https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/ad6583f4594f441a0cede30d3d2fea8e.pdf f32de841f2c10f4c7d123302e9e35914 PDF Text Text Looking forward by looking back. Boys take to the courts. Cheerleaders band together, offer support. OPINION s 4A SPORTS s 1B FEATURES s 1C Breaking news at mydailytribune.com Issue 3, Volume 49 Sunday, January 18, 2015 s $2 Cleaning up a ‘trashy’ image ‘Pick It Up!’ Program passes one-year mark Staff report Submitted photo Helping keep Meigs County clean is a never-ending task. Meigs County’s “Pick It Up!” workers Corey King, left, and Joe Foley are shown cleaning up along Apple GroveDorcas Road in Letart Township on Friday morning. In 2014, the program covered 430 miles of county and township roads, picked up more than 1,800 bags full of litter, collected 690 tires, cleaned six illegal dump sites and reported two meth labs. POMEROY — “We are getting a reputation for being a little trashy.” That’s according to Steve Jenkins, program administrator for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District, who recently reported on the district’s litter projects for 2014. The Meigs SWCD is the county agency tasked with assisting private landowners in protecting their soil and water resources. But like most conservation districts throughout the state, the district also takes on other functions. In the case of the Meigs SWCD, that includes administering a litter control program mostly focusing on roadside litter. The Meigs County-Pick It Up! Program, administered by the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District in partnership with the Meigs County Board of Commissioners and the GalliaJackson-Meigs-Vinton Solid Waste Management District, started on its second year Jan. 2. In 2014, workers cleaned alongside 430 miles of road, including all 256.5 miles of county road, and collected 1,828 bags of litter. In addition, the crew targeted six illegal dump sites and picked up 690 tires. In the process, they also found two illicit meth labs, which they reported to the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office for disposal, Jenkins said. The district’s involvement in litter control began in 2012 when it started administering the countywide recycling program. In 2012 and 2013, the program collected roughly 1.1 million pounds of recyclable material, representing 550 tons of material kept out of landfills. However, that program ended at the end of 2013 when the Solid Waste Management District awarded a contract to Rumpke to collect recycling in its fourcounty area. See IMAGE | 3A Gifts arrive for ‘Aubra’s Gift of Hope’ Holzer Inpatient Pediatrics at the Gallipolis Medical Center recently received gifts from “Aubra’s Gift of Hope.” Aubra Smith was diagnosed in 2011 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and finished her treatments in January 2014. She is currently in remission. As a project, Aubra collects toys and donations throughout the year and delivers them during the holidays to local nonprofit organizations including Holzer, Cabell Huntington Hospital and Nationwide Children’s’ Hospital in Columbus, in addition to mailing gifts to many children in West Virginia and Ohio. People who would like more information on her efforts should visit her Facebook page titled “Aubra’s Gift of Hope.” Holzer officials say they are proud to accept donations for “such a worthy cause to help make our inpatient pediatric patients holidays a little bit brighter.” For more information on how to donate to Holzer, call (740) 446-5217 or email ljeffers@holzer.org. April Jaynes | Sunday Times-Sentinel The Ariel Children’s Chorus meets on Thursday afternoons on the third floor of the Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Preforming Arts Centre, and registration for the new semester is open throughout January. Pictured is director Judith Cavendish and some of her students after their weekly practice — Josh Thomas, Jake Simon and Sarah Thomas. Singing in the New Year By April Jaynes ajaynes@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — There’s a new children’s choir in town, and although the start of a new semester has already begun, local children still have the opportunity to join. The Ariel Children’s Chorus initially began in September, and director Judith Cavendish said the group is still enrolling students throughout January. One of the goals of the children’s choir is to give children within the area a musical experience close to home, Cavendish said. “We’re not trying to travel all over the country and make our mark or anything like that,” she said. “Although, I wouldn’t rule it out. We have some talented kids around here, I will say that.” The choir runs on a semester system in conjunction with local schools, and last semester about See SINGING | 5A — NEWS Obituaries: 2A Opinion: 4A Calendar: 5A Weather: 6A — SPORTS Basketball: 1B Schedule: 1B — FEATURES Television: 2, 4B Classified: B5 Comics: 3C JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailytribune.com or mydailysentinel.com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. Submitted photo Gallia pair arrested by task force By Michael Johnson tion device to gain entry,” he said. Cox and Ray were GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia Coun- reportedly both ty man and woman were arrested inside the residence Friday on various charges that and taken into custoinvolve outstanding warrants and dy without incident. Cox having weapons under disability. Cox is charged The Gallia County Sheriff’s with having a Office, assisting the Gallia-Meigs weapon under disMajor Crimes Task Force, arrest- ability, while Ray is being held on ed Al Cox, 48, and Ashley Ray, outstanding warrants for failure 26, upon executing a search war- to appear. Additional charges are rant at 184 White Road in Spring- pending. field Township, Gallia County. According to the Ohio Revised According to Gallia County Code, weapons under disability Sheriff Joe Browning, the task law forbids a person from having, force obtained a no-knock search trying to get, carrying or using warrant after receiving “creditable a weapon if any of the following information of criminal activity” apply:The person is a fugitive; occurring at the residence. The person is being indicted for “(The Gallia Meigs Major a violent crime, has been convicted of a violent crime, or as a child Crimes Task Force) contacted us for assistance with the execution of were convicted for what would be considered a violent felony if they the search warrant. Gallia County had been an adult; SWAT Units breached the door of The person is being indicted or the residence and utilized a distrac- michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com has been convicted for a drug offense, either as an adult or a child; The person is a chronic alcoholic, drug dependent, or Ray in danger of drug dependence; or A judge has either deemed the person mentally incompetent, mentally defective or mentally ill and subject to hospitalization, or the person is or has been committed to a mental institution. Cox is currently out on bond for other related charges. People who have information about crimes occurring in Gallia County are encouraged to call the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office at (740) 446-1221 or the Tip Line (740) 446-6555. Reach Michael Johnson at 740-446-2342, ext. 2102, or on Twitter @OhioEditorMike. �LOCAL/INTERNATIONAL 2A Sunday, January 18, 2015 OBITUARIES Sunday Times-Sentinel DEATH NOTICES WILLIAM DOUGLAS “DOUG” BOWEN POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — William Douglas “Doug” Bowen, 69, of Point Pleasant, passed away Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va. Doug was a coal miner in the West Virginia coal fields and was also a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, having been awarded many honors for his service in Vietnam, including five Purple Hearts. He was also a very proud member of the National Rifle Association. Doug is survived by his wife, Kay Bowen; sons Douglas Eugene and David Brandon Bowen; and sisters Virginia, Phyl- lis and Sue. Doug’s life will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at his home, 1696 Ripley Road, in Point Pleasant, with full military honors being rendered by the West Virginia Honor Guard and the American Legion, Mason County Post 23. The family will receive friends throughout the late morning and early afternoon at their home. Burial will be conducted privately. Doug’s care, and the care of the Bowen family, have been entrusted to Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. You may leave condolences to the family by visiting: www.crowhussellfh.com. BAKER LEON, W.Va. — Bob J. Baker, 85, of Leon, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at Ravenswood Village Care Center, in Ravenswood, W.Va. Arrangements will be announced by Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. HURLOW BIDWELL — Vivian Hurlow, 77 of Bidwell, passed away Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Abbyshire Place. Arrangements will be announced later by Willis Funeral Home. EVERHART CROWN CITY, Ohio — Lois Colleen Everhart, 85, of Crown City, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at home. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio, by Pastor Jeff Black. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at the funeral home. STANLEY COTTAGEVILLE — James Frank Stanley, 78, of the Evergreen Hills community, Cottageville, passed away Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at Evergreen Hills Freewill Baptist Church. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Casto Funeral Home in Evans. Burial will be in Jackson County Memory Gardens in Cottageville. VIRGINIA GIBSON HARRISONVILLE — Virginia Gibson, 92, Harrisonville, passed away unexpectedly Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at her residence. Born Feb. 19, 1922, in Meigs County, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Lora Hull. Virginia was a beautician and a farmer. She loved gardening and preserving the vegetables she raised. She was a member of Harrisonville Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her grandsons Grant Allan Gibson and his wife Laura and Drew Robert Gibson; great grandson Miles Allan Gibson; daughter in law Sabra J. Gibson all of Cincinnati; her sister Gladys Cum- ings of Pomeroy; and dog Buddy. