https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/38d294ceaeae1947b87f4a118fe7b957.pdf 712568596f23d2f4dbb4477eb0a63f4b PDF Text Text Ohio Valley business Partly cloudy, H-41, L-25 Southern vs. South Gallia BUSINESS s 3 WEATHER s 5 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehjFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 204, Volume 70 Thursday, December 22, 2016 s 50¢ A Jolly Good Time in Racine Teen flown by helicopter after accidental shooting By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com Photos by Sarah Hawley/Sentinel Santa paid a visit to Home National Bank in Racine on Saturday morning, visiting with the young and the young at heart as residents around the area gear up for Santa’s annual Christmas visit. Kids visited with Santa where they received candy canes and coloring activities. They also had the opportunity to make Christmas tree ornaments and enjoy cookies and drinks. With Santa having visited several places around the county over the past weeks, he will no doubt know who is on the naughty list or the nice list come Christmas morning. Local drivers get a Christmas surprise for being ‘nice’ Sheriff’s department partners with sponsor to pass out gift cards By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The last thing drivers want to see in their rear view mirror is blue lights. However, that sinking feeling quickly turned to a happy one for 20 drivers in Mason County who were randomly pulled over to receive $100 gift cards from Walmart. The idea was started by Appalachian Railcar Services, which has a facility in Point Pleasant as well as in Putnam County, W.Va. The company ﬁxes railcars which are in need of repair or scheduled maintenance. A similar giveaway was happening yesterday in Putnam Beth Sergent/Register Pictured far left, Cpl. Ronnie Spencer with Carol Frazier of Point Pleasant; top right, brother and sister Erik and Kelsey Allbright of Point Pleasant; bottom right, Johnna Weethee of Point Pleasant. All received $100 gift cards from Appalachian Railcar Services after being stopped by the Mason County Sheriff’s Department for being good drivers at Christmas. County. Mason County Sheriff Greg Powers said the company came to him with the idea of passing out $100 gift cards to those drivers who were obeying the INDEX Obituary: 2 Business Opinion: 4 Weather: 5 Sports: 6 Classifieds: 8 Comics: 9 law - driving the speed limit, wearing seat belts, not talking or texting, etc. “This is a way to give back to the community,” Brett Russell, of Appalachian Railcar Services said. Russell, who also lives in Gallipolis Ferry, added, the company has done well and wanted See CHRISTMAS | 5 Special to the Sentinel JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. MIDDLEPORT — A special meeting of the Middleport Village Council was held Tuesday evening regarding Christmas bonuses for village employees. Council approved two categories of bonuses for village employees, though one of the approvals was strongly debated. Assistant Chief and Jail Administrator Monty Wood presented a plan, which was swiftly approved, to allocate among the 23 Middleport Police and jail personnel a portion of an $8,000 donation given to the department. The nine full-time employees were given $200 each and 14 part- See SHOOTING | 5 HOLIDAY BRIEFS Christmas Day Dinner MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport First Presbyterian Church will once again host a Christmas Day dinner for member of the community. This will be the 9th year for the dinner which is free to anyone who would like to attend. The dinner will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25 at the church. In addition to the meal, there will be free toys for the children and warm coats and clothing for children and adults who need them. Middleport First Presbyterian Church is located at 165 North Fourth Avenue in Middleport. For questions or to volunteer call 740-992-3350 (church) or 740-645-5034 (cell) and leave a message. Christmas Eve Services time employees given $150 each. That count “includes the cooks, as employees of this building,” said Wood. Wood said the money came from an organization in two parts during the year, was intended for police and jail personnel, and was unlikely to reoccur. “I was very clear MIDDLEPORT — The Heath United Methodist church South Third Street, Middleport, will hold their annual Christmas Eve candlelight service at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome POMEROY — Christmas Eve Service at Grace Episcopal Church, 326 East Main Street, Pomeroy, will be held with special music beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the service at 6 p.m. MIDDLEPORT — A Candlelight Christmas Eve Service will be held from 7-8 p.m. at the First Baptist Church See COUNCIL | 5 See BRIEFS | 5 Council approves bonuses for Middleport employees By Michael Hart CHESHIRE TOWNSHIP — A teen on Turkey Run Road in Gallia County was reportedly accidentally shot Tuesday evening and was ﬂown by air medical helicopter to Cabell Huntington Hospital with serious injuries. According to Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning, the shooting reportedly happened around 9:35 p.m. Reports say two teenagers involved in the incident were 13 and 14 years of age. “In the initial report, the pair located the (ﬁrearm) within the home,” said Browning. “The information we have is that the two were at the residence and one of the young men had possession of a ﬁrearm and �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Thursday, December 22, 2016 Daily Sentinel MARVIN ‘JOE’ GILMORE OBITUARIES FREDRICK WILLIAM HELDRETH WALWORTH — Marvin “Joe” Gilmore was called home to be with POMEROY — Fredrick and nephew, Larry (Christina) Goodnight the Lord on Dec. 16, William Heldreth died and good friends and 2016. Joe was born in peacefully at home on neighbors, Dick and Sha- Pomeroy, Ohio, on May December 21,2016. He ron Folmer. 26, 1947, to the late Elza was born in Clarksburg, He is preceded in death and Evelyn Gilmore and W.Va. on May 20, 1953 to by his parents, William was loved by all who William and Genevieve (Looman) Heldreth. Fred and Genevieve Heidreth, knew him. a brother Patrick Joe, who grew up in married his loving wife Looman, sister Rosemary Pomeroy, Ohio, was the Vicky Ellis Heldreth on Goodnight and grandchil- oldest of four boys and Oct. 1, 1974. He worked dren Cameron Jo Brooks was a lover of rock and for Southern Ohio Coal and Jordan Lee Heldreth. roll and dune buggies. Company Mine 2. Funeral services He joined the Air Force In addition to his wife will be held on Friday, after graduating from he is survived by three Pomeroy High School in sons, Fred (Michelle) Hel- December 23, 2016 at 1965 and later attended dreth Jr, Brian (Bridget) 1 p.m. at the Anderson Heldreth, and Tim (Amy) McDaniel Funeral Home Hocking Technical Colin Pomeroy with Pastor lege in Nelsonville, Ohio, Heldreth; one daughter, Amber (Harold) Brooks; Larry Lemley ofﬁciating. where he studied ceramBurial will follow in the ics. Upon graduation, he 15 grandchildren Cody, Meigs Memory Gardens. worked for Pickard China Chyanne, Shayla and Visitation will be held two in Antioch, Illinois, where Mikayla Brooks, Alivia hours prior to the service. he remained until his and Ashleigh Heldreth, retirement in 2012. Joe Destany, Brayden, Alexis In lieu of ﬂowers donations may be made to the married his wife, Linda, Heldreth, Gabby, Eddie, funeral home to help with on Feb. 25, 1973, and Chito Guzman, Courtexpenses. hey moved to Illinois. ney Hicks, Isaiah and A registry is available After the birth of his ﬁrst Haiden English. He also at www.andersonmcdan- child, Shannon, the famsurvived by a brother-iniel.com ily moved to Walworth, law,Rodney Goodnight Wisconsin, and had three more children, Kasey, KENNETH LEE SMITH RACINE — Kenneth Lee Smith, 60, of Racine, Ohio, passed away on December 20, 2016, at his home. He was born on November 23, 1956, in Norton, Va., son of the late Buford and Imogene Phillips Smith. Ken was a 1977 graduate of Ravenswood High School. He was an avid sports enthusiast of all sports (Go Steelers). He loved his entire family and his dogs. Having never known a stranger, he was friends with many. He is survived by his wife, Kathy Jo Smith of Racine; son, Joseph Lee Smith; brothers, Ronnie Smith and Dan Smith; sister, Monica Smith Southall; special cousin, Cliff Asher; several nieces and nephews; and many close friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, and uncle Ralph. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 23, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Roush Funeral Home in Ravenswood with Pastor S. R. Parsons, Jr. ofﬁciating. Friends may visit the family at the funeral home on Friday, December 23, from noon to 2 p.m. Condolences may be expressed to the family at roush94@yahoo. com; www.facebook.com/ roushfuneralhome; or on our website at www. roushfuneralhome.net. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Mary Stiles, 82, of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at Arbors of Gallipolis. Services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, December 24, 2016 at the Willis Funeral Home with Bishop Ron Bynum and Ron Hammond ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call on Saturday prior to the service from 10 – 11 a.m. WARD PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — Christopher Stephen Ward, 25, of Proctorville, Ohio passed away Friday, December 16, 2016. A memorial service will be held 8 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2016 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. Visitation will be held 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the funeral home. Friday, Dec. 23 MIDDLEPORT — Middleport F&AM will be holding a special meeting for degree work at 7 p.m. at the lodge on Second Avenue in Middleport. All members are welcome. BROADCAST 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 12 (WVPB) 13 (WOWK) CABLE 27 (LIFE) Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. 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Thursday, Dec. 29 LETART TWP. — The regular meeting of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. Immediately following the regular meeting the Letart Township Organizational Meeting WSAZ News 3 WTAP News at Six ABC 6 News at 6:00 p.m. Nature Cat NBC Nightly News NBC Nightly News ABC World News Alsatian Christmas 6 PM 6:30 will be held. Friday, Dec. 30 MIDDLEPORT — An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Church of Christ Family Life Center, 437 Main Street. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 7 PM 7:30 Wheel of Football Fortune Night Wheel of Football Fortune Night Entertainm- Access ent Tonight Hollywood PBS NewsHour Providing indepth analysis of current events. Eyewitness ABC World Judge Judy EntertainmNews at 6 News ent Tonight 10TV News CBS Evening Jeopardy! 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TV14 6 PM 6:30 7 PM (5:35) Midnight Special Michael Shannon. 400 (HBO) Special Music starts at 5:30 Service begins at 6:00 450 (MAX) �� Everyone Welcome! ��&BTU�.BJO�4USFFU�t�1PNFSPZ �0IJP�� (next door to Wolfe Mountain Entertainment Building) John Lutheran Church, Pine Grove Road, Racine, will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 8:30 p.m. POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomeroy will hold a candlelight service at 7 p.m. MIDDLEPORT — The Heath United Methodist church South Third Street, Middleport, will hold their annual Christmas Eve candlelight service at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome POMEROY — Christmas Eve Service at Grace Episcopal Church, 326 East Main Street, Pomeroy, will be held with special music beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the service at 6 p.m. Cops Cops Cops Miami Vice (2006, Action) Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Colin Farrell. TVMA 18 (WGN) Cops NHL Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets (L) Post-game In the Room DPatrick (N) 24 (ROOT) Football (N) Pre-game 25 (ESPN) SportsCenter NCAA Football Potato Bowl Idaho vs. Colorado State Site: Albertsons Stadium -- Boise, Idaho (L) SportsCenter 26 (ESPN2) Around Horn Interruption NCAA Basketball Diamond Head Classic SD St./S. Miss (L) NCAA Basketball UNC - Asheville at Ohio State (L) Telephone: 740-992-2155 PUBLISHER Bud Hunt, Ext. 2109 bhunt@civitasmedia.com MIDDLEPORT — A Candlelight Christmas Eve Service will be held from 7-8 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Middleport, 211 S. Sixth Street, Middleport. Everyone is welcome to join in celebrating our Lord’s birthday. POMEROY — Trinity Church of Pomeroy, located at the corner of Lynn and Second Streets, will present a Christmas Eve cantata, “One Small Child” at 7:30 p.m. There will be special music 30 minutes prior to the cantata (beginning at 7 p.m.). RACINE — The Carmel-Sutton United Methodist Church will be ringing the Sutton Church bell and the Carmel Church bell on Christmas Eve night at midnight. The bells will toll for one minute to ring Christmas in to our community. This is the last Christmas bell ringing for both buildings as they will be decommissioned as the congregation moves into the new church building in 2017. Carmel-Sutton would like to challenge other churches in the county to ring their bells at midnight on Christmas Eve night as a witness to our communities the true meaning of Christmas. RACINE — St. THURSDAY EVENING 11 (WVAH) (USPS 436-840) Saturday, Dec. 24 MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS 10 (WBNS) Civitas Media, LLC Robin and Barry. Joe was a loving husband and devoted father who led by example. hose who worked with Joe knew him as a hard-working and loyal employee as well as a fair and compassionate leader. In retirement, Joe enjoyed outings with his wife as well as cast-iron cooking, marksmanship, bullet making, working on home projects and spending time with his children and grandchildren. Joe is survived by his wife, Linda Carol (Wehrung); his daughters, Shannon, Kasey and Robin; son, Barry; 10 grandchildren; his brothers, Richard, Roger and Michael Gilmore; sister-in-law, Cathy Ihle; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Elza, and mother, Evelyn Gilmore. Services were held on Dec. 21 in Wisconsin. STILES NEEKAMP GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Julia Frances Hutchinson Neekamp, 78, Gallipolis, Ohio, formerly of Vinton, Ohio, died Tuesday, December 20, 2016 in Arbors of Gallipolis. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m., Tuesday, December 27, 2016 in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton Chapel, with Pastor Heath Jenkins ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in Vinton Memorial Park. Friends and family may call at the funeral home noon to 1 p.m. MEIGS CHURCH CALENDAR 500 (SHOW) 7:30 Vice News A father and son go on the run, pursued by Tonight the government and a cult. TV14 (4:45) (:45) Search Party A young man's two best Magic Mike friends step up to reunite him with his XXL TVMA wayward bride-to-be. TVMA (5:30) Forsaken (‘15, West) Shameless "Requiem for a Slut" Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland. TVMA 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 A Portokalos (:45) Joy (‘15, Com/Dra) Jennifer Lawrence. family secret brings the characters back for A woman struggles during her quest to an even bigger wedding. TV14 create a business dynasty. TV14 (:20) What Happens in Vegas (‘08, Com) Ashton American Pie (‘99, Kutcher, Cameron Diaz. A couple sets out to make life Com) Natasha Lyonne, Jason difficult for each other after a wild time in Vegas. TV14 Biggs, Chris Klein. TVMA The Passion of the Christ (‘04, Epic) Maïa (:05) The Affair Alison is motivated to spend a Morgenstern, James Caviezel. A portrait of Christ's final hours of life, leading to his crucifixion in Jerusalem. TVMA memorable day with Noah. �BUSINESS Daily Sentinel Exclusive Realty celebrates grand opening on Main Street Shannon Johnson/Courtesy Exclusive Realty recently celebrated a grand opening and ribbon cutting at its 506 Main Street location in Point Pleasant. Pictured from left, are, City Clerk Amber Tatterson, Missy Morris, broker, Wayne Morris, Main Street Point Pleasant Director Charles Humphreys, Anna Maria Butler representing Del. Jim Butler, Councilman Brad Deal, Fern O’Neil, realtor, Angela Zimmerman, realtor, Mayor Brian Billings, Kathleen Miller, realtor, Shannon Delong, realtor, Tina Diddle, realtor, Carolin Harris of Main Street Point Pleasant, Councilwoman Elizabeth Jones. Pediatric sponsors recognized Thursday, December 22, 2016 3 Brad’s Heating and Cooling opens Shannon Johnson/Courtesy Brad’s Heating and Cooling has opened at 100th 10th Street in Point Pleasant to provide service for air conditioners, heat pumps, duct work, repairs, furnaces, sales and more. Pictured at the recent ribbon cutting were, from left, City Council Member Jerrie Howard, T. Brad Bird, Katie Bird, Lily Bird, Mayor Brian Billings, Nathaniel Harbrecht, Jacob Hanson, Main