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Albrecht gambling on New SteelBusinessman, others putting money toward Hatch StudyFRANK LEWISpdt staff writer

A Portsmouth businessman working to bring a large energy and steel plant to Franklin Furnace says the project is still on the radar and could, if all parties come to-gether, be started within months.

Developer Jeff Albrecht said a meeting of the Thursday morning “think tank” was well-attended by local government officials, busi-ness leaders, State Rep. Dr. Terry Johnson, John W. Schultes, chair-man and CEO of New Steel Inc., New Steel Controller Richard L. Keleman, and other interested citi-zens.

Albrecht said progress depends on several things, including find-ing a power company to purchase excess electricity produced by the plant. Officials met last week with representatives of AEP Ohio in an attempt to sell the power to that company.

New Steel also needs $200,000 to do a Hatch Study, which is a comprehensive investigation of the proposed project that would be beneficial for banks and other lend-ing institutions to look at for po-tential investment. A Hatch Study looks at the product, the market for that product, the viability to make that product efficiently and market it competitively. They also look at

the rate of return for investors.“I’ve met with them (New Steel)

numerous times, and listened to their story numerous times,” Al-brecht said. “I’ve met with (Scioto County Commissioner) Tom (Rei-ser), Terry Johnson. I’ve heard everybody’s side of the story, and, first of all, I think it is a good in-vestment, and I am personally go-ing to put in some money into that $200,000. I personally decided to do that. I think some time it will be a good investment. But more than that, I’m investing in our commu-nity. I’m investing in the jobs. It’s a chance for jobs we so dearly need. I’m investing in our people, be-cause we’re deserving of it.”

Other members of the business community have also indicated they will invest in the Hatch Study to help move the project ahead.

Albrecht said during the meet-ing the two saddest days in his life were when his two sons gradu-ated from college and had to leave the area to find employment. He said he now has two daughters he hopes will be able to find work lo-cally if jobs become available in the community.

“So I want to do something, and it is risky money, and it’s like going to the racetrack and betting a long-shot,” Albrecht said. “If it pays off, it’s going to pay off big. But in the meantime, I am standing up for my

community. And I am trying to do something to bring jobs here. And I feel like after seeing the numbers and looking at all the presentation, I feel like it’s worth a shot.”

Albrecht said the project has come to the point that every seg-ment of local and state government and members of the community be-come involved in working together to bring the facility to fruition.

“For so long, people in govern-ment in other areas of the state have taken advantage of us,” Albre-cht said. “So that’s why I’m doing this.”

frank lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at flewis@heartlandpubli-cations.com.

Fifth-Third building remains option for city hallFRANK LEWISpdt staff writer

A deal that would put Portsmouth city operations into the current Fifth-Third Bank building on the Esplanade in down-town Portsmouth is still possible, according to Portsmouth developer Jeff Albrecht.

Albrecht said one of the proposals on the table is assembling a group of investors to purchase the building, with Fifth-Third re-maining in part of the first floor and pay-ing rent. The owners/investors would then lease the remainder of the building to the city.

“So the building would have value,” Al-brecht said. “So you pay them based on the value of that lease, and you turn around and rent the rest of the building to the city. In-cluded in the rent is maintaining the HVAC

and the roof repairs and maintenance. That way the city doesn’t come up with any cash.”

Step two, Albrecht said, would be that the Marting’s Foundation would then tear down the Marting’s building, which the city owns, and build a large public parking lot on that property.

“Fifth-Third likes the idea of having a big parking lot across the street from them,” Albrecht said.

Step three would be selling the existing city building property on Second Street to a private developer.

“They would sell it for whatever they can get for it at an auction,” Albrecht said. “Whoever wants to buy it can buy it.”

Albrecht stressed that while area busi-ness leaders are working to try to make the

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wayne allen | daily timesA fire was started Thursday evening to burn off a field in the South Shore area. The fire caused large plumes of smoke visible for miles. Pictured is a tractor working to contain it.

Building Committee: More input from cityFRANK LEWISpdt staff writer

The members of the Portsmouth City Building Committee said Wednes-day evening they will ask Portsmouth Mayor David Malone, Portsmouth Coun-cil President John Haas, and interim Community De-velopment Director Tracy Shearer to start attending their meetings.

The committee finds it-self at a standstill on many fronts until they are able to determine several things, such as how many prop-erties the city owns, the

structural condition of the current city building, and the cost of hiring a struc-tural engineer to inspect the building, so the committee decided they need more in-put.

“From now on we need to request the mayor’s pres-ence,” Sean Boldman said, adding Haas and Commu-nity Development Director to the list. “If they don’t come or do come it will tell us how serious they think this is.”

The focus of the meeting was a structural engineer’s

Callihan indicted on pain clinic chargesFRANK LEWISpdt staff writer

A federal grand jury has returned an 11-count indict-ment against John Randy Callihan, 54, of West Ports-mouth and Christopher Stegawski, 62, of Cleveland alleging that they operated “pill mills” in Dayton, Lu-casville and South Point, where the U.S. Attorney’s Office said they sold pre-scriptions for controlled substances (primarily oxy-

codone), without a legiti-mate medical need.

The indictment was re-turned Wednesday and un-sealed Thursday.

IRS agents, BCI agents, and Pharmacy Board inves-tigators arrested Callihan at his home Thursday morn-ing in West Portsmouth. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. Bowman in Cincinnati on Thursday afternoon and was ordered held without

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portia williams | daily timesScott Martin, prinicipal of Northwest Elementary School, left, and Mike Armstrong, assistant principal, kiss a pig on Thursday as part of a reading incentive for all Northwest students.

Principals pucker for pigPORTIA WILLIAMSpdt staff writer

McDERMOTT— Scott Martin, principal of Northwest Elemen-tary School, has proven himself to be a man of his word after promis-ing his students to kiss a pig if they read 20,000 books. The students exceeded Martin’s expectation, reading 25,041 books school-wide. On Thursday, Martin and Assistant Principal Mike Armstrong both ex-perienced a kiss of a lifetime when they kissed a pig in front of more

than 900 students at the school. The crowd roared as the pig entered the gymnasium, the students sat anx-iously waiting to see the kiss they’d worked so hard to behold.

The pig kissing was the result of the Online Accelerated Reader Pro-gram, which Martin implemented at his school building at the beginning of the school year.

“My challenge to my students was to read 20,000 books. I told them if you read this number of books, then I will kiss a pig, and they took off, and went well over that number. They

got so excited. We even got the kin-dergarten engaged in the program.”

“My inspiration was to see the kids excited about reading. I wanted them to become so excited about reading that whenever they had pri-vate time, their first thoughts would be to grab a book, versus a video game. I wanted to change the cul-ture,” Martin said.

He said it was a concerted effort from the beginning of the school year.

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Obituaries

Richard Diehl, 84Richard L. Diehl, 84, of

Portsmouth, died Wednesday May 16, 2012, at SOMC Hos-pice. He was born Feb. 27, 1928, in Portsmouth, to the late Leo and Anna Goodman Diehl. He graduated from Central Catholic High School and Xavier University, and then worked for OSCO In-dustries where he was Presi-dent. Dick was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, where he was a Reader and a Eucharistic Minister and a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. He was also a former board member of the Scioto County Area Founda-tion, a former board member of Bank One, he was active in the United Way Foundation, and a founding member of the Notre Dame High School Development Fund.

In addition to his parents, Dick was preceded in death by his wife, Bettie Hicks Diehl.

He is survived by his chil-dren, Laura Wooten (Dud-ley) of Portsmouth, Mary Senger (Mike) of Wooster, Debra Tschannen (Heinz) of Columbus, Richard Hicks Diehl of Del Mar, Calif., and Lisa Hadsell (Ron) of Ports-mouth. Dick is also survived by 15 loving grandchildren, Amy Wooten Larmour, Jonathan Wooten, Benjamin Wooten, Bill Vaus, Ron Vaus, Dan Vaus, Josh Senger, Jesse Tschannen, Naomi Tschan-nen, Tiffany Hadsell, Bran-don Hadsell, Nick Hadsell, Alex Hadsell, Adam Hadsell, and Emerson Hadsell; four great-grandchildren; a broth-er-in-law and sister-in-law, Gary and Linda Grimshaw.

A Mass of Christian Buri-al will be 11 a.m. Monday, May 21, 2012, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Rev. Adam Streitenberger offici-ating. Entombment will be in Memorial Burial Park in Wheelersburg. Friends may call at the Melcher Funeral Home in Portsmouth from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday. Recitation of the Rosary will be 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memori-al contributions can be made to: Scioto County Area Foun-dation - Bettie L. Diehl Me-morial Scholarship Fund, the Notre Dame Development Fund, Hospice of Southern Ohio, or the St. Mary’s Cath-olic Church.