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Franklin Gibson; son Allan Doyle Gibson; daughter Kay Joyce Gibson; and sister Jaunita Richards. A memorial service will be at Harrisonville Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at 1 p.m., with the Rev. David Faulkner officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Harrisonville Presbyterian Church. People may sign her register book at www. bigonyjordanfuneralhome. com. CHARLES F. KIM TUPPERS PLAINS —Charles Francis Kim, 75, of Tuppers Plains, passed away Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at Edgewood Manor in Lucasville, Ohio. He was born March 31, 1939, in Tuppers Plains, the son of the late Herman and Lucy Baker Kim. Charles was a 1958 graduate of Eastern High School and was a member of the NRA. He is survived by two nephews, Roger Chase and Gary Chase. In addition to his par- ents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Thelma and Leila; and two brothers, Joseph and Donald. Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, with the Rev. Roger Chase officiating. Burial will follow in Tuppers Plains Christian Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to services Tuesday. You may sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh.com. Civitas Media, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-446-2342 Publishes every Sunday. Please call for more information on local pricing. 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Belgian authorities said two people were killed and one arrested during a shootout in an anti-terrorist operation in the eastern city of Verviers. Anti-terror raids net dozens By Raf Casert and Angela Charlton had at least 30 suspects behind bars on Friday Associated Press and in Brussels, authorities said a dozen searches BRUSSELS — Belled to the seizure of four gium ordered its army Kalashnikov assault into the streets and anti- rifles, hand guns and terror raids across West- explosives. Several police ern Europe netted dozuniforms were also ens of suspects Friday as found, which Belgian Europe rushed to thwart authorities said sugmore attacks by people gested the plotters had with links to Mideast intended to masquerade Islamic extremists. as police officers. As anxiety soared The seizures followed in the wake of last a vast anti-terrorism week’s bloody spree sweep on Thursday in in and around Paris, and around Brussels and the broad scope of the the eastern industrial police actions illustrated city of Verviers in which the challenges facing a two suspects were killed continent threatened by in a firefight and a third Islamic militancy far from wounded as police closed the battlefields of Syria, in on their hideout. Iraq and Yemen. Authorities said the overRob Wainwright, head night operation netted of the police agency several returnees from Europol, told The Associ- Islamic holy war in Syria. ated Press that foiling Federal magistrate Eric such attacks by returning Van der Sypt said Friday jihadists had become the suspects were within “extremely difficult” hours of implementing because Europe’s estimat- a plan to kill police. He ed 2,500 to 5,000 radical- said authorities were ized Muslim extremists reasonably confident they have little command had dismantled the core structure and are increas- of a dangerous terrorist ingly sophisticated. cell but more suspects French, German, could be at large. Belgian and Irish police “I cannot confirm that The family of Jim Soulsby would like to thank everyone who paid their respects to Jim during calling hours and for the funeral service. It didn’t go unnoticed that many of you stood in line in the cold and for a long period of time. Thank you to all those who sent flowers, cards, food, and made phone calls. Special thanks to Meigs County Sheriff Keith Woods and his staff for honor guards and all their kindness; Home Health and Hospice; Dr. Agnes Emrico-Simon and staff; Pleasant Valley Hospital; Southern Baptist Church for the dinner; American Legion Post 39 for the military service and Pastor Woods for his kind words. We would like to give special thanks to Ewing-Schwarzel Funeral Home for their service and all the kindness they showed to our family. 60559751 we arrested everyone in this group,” he told reporters. Authorities have said there was no apparent link between the foiled plots in Belgium and last week’s terror attacks in Paris on a satirical newspaper and a kosher supermarket. However, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Friday that while there was no apparent operational connection between the two terror groups, “the link that exists is the will to attack our values.” Visiting the tense French capital, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met President Francois Hollande and toured the sites of last week’s attacks on the Charlie Hebdo weekly and a kosher supermarket. Twenty people, including the three gunmen, were killed. One of the Paris attackers had proclaimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, and French and German authorities arrested at least 14 other people Friday suspected of links to the Islamic extremist group. Another 13 people were detained in Belgium and two were arrested in France in a separate anti-terror sweep following the firefight Thursday in Verviers. And in Ireland, police arrested a suspected French-Algerian militant at Dublin Airport as he tried to enter the country using a false passport. The man, who was being interrogated, landed on a European watch list after expressing support in social media for last week’s attacks. Authorities said most of those detained or killed in Belgium were citizens and some had returned from Syria, where 450 Belgians are believed to have joined the fight with Islamic radicals, according to Peter Neumann of the London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalization. He said about 150 have since returned home. President Francois Hollande said France was “waging war” on terrorism and it showed on the streets of Paris and elsewhere, where 122,000 police and wellarmed troops have been deployed to protect the country, which is on high alert. Illustrating the sense of high anxiety, a bomb scare forced Paris to evacuate its busy Gare de l’Est train station during Friday’s morning rush hour, though no explosives were found. A man also briefly took two hostages at a post office northwest of Paris, but police said the hostage-taker had mental issues and no links to terror. Remarking on the heavy weapons carried by policemen close to the Louvre, 20-year-old Mimi George, a student visiting from Australia, said: “Just seeing huge machine gun rifles is quite scary.” The Belgian government, meanwhile, announced it was sending army troops into the streets beginning Saturday, part of a 12-point, anti-terror plan lawmakers agreed to in the wake of Thursday’s deadly firefight. The government will also expand legislation to make traveling abroad with a terror goal a crime and allowing authorities to seize the ID cards of people suspected of traveling to such areas. The Belgian government’s move was welcomed in the port of Antwerp, which has a sizable Jewish community. �LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, January 18, 2015 3A OVB’s Smith elected chairman of Update on filing period ABA Community Bankers Council for Bend Area elections WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jeff Smith has been elected chairman of the American Bankers Association’s Community Bankers Council, which represents America’s 6,000-plus community banks, for the 2014-15 association year. Smith Smith is the chairman of the board of Ohio Valley Banc Corp., an $800 million financial holding company headquartered in Gallipolis. The CBC identifies community bank priorities and represents community banking in ABA’s policy-making process. As chairman, Smith will serve as the voice of the council and will co-chair the ABA National Community Bankers Conference. Smith began his banking career in 1973 in the bookkeeping department, after which he held positions in data processing, lending and branch administration. He became the ninth Ohio Valley Bank president in 1995, CEO in 2000 and chairman of the board in 2010. Smith has served as a member of the Community Bank Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Image and a board member of the Ohio Bankers League. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting and his masters degree in education from Ohio University. Smith replaces outgoing Community Bankers Council Chairman Rheo Brouillard, president and CEO of SI Financial Group Inc. in Willimantic, Conn. The American Bankers Association is the voice of the nation’s $15 trillion banking industry, which is composed of small, regional and large banks that together employ more than 2 million people, safeguard $11 trillion in deposits and extend more than $8 trillion in loans. Ohio Valley Banc Corp. owns two subsidiaries: Ohio Valley Bank, established in 1872, which operates 14 offices throughout southern Ohio and western West Virginia and Loan Central, a consumer finance company with seven offices in southern Ohio. Ohio Valley Banc Corp. stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol OVBC. The company’s website is www. ovbc.com. to litter control seemed like a natural and logical transition, and we as From Page 1A a district were already engaged in other litter The district also parprojects, including the ticipated in two clean-up Ohio River Sweep, the days in 2013 and 2014, Leading Creek Stream in conjunction with the Sweep, the Countywide Meigs County Health Cleanup Day and the Department and the Adopt-A-Highway proMeigs County Grants gram.” Office, which together Freeman said SWCDs gathered almost 45 tons are about partnerships, of tires, 27.8 tons of so the Meigs County waste, and 11.2 tons of Engineer’s Office helped scrap metal. In addition, out by putting the new the district has coordidecals on the work truck. nated more than a dozen He added that workers Leading Creek Stream were assigned through Sweeps and Ohio River the Department of Health Sweeps. and Human Services. The Meigs County-Pick “In my office, there is It Up! Program came to a laminated county map life in late 2013. “We knew the recycling program was ending, and that was going to leave us with two part-time workers, a pickup truck and a trailer used to empty the recycling stations,” Jenkins said, adding that another district employee came up with the idea. “The idea behind Meigs County-Pick It Up! came to me in the middle of the night,” said Jim Freeman, wildlife specialist for the Meigs SWCD. “I was thinking that we have the tools and the resources to directly reduce the amount of roadside litter, and that we just needed a plan to put all the pieces into action.” What he envisioned was a three-part program, which he explained using a military analogy. The first part would be direct action, or “boots on the ground,” with a dedicated crew physically picking up litter. The second and third parts would be community assistance, or “force multipliers,” by assisting groups wanting to do their own cleanups, and finally “winning hearts and minds” by conducting educational programs