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OBITUARIESPage A2• Arnold Stump• Edith Woolard• Monna J. Shain• Homer Nettles

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Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio

Woodmen dinnerPOMEROY —

Members and friends of theModern Woodmen ofAmerica will have a dinnerat the Taco Bell in Pomeroyfrom 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday.The organization will pay$3 on each dinner of thepeople attending. A draw-ing will be held for a familydoor prize.

Ball signupRACINE — The Racine

Youth League signup willtake place from 1 to 3 p.m.Saturday at the RacineElementary School.

Twin RiverRunners meetingre-scheduled

POINT PLEASANT —The Twin River Runnersand Walkers Club meetinghas been re-scheduled for 9a.m. Saturday at thePleasant Valley HospitalWellness Center. The clubis open to runners andwalkers of all abilities fromMason, Gallia and MeigsCounties. For more infor-mation, contact NathanFowler, president, at 304-593-1663 or e-mail twin-riverrunners@yahoo.com.

Soup-er Saturdayset for March 12

GALLIPOLIS — TheSoup-er Saturday freelunch program will beoffered from noon-2 p.m.on Saturday, March 12 atHolzer Clinic Sycamore inGallipolis. This program isan outreach of RioChristian Church in RioGrande and is designed tomeet the needs of thosewho are struggling eco-nomically. For information,call 245-9873 or e-mailfcc@aceinter.net.

Hamfest set for March 12

GALLIPOLIS — TheEarly Bird Hamfest will beheld on Saturday, March 12at Gallipolis ChristianChurch. Set up will be con-ducted from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.Testing will begin at 10 a.m.For information, contactSteve Little at 441-5007 ore-mail slittle@zoomnet.net.

BY BETH SERGENTBSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM

POMEROY —Communities up anddown the Ohio River arepreparing for even higherwater with flood condi-tions predicted at Racine,Pomeroy and PointPleasant, W.Va.

Earlier this week, theNWS predicted the OhioRiver would crest lateFriday into Saturdaymorning at Racine and

Pomeroy though onThursday afternoon thisprediction changed withthe NWS now predictingRacine, Pomeroy andPoint Pleasant should allsee a crest some time onSunday.

Beginning with Racine,the NWS predicts a“worst case scenario”crest of 47.6 feet onSunday. Flood stage inRacine is 41 feet with 48feet considered majorflood stage — at 48 feet

the town of Racine beginsto flood. At 46 feet, manyareas near Racine alongOhio 124 are floodedfrom Minersville toAntiquity. Racine had asimilar flood crest at 47.7on Jan. 22, 1996.

In Pomeroy, the NWSpredicts a “worst casescenario” crest of 49.2feet on Sunday. However,as a general, “local” ruleof thumb, the water rests

Personality profiling: DJFS, Wing Haven to offer free workshopBY AMBER GILLENWATERMDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM

GALLIPOLIS — TheGallia County Departmentof Job and FamilyServices (DJFS), in part-nership with Wing Haven,will soon be offering afree workshop that willhelp individuals under-stand their personality, itsaffect on their lives andhow to find the best careerfor them.

“It’s really coming inat a perfect time,”DJFS Director DanaGlassburn commentedabout the program.

Glassburn explained thatDJFS is currently assign-ing individuals to work offhours at various localbusinesses and entitiesbased upon the cash assis-tance they receive throughDJFS. The ultimate goalof assigning individualsreceiving assistance is tohelp those individuals findpermanent jobs andGlassburn is hopeful thatthis workshop will helpthose individuals find ajob that is right for them.

“To broaden every-body’s concept of whatthey can do, this will teachthem based on their per-

sonality, what kind of jobswould best fit their type ofpersonality. ... It alsoopens it up so where theymay find a job that theyactually enjoy whichmeans they will staylonger employed and be abetter worker,” Glassburnsaid.

Even though Glassburnis encouraging those indi-viduals who are complet-ing work through DJFSbased upon their cash assi-tance to attend the pro-gram, as well as youngadults seeking informa-tion about careers, every-one in the community is

invited to attend.The workshop will be

held at 6:30 p.m., March17, at Grace MethodistChruch, 600 Second Ave.,Gallipolis, and is offeredat no cost to attendees.Those who attend will dis-cover their personalitytype, the significance ithas in relationships withother people and thecareers that are best fordifferenct personalitytypes. Templates for thecreation of resumes willalso be provided.

The workshop has been

Southern Dinner and Variety ShowRACINE — This year

Southern High School’sReconnecting Youth classis hosting a dinner andvariety show at 6 p.m.,Friday, March 11 atSouthern High School.The variety show will funda scholarship at SouthernHigh School. Tickets areavailable for $10 at theSHS office — tickets willbe available at the door.

The show will be pre-ceded by a spaghetti dinnerto be served at the school.The event is a program ofthe SHS ReconnectingYouth and is coordinatedby teacher Amy Roush.It’s funded by Gallia-

Jackson-Meigs Board ofAlcohol, Drug Addictionand Mental HealthServices Youth LedPrevention Grant.

This is a student drivenevent expressing a drugfree life style. All proceedsgo to a scholarship for aReconnecting Youth stu-dent to be given in thespring.

RY students will be serv-ing the spaghetti dinner,performing in the show,and also hosting the show.Several local favorites willbe returning to perform,including a demonstrationfrom the Martial ArtsCenter in Middleport.

Sheriff reportstheft arrests,financial aid

scamBY BRIAN J. REED

BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM

POMEROY — ASyracuse couple wasarrested Tuesday andcharged with grand theft.They allegedly intimidateda local man and stole thou-sands of dollars from him.

A Shade woman ischarged with stealing acredit card from a BedfordTownship resident.

John B. Myers, 31, andJessica Anderson, 25,were arrested, accordingto Sheriff Robert Beegle,on charges of grand theft.He said they were toappear in Meigs CountyCourt on the charges.

Beegle did not indicatejust how much moneyMyers and Anderson areaccused of stealing, butsaid it was thousands ofdollars. The victim is aSutton Township man.

Beegle said Myers hasalso been charged withtheft for allegedly stealingJohn Deere tractor rims,wheel weights, frontweights, a plow and homegenerator from a RoseValley residence. Thoseitems were reported stolenlast August.

Myers and Andersonwere released on bondpending further court

Bids openedon Racine

ballfield projectBY BRIAN J. REED

BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM

POMEROY — ALowell company is theapparent low bidder on afencing project at theRacine ball fields.

Meigs County Com-missioners opened bids forthe fencing project atWednesday’s regular meet-ing. Jean Trussell, countygrants administrator, willreview the bids before rec-ommending acceptance tocommissioners next week.

Babcock Fence Co. sub-mitted the apparent lowbid, at a cost of $11,950.Hupp Landscaping, LongBottom, submitted a bid of$12,900, and Able Fenceof Columbus, Inc.,$17,175.

The project is beingundertaken by the Villageof Racine for its Star MillPark, but commissionersapproved funding last yearthrough its CommunityDevelopment Block Grantformula allocation, fromthe state. The CDBG for-mula program allows com-missioners to finance com-munity projects throughproposals submitted direct-

Moving out: Businesses prepare to take on water

BY BETH SERGENTBSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM

POMEROY —Businesses up and downMain Street in Pomeroywere going through afamiliar dance Thursdayafternoon involvingboxes, manpower andmoving out before thewater moves in.

Most established busi-nesses have this dancedown to an art form. AtThe Fabric Shop on WestMain Street, seven peoplehad merchandise removedfrom the first floor in two

hours — the endless boltsof fabric on the walls willbe moved to higherground Friday.

Becky Anderson, ownerof The Fabric Shop, saidat 48.7 feet, the OhioRiver is on the floor of thestore — the latest floodcrest predictions forPomeroy were at 50.5 feeton Sunday. Anderson saidat 50.5 feet, this meansaround 21.5 inches ofwater is in her building.

Further up on EastMain Street, flood veter-ans at Brogan-WarnerInsurance had the front

office practically emptyby early afternoon whileemployees at Swisher &Lohse Pharmacy weremoving boxes and empty-ing the stores glass casesat a speedy clip.

Employees at RiverFront Meat Market &Deli at 210 East MainStreet were experiencingtheir first flood — thebusiness moved in lastsummer. By early after-noon, most of the storehad been emptied withonly the freezers of meatleft to transport. Standingoutside his shop, owner

Bill Wamsley and hisfather were pointing out ahigh water mark on thefront of the store denoting52.2 feet on Sept. 9, 2004.

Pomeroy Parking MeterOfficer Sandra Thorlaspent most of her day inthe rain removing theguts of digital parkingmeters to avoid damageto the equipment. Thorlastopped at Court Streetwhere if the water reachesaround 49 feet, it typical-ly won’t take down aparking meter but will getin the basements of busi-nesses on Court.

Beth Sergent/photoWorkers at The Fabric Shop in Pomeroy (pictured)had practically everything moved from the storeʼswooden floor in two hours to beat the flood waters.When the Ohio River reaches 48.7 feet, water is onthe floor of The Fabric Shop.

Beth Sergent/photoBill Wamsley points to where the water is expected torest in his sonʼs business, River Front Meat Market &Deli on East Main Street. The black mark aboveWamsleyʼs hand is where the river rested at 52.2 feetback on Sept. 9, 2004.

Thursday afternoon theOhio River measured

43 feet in Pomeroy,three feet shy of flood

stage. The river isexpected to crest ataround 50.5 feet onSunday at Pomeroy

and 47.6 feet onSunday at Racine.

Beth Sergent/photo

See Flood, A2

See Arrests, A2

See Commission, A2

See Profiling, A2

Submitted photoSouthern High Schoolʼs Reconnecting Youth class willhost a dinner and variety show at 6 p.m., Friday, March11 at the high school. Pictured are, back row (from left),Cole Graham, Dakota Imodien, Cody Taylor, BrandonMarcinko, Justin Young, Adam Pape, Tommy Werry;front row (from left) Courtney Thomas, Emily Ash, JordanBlankinship, Olivia Poling, Robert Hendrix Amy Roush,Reconnecting Youth/ Intervention Specialist.

