valparaiso 1, Villanova 1.ON THE AIRAll Times EDTSchedule subject to change and/or blackouts.Tuesday, March 12BASEBALL6 a.m.MLB — World Baseball Classic, second round, Netherlands vs. Japan, at Tokyo1 p.m.ESPN2 — World Baseball Classic, sec-ond round, Italy vs. Dominican Republic, at MiamiMLB — World Baseball Classic, second round, Italy vs. Dominican Republic, at Miami8 p.m.MLB — World Baseball Classic, second round, Puerto Rico vs. United States, at MiamiMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL7 p.m.ESPN2 — Northeast Conference, cham-pionship, Mount St. Mary’s at LIU Brook-lyn9 p.m.ESPN — Wright State at ValparaisoNHL7:30 p.m.NBCSN — Boston at PittsburghSOCCER3:30 p.m.FSN — UEFA Champions League, Schal-ke vs. Galatasaray, at Gelsenkirchen, Germany8 p.m.FSN — UEFA Champions League, AC Mi-lan at Barcelona (same-day tape)WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

7 p.m.ESPN — Big East Conference, champi-onship, Louisville-Notre Dame winner vs. UConn- Syracuse winner, at Hartford, Conn.TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLAmerican LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES_Optioned RHP Zach Clark, LHP Mike Belfiore and OF Xavier Avery to Norfolk (IL).CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Optioned RHP Si-mon Castro and LHP Santos Rodriguez to Charlotte (IL) and RHP Nestor Molina to Birmingham (SL). Reassigned OF Ste-fan Gartrell, RHP Erik Johnson, INF Seth Loman, INF Marcus Semien, LHP Scott Snodgress, OF Trayce Thompson and OF Keenyn Walker to their minor-league camp.CLEVELAND INDIANS_Selected the contract of LHP Rich Hill from Colum-bus (IL). Placed RHP Blake Wood on the 60-day DL. Optioned OF Tim Fedroff, RHP Trey Haley, LHP TJ House, RHP Chen-Chang Lee and RHP Danny Sala-zar to Columbus. Reassigned INF Matt LaPorta, RHP Fernando Nieve and C Ro-berto Perez to their minor-league camp. Granted the unconditional release of OF Ben Francisco. Signed LHP Scott Barnes, OF Ezequiel Carrera, INF Juan Diaz, C/INF Yan Gomes, LHP Nick Hagadone, RHP Frank Herrmann, LHP David Huff, INF Jason Kipnis, RHP Chen-Chang Lee, INF Mike McDade, INF Cord Phelps and RHP Josh Tomlin to one-year contracts. Renewed the contracts of RHP Carlos Carrasco and RHP Vinnie Pestano.DETROIT TIGERS_Optioned C Ramon Cabrera and INF Dixon Machado to Erie (EL) and RHP Melvin Mercedes to Lake-land (FSL). Assigned INF Eugenio Suarez and OF Daniel Fields to their minor-league camp.MINNESOTA TWINS_Optioned C Chris Herrmann to Rochester (IL) and RHP B.J. Hermsen, RHP Trevor May, RHP Michael Tonkin, C Josmil Pinto and INF Danny Santana to New Britain (EL).NEW YORK YANKEES_Signed OF Ben Francisco to a minor league contract. Optioned LHP Francisco Rondon, RHP Dellin Betances, RHP Brett Marshall, and C Austin Romine to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) and LHP Manny Banu-elos, LHP Nik Turley, RHP Jose Ramirez and OF Ramon Flores to Trenton (EL). Reassigned RHP Chase Whitley, C J.R. Murphy and INF Luke Murton to their minor-league camp.OAKLAND ATHLETICS_Optioned RHP Arnold Leon to Sacramento (PCL).TAMPA BAY RAYS_Optioned RHP Alex Colome, LHP Mike Montgomery and LHP Frank De Los Santos to Durham (IL); LHP Enny Romero to Montgomery (SL) and LHP Felipe Rivero to Charlotte (FSL). Reassigned RHP Marquis Fleming, RHP Matt Buschmann and LHP Adam Libera-tore to their minor-league camp.National LeagueCHICAGO CUBS_Optioned RHP Alberto Cabrera, RHP Trey McNutt, LHP Brooks Raley and INF Logan Watkins to Iowa (PCL) and RHP Robert Whitenack to Tennessee (SL). Assigned RHP Nick Struck to their minor-league camp.