Melcher Funeral Home in Portsmouth is handling the arrangements.

Cecil Pitts, 66Cecil Pitts, 66, of Minford,

died Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland.

He was born Feb. 13, 1946, in Minford, a son of the

late William G. and Gladys Culp Pitts.

Cecil was a retired laborer for Meridian Fiberglass and Goodyear Tire and Rubber with over 40 years of ser-vice, a U.S. Army veteran, a member of Madison Mis-sionary Baptist Church and a 1964 Minford High School graduate.

He is survived by his wife, Marlena Whitt Pitts, whom he married Feb. 14, 1997, in Lucasville; three sons, Ja-mie (Mylissa) Pitts of Min-ford, Justin (Teddie) Pitts of Minford, and Larry (Kristy) Pitts of North Carolina; one daughter, Brandy McCallis-ter of Minford; nine grand-children, Myah, Savana, Chloe, Zackery, Jacob, Hali, Christian, Adam, and Cate-lynn; three brothers, Willis Pitts of Minford, Dennis Pitts of Minford, and Casey Pitts of Jackson; four sisters, Shirley Crabtree of Beaver, Sheila Moore of Jackson, Donna Vance of Minford and Sharon Cruse of Jackson.

Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, May 21, 2012, at the McKin-ley Funeral Home in Lucas-ville with Kevin Gullion offi-ciating. Burial will follow in Lucasville Cemetery where military graveside rites will be performed by the James Irwin and William A. Baker Posts of the American Le-gion. Friends may call 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday and from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Paul Smith, 88Paul Edward Smith, 88,

of Portsmouth, died May 15, 2012, at SOMC Hos-pice.

He was born May 20, 1923, in Ironton, Ohio, to the late Edward Smith and Gladys Anson Smith and was also preceded in death by his step-father, F.A. Chaney.

He was former owner and manager of the Chaney Mercantile Agency; a mem-ber of First Presbyterian Church, and Portsmouth Elks Lodge No. 154.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia Loraine O’Bryan Smith; one son, Craig (Bar-bara) Smith of Farmington Hills, Mich.; one daughter, Marsha (Robert) Cozart of Fairview, N.C.; seven grandchildren, Todd, Ka-tie, Drew and Daniel Co-zart, Bryan, Audrey and Erick Smith; and 14 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held 6 p.m. Saturday, June 9, 2012, in the For-rest Room at Hill View Retirement Center. The Reverend Evan Fisher will officiate. There will be no visitation. Memorial dona-tions may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 221 Court Street, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662.

Arrangements are under the direction of F.C. Dae-hler Mortuary Company in Portsmouth.

Blanche Lawhorn, 91

Blanche Leake Lawhorn, 91, of Lucasville, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Hill View Healthcare in Portsmouth. Born July 28, 1920, a daughter of the late Henry T. and Goldie Blanche Richards Leake, she had worked at Williams Manu-facturing in Portsmouth and retired from SOMC. She was a graduate of Stockdale High School and a member of Madison Missionary Bap-tist Church.

She is survived by three sons, Jerry Lawhorn, Sr. of Lucasville, Roger (Janice) Lawhorn of West Jefferson, Kenny (Norma) Lawhorn of Wheelersburg; one daughter, Judy Holbrook of New Bos-ton; seven grandchildren, Jerry (Sondra) Lawhorn, Jr., Jeff (Danette) Lawhorn, Dennis (Kim) Lawhorn, Gary (Dayna) Lawhorn, Melissa (Danny) Stevenson, Kathy (Dee) Vogler, Chris (Monica) Holbrook; seven-teen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and one sister, Hazel Crab-tree of Minford.

In addition to her par-ents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ot-tis Lawhorn; a son, Tom Lawhorn; and a brother, Ford Leake.

The family would like to thank the staff at Hill View Retirement Center and SOMC Hospice for their kindness and care.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sat-urday, May 19, 2012, at Madison Missionary Bap-tist Church near Minford with Pastor Kevin Gullion officiating. Burial will be in White Gravel Cemetery in Minford. Friends may call at Erwin-Dodson-Allen Funer-al Home in Minford from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church. Online condolences may be sent to www.edafh.com. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Hill View Re-tirement Center, 1610 28th Street, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662.

Eric Newberry, 50Eric Scott Newberry, 50,

of South Shore, Ky., died Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Cabell Huntington Hos-pital in Huntington, West Virginia. He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, a son of Mattie Montgomery New-berry of South Shore, Ky., and the late James New-berry.

He was a member of the Iron Worker Union #769 of Ashland, Ky.

Surviving are his wife, Trina Stockham Newberry of South Shore, Ky., to whom he married Oct. 9, 1981; one son, Richard Cody Newberry of South Shore, Ky.; one daughter, Sarah Whisman of Ports-mouth, Ohio; one broth-er, Bryant Newberry of Springfield, Ohio; and one sister, Iris Nance of South Shore, Ky.; a grandson, William Dexter Whisman of Portsmouth, Ohio.

Preceded in death by a brother, Richard Newberry and one sister, Anita J. Mc-Calvin.

Funeral services 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 2012, at the Roberson Funeral Home, with Elder Gary Howell, officiating. Burial will be in Siloam Cemetery, South Shore, Ky.

Friends may call at the Roberson Funeral Home from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday and from noon until the funeral hour on Sunday.

James Reed, 62James Michael “Flood-

wall” Reed, 62, of Wheel-ersburg, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at home after a brief illness. He was born Oct. 9, 1949, in Portsmouth to James B. and Darlene Brown Reed, who preceded him in death. He was a 1967 graduate of Wheelersburg High School. He went to work at the steel mill after high school and then went on to work at USEC, where he was currently employed. He was well known as the bass player and sound tech for the local bluegrass band, The Poverty String Band, for 33 years. Always a big fan of country and bluegrass music and was a longtime member of the George Jones fan club.

He is survived by one daughter, Brittany Nicole Reed of Columbus; sis-ter, Sheree (Rick) Days of Franklin Furnace; a niece and nephew; dear friend and companion, Connie O’Brien of Clovis, Calif.; longtime band family mem-bers, Greg Romanello, Bev Pertuset, Bob Hall, Joe Romanello and John Hol-lback; his beloved dogs, Morgan and Scratchy; and all his friends at Bahner’s Auto Parts.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelersburg. Burial will be at Memo-rial Burial Park in Wheel-ersburg. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to the service on Saturday. In lieu of flowers please honor him with donations to Sierra’s Haven. He was an avid ani-mal lover.

Jean Stiltner, 81Age 81 of Lucasville, went

to be with the Lord on May 16, 2012, at SOMC in Ports-mouth. She was born May 15, 1931 in Portsmouth to Henry and Nellie (Riggs) Dille.

Jean is survived by four children, Don Stiltner, Jr. (Helen) of Wheelersburg, Michael Stiltner of Lucasville, Bonnie Chochard of Colum-bus, Rita Smith of Columbus; 12 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 16 great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two husbands, Donald Lee Stiltner, Sr. and Melvin L. Anderson, Sr.; two brothers, Lowell and Richard Dille.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Wolfe-Nel-son Funeral Home in Scioto-ville with Pastor Bob Davis officiating. Interment will fol-low in Memorial Burial Park in Wheelersburg. Friends may call Saturday morning from 9 - 10:30 at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.WolfeN-elsonFuneralHome.com. Wolfe-Nelson Funeral Home in Sciotoville is handling the arrangements.

Harrold Buffington, 74

Harold Buffington, 74, of Lucasville died Sunday, May 13, 2012, at SOMC. A pri-vate memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family. Cremation ar-rangements are under the direction of D.W. Swick Fu-neral Home of New Boston.

Martha Bates, 79Martha Eileen Bates, 79

of Piketon died Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Waverly. Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Botkin Funeral Home in Waverly. Interment will follow in the Mound Cemetery. Friends may call from 8:3o to 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home on Saturday.

Lee Varney, 75Lee Varney, 75, of McDer-

mott died Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Portsmouth. Funeral services will be con-ducted 11 a.m. Monday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. Interment will follow in the Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m.

Keith McCall, 54Keith Allen McCall, 54,

of Monroe Township in Ad-ams County, formerly of Xe-nia, died Saturday, May 12, 2012. The funeral service is Saturday at 6 p.m. at Laf-ferty Funeral Home in West Union. The visitation is Sat-urday from 5 to 6 p.m. Mr. McCall will be cremated.