Ohio River headed into flood stage condition

Protesters removed fromWisconsin Capitol before vote

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police carried dozens ofprotesters from a hallway leading to the WisconsinAssembly on Thursday morning as Democratic repre-sentatives pounded on the locked door of the chamber,demanding to be let in before a historic vote on anexplosive bill taking away public workers’ collectivebargaining rights.

The chamber was locked while police did a securityreview in the crowded Capitol. Later Thursday, pro-testers who remained outside the chamber thanked theDemocratic representatives who voted against the bill.As the lawmakers left the Assembly, the protestersexchanged high-fives with the Democrats and chanted“thank you” as they wound through the crowd.

The Republicans left the Assembly under heavyguard as protesters shouted “Shame!”

Dozens of state troopers, state special agents andlocal police had formed multiple lines to block theprotesters if they tried to rush the chamber, but no onemade a move toward the officers, and all the lawmak-ers left safely.

Rallies against the bill have attracted thousands ofprotesters to the Capitol over the past several weeks. Avote on it had been held up after 14 Democratic sena-tors fled to Illinois three weeks ago, leaving that cham-ber one short of the 20 members needed to take up anymeasures that spend money.

Republicans got around that Wednesday by usingan unexpected but simple procedural move toremove all spending measures from Gov. ScottWalker’s collective bargaining legislation and votingto approve it withoutDemocrats present.

About 200 people spentthe night in the Capitol inprotest over the Senate’sswift and unexpected pas-sage of the bill.

February federal budgetdeficit sets record

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government ran thelargest-ever budget deficit for a single month inFebruary. The shortfall kept this year’s annual deficit onpace to end as the biggest in U.S. history.

The widening deficit reflects the impact of the tax-cutpackage President Barack Obama and congressionalRepublicans brokered in December.

As a result, the nonpartisan Congressional BudgetOffice in January raised its estimate for the annualdeficit from $1.1 trillion to $1.5 trillion. It said the taxcuts would add $400 billion to this year’s gap. The bud-get year ends Sept. 30.

The tax-cut package extended income tax cuts,reduced workers’ Social Security taxes, extended unem-ployment benefits and accelerated business tax write-offs, among other steps.

February’s deficit of $222.5 billion eclipsed lastFebruary’s record by nearly $2 billion. The full-yeardeficit would exceed 2009’s record deficit of $1.41 tril-lion. And it would mark the third straight year of $1 tril-lion-plus deficits.

It’s unusual for an economy to be running record-highdeficits this far into a recovery. The recession that beganin December 2007 ended in June 2009. The problem isthat the financial crisis and the recession that followedfueled explosive deficit growth.

The government collected less tax revenue after mil-lions of people lost their jobs. And it spent more than $1trillion to bail out the financial system and stimulate theeconomy.

Republicans are pushing for more than $60 billion inspending cuts this year to help shrink the deficit. Obamaand congressional Democrats support some cuts. Butthey object to the scope of the Republican cuts. Theyargue that the GOP cuts would unfairly hurt education,college aid and support for low-income groups.

Even if Republicans achieved their target for spend-ing cuts this year, the 2011 deficit would still be on trackto hit a record. Through the first five months of this bud-get year, government revenue totaled $869 billion. Thatwas up 8.6 percent from the same period a year ago.Government spending totaled $1.51 trillion, a 4 percentincrease.

One of the sharpest increases in government spendinghas been interest payments on the debt: $94.5 billion sofar this budget year. That’s up 9.3 percent from the sameperiod a year ago. It reflects the growing size of thenational debt from the annual deficits.

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Obituaries

Deaths

Arnold StumpArnold Stump, 86,

Bidwell, passed away onMarch 9, 2011, at GrantMedical Center inColumbus after a brief ill-ness.

He was born on January17, 1925, in McVeigh,Ky., son of the late Stellaand Garfield Stump. Hewas a World War II Navyveteran, he served on theUSS Boxer AircraftCarrier. He was PostCommander of VFW

Stewart Johnson Post 9926 of Mason, WV.He was a 64 year member of IBEW Local 317. He

enjoyed years of fox hunting, camping, and travelingwith his wife Ann throughout the winter. He was aKentucky Colonel, He was a member of the FoxHunting Association, where he served as a NationalJudge and Past President of the West Virginia andKentucky Fox Hunter’s Association.

In addition to his parents Stella and GarfieldStump, he was preceded in death by his first wife,Rita Carrier Stump, in 1986; also, three sisters:Anice, Inice and Grace; one brother, Ernie.

He is survived by his wife Roma Ann Stump ofBidwell, whom he married on August 10, 1991;seven children, Carole (Joe) Roush, Tom Stump,David Stump all of Cheshire; Bart (Rebecca) Stumpof Bidwell; Janet (Vernon) Russell of Gallipolis;Nancy (Mike) Vance of Indianapolis, Ind.; Mary(Fred) Deel of Vinton; step-daughter, Cindy (T.C.)Castle of Ashville; 23 Grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on March15, 2011, at the First Baptist Church, 1100 FourthAvenue, Gallipolis, OH.

A private family interment will be at the KygerCemetery. Pall Bearers will be Chris Burge, BrandonBurge, Michael Vance, Jesse Russell, JonathanStump, Tracy Stump, Ryan Stump, Kyle Deel, JacobStump; and an honorary Pall Bearer: Ab Dettwiller.Friends may call on Monday, March 14, from 6 to 9p.m. at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may bemade to the American Cancer Society and sent to theVFW in Mason, WV 25260.

An online registry is available at www.andersonm-cdaniel.com.

Edith WoolardMrs. Edith Marie Pegram Woolard age 81, a resi-

dent of 105 Arbor Drive, Washington, N.C., diedThursday, March 10, 2011 at the home.

Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday,March 12, 2011 at Oakdale Cemetery, Washington,N.C., conducted by Pastor Phillip Jethro.

Mrs. Woolard was born in Beaufort County, N.C.on Dec. 8, 1929. She was the daughter of the lateJoseph Pegram and Mary Ellen Roscoe Pegram.

Mrs. Woolard worked as a registered nurse inPomeroy for several years before moving back toWashington.

She was a generous person who loved to help peo-ple.

In 1947, Mrs. Woolard married to Ernest GrayWoolard, who preceded her in death in 2001. Mrs.Woolard is survived by three sons, Roney Woolardand wife, Pat, of Washington, Wayne Woolard andwife, Jan of Pomeroy, and Mike Woolard ofWashington; three brothers, Elmo Pegram, RussellPegram, Gene Pegram; six grandchildren: Lisa,Rhonda, Hannah, David, Aaron, Stacey and 11 greatgrandchildren.

The family will receive friends at her home and atthe graveside following the service.

Condolences may be sent by visiting www.paulfu-neralhome.com. Paul Funeral Home of Washington ishonored to serve the Woolard family.

Monna Jean ShainMonna Jean Shain, 53, Bidwell, died Wednesday,

March 9, 2011, at St. Mary’s Medical Center,Huntington, W.Va. A memorial service will be held at 2p.m., Saturday, March 26, 2011, at the French CityBaptist Church with Pastor Mark Williams officiating.Arrangements are by the Cremeens Funeral Chapel,Gallipolis. Online Condolences may be sent to the fam-ily by visiting www.cremeensfuneralhomes.com

Homer NettlesHomer Nettles, 76, Wellston, died Thursday, March

10, 2011, at his residence. The funeral service will be 1p.m., Sunday, March 13, 2011, at the Huntley-Cremeens Funeral Home, Wellston, with Rev. DonaldLamb officiating. Burial will be at Mount CarmelCemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Saturday atthe funeral home.

Meigs County ForecastFriday: A chance of

rain and snow showersbefore noon, then achance of rain showers.Mostly cloudy, with ahigh near 43. West windbetween 10 and 13 mph.Chance of precipitationis 50 percent. New snowaccumulation of lessthan a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Partlycloudy, with a lowaround 32. West windaround 9 mph.

Saturday: Mostlycloudy, with a high near56. Southwest windbetween 9 and 15 mph.

Saturday Night:Mostly cloudy, with alow around 36.

Sunday: Partly sunny,with a high near 48.

Sunday Night: Mostlycloudy, with a lowaround 30.

Monday: Mostlycloudy, with a high near49.

Monday Night:Mostly cloudy, with alow around 31.

Tuesday: Mostlysunny, with a high near54.

Tuesday Night:Mostly cloudy, with alow around 35.

Wednesday: Mostlycloudy, with a high near59.

Wednesday Night:Mostly cloudy, with alow around 37.

Thursday: Partlysunny, with a high near62.

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BBT (NYSE) — 26.54Peoples (NASDAQ) — 12.16Pepsico (NYSE) — 64.43Premier (NASDAQ) — 7.51Rockwell (NYSE) — 85.66Rocky Boots (NASDAQ) — 13.58Royal Dutch Shell — 68.78Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 83.31Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 52.65Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.06WesBanco (NYSE) — 20.33Worthington (NYSE) — 18.30

Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ETclosing quotes of transactions forMarch 10, 2011, provided byEdward Jones financial advisorsIsaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in PointPleasant at (304) 674-0174.Member SIPC.

in Pomeroy approximately three feet higher than inRacine. This means Pomeroy could see a crest at 50.5.Flood stage in Pomeroy is 46 feet with 50 feet consid-ered major flood stage — at 46 feet the Pomeroy park-ing lots and amphitheatre flood, Main Street begins totake on water and secondary roads are flooded due tobackwater. At 48 feet businesses along Main Streetbegin to flood, homes near the Bridge of Honor on theWest Virginia side start to flood. At 50 feet even morePomeroy businesses begin to flood and the park andboat ramp across the river at Mason, W.Va., is flooded.Pomeroy had a similar flood crest at 50.6 feet on Jan.9, 2005.