through the district’s education coordinator, Jenny Ridenour, in area schools. Freeman presented the idea to his co-workers, and then to the Meigs County Board of Commissioners, which in turn presented it to the Solid Waste District, which approved the project. “We’re out in the county almost every day, and we know there is a problem with litter and illegal dump sites,” Freeman said. “With over 750 miles of township and county roads we understood just how big a task we faced, but we wanted this to be a county project, and more importantly it had to be effective. “Shifting from recycling hanging on the wall, and throughout the year we highlight all of the roads that our workers have covered,” Freeman said. “The map is literally covered — every corner of the county, every township from north to south, and from east to west is represented. We actually do make it a point to spread the field, to cover the entire county.” Today, he said the program has three part-time employees. Jenkins and Freeman both said that they have heard many positive comments about the program, and wish it were possible to do even more. “The Meigs County By Mindy Kearns For Ohio Valley Publishing BEND AREA — The first week of the election filing period for the towns of Mason and Hartford has passed, and interest seems tepid. As of Friday afternoon, no one has filed in either town for the June 9 municipal elections. Filing began Jan. 12, and interested candidates have two more weeks to file their intentions prior to the Jan. 31 deadline. Each town will be electing a mayor, recorder and five council members, who will take office July 1 for a two-year term. Workers at both the Mason and Hartford town halls said there has been talk among the people coming in, and some have even picked up the paperwork to file, but no one has returned the completed forms. Current officials in Mason include Mayor Donna Dennis; Recorder Ciji Casto; and council members Bob Wing, Ray Varian, Marty Yeager, Ralph Ross and Emily Henry. Commission continues to be thrilled with the progress of the Pick it Up program,” Meigs County Commission President Randy Smith said. “These employees work hard seemingly to fight a constant battle. “While it may seem to some that it’s not worth it because folks continue to litter, these employees continue to do what they can to make Meigs County beautiful, in spite of the inconsideration of some. For that, the commission and the citizens of the county are grateful.” That brings up the second, as yet underutilized, portion of the program: Hartford’s officers are Sam Anderson, mayor; Cheryl Oldaker, recorder; and council members Leann Zerkle, Carol Spencer, Gordon Spencer, David Burris and Patty Neil. Anyone filing for office in Mason will be taking on a full plate, as water and sewer upgrades, as well as the next phase of the ongoing sidewalk project will all be coming to fruition during the coming term. Hartford also has ongoing projects. Those wishing to file in Mason can do so at the Mason Town Hall during regular hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hartford residents can file at their town hall Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 5 p.m. The filing fee is $5. Other important dates leading up to the election are: Feb. 17, deadline for candidates to withdraw; April 21, deadline for write-in candidates to file; May 19, final day to register to vote in the election; and May 27 to June 6, early voting. help groups do their own cleanup projects. Jenkins stressed that the program is strictly for roadside litter on county and township roads, not for residential cleanup or cleanup along state highways. Any group interested in doing their own cleanup as a community service project can call the Meigs SWCD office at 740-9924282, weekdays between 8-4:30 p.m. to make arrangements. Meigs SWCD will supply bags, gloves, high-visibility vests and will collect the bags left along the road, while a group leader will be responsible for picking up supplies, coordinating the cleanup and keeping track of the location, number of volunteers, and the number of bags collected. Other upcoming events in Meigs County include the 15th annual Leading Creek Stream Sweep, which will be held April 25, 9 a.m. to noon at the Meigs SWCD Conservation Area on New Lima Road between Rutland and Harrisonville. The fourth Meigs County Clean-up Day will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 2 at the Rock Springs Fairgrounds, in addition the annual Ohio River Sweep from 9 a.m. to noon June 20. 60550031 �E ditorial 4A Sunday, January 18, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel THEIR VIEW Terrorists not the only enemies of free speech The greatest thing about the Internet is that anyone anywhere can say whatever they want, usually without fear of legal — or lethal — reprisal. The worst thing about the Internet is that anyone, anywhere, including terrorists, extortionists, racists, pedophiles, misogynists, vapid celebrities, bullies, liars, fabulists, hacks and politicians can say whatever they want usually without fear of legal — or lethal — reprisal. The initial response to the terrorist attacks in France on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was one of almost universal solidarity with the people and their families who were senselessly killed in a cowardly attempt to stifle free speech. That solidarity included a march on Sunday that included 3.7 million people and numerous world leaders — though no one of note from the U.S. Many of them held up pens and carried signs with the phrase, “Je suis Charlie,” or “I am Charlie.” Unfortunately, at times like these universal solidarity isn’t enough for some. You will recognize some of these second, third and fourth responses from previous tragedies. One of them is the tut-tutting of “Other fanatical groups besides Muslims engage in violence.” Another is that Western countries often use brutal tactics while at war. Another, tries to “explain” what the victim’s did that were so “offensive.” In this case, some argue that Charlie Hebdo delighted in its caricatures of Muslims but limited its attacks on Jews. Also, according to these new scholars on French culture, the magazine was frequently racist. Even if that were true, and we’re not convinced that it is, it is irrelevant to the current situation. No drawing, no matter how offensive, is so out of bounds that its author should be killed, imprisoned or tortured over it. Let’s all agree that the real red line that should be drawn here is the one between those who resort to violence when they are offended and those who always choose to counter speech they dispute with more (non-violent) speech. One point that we do find valid is that terrorists are far from the only ones who use violence, the threat of violence and/or imprisonment to silence their critics. Gawker’s Andy Cush noted the various heads of state who claimed to stand behind freedom of the press after the attacks but who are, in reality, often at war with the media in their own countries. The list includes U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, who forced newspaper employees to destroy their hard drives after the Edward Snowden leaks; Irish officials who still say that blasphemy is a criminal offense; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is accused by reporters without borders of “deliberate targeting” of news professionals with arrest and intimidation during the 2014 Gaza conflict. The list also includes Russia, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and plenty of others. And, despite this nation’s long history of free speech, there are numerous cases of various factions of the U.S. government attempting to intimidate and stifle reporters. Just Monday, it was announced that James Risen, a New York Times reporter, will not be called to testify at a leak trial. The move ends a seven-year legal fight over whether he could be forced to identify confidential sources. Finally, in our view Cameron and the heads of the FBI and the Department of Justice should make the list of free speech enemies twice. If he is re-elected, the prime minister promises a “comprehensive piece of legislation” to allegedly prevent users from sending encrypted cell phone messages. You also might recall that over the last several months Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., FBI Director James B. Comey and John J. Escalante, chief of detectives for Chicago’s police department, have been arguing that Apple, Google and other cell phone manufacturers should not put topnotch privacy controls on their devices just in case federal agents need to snoop on someone’s phone. The claim made by government officials is that if the public will just give up a little bit more of their right to privacy and then we will all be kept safe from terrorism, crime and other problems. The government’s position on this issue is like arguing homeowners should leave their doors unlocked just in case police officers ever need to rush in and stop a crime. Unfortunately, when you hand any government a gun you can never be certain where, or at whom, they will aim. THEIR VIEW Looking forward by looking back With the 114th Congress majority leader than any of just under way, the political his five predecessors. In the world is focused intently House, Republican leaders on the road ahead. used so-called “closed rules,” Taxes, trade, immigrawhich prohibit amendments, a tion, climate change, job record number of times. Both creation, the Affordable approaches denied by legislaLee H. Care Act … there’s a long tive device the opportunity for list of issues and one burn- Hamilton Congress to work its will. Contributing ing question: whether a When Congress did legRepublican Congress and a Columnist islate, it did so in the worst Democratic President can possible way — by using find common ground. an “omnibus” spending bill Yet before we get worked up into which it crammed everything about what’s to come, we need to it could manage. The bill was put take a hard look at the Congress together in a single week, guarthat just ended and ask a differanteeing minimal study by the ent question: Why was it such an members of Congress who voted abject failure? on it. Ostensibly meant to fund the Let’s start with a basic number. government through September, it According to the Library of Concontained a host of provisions that gress, 296 bills were passed by the deserved a full airing. 