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All inquiries held in strict confi- from the first dollar you sell and doubles the commission on dence. Equal opportunity employer. SERVING THE OHIO VALLEY SINCE 1852 www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010 Vol. 159 • No. 89 • 50 cents daily/$1.25 Sunday Local News Highlights Video Now Available at www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com Recall Officially On The Ballot BY FRANK LEWIS measure passed 5 to 1, with Sixth Ray Mitchell told Council he to him and I thought it was real PDT STAFF WRITER Ward Councilman Rich Noel cast- planned to take the issue of Fifth bogus, the answer that he came up ing the lone dissenting vote. Ward Councilman John Haas with,” Mitchell said. “He didn’t Portsmouth City Council met in However, the submitting of the being in the park when petitions come up with an answer that came special session Thursday evening legislation was not without contro- were being signed, to court. from a court judge or somebody to vote on whether or not to author- versy, as one citizen after another Mitchell referred to a letter he appointed in authority. He came up FRANK LEWIS ize the placing of the issue to recall stepped to the microphone to voice had received in response to his with an answer from a lawyer in Sponsored by Portsmouth Mayor Jane Murray on his or her opinion on how the recall complaint, from Portsmouth City Ironton, Ohio.” the November ballot. petitions were passed, signed, cer- Solicitor Mike Jones. F I N A N C I A L S E R V I C E S When the smoke cleared, the tified and even notarized. “He responded to the letter I sent See RECALL, A3 Member FINRA/SIPC 354-9900 Solicitor Says www.raymondjames.com/ capitalwealthpartners Councilman Did Not Violate SPORTS Charter BY FRANK LEWIS PDT STAFF WRITER Portsmouth City Solicitor Mike Jones says he does not plan on tak- ing any action against Fifth Ward City Councilman John Haas, in response to a letter from a citizen of Portsmouth about Haas’ involve- ment with a petition signing event concerning action to recall Portsmouth Mayor Jane Murray. Ray Mitchell of 2460 Mickleth- waite Rd., Portsmouth had pre- sented several photographs of Haas taken at a table, and standing and talking with his sister and a Game Day friend at Tracy Park while petitions calling for Murray’s recall were Football season starts being signed by citizens. tonight Mitchell, in a letter to Jones, cited ■ SPORTS, B1 Section 82 of the Portsmouth City Charter — “No person receiving See HAAS, A3 Weather Wayne Allen ■ Daily Times Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown was at the Portsmouth Daily Times on Thursday to talk about various issues facing Fired City Today Sunny High 81 Ohio and the united States. Brown is pictured with Meghan Dubyak, a member of his staff. Tonight Clear Low 55 Employee Now High Low Outlook SEN. BROWN HOPEFUL ABOUT SAT 87 61 Sunny In High State SUN 90 62 Sunny MON 90 62 Sunny USEC LOAN GUARANTEE Government TUE 88 63 Sunny Still Has Reservations About Safety Of Nuclear Energy Position BY FRANK LEWIS term effort. And then, once the complimentary of how they’ve BY FRANK LEWIS PDT STAFF WRITER clean up is done, we’ll see what done this now. They learned their PDT STAFF WRITER we can do there.” lesson. They learned it in an “Jobs” was the theme as U.S. Brown said his office is in regu- expensive way. They learned it in A woman fired by Portsmouth Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) vis- lar communication with USEC a damaging way perhaps, but they Mayor Jane Murray in June has ited Portsmouth on Thursday. and Department of Energy offi- are significantly better now. And I landed a high position with the “Ohio is getting a reputation for cials, regarding USECs application think the administration will rec- state of Ohio. being the Silicon Valley of Clean for a $2 billion loan guarantee. ognize that. The Governor talked Shannon Southworth, who Energy,” Brown said. “We’ve got “USEC is most of the way to me yesterday (Wednesday). We worked under former Community a lot of things starting to happen there, and I’m confident