COLORADO ROCKIES_Optioned INF Cristhian Adames and Rafael Ortega to their minor-league camp. Reassigned RHP Chad Bettis, RHP Parker Frazier, RHP Dan Houston, LHP Tyler Anderson, LHP Erick Threets, C Lars Davis and OF Kyle Parker to their minor-league camp.LOS ANGELES DODGERS_Optioned RHP Matt Magill and RHP Steve Ames to Albuquerque (PCL). Reassigned RHP Matt Palmer to their minor-league camp.MIAMI MARLINS_Optioned RHP Evan Reed, RHP Alex Sanabia, LHP Brad Hand and OF Kyle Jensen to New Orleans (PCL) and RHP Sam Dyson, LHP Edgar Olmos and OF Marcel Ozuna to Jackson-ville (SL). Reassigned RHP Jordan Smith and C Wilfredo Gimenez to their minor league camp.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS_Optioned RHP Jorge Rondon to Memphis (PCL).American AssociationLAREDO LEMURS_Released RHP Chris Chavez.SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS_Released C Al Quintana.Can-Am LeagueNEWARK BEARS_Signed RHP Greg Lane and 1B Marc Palestina.QUEBEC CAPITALES_Released OF Steve Brown and RHP Roque Mercedes.Frontier LeagueFRONTIER GREYS_Signed INF Cody Mombourquette.LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS_Signed RHP Dale Dickerson. Released INF Aaron Klinec and OF Adrian Ortiz.NORMAL CORNBELTERS_Signed RHP Selby Brummett and RHP Tyler Hanks.WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS_Released INF Travis Weaver.FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueARIZONA CARDINALS_Released RB Beanie Wells and RB Fozzy Whittaker.BUFFALO BILLS_Signed CB Leodis McK-elvin to a contract extension.DALLAS COWBOYS_Released LB Dan Connor.DENVER BRONCOS_Re-signed S David Bruton to a three-year contract. Re-leased LB D.J. Williams and QB Caleb Hanie.HOUSTON TEXANS_Signed TE Phillip Supernaw.NEW YORK GIANTS_Tendered a contract off to WR Victor Cruz. Signed DT Cullen Jenkins.NEW YORKS JETS_Signed QB David Gar-rard.TENNESSEE TITANS_Tendered a con-tract off to C/G Fernando Velasco.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS_Signed NT Ian Williams to a two-year contract exten-sion. Acquired WR Anquan Boldin from Baltimore for a 2013 sixth-round draft pick.WASHINGTON REDSKINS_Released CB DeAngelo Hall.Canadian Football LeagueB.C. LIONS_Signed WR Marco Iannuzzi to a contract extension.United States Football LeagueUSFL_Named Jim Bailey president and CEO.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS_Recalled F Patrick

Maroon and F Devante Smith-Pelly from Norfolk (AHL).COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS_Assigned D Cody Goloubef to Springfield (AHL).NASHVILLE PREDATORS_Recalled F Matt Halischuk from Milwaukee (AHL). Activated RW Brandon Yip from injured reserve. Placed F Patric Hornqvist and F Colin Wilson on injured reserve.NEW YORK ISLANDERS_Returned F Da-vid Ullstrom to Bridgeport (AHL).PHOENIX COYOTES_Signed F Henrik Samuelsson to a three-year entry-level contract.SAN JOSE SHARKS_Reassigned RW Matt Pelech to Worcester (AHL). Reas-signed F Tommy Grant to San Francisco (ECHL) from the Worcester.TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING_Reassigned D Brendan Mikkelson to Syracuse (AHL). Recalled D Radko Gudas from Syracuse. Acquired F Dan Sexton from Anaheim for F Kyle Wilson.VANCOUVER CANUCKS_Recalled C An-drew Ebbett from Chicago (AHL).American Hockey LeagueBRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS_Released F Chad Costello.PEORIA RIVERMEN_Signed F Mike Pelech to a professional tryout contract.SPRINGFIELD FALCONS_Traded D Pat-rick Cullity to St. John’s for future con-siderations.WORCESTER SHARKS_Recalled F Yanni Gourde from San Francisco (ECHL).ECHLFLORIDA EVERBLADES_Announced G Pat Nagle and F Alex Hutchings were re-assigned to the team by Syracuse (AHL).GWINNETT GLADIATORS_Announced F Doug Jones was returned to the team from Texas (AHL).SOCCERMajor League SoccerLA GALAXY_Signed D Kofi Opare.National Women’s Soccer LeagueSKY BLUE FC_Signed D Kendall Johnson and MF Taylor Lytle.COLLEGEABILENE CHRISTIAN_Fired track and field coach Roosevelt Lofton.BOSTON U._Announced the retirement of ice hockey coach Jack Parker.CAMPBELL_Announced men’s basket-ball coach Robbie Laing will not return next season.EAST CAROLINA_Named Cindi Miller as-sistant volleyball coach.EMORY & HENRY_Announced the res-ignation of men’s basketball coach Paul Russo, effective March 29.HOWARD_Announced football coach Gary Harrell will takea personal leave of absence for the 2013 season. Named Rayford Petty interim football coach.MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR_Named Ca-price Stephens women’s basketball as-sistant coach.OKLAHOMA STATE_Named Tim Duffie defensive backs coach.SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA_Suspended basketball C Dewayne Dedmon and C James Blasczyk indefinitely for violating an unspecified team rule.