Street Point Pleasant Committee Member Carolin Harris, City Clerk Amber Tatterson. Brad’s Heating and Cooling can be reached at 304-675-7426. Mason County’s giving spirit Staff Report GALLIPOLIS — The Earl Neff Pediatric Fund at Holzer continues to be supported enthusiastically by area businesses and organizations. The Pediatric Fund, in existence for over 45 years, has supplied needed toys, equipment and entertainment to the thousands of pediatric patients who have received care on the Holzer Gallipolis Medical Center’s Inpatient Pediatric Unit. Karat Patch Diamonds-NGold, represented in the photo by Kassie Lucas and Kay Cox, and Noe and Saunders Attorneys at Law, represented by Brynn Saunders Noe and Andy Noe, are the December sponsors. The entire staff of Holzer joins in expressing their gratitude, along with the young children and their families, for these generous contributions to Karat Patch Diamonds-N-Gold, represented by Kassie Lucas and Kay Cox. Courtesy photos Pictured top left, Brian Billings from Mason County Toys for Kids accepting a donation from CEO Glen Washington on behalf of Pleasant Valley Hospital; top row, middle, Bryan Steep from the Point Pleasant Rotary Club presents donations to Billings on behalf of Toys for Kids and also to Jeremy Bryant for the food basket giveaway sponsored by the Point Pleasant Fire Department; far right, Billings accepts a donation for Toys for Kids from Beverly Forbes representing #5668 S.O.A.R. Ravenswood Steel Workers Organization of Active Retirees; bottom row, far left, Billings accepts donations for Toys for Kids from the Point Pleasant Moose represented by Brice Gilpin, Dale Smith, Dickie Elliott; bottom row, center, Rick Simpkins from Toys for Kids accepts a donation from American Legion Riders Post #23, represented by Greg Hill, Melvin Martin, Bill Short, Rusty See, John Kersey, Laura Herdman, Craig Collins, Kim Hope, Jesse Clark. Photos courtesy of Holzer Health System Noe and Saunders Attorneys at Law, represented by Brynn Saunders Noe and Andy Noe. the Earl Neff Pediatric Fund. For more information, contact Linda Jeffers-Lester at the Holzer Heritage Foundation (740) 446-5217. Dean Wright | Daily Tribune The Santa Sleigh Project rolled through Gallipolis during the annual Christmas Parade. Building Santa’s sleigh Staff Report ally be displayed in the Gallipolis annual ChristGALLIPOLIS — Just mas Parade. what does it take to Dwayne Caldwell, who make Santa’s sleigh? is involved in vehicle Garry Stover, owner of maintenance for “On the Santa Sleigh project, the Go” and Reagan ﬁrst got the idea last Sharrett busied themDecember during a visit selves with the ﬁrst to the Pigeon Forge and task; the amputation of Gatlinburg areas in east the vehicle’s roof. ReaTennessee. After a little gan, Dwayne and Earl research, he decided Caldwell transported to see if his dream was the vehicle to Oak Hill possible. So, on Januwhere Amish craftsmen ary 29, 2016, he found built the sleigh body and and purchased a 1970 upholstered the bench Volkswagen Beetle at and seats. The project Rio Grande. The Santa took several months to Sleigh project began. complete. The project The sleigh would eventu- was then transported to Mercerville where Dan Stapleton painted the new sled. He test drove it around Mercerville. Sleigh project participants were set on ﬁnding realistic reindeer for their sleigh. They would eventually ﬁnd “rearing” reindeer imported from a business in South Hampton, N.Y. After being ordered in October, they took six weeks to arrive. Robie’s Trailers in Rodney attached the reindeer and built the runners the runners for the sleigh as well as addressing a few mechanical issues. 60697426 �E ditorial 4 Thursday, December 22, 2016 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW Magic of Christmas grows as we age By Rex Huppke Contributing columnist Christmas, when you’re young, is the morning, the race down the stairs to the tree, the brief, stunned pause when eyes — overwhelmed by blood-pumping excitement — can’t quite process the presents and fattened stockings. It’s unwrapping and unboxing and unfolding, putting batteries in and squeezing dolls and hardly believing that what you asked for — written in a letter to the North Pole or whispered in the ear of a bearded elf at the mall — materialized. Christmas arrives, it departs, the days reset and the countdown begins again. I remember thinking how dreadful it must be for adults to have lost all the fun of toys and tearing open gifts — how could they possibly take their time unwrapping something? — and having a day of play that ended in exhaustion and wonder. Then I grew up and Christmas changed and I became the adult with kids who look at him and say, “What do you mean we should take our time and enjoy it? That’s ridiculous.” But what I learned — and what I won’t tell my kids, because I don’t want them to think anything could be better than Christmas morning — is that, as the years pass, Christmas expands and gets better. It stops being a singular event. It stops being just the morning and the heart-ﬂuttering excitement that follows. It becomes a series of moments before, during and after Dec. 25 that make you stop and think: “That — that right there — is Christmas.” There’s the moment in church when you’re kneeling before something far bigger than yourself and the priest shakes you from your busyness and material motivations and reminds you what the season is really about. And you feel good, like a weight has been lifted, if only temporarily. That’s Christmas. And the moment when you hear a holiday song you forgot existed and it takes you right back to when you were a kid and heard it for the ﬁrst time and couldn’t get it out of your head. That’s Christmas. You write a column — because you’re an adult now and have a job — and tell people about a charity that needs help. And the next day you ﬁnd that people helped — a lot — and you get pictures emailed to you of people volunteering at the charity and you believe, without a doubt, that there’s good in the world. That’s Christmas. You look out the front window into the cold and snow and see that a neighbor has shoveled your walk, and you get to stay inside and be warm. The moment when you slow the car down and take in a house lit up with colorful Christmas lights and wacky inﬂatable creatures that, had you seen them when you were a kid, would’ve made your head explode with excitement. And you smile, like the kid version of you would have done. That’s Christmas. The moment during a holiday piano recital when a child struggles to ﬁnd the next note and the parents endure the long seconds until the right key is hit and everyone smiles because we’ve all been there, in one way or another. That’s Christmas. Cookies. Lots and lots of cookies. That’s deﬁnitely Christmas. I feel lucky now. Little me never would’ve seen that coming, but it’s true. It’s no longer about presents, though I enjoy those and encourage you all to send me some. It’s not about a morning of joy or any one moment. It’s about all the moments. Any moment, really, when I can step back from the bustle of life and feel the warmth of a fond memory, or appreciate a new experience, or bear witness to goodwill, or even catch the reﬂection of the Christmas tree lights in the window and feel, in every way, home. That’s all Christmas. You just need to keep your eyes open. So for everyone kind enough to read these words, those who celebrate Christmas and those who don’t, I wish you one thing: open eyes. There’s plenty of wonder out there. And you don’t have to be a kid to ﬁnd that exciting. Merry Christmas. THEIR VIEW Tenth Amendment a reminder of our power By John Yoo Contributing columnist When it came to ﬁnishing their handiwork, the Framers of the Bill of Rights may have thought they were saving the best for last. The Tenth Amendment declares: “The powers not delegated to the United States by Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” It emphasizes that the American people have given some power to the federal government and some to the states, but have reserved the rest to its original source: themselves. To our modern ears, the Tenth Amendment states an obvious truth. But in the 18th century, it declared the radical idea that all sovereignty resides in the people, not in a monarch or the state. The people control the government, not the other way around. The Tenth Amendment reminds us that the American people established a national government of limited, enumerated powers, with states exercise their own sovereignty, and