Romans 16:20The God of peace will

soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Bible Verse

Service Schedule• Charles Stevenson — 11 a.m. Friday at South Shore

(Ky.) First United Methodist Church, with visitation 10-11 a.m. Friday. Arrangements by Roberson Funeral Home in South Shore.

• William Ferguson — Graveside 1 p.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

• Charlotte Huffman — 1 p.m. Friday at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelersburg, with visitation 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. Interment in Memorial Burial Park.

• Cleo Cooper — 11 a.m. Saturday at Roger W. Davis Funeral Home in West Portsmouth, with visitation 4-7 p.m. Friday.

• Wedsel Greene — 11 a.m. Saturday at Roberson Funer-al Home in South Shore, Ky., with visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and 9-11 a.m. Saturday. Interment in Everman Cemetery.

• Jacqueline Trusty — 11 a.m. Saturday at Howe Wheel-er Boyer Hornback Funeral Home in Piketon, with visita-tion 5-9 p.m. Friday and 9-11 a.m. Saturday. Interment in Mound Cemetery.

File photoThe New Boston Community Yard Sale (pictured, last year) will be Saturday, June 2. Residents of the village are invited to have their own yard sale, without purchasing a permit.

New Boston Community Yard Sale set for June 2RYAN SCOTT OTTNEYPDT Staff Writer

NEW BOSTON — The fourth annual New Boston Community Yard Sale will be Saturday, June 2. Residents of the village are invited to participated in this free one-day event by hosting their own yard sale at their home or business in New Boston. A yard sale permit is not required.

The annual Community Yard Sale began when New Boston resident Bryce Flowers pitched the idea to Vil-lage Council in 2009. The village liked the idea and agreed to set aside one day a year — the first Saturday of June — when everyone was invited to have a yard sale, and wouldn’t have to purchase a permit.

“My hope was, and still is, that people will come into our community and see the friendliness, and also give us the opportunity as a community to get to know one another,” Flowers said. “I think it has absolutely been a success. Throughout the year, I have New Boston people who talk to me now who never did in the stores. We are beginning to know one another as neighbors, as it was in the good old days.”

Food vendors and New Boston churches are also in-vited to join by setting up their own booths.

After a strong start, participation in the Community Yard Sale waned last year. Flowers said he hopes it will pick up again this year, but fears that the ongoing road construction on Ohio 139 might keep it down.

“That’s unfortunate, but in order to have a good com-munity we have to do repairs,” Flowers said.

The New Boston Community Yard Sale is 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 2.

Ryan Scott Ottney can be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 235, or rottney@heartlandpublications.com.

OSHP commander: Texting law would be enforceableFRANK LEWISPDT Staff Writer

With Portsmouth City Council considering a “texting while driving” ban, State Rep. Terry Johnson, R-McDer-mott, says the Ohio House of Representatives took a step Tuesday toward what they say will improve safety on Ohio’s roads by concurring on Senate changes to Sub-stitute House Bill 99, which makes texting while driving a secondary traffic offense.

The legislation specifically prohibits driving a vehicle while using a handheld electronic communications de-vice to write, send or read a text-based communication. Johnson said it also establishes certain exemptions, including using the device for emergency purposes, a person driving a public safety vehicle who uses such a device in the course of the person’s duties, and using a device for navigation purposes.

“This is a common-sense bill that will save lives within our communities and make our roads and highways saf-er,” Johnson said.

The Ohio Senate included an amendment to specify the violation as a primary offense for drivers under 18 years of age, with penalties for first offenses as a $150 fine and a 60-day license suspension, and a $300 fine and one-year license suspension for subsequent offenses.

Lt. Karla Taulbee, commander of the Portsmouth Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, said she has not been briefed on the law, but it should be enforceable.

“Yes, it’s enforceable,” Taulbee said. “The primary of-fense means that if we see someone texting, who is 18 or younger, we can stop them for that offense alone. The other is a secondary violation only. That is, if we stop somebody, for something such as speeding or running a red light or something, and they’re also texting, and we can see their phone in their hand, then we can cite them for that.”

Taulbee said it is often detectable when people are tex-ting while driving.

“When you are driving down the road you will see people who are texting, because it is obvious,” Taulbee said. “Sometimes you can see them holding the phone up, and see them texting, so you will be able to deter-mine they are texting while driving. The only difference will be what the governor is going to do — if he is going to go with that secondary or with the primary for those 18 and under.”

Sub. H.B. 99 passed by a vote of 82-12 and will now be sent to Gov. John Kasich for his signature.

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at flewis@heart-landpublications.com.

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plan become a reality, it is important to him and the others involved that they keep the public informed and in the loop during every step of the process.

Albrecht also commented on another aspect of his recent meeting with Gov. John Kasich.

“He wants to help us by coming up with three or four 70-, 80-, 100-people companies, and bring them down here, and do some-thing quick,” Albrecht said. “Shawnee State (Univer-sity) is getting this marvel-ous deed to the Internet super-highway. There’s a lot of software companies; there’s insurance compa-

nies; there’s banks; there’s people that use the Internet, that would like to have sites to tap into this Internet. So what happens if we tear down the city building and build a nice new building on that property, and put in three or four floors of office space and tie into that In-ternet? The governor would then call up, say, a software

company and tell them, ‘we have a university where we can train your people, and we’ve got a hundred giga-byte Internet, and we’ve got office space that is probably 30 percent cheaper than what it is where you are.’”

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at flewis@heartlandpublications.com.

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report done in 2006, with the under-standing that some of the things in-cluded in that report have been done since the report was filed. Among the recommendations were that the front entrance area be closed permanently, and alternate entrances and exits lo-cated.

Chairman Rich Saddler said he had asked Mayor David Malone to get them a list of properties owned by the city, and that Malone had passed the request on to City Clerk Tamara Nathan, who sent letters to all depart-ment heads, asking for an inventory of property. Saddler said Nathan had received only two responses — one from the City Health Department, and the other from the City Waterworks Department.

During the course of the meeting, estimates of 50 pieces of property all the way up to possibly 300 pieces of property were discussed.

“All properties the city owns are

supposed to be on file with the City Clerk,” Saddler said. “But for what-ever reasons that has not been done. There is no comprehensive list of what the city owns.”

Boldman continues to press for a change in the process of how proper-ties are sold, suggesting an absolute auction. The minimum bid for a prop-erty sold by the city must be at least two-thirds of the appraised value, according to current rules. The com-mittee indicated in many cases, the houses are not worth the appraised values, leading Boldman to continue to suggest selling the properties for as little as $1, if someone would buy the property and begin paying taxes on it.

Saddler, Boldman, Sharon Bender and Dr. Kenneth Carlson agreed nothing further can be accomplished until they receive more information. Carlson said he would contact Tan-ner Stone Holsinger Dongess & Com-pany architects, to see if he can find out how much an engineering study would cost.

After it was determined by the com-mittee earlier that it would be impossi-ble to come up with recommendations in time for the November election, Saddler said he now believes it would be possible to narrow the recommen-dations to two or three and present them to Council and have the ones chosen ready in time for the Novem-ber ballot after all.

Boldman stressed he wants the committee to work and come up with positive alternatives to present to Council then move forward. But he is cautiously optimistic.

“If no additional information comes to us in the next 30 days, we have no reason to meet next month,” Boldman said.

Saddler set the date for the next meeting as June 20 at 5:30 p.m., keep-ing it in line with the meetings being held on the third Wednesday of each month.

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or at flewis@heartlandpublications.com.

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bond pending a detention hearing at 1:30 p.m. May 21. Stegawski was arrested at the home of an acquain-tance, appeared in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, and will be transferred to Cincinnati for further court proceedings.

“Customers allegedly paid $200 for each clinic visit,” Stewart said. “Doc-tors saw as many as 40 customers per day and the clinics were open five days a week. The indictment seeks forfeiture of all proceeds of the criminal activities.” The indictment also seeks forfeiture of almost $40,000 in cash seized during execu-tion of search warrants dur-ing the investigation.

“These men not only fu-eled the prescription drug problem in one commu-nity, but they supported addiction in several parts of state,” DeWine said. “It is our priority to find the

people who drive the pre-scription drug dependence that has torn so many Ohio families apart.” The indict-ment alleges that Callihan and Stegawski owned and operated a business initially known as Eastside Medical Specialist in Dayton start-ing in November 2009. About February 2010, the business moved to Lucas-ville, and the name changed to Lucasville Medical Spe-cialist. In October 2010, Callihan and Stegawski split as business partners and Lucasville Medical Specialist was renamed Tri-State Medical.