SCOREBOARD

49ers acquire WR Boldin from RavensDavid GinsburgAP Sports Writer

BALTIMORE — Here’s a Super Bowl twist: A guy who helped Baltimore beat San Francisco for the NFL title is now poised to join the 49ers.

San Francisco acquired

wide receiver Anquan Boldin from the Ravens for a sixth-round draft pick Monday. Boldin, a star in Baltimore’s run to the world championship last season, must pass a physi-cal to complete the deal.

The Ravens announced the trade Monday, prompt-

ing a disappointed re-sponse from quarterback Joe Flacco.

“Anquan was a great re-ceiver for myself and for our football team,” said Flacco, who signed a six-year, $120.6 million deal with the Ravens last week. “It’s sad to see a guy like

that go, but at the same time you want what’s best for him and you just wish him the best of luck.

“Anquan was a big part of this football team, a big part of this offense. He’s one of the many reasons we won the Super Bowl this year.”

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which invigorates you even more. Harness this vitality. You might want to try a new exercise routine or take up a new hobby. Understand that few can handle your strength and high energy at this point. Tonight: Do not stand on ceremony. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Your irritation with a particu-

lar situation might be building, and a sudden event could trigger stronger feelings. Stop investing energy in suppressing your emotional state. Clear your mind, and try a different approach. You’ll be much happier as a result. Tonight: Let mystery in.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You know that you are

heading in the right direction. A meeting could be unpredictable. You don’t mind the additional excitement; you work well with high energy and determined associates. Tonight: The more people there are around you, the happier you will be.CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might want to work

with a boss or superior, but this per-son could become more demanding. Just remember who is in charge, and you will be OK. Sometimes the end result, as opposed to the imme-diate outcome, is more important. Tonight: A must appearance.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH An unexpected call trig-

gers your imagination. Your mind seems resistant to any discipline or focus. You could start experiencing life from a new vantage point, where you visualize a different result. A certain individual might play a role in this. Tonight: Catch up on emails.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH A close associate or a

loved one might change his or her tune when you least expect it. This person will push and push in order to get what he or she desires. You practically will have to vanish to get this person off your case. Tonight: Dinner with a good friend.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)HHHH Someone is hot on your

heels and wants to at least have a conversation with you, if not an agreement. If you try to change this person’s mind or do something dif-ferently, you will still get a hard bot-tom line. Wait a day to have a formal chat. Tonight: Go with the moment.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Manage your exuberance.

You might not even realize what a strong reaction others are having to it. Stay direct when dealing with someone, even if he or she gener-ally is unsupportive. Lighten up, and you might be able to turn this situation around. Tonight: Choose a stressbuster.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH You can’t hold yourself

back from using your imagination, nor would you want to. You are a solution finder. You exude a quality of excitement wherever you go, and others respond in kind. The unex-pected gives you quite a surprise. Tonight: Let the fun begin. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)HHH Get past a hassle involving

a domestic matter. You might have errands to run and calls to make, but completing them could be close to impossible. Tap into your creativity. Remember that lists and schedules can be changed when necessary. Tonight: Go with the flow.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Speak your mind, but

take a moment before you express your thoughts. Choosing the right words could make all the difference in the receiver’s response. Be aware that you could be too much in your mind, which makes you accident-prone. Tonight: Return calls. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Know what is going on with

your finances. A costly mistake could impact your cash flow, and that could cause a lot of disruption. Stay on top of your funds, and be sure to stick to your budget. Weigh the pros and cons before purchas-ing a major item. Tonight: Go with a suggestion.

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The Associated Press

PHOENIX — Mike Fiers weaved his way into and out of trouble. Hyun-Jim Ryu only found it.