113th Congress and signed by the Instead, with virtually no public President. Just for comparison’s debate, Congress multiplied the sake, the “do-nothing Congress” of amount of money that wealthy 1947-48 got 906 bills through. The donors can give to the political parFinancial Times called this most ties; loosened regulations on Wall recent version “the least productive Street; cut funding for the EnvironCongress in modern U.S. history.” mental Protection Agency, forcing it The only silver lining was that to its lowest staffing level in over two the cost of running Congress was decades; and hacked funding for the down 11 percent. IRS. This last measure, a gift to tax Congress failed most spectacucheats, was an especially egregious larly on the basics. Not one of the assault on ordinary taxpayers, who dozen annual appropriations bills will now be asked to foot a bill that passed, while the budget resolurobust enforcement of the tax laws tion, which is supposed to set would have spared them. overall fiscal policy, never even got Congress’s reliance on omnibus to a vote. In both houses, the lead- bills, which are written in secret, has ers did what they could to make had a variety of pernicious effects. the legislative body of the world’s The procedure violates every rule greatest democracy as undemoof good legislative process, denying cratic as possible. transparency and accountability. It Senate Democratic Majority allows Capitol Hill to curry favor Leader Harry Reid used legislative with all sorts of special interests but maneuvers to block amendments no public reckoning. It forces — or more often during his time as allows — members to vote for pro- Lee Hamilton is director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years. TODAY IN HISTORY... Today is Sunday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2015. There are 347 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On Jan. 18, 1943, during World War II, Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto launched their initial armed resistance against Nazi troops, who eventually succeeded in crushing the rebellion. A U.S. ban on the sale of Sunday Times-Sentinel Letters to the Editor visions that would have had little chance of surviving on their own. And it puts enormous power in the hands of the leadership of both parties — not least because lobbyists have come to understand that they need to have a representative in the room where the omnibus is crafted, and therefore they focus money and attention on leaders. The last Congress maintained one other lamentable trend: it took “oversight” to mean injecting its investigations with excessive partisanship — Benghazi, the IRS’s examination of conservative groups, the VA’s mishandling of health care for veterans — while forgetting the crucial, ongoing oversight of government. It allowed itself to be co-opted by the intelligence community, which persuaded Congress to neglect a public debate on massive surveillance, hacked the Senate’s computers, misled Congress about the nature and extent of torture, and leaked classified details to the media. The congressional leadership is now under pressure to show Americans that they can be successful. Let’s hope they consider “success” to include avoiding the bad habits of the past — by paying more attention to their constituents than to special interests; enforcing their own ethics rules more vigorously; and most of all, following the “regular order” based on 200 years of legislative experience, which would allow the full debate and votes Congress needs to serve as a true coequal branch of government. Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject pre-sliced bread — aimed at reducing bakeries’ demand for metal replacement parts — went into effect. On this date: In 1778, English navigator Captain James Cook reached the present-day Hawaiian Islands, which he named the “Sandwich Islands.” Today’s Birthdays: Movie director John Boorman is 82. Former Sen. Paul Kirk, D-Mass., is 77. Singer-songwriter Bobby Goldsboro is 74. Comedian-singermusician Brett Hudson is 62. Actor-director Kevin Costner is 60. Country singer Mark Collie is 59. 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Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. �LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, January 18, 2015 5A MEIGS COMMUNITY CALENDAR MEIGS COUNTY LOCAL BRIEFS SUNDAY, JAN. 18 4-H Committee Plat Book sales MIDDLEPORT — Ash Street Church at 398 Ash St. will be showing the movie, “God’s Not Dead,” at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited. MONDAY, JAN. 19 LETART TOWNSHIP — The regular meeting of Letart Township will be 5 p.m. in the Letart Township Building. POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. POMEROY — The Meigs County TB Clinic will be closed to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. OLIVE TOWNSHIP — The Olive Township Trustees will meet at 5:00 p.m. for regular meeting with organizational meeting to follow TUESDAY, JAN. 20 SYRACUSE — Beginners painting class to resume at 6 p.m. Jan. 20 and 1 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Syracuse Community Center. Bring three stacker boxes and painting supplies. Call 740-992-2365 for more information. POMEROY —Drew Webster Post #39 of the American Legion will meet at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21 ORANGE — The Orange Township Trustees will have their organizational meeting at 7:00 p.m. The annual financial report is available and ready for review by appointment. Call 740-985-4372 to make an appointment. SUNDAY, JAN. 25 LETART —The East Letart United Methodist Church will be having a hymm sing at 6:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome. Meigs County Family and Children First Council will also be holding an Intersystem Collaborative Meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 5. Meetings will then be held the first POMEROY — Meigs County Thursday of every month at the 4-H Committee has reduced the Meigs County Department of Job price of the current plat book to and Family Services building. For $10. Funds support the 4-H promore information, contact Brooke gram in the county by providing Pauley, Coordinator at 740-992funds for supplies, camp and college scholarships, learning opportu- 2117 EXT. 104. nities and more. To purchase a plat book, you can stop by the Extension Office on Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m (closed 12-12:30 for lunch) mail $15 (for book, shipping & handling) to POMEROY — The Meigs Local Meigs County 4-H Committee, PO Board of Education has completed Box 32, Pomeroy, OH 45769 or its General Purpose External visit the Meigs County Recorder’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Office in the Court House. Year ending June 30, 2014, and they are available for public inspection at the office of the Treasurer/ CFO, Mark E. Rhonemus, 41765 Pomeroy Pike, Pomeroy. Board completes Financial Statements Family, Children meetings announced MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Family and Children First Council will be holding regular business meetings at 9 a.m. on the third Thursday of the following months: January, March, May, July, September and November. The council will hold these meetings at the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services, located at 175 Race Street, Middleport. The Services Meeting Change GALLIPOLIS — The Jan. 19 meeting of the Gallia-JacksonMeigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services has been cancelled due to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. There will be a special meeting on Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. The board typically meets on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Board Office, 53 Shawnee Lane, Gallipolis. COAD4Kids OHIO VALLEY — Call coad4kids and learn how you can become a family childcare provider locally at 740-354-6527 or toll-free at 1-800-577-2276 and help care for a child in your home. You can also visit COAD4Kids’ website at www. coad4kids.org. COAD stands for the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development (www.coadinc. org). (RTPO) Committees to Meet Jan. 23 MARIETTA — The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) Technical Advisory and Citizens advisory committees will meet at 10 a.m. Jan. 23 at 1400 Pike Street, Marietta. If you have any questions regarding this meeting, contact Karen Pawloski, transportation planning manager, at 740-376-7658. FRIDAY, JAN. 30 WASHINGTON COUNTY - The Regional Advisory council for the Area Agency on Aging will meet at 10 a.m. in the Buckeye Hills-HVRDD Area Agency on Aging office in Marietta. FRIDAY, FEB. 6 POMEROY — PERI Chapter 74 will hold their first regular meeting of 2015 at 1 p.m. at the Mulberry Community Center, located at 260 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy. PERI District Representative Carolyn Waddle will be the speaker. All Meigs PERS retirees are encouraged to attend. SATURDAY, FEB. 28 POMEROY —The OH-KAN Coin Club will hold a coin exhibition and picture exhibit form Meigs and Mason Counties from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Nothing for sale, but there will be door prizes. GALLIA COMMUNITY CALENDAR CARD SHOWERS Edwin Elliott will celebrate his 90th birthday from noon to 2 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Centenary United Methodist Church. Cards may be sent to him at 2609 SR 141, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Ethel Dewitt will celebrate her 94th birthday on Jan. 22, 2015. Cards may be sent to P.O Box 15 Bidwell, OH 45614. Phone calls appreciated also. EVENTS MONDAY, JAN. 19 GALLIA COUNTY LOCAL BRIEFS Board of Elections closed rest of this week GALLIPOLIS — The Board of Elections will be closed the remainder of this week so that staff can attend the annual OAEO Conference in Columbus. The office will re-open at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 20. is quality assurance, provider compliance, investigative services and residential administration of waivers and supportive living in order to provide individualized, personal support to people with developmental disabilities. SOCOG is a government entity created under Chapter 167 of the Ohio Revised Code, representing 15 county boards of development disabilities. For more information, call 740-775-5030, ext. 103. Alcohol, drug addiction, mental ‘Look Good, Feel Better’ health board meeting change program for cancer patients GALLIPOLIS — The Jan. 19, 2015 meeting of the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services has been cancelled due to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. There will be a special meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 26. The board typically meets on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Board Office, 53 Shawnee Lane, Gallipolis. Board sets reorganizational meeting for Jan. 20 GALLIPOLIS — “Look Good Feel Better” sponsored by the American Cancer Society, will be 1 p.m. March 16 at the Cancer Resource Center in the Holzer Center for Cancer Care, 170 Jackson Pike. This free program is for