At Point Pleasant, which has already been dipping inand out of flood stage for several days, the NWS is pre-dicting a crest of 46.7 feet on Sunday. Flood stage inPoint Pleasant is 40 feet with 48 feet considered majorflood stage. At 46 feet US 35, 10 miles east of PointPleasant floods as does Locust Road in Henderson,W.Va.; at 47 feet most sections of Henderson start toflood and at 47.7 feet. When the water reaches 48 feet,typically the US 35 facing gate at the Point Pleasantflood wall is closed and railroad tracks eight miles eastof Point Pleasant are inundated.

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action, according to Beegle.Beegle said Amber York, Shade, was charged with

grand theft, and also appeared before Judge Steven L.Story. York is charged with stealing a Park Road resi-dent’s credit card and taking over $1,000 from the man’slocal bank account.

York was also released on bond.Beegle said a Portland resident reported the most

recent financial scam — one involving an offer for“financial aid.” According to Beegle, the Portland manbrought a check he had received into the sheriff’s depart-ment. The check, for $915, from Key Services Corp.,New York, N.Y., was accompanied by a letter advisinghim another check representing the balance of $10,000would be forthcoming, if he sent $403 to the companyusing a Greendot money pack.

Beegle said it is another example of something beingtoo good to be true, but advised residents to be on thelookout for letters from the company or companies mak-ing similar offers.

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developed through a program coordinated throughDJFS that encourages self sufficiency. DJFS has con-tracted Wing Haven, a local organization that strives tohelp needy children in the community, to complete pro-jects through this self sufficiency program. The person-ality workshop is one of such projects.

For more information on the workshop contact JamiePayne at Wing Haven at (740) 388-8567.

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ly to them.Commissioners approved transfer of two roads,

Rolling Meadows and Edge Wood, to the Board ofColumbia Township Trustees. The two roads were pri-vately owned, but have met requirements allowing themto be claimed and maintained by the township.

The roads are located off Ohio 143.Commissioners also approved payment of bills in the

amount of $252,151.72.Attending were President Michael Bartrum, Thomas

Anderson and Clerk Gloria Kloes.

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Perspective &Perception

BY CARRIE WOLFEBEACON MINISTRIES

Someone once told me that in general, perceptionequals truth. What people see, is what they perceive tobe true about a person. We may not like it, but it’strue. Consider a building. If the roof is bowed in, thewindows are broken, the grounds unkempt, the per-ception is the inside will match the outside. The insidemay be well kept and beautifully decorated, but thatreally doesn’t matter unless someone takes the time togo inside.

Perspective falls in with perception. Another wordfor perspective could be lenses. Like putting on a pairof glasses, we view everything through the perspec-tive or lenses of our experiences. We bring this toeverything we do and encounter. Our background,particularly concerning faith, influences how wepractice that faith and relate it to others.

Perception and perspective do not have to be ourenemies, but they can be. If a believer in Christ walksaround with a scowl and thoroughly appears unhappy,why should anyone around said believer want to lis-ten to anything they say about God. You can have allthe T-shirts and bumper stickers, but if you are flip-ping people the bird as you drive, it really doesn’tmatter.

Think about how others perceive you in your walkwith Christ. Think about how you may be looking atthose around you. One of the greatest challenges tothe Body of Christ today is to be relevant and meetpeople especially the un-churched where they are. Ifwe don’t, what are we really doing? What is the pur-pose of the church if we are not reaching out?

We can’t reach out if we haven’t dealt with our ownjunk first. It is the concept of telling someone theyneed to clean their house when yours is dirty and real-ly cluttered. Keeping this in mind will help us inbeing the people God has called us to be. It doesn’tmatter what church we go to. What matters is thequality of our relationship with Jesus and how werelate that relationship to the world around us.

I pray you have the wisdom to see the things youneed to see in your life and the strength to seek Himin a deeper way. We are not to be a defeated people.Be encouraged that you do not walk alone and be veryblessed in His name.

(Carrie Wolfe is the senior pastor of BeaconMinistries in Syracuse, Ohio.)

Anyone who is gen-uinely committed toknowing God, experi-encing His power atwork in practical ways,and being fruitful forHis pleasure and glorymust ultimately consid-er what he or she willdo in the area of readingHis Word, the Bible.

Reading God’s Wordallows us, of course, achance to learn a greatdeal ABOUT things likethe history of Creation(especially Abraham’sdescendents), the earli-est days of the Church,heroes of the faith, andeven future eventsthrough its propheticview forward.

But you cannot findfulfillment or fruitful-ness merely in knowingABOUT these things.The Bible has been dis-closed to us to do farmore than tell usABOUT God. It is adivinely inspired anddivinely compiled loveletter from the heart ofGod to you and me tocatalyze our relation-ship with Himself. Thislove letter from God issigned with His Son’sblood on a cold, hardcross. This love letterfrom our Father inheaven is sealed withthe coming of the HolySpirit into our hearts sothat we may be pulledout of the drudgery ofwhat constitutes only aphysical and temporaryexistence and insteadspurs us onwards to a“happily ever after”with Him. This love let-ter opens our minds andour hearts to the factthat the one and onlyGod of Creation worksstill today in the realworld around us in thelives of ordinary peo-ple.

“My soul faints withlonging for Your salva-tion, but I have put myhope in Your Word….Your Word, O LORD,is eternal; it standsfirm in the heavens.

Your faithfulness con-tinues through all gen-erations; You estab-lished the earth, and itendures…. You are myrefuge and my shield; Ihave put my hope inYour Word” (Psalm119: 81, 89-90, 114NIV).

If you really want toknow God, then com-mit yourself to the dailyreading of His Word.More than that, drink itin by pondering it, con-sidering it, and dis-cussing it. Inasmuch asyou make it a part ofyour daily “diet”, anddo so with an opennessin your heart to theworking of the HolySpirit, you will findyourself increasinglyenamored with itsdivine Author.

“Hear, O Israel: TheLORD our God, theLORD is one. Lovethe LORD your Godwith all your heart andwith all your soul andwith all your strength.These commandmentsthat I give you todayare to be upon yourhearts. Impress themon your children. Talkabout them when yousit at home and whenyou walk along theroad, when you liedown and when youget up. Tie them assymbols on your handsand bind them on yourforeheads. Write themon the doorframes ofyour houses and onyour gates”(Deuteronomy 6:4-9NIV).

Who is this God Whoset into motion all of

Creation and placedwithin its boundshumanity as its master(see Genesis 1:27-30)?Who is this Holy OneWho gives His Law tomortal men and beck-ons them to step out ofthe ordinary into theinfinite expanse of theeternal (see Exodus20:1-20)? Who is thisSavior Who forgivessin and binds up thebroken hearted, givingthem hope and a faith-ful promise of a perfecttomorrow beyond thegrim grip of the grave(see Luke 4:17-19)?

If you really want toknow God … then youreally must seek Himthrough this amazingrevelation of Himself.If you really want tobegin to live in free-dom, then you reallymust learn the thoughtsof God and tap into aperspective that tran-scends the limits ofhuman eyesight andeven human imagina-tion. If you really wantto live a meaningfullife that will count formore than a few dozenyears of vainly tryingto find fulfillment intemporal things, thenyou really need tocome face to face withGod through His Wordand see what He has tosay about you, yourlife, and your destinyin Christ Jesus.

And as He feeds youspiritual manna fromHis Scriptures, sharethis “bread” with oth-ers in your church andsmall groups. Findother believers in Jesuswho are also commit-ted to growth and ser-vice in God’s kingdomand then let what theLord is giving youchallenge and trans-form them as He, inturn, reaches out toyou through them. It isan amazing fact forGod’s people thatwhen God’s Word isbeing shared generous-

ly in their midst, it canbuild movements thatradically transformcultures and societies.For one to keep a pearlfrom God’s promisesfor himself, he’ll haveonly one pearl. But ifhe shares it with othersand they share whatthey are seeing inGod’s Word with him,he’s not only lost noth-ing, but has alsogained an incalculabletreasure that nourisheshis spirit, feeds hissoul, challenges hismind, and spills overinto his work, play, andfamily life with awealth of joy, peace,hope, confidence, andthanksgiving that willpoint others to the onlyreal source of hope theworld has: JesusChrist.

Seek then to meet theLord in the Bible.Look for Him to speakin a “still, small voice”to your hungry spiritand know that you areprecious in His sight(see 1 Kings 19:11-12& Isaiah 30:20-21). Assuch, trust Him toshow you Himself inHis holy Word and letHis holy Word showHis love through you.

“Do your best to pre-sent yourself to God asone approved, a work-man who does not needto be ashamed and whocorrectly handles theWord of Truth” (2Timothy 2:15 NIV).

(Thom Mollohan andhis family have minis-tered in southern Ohiothe past 15 1/2 yearsand is the author ofThe Fairy TaleParables. He is thepastor of PathwayCommunity Churchand may be reached forcomments or questionsby email at pas-torthom@pathwaygal-lipolis.com.)

Copyright © 2011,Thom Mollohan.

A Hunger for More

Thom Mollohan

Word from the WordTeach me, LORD, the way of your decrees,that I may follow it to the end. Give meunderstanding, so that I may keep your lawand obey it with all my heart. Direct me inthe path of your commands, for there I finddelight. Turn my heart toward your statutesand not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyesaway from worthless things; preserve my lifeaccording to your word. Fulfill your promiseto your servant, so that you may be feared.Take away the disgrace I dread, for yourlaws are good. How I long for your precepts!In your righteousness preserve my life.

— Psalm 119:33-40 (NIV)

FAITH • FAMILYFAITH • FAMILY Page A5Friday, March 11, 2011The Daily Sentinel

Knowing thewill of God

One of most difficultthings in life for anyperson is finding thereal reason for theirexistence. For theBeliever that difficulttask turns into findingGod’s perfect will fortheir life.