both together form our federal system of government. Partisans of Hillary Clinton learned this to their regret in November. Expressed through the Electoral College, which forces candidates to assemble votes state by state, federalism gave Donald Trump the presidency. If the United States were a simple democracy, like many of our Western peers, a national majority would directly choose the president and the cabinet. But our Founders feared rule by the majority. They separated the powers of the national government into three branches (president, Congress, and judiciary), divided the nation’s authority between the Capitol and the states, and gave the states a direct hand in the selection of the federal government. States enjoy equal representation in the Senate, which controls half of Congress’ legislative power. Most other major national actions, such as ratifying treaties, appointing cabinet ofﬁcers and federal judges, and amending the Constitution, must also run through the Senate. Federalism has other beneﬁts beyond preventing a tyranny of the majority. States remain closer to the people, which creates greater accountability in government. Pennsylvanians, for example, can monitor more easily the activities of the state assembly than Congress. They can more easily replace their governor and state legislators if they no longer represent their views. Pennsylvanians can even structure their government as they wish, such as providing for the election of judges or attorneys general, and then making it easy to remove them. Federalism also takes advantage of decentralization. In a nation as vast as the United States, no central state could collect and analyze all the information, nor efﬁciently deploy the huge bureaucracy, necessary to govern a nation of 320 million people living on a continent four time zones wide. State ofﬁcials are closer to the communities they serve and have better knowledge of local conditions and needs. They will have better judgment on policies affecting our every day lives, such as crime, education, the family, welfare, and infrastructure. While Washington’s powers “will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce,” James Madison wrote in “Federalist 45,” “the powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people.” Federalism also encourages experimentation. Justice Louis Brandeis once famously called states the “laboratories of democracy.” Social problems, such as economic growth, inequality, crime, health care, and education, continue to afﬂict the American people in all 50 states. But the right answers are anything but obvious. Federalism allows the nation to experiment with the best policies. If a state hits on a good program, as Wisconsin did with welfare reform in the late 1980s, Congress can adopt it nationally. If a state makes a disastrous choice, as California continues to do with its tax rates, other states can learn from its example. Federalism even enhances diversity. It recognizes that people will have different preferences on social policies. Some people will favor low taxes, to promote economic growth, but at the price of reduced social services. They will move to Texas. Other people may willingly support broad spending on universities and health care, even at the expense of the economy. They will move to California. Some people like to suffer through many seasons of losing sports teams. They will stay in Philadelphia. States will compete to offer packages of economic and social policies to attract residents. Federalism creates a market for government services, much in the same way that commercial markets allow individuals to choose what products to buy. But perhaps the most important purpose of federalism is its most radical: to check the Capitol. The Framers expected states to prevent the federal government from bursting its bounds and intruding on the rights of the people. States “will always be not only vigilant but suspicious and jealous guardians of the rights of the citizens, against encroachments from the federal government, (and) will constantly have their attention awake to the conduct of the national rulers,” Alexander Hamilton wrote in “Federalist 26.” States “will be ready enough, if any thing improper appears, to sound the alarm to the people and not only to be the VOICE but if necessary the ARM of their discontent.” The states will always serve as the centers of opposition to D.C. They can lead by example by adopting policies unpopular inside the Beltway. They can send ofﬁcials to Washington to oppose the party in power. They can even refuse to cooperate with national policies and force the federal government to ﬁght uphill to get its way. Concerned about tyranny, the Framers erected a federal system that encouraged conﬂict between the Capitol and the states, even at the price of slower, less efﬁcient government. Republicans believed that President Obama expanded the powers of the federal government beyond its constitutional limits by nationalizing health care, accelerating regulations to lightspeed, and refusing to enforce the immigration laws. They successfully mounted their resistance in the states, eventually took control of the House and Senate, won control of about two-thirds of the state governments, and have now reaped the ultimate prize: the presidency. Democrats are coming to have similar fears about a President Trump who might persecute minorities, lift environmental protections, or eviscerate social services. They should copy a page out of the Republican playbook and return to the states to rebuild their party. If they do, they will reveal once again the wisdom of the Framers in placing federalism at the core of the Bill of Rights. This is the last column of a Philadelphia Inquirer series celebrating the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. John Yoo is a University of California at Berkeley law professor, a former Justice Department official and an American Enterprise Institute scholar. He wrote this for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Readers may email him at jyoo@law.berkeley.edu. TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, Dec. 22, the 357th day of 2016. There are nine days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 22, 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washing- ton for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On this date: In 1775, Esek Hopkins was appointed the commander-inchief of the Continental Navy. In 1894, French army ofﬁcer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of antiSemitism. (Dreyfus was eventually vindicated.) In 1910, a ﬁre lasting more than 26 hours broke out at the Chicago Union Stock Yards; 21 ﬁreﬁghters were killed in the collapse of a burning building. In 1937, the ﬁrst, center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel connecting New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River was opened to trafﬁc. (The second tube opened in 1945, the third in 1957.) In 1940, author Nathanael West, 37, and his wife, Eileen McKenney, were killed in a car crash in El Centro, California, while en route to the funeral of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who had died the day before. �NEWS/WEATHER Daily Sentinel From page 1 the gun discharged and struck the other. He was life-ﬂighted with serious injuries and the case is still being investigated. It was reported as an accidental shooting. So far, everything is consistent with that.” Gallia 911 Center incident report listings state the victim was reportedly shot in the back and the teenagers had believed the ﬁrearm to be empty upon its discovery. The speciﬁc circumstances as to how the ﬁrearm was discharged are still being investigated. Relatives reported the emergency. “It is a really bad thing,” said Browning. “We hope that he’s okay and makes a full recovery. Parents should always take the time, especially around the holidays, to talk to youth and teens about gun Briefs From page 1 in Middleport, 211 S. Sixth Street, Middleport. Everyone is welcome to join in celebrating our Lord’s birthday. POMEROY — Trinity Church of Pomeroy, located at the corner of Lynn and Second Streets, will present a Christmas Eve cantata, “One Small Child” at 7:30 p.m. There will be special music 30 minutes prior to the cantata (beginning at 7 p.m.). RACINE — The Carmel-Sutton United Methodist Church will be ringing the Sutton Church bell and the Carmel Church bell on Christmas Eve night at midnight. The AEP (NYSE) - 62.80 Akzo (NASDAQ) - 20.40 Big Lots (NYSE) - 54.98 