women with cancer who are dealing with radiation and/or chemotherapy treatments. Women will be given advice on how to care for their skin and other helpful tips to give them self confidence. Call before 10 a.m. Monday, 1-800-227-2345 or 740-441-3909 for an appointment. Gallia County Artisan Market held every Saturday GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Developmental Disabilities will conduct its regular monthly GALLIPOLIS — Local and surrounding artisans board and organizational meeting at 4 p.m. Jan. 20 will be selling their arts and crafts at the Gallia the Administrative Offices located at 77 Mill Creek County Artisan Market held every Saturday in the Road, Gallipolis. Lafayette Square Mall, 300 Second Ave., Gallipolis, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. No second-party or commercial items allowed. For more information, contact Valerie Thomas, (740) 853-2364. GALLIPOLIS — The Jan. 19 meeting of the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services has been cancelled due to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. GALLIPOLIS — The Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library will be closed in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Normal hours of operation will resume Jan. 20. GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Post 27 will meet at 6 p.m. at the legion home on Bob McCormick Road. All members are urged to attend. There will be a 5 p.m. meeting of the E-Boards of the American Legion, the Ladies Auxilary and the Sons Of the American Legion. This meeting will be held before the regular American Legion meeting. All officers and E-Board members of all groups are urged to attend. SOCOG board meeting set for Feb. 5 CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board meeting at 10 a.m. Feb. 5 in Room A of the Ross County Service Center at 475 Western Ave., Chillicothe. Board meetings usually are held the first Thursday of the month. SOCOG provides administrative support for the County Boards of Developmental Disabilities in Adams, Athens, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton counties. Its primary focus Free fitness classes offered TUESDAY, JAN. 20 Singing teaching voice students and accompanying them — and I love to play the piano — and then we moved back home, and I just can’t stop. I love teaching and I love these kids,” she said. When Snow asked Cavendish if she would be interested in directing a children’s choir at the Ariel, Cavendish said she was excited to take the opportunity. “My eyes just sparkled because I have done children’s choirs everywhere I’ve been, and I said, ‘Yes, I do, as a matter of fact,’ and that was how it began.” In addition to providing music instruction and an environment that shows children that music is fun, Cavendish said that children are taught the discipline of music and important life skills such as punctuality, self-confidence, appropriate dress, responsibility, inter- GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Developmental Disabilities will have its regular monthly board meeting and organizational meeting at 4 p.m. at the Administrative Offices located at 77 Mill Creek Road, Gallipolis. MONDAY, JAN. 26 GALLIPOLIS — There will be a special meeting of the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services at 7 p.m. at the Board Office, 53 Shawnee Lane, Gallipolis. TUESDAY, FEB. 3 RIO GRANDE — Holzer Clinic and Holzer Medical Center retirees will meet for lunch at noon at Bob Evans in Rio Grande. MONDAY, MARCH 16 GALLIPOLIS — “Look Good Feel Better” sponsored by the American Cancer Society, will be 1 p.m. March 16 at the Cancer Resource Center in the Holzer Center for Cancer Care, 170 Jackson Pike. This free program, which will be conducted quarterly in 2015, is for women with cancer who are dealing with radiation and/or chemotherapy treatments. Women will be given advice on how to care for their skin and other helpful tips to give them self confidence. Call before 10 a.m. Monday, 1-800-227-2345 or 740-4413909 for an appointment. ing Arts Centre, said she wanted to start a children’s choir for a long time. From Page 1A “I’ve long wanted to start a children’s choir,” she said. a dozen kids joined, Cav“We’ve got a nice group endish said. Their first together. Kids like to sing performance took place at and they’re not always getthe Ariel-Ann Carson Dater ting it at the schools.” Performing Art Centre in The Ariel also offers December during “The voice, piano and string Christmas Show,” accomclasses for both adults and panied by numerous other children, she said. choirs and the Ohio Valley Cavendish, originally Symphony. from Huntington, W.Va., “It (the children’s choir) earned her Bachelor of was small, but mighty. They Arts and Master of Arts really sang well and they degrees in voice from sang loud,” Cavendish said. Marshall University, and The Ariel Children’s Cho- completed her doctoral rus is for children ages 6-14, studies at West Virginia and costs $100 per semesUniversity’s Creative Arts ter to join. Scholarships are Center in 2000. With available, and the group extensive voice and music practices on Thursdays on theory teaching experithe third floor of the Ariel ence, Cavendish said from 4-5:15 p.m. teaching children is her Lora Lynn Snow, execupassion. tive director of the Ariel“I have been away and Ann Carson Dater Preform- had a singing career, then BIDWELL — “It’s Time to Get Refit” will be offered free by certified instructor Tabitha Lambert each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Rodney Pike Church of God, 440 Ohio 850, in Bidwell; and each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. a Southwestern Elementary School, 4834 Ohio 325, Patriot. Call 740-645-7222 for more information or visit Lambert’s Facebook page, “REFIT with Tabby.” personal skills and respect. Students also had the opportunity to sing in foreign languages during their debut performance in December, including Latin, Spanish and French, Cavendish said. “It gives them a world view that they didn’t have before,” she said. Currently, the choir is preparing for their next performance at the Ariel, called “Simply Spring,” which will take place April 25 with the Ohio Valley Symphony and numerous other performers. Individuals or parents interested in enrolling students in the Ariel Children’s Chorus can contact Cavendish at (443) 204-5312. For more information about the Ariel, upcoming events or other classes, visit www.arieltheatre.org. Reach April Jaynes at (740) 4462342 ext. 2108 or on Twitter @ ajaynes_reports. �LOCAL/AREA 6A Sunday, January 18, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Company with chemical spill ties cited 8 times By Jonathan Mattise Some of the infractions at Lexycon still haven’t been addressed despite NITRO, W.Va. — A few three site-wide inspections towns over from the chemi- and dozens of smaller cal plant that leaked a coal- visits by regulators from cleaning mixture into the the West Virginia Departdrinking water of 300,000 ment of Environmental West Virginians last year, a Protection since May, state new company run by some reports show. of the same people is being Inspectors even found cited for similar environthe same little-known mental violations. chemical that leaked from State regulators have a Freedom Industries Inc. written up the new firm, facility and tainted the Lexycon LLC, eight water supply for West Virtimes since September ginia’s capital city, despite for pouring chemicals the Lexycon owner’s without a permit, lackpromise to a federal judge ing proper “last-resort” that his company wouldn’t walls to contain spills, and touch the substance. hosting tanker-trailers full The pollution at Freeof unknown chemicals, dom’s Elk River operation triggered a tap water ban among other infractions, that brought the region according to records to a standstill for days, reviewed by The Associwith residents unable to ated Press. Associated Press shower or use their faucets and restaurants and other businesses shuttered for lack of clean water. The spill also sparked criticism in Congress that existing environmental rules aren’t adequate, particularly in West Virginia, where the energy industry’s heavy presence has always come with the risk of disaster. “I’ve noticed that when something goes wrong, you sell the company, you change the name,” said Maya Nye of People Concerned About Chemical Safety, an advocacy group in the state. “Then suddenly, it looks like a shiny new package, but the way things operate is very similar. It’s just kind of status quo.” Two consultants who have worked with Lexycon LOCAL STOCKS AEP (NYSE) — 63.57 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 23.44 Ashland Inc. 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Member SIPC. are among six former Freedom officials charged last month over last January’s massive spill. An FBI agent said in an affidavit that Freedom officials knew for a decade of the crack in the secondary containment wall that enabled the chemical to seep into the Elk River. They also didn’t inspect leaky World War II-era tanks and shrugged off plans to decommission them, the agent said. Shortly after the spill, Freedom moved its chemicals away from its Elk River site to another company complex less than a half-mile from the Kanawha River in the town of Nitro, where a rusty water tower and plumes of white smoke from the nearby coal-fired power plant rise in the background. But state environmental inspectors soon recognized shoddy safeguards at the Nitro site, too: Containment walls filled with holes that could let materials seep into a stormwater ditch that drains into the Kanawha. Freedom filed for bankruptcy within days of the spill. Three months later, Lexycon was founded by David Carson, a chemical firm owner who had done business with Freedom and bought the Nitro location. Before he approved the transaction in May, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ronald Pearson called it “a real positive in the case” that Lexycon was hiring former Freedom employees. “They’re the ones that know the business,” Mark Welch, chief restructuring officer during Freedom’s bankruptcy case, said in court. “If I was buying, I would want to make sure I had the best assets available.” At least three prominent players at Freedom, includ- ing two now facing federal charges in the spill, went on to have strong ties to Lexycon:Former Freedom president and co-owner Dennis Farrell, who faces up to three years in prison on pollution charges in the spill, consults now for Lexycon, his lawyer Michael Carey said during an arraignment last week. Farrell works in a sales role but isn’t officially an employee and has no ownership stake in Lexycon, Carson testified. Robert Reynolds, the Freedom environmental consultant who