Having a purposefulfaith-walk requiresknowing the will ofGod. In other words,faith begins where thewill of God is known. Itis impossible to havefaith in or towardssomething you don’tknow. Therefore, toknow the will of Godfor your life is a veryimportant and key ele-ment to your faith-walk.

Our lives have beenso consumed, condi-tioned and conformedto the patterns of thisworld filled with unrest,uncertainty, unbeliefand fear that it becomesdifficult to even be con-fident about what wemight think is God’swill for our lives.

This is why theApostle Paul challengesus to not be conformedto this world, but to betransformed by therenewing of our minds,that we may prove whatis that good, acceptableand perfect will of God(Rom. 12:2).

In other words, hechallenges us to nothave our minds andlifestyles formed to thepatters of this world’ssystems but to tran-scend that. In otherwords, to go pass thesystems of this worldby renewing our mindswith the word of God,so that you may be ableto prove what is good,acceptable and perfectwill of God.

Here are where youfind the proof in thepudding. When yourmind is being renewed,not only will you beable to know what thegood, acceptable andperfect will of God isfor your life and for life

itself, but you’ll be ableto discern and under-stand it! Now that rightthere is one amazingconclusion.

Often times we don’teven know which end isup. Have you ever feltthat you didn’t knowwhether you were com-ing or going? Lol. Sure,most of us have at somepoint in time and oftentimes, we have felt thatway several times.That’s when you feellike you are going nuts.But with a renewedmind, we will knowwhich end is up andknow exactly where weare going. That’s God’spromise!

Be intentional andpurposeful in yourfaith-walk! Design yourlife buy structuringyour time in the Word,and your time in Prayer.Study to show yourselfapproved and pray pur-poseful prayers. Inother words, prayaccording to the Wordand not according toyour or somebodyelse’s experience. Letthe Word of God ruleyour mind and heart,and you will discoveramazing things in yourlife, and for your lifethat bring glory andhonor to God.

God’s will for yourlife is to be known, dis-cerned, discovered, dis-played, proven andenjoyed. It’s a fun faith-walk — it truly is!

Make it a Good Day!(Rev. Alex Colón is

pastor of LighthouseAssembly of God inGallipolis, Ohio.)

ChangeIn churches which

observe the various“special” days of theChurch year, last Sundaywas TransfigurationSunday. It reminds us ofthe unique transforma-tion Jesus underwent, asit was seen by the threedisciples who had scaledthe height of that moun-tain with him.

Exactly which moun-tain the four of themclimbed to the top of is amatter of conjecture. Fora fact, Peter, James, andJohn were the three dis-ciples.

In the first chapter ofhis second epistle Peterconfirms he was one ofthose who witnessed thisamazing spectacle. But,along with Jesus’ glow-ing white and bright, thedisciples also observedhim to be in the augustcompany of two distin-guished alumni of theOld Testament — i.e.,Moses and Elijah.

Then there was thatvoice, and those wordsthey would never forget:... “This is my belovedSon, in whom I am wellpleased. Hear Him!”

There it was: divineconfirmation that Jesus,their rabbi, mentor andfriend was every-thinghe had ever said he was— and more, much,much more! The voicewas resolute, and thepronouncement itselfwas absolute. Make nomistake: ignore Jesus,and you’ll answer toGod.

Nothing those threemen had ever heard

before so frightenedthem out of their wits asdid that one proclama-tion. Immediately andinstinctively, the disci-ples to hit the dirt as iftheir very lives depend-ed on it.

They knew they hadjust heard the voice ofAlmighty God, and theyalso knew it is impossi-ble to survive seeing theface of God. The onlysensible thing they couldthink of doing was to“duck and cover” — andhope and pray they gotdown quick enough!

What’s it like in yourchurch these days? Dopeople enter theSanctuary as if they arecoming into the verypresence of God? Or is itmore stagnant and ster-ile, “same old, sameold”?

It is in worship wherewe, the people of Godand the literal embodi-ment of Christ, gathertogether to worship theHead of the Church, theKing of the Kingdom,and the Lord of allLords. God is entitled to

His due, as opposed tobeing something of anafterthought.

Is it possible we havelost touch with Him, andthus no longer enter Hispresence with awe andreverence, and Hiscourts with “thanksgiv-ing and praise”? Havewe, as Americans, rele-gated God to a less-than-holy position on ourtotem pole?

One sacred attribute of“The American Way” isto acknowledge all oth-ers as our equals, and toregard no one as betterthan another. Is it notwritten in TheDeclaration ofIndependence that ...“All men are createdequal.”

Yeah, right! Welcometo “La-la Land,” whereeveryday is a holidayand every meal is a feast.If we’re all so equal,why are athletes paidmillions to entertain usas they do, and why is itthat our youth worshipthem now and aspire tobe one of them whenthey grow up?!?

Consider this irony:serving our Countrylikewise is looked uponas an honorable andnoble gesture. Servingthe Lord, not-so-much.

Of course, the latter ismore “a calling,” a voca-tion not to be enteredinto lightly. Above allelse, ministry is not forthose who aspire to berich or famous. Still,Francis of Assisi turnedhis back on that lifestyleand the world is the bet-

ter for his having doneso.

T r a n s f i g u r a t i o n .T r a n s f o r m a t i o n .Metamorphosis. Threebig “twenty-five cent”words for one simpleword — i.e., change.Atop that mountainJesus changed, and thereand then the discipleswitnessed “proof posi-tive” he was worthy oftheir allegiance anddevotion.

Their lives wouldnever again be the same.James would become thefirst in a long and on-going line of martyrs.(The persecution ofChristians didn’t endwhen the “games” endedin the Coliseum atRome, but don’t expectto hear about this stuffon the nightly news!)

When a caterpillarspins its cocoon in thefall, it’s preparing for itsemergence in the springas a butterfly. First, how-ever, it has to struggle toget out; otherwise, thereis no change.

You and I are not yetall God means for us tobecome. We may havesome more struggles ofour own up ahead, andas we struggle we willchange — or bechanged. What doesn’tkill us will make usstronger. And better. Orbitter. May our commongoal be to become better.

(Rev. Thomas Johnsonis pastor of TrinityChurch in Pomeroy,Ohio.)

Thomas Johnson

Do not become imaginativewith God’s precious rules

The high school base-ball season has official-ly begun in terms ofhigh school teams beingallowed to practice. Thebeginning date for play-ing games is March 28.Registered officialshave been getting ready,too. Base and platemechanics have to bediligently practiced.Studying the rules bookand the case book inter-pretations of the rulesrequires diligent study.

It is the case bookinterpretation of therules that often providesan imaginative explana-tion for the specifics ofthe rules. For example,if you read Rule 8, itsays that if a batter“intentionally” inter-feres with the catchertrying to field the ballon a third strike, the bat-ter is out. The corre-sponding case bookinterpretation statesthat, if the batter “acci-dentally” interferes, theplay stands. While therule is firm, it seems tome that the case bookopens the door to someimaginative officiating.

As our son, Ron, hastried to teach his son,Justus, about the rulesof playing baseball, hehad to early-on endureJustus’ imaginativeinterpretation of thebasic rules. Ron wrotethe following accountabout a year ago:

“You should try play-ing baseball with hismade-up interpretationof the rules. The latestversion involved chain-ing up imaginary badguys who would breakout and try to stealhome. As I rehash thescenario, I think that theterm ‘steal home’ meantto Justus that they wereactually trying to stealhome plate like a bur-glar (that just dawnedon me). When we wouldthrow the ball to theimaginary catcher, theball would turn into agrenade and blow up thebad guy. If the throwwas too late (as it oftenwas), we would have tochase the bad guyaround the yard andchain him up again.Regardless of the out-come of the throw, thisscenario was replayedtirelessly until I insistedthat we play by the realrules. At that pointJustus packed up thebases and broke out his

Scooby toys.”Serving our high

schools over the yearsas an umpire, I haveheard responses fromthe fans in the standswith some problematicinterpretations of therules. I have probablydone the same myselfwhile on the field.

While written rulesfor most everything areaccorded personal inter-pretations, the sameshould not hold true asit concerns God’s pre-cious rules.Unfortunately, manywithin the ranks of thechurch have become tooimaginative in interpret-ing God’s written rulesduring the days of thispostmodern predomi-nance of ideas for livinglife. That is why thevices and obvious sinsof men find justificationwithin the judgments ofcertain religious para-meters. When humanis-tic interpretations fromwithin the church areapplied to the writtenrules of God, there canbe nothing less thanreligious confusion andspiritual weakness.

If the absolute truth ofGod’s rule is “Thoushalt not steal,” it is pre-posterous when any ofthe church puts forth animaginative interpreta-tion of the rule to justifystealing. The sameholds true for “Thou

shalt not commit adul-tery.” How can any ofthe church interpret jus-tification for gamblingwhen the absolute truthof God’s rule is point-specific, “Thou shaltnot covet?”

If any interpretationof God’s rules is to bemade, there is one andonly one personal inter-pretation to correctly toemploy. It is interpreta-tion of the rules of Godby His divine Son, JesusChrist. It is recorded inGod’s written Word theLord’s particular andcorrect interpretationsof God’s rules. Our spir-itual responsibilityexacts of us to considerthe rules of God on thestandard of Jesus Christ— the divine who He is,the divine what He didthrough His death onthe Cross andResurrection from thedead, and the divine ser-vice He now providesmaking intercession forus at the right hand ofGod.

If the current econom-ic, political, and worldtroubles are not joltingus out of our imagina-tive interpretations backto spiritual reality, ourungodly and God-lessrules interpretationswill utterly ruin thegame for us.

(Rev. Ron Branch ispastor of Faith BaptistChurch in Mason, W.Va.)

Alex Colon

Ron Branch

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Community Calendar

Support Groups

Public meetingsTuesday, March 15CHESTER — Special

meeting of the ChesterTownship Trustees to beheld to 6 p.m. at the townhall to discuss cemeterybids and unfinished busi-ness.