The indictment alleges that from November 2009 until November 2010, Cal-lihan, who investigators said has no formal medical training, served as the pri-mary owner and controlled the day-to-day operations of the clinics. Stegawski, who received a medical de-gree from Warsaw Medical School in Warsaw, Poland,

in 1977 allegedly repre-sented himself as a chronic pain management doctor at Eastside Medical Specialist, Lucasville Medical Special-ist and at an unnamed clinic located in South Point.

Callihan is charged in nine counts of the indict-ment. He is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and dispense pre-scription drugs outside the scope of medical practice, and with one count of con-spiracy to launder money. Each count is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. He is also charged with two counts of maintaining a place for the purpose of illegal distribution, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, four counts of money laundering, pun-ishable by up to 10 years in prison, and one count of money laundering, punish-able by up to 20 years in prison.

Stegawski is charged in six counts: conspiracy to

distribute and dispense prescription drugs, conspir-acy to launder money, three counts of maintaining a place for illegal distribution of drugs, and one count of money laundering punish-able by up to ten years in prison.

Stewart commended the cooperative investigation by agents and officers of the agencies named above including the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Attorney General DeW-ine’s Office, the DEA, the Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless and the Sher-iff’s Drug Task Force, Sci-oto County Sheriff Marty Donini, and the Riverside Police Department, as well as Criminal Chief Kenneth L. Parker and Special As-sistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Haslam with Attorney Gen-eral DeWine’s office, who are prosecuting the case.

Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 232, or flewis@heart-landpublications.com.

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take every book that we have, re-label everything and have it funneled through the computer, so every time they read a book in this school it’s test-able, and connected into the computer. It took several weeks to get all of those books done. It was a committed effort, but when it was done — well, you see the results,” Martin said.

At the inception of the program, the rewards to the students for reading for the Online Accelerated Reader Program began as a star which bore the words, “Mohawk Star Reader.” Since then it has evolved into “Lunch with the Prin-cipal.” Martin said he also has hosted pizza parties for the students.

“I just finished my last pizza party the other day,” he said.

Martin had a drawing with each of the students’ names, and numerous prizes were given out to the winners, includ-ing two new bicycles. Cade Powell, a fifth-grader, and Breon Conley, a fourth-grader, were the winners of the bicycles.

Martin was optimistic and predicted his students would continue to excel in reading. He also said he would have to be very creative for his next challenge to the students.

Portia Williams may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 234, or portiawilliams@heartlandpublica-tions.com.

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WAYNE ALLENPDT Staff Writer

Scioto County has been awarded nearly $1.2 million in Ohio Public Works Com-mission (OPWC) funding to pave six roads and re-place three county bridges.

“We received $773,858 in funding to replace three county bridges and funding to pave four county roads and two roads within the village of New Boston,” Sci-oto County Engineer Craig Opperman said.

Roads being resurfaced as a part of the project in-clude part of Careys Run Pond Creek Road in Wash-

ington Township, Down-town Hayport Road in Porter Township, Junior Furnace-Powellsville Road in Green Township and part of Swauger Valley Road.

“In addition, we are work-ing with the Village of New Boston to pave Lakeview Avenue and Oak Street,” Opperman said.

He said the paving in New Boston is being done in conjunction with the opening of the new school.

In total, there will be about 8.74 miles of road paved.

The bridges that are scheduled to be replaced are on Kendall Road in

Madison Township, Van Crabtree Road in Morgan Township and Simpson Road in Rush Township.

Opperman said the fund-ing for the projects are not available until the middle of July and are expected to be completed by the middle of November.

“With getting started late on these projects, it makes it difficult for contractors to get bridges done because it’s a real tight window, be-cause you are missing part of your construction sea-son,” he said.

Opperman said some of the bridge replacement projects have gone out to

bid, but can’t be awarded until funding is available.

He said the bridge proj-ects are being funded 80 percent by the Ohio Public Works Commission and 20 percent locally. The road projects are being funded 50 percent by the Ohio Pub-lic Works Commission and 50 percent locally.

“This is definitely a good thing for the county. With our declining revenue we need as much money as we can get,” Opperman said.

Wayne Allen may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 208, or wallen@heart-landpublications.com.

County plans $1.2 million in road projects

Portia Williams | Daily TimesNorthwest Elementary School fifth-grader Cade Powell, left, and fourth-grader Breon Con-ley, right, won bikes for the Online Accelerated Reader prize-drawing on Friday at the school.

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OPINION4 Friday, May 18, 2012 Portsmouth Daily Times

AnAlysis

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JONATHAN FAHEY and PAUL WISEMANAP Business Writers

NEW YORK — A threat that’s been hanging over the economy is starting to look a lot less menacing.

Oil and gasoline prices are sinking, giving relief to businesses and consum-ers who a few weeks ago seemed about to face the highest fuel prices ever.

President Barack Obama’s re-election pros-pects could also benefit, especially if prices keep falling as some analysts expect. A majority of Americans disapproved of Obama’s handling of gas prices in an AP-GfK poll early this month. But that was before the full ef-fect of the recent drop had reached drivers.

The average U.S. retail gasoline price has dropped 21 cents a gallon to $3.73 since hitting a 2012 peak of $3.94 on April 6.

The economy could gain, too. Consumers who spend less on fuel have more to spend on other purchases, from autos and furniture to appliances and vacations, that could help drive economic out-put and job growth.

The price drop will like-ly boost consumer confi-dence. It also comes at a timely moment: Ahead of the Memorial Day week-end, a busy one for travel and entertainment spend-ing.

“It’s extra money in the wallets of most American consumers, and that’s go-ing to help,” said James Hamilton, an economist at the University of Califor-nia, San Diego who stud-ies oil prices.

Lower oil prices also mean cheaper diesel and jet fuel for shippers and airlines.

Crude oil, which is used to make gasoline, is at a seven-month low of $92.81 a barrel. It’s down nearly 13 percent since May 1. Behind the steady drop are larger fuel stock-piles, easing fears about Iran and expectations of lower demand as the glob-al economy slows.

The average national gasoline price is expect-ed to fall as low as $3.50 a gallon this summer. It could even dip near $3 in some states. The national average is being propped up by refinery problems in California that have lifted prices well above the national average there, according to Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service.

A 50-cent drop in the gasoline price would save consumers roughly $70 billion over a year.

Earlier this year, oil and gasoline prices were jump-ing from already high lev-els. Global demand was rising. And production outages were reducing supplies. Tensions be-tween Iran and the West over Iran’s nuclear ambi-tions raised fears that out-put from the world’s third-biggest exporter would plunge.

The price of U.S. bench-mark oil rose to about $110 a barrel from $96 in the first three weeks of February. The price for international oil, used to make most of the gaso-line in the United States, spiked even higher: to $126 per barrel from $110 over roughly the same pe-riod.

Gasoline prices in the U.S. appeared on track to soar past $4 a gallon nationwide. Confidence among U.S. consumers, al-ready suffering from high unemployment and scant wage growth, would have likely worsened.

“People were prepared emotionally for $4.50 or $5 gasoline, so there’s a sense of relief,” Kloza says.

No one is yet overflow-ing with glee over current prices. So far this year, gasoline has averaged $3.67 a gallon nationwide. If sustained all year, that would be the highest an-nual average ever.

John Heimlich, chief economist at Airlines for America, a trade group, is among those who aren’t ready to cheer. Jet fuel prices dipped below $3 per gallon for the first

time in months Tuesday, he said.

“I need more than one day below $3,” Heimlich said. “I need weeks and weeks and weeks.”

John Tillman, who runs Certified Carpet Care in Wesley Chapel, Fla., spends $4,000 a month on fuel for his vans that crisscross the state, visit-ing restaurants and other clients. He says gasoline prices are still way too high and he thinks the government should do more to protect small businesses from high fuel prices. But he’ll take any drop he can get.

“It’s helped some,” he said.

Hamilton and other economists say high un-employment and a weak job market are more im-portant to the health of the U.S. economy than gasoline prices. Still, vot-ers tend to blame presi-dents for high fuel prices, even if there’s little a pres-ident can do to influence them.

It’s less clear that vot-ers give a president credit when gasoline prices fall.

Michael Dimock, asso-ciate director at the Pew Research Center, suspects that voters won’t exactly thank Obama for $3.75 a gallon gasoline. Still, it dulls a weapon that his presumptive Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, would like to use to unseat the president.

And Obama can look forward to further help this fall. After Labor Day, refiners can begin using cheaper ingredients to make gasoline because wintertime clean air rules are less stringent. That should push gasoline pric-es lower between Labor Day and Election Day, bar-ring hurricanes that can disrupt supplies or other global events, says Kloza.

“History will be work-ing on behalf of the Demo-crats,” he said.

1896 – Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.

1900 – The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.

1910 – The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.

1912 – The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne is released in Mumbai.

1917 – World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.

1926 – Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.