Rickie Weeks had an RBI triple off Ryu after Zack Greinke was scratched from his start Monday because of elbow inflammation, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the

Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2.The Dodgers said Gre-

inke was examined by Dr. Neal ElAttrache and that an MRI in Arizona last week showed no structural dam-

age. The 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner, signed to a $147 million, six-year con-tract in December as a free agent, received an injection of platelet-rich plasma and anti-inflammatory medica-tion.

“I’ve seen (Dodgers presi-dent) Stan Kasten here and it sounds like really posi-tive,” Mattingly said. “He had the MRI and there was nothing on it. You had to feel like there was some ten-dinitis or something going on. I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew it wasn’t

anything major.”The Dodgers said the

right-hander will rest for two to three days and then go on a progressive throw-ing program.

Fiers allowed two un-earned runs in four innings, allowing six hits and walk-ing one.

The Dodgers went 2 for 13 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 runners. They loaded the bases with two singles and an error with none out in the second, but failed to score. Fiers got two fly outs to

shallow left and a strike out.“Today wasn’t the most

efficient game,” Fiers said. “I got into some jams and got out of them and I’m happy with that. If you go through a game and guys go down 1-2-3, 1-2-3, it’s great, but in spring training you also want to work from the stretch and you want to work on holding the runner at first and different situa-tions that come up, so it’s good.

In the third inning, the Dodgers had two more run-ners on with one out, but Fiers retired A.J. Ellis on a comebacker and Norichika Aoki tracked down Juan Uribe’s scorcher to right field after a lengthy run.

“That was a big spot in the game, too,” Fiers said. “For him to go get that ball, he definitely saved me a lot of runs and also more pitches. He’s made a couple of those last year for me. It’s good to see him bust his tail to get that ball. It’s good.”

Fiers was 9-10 with a 3.74 ERA last season and is trying to claim a spot in the back end of the rotation after starting last season in the minors.

Ryu, the South Korean left-hander who the Dodg-ers signed to a six-year $36 million contract in Decem-ber, has 5.91 ERA in three starts. Ryu gave up three runs on five hits and two walks, while striking out three and throwing a wild pitch.

“A.J. says he holds his stuff, too,” Mattingly said. “That’s what I like to hear. When you hear from the catcher that he’s still sharp and crisp and his pitches keep going, it’s not like he’s running out of gas. You can tell this guy knows what he is doing. He’s able to yo-yo guys. He’s able to add and subtract. He’s got enough fastball. His breaking ball is decent. He’s good.”

The Brewers scored all their runs in the fourth, which Carlos Gomez led off with a walk and Weeks brought him home with a triple high off the center field wall. Khris Davis and Blake Lalli also had RBI singles.

The Dodgers scored both of their runs in the fourth after Gomez dropped Skip Schumaker’s fly to center af-ter two out. That scored Yas-iel Puig, who went 2 for 2 to raise his average to .452. Mark Ellis doubled home Schumaker.

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SPORTS10 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Portsmouth Daily Times

A special lure-removal toolGod never did make a

more quiet, calm, innocent recreation than angling.

I didn’t say that. I think it was Izaak Walton, the old English fisherman, merchant, and writer (“The Compleat Angler”) who lived past 90 and spent about the last 40 years of it in happy pursuit of the fishes.

I used to think fishing, aside from golf, was the safest sport going. You’re out there with lovely, sweet nature, away from the wor-ries of the world, relaxing, no pressure to score or come from behind.

But then I got to think-ing of the horrible storms I’ve been through, the boats I’ve fallen out of, and the time my old van rolled down the launching ramp and sank in the lake, and I realize you can not only get hurt fishing, you can get yourself killed.

The hooks on the lures we use are honed to razor sharpness, and have barbs on them. Get one of them in past the barb in your ear, nose or hand, and you’re in for some major troubles.

The advice by nurses now is that if you get one of these babies in past the barb, don’t try to cut it out or pull it out, or have your partner do said same, just head for the nearest emer-gency room.

The emergency room deal can be very painful, too. At least it was for me.

I’m thinking about that day some years ago when I

was fishing in the Greenup Dam tailwaters and hooked a three- to four-pound cat-fish. I was fishing in my son’s new runabout and didn’t want to bring the fish in on the carpet.

So, grasping him behind the “ears” with my right hand and holding him out over the water, I proceeded to attempt to remove the plug from his mouth with my left hand. Any dummy knows that I should have grabbed the needle-nosed pliers to do this with.