Clubs and organizations

Saturday, March 12TUPPERS PLAINS —

VFW Post 9053 will havea free public dinner withserving from 4:30 to 6:30p.m.

Thursday, March 17MIDDLEPORT —

American Cancer SocietyMeigs County AdvisoryBoard/SurvivorshipTaskforce, regular meet-ing, noon, home ofPresident Rae Moore,725 Page St.

Saturday March 19MIDDLEPORT —

Special meeting for thepurpose of annual inspec-tion of Middleport MasonicLodge 363 in the Fellow

Craft Degree. Dinnerserved at 6:30 P.M. withthe meeting to follow.

Church eventsFriday, March 11LONG BOTTOM —

Faith Full Gospel church,S. R. 124, Long Bottom,7 p.m. service. CharlieHall speaking, specialsinging.

Monday, March 14SYRACUSE —

Syracuse MissionChurch, BridgemanStreet, revival 7 p.m.each night throughSaturday, March 19, fea-turing Rev. MikeFinnicum, Rev. MikeThompson, Rev. TheronDurham, singing, etc.

BirthdaysTuesday, March 15MIDDLEPORT —

Yvonne DamewoodStover will celebrate her70th birthday on March15. Cards may be sent toher at 1504 Powell St.,Middleport, Ohio 45760.

Mason Co. resident dies following car accidentBY DELYSSA HUFFMANDHUFFMAN@MYDAILYREGISTER.COM

POINT PLEASANT— The life of a MasonCounty woman was cutshort as a result of a vehi-cle accident that occurredat approximately 4:10p.m., Wednesday, March

9 on W.Va. 62, just northof Point Pleasant.

Lynn Smith Durst, 75,the driver of one of thevehicles, died at PleasantValley Hospital as aresult of injuries sufferedin the crash.

According to thepolice report, Durst and

the driver of anothervehicle collided onW.Va. 62 and both weretrapped and had to beextracted by MasonCounty Fire Rescue.Mason EMS then calledto have both driverstransported via airambulance to area trau-

ma centers. Before shecould be flown out,Durst passed away.

The crash is still beinginvestigated by theMason County Sheriff’sDepartment. The condi-tion of the other driverwas unknown as of presstime.

Artwork by students from River Valley High School will be on displaytoday through March 27 at the French Art Colony in Gallipolis. Areception for the students will be held from 6-8 p.m. today at theFrench Art Colony. The gallery will be open to the public from 10a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. each Saturdayand 1-5 p.m. on Sunday. Andrew Carter/photos

Art by students from River Valley High School on dis-

BY DELYSSA HUFFMANDHUFFMAN@MYDAILYREGISTER.COM

LETART — One 18-year old student atWahama Jr/Sr HighSchool recently wasacknowledged with plac-ing in the Top 5 of the2011 Poetry OutloudContest.

During her first timeentering the event, DestinyHoffman was named oneof the finalists.

“This was my firsttime,” Hoffman said. “Myonly poetry experience

comes from reading apoem at our Veteran’sassembly.”

Hoffman said a teacherapproached her and sug-gested she enter the con-test.

“I had to memorizethree poems and recitethem in front of a panel ofjudges and an audience,”Hoffman said.

She continued to saythat it isn’t just readinglines.

“You have to get into it,”Hoffman said. “And reallyexpress what you are say-

ing.”The three poems

Hoffman read were, “Tothe Virgins to MakeMuch of Time” byRobert Herrick, “WhoUnderstands Me ButMe,” by Jimmy Santingo,and “The Paradox” byPaul Laurence Dunbar.

“Who Understands MeBut Me” was my favoriteone,” Hoffman said.

The senior has plans togo to school to become apsychiatrist upon gradua-tion. She is the daughter ofMargaret Hoffman. Destiny Hoffman

Hoffman places in Poetry Outloud Contest

POMEROY —Representatives from theEastern and Meigs LocalBoards of Education havebeen named to serve onOhio School BoardsAssociation (OSBA) com-mittees.

They are John Rice, long-time member of the EasternBoard, and Larry Tucker,now in the third year of hisfirst term on the MeigsBoard.

Rice has been named tothe Southeast RegionalExecutive Committeewhich provides governanceand leadership to schoolboard members in Athens,Belmont, Coshocton,Gallia, Guernsey, Hocking,Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs,Monroe, Morgan,Muskingum, Noble, Perry,Pike, Scioto, Vinton andWashington Counties. Thecommittee is elected by the

Ohio School BoardAssociation members in theSoutheast Region.

Tucker has been namedto serve on the arrange-ments and hospitality teamwhich means he will assistthe five regional managersat the Capital Conferenceand Trade Show, as well asparticipate at regionalevents. Committee mem-bers also serve as regionalliaisons of the region

Resource Center at theCapital Conference.

Committee appointmentwere finalized at theJanuary meeting of theOSBA Board of Trustees.The role of the OSBA is tolead the way to educationalexcellence by servingOhio’s public school boardmembers and the diversedistrict they representthrough superior serviceand creative solutions.

POMEROY — The Meigs County Farm ServiceAgency (FSA) and the Natural Resources ConservationService (NRCS) are accepting applications for the2011 Grassland Reserve Program (GRP).

The deadline for submitting GRP applications isMarch 18, according to Dave Fox of the Meigs CountyFarm Service Agency. Applicantsd are also to submitoffers for GRP easement and GRP rental contracts.

The GRP is a jointly administered program betweenFSA and Natural Resources Conservation Service(NRCS). GRP assists landowners and operators to pro-tect grazing uses and related conservation values byconserving and restoring grassland resources on eligi-ble private lands. Those who currently have an EQIPor CRP contract on the farm are ineligible for GRP.

Both agencies accept applications on a continuousbasis; however, ranking dates are established to evalu-ate and select applications for current year funding.Any applications received after March 18, 2011 shallbe retained until the next ranking period, Fox said.

Preference will be given to working grazing opera-tions with an approved grazing plan, and that that landwhich has been historically dominated by grasslandand provides habitat for animal or plant populations ofsignificant ecological value.

Only landowners may voluntarily apply for GRPeasements. Either owners or operators may voluntarilyapply for GRP rental contracts as long as the operatorcan provide proper documents to show control of rentalacres during the entire contract period. Participantsmust meet adjusted gross income requirements, mustbe in conservation compliance and cannot exceed the$50,000 payment limitation.

Rental contracts may be for duration of 10 years, 15years or 20 years and rental payments in Meigs Countyare $16.25 per acre per year of the contract. Easementsare permanent and a payment is based on the geo-graphic area rate cap of the land less the grazing value.For more information please contact the office @ 740-992-6646.

Locals appointed to OSBA committees

Grassland Reserve Programenrollment ends March 18

GALLIPOLIS —Gallia CountyAlzheimerʼs/ DementiaSupport Group meeting,1:30-3 p.m., thirdThursday of eachmonth, at HolzerMedical CenterEducation Center. Info:Amber Johnson, (740)441-3406.

GALLIPOLIS —Grieving ParentsSupport Group meets 8p.m., first Tuesday ofeach month at New LifeLutheran Church,Jackson Pike. Info:Jackie Keatley at 446-2700 or John Jacksonat 446-7339.

GALLIPOLIS — GriefSupport Group meetssecond Tuesday ofeach month, 8 p.m., atNew Life LutheranChurch. Facilitators:

Sharon Carmichael andJohn Jackson.

GALLIPOLIS —Serenity House supportgroup for domestic vio-lence victims meetsMondays at 2 p.m. Formore information, callthe Serenity House at446-6752.

GALLIPOLIS — LookGood Feel Better can-cer program, thirdMonday of the month at6 p.m., Holzer Centerfor Cancer Care.

GALLIPOLIS —Alcoholics AnonymousWednesday book studyat 7 p.m. and Thursdayopen meeting at noon;Tuesday closed meet-ing at 8 p.m.; Fridayopen lead meeting, 8p.m. St. PeterʼsEpiscopal Church, 54Second Ave., Gallipolis.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

Saturday, March 12Division IV Regional Final

at Pickerington North High SchoolEastern-Waterford winner vs.Harvest Prep-St. Peter’s winner,7:30 p.m.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Saturday, March 12Division IV Distirct Final

at Ohio UniversitySouthern-Manchester winner vs.South Gallia-WhiteOak winner,12:15 p.m.

Thursday, March 17WVSSAC Class AA State Quarterfinal

at Charleston Civic CenterNo. 7 Point Pleasant vs. No. 2Scott, 1 p.m.

LOCAL SCHEDULEPOMEROY — A schedule of upcoming

high school varsity sporting eventsinvolving teams from Meigs, Mason andGallia counties.

SPORTS

EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to the distance of

multiple basketballgames and the print dead-line, the Thursday nighttournament gamesinvolving Wahama,Southern, South Galliaand Eastern will notappear in today’s sportssection. Complete recapsof these contests will beavailable in the weekendsports editions of thePoint Pleasant Registerand the Sunday Times-Sentinel.

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Submitted photoThe South Gallia boys basketball team held a net cutting ceremony at South Gallia High School inMercerville, Ohio, after last week’s sectional championship victory. The Rebels along with the boys bas-ketball teams for Southern and Wahama and the girls basketball team from Eastern were in action Thursdayevening. South Gallia and Southern each competed in district semifinal contest at the Convocation Centeron the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, while Wahama traveled to Williamson for a Class ARegional Final. Eastern faced TVC Hocking opponent Waterford in the Divsion IV Regional Semifinal atPickerington North High School. Visit our websites for updates on the four tournament contests from aroundthe area.

Sarah Hawley/photosThe Point Pleasant boys basketball team, cheerleaders and staff hold the Class AA Region 1 Championship Award following Wednesdayevening's regional final victory over Weir at Ripley High School in Ripley, W.Va. The Big Blacks advanced to the WVSSAC Class AA StateTournament for the first time since the 1975 season with the 66-41 win.