also is charged in the spill, greeted state inspectors onsite as a Lexycon representative in August, their report shows. Welch said Reynolds has since left the company. He was charged in a document called an information, which generally means someone is cooperating with an investigation. Lexycon president Kevin Skiles had owned 5 percent of Freedom’s shares and was a Freedom research and technology official. According to bankruptcy court filings, Carson is a friend of Gary Southern, the former Freedom president who angered many by swigging from a bottle of water and bemoaning his long day at a televised news conference the day after the spill. Carson made a concerted effort in his bankruptcy testimony in May to say that Southern would have nothing to do with Lexycon. At one point, the company’s website also strongly denied ties to Southern, who could spend up to 68 years in prison if convicted of pollution and fraud. In July 2013, Southern sold a condo in Naples, Fla., to a company he and Carson ran. Southern stepped down from the company a few weeks later, Florida corporation records show. A month before Southern sold the condo, Joy Schindler, Lexycon’s sole stockholder, used the Naples condo’s address to register “Lexycon” in Florida as a fictitious name under which she could do business, well before it became a full-fledged corporation. Schindler also was engaged to Carson, Welch said. She had “other business interests” that required using the Lexycon name, Christopher Smith, an attorney for Lexycon, wrote in a letter to the AP this week. Carson made an important promise to the bankruptcy judge in May: Lexycon wouldn’t deal in the chemical known as MCHM, the main one that Freedom spilled. “It will not be on the site,” Carson said in court, explaining why residents still raw over the spill a few months earlier shouldn’t worry about the new company. “It’s currently there. The day I take over is the last day it will be there.” But when inspectors showed up at Lexycon in August, a tanker trailer of MCHM was sitting there without proper secondary containment, according to a state notice of violation. The chemical was gone when inspectors took an inventory in October. During another visit last week, state inspectors found another violation — they couldn’t figure out what was in two tanker trailers or to whom they belonged. The state has given the company 20 days to respond to the latest five violations, issued last week. Any fines would be determined later, environmental department spokeswoman Kelley Gillenwater said. 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Landon Hutchinson posted 13 The White Falcons (6-4, 3-3 TVC points and nine rebounds; Cory Hocking) forced nine turnovers in Rhodes added four points and eight the opening quarter but shot just 5-of-15 from the field, as they clung rebounds, while Dustin Hornsby, to a 13-11 lead. The Rebels (8-3, 6-0) Jordan Johnson and Bruce Rutt each posted 23 points in the second quar- marked two points. Dominick JohnAlex Hawley | OVP Sports son rounded out the team-total with Wahama senior Brent Larck (34) lays in a shot infront of ter and they led 34-27 at halftime. one point. South Gallia forced eight turnjunior teammate Kaileb Sheets (23) during the White Falcons South Gallia shot 13-of-20 (65 76-53 loss to South Gallia, Friday night in Mercerville. overs in the third quarter and ahawley@civitasmedia.com percent) from the free throw line and 29-of-56 (51.8 percent) from the field, including 5-of-9 (55.6 percent) from beyond the arc. As a team SGHS marked 41 rebounds, 15 assists, 13 steals, one block and 17 turnovers. Wahama’s offense was led by Mason Hicks with 12 points, followed by Brent Larck with 11 and Ryan Thomas with 10. Kaileb Sheets marked eight points, Hunter Rose added seven, Philip Hoffman chipped in with three, while Noah Estep finished with two points for the Red and White. The White Falcons shot 8-of-12 (66.7 percent) from the free throw line and 20-of-63 (31.7 percent) from the field, including 5-of-20 (25 See REBELS | 6B Lady Eagles sweep Belpre By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com BELPRE, Ohio — Sometimes four quarters just aren’t enough. The Eastern girls basketball team needed overtime Thursday night, but the Lady Eagles eventually sealed off a 69-68 victory over Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division host Belpre. The Lady Eagles (8-5, 7-2 TVC Hocking) led 14-12 after eight minutes and held onto the two point advantage at halftime. EHS expanded the lead to 49-44 by the end of the third period, but Belpre (9-5, 5-4) rallied back to tie the game at 58 and force an extra session. The Lady Golden Eagles edged ahead 68-67 late in the overtime period, but Eastern sophomore Laura Pullins sank a game-winning field goal to give the Green and Gold the 69-68 victory. Pullins led EHS with 21 points in the win, followed by Madison Williams with 18 and Elizabeth Collins with 14. Hannah Bailey marked eight points, Hannah Barringer added six, while Abbie Hawley rounded out the Eastern total with two points. The Lady Eagles shot 10-of-16 from the free throw line for 62.5 percent. Belpre was led by Hannah Lawrentz with 19 points and Cheyenne Barker with 17. Katelyn Hughes posted 10 points, Sierra Barker added eight, while Daisy Cowdery finished with six. The BHS scoring was rounded out by Alex Williams with five points and Kenzie Reed with three. Belpre was 13-of-23 from the charity stripe for 56.5 percent. Eastern also defeated the Orange and Black on December 4, in Tuppers Plains by a 59-39 count. The Lady Eagles return to action on Monday when they host Miller in a makeup contest. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, Jan. 19 Girls Basketball Federal Hocking at River Valley, 7:30 Miller at Eastern, 7:30 Swimming River Valley at Scott Depot MLK Meet, 4:30 Tuesday, Jan. 20 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Chesapeake at River Valley, 7:30 South Gallia at Trimble, 7:30 Grace Christian at Hannan, 7:30 Meigs at Belpre, 7:30 Waterford at Wahama, 7:30 Ohio Valley Christian at Cross Lanes Christian, 7 p.m. Southern at Eastern, 7:30 Girls Basketball Huntington at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Hannan at Wayne, 6:30 Ohio Valley Christian at Cross Lanes Christian, 5:45 Men’s college basketball Alice Lloyd at Rio Grande at 8 p.m. Women’s college basketball Alice Lloyd at Rio Grande at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22 Boys Basketball Wahama at Hannan, 7:30 Girls Basketball Gallia Academy at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Athens at River Valley, 7:30 Southern at South Gallia, 7:30 Parkersburg Christian at Ohio Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Meigs at Wellston, 7:30 Wahama at Eastern, 7:30 Men’s college basketball Rio Grande at Asbury, 8 p.m. Women’s college basketball Rio Grande at Asbury, 6 p.m. Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports River Valley senior Justin Rusk (24) is double-teamed by Meigs defenders Cody Bartrum and Luke Musser, right, during the first half of Friday night’s boys basketball contest at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium in Rocksprings, Ohio. Raiders outlast Meigs in OT, 57-55 By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — A battle until the very end. Jacob Dovenbarger converted a contested layup at the buzzer, which allowed the River Valley boys basketball team to sneak away from Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium Friday night with a hardfought 57-55 overtime victory over host Meigs in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division matchup in Meigs County. The visiting Raiders (6-5, 3-2 TVC Ohio) led by as many as 12 points (40-28) late in the third quarter, but the Marauders (3-8, 1-4) rallied with a dozen consecutive points to knot things up at 40-all with 6:55 left in regulation. MHS followed with an 11-8 run that gave the hosts a 51-48 edge with 29 seconds remaining, but Tyler Twyman drilled a trifecta as the regulation horn sounded — allowing RVHS to force overtime with the score knotted at 51-all. The Silver and Black never trailed in the extra four-minute session, but a basket by Isaiah English allowed Meigs to again tie the contest at 55-all with 5.8 seconds remaining. Following a MHS timeout, the Raiders inbounded the ball to Twyman — who dribbled down the left side and covered three-quarters of the court before finding himself on a 2-on-1 fast break. The Marauder defender that was back decided to come up and challenge Twyman’s penetration down the floor, and Twyman lobbed a pass toward the basket that was intended for Dovenbarger. Dovenbarger hauled in the lob, made a pump fake and converted the shot attempt just before the buzzer sounded — allowing RVHS to wrap up the two-point triumph. In a game that featured seven ties and 12 lead changes, it was the execution of the very last play that ultimately decided the final outcome. In fact, it was execution that allowed the contest to reach overtime in the first place. Trailing 51-48 with 12.6 seconds left in the fourth, River Valley designed a three-point look for Twyman in the right corner. That shot missed its mark, but the rebound went to Raiders’ Jon Qualls — who dribbled the ball out to the left corner. Qualls then made the first of consecutive four passes around the perimeter, the last of which worked its way back to Twyman on the right wing. Twyman let his second game-tying trifecta attempt fly just as the buzzer went off, and the River Valley sophomore Jacob Dovenbarger (32) releases the eventual game-winning shot over a pair of Meigs defenders during the waning seconds of overtime Friday night in a TVC Ohio boys basketball contest at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium in Rocksprings, Ohio. three-pointer hit nothing but net to force overtime. It was the unselfishness of River Valley on those two plays that typified the Raiders’ night and ultimately allowed them to come away with their second victory in three straight overtime contests. It was also a thing of beauty to watch for first-year RVHS coach Jeremy Peck, who spoke about those key moments afterwards. “Take nothing away from Meigs, they played a heck of a game tonight,” Peck said. “To our credit, we kept fighting and never gave up. We keep coming together as one and we were able to execute things when we needed them most tonight, which speaks volumes about our kids. “The one thing I will say about my guys is that they are good listeners. They will execute a play however I draw it up, and that shows the real See RAIDERS | 6B �SPORTS 2B Sunday, January 18, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Lady Raiders fall at Alexander By Bryan Walters 19) headed into the break. Chelsea Copley and Rachael Smith helped lead RVHS during ALBANY, Ohio — A tale of two that opening half with seven and halves. six points, respectively. The River Valley girls basketball The Lady Spartans (10-4, 4-1) team put up quite a fight through widened their lead with a 15-11 16 minutes of play, but host third quarter spurt for a 35-30 Alexander put things away with a edge headed into the finale, then 30-15 second half surge Thursday closed regulation with a 15-4 night en route to a 50-34 victory charge to wrap up the 16-point in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio outcome. Division matchup at The Alley in River Valley — which has now Athens County. lost two straight decisions — was The Lady Raiders (5-8, 3-3 led by Smith with 12 points, folTVC Ohio) fell behind by an lowed by Copley with nine points 11-7 count after eight minutes and Leia Moore with seven markof play, but the guests followed ers. with a 12-9 second quarter run Courtney Smith, Shelby Brown and Tianna Qualls rounded out to close to within a point (20- bwalters@civitasmedia.com the scoring with two points apiece. The guests were 3-of-6 at the free throw line for 50 percent. AHS — winners of three straight and seven of the last eight overall — received a gamehigh 22 points from Leah Richardson, followed by Jala Mace with eight points and Allyson Malone with seven markers. Makina Milum was next with five points, while Ally McClain and Alexis Mohler rounded out the scoring with two markers apiece. The Lady Spartans were 5-of-13 at the charity stripe for 38 percent. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2101. Waterford wallops Lady Tornadoes By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com WATERFORD, Ohio — One streak ended Thursday night, the other just keeps going. The Waterford girls basketball team earned their 25th straight victory over Southern, claiming a 75-34 TriValley Conference Hocking Division triumph and ending the Lady Tornadoes 10-game winning streak at the Harry Cooper Annex in Washington County. Southern (10-3, 7-2) held close to the league leader in the opening period, as Waterford led just 15-9 through eight minutes of play. However, the Lady Wildcats (12-0, 10-0) dominated the second canto and expanded the lead to 38-15 at halftime. Waterford continued its roll after halftime, pushing the lead to 45 with a 26-to-4 run in the third period. The Purple and Gold closed the game on a 15-to-11 spurt but WHS claimed the 75-34 victory. Southern was led by Cierra Turley with 13 points, followed by Ali Deem with seven. Jansen Wolfe and Haley Hill each marked four points, Faith Teaford and Savannah Bailey both added two, while Brynn Harris and Macie Michael both marked one in the setback. The Lady Tornadoes shot 8-of-18 (44.4 percent) from the free throw line and 12-of-30 (40 percent) from the field, including 2-of-7 (28.6 percent) from beyond the arc. As a team Southern marked 19 rebounds, four assists, eight steals, six blocks and 36 turnovers. Wolfe posted team-highs in rebounds with seven and blocks with two, while Deem led the defense with four steals. Waterford finished with four players in double-figures scoring, led by Dani Drayer with 14 points. Jillian McCutcheon and Regan Porter each marked 12 points; Megan Ball added 10, while Hayley Duff finished with seven. Alli Kern and Mariah Starkey both posted six points, while Hannah Duff and Taylor Hilverding each added four. Waterford was 8-of-11 (72.7 percent) from the free throw line, 31-of-66 (47 percent) from the field, and 5-of-16 (31.3 percent) from beyond the arc. As a team WHS marked 29 rebounds, 20 assists, 26 steals, two blocks and 14 turnovers. This completes the regular season sweep for the Green and White, as they also defeated SHS on December 4, in Racine. Southern will look to bounce back when it visits South Gallia on Thursday. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Panthers rally past Point Pleasant, 50-42 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com HAMLIN, W.Va. — Sometimes the most difficult shot in basketball is a 15-footer with nobody guarding you. The Point Pleasant boys basketball team shot under 20 percent from the free throw line Friday night, as the Big Blacks fell to host Lincoln County by a 50-42 count. Point Pleasant (3-7) connected on four long range shots in the opening stanza and led 16-6 through eight minutes of play. The Panthers (7-4) rallied back with a 16-8 run in the second canto, cutting the deficit to 24-22 at halftime. PPHS pushed its lead to 35-32 by the end of the third quarter, but LCHS outscored the Big Blacks 18-to-7 over the final eight minutes to claim the 50-42 triumph. 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The guests basketball team made a committed 21 turnovers, 12-2 charge over the final two fewer than FHHS, four-plus minutes of reg- and made 8-of-16 free ulation Thursday night throws for 50 percent. en route to a hard-fought Poling led the Lady 56-49 victory over host Rebels with a game-high Federal Hocking in a Tri- 23 points, followed by Valley Conference Hock- Evans with 15 points and ing Division matchup in Ashley Northup with 10 Athens County. markers. Aaliyah Howell The visiting Lady and Katie Bostic respecRebels (4-9, 2-7 TVC tively rounded out the Hocking) kept pace with winning tally with six and the Lady Lancers (3-11, two points. 3-7) in the opening half Federal Hocking sank as both teams battled to 19-of-54 shot attempts a 32-all tie at the break. for 35 percent, includSGHS led 18-17 after ing a 5-of-19 effort from eight minutes of play. behind the arc for 26 FHHS made a 10-6 percent. The hosts also third quarter run to outrebounded SGHS by claim a 42-38 edge a sizable 43-28 margin headed into the finale, and made 6-of-13 charity but the Lady Rebels foltosses for 46 percent. lowed with a small 6-5 Carley Tabler and Skyspurt to close to within lar Hatfield both paced 47-44 with 4:40 left in the Lady Lancers with 11 regulation. points apiece, followed Mikayla Poling folby Megan Thompson and lowed with a basket to Brittnie Jackson with six cut the deficit down to markers apiece. Tabler a point, then Erin Evans also had game-highs of nailed a trifecta moments 10 rebounds and eight later that gave SGHS a assists for a near triplepermanent lead at 49-47. double effort. Those back-to-back buckPoling hauled in seven ets sparked a mini 9-0 boards to lead the Lady run that ultimately led to Rebels, while Northup a 53-47 cushion. handed out five assists. 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TVMA House of Episodes (N) Lies (N) OVP SPORTS BRIEFS Mason County Youth Wrestling League POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The final Mason County Youth Wrestling League signup will be held from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Hartley Wrestling Center at Point Pleasant High School. Calif. girls’ basketball coach suspended after 161-2 win SAN BERNARINO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California high school basketball coach has been suspended and faces accusations of mercilessly running up the score after his team won a game 161-2, one of the most lopsided scores in state history. Arroyo Valley High girls’ coach Michael Anderson was suspended for two games after the victory last week against Bloomington High. Anderson said that he wasn’t trying to run up the score or embarrass the opposition. His team had won four previous games by at least 70 points, and Bloomington had already lost a game by 91. “The game just got away from me,” Anderson told the San Bernardino Sun (http://bit.ly/1znnLWJ) Friday. “I didn’t play any starters in the second half. I didn’t expect them to be that bad. I’m not trying to embarrass anybody.” �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, January 18, 2015 3B Ironmen outlast Gallia Academy in OT, 43-40 By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com JACKSON, Ohio — An 8-5 run in overtime ultimately allowed host Jackson to snap a 23-game losing skid in league play Friday night following a 43-40 victory over the Gallia Academy boys basketball team in a Southeastern Ohio Athletic League matchup in the Apple City. The visiting Blue Devils (2-11, 0-4 SEOAL) held a 31-26 advantage with 5:55 remaining in regulation, but the Ironmen (3-11, 1-3) countered with a 9-4 run over the next 3:43 to knot things up at 35-all with 2:57 left in the fourth. Neither team scored over the remainder of the fourth, although JHS did have a chance to prevent overtime in the closing moments of the fourth. Cameron Williams missed two free throws with two-tenths of a second remaining, which allowed the game to end in a 35-all tie after 32 minutes of play. In the extra four-minute session, both teams traded five points apiece for a 40-all contest — but Williams sank 3-of-4 free throw chances in the final minute. Williams netted two charity tosses with 20 seconds left in overtime, which gave the Red and White their largest lead of the night at 43-40. GAHS had one last chance to tie things up, but both Trevor McNeal and Kole Carter missed three-point attempts on the ensuing possession and Dakota Nichols hauled in the rebound — which allowed Jackson to secure their first two- Southern holds off Falcons, 41-39 By Alex Hawley Purple and Gold marked 33 rebounds and 13 turnovers in the win. RACINE, Ohio — Miller — which has Fourth quarter defenses now lost three straight on full display. — was led by Austin The Southern boys Doughty with 19 points. basketball team scored Elijah Rader marked 10 just four points over the points, Garrett Bartley final eight minutes of play added four, while Kody Friday night, but the Tor- McFann, Aaron Waldrop nado defense allowed just and Dakota Wilson each six points as the Purple finished with two. The and Gold claimed a 41-39 Falcons were successvictory over Tri-Valley ful on both of their free Conference Hocking Divi- throw attempts. sion guest Miller. These teams will do The Falcons (3-6, 0-6 battle again on February TVC Hocking) outscored 17 in Perry County. Southern (6-4, 4-3) The Tornadoes will try 17-10 in the opening for their third straight vicquarter with all 10 Tortory Tuesday when they nado points coming from invade Tuppers Plains. senior Tristen Wolfe. SHS Alex Hawley can be reached at 740cut the deficit to 24-19 at halftime and went into 446-2342, ext. 2100. the locker room with momentum. The Tornadoes doubled-up Miller in the third period, and SHS held a 37-33 lead headed into the finale. The Purple and Gold missed all four free throw attempts in the fourth period but the SHS defense allowed just two field goals over the final eight minutes and Southern claimed the 41-39 victory. Wolfe led the Tornadoes with 23 points, including a pair of slam dunks and a perfect 7-of7 performance from the free throw line. Wolfe also led Southern