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By JEAN TARBETT HARDIMANThe Herald-Dispatch jeant@herald-dispatch.com

HUNTINGTON Matter-of-factly, Ron Bachman can tell youhow kids pull out their cell phones

to take pictures of him when hestops to pump gas, or how he canhear them giggling at the grocerystore.

The trouble with those kids, hellsay, is that theyre ignoring whatsthere, and paying attention to whatisnt there.

So the upbeat, outgoing 53-year-old whose legs were amputatedwhen he was 4 years old travelsthe country talking with kids andpeople of all ages about overcom-ing adversity and the power of theirwords and actions.

Words can hurt, or they can

make your day or make yourwhole year, he said.

Especially in todays world,where kids have taken bullying todangerous new levels, its importantfor them to respect each other, he

told students Monday at Spring HillElementary and St. Joseph CentralCatholic High School, his first twopublic appearances in the Tri-Statethis week. Hell be visiting schoolsand other venues throughout therest of the week, and if the reactionof the Spring Hill students was any

Motivational speaker addressesbullying, emphasizes kindness

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C uncil passesnew budget2011 fiscal budgetincludes 20-dayfurloughs for publicworks and admin-istrative employ-ees and $876K inunspecified city cuts.L cal / 3A

Ready t reuseand recycleDan Palmer hasworked to changelocal attitudes aboutrecycling and hashelped set up 12permanent recyclingsites in LawrenceCounty and 17 inScioto County forarea residents.C mmunity / 1C

D ct rs testnew MS the ryUnder intense pres-sure from patients,some U.S. doctorsare cautiously test-ing a provocativetheory that abnor-mal blood drainagefrom the brain mayplay a role inmultiple sclerosis.Nati n & W rld / 5A

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By ERICA WERNERThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON President BarackObama is poised to sign the landmark health

care bill ushering in near-universal medicalcoverage for the first time in the nations his-tory and then hell hit the road to resumeselling it to a reluctant public.

Obama will travel to Iowa City, Iowa,on Thursday, the White House said, as heturns to seeing a companion bill throughthe Senate and talking up the overhaulsbenefits on behalf of House members whocast risky votes.

Obama is expectedto sign the bill Tues-day at the WhiteHouse, spokesmanRobert Gibbs saidMonday. A SouthLawn ceremony isplanned. Obama isinviting all lawmak-ers who supported

the bill and otherAmericans whosestories represent the need for reformedhealth care, Gibbs said.

Last night we made history, HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Cali f., told report-ers as she signed the legislation, a formalitybefore Obamas own signature.

The House voted 219-212 late Sunday tosend the legislation to Obama. The 10-year,$938 billion bill would extend coverage to 32million uninsured Americans, reduce deficitsand ban insurance company practices such ascharging more to women and denying cover-age to people with medical problems.

This is what change looks like, Obamasaid after the vote, a remark echoing his2008 campaign promise of change wecan believe in.

We proved that this government agovernment of the people and by the peo -ple still works for the people.

Obamas young presidency received amuch needed boost from passage of the leg-islation, which would touch the lives of nearlyevery American. The battle for the future of the health insurance system affecting one-sixth of the economy galvanized Republi-cans and conservative activists looking aheadto Novembers midterm elections.

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Jamie Olivers Food Revolution, which premiered Sun-day night on ABC, brought plenty of reaction, ranging froma spate of letters from across the country to comments onstories and the forums at herald-dispatch.com.

The opinions varied, ranging from those who thoughtthe show was a positive step in pointing out the needfor better diets, to those who criticized the local peoplewho appeared in the series premiere.

Sunday nights preview garnered 6.2 mil-lion viewers, and only a 2.2 rating in the allimportant 18-49 demographic, accordingto The Hollywood Reporter, writes our TVblogger Angela Henderson. In compari-son, its lead-in, Desperate Housewives,had 10.8 million viewers.

To read some of the letters wevereceived and observations from mem-bers of a focus group formed by The

Herald-Dispatch, go to Page 3C.The show will be rerun at 8 p.m.

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By CURTIS JOHNSONThe Herald-Dispatchcujohnson@herald-dispatch.com

SALT ROCK Frustrationand determination are bothbuilding within county officials,who were faced Monday withanother $4,000 worth of dam-

age attributed to a copper theftat an emergency communicationtower.

It was the second time in fourdays that thieves targeted thePorters Knob tower in Salt Rock.Officials estimate Fridays theftcaused nearly $3,000 in damage.

The same site was hit during astring of copper thefts that tar-geted 10 towers in late Decemberand January.

Cabell County Sheriff TomMcComas and Director of Emer-gency Medical Services Gor-don Merry are getting fed up

as thieves target infrastructurecritical to life and death.

Trust me, we are workingdiligently to find some way tobeat the criminals, Merry said.Basically this has a di rect effecton the public. Sooner or later, itis going to have a bad outcome.

Either on the criminals cuttingsomething they shouldnt or aloss of life because we werentable to be contacted.

The sheriff said his detectivesare working with other agencies

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The Herald-DispatchHUNTINGTON Mar-

shall University basketballseason ended Mondaynight in disappointingfashion for the ThunderingHerd mens team and itssupporters.

Appalachian State, a 24-12team from the Southern Con-ference, dumped Marshall,80-72, in a CollegeInsider.com Tournament quarterfinalgame played in Cam Hender-son Center before a crowedof 4,371 spectators. Marshallfinished the season with a24-10 record.

Southern Conferenceplayer of the year DonaldSims fired in 30 points forthe Mountaineeers fromBoone, N.C.

Marshall forward TylerWilkerson had 19 points inhis final game for the Herd.

Marshallmen endbasketballseason

Appalachian State 80, Marshall 72

oN 1Bn Chuck Landon: Marshall

did not show up to playn Herd beaten in all phasesn ASU too much for Herd

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Marshalls Shaquille Johnson changes up his shot over Appalachian States DonaldSims during the quarter inals o the CollegeInsider.com Tournament on Monday atthe Cam Henderson Center in Huntington.