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) 53.41 BorgWarner (NYSE) - 40.57 Century Alum (NASDAQ) 9.62 City Holding (NASDAQ) 67.83 Collins (NYSE) - 93.93 bells will toll for one minute to ring Christmas in to our community. This is the last Christmas bell ringing for both buildings as they will be decommissioned as the congregation moves into the new church building in 2017. Carmel-Sutton would like to challenge other churches in the county to ring their bells at midnight on Christmas Eve night as a witness to our communities the true meaning of Christmas. RACINE — St. John Lutheran Church, Pine Grove Road, Racine, will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 8:30 p.m. POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomeroy will hold a candlelight service at 7 p.m. 8 AM 2 PM 33° 38° The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 1 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.0 Month to date/normal 0.5/2.1 Season to date/normal 0.5/2.9 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: What was Frosty the Snowman made from? Fri. 7:44 a.m. 5:11 p.m. 2:25 a.m. 1:56 p.m. MOON PHASES New Dec 29 First Jan 5 Full Last Jan 12 Jan 19 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Major 6:28a 7:08a 7:46a 8:25a 9:05a 9:48a 10:33a Minor 12:20a 12:57a 1:35a 2:14a 2:54a 3:36a 4:21a Major 6:50p 7:29p 8:08p 8:47p 9:28p 10:11p 10:58p Minor 12:39p 1:18p 1:57p 2:36p 3:17p 4:00p 4:45p WEATHER HISTORY An East Coast storm on Dec. 22, 1839, caused heavy snow in Pennsylvania and Maryland then light snow and gale-force wind in New England. meeting, Mayor Sandy Ianarrelli expressed severe dissatisfaction with suggestions Woodall acted inappropriately. “He cares for the people of Middleport,” she said, and local government “would not ﬁnd a ﬁner gentleman for that position.” Councilperson Dick Vaughan was the deciding yes vote, saying “I think it was not done right, but I hate to not give them.” Vaughan made clear he would refuse to vote afﬁrmatively in the future unless a clear recommendation from the solicitor preempted future disputes. The motion passed three votes to two. council had made salary appropriations for his ofﬁce at the beginning of the year, and his ofﬁce remained well within that amount. Woodall also conﬁrmed the bonus checks were previously mailed “with my approval, because it was already in the budget,” and reiterated his understanding of ﬁscal discretion granted to the Village Administrator. Portions of the council were highly critical of that action, including Councilperson Sharon Older. She requested the village solicitor look at legal recourse available if the checks were written both unapproved by EXTENDED FORECAST FRIDAY SATURDAY 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme 48° 40° Sun giving way to clouds Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 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TUESDAY 65° 40° Murray City 37/22 McArthur 37/23 Waverly 37/23 MONDAY 55° 48° Cloudy Adelphi 37/23 Chillicothe 37/24 SUNDAY A: Christmas snow Today 7:44 a.m. 5:11 p.m. 1:29 a.m. 1:26 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset the council and outside the powers granted the administrator by the Ohio Revised Code. The council was divided whether the administrator could spend money on bonuses without going through the legislative body, regardless of the health of the ofﬁce’s ﬁnances. Older contended only operations and equipment were part of the yearly appropriations to Public Works, not supplemental payroll. Village Solicitor Rick Hedges was given the interim task of determining whether bonuses in the Public Works department required council’s approval. Speaking after the 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) Council 34° The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. Snowfall the lookout for people who are doing the wrong thing, as Powers put it, “Today we were looking for people doing everything right.” Another trafﬁc stop resulted in a couple receiving the gift card, telling Powers they could now go Christmas shopping for their child. “It was nice to be able to give something back to the community and we couldn’t have done it without the help of Appalachian Railcar,” Powers said. Clouds breaking for some sun today. Partly cloudy tonight. High 41° / Low 25° Temperature 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.00 Month to date/normal 2.78/2.28 Year to date/normal 45.07/41.67 to which she started to tear up and then ask, “Are you serious?” Cpl. Spencer assured her he was serious and Frazier got out of her car and gave him a hug. “I’ve never won anything in my life…whatever I have, I’ve always had to work for it, but this is a blessing,” Frazier said. Powers said the ﬁrst person he pulled over was a single mother who, when told she’d just been given a $100 gift card to Walmart, burst into tears. “It was a lot of fun and a good experience,” Powers said about the day. Though most of the time, deputies are on 45° 37° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ (in inches) Carol Frazier of Point Pleasant, who is retired. Frazier, who said she’d only been pulled over From page 1 once in her life “a very to show its generoslong time ago,” (so long ity to the communities ago she couldn’t rememin which they operate. ber what for at this Appalachian Railcar point), was caught off funded 100 percent of the guard and immediately gift cards. told Spencer, “I’m sorry “We’ve been blessed so ofﬁcer.” we’d like to share with Spencer quickly alleviothers,” Russell said. ated her fears and said Russell rode with she was pulled over Sheriff Powers, while because she was being other trafﬁc stops were a good driver who was initiated by Cpl. Ronnie obeying the speed limit Spencer and Lt. Troy and wearing her seat Stewart. belt. Spencer then preSpencer’s ﬁrst “trafﬁc sented Frazier with the stop” was initiated at the $100 gift card from Appaboat landing, pulling over lachian Railcar Services, 8 PM HEALTH TODAY Precipitation WesBanco (NYSE) - 42.91 Worthington (NYSE) - 51.40 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions Dec. 21, 2016, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 4419441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. with everyone that (if bonuses are approved), we may never, ever get this again. But it is well deserved,” he concluded. The council then heard a motion to give matching bonuses to Public Works employees, which includes virtually all village employees not part of the ﬁrst appropriation. The funds for that item would come from the budget of Village Administrator Joe Woodall. “Public Works fares fairly well, it is not an issue with the budget,” Woodall said. 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If they don’t know what to do with it or safe operation, they should always contact a responsible adult when they ﬁnd a gun.” According to Browning, accidental shootings become more frequent during the holiday season. The Gallia Sheriff’s Ofﬁce has engaged in the Eddie Eagle program since 2009. Deputies have visited with schools and youth groups in an attempt to stress the importance of gun safety. The National Riﬂe Association program is nationally known for its safety slogan “Stop. Don’t touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult.” Charleston 41/24 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 27/17 Toronto 37/24 Billings 29/18 Minneapolis 32/22 Chicago 34/21 Denver 36/24 Kansas City 38/30 Detroit 38/21 Montreal 32/22 New York 45/34 Washington 51/31 Today Fri. 