Point cruises past Weir forfirst regional title in 36 years

BY SARAH HAWLEYSHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM

RIPLEY, W.Va. —Third times the charm.

For the third time in asmany seasons, PointPleasant and Weir facedoff in the Class AARegion 1 Final.

In the 2008-09 and2009-10 seasons PointPleasant made the longtrip to Weirton, W.Va.only to come home withthe loss. On Wednesdayevening, the Big Blackshosted Weir at RipleyHigh School and thistime it was the RedRiders who had the longtrip home following theloss.

It had been 36 yearssince the Point Pleasantboys basketball team hadadvanced to the WVS-SAC State Tournament,but with Wednesday’s66-41 victory over Weirthey did just that.

The Big Blacks —who last week won theirfirst sectional title since1996 — earned their firstregional title since the

1975 season. “I took this job 11

years ago, and this wasmy dream,” PointPleasant head coachRichie Blain said ofmaking it to the statetournament. “I just feltlike we could get there.The last couple years —those two previous class-es — kind of got the shipgoing that direction. Wewere that close two yearsin a row and couldn’tquite seal the deal. Wedid it this year. I’m justthankful to my guys,thankful to my coachingstaff.”

Weir scored on itsopening possession ofthe contest, taking a 3-0lead just 12 seconds intogame. Point Pleasant’sfirst score came at the5:58 mark when JacobTempleton hit the first oftwo free throws. TheRed Riders took theirlargest lead of the game— five points — by ascore of 6-1 at the 5:21mark of the first quarter.

Big Blacks headed to state tournament

Point Pleasant’s Dillon McCarty releases a shot over a Weir defender during thefirst half of Wednesday evening’s Class AA Region 1 Final at Ripley High Schoolin Ripley, W.Va. McCarty led all scorers with 24 points in the game.Please see Point, B2

Sports BriefsMIDDLEPORT YOUTHLEAGUE SIGNUPS

MIDDLEPORT, Ohio— The Middleport YouthLeague will be holdingsignups for baseball andsoftball on Saturday,March 12. Signups willbe held at the MiddleportCouncil Chambers from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Formore information contactDave Boyd at 740-590-0438 or Tanya Colemanat 740-992-5481.

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Plane diversionhits home forHerd coaches H U N T I N G T O N ,

W.Va. (AP) — A planecarrying severalMarshall assistant foot-ball coaches safely land-ed at a Kentucky airportafter it was diverted fromCharleston because of alanding gear malfunc-tion.

Wednesday’s incidentrevived memories of the1970 plane crash outsideHuntington that killed 75people, including mostof Marshall’s footballteam, several coachesand fans.

Media outlets reportthat the plane waspreparing to land atYeager Airport when themalfunction occurred. AMarshall spokesmansays the plane wasdiverted to an airport inLexington, Ky., becauseit has a longer landingstrip.

The passengers includ-ed tight ends coach PhilRatliff. He grew up hear-ing about the 1970 crashand says the incident was“just unbelievable.”

Rebels,Tornadoes,White Falcons and Lady Eagles all in action

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The Big Blacks tied thegame for the first time(11-11) at the 2:02 markon a Dillon McCartythree-pointer. A pair ofMcCarty free throwswith 43.7 seconds left inthe quarter gave Point itsfirst lead of the contest.

Weir tied the score at13 in the early secondsof the second quarter,with Point regaining thetwo point lead at the 6:50mark. The Red Riderstied the score at the 6:34mark of the game, andwould trail for theremainder of the game.Point Pleasant took thelead for good at the 6:04

mark on a Templetontwo-pointer. PointPleasant took its largestlead of the first half on aMcCarty three-pointgoals with 3.5 secondsremaining by a score of28-19.

McCarty scored 20 ofPoint Pleasant’s 28 firsthalf points.

“Dillon McCarty is theultimate competitor,”stated Blain. “He hatesto lose, but he’s not justsatisfied with trying toscore points. He’s every-where rebounding,defensively he’s on atough matchup everynight. He’s just one ofthose kids that you got toleave him on the court,because he makes thingshappen on both ends inpositive directions. I’mjust really happy for him,

he had a great night.”The Red Riders scored

first in the third quarter— as they did in each ofthe four quarters — tocut the deficit to seven.Weir cut the lead to fiveon three occasions in thefirst three minutes of thesecond half, with thefinal time coming at the5:23 mark (32-27). A 9-0 run by Point Pleasantgave the Big Blacks the41-27 advantage at the3:12 mark of the third.Point Pleasant took itslargest lead of the thirdquarter — 15 points —on a pair of Wade Martinfree throws with 15.7seconds remaining in thequarter.

Weir cut the deficit to13 at the 7:30 mark ofthe fourth quarter — theclosest it would come in

the final quarter.Following the Weir bas-ket, the Big Blacks wenton a 21-9 run to finishthe contest. The BigBlacks largest lead of thegame — 25 points —came following a MattLewis free throw with19.1 seconds remaining.Point Pleasant earned the66-41 victory to advanceto the state tournament.

McCarty led all scor-ers with 24 points in thevictory. Templetonadded 16 points, JacobWamsley added ninepoints and Wade Martinscored eight points.Kylenn Criste andJeWaan Williams eachadded four points andLewis scored one point.

Khristian Williamsscored 13 points to leadWeir, followed by

Michael Drizake withnine points. HarleyMills added six points,Tyler Salko and AnthonyGurrera each scored fivepoints and Freddie Jonesadded three points.

The Red Riders hadended Point Pleasant’sseason in each of the lasttwo years by scores of55-33 in 2009 and 55-40in 2010.

Point Pleasant — theseventh seed in the ClassAA tournament — willface second seed Scotton Thursday at 1 p.m. atthe Charleston CivicCenter. The Big Blacksand Scott — a CardinalConference opponent —split during the regularseason, with both teamswinning at home. TheSkyhawks defeated Point50-33 on December 18,

while Point Pleasant wonby a score of 63-59 onFebruary 15.

POINT PLEASANT 66,WEIR 41

Weir 11 8 11 11 — 41Point 13 15 17 21 — 66

WEIR (14-11): James Cassiadoro 00-0 0, Tyler Salko 2 0-0 5, AnthonyGurrera 2 0-0 5, Michael Drizake 41-1 9, Khristian Williams 6 1-3 13,Freddie Jones 1 1-2 3, JoshuaGroves 0 0-0 0, Evan Woodland 00-0 0, Matthew Kource 0 0-0 0,Shane Davis 0 0-0 0, ZacharyKnuutila 0 0-0 0, Harley Mills 3 0-06, Paul Buffington 0 0-0 0. TOTALS:18 3-6 41. Three-point goals: 2(Salko, Gurrera).POINT PLEASANT (16-9): DillonMcCarty 8 5-5 24, Kylenn Criste 12-2 4, Jacob Wamsley 3 2-2 9,Wade Martin 3 2-3 8, MarquezGriffin 0 0-0 0, Brett Sergent 0 0-00, JeWaan Williams 2 0-0 4,Anthony Perry 0 0-0 0, Caleb Riffle0 0-0 0, Damon Porter 0 0-0 0, AlexSomerville 0 0-0 0, JacobTempleton 6 4-6 16, Chase Walton0 0-0 0, Matt Lewis 0 0-0 0.TOTALS: 23 16-20 66. Three-pointgoals: 4 (McCarty 3, Wamsley).

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Sarah Hawley/photosPoint Pleasant’s Kylenn Criste dribbles past a Weir defender during the secondhalf of Wednesday’s tournament contest at Ripley High School in Ripley, W.Va.

Point Pleasant head basketball coach Richie Blain holds up the net to celebrateWednesday evening’s regional title over Weir. The Big Blacks won by a score of66-41 to advance to state tournament.

Marietta maintains lead inSEOAL All-Sports trophy chase

BY CRAIG DUNNSPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

With five spring sportsremaining, MariettaHigh School remains ontrack to earn its finalSoutheastern OhioAthletic League WilliamE. (Bill) Thomas All-Sports Trophy champi-onship.

After winning five ofeight fall sports titles,Marietta shared the girlsbasketball title withLogan and finishedfourth in both boys andgirls basketball duringthe winter.

Marietta, which leavesthe SEOAL for the EastCentral Ohio League atthe end of the currentschool year, has won thelast two All-Sports titlesand six of the last seven.

MHS has 51.5 totalpoints and added a half-point to its lead over sec-ond-place Warren (43),with Logan (37.5) third,Gallia Academy (33.5)fourth, Chillicothe (33)fifth, Jackson (26) sixthand Portsmouth (18.5)seventh.

Last fall, Marietta wonchampionships in golf,boys soccer, girls soccer,volleyball and girls crosscountry, was runner-upin boys cross countryand tied for third in girlstennis to take a substan-tial early lead.

During the winter, run-ner-up Warren — whichhas amassed more pointsin boys sports thanMarietta (27.5 to 26.5)— was third in boys bas-ketball and wrestlingand fourth in girls bas-ketball.

Logan and Mariettatied for the most points

attained (13.5) duringthe winter season. Inaddition to the co-cham-pionship in girls basket-ball, Logan placed sec-ond in wrestling.

Gallipolis claimed thewrestling crown andpassed Chillicothe,which earned the boysbasketball title, forfourth place overall.Jackson’s best finishduring the winter wasthird in girls basketballwhile Portsmouth’s topplacing was second inboys basketball.

Points are determinedon an 7-6-5-4-3-2-1basis in sports where allseven schools field fullteams. In other sports,points are determined asto how many teams com-peted for the title.

Since Portsmouthdoesn’t have a wrestlingteam, for example, thosepoints were determinedon a 6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

Half-points are award-ed in the case of ties.

Championships inbaseball, softball, boystennis, and boys andgirls track and field willbe up for grabs begin-ning later this month.