1927 – The Bath School Disaster: forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.

1927 – After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Repub-lic of China.

1933 – New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennes-see Valley Authority.

1944 – World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.

1944 – Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.

1948 – The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.

1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.

1955 – Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese ci-vilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese mem-bers of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.

1956 – First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 me-ters, by a Swiss team.

1958 – An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).

1959 – Launch of the National Libera-tion Committee of Côte d’Ivoire in Cona-kry, Guinea.

1965 – Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria.

1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.

1974 – Nuclear test: under project Smil-ing Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.

1974 – Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It collapsed on August 8, 1991.

1980 – 1980 eruption of Mount St. Hel-ens: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washing-ton, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.

1980 – Gwangju Massacre: students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstra-tions calling for democratic reforms.

1983 – In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.

1990 – In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).

1991 – Northern Somalia declares inde-pendence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recog-nized by the international community.

1993 – EU - riots in Nørrebro, Copen-hagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Trea-ty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired.

1995 – Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego.

2005 – A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons: Nix and Hydra.

2006 – The post Loktantra Andolan gov-ernment passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.

2009 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan govern-ment, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.

Obama’s Health Care Act anything but affordable

I’m glad for the treatment Mr. Burgess and the other gentleman in SOMC’s emer-gency room received — the heart facilities now offered there are amazing.

But I disagree with the description of Obamacare as “The Affordable Health Care Act.” We can’t afford it.

Businesses are afraid to hire because they don’t know what these new benefits will cost them. And when they do know, they can’t afford them. Yes, Britain and other European countries pay more costs than we do, but have you seen what’s happening to those countries? They’re going bankrupt. They can’t afford it either.

It’s true that many Republicans have been against universal health care, but they favor improving the present, flawed health care system. Their suggestions were ignored by the Democratically-controlled House

and Senate when the health care bill was written. In fact, Republicans were ignored all together — our two-party government went out the window.

There are ways to improve health care in stages, without all the ugly surprises hiding in a bill so big that no one read it. (I don’t think the Catholic Church knew it would be paying for employees’ and students’ contra-ception, sterilization and abortions.)

Mr. Burgess cites Medicare as one way to help pay the expenses. Didn’t The Af-fordable Health Care Act take a whole lot of money out of Medicare to pay for itself? And Medicare is having a hard time finan-cially as it is.

When President Barack Obama and his aides decided to name this bill “The Af-fordable Health Care Act,” they must have laughed ‘til they cried. I’ve been crying ever since they passed it.

Sue LonneyPortsmouth

Lower oil prices ease load on consumers, Obama

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Dear Annie: I am married to “Chris,” a won-derful man. He was previously married and has major trust issues because of his ex-wife. I can handle most of this, but one thing has become worse over the past two years.

Chris has this idea that I wear outfits that show too much skin and attract other men. But, An-nie, I don’t wear clothes like that. In fact, I gave away whatever I used to own that he didn’t like (spaghetti straps, skirts above the knee, etc.). But he still says I look “too pro-vocative.” I wear only pants and high-necked shirts with sleeves, but it’s still not ap-propriate enough for him. I offered to let him shop for me, but he refuses.

I don’t want to keep fight-ing about something so dumb — and that I know is due to his cheating ex-wife. But I have done as much as possible to show him I love and respect him. What more can I do? — Paying the Price for the Ex

Dear Paying: Chris has become obsessed with con-trolling your appearance, and this is unhealthy. Right now, it wouldn’t matter what you wore. Since he is getting worse, we strongly urge you to get some pro-fessional counseling, pref-erably together. Chris must learn to keep a lid on his insecurities so he can func-

tion more ra-tionally, and a counselor will help you work on coping skills. If he doesn’t get a grip on this, it could escalate into something that threatens not only your marriage, but also your per-sonal well-being.

Dear Annie: My younger sis-ter, “Debbie,” is planning a fall wedding. Our father and his wife have been severely ad-dicted to pain

pills for most of their 20-year marriage. They have attended birthday parties, barbeques and weddings completely looped. It’s not a pretty sight. Because of this (and other reasons), I chose to distance myself and have had little contact with them for 10 years. A few years ago, Debbie did the same because she was tired of be-ing embarrassed, worried, stressed and scared for their health.

Debbie doesn’t want to invite Dad to the wedding. She didn’t even want him to know about it, but he found out from other rela-tives. She shouldn’t have to worry about whether Dad is going to fall down at the cer-emony because he is high, or whether he can keep his balance while being intro-duced to her new in-laws. Is this the right decision? — Bride’s Sister

Dear Sister: Debbie does not have to invite Dad if doing so will spoil her day and make her miserable, but

she should take responsibil-ity for her decision and tell him the reason. However, there is another possible solution. She could enlist the help of a reliable guest (or hire a professional sober companion) to be the “care-giver” for Dad and his wife, making sure they don’t get out of control and create a scene. Other readers have done this and found it quite helpful.

Dear Annie: The letter from “Mom in Connecticut” brought back wonderful memories regarding thank-you notes.

I am one of four children, now in our 50s and 60s. When we were younger, our parents had a hard and fast rule: We could play with or wear our gifts on the day we received them, but we could not touch them again until we had written our thank-you notes. Mom provided the notes and colored pen-cils, so that we could draw pictures until we were old enough to write more. This started when we were so young that we never knew any different.

To this day, I send a hand-written thank-you note. I figure the gift-giver spent time and effort to select, purchase and send a gift to me. The least I can do to show my appreciation is send a personal note on real stationery. As my parents used to say, it’s what nice people do. — Born in Con-necticut, Now in Arizona

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.

Dear Dr. Brothers: I am furious at my husband for getting me into a very difficult situation. We are a young couple who re-ally can’t cope with having a baby just yet. Unfortunately, I am pregnant, and I have no in-tention of going through with the pregnancy. Even though he knew my at-titude about this, my hus-band told his parents the “good news.” Now I have to be the bad guy, because my in-laws won’t understand. Why would my husband do this, and is there any way to deal with it? — K.B.

Dear K.B.: Although there has been much discus-sion lately on the national stage about women’s rights and control of their own re-productive issues, the fact remains that when you are in a marriage, the husband also has an important role to play in decisions involv-ing family planning. In your case, your spouse may want to allow you to do what you have to do when it comes to the decision about having a baby, but he has mixed feel-ings about this very difficult decision. His way of dealing with this was to confront you indirectly by telling his parents that you are preg-nant.

You have every right to be upset, because this is

a private deci-sion that should have been made between the two of you, and shar-ing it with your parents was something that should have fig-ured into your d i s c u s s i o n s . Now you need to seriously talk about how you both will feel if you end this pregnancy, how it will affect your lives and how you feel about

one another. If you do de-cide not to go forward with having a child, it will be a decision that can bring you closer together or destroy you, especially if you don’t get all your feelings out on the table. His first loyalty is to you, not to his parents, so he should be willing to tell them the truth of what has happened. It will make things more complicated than they needed to be, but there’s no way around that now.

Dear Dr. Brothers: I was married 20 years, and my husband gave me an STD before our divorce. I don’t know how to deal with this as I begin dating, but I don’t want to give up and be alone the rest of my life just so I don’t have to reveal this contagious and incur-able condition to anyone I go out with. If I date only for fun, do you think I need to tell each partner I might have? And if I were to meet anyone serious, how would

I handle it? I am paralyzed with fear right now. — T.A.

Dear T.A.: If you have a socially unacceptable disease, it can be quite traumatic when starting a new relationship. It was acquired through no fault of your own, yet you are the one who has to face the consequences for the rest of your life. It is quite a di-lemma when you are start-ing out in a relationship: to tell, or not to tell? And if so, when is the right time? This is the point at which you will find out what kind of person you are: Can you emotionally handle the risk of transmitting an STD to an innocent party? If you care only about hanging on to the person and not impli-cating yourself, you might be able to do that. If you feel you would have pangs of guilt that would prevent you from creating an inno-cent victim, you will figure out how to be honest.

One thing that you can do is restrict sexual activ-ity with a new partner until you are sure you could fore-see having a serious or long-term relationship with him. This would involve giving up recreational sex if you don’t want to tell your se-cret to everyone you go out with. Then, before the re-lationship progressed, you could tell your partner in advance about the need for precautions, should he opt to date you in the future. It’s a hard thing to do, but you will feel good about being upfront, and there’s a good chance that he will continue to see you.

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NEW YORK — Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as “Last Dance,” ”Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girls” became the soundtrack for a glittery age of sex, drugs, dance and flashy clothes, has died. She was 63.

Her family released a statement saying Summer died Thursday morning and that they “are at peace celebrating her extraordi-nary life and her continued legacy.”