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POINT PLEASANT, W. Va. — Simply put, Point Pleasant’s second-half offensive effort on Tuesday night resembled a perfect Christmas wrapping job. The Big Blacks constantly screened, curled and back-door ribbon-cutted the visiting Nitro Wildcats, then sealed an important boys basketball victory with a bow on top — in the form of four free throws in the ﬁnal 38 seconds. In the end, Point Pleasant’s early Christmas gift was its fourth consecutive win, as the Big Blacks — in their home opener — turned back the Wildcats 63-50. With the win, Point Pleasant is now 4-1 — with key bookend wins over Gallia Academy and Nitro (3-2), sandwiched around its Class AA boys championship in the Independent Oil & Gas Association tournament. On Tuesday, the Big Blacks overcame a sloppy, turnoverprone ﬁrst half of hoops — leading for the ﬁnal 14 minutes and 55 seconds, while never trailing for the ﬁnal 16-and-ahalf. While Point Pleasant’s defensive effort against Nitro remained consistent and strong throughout, the Big Blacks’ 14-2 run over a span of six minutes and 18 seconds reversed a six-point deﬁcit (23-17) into an eight-point advantage (33-25). The Wildcats did get within a point (43-42) only 47 seconds into the fourth quarter, but Parker Rairden’s top of the key three-pointer jump-started a 20-8 spurt the rest of the way — in which Nitro got no closer than a pair of three-point deﬁcits (46-43 and 48-45). Point Pleasant’s Cason Payne split a pair of free throws to make it 55-47 with three minutes and ﬁve seconds left, as a back-breaking back-door basket by Camron Long with a minute-and-a-half remaining iced the contest. With PPHS leading 59-50 and 38 ticks to play, Will Harbour hit a pair of foul shots, See WILDCATS | 7 Defenders win at Wood County Christian By Paul Boggs pboggs@civitasmedia.com WILLIAMSTOWN, W. Va. — On another cold night, Hollis had the hot hand. That’s because Hollis Morrison made six threepoint goals en route to a game-high 22 points, and the visiting Ohio Valley Christian School Defenders fended off Wood County Christian 58-57 on Tuesday night in a cross-state boys basketball tilt. The three-point reliant Defenders drained eight on 20 total attempts, as Morrison managed six with ﬁve of them coming in the opening half. He attempted 13 from beyond the arc himself, as OVCS outscored Wood County Christian 15-10 in the second quarter, erasing a 17-15 ﬁrst-period deﬁcit. While Wood County Christian charged ahead 46-43 following the third frame, the Defenders rallied back to win the ﬁnal stanza 15-11. The Defenders, despite only earning 15 rebounds, did shoot a sizzling 16-of-25 for 64-percent from inside the arc — and only committed ﬁve turnovers. They also overcame only attempting ﬁve free throws, while the Wildcats went a near-perfect 9-of-10. Bryan Walters/OVP Sports Southern senior defenders Crenson Rogers, left, and Tylar Blevins apply trapping pressure to South Gallia sophomore Eli Ellis during the second half of Tuesday night’s TVC Hocking boys basketball contest in Racine, Ohio. Tornadoes topple South Gallia, 53-31 By Bryan Walters the opening canto. The Rebels (0-6, 0-4) retaliated by trading RACINE, Ohio — The baskets with SHS over beginning was the differ- the next three minutes ence in the end. for a 17-9 contest, but The Southern boys a Weston Thorla tribasketball team hit six of fecta with 24 seconds its ﬁrst seven shots and left allowed the Purple forced seven ﬁrst quarter and Gold to secure a 20-9 turnovers en route to an advantage after eight early 20-9 lead and never minutes of play. looked back Tuesday SGHS never came night during a 53-31 vic- closer than seven points tory over visiting South the rest of the way, which Gallia in a Tri-Valley occurred at 20-13 followConference Hocking Divi- ing a Josh Henry basket sion matchup in Meigs with 6:51 left in the ﬁrst County. half. The Tornadoes (4-2, Trey Pickens capped 3-2 TVC Hocking) a small 5-0 run over the trailed 3-2 in the opening next three-plus minutes moments of regulation, with a trifecta at the 3:22 but the hosts countered mark, giving the hosts with an 11-2 surge that a 25-13 edge. Southern turned a one point deﬁcit went on to hold a doubleinto a comfortable 13-5 digit lead the rest of the cushion with 4:10 left in night and closed the half bwalters@civitasmedia.com See DEFENDERS | 7 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, December 22 Boys Basketball Buffalo at Hannan, 7 p.m. Teays Valley Christian at Ohio Valley Christian, 7:30 Girls Basketball River Valley at Meigs, 7:15 South Gallia at Wahama, 7:30 Jackson at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Southern at Waterford, 7:30 Eastern at Belpre, 7:15 Hannan at Green, 6 p.m. Teays Valley Christian at Ohio Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Friday, December 23 Boys Basketball South Gallia at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Point Pleasant at River Valley, 7 p.m. Southern at Ravenswood, 7:30 on a small 4-2 spurt for a 29-15 intermission advantage. Thorla gave SHS its largest lead of the night at 40-18 following a basket at the 1:56 mark of the third canto, then both teams closed the period with six points apiece for a 46-24 contest headed into the ﬁnale. Caleb Henry capped a 6-1 SGHS run with a basket at the 3:13 mark that whittled the deﬁcit down 47-30, but the Tornadoes closed regulation with a 6-1 run to wrap up the 22-point triumph. For the game, Southern claimed a 37-25 advantage in rebounds — which included a 9-6 edge on the offensive glass. South Gallia ﬁnished the evening with 15 turnovers, while the Anderson www.andersonmcdaniel.com Meigs Memory McDaniel �� Funeral Homes 949-2300 PLAYER Southern boys: Trey Pickens Senior had 12 points and 9 rebounds in the team’s win over South Gallia on Tuesday Gardens OF THE hosts committed only 10 miscues. Afterwards, SHS coach Jeff Caldwell noted that it wasn’t a perfect night from his troops. He did, however, point out that it was more than enough of a collective effort to help end a two-game losing skid. “We’ve really stepped up our defensive work over the last few days and our offensive selection has been a little rushed at times this year,” Caldwell said. “Tonight, we did a really good job of being patient and getting quality looks. It also seemed that everyone did a much better job of playing their roles tonight. “It wasn’t a perfect showing of execution on See TORNADOES | 7 Pomeroy, Ohio 992-7440 spaces available 60697324 WEEK Eastern boys: Jett Facemyer Senior 31 points vs. Wahama and 25 pts against Belpre Meigs boys: Luke Musser Senior had 19 points in the team’s win over River Valley 60697307 60697309 �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Meigs blasts Buckeyes, 69-30 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — It doesn’t matter if you start slow when you bounce back like that. The Meigs boys basketball team outscored Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division guest Nelsonville-York 41-to-4 in the middle two quarters on Tuesday night, and the Marauders cruised to a 69-30 victory. Meigs (3-4, 3-0 TVC Ohio) trailed the Buckeyes (2-3, 0-3) by a 13-10 margin after eight minutes of play, with MHS junior Christian Mattox scoring all-10 of the Marauders’ first quarter points. MHS roared to a 32-15 halftime lead, after outscoring NYHS 22-to-2 in the second quarter. A 19-to-2 third quarter run extended the Marauder lead to 51-17, headed into the finale. MHS capped off the 69-30 victory with a 18-to-13 fourth quarter run. Mattox rained in four trifectas and led the Maroon and Gold with 18 points, while Jared Kennedy chipped in with 17 points. MHS freshman Weston Baer poured in 10 points, Luke Musser added six, while Bailey Caruthers, Devon Hawley and T.J. Williams each scored four points. Meigs’ scoring was rounded out by Garrett Buckley, Dillon Mahr and Zach Bartrum, with two points apiece. The Marauders were 9-of-15 Wildcats (60 percent) from the free throw line, while NYHS was 7-of-9 (77.8 percent) from the stripe. Ethan Bohyer led the Buckeyes with 10 points, followed by Hunter Edwards with seven and Aron Davis with six. Justin Perry scored five points, while Seth Woodrum and Patrick Gail each had one point in the setback. Meigs will try to complete the season sweep of NYHS on February 7, in Athens County. The Marauders have now won three straight games and will return to action at the King of the Smokey’s Tournament, on December 27, in Tennessee. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2100. only one ﬁeld goal and four foul shots on Tuesday, including his two freebies that gave Point From page 6 Pleasant the lead, he before Doug Workman — heavily contributed in the Big Blacks’ leading other ways. scorer who was held to He set solid screens, as only six points on Tuesthe Big Blacks executed day — sank two more a bevy of nice half-court just 15 seconds later. cuts and curls, often The ﬁnal score was resulting in wide-open Point Pleasant’s largest layups in the lane. lead of the entire night. “It wasn’t Doug’s Once again, the Big (Workman) night scorBlacks overcame a deﬁcit ing or shooting the ball. — and at times perforThey were really focusing mance struggles — to on him. But at halftime, capture another victory. I told him he could win In fact, their fourth win the game for us by sethas already matched last ting screens, because season’s total. they were hugging him “I’m just very proud so tight. It opened the of the kids. Their unself- ﬂoor up for everybody ishness showed again else. And Doug really tonight. With our history bought into that. Doug and what we have been has been our main scorer, through the last couple but we’re going to show of years, I feel like it’s a people we’re not a oneprocess and a growth on man team. We have very learning how to win,” capable role players, and said PPHS coach Josh in the second half, those Williams. “Every game role players stepped up this year we have faced to the challenge,” said adversity. I tell them that Williams. “We switched a in every game, adverfew roles up, and things sity is going to knock started to roll for us. on our door, but how Once you see the ball go are we going to answer? in for some layups, it just Tonight, I felt we calmed does a lot.” down and started trustIt did a lot for Rairden, ing one another once who went off for a gameagain and answered all high 22 points, including their runs.” canning three of his four And, that was without threes in the second half. Workman going off for He ﬁnished with eight almost 40 points — as total ﬁeld goals and 2-of-4 he did in the triumphs free throws, as his thirdagainst Gallia Academy quarter three-balls from and Braxton County. the corner and once again While Workman made at the top of the key — only a minute and 10 seconds apart — maintained the lead at eight (36-28 and 41-33). Harbour hit for six ﬁeld goals en route to 14 points, dropping a dozen second-half markers, including with 2:15 in the third that made it 43-35 — and back-to-back buckets that made it 52-45 with four minutes to play. As part of the 8-2 spree in the ﬁrst 4:48 of the third, Payne scored twice while assisting Austin Liptrap off an inbound. “Nitro is really good at pressuring the ball. If we set high screens and cross screens, we can gets curls off of them. It will open us up. If they are going to pressure us hard, just back-door them and be strong with the ball and get layups,” said Williams. “If they are going to sag off and give us the three, we’ll take it. But the layup is the trump card. We’ll always take a layup. I thought we did a good job at calming down and being more methodical in the second half.” Payne popped nine points on four ﬁeld goals, as Long landed a three off the wing with 30 seconds remaining in the second period, forging a 23-23 tie. “It was huge. Tie ballgame at halftime and we were ﬁne. Nothing hurt,” said Williams. The ﬁnal of four ties was at 25-25, before the Big Blacks reeled off eight unanswered — and never trailed again. The Wildcats, after scoring the game’s opening six points, led throughout the entire ﬁrst half — including at 21-15 and 23-17. With a minute-and-ahalf left in the second stanza, though, Workman drove the lane for his only ﬁeld goal — before Liptrap split a pair of free throws and Long launched his tide-turning triple. Austin Woodrum (13 points), Deshawn Womack (12 points) and Seth Brooks (nine points) notched four ﬁeld goals apiece for Nitro, as Woodrum went 5-of-7 from the line. The Big Blacks return to the road on Friday night — when they travel across the Ohio River to River Valley. “The kids are feeling really good about themselves,” said Williams. “Every time they step on the court, they feel like they can win and that they are supposed to win. They are starting to believe that and you can see that in their play. We have to continue to work on things and improve, but we’re getting better each game. We’ll celebrate our wins that night, but the next day it’s on to focusing on the next opponent.” Defenders third-quarter basket. Beaver grabbed seven of the Defenders’ 15 rebounds, while Morrison dished out four of the squad’s 11 assists. Ragan, Beaver and McDonald each made off with three steals. Luke Spencer of the Wildcats, with nine ﬁeld goals and 4-of-5 free throws, tied Morrison for game-high honors with 22 points. D.J. Spencer, on four total ﬁeld goals and 5-of-5 foul shots, added 17. Trey Davis dialed in two treys for the Wildcats, while D.J. Spencer sank the other two. Garrett Napier also scored six points on three ﬁeld goals. The Defenders return home, and return to action tonight (Thursday, Dec. 22), when they host Teays Valley Christian at 7:30 p.m. The matchup will follow the girls game (at 6 p.m.) between the two teams. eight total ﬁeld goals, as Elijah McDonald dropped in 10 points, including the club’s other trifectas From page 6 in the second and fourth The Defenders’ defense quarters. did the job on the perimHe also sank both of eter as well, only allowing OVCS’ free throws — in four Wildcat threes on 15 the ﬁnal canto. tries. Justin Beaver, on seven With the win, the ﬁeld goals, boasted 14 Defenders captured their points. fourth consecutive vicAustin Ragan and tory — and raised their Andrew Dub dropped record to 6-2. in two buckets apiece They also avoided an for four points, while upset bid by the Wildcats, Michael Gruber and which fell to 1-10. Nate Dub rounded out Morrison ﬁnished with the OVCS scoring with a Tornadoes that, but give Southern a lot of credit for that because they came out and put some pressure on us and we didn’t handle it very well. From page 6 “Honestly, we were out-manned the offensive end, but I’ll take tonight … but our kids never gave the effort and we did really try to up through all of it. With the way execute the things that we want to these kids work, it’s all going to do. It’s a win and we’ll just look to come together for us real soon on get better from here.” the scoreboard. We just have to SGHS coach Larry Howell, keep learning and keep getting betconversely, acknowledged that the ter every day.” slow start was a back-breaker, but The Tornadoes connected on he also noted that his kids showed 21-of-49 ﬁeld goal attempts for 43 a lot of heart and resiliency in percent, including a 4-of-16 effort dropping their sixth straight decifrom behind the arc for 25 percent. sion. The hosts were also 7-of-9 at the “We’ve got a scrappy bunch of free throw line for 78 percent. kids that just play their hearts out Tylar Blevins led SHS with a every night, but we can’t afford to game-high 14 points, followed have a lot of things go wrong for us by the inside tandem of Rogers early in a game,” Howell said. “The and Pickens with a dozen points early start hurt us and we were apiece. Pickens added a team-high never able to dig ourselves out of nine rebounds and Rogers hauled Paul Boggs can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106 Paul Boggs can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106 in eight caroms. Dylan Smith was next with eight markers, while Thorla and Jonah Hoback respectively wrapped up the Southern tally with ﬁve points and two points. The Rebels netted 11-of-34 shot attempts for 32 percent, which included a 1-of-8 performance from three-point range for 13 percent. The Red and Gold were also 8-of16 at the free throw line for 50 percent. Caleb Henry paced South Gallia with nine points, followed by Josh Henry with eight points and Curtis Haner with ﬁve markers. A.J. Woodall was next with four points and Austin Stapleton chipped in three markers. Eli Ellis and Lucas Chung concluded the Rebel tally with a point apiece. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Thursday, December 22, 2016 7 Vikings roll Raiders, 87-68 By Paul Boggs pboggs@civitasmedia.com McARTHUR, Ohio — Unfortunately for River Valley, it couldn’t keep pace with the fast — and good — Vinton County Vikings. The visiting Raiders trailed just 17-14 following the opening quarter, but undefeated Vinton County blitzed River Valley 57-32 in the middle two periods — en route to the Raiders falling 87-68 on Tuesday night in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division boys basketball bout. The second stanza proved to be the biggest difference, as the Vikings amassed 26 points in the period, including a dozen alone on four threepointers by Naylen Yates. In the third quarter, Vinton County collected 31 points — as Yates sank his other three trifectas in the frame. River Valley, in making 9-of-12 fourth-quarter free throws, outscored the Vikings 22-13 in the period. In fact, after a 10-point second quarter, the Raiders ﬁnished with back-to-back 22-point cantos. The loss, which was River Valley’s ﬁfth consecutive, dropped the Silver and Black to 1-5 — and 0-4 in the league. Vinton County remains perfect at 5-0, and an opposite 4-0 and atop the TVC-Ohio with Meigs (3-0 TVC-Ohio). The Raiders were victimized by 11 Viking threes, as Tristan Bartoe bagged a pair in addition to Yates’ seven. Derick Jones and Nevan Yates added one threeball apiece, as the Raiders have now allowed at least eight three-pointers in each of their last four games. Naylen Yates, who also added a third-quarter two-pointer, poured in 23 points to pace the winners. Bartoe bucketed ﬁve ﬁeld goals and 4-of-4 free throws for 16 points, while Jones dropped in a dozen on ﬁve ﬁeld goals. Jake Speakman and Eli Grifﬁth, on ﬁve ﬁeld goals apiece, chipped in 10 points for Vinton County. Jacob Dovenbarger paced the Raiders with 16 points, canning six total ﬁeld goals including a pair of threes. Jarrett McCarley, with three treys and 3-of-5 free throws, followed with 14 points. Patrick Brown tallied 13 points with ﬁve ﬁeld goals, as Dustin Barber netted three ﬁeld goals for nine. Both Brown and Barber buried a triple apiece, as Dovenbarger, Barber and Brown each went 2-of2 at the line. Jacob Campbell and Tre Craycraft each added ﬁve points, while Ian Polcyn posted a third-quarter basket. Jordan Burns made two ﬁeld goals for four points to round out the River Valley scoring. The Raiders return home, and step out of conference action, on Friday night when they host Point Pleasant. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2106 Late surge lifts Lady Defenders past WCC, 26-19 By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. — A 15-8 second half surge ultimately made all the difference for the Ohio Valley Christian girls basketball team Tuesday night following a 26-19 victory over host Wood County Christian in a non-conference matchup in the Mountain State. The visiting Lady Defenders (3-5) found themselves deadlocked with Lady Wildcats at four after eight minutes of play and were again tied at 11-all headed into the break. OVCS, however, made a small 4-2 third quarter run to claim a 15-13 edge entering the ﬁnale, then netted 7-of-8 free throw attempts as part of an 11-6 run to close out regulation while securing the hard-fought seven-point triumph. Ohio Valley Christian connected on 9-of-42 shot attempts for 21 percent, which included a 0-for-12 effort from behind the arc. 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The RedStorm the Newt Oliver Arena. averaged just 4.3 threeThe RedStorm pointers per game enterimproved to 4-10 with ing the contest. their second straight triOU-Lancaster, which umph - the ﬁrst time this hit eight three-pointers season head coach Ken in the second half while French’s club has strung shooting 54 percent from together consecutive the ﬁeld overall after the wins. break, closed the deﬁcit OU-Lancaster slipped to 19 points, 67-48, folto 4-9 with its ﬁfth conlowing a three-point goal secutive loss. by Hunter McCartney Rio Grande led nearly with 15:28 remaining, from start to ﬁnish - the but got no closer the rest game was tied brieﬂy of the way. at 2-2 in the opening Rio Grande closed the minute - by shooting a game with a 22-8 scoring season-best 61.8 percent spurt and led by as many from the ﬂoor (62.2 as 40 points, 114-74, percent in the ﬁrst half with 30.8 seconds left to and 61.5 percent in the play. second stanza) and ﬁnJunior Will Hill ished with six players in (Worthington, OH) and double ﬁgures. redshirt freshman Stanley Christian (Norfolk, VA) led the RedStorm’s offensive onslaught with 16 points each. Hill also ﬁnished with a gamehigh seven assists. Freshman Marko Minic (Belgrade, Serbia) had a career-high 14 points and For Ohio Valley Publishing COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State needed a win like this, with last weekend’s loss to UCLA in the rear-view mirror and the Big Ten schedule looming. Keita Bates-Diop, Jae’Sean Tate and Kam Williams each scored 15 points as the Buckeyes Ohio took advantage of poor-shooting Youngstown State in a 77-40 blowout Tuesday night. Trevor Thompson contributed a double-double with 11 points and 15 rebounds, and C.J. Jackson had eight points for Ohio State (9-3) in a game that was never in doubt. “It was real fun being out there,” Williams said. “It’s one of the best feelings in the world when you get your mojo back.” Youngstown State (6-7) shot only 21 percent from the ﬂoor and was beaten badly on the boards by the Buckeyes, who scored 48 points in the paint and shot 50 percent on the night. Matt Donlan led Youngstown State with 10 points and six rebounds. The Horizon League team hasn’t beaten the Buckeyes in four tries. “It was an ugly game on our part,” Youngstown State coach Jerry Slocum said. “We obviously didn’t shoot the ball very well. We’re disappointed in our effort in a team that believe it or not is pretty good offensively. We certainly didn’t help ourselves in transition defense. It was a poor performance by us.” The Penguins were just 2 for 21 from the 3-point line while Ohio State managed ﬁve baskets in 15 attempts from beyond the arc. Ohio State rolled out to a 12-1 lead to start the game and led 42-14 at the half. The Penguins suffered a scoring drought of more than 5 minutes in the middle of the half and shot 14.8 percent in that ﬁrst frame. They hit just two of their last 18 shots to ﬁnish the half 4 for 27 from the ﬂoor. LOOKING FOR A CAREER INSTEAD OF A JOB? ARE YOU A MOTIVATED SELF-STARTER WITH STRONG COMMUNICATION AND PRESENTATION SKILLS? URG Courtesy Photo Rio Grande’s Stanley Christian drives the baseline during the first half of Tuesday’s 114-78 win over Ohio University-Lancaster in the Champions of Character Classic at the Newt Oliver Arena. seven rebounds, while senior Corey Cruse (Fort Mitchell, KY) also netted 14 points. Junior Kenny Council (Jacksonville, FL) added a career-best 12 points and a teamhigh three steals off the bench and senior Josh Thompson (Bronx, NY) ﬁnished with 10 points in just over 10 minutes of playing time. Freshman Greg Wallace (Montego Bay, Jamaica) tied Minic for game-high rebounding honors with seven and freshman Kaileb Sheets (Pomeroy, OH) equaled Council’s three steals. Alton Frizzell had a team-best 15 points and six rebounds in a losing cause for OU-L, while Preston Gothard and McCartney ﬁnished with 14 and 13 points, respectively, for the Cougars, who ﬁnished with 12 three-pointers of their own. Rio Grande will enjoy a brief holiday break before returning to action on December 30 at Mount Vernon Nazarene. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. EST. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University of Rio Grande. WVU cruises past Radford, 84-57 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — If you asked West Virginia coach Bob Huggins what he thought of his team’s dominating performance on Tuesday night, you would expect him to be disappointed in their effort and how they were not ready for Big 12 competition. “I thought I had four guards that I could depend on,” Huggins said. “I couldn’t depend on half of them today.” Guards Jevon Carter and Tarik Phillip scored in double ﬁgures, but Daxter Miles Jr and Teyvon Meyers struggled to put up any points in No. 11 West Virginia’s 84-57 victory over Radford. Esa Ahmad led the Mountaineers (10-1) with 17 points. “I thought I played well,” Ahmad said. “I got the open Do you crave a fast-paced and exciting work environment? 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After improving on free throws since their Thanksgiving weekend loss to Temple, the Mountaineers regressed to 48 percent from the line. “I ‘ve said this forever, if you miss free throws, if you miss layups and if you drop balls, you’re absolutely not ready to play,” Huggins said. Justin Cousin lead Radford with 12 points and Sterling Christy grabbed nine rebounds. The Highlanders won the battle off the glass, collecting 40 rebounds to West Virginia’s 37. “I thought we started off the game with our game plan intact and our guys executed it early on,” Radford coach Mike Jones said. “We were breaking the press and getting the kind of shots we wanted and not turning it over. Then there was that stretch when they were just so relentless with their depth, with their size and length and athleticism.” 60680181 James lifts Cavs past Bucks in OT MILWAUKEE (AP) — LeBron James had a big night beyond the arc and capped it with three pivotal points. James buried a goahead 3-pointer with 24 seconds left in overtime and the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 114-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night to avenge a late November loss. “It’s something I practice before the game, it’s something I do on practice days and I was shooting the ball extremely well tonight from the perimeter,” said James, who matched his season high with ﬁve 3-pointers. “So, I just trust it. 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