The SEOAL, one ofthe longest-running prepconferences in the state,was formed by WilliamE. (Bill) Thomas ofWellston in 1925 andbegan competition witha boys track meet thatspring, with 1925-26being the first full sea-son of conference com-petition.

Craig Dunn is thesports editor of theLogan Daily News inLogan, Ohio.

Marquette wins again in Big East tournamentNEW YORK (AP) —

Darius Johnson-Odomproved his coach wrong,and his coach is thrilled.

Johnson-Odom scored11 points, including twobig 3-pointers in the finalminutes, and Marquettebeat No. 20 West Virginia67-61 on Wednesdaynight in the second roundof the Big East tourna-ment.

The Golden Eagles’second-leading scorer at16.2 per game and theirmost proficient 3-pointshooter with 62 frombeyond the arc enteringthe game, Johnson-Odomhad missed six of his firsteight shots from the field— and that included notmaking any of his three3-point attempts.

“He’s a very specialplayer, but he’s an evenmore special person, andmaybe more so than anyplayer I’ve coached, hesenses when I’m mad athim,” Marquette coachBuzz Williams said. “Thesame exact thing hap-pened when we played atUConn. I’m mad at him, Iyank him in and out ofthe game. He gives thetypical player response, ‘Ican’t get into the flow.’But he tries to prove mewrong.

“Those two shots, youcould argue, changed thegame. Definitely changedthe momentum.”

And they may havechanged Marquette’sMarch plans, for sure.

The 11th-seededGolden Eagles (20-13)advanced to the quarterfi-nals, where they will facethird-seeded and 14th-ranked Louisville (23-8)on Thursday night.

Marquette came intothe conference tourna-ment considered the lastof the 11 Big East teams

that could get a bid intothe NCAA tournament’sfield of 68. It seems thewins over Providence andWest Virginia have madethat an almost certainty.

“I went out early againtonight, I was looking forsomeone on the selectioncommittee. I didn’t seeanybody,” Williams saidin keeping his way of notanswering the questionabout his team sealingtheir bid. “I thought theywould be the best dressedhere. I saw a lot of guysfrom Wall Street. I didnot see anybody from theselection committee.”

Kevin Jones had 15points for theMountaineers (20-11),the defending tournamentchampions who went onto the Final Four.

West Virginia was 7 of11 from 3-point range intaking a 36-29 halftimelead, but theMountaineers were just 3of 11 from beyond the arcin the second half.

“It’s been a yearlongproblem, we just don’tmake open shots,” WestVirginia coach BobHuggins said of histeam’s 6-for-27 effortfrom the field in the sec-ond half. “I don’t knowwhat to tell you. I’ve saidit, and said it and said it.We just don’t make openshots. We made someshots in the first half andthen in the second half wedidn’t make shots. Wedon’t have people whocan drive it to the basket.

That’s not the kind ofguys we have, so we haveto depend on makingsome shots.”

All eight teams in thequarterfinals have at least20 wins and onlyMarquette is not rankedin the Top 25.

Junior Cadougan ledMarquette with 15 pointsand five assists.

“I think Junior did agreat job tonight, heplayed as hard as any-body,” Johnson-Odomsaid of his backcourt part-ner. “He controlled thetempo of the game onboth ends of the court.When you see a kid likeJunior who’s beenthrough an Achilles’ tear,you just have to smile.He’s been working hisbutt off.

“Junior carried us, hecontrolled the game, hedid a great job of doingit.”

Then there wasJohnson-Odom’s big 3sthat ended his shootingslump.

“My teammates do agreat job of finding me onshots, and it’s my job tomake ‘em, knock ‘emdown,” he said. “We did agreat job guarding and Ithink if we do that, it’ll behard for teams to beatus.”

John Flowers had 11points, and Darryl Bryantadded 10 for theMountaineers.

Neither team shinedoffensively over the final10 minutes of the game.

Casey Mitchell’s 3gave West Virginia a 51-48 lead with 11:06 toplay, but that was theMountaineers’ last fieldgoal until Flowers’reverse layup broughtthem within 61-57 with1:45 to go.

Johnson-Odom gave

Marquette the lead forgood with a 3 with 4:44left that made it 58-55.That was the GoldenEagles’ first field goal inalmost 6 minutes.

Johnson-Odom didn’twait long for his next 3,making one less than aminute later that gave theGolden Eagles a 61-55lead.

“D.J.’s shots were big,but the reason we won thegame was because weguarded in the secondhalf,” Williams said.

Bryant made two freethrows with 31.5 secondsto play to bring WestVirginia within 64-61 andhe stole the ball rightaway, but missed a wildshot and Marquetteclosed it out by makingthree of four free throwsin the final 25.4 seconds.

Marquette lost toGeorgetown in the semi-finals last year and thatwas the team WestVirginia beat for its firstBig East tournament title.That was West Virginia’sthird straight year ofreaching the semifinals.

Marquette won the reg-ular-season meeting withWest Virginia, 79-74.

This is the third straightyear the defending cham-pion lost in its first gamethe next season. Manyclaim the byes and dou-ble-byes the better teamsget are the reason it’stough to repeat.

“I don’t think it workedagainst us,” Huggins saidof the bye. “We playedwell the first half. If itworked against us, wewouldn’t have playedwell the first half. Youshoot 22 percent in thesecond half, you’re notgoing to win. You’re notgoing to win in thisleague.”

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Looking at Checkers: Kyle Busch is taking histurn as the Beast of Bristol. It runs in waves.Pretty Solid Pick: Carl Edwards seems tohave his mojo back. And his two BMS winsprove he can get around this joint.Good Sleeper Pick: Dale Earnhardt Jr. is apretty safe top-10 pick even in his down years.Runs on Seven Cylin-ders: Even in his hey-day, Bobby Labontenever quite figured outBristol.Insider Tip: They’regoing to haveto go throughKyle, one wayor another.And races onthe new sur-face are eas-ier to predict.

CARL EDWARDS The winner of the lasttwo races in 2010 has picked up wherehe left off, recording a runner-up show-

ing at Daytona and winning thethird race in 2011. With the win,

Edwards vaulted to third in thepoint standings.

Tony Stewart ASP, Inc.

By MATT TALIAFERROAthlon Sports Racing Editor

In Las Vegas, the hand you’redealt doesn’t have to be great, justbetter than those you’re playingagainst. Such was the case on Sun-day, when Carl Edwards outran adominant Tony Stewart, who fell vic-tim to a pit road penalty that dictatedhis strategy for the remainder of theevent and ultimately doomed hischance at a win in the Kobalt Tools400. Edwards, in turn, led the final 22laps and cruised to a 1.2-second winat the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

“I think Tony was the car to beat allday,” Edwards said. “That car wasjust lightning fast. But those guys(Stewart’s crew) took two tires with60 or 70 laps to go, and he took off, soBob (Osborne, crew chief) said, ‘Hey,let’s try it, let’s take two tires.’ Wecame in, we pitted, the guys did agreat job — I barely beat Juan Mon-toya once we got back on the racetrack — so this pit stop was key. If itwould have been a half-second longerwe would not have won the race.”

Ah, yes — back to Stewart. As Ed-wards referenced, it was his miscue— or rather, his misfortune — that setthe tone for the remainder of the race.

Stewart started 15th, but workedhis way into the lead on lap 99 andled 124 laps until a caution on lap151 changed the complexion of therace. During the ensuing round of pitstops, Stewart pulled a lug wrenchair hose out of his stall and was is-sued a pass-through penalty for tak-ing equipment outside his pit box,dropping his No. 14 Chevy out of thelead and into 27th on the restart.

When a caution on lap 195 precip-itated another round of yellow-flagstops, Darian Grubb, crew chief forthe No. 14 team, made the call fortwo tires when the majority of thefield took four in an effort to gaintrack position. Stewart won the bat-tle off pit road as a result, and pulledaway from the field when the green

waved with 66 laps remaining.When the fuel window re-opened

with 32 laps to go, Stewart again hitpit road and was forced to take fourtires, while others who had takenfour on the previous stop — namelyEdwards, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mar-cos Ambrose and Ryan Newman —took two. That relegated Stewart tothird when the stops cycled through,and handicapped his track position.

“I honestly think we had the car tobeat today, we just gave it away,”Stewart said. “I don’t know whathappened on the pit stop there, butwe had a miscue and had a penaltyand had to go to the back, and unfor-tunately it kind of dealt our cards forus. Darian made a good call gettingus the track position back, but it alsoshowed everybody else that theycould do it, too (take two tires), andwe couldn’t run two and a half runson a set of left-side tires.”

Stewart’s assertion was accurate,as Osborne made the final two-tirestop based how the No. 14 pulledaway from the pack in clean air withtwo tires.

“It definitely didn’t hurt the deci-sion-making process to see them(Stewart’s team) run extremely wellwith two tires,” Osborne said. “Theircar was very good regardless, and I

thought our only opportunity was to

leapfrog them on the racetrack and

hope we were able to hold them off.”

Edwards did just that, leading the

rest of the way for his second career

win at LVMS. Stewart rebounded to

finish second, while Montoya, Am-

brose and Newman rounded out the

top 5.

Stewart has been in position to win

all three races thus far in the 2011

season, but has yet to close the deal.

A similar two-tire stop at Phoenix ru-

ined his chances last week when

many in the field took four, and he

lost his drafting partner after restart-

ing second in a green-white-checker

finish in the Daytona 500. Does he

take solace in the fact that he now

holds a tie for the points lead and is

close to finding Victory Lane?

“I probably should, but that’s not

in my makeup,” Stewart said. “I

mean, it kills me to throw a race

away like that, especially at a place

we haven’t won at yet. This was a

big deal today, and when you lead

that many laps (163 of 267) and have

a car that’s that fast and you lose it

… I’m sure tomorrow when the

emotion dies down we’ll look back

and say it was a great weekend, but

man, it does not sit good right now.”