this is were at the ground-breaking at the Development Director Daniel Saez, in the state that way. Look what’s going to happen. This is so impor- Sun Coke Plant, which will pro- has been appointed the the position Obituaries happening with Recovery (Act) tant to this region. It’s so impor- duce coke for AK Steel in Middle- of Community Development Ana- • Betty Beavers dollars in Pike County in the num- tant to this country to do this with town, but the Governor came up lyst in the Ohio Department of • John Boehm ber of jobs there for that clean up a U.S. company in the U.S., and I and said, ‘what do you hear about Development Office of Housing • Olen Charlton (USEC D & D project). The Gov- am still confident it is going to USEC?’ because that is just so and Community Partnerships. • Ralph Cox ernor and I are very focused on happen,” Brown said. “I can’t important to this region.” According to her job description • Thelma Dennis USEC and what USEC has to do commit that or promise that. It has The Times asked Brown if he — “Southworth will monitor grant been difficult because USEC has had reservations about supporting • Braden Edmisten and what DOE (Department of programs to ensure compliance Energy) has to do in making that a been difficult to work with.” the planned nuclear facility at the with state and federal guidelines • Mae Holcomb long term real potential for good Brown was asked if he is still Piketon reservation. and regulations governing grant • Blanche Johnson paying jobs — the clean up jobs. I critical of USEC as he had indicat- “I have reservations. I don’t funded programs; perform risk • Oleta Thompson think there’s 2,000 or something ed in a previous visit to the area. assessments and evaluations to See Page A2 like that, and that’s a pretty long “I still am, but I’m much more See BROWN, A3 See POSITION, A3 Index Advice ......B5 Local......A2-6 Fundraiser Set To Aid Bellomy In 2nd Lung Transplant Calendar ..A2 Lotteries....B4 BY G. SAM PIATT "It changed her life. She's had At Sunday's benefit, there will be lowing the surgery." Class ......B6-7 Puzzles ....A6 PDT STAFF WRITER seven years of good breathing. a spaghetti dinner at a cost of about Additional auction items are Comics......A6 Sports ....B1-4 Unfortunately, the other lung is $6, including the drink. Many needed. They can be picked up by Education A4 TV ............B5 Friends and family members of now in need of transplant," said donated items will be auctioned calling Stephanie at (740) 961- Joyce Bellomy have scheduled a Stephanie Redoutey of Hillsboro, a off, live, and there will be a 50/50 7597 or (937) 403-4208, or Melin- benefit for 2 p.m. Sunday at the niece. "She has been placed on the pot. Door prizes will be awarded. da at (740) 372-2461. gymnasium of the Old School list and could receive the call any "There is so much expense Items may also brought to the House in Otway. day to go to the Cleveland Clinic, involved that the family can't cover school house before 2 p.m. the day Bellomy, 62, suffering from a where the second transplant will be it all, which is why we're having a of the benefit. chronic lung illness, received a lung done. Very few have made it seven benefit for her," Redoutey said. transplant in 2003 at Ohio State years with a lung transplant, but "She could be at the clinic for G. SAM PIATT can be reached at University Pulmonary Department. she is a fighter." approximately three months fol- (740) 353-3101, ext. 236. SUNDAY SPECIAL! KIDS EAT FREE! (LITTLE INDIAN MENU) MONDAY - THURSDAY 4 P.M. - 10 P.M. FRIDAY - SATURDAY 11 A.M. - MIDNIGHT HAPPY HOUR (DAILY) SUNDAY 11:30 A.M. - 10 P.M. MON.-THURS. 4-6 PM FRI. 4-9 PM $1 DRAFTS, $1.49 MARGARITAS 1619 Chiilllliicothe Street (Riight next to Moviie Theater) HALF PRICE APPETIZERS A2 Friday, August 27, 2010 Portsmouth Daily Times LOCAL Obituaries Service Schedule Blanche E. • Cindy Riley — 11 p.m. Friday at First Olen Kenneth a.m. Friday at F.C. Church of the Nazarene Charlton, 91 Johnson Daehler Mortuary Com- in Portsmouth, Third and Blanche Evans Johnson, pany in Portsmouth, with Brown streets, with Olen Kenneth Charlton, callers 6 to 6:30 p.m.