The family did not dis-close the cause of death. She had been living in Engle-wood, Fla., with her hus-band Bruce Sudano.

“Words truly can’t express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time,” the statement said.

Summer came to promi-nence just as disco was bur-geoning, and came to define the era with a string of No. 1 hits and her luxurious hair and glossy, open lips.

Disco became as much defined by her sultry, sex-ual vocals — her bedroom moans and sighs — as the relentless, pulsing rhythms of the music itself.

Elton John said in a state-ment that Summer was more than the Queen of Disco.

“Her records sound as good today as they ever did. That she has never been in-ducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame is a total dis-grace especially when I see the second-rate talent that

has been inducted,” he said. “She is a great friend to me and to the Elton John AIDS Foundation and I will miss her greatly.”

“Love to Love You Baby,” with its erotic moans, was Summer’s first hit and one of the most scandalous songs of the polyester-and-plat-form-heel era. The song was later sampled by LL Cool J, Timbaland and Beyonce, who interpolated the hit for her jam “Naughty Girl.”

Unlike some other stars of disco who faded as the music became less popular, Summer was able to grow beyond it and later segued to a pop-rock sound. She had one of her biggest hits in the 1980s with “She Works Hard for the Money,” which

became another anthem, this time for women’s rights.

Soon after, Summer be-came a born-again Christian and faced controversy when she was accused of making anti-gay comments in rela-tion to the AIDS epidemic. Summer denied making the comments, but was the tar-get of a boycott.

Religion played an impor-tant role in her life in later years, said Michael Levine, who briefly worked as her publicist.

“She was very commit-ted to God, spirituality and religion. Her passion in her life, besides music, was God, spirituality and religion. She held a bible study class at her home every week,” he said.

Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dies at age 63

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Af-rica’s governing party said Thursday it will demand the removal of a painting from an exhibition by one of the nation’s best-known artists that ridicules the party and the presi-dent with graphic and provocative imagery.

Brett Murray’s sculptures and paintings, in an exhibition that opened at a major Jo-

hannesburg gallery last week titled “Hail to the Thief II,” are an “abuse of freedom of ar-tistic expression,” ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said in a statement Thursday. He added ANC lawyers will go to court to force the Goodman Gallery to remove a painting of ANC leader President Jacob Zuma from the exhibition and from its website.

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Photo Courtesy of Southern Ohio SpeedwayNASCAR driver Ken Schrader will be racing at Southern Ohio Speedway tonight.

Thrill of driving still in Ken Schrader’s bloodCODY LEISTPDT Sports Writer

When someone has a passion for a hobby or a career, letting it go may be the hardest part.

That is the case for NASCAR regular Ken Schrader, who will be driving in tonight’s NASCAR Night at Southern Ohio Speedway. Just 11 days shy of his 57th birth-day, Schrader will be competing in the Jordan Heating and Cool-ing UMP Modified event before his ARCA race Sunday at Toledo Speedway.

“I’m going to do that until I can’t get in the car or my buddies can’t help me get into the car,” Schrader said. “Then I’ll get some younger buddies that can start helping me get in the car because it’s just too much fun.”

The Fenton, Mo. native has been racing for over 40 years on small-town dirt tracks to the Sprint Cup circuit. Yet no matter where it is, Schrader believes that he will race anything that has an engine and will go fast.

“I don’t remember wanting to do anything else,” Schrader said.

The itch to driveWhen Schrader was growing up,

his father, Bill, would compete at various dirt tracks throughout the St. Louis area during the weekends and operate a general automotive repair shop during the week. It was during those early years when the junior Schrader felt this was what he wanted to do, despite his father’s wishes.

“He would’ve loved it if I didn’t want to do this,” Schrader said. “I was ate up with it, I wanted to do it.”

From that point forward, Schrad-er has lived out of his suitcase, finding that next place to quench his thirst for speed and adrena-line. Although his first year was on pavement, it was his second year of racing—the first on a different surface—that helped kick start his love for auto racing and make a name for himself.

“When I started running on the dirt, I fell in love with the dirt,” Schrader said. “That was

just unbelievable for me.”Schrader believes dirt tracks

are the back bone of the sport and is excited to return to his roots whenever possible. Two years ago, he took his late model and modi-fied cars to 29 states and a Cana-dian province.

While he ignored his father’s ad-vice about going into the business, Schrader’s 16-year-old son Shel-don has made his father happy as he took his driver’s test this week.

“He doesn’t like racing,” Schrad-er said.

Right now, Schrader has been giving advice to younger genera-tions who are starting to find suc-cess in the sport.

“Quit now and take up golf,” Schrader said. “It’s tough, which all businesses are tough. But it’s extremely tough because the cars will not maintain themselves off what you win. You have to have the sponsorship dollars.”

Racing against othersAccording to Schrader, there

have not been any rivalries he

David Wright delivers, Mets rally past RedsBEN WALKERAP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK — David Wright lined his second double of the game, a tie-breaking drive in the eighth inning that raised his major league-leading average to .411 and sent the New York Mets past the Cincinnati Reds 9-4 Thursday.

Down 4-0, the Mets be-

gan their comeback in the middle innings. Then, they were the surprise winners in a matchup of bullpens that were going in different directions, and spoiled the Reds’ extended stay in New York.

Ronny Cedeno’s three-run homer capped a five-run eighth against Logan

Lady Ceramics crack Lady Panthers’ dreams 5-4

Josh Richardson | Daily TimesClay’s Kaci Griffith (22) tries to apply a tag at third earlier in the season.

CODY LEISTPDT Sports Writer

MINFORD — Some times things aren’t supposed to happen.

The Clay Lady Panthers, champions of the SOC I and a No. 1 seed, were eliminated in a Division IV Southeast District Semifinal at Minford High School Thursday by No. 4 Crooksville 5-4. The Lady Ceramics came back from a 4-2 deficit to start the sixth inning by batting around in the frame and scoring three runs to take the lead for good.

“I thought we fought hard, we just came up short,” Clay coach Jason Gear-heart said. “We fought hard all year, we just couldn’t pull it off some times.”

Crooksville took the first lead of the contest when Sedona Sowers’ hit scored Ashley Aulfman. The Lady Panthers re-sponded in the ensuing half inning when a Kaci Griffith sacrifice fly scored Jordan Jenkins.

Clay took its first lead at 3-1 in the fourth, capitalizing on four of the six Lady Ceramic errors in the contest. Each team scored single runs in the fifth.

Crooksville figured out Autumn Griffith in the sixth, recording five of the team’s 11 total hits in the inning.

“We played good, (Crooksville) hit the ball well and put the ball in play like they’re supposed to do,” Gearheart said. “That’s a great team and hats off to them.”

In comparison, the Lady Panthers had four hits off Macey Anders.

“We put the ball in play but we just didn’t capitalize on the chances we had and we had plenty,” Gearheart said. “We’ve had plenty all year and we’re in the same problem.”

Clay’s last gasp came in its last at-bat. Jessica Moore reached on a walk and Autumn Griffith reached on an error to put runners on second and third with one down.

But Mariah Tackett and Jenkins flew out, each on the first pitch, to end the game. Jenkins, Kaci Griffith, Em-ily Spriggs and Lyndsey Mader — who played in her first game of the season — will now leave the program via gradua-tion.

“I thanked them so much for giving ev-erything they had for four years,” Gear-heart said. “I know it’s hard on them but there lives are just now starting.”

Cody Leist can be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 242, or cleist@heartlandpublications.com.

Crooksville 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 — 5 11 6Clay 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 — 4 4 2Crooksville — Frick 1-4 (BB, 2 R), Davis 2-5 (2B, RBI), Anders 0-3 (BB), Sprankle 2-4 (2 RBI), Alfman 0-2 (2 BB, RBI, R), Thomas 1-4 (2B), Dusenberry 2-3 (HBP, R), Sowers 3-4 (RBI, R).Clay — Messer 1-3 (BB, SB, R), Moore 0-1 (BB, SAC), A. Griffith 1-4 (RBI), Tackett 0-4 (R), Jenkins 2-4 (2 R), Spriggs 0-2 (SAC, RBI), Castle 0-0 (SAC).W — Anders (10-9)L — A. Griffith (9-5)Records — Crooksville 10-9; Clay 19-8.

Leadership change atop Tri-State Junior Golf TourBOB STRICKLEYPDT Sports Editor

After five years of organizing the youth tournaments of the Tri-State Junior Golf Tour, Ports-mouth’s Tyson Phillips is handing over the reigns to the father-and-son combination of Joe and Jason VanDeusen.