ASP, Inc.

Carl Edwards salutes the crowd at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway after winning the KobaltTools 400.

1. Carl Edwards Edwards has three wins and a second in his last five races going back to 2010. It’s like the boy hastiger blood and Adonis DNA. #Winning

2. Kurt Busch The only driver to have recorded three top 10s in the three 2011 races, Busch is somehow flying under the radar while being tied for first in the point standings.

3. Tony Stewart Smoke just can’t close the deal. For the third consecutive race, he was in it to win it in the closing laps, only to come up short.

4. Ryan Newman If you said you realized Newman was running fifth in the standings on the strength of two top 5s (and that he led the most laps in the Daytona 500), you’re lying.

5. Juan Pablo Montoya Another early-season surprise, Montoya has two top 10s and is tied with Edwards for third in the standings. Even cooler is that he has 276,821 followers on Twitter.

6. Jeff Gordon The right side of his car has been taking a lot of abuse this season. Three races, three crumpled fenders. Of course, he still managed to win one of those.

7. Kyle Busch Ran eighth and second in the first two races, then blew up in Vegas. Despite the two solid runs, he dropped from first to 14th in the standings with the 38th on Sunday. That’s harsh.

8. Jimmie Johnson In Johnson’s last eight Vegas starts he has four wins and four finishes of 16th or worse. Not sure how to quantify that.

9. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Junior Nation showing measured optimism after consecutive top 10s with new crew chief Steve Letarte. The smart money says he’ll be good at Bristol, too.

10. Denny Hamlin Hamlin’s face is off the milk carton after a seventh at LVMS. Honestly, it was a quiet seventh, so maybe his mug is still there.

11. Kevin Harvick Last year at this time Harvick was leading the point standings. This year? Not so much.

12. Mark Martin He looked like an older version of Kyle Busch in winning the Nationwide race in Vegas.

13. Paul Menard Don’t tear up your equipment and log some solid finishes — just what the new owner likes.

14. Martin Truex Jr. Truex and crew chief Pat Tryson are only getting stronger at Michael Waltrip Racing.

15. Kasey Kahne Clearly still learning the ropes with his new team, but things look good so far.

Just off the lead pack: AJ Allmendinger, Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Matt Kenseth, Bobby Labonte

� FOX Sports’ Darrell Waltriphas signed a two-year contract ex-tension to continue as lead analystfor the network’s NASCAR on FOXcoverage. Waltrip’s agreement withFOX Sports now extends throughthe network’s current rights agree-ment with the sport, which expiresin 2014.

“Being part of the NASCAR onFOX team has given me an oppor-tunity to share my passion and lovefor NASCAR,” Waltrip said. “I neverthought there would be anythingthat could replace the thrill of driv-ing race cars. I was wrong. Bring-ing that thrill to the fans at homeevery week is just as exciting!”

Waltrip has been with FOX since

its inaugural season in 2001.As a driver, Waltrip amassed 84

career wins (tied with Bobby Alli-son for third all-time) and wonthree Cup titles (1981, ’82, ’85).

� Danica Patrick’s fourth-placefinish in Saturday’s Nationwide Se-ries’ Sam’s Town 300 marked thehighest finish for a female inNASCAR touring series history.

Patrick’s run bested that of SaraChristian, who recorded a fifth-place finish at Heidelberg Speed-way in October 1949.

Patrick used a combination ofstrong equipment and good fuel

mileage to break into the top 5 byrace’s end after being down onelap early in the event.

Patrick’s previous best was a14th, which came in the seasonopener at Daytona.

� Robby Gordon has beenplaced on probation for one year byNASCAR for a physical confronta-tion in the garage at Las VegasMotor Speedway last Friday.

In a filing with the Las VegasMetropolitan Police Department,NASCAR driver Kevin Conwayclaims Gordon assaulted him,throwing “a couple of punches.”

The incident stems from a law-suit filed by Gordon against Con-way’s sponsor, ExtenZe, which he

claims owes his Robby Gordon Mo-torsports team $690,000 in unpaidsponsorship money. RGM fielded acar for Conway in seven races lastseason. Gordon drove the ExtenZe-sponsored car in two races (andfailed to qualify for a third), citing aclause in the contract associatedwith keeping the car in the top 35in owner’s points. According tocourt documents, ExtenZe refusedto pay because it never approvedGordon as the driver.

Concurrently, Conway is suingRGM for $27,000 in unpaid Rookieof the Year prize money. Gordonclaims he would pay Conway themoney if he is paid what is owedto him by the sponsor.

JEFF BURTON The driver re-ferred to as “The Mayor” in the

NASCAR garage is digging quite ahole for himself. Burton has aver-

aged a 27.7-place finish throughthree events in 2011. An expired engineat Daytona and a wreck in Phoenix pre-ceded a non-existent showing in LasVegas — typically one of Burton’sstronger tracks — when he ran 21st.

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SPRINT CUP SERIESRace: Jeff Byrd 500Track: Bristol Motor SpeedwayLocation: Bristol, Tenn.When: Sunday, March 20TV: FOX (1:00 pm EST)Banking/Turns: Variable (24-30 degrees)Banking/Straightaways: 16 degrees2010 Winner: Jimmie JohnsonCrew Chief’s Take: “Having a car that han-dles well in the center of the corner off is akey to working through the pack. Track posi-tion is a key as well. As the race winds down,most crew chiefs opt for position over newtires, as getting through traffic quickly is nextto impossible. For a driver, it's like walking atightrope. If you’re tense, nervous or uncom-fortable, you can’t function there. The greatdrivers say that if you can get settled in andget comfortable, everything seems to slowdown, but there aren’t many with the skills toreally reach that point. Most of them just saythey do.”

NATIONWIDE SERIESRace: Jeff Byrd 500Track: Bristol Motor SpeedwayWhen: Saturday, March 19TV: ESPN (2:00 pm EST)2010 Winner: Justin Allgaier

CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIESRace: Too Tough to Tame 200Track: Darlington RacewayWhen: Saturday, March 12TV: SPEED (5:00 pm EST)2010 Winner: Todd Bodine

Bristol Motor SpeedwayIn the early- and mid-1980s, the only thing

more certain than Darrell Waltrip winning thebooing contest in pre-race introductions washis winning trophies at Bristol. Waltrip won anastounding seven straight at the half-mile bull-ring between March 1981 and April 1984.

However, the streak came to an end in Au-gust ’84 at the Busch 500. Waltrip led 144 lapsearly but was plagued by myriad of issues latein the race. Instead, Terry Labonte battled backfrom two accidents — one a foreshadowing ofthings to come in the 1990s with Dale Earn-hardt — to break Waltrip’s Bristol streak.

It was Labonte’s fourth career victory andone that catapulted him by Earnhardt into thechampionship lead. Labonte pulled away fromHarry Gant down the stretch to win the 1984Winston Cup.

Four Turns

Sprint Cup Standings

Nationwide Standings

Truck Standings

Throttle Up/Throttle Down

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Classic Moments

Tracks on Tap

Pair of Nines Wins in Vegas

HOLD A PRETTY WHEEL, CARLThe week after Trevor Bayne’s Day-tona 500 win, he promptly spun hiscar on the first lap of practice inPhoenix. After Jeff Gordon won inPhoenix, he also spun on his firstpractice lap the following week inVegas. Both wrecked in the race theweek after their wins.

EARLY HOLE The season is onlythree races old, but four big nameshave dug a points hole already.Jamie McMurray, Joey Logano, GregBiffle and Jeff Burton rank 29th-32nd in the point standings. Whileeach driver will undoubtedly im-prove, not all four will make theChase, as the new points systemmakes it harder to gain ground thanin the past.

EARLY SURPRISES While the fouraforementioned drivers have somework to do, Paul Menard (sixth),Martin Truex Jr. (seventh) and AJAllmendinger (ninth) have over-achieved. The trio has a combined461 Cup starts to its credit — theequivalent of 12.8 seasons — yethas only one win and one Chase ap-pearance (Truex, 2007).

STRAIGHT-LINE SPEED Kurt Buschwill trade his stock car for a drag-ster during NASCAR’s upcoming offweekend. Busch will make hisNHRA Full Throttle Series debutwhen he attempts to qualify for theprestigious Gatornationals on March11-13. Busch, who will compete inthe Pro Stock division, earned hisNHRA license over the winter. Hewill compete in a Dodge Avenger forAllen Johnson and J&J Racing.

DRIVER POINTS BEHIND1. Tony Stewart 113 —2. Kurt Busch 113 —3. Carl Edwards 106 -74. Juan Pablo Montoya 106 -75. Ryan Newman 103 -106. Paul Menard 96 -177. Martin Truex Jr. 95 -188. Denny Hamlin 95 -189. AJ Allmendinger 94 -19

10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 91 -2211. Mark Martin 91 -2212. Jimmie Johnson 87 -26

^ CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP ^13. Kasey Kahne 87 -2614. Kyle Busch 86 -2715. Bobby Labonte 84 -2916. Matt Kenseth 77 -3617. Marcos Ambrose 76 -3718. Clint Bowyer 75 -3819. Jeff Gordon 74 -3920. Kevin Harvick 71 -42

DRIVER POINTS BEHIND1. Reed Sorenson 111 —2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 109 -23. Jason Leffler 106 -54. Danica Patrick 98 -135. Justin Allgaier 95 -166. Trevor Bayne 87 -247. Aric Almirola 85 -268. Kenny Wallace 84 -279. Mike Bliss 82 -29

10. Joe Nemechek 79 -32

DRIVER POINTS BEHIND1. Matt Crafton 71 —2. Clay Rogers 70 -13. Cole Whitt 68 -34. Johnny Sauter 67 -45. Timothy Peters 66 -56. Austin Dillon 63 -87. Jeffrey Earnhardt 62 -98. Max Papis 61 -109. Miguel Paludo 59 -12

10. Ron Hornaday 57 -14