Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Camp Francis Asbury Pride 2010 Edition opens for summer Inside Today’s Sentinel season May 16, A8 Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 50 CENTS • Vol. 59, No. 164 FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010 www.mydailysentinel.com SPORTS Middleport Police make Day of Prayer • RVHS loses heartbreaker observance to Redwomen. kicking See Page B1 arrests for drugs, stolen checks off Sunday BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH Tammy Thomas of South Fourth St., Young related to $5,000 in damages to [email protected] in Middleport. The stolen checks were a 2010 Chevy Cobalt owned by Stacy Services continuing cashed in Ravenswood, W.Va., and Hubbard while parked at 5411 through Thursday MIDDLEPORT — Charges ranging several Meigs County businesses. Broadway St. in Middleport. from tampering with drugs to cashing Thomas also reported that some Irma McKinney made an appear- BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH stolen checks are being investigated money had been taken from her home ance in Meigs County Court and was [email protected] by Middleport Police. in the same incident. The matter has released on domestic violence charges Police report that Jane Bing of been referred to the Meigs County made by her daughter, Tara Adkins of POMEROY — Fossil Rock Road, Athens, has been Prosecutor’s office for further investi- Middleport. Kickoff for Meigs charged with tampering with drugs gation into the possibility that a sec- Appearing in Middleport Court County’s observance of and possession of a controlled sub- ond person was involved. recently were Zachariah Butcher, pos- the National Day of stance after she was found to be in Also under investigation is an inci- session of drug paraphernalia, $575; Prayer will be held at 3 possession of a container with amphet- dent where the credit card number of John C. Buzzard, squealing tires, p.m. Sunday when amine capsules inside. The drug David Sigman of Pearl Street, $170; Gabriel Hill, red light, $170; Christians circle the charges were made following her Middleport had been used in purchas- Carrie Roberts, assault, $395; Ryan Meigs County arrest for domestic violence. She Courthouse to pray for ing items from Walmart.com. Walmart Williams, disorderly conduct, $195, the wisdom of officials allegedly struck Jake Older causing has been advised, the report states, and Ryan Williams, disorderly conduct, and the health of the minor injury during an altercation. is assessing with the investigation. $195; Russell Powers and Eddy county. Charges have been filed against Daniel M. Young of Frankfort, Marcum, failure to appear, $195 each; “For Such a Time as Jordan Thomas of Portland after he charged with felony vandalism, has Kendra Reynolds, Stacy Johnson, This” is the theme of was found to have cashed checks been released after an appearance in Emily Payne, and Michael Dorst, fail- the five-day non- stolen earlier from the home of Meigs County Court. Charges against ure to comply, $195 each. denominational obser- vance. Brenda Barnhart is chairman of the planning com- mittee composed of representatives from many churches in the county. Immediately follow- ing Sunday’s kickoff at the courthouse, reading of the scriptures will INSIDE begin from the parking lot stage and continue • Report: Sting at until 10 p.m. Sunday. Monday through governor’s home halted Wednesday there will to avoid embarrassment. be continuous reading See Page A2 of the Bible from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. by members • French Art Colony’s of various churches par- annual dinner ticipating in the obser- scheduled for May 7. vance. Again this year a See Page A3 prayer path is being • Delta Kappa developed along the Gamma holds meeting. riverfront walking path. Different things to See Page A3 prayer about will be • Ohio Valley Christian printed on each side of to offer PreK4 program. posters placed along the path, They will remain See Page A3 in place through • Doesn’t feel bad Thursday. about affair. A “Youth Blast” is being put together by See Page A3 the ministers and will • A Hunger for More. take place at 7 p.m. See Page A7 Wednesday on the park- ing lot. It will feature • Angle is everything. Charlene Hoeflich/photo various activities, a See Page A8 Playground equipment is being installed in Emi’s Place, a downtown Pomeroy park. time of prayer, and refreshments. In the event of rain, the “blast” will be moved to God’s NET in the Emi’s Place taking shape Meigs Community WEATHER Center. Thursday’s events BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH more than a year ago. It is a gift to equipment is already in place. will feature a prayer [email protected] the community from the Deems and In about a year $30,000 was raised other family members along with for the Main Street park. It came breakfast on the parking POMEROY — Playground equip- friends who want to keep Emily’s through generous donations, a vari- lot at 7:30 a.m. fol- ment is going up in Pomeroy’s down- lowed at 11:30 a.m. by memory alive. ety of fundraisers, and a special pro- the annual observance town park called “Emi’s Place.” Ground was broken earlier this ject by Meigs kindergarten children, on the Meigs County The park is a memorial to Emily month. Most of the concrete work called “Pennies for the Park.” Courthouse steps. Grace Deem, daughter of Dave and has been completed and a couple Another week or so and “Emi’s Following presenta- Jamie Deem of Pomeroy, who died pieces of the playground ground Place” will be ready to open. tion of the flags, Meigs Commissioner Tom Anderson will High: Upper 80s. read the Governor’s Low: Upper 50s. proclamation and Condemned building there will be a series of prayers interspersed demolition begins by music. The Eastern Bell BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH Choir under the direc- INDEX [email protected] tion of Cris Kuhn will perform, the 2 SECTIONS — 16 PAGES POMEROY — The demolition of three con- Midvalley Christian demned properties in the village of Pomeroy got School students will Calendars A3 underway Thursday. sing as will Jodi Young At Monday night’s meeting of Pomeroy and Sandra Wise, and Classifieds B5-6 Village Council Rollie Hemsley of Syracuse was the observance will hired to raze the three structures for a total cost conclude with a bal- Comics B7 of $3,600 loon launch at 12:30 Thursday the building at 830 East Main Street, p.m. Faith A6-8 formerly a carry-out last operated by Tommy A Night of Praise to Goett, came down. The J.D. Story building at the include music from NASCAR B2 corner of East Main and Plum Streets, a part of church choirs and the Smith-Nelson auto operation is scheduled to gospel groups along come down today. with prayers and brief Sports B Section The third condemned structure is at 1566 Nye comments from two Avenue will probably come down early next area pastors will begin © 2010 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. week, according to Pomeroy Mayor John Musser. at 7 p.m. on the park- Pomeroy Chief of Police Mark E. Proffitt told ing lot stage to con- village council at Monday night’s meeting that clude the week’s activ- the cost of demolition can be a write-off on the ities. property tax list to partially off-set the cost of Charlene Hoeflich/photo razing the structures. The old Goett building on Main Street comes down. Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Friday, April 30, 2010 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page A2 Report: Sting at governor’s home Feds tell judge she’s halted to avoid embarrassment misreading militia case BY ED WHITE prosecution of the defen- BY ANDREW believe that politics factored dence, according to the ing outside the gates unsu- ASSOCIATED PRESS dants for conspiracy is WELSH-HUGGINS into the decisions of some inspector general’s report. pervised and having access appropriate in order to pre- ASSOCIATED PRESS witnesses to provide false The plan apparently to tools such as knives and DETROIT — Federal vent the conspiracy from testimony under oath.” involved inmates working axes. Guards intercepted prosecutors trying to keep ripening into actual violent COLUMBUS — High- The Public Safety depart- at the residence picking up razor blades and utility nine militia members in jail actions,” Waterstreet said in ranking public safety offi- ment, which oversees the the contraband and bringing knives from some inmates said Thursday that they don’t a filing Thursday. cials stopped a valid drug patrol, said it was reviewing it back to the prison, the as they returned to prison, need to show there was Prosecutors say the mili- sting of inmates working at the report and declined fur- report said. the report said. imminent danger when they tia plotted to kill police offi- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s ther comment. The drop-off was to hap- It also said the residence charged them with plotting cers as a first step toward home purely to save Strickland said he pen Jan. 10, the same day was used to feed a flour- war against the government broader violence. Defense Strickland embarrassment, believed officials acted in the governor and his wife ishing prison black market In a court filing, prosecu- lawyers say it’s just a case the state watchdog said good faith but said anything were hosting former U.S. in tobacco products that tors responded to a judge’s of irrational speech, not Thursday. meant to spare him embar- Sen. John Glenn; Glenn’s emerged after the state concern that they haven’t sedition. The Ohio inspector gen- rassment was unnecessary. wife, Annie; and other banned all smoking in revealed a specific strategy William Swor, the lawyer eral also found the program The report said it was for- guests for a dinner, the prisons.