The golf tour consists of eight area tournaments, two in the Portsmouth area at Shawnee State Park Golf Course and The Elks Country Club, for children ages 10 to 18.

In March, Phillips decided to officially step aside for the tour’s 30th season to spend more time with his family, focus on his du-ties as the Portsmouth High School girls basketball coach and because of the trust he has in Ja-son and Joe VanDeusen.

“I think Jason and Joe are go-ing to be great with the kids and the game,” Phillips said. “It’s the right time for me to step away

because the tour will be in great hands and my son is starting to get involved in golf and I didn’t want to take away from the bas-ketball players at Portsmouth.”

The tour’s leadership remains in the hands of locals as Joe, a Wheelersburg resident and Ja-son, a teacher at Portsmouth Ju-nior High School, step into the vacated shoes of Phillips.

Jason played on the tour and won a tournament as a high school sophomore. Years later, he recalls the lessons the tour pro-vided him as a young athlete.

“It’s a great way to build friend-ships with other golfers and it teaches you sportsmanship les-sons that last a lifetime,” Jason said. “It’s a competitive atmo-sphere for the kids to hone their skills.”

Phillips echoed the benefits of participating in the tour and said the competition created by players vying for the coveted Player of the Year award molds

them into better golfers.“When I was a kid, all the guys

played the Tri-State Junior Tour,” Phillips said. “Golf is different when you are playing with your mom and dad or friends. With your friends, if you hit a bad shot you might just put down another ball and try again. With tourna-ment golf, every stroke counts and it raises the concentration level and preparation level need-ed to be on your game.”

Jason and his father will be splitting the duties of tour di-rector, which include organiz-ing each leg of the tour through their respective courses. They will also be working with rules officials and course monitors and considering possible changes to the tour.

One of the changes the Van-Deusens are considering is ex-panding the range of ages that can participate in the tour.

“We would like to add younger age groups to the tour,” Jason

VanDeusen said. “Bring ages 5 and up into the mix would bene-fit their development as players.”

The younger players would be split into flights and age groups like the current ages participat-ing in the tour.

“That’s the great thing about the tour,” Phillips said. “Every player is split up by flights so they are playing with others at their skill level. They may get dis-couraged if they are playing with golfers above their talent, but playing with other kids at your level is great for gaining confi-dence and friendships.”

Phillips said he had been look-ing for someone to take over his duties for the last two years, but only became comfortable with the move when the VanDeusens came into the picture.

“They will do a great job,” Phil-lips said. “I would only step aside if I knew the Tour was going to be in good hands.”

Jason VanDeusen said the

goals of the tour will remain the same.

“We want to provide a really good tournament atmosphere,” Jason VanDeusen said.

The 2012 edition of the tour begins June 7 at Riviera Coun-try Club in Lesage, W.Va., and continues June 14 at the Ironton Country Club. On June 22, the tour goes to Sugarwood Golf Club in Lavalette, W.Va., and on June 25 the tour gets local at the Elks. Shawnee State Park Golf Course hosts the tour July 5 be-fore it travels to Bellefonte Coun-try Club in Ashland on July 9. The tour then visits Twin Solos in Lavalette on July 17 and wraps up at Guyan Golf and Country Club on July 27.

Entry forms are available at local courses. For more informa-tion, call Jason VanDeusen at 740-285-5004.

Bob Strickley may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 203, or bstrickley@heartlandpub-lications.com.

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Friday tournament gameslate

Division III Southeast District Baseball Semifinals

No. 5 Minford vs. No 1 Adena 5 p.m. at V.A. Memorial Stadium

No. 3 Zane Trace vs. vs. No. 2 West 7 p.m. at V.A. Memorial Stadium

Division III Southeast District Softball Semifinals

No. 3 Wheelersburg vs. No. 2 Sardinia Eastern 5:30 p.m. at Unioto High School.

Division II Southeast District Track and Field Tournament at Oak Hill

Local teams competing include Minford, Northwest, West and Portsmouth at 5 p.m.

NOTES: The Wheelersburg-Sardinia Eastern softball contest is tied 7-7 in the top of the 11th before darkness suspended play. The game will resume today. Saturday’s contest between Wheelersburg and Federal Hocking has been moved to a 5 p.m. start. Saturday’s contest between Oak Hill and Piketon has been moved to 11 a.m. All events subject to change for weather-related postpone-ments. For up-to-date information, follow Sports Editor Bob Strickley (@rjstrickleyjr), Sports Writer Cody Leist (@CodyLeist) or the PDTSports (@pdtsports) on Twit-ter.

West advances to Saturday’s softball finalPDT Sports Report

No. 4 West received per-haps the biggest pictching performance of the year from Abby Welch as the Lady Senators shut out No. 1 Wellston in a Divi-sion III Southeast District Semifinal softball game at

Unioto High School.The junior scattered four

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NOTICE FOR BIDSNotice is hereby given that, onthe 4h day of June 2012 at6:00 pm at the Township Hallof the Trustees of PorterTownship, in Scioto County,bids will be opened for the fol-lowing:Surfacing and resurfacing ofPorter Township roadwaysfor 2012, as per specifica-tions.Sealed bids for said work areto be in the hands of the FiscalOfficer by 4:00 pm on June4th, 2012 at the TownshipHall, located at 1535 DogwoodRidge Road, Wheelersburg,OH 45694. Specifications maybe obtained by contacting theOffice of the Porter TownshipTrustees at 740-574-4245.The Board of Trustees re-serves the right to waive infor-malities and to reject any orall bids.Board of Trustees of PorterTownshipTed Adams, Fiscal OfficerMay 18, 25, 2012

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ON THE AIRFriday, May 18AUTO RACING10:30 a.m.SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, final practice for N.C. Education Lottery 200, at Concord, N.C.NoonSPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Sprint Showdown, at Concord, N.C.1:30 p.m.SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Sprint All-Star Race, at Concord, N.C.4 p.m.SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, pole qualifying for N.C. Education Lottery 200, at Concord, N.C.5 p.m.SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Sprint Showdown, at Con-cord, N.C.6 p.m.SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Sprint All-Star Race, at Concord, N.C.8 p.m.

SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, N.C. Education Lottery 200, at Concord, N.C.BOXING9 p.m.ESPN2 — Junior welterweights, Ray-mond Serrano (18-0-0) vs. Karim May-field (15-0-1), at Albany, N.Y.COLLEGE SOFTBALL4:30 p.m.ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, re-gionals, game 1, Kentucky vs. Michigan at Louisville, Ky.7 p.m.ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, re-gionals, game 2, Valparaiso at LouisvilleCYCLING5 p.m.NBCSN — Tour of California, stage 6, Palmdale to Big Bear Lake, Calif.GOLF8 a.m.TGC — European PGA Tour, Volvo World Match Play, second round group stage, at Malaga, Spain12:30 p.m.TGC — Nationwide Tour, BMW Charity Pro-Am, second round, at Greer, S.C.,

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has built against other drivers during his career. With that being said, there were some drivers who gave Schrader motiva-tion.

“If and when you beat them, you really feel like you’ve accomplished something,” Schrader said.

From beating Steve Kinser in a World of Outlaws event, outlasting Joey Kramer in a Modified Feature or the late Dale Earnhardt, Sr. in a Sprint Cup race, each victory put a feather in Schrader’s cap.

Some may remember the fateful final turn Schrader shared with Earnhardt at the 2001 Daytona 500. The car he was driving collided along the wall with Earn-hardt’s and came to rest inside the apron.

It was Schrader who first went to check on the man known as The Intimidator and signal for EMTs to rush to the black No. 3 car.

No stranger to Scioto CountyTonight’s event won’t be the first time

Schrader has raced in the Portsmouth area. In 2005, Schrader won a Late Model Feature event at Portsmouth Raceway Park.

The event itself is what Schrader thrives on. He likes going up against local racers and has one little piece of motiva-tion added to his driving.

“We’re going into their backyard, try-ing to play with them,” Schrader said. “They’ve got stuff figured out at their place.”

This will be his 17th Modified event this year. Add in a Late Model and four Sprint Cup races and it will be his 22nd race of the year.

Competing in NASCARFor 27 years, Schrader has been a fix-

ture among the top levels of auto racing. A winner of 34 races among the Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Camping World Truck,

K&N Pro Series East and West and ARCA series, Schrader feels he has been blessed to be given the opportunity to be paid for his hobby.

Schrader’s family has been among those who have supported him the most, includ-ing his wife of over a quarter century, Ann. He also mentioned how is daughter, Dorothy grew up with a racing father.

“My daughter thought it was normal to get off school Friday, hop in a plane, fly to the race, stay in the bus and in the camp-er,” Schrader said, “Daddy would get all hot and sweaty, fly home and go to school on Monday. She just didn’t know, that was the way she grew up.”