But I didn’t.The catfish suddenly

flopped and slipped out of my grasp. He was hooked in the lip on the plug’s front treble hook. The rear treble hook ran into a finger on my left hand, the same finger we use to throw a signal to a rude driver who has cut us off in traffic.

Now here I was not only with a hook in my finger, but with a four-pound cat-fish flopping around and doing a war dance on it.

Three young and pretty ladies fishing from the rocks on the nearby Ohio shore were watching this proceeding with more than a passing interest.

“Oh look, he’s caught a big one,” I heard one of them say.

For their benefit, I stoi-cally braved the pain and held off on the screaming. As nonchalant as possible, I hoisted the odious whis-kered devil over the high gunwale and crouched over

it on the deck. I noticed the blood matched the red carpet as I uttered a muffled cry of agony.

Merc i fu l l y, the fish man-aged to free itself from the hook. I picked it up with my free right hand and flung it into the river.

“Oh, look, he threw it back,” I heard one of the girls say.

“He’s a sportsman,” an-other of them said.

The plug, which was tied to the line, not on a swivel snap, was still hooked to my finger, with the hook in past the barb.

The current was carry-ing the boat toward the small rocky island. I man-aged to get the inboard motor started and steered the boat around it. I head-ed on downstream for the take-out ramp on the Portsmouth waterfront.

I somehow managed to back the trailer in and load the boat. I had broken the line from the pole with my teeth. In the process I had hooked the plug to the front of my T-shirt and also to a large white towel I car-ried in the boat.

Instead of heading for the emergency room, I headed home.

My wife Bonnie, armed with a pair of pliers, tried

to free me from the plug. The finger with the hook embedded in it was swol-len and throb-bing pain with each heartbeat.

“I’m go-ing to have to drive you to the emergency room,” she said. “You’re hurting my eardrums with those screams.”

It was a busy night for the one doctor on

duty in the emergency room. Half the population of Portsmouth had man-aged to injure its self in one manner or another.

I got into a cubical after just an hour’s wait. The doctor was becoming a little harried with so many wounds and illnesses to treat.

He was also a bass fish-erman.

“My lord, look at you,” he said as he held my hand and examined the plug. Then he added, “That looks like a Bill Norman No. 5 crank. Boy, let me tell you, I caught a nice bass on one of those….”

I was in no mood for dis-cussing bass lures or tech-niques, and told him so.

After examining the wound closer, he left, mumbling something about this calling for his special lure-removal tool.

He returned with several

strands of suturing mate-rial and proceeded to wrap them around the treble hook on the plug.

“Are you going to give me something to numb the…”

He yanked. I screamed one last time. He held up the plug. I could see a little chunk of meat on the hook that had lately been in my finger.

“Put a little iodine, gauze and tape on it,” he told a nurse before moving on to his next patient.

WEAR EYE PROTECTION

Here’s a safety tip for fishermen to remember and practice: wear glasses – prescription glasses, sun-glasses, or plastic safety glasses.

Monofilament fishing line will stretch considerably be-fore it breaks. If you’ve cast your lure into a tree limb on shore, as I’ve been known to do all too often, and you’re pulling and yanking on the pole with great force in an effort to free it, if the plug does become free before the line breaks, this recoil of the stretched line is going to cause the plug to come back at you like a speeding bullet.

This happened to me one day while I was fishing on Greenbo Lake with my late father. The suddenly-freed plug came back at me so fast that I had no time to duck. It smacked me in the middle of the forehead and stuck there.

Because there’s very

little flesh over the front of the skull, the hook did not go in past the barb and was easily removed.

But if it had struck me a little lower and to the left or right, it could have struck me in an eye. There have been cases of the hook on a plug shot back like this becoming embed-ded in a fisherman’s eye-ball.

And then you’re faced with major surgery.

WATCH BACK CASTTwo and sometimes

three people fish in a boat. If one decides to make a long cast parallel to the shore, rather than toward the shore, he or she must first look behind to make certain their buddy is clear.

There’s been a couple of times when I, fishing in the middle, had my hair parted by a back cast.

There’s also been a time or two when I, fishing from the front or rear seat, won-dered what my buddy’s hat was doing attached to my lure as it sped toward its target.

If common sense and safety practices are ob-served, fishing can be the most tranquil sport going.

But I’ll bet even ol’ Izaak carried a first aid kit when he ventured forth in pur-suit of the fishes around old Shallowford.

G. Sam Piatt can be reached at 606-932-3619 or gsamwriter@aol.com.

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