Currently, Schrader has ownership in an ARCA car with Tom Hessert behind the wheel for his second season. Schrader is also involved with ownership of tracks in Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky.

“I love the competitive nature of it and a lot of the people involved in it,” Schrader said. “We’ve just met some good people.”

Schrader’s first Sprint Cup victory came in 1988 at Talladega. While the thought of winning on the highest level of stock car racing would be the highlight of any driver’s career, Schrader felt it was just as important as his first USAC race.

“I don’t believe there is a biggest (mo-ment professionally),” Schrader said. “Because all along the way, there were some days that seemed huge at the time. They’re just steps. That’s one thing that I like about our sport is so much is you can run in the cup car one week and go to Southern Ohio Speedway the next.”

Cody Leist can be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 242, or cleist@heartlandpublications.com.

SchraderFrom Page 6

Ondrusek (3-1), a burst that began with a neatly placed bunt single by backup catcher Rob Johnson with one out.

Wright was up next and, after his shot down the left-field line was inches foul, sent a one-hopper off the wall in center for a 5-4 lead. He went 2 for 2, drew three walks, scored three runs and stole a base.

Wright scored the tying run in the seventh as the Mets became the first team this year to dent Aroldis Chapman.

Chapman had not allowed a run in 19 1-3 innings this season, striking out 34. But the rocket-armed Reds re-liever issued a leadoff walk to Wright and a soft single to Lucas Duda to begin the inning.

Reds center fielder Drew Stubbs missed a sliding catch on Daniel Murphy’s blooper and was charged with an error that loaded the bases, and pinch-hitter Justin Turner made it 4-all with a sacrifice fly. It was an unearned run and Chap-man left with his 0.00 ERA intact, but the damage was done.

Cincinnati began the day

with the best bullpen ERA in the NL while the Mets had among the worst. But a trio of Mets relievers pitched scoreless ball, with Bobby Parnell (1-0) getting the win.

The Reds continue their unusual visit Friday night when they move from Queens to the Bronx for a series against the Yankees. Cincinnati is the first team to play both New York clubs on the same road trip since interleague play began in 1997.

Like any tourist coming to town, the Reds hope to avoid getting lost. It hap-pened to one unidentified Cincinnati player this week when a taxi driver took him to Yankee Stadium instead of Citi Field, and he arrived late at the ballpark.

Joey Votto lined a solo home run off the facing of the second deck in right field to put Cincinnati ahead in the fourth.

A bit of strategy sug-gested by manager Dusty Baker may’ve helped the Reds boost the lead in the fifth. Baker wanted his hitters to crowd the plate against R.A. Dick-ey, rather than give the knuckleballer “this big ol’

window” as a target for floaters.

Standing close, Ryan Ludwick was plunked to open the inning — it was the first batter Dickey hit this season. A walk set up Ryan Hanigan’s run-scoring double and pitcher Mat La-tos hit a sacrifice fly for his first RBI of the year, match-ing his total from last sea-son.

A pitch after a knuck-ler popped out of catcher Mike Nickeas’ mitt with no harm, another knuckler es-caped to the backstop for a passed ball that let Hanigan score for a 4-0 lead. Nickeas wasn’t the only catcher hav-ing trouble handling Dickey — at one point, Johnson warmed him up in-between innings and missed three straight pitches.

Duda hit a two-out, two-run double in the Mets fifth. Right fielder Jay Bruce took an odd path, cutting over into the alley and watching the ball sail past him. When the inning ended, Bruce and Reds coach Billy Hatcher briefly discussed the play outside the dugout.

Pinch-hitter Mike Bax-ter’s sacrifice fly drew the Mets to 4-3 in the sixth.

RedsFrom Page 6

Allie Hoggard hit a two-run double in the second to start the scoring and used a sacrifice fly to account for the last RBI re-corded in the game. She finished 1-for-2 at the plate.

West will play in tomorrow’s district championship against the winner of the No. 3 Wheelersburg-No. 2 Sardinia Eastern contest. The game was tied 7-7 in the top of the 11th inning before darkness suspended play.

The game will resume at 5:30 this after-noon at Unioto High School.

West 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 — 5 12 2Wellston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 4 4West — Shupert 1-4 (SB), Ridout 3-4, Webb 2-4 (2B, 2 R), Callihan 1-3 (HBP, 2 R), Cremeans 1-3 (R), Hoggard 1-2 (2B, SAC, 3 RBI), Irwin 2-3, Howard 1-3 (SB).Wellston — Hall 1-3, McManaway 1-3 (2B), Compston 1-3, Sheperd 1-1.W — Welch (13-6)L —Hall (n/a)

Records — West 19-7; Wellston 18-5.

No. 3 Wheelersburg 7, No. 2 Sardinia Eastern 7 (Top 11)

Play was suspended by darkness and will resume at 5:30 p.m. today at Unioto High School. Winner will play No. 4 West, which defeated No. 1 Wellston 5-0, in tomorrow’s district championship.

Other area scores from various media outlets. Full statistics were unavailable at press time.

Division II Southeast District Base-ball Championships at VA Memorial

StadiumNo. 5 Unioto 3, No. 3 Lancaster Fairfield

Union 1No. 7 Miami Trace vs. No. 1 Gallia

Academy, lateDivision IV Southeast District Soft-

ball Semifinal at Minford High SchoolNo. 3 Leesburg Fairield 5, No. 7 South

Gallia 2

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, May 18, 2012:

This year you seem more integrated into the social scene than before. Your personality emerges even more and draws many special people toward you. If you are single, the world is your oyster. Have fun choosing the most suitable partner for you. If you are attached, curb a tendency to be a little too me-oriented. Your partner needs your time and attention. Travel and/or education could play a major role in your decision-making process. You are grounded, practical and charismatic this year. Your creativity weaves in and out of issues, plans and important rela-tionships. Use this time well. Don’t go to battle with a fellow TAURUS. He or she is as willful as you are.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-DifficultARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You become more aware

of what you have to offer. Be sure to maintain your needs as well. Your bud-get could become an area for scrutiny. Wearing rose-colored shades might be fun, but it could cause a fiscal disaster. Tonight: Enjoy yourself without break-ing the bank.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You smile, and others

cannot help but respond. Do you have your wish list nearby? If so, you might want to zero in on a coveted item. Others seem only too happy to pave the way. Your creativity will come into play. Tonight: Paint the town red.GEMINI (May 21-June 20)HHH A lot might be going on

around you, especially in your commu-nity or workplace. You might only be seeing one facet of a situation. Know that this trait is neither all good nor all bad. You simply perceive things in a comfortable manner. Tonight: Not to be found.CANCER (June 21-July 22)HHHH Zero in on what you feel

is important. You have a tendency to sell yourself short or become insecure. You’ll do such a great job at covering up your feelings that you might not even know how you really feel. Go for what you want. Tonight: You are the party.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)HHHH Events seem to naturally

unfurl in a positive manner. You’ll step up to the plate, but be aware that your finances could come into play. This sit-uation could cost you. A partner could be confused or viewing a monetary situation very differently. Tonight: You

are the lead player.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)HHHH You might have difficulty

staying anchored. A key person in your life might not mean to be so vague — he or she is just hard to pin down to get answers. Let your imagination run wild. Welcome a brainstorming session, and answers will emerge. Tonight: Relax to a good movie.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your awareness of others

and their expectations sometimes could cause you angst. Recognize your limits and what you are willing to do. Others tend to be unpredictable at this juncture. Curb your anger. Take a walk or participate in some other stress-reducing exercise. Tonight: Dinner with a loved one.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You need to allow your

mind to wander a little more. You often are a source of unusual ideas that seem to satisfy many people who have a difference of opinion. A friend could be pushy and wants you to spend more time with him or her. Tonight: Where your friends are. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)HHHH You might want to rethink

your plans with an eye to clearing up as much as you can in order to enjoy yourself. You come from a place of strength and understanding. Schedule a late lunch; you could find it very relaxing. Tonight: Whatever soothes your soul.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)HHHH You might want to try to do

something very different than the way you typically do, so take a risk and do just that. You will enjoy the excitement and change of pace. Your imagination leads the way. Bring others together to join you. Tonight: Continue the fun.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)HHHH If you can take the day or

part of the day off from your routine, do. You could find that the change not only reinvigorates you but also impacts a close loved one. In this freeing atmo-sphere, you’ll discover a new vitality. Tonight: Close to home.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)HHHH Your words have power.

How you decide to integrate an impor-tant matter could make someone very comfortable, or just the opposite. As you claim your power, recognize the impact you would like to have here. Tonight: Join your friends.

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