with 10 rebounds and two blocks, while scoring 17 of the Tornadoes 19 first half points. Jack Lemley marked six points and three assists, Crenson Rogers posted six points and nine rebounds, while Bradley McCoy added four points and three steals. Theron Johnson rounded out the Tornado total with two markers in the win. As a team Southern shot 9-of-15 (60 percent) from the free throw line and 16-of-49 (32.7 percent) from beyond the arc, including 0-of-8 from beyond the arc. The Do your part! Recycle this newspaper! GENERAL SURGERY ahawley@civitasmedia.com game winning streak since the 2011-12 campaign. The Ironmen’s last league win came on February, 3, 2012, when they posted a 38-37 win at Gallia Academy. The Blue Devils — who have now dropped three straight decisions — had won the four previous matchups with JHS between then and now. The game was nip-and-tuck from the start as the guests took a small 9-8 edge after eight minutes of play, but Jackson countered with a 7-6 second quarter run to enter halftime tied at 15-all. GAHS answered with a 12-11 run in the third quarter to take a 27-26 lead into the finale, then made a 4-0 run to start the fourth for its largest lead of the night at 31-26. JHS countered with a 9-4 spurt to tie things at 35 at the end of regulation, then closed things out with an 8-5 run for the one-possession triumph. The Blue Devils connected on 14-of-42 field goal attempts for 33 percent, including a 2-of12 effort from three-point range for 17 percent. The guests committed only 13 turnovers in the setback, compared to 19 miscues by the Ironmen. Carter led the Blue and White with 10 points, followed by Putney and Alex White with eight markers apiece. Devin Henry was next with seven points, while Wes Jarrell contributed four points and teambests of seven rebounds and three blocks. McNeal chipped in two points and Miles Cornwell rounded out the scoring with one point. GAHS was 10-of-16 at the free throw line for 63 percent. The Ironmen sank 15-of-40 shot attempts for 38 percent, including a 5-of-10 effort from behind the arc for 50 percent. The hosts also outrebounded the Devils by a 33-25 overall margin. Casey Walker paced Jackson with a game-high 17 points, which included all five of the hosts’ trifectas. Williams and Chandler Jenkins were next with 10 points apiece, while Josh Spires added four markers. Nichols and Matt Faught rounded out the winning tally with a point apiece. The Ironmen were 8-of-14 at the charity stripe for 57 percent. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2101. Eagles fall to Federal Hocking, 58-44 By Alex Hawley Christian Speelman led the Eagles with 21 points, followed by Jett Facemyer with nine STEWART, Ohio — The skids and Dillon Swatzel with eight. continue. Daschle Facemyer marked The Eastern boys basketball three points; Andrew Stobart team dropped a 58-44 decision added two, while Ethan Steger to Tri-Valley Conference Hockrounded out the EHS total with ing Division host Federal Hock- one point. ing on Friday night, giving EHS The Eagles shot 4-of-7 (57.1 its eighth consecutive loss and percent) from the free throw seventh straight setback to the line and 17-of-42 (40.5 percent) Lancers. from the field, including 6-of-15 Federal Hocking (4-5, 3-3 TVC (40 percent) from beyond the Hocking) jumped out to a 16-13 arc. As a team EHS marked 24 lead through the first eight min- rebounds, seven assists, five utes of play, and the Lancers steals, three blocks and 14 turnexpanded the lead to 26-20 at overs in the setback. Swatzel led halftime. the Eastern defense with three The Eagles (1-9, 1-6) were blocks and two steals, while outscored 11-to-9 in the third pulling down a team-high six quarter and trailed by eight rebounds. Cameron Richmond headed into the finale. The and Greyson Wolfe each marked Lancers scored 21 points over two assists to lead Eastern. the final eight minutes to seal The Lancers were led by the 58-44 triumph and their Ivan Santiago with 16 points, third win in the last four games. followed by Taylor Gates and ahawley@civitasmedia.com Jonathan Snyder with 12 points apiece. A.J. Cobb marked 11 points, Ryan Harvey added five, while Carter Russell rounded out the FHHS total with two points. The Maroon and Gold shot 14-of-20 (70 percent) from the free throw line and 19-of-40 (47.5 percent) from the field, including 6-of-13 (46.2 percent) from beyond the arc. As a team Federal Hocking marked 27 rebounds, 11 assists, two blocks and 13 turnovers. Snyder marked a game-high eight rebounds, while Cobb posted a team-high six assists. The Green and Gold will look for revenge on February 17 when the Lancers invade Tuppers Plains. EHS will return to action on Tuesday when Southern visits the Eagles’ Nest. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. DAVID FABER, MD BOARD-CERTIFIED GENERAL SURGEON David C. Faber MD, FACS, joined the Pleasant Valley Hospital medical staff and is providing care at Pleasant Valley Hospital Surgical Services with Stephen K. Rerych, MD. Dr. Faber specializes in General Surgery for people of all ages as well as advanced vein care. Dr. Faber earned his medical doctorate from the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery residency at York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania. Dr. Faber received board certification from the American Board of Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. “It is an honor to provide surgical care in my hometown. PVH is proud to have a strong history in this community. Our new partnership with Cabell Huntington Hospital and Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine allows us to continue to provide the community with the most up-to-date health care services and choices,” stated Dr. Faber. Dr. Faber provides management and treatment of a wide variety of surgical disorders. He is proficient in laparoscopic surgery to treat hernias as well as the gallbladder, appendix, and colon. He performs breast biopsies, carpal tunnel release, hemorrhoidectomy, non-cosmetic breast surgery from lumpectomy to mastectomy, skin excisions and inguinal, ventral, and umbilical hernia repair. Dr. Faber also specializes in providing advanced medical treatments for varicose veins to include Endovenous Laser Ablation, Ultrasound Guided Foam Sclerotherapy, and Ambulatory Micro-Phlebectomy. David C. Faber, M D Dr. Faber is now accepting new patients at Pleasant Valley Hospital Surgical Services located at 2520 Valley Drive in Point Pleasant. For more information, please call 304.675.1666. Stephen K. Rerych, MD, has provided surgical services at PVH since 2006. Dr. Rerych lives in Point Pleasant and is active in the community. 60550283 �SPORTS 4B Sunday, January 18, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Defenders sweep TVCS for 8th straight win By Bryan Walters back on December 19. OVCS stormed out to its biggest lead of the first half after claiming GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Marshall a 12-8 edge, but the guests counHood posted a triple-double and tered with an 8-4 run to end the Austin Ragan hit six consecutive opening eight minutes tied at 16. free throws in the fourth quarter The Lions, however, followed Friday night, which allowed the with a 12-4 run to take their bigOhio Valley Christian boys basket- gest lead of the first half at 28-20, ball team to earn its eight straight but the hosts followed with a basvictory with a 53-48 decision over ket that cut their halftime deficit visiting Teays Valley Christian in a down to two possessions at 28-22. non-conference matchup in Gallia Ohio Valley Christian twice County. pulled to within a point thanks to The host Defenders (14-1) a 17-12 third quarter run, which battled through seven ties and 10 ultimately made it a 40-39 contest lead changes with the Lions over headed into the finale. the course of 32 minutes, but Hood Teays Valley Christian opened broke a 45-all tie with a basket in the fourth with a 5-4 run that led the final three minutes of regulato a 45-43 advantage, but the hosts tion — which ultimately gave answered with an 8-0 surge that OVCS a permanent lead. led to a 51-45 lead with less than Ragan — who tied the game at two minutes remaining. The Lions 45 with a pair of free throws — closed the game with a small 3-2 went a perfect 4-for-4 at the line spurt, but never came closer than after Hood gave the hosts the lead, two possessions in the waning plus Hood added another basket to moments of regulation. cap an 8-3 run that evetually led to The Defenders connected on the final five-point outcome. 19-of-48 field goal attempts for 40 The Defenders also claimed a percent, which included a 3-of-9 season sweep of TVCS after posteffort from three-point range for 33 ing a 69-62 victory in Teays Valley percent. The hosts committed 20 bwalters@civitasmedia.com turnovers in the triumph, one more than TVCS. Hood led the way with gamehighs of 26 points, 17 rebounds and 10 blocked shots, followed by Ragan with 15 points — which included a perfect 8-of-8 effort at the charity stripe. Elijah McDonald was next with six points, while Evan Bowman added four points and a team-high eight steals. Dillon Ragan rounded out the scoring with two markers. OVCS — which was outrebounded by a 45-41 overall margin — went 12-of-20 at the free throw line for 60 percent. The Lions sank 20-of-54 shot attempts for 37 percent, including a 3-of-14 effort from behind the arc for 21 percent. The guests were also 5-of-9 at the charity stripe for 56 percent. Jeriah Joseph paced TVCS with 15 points, followed by Shane Estep with 13 points and Noah Kessler with 12 markers. Luke Mace and Parker Dantoni rounded out the scoring with respective efforts of six and two points. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports OVCS junior Marshall Hood releases a shot attempt over a pair of Parkersburg Christian defenders during the second half of a January 5 boys basketball contest in Gallipolis, Ohio. Seattle, Green Bay meet for NFC championship Luck would take SEATTLE (AP) — Eventually, the paths of Green Bay and Seattle were going to cross again. After they opened the 2014 NFL season in early September, it seemed inevitable that Aaron Rodgers would get a second chance to throw at Richard Sherman — if he wanted to. That Russell Wilson would have to avoid Clay Matthews trying to chase him down. And that the Packers would get another opportunity to topple Seattle and be the elite of the NFC. They were the two best teams in the conference in the second half of the regular season. So it’s only fitting the Packers and Seahawks meet Sunday for the NFC championship and a trip to the Super Bowl. “It’s just the way it should be. It should be just like that right now,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. Don’t be mistaken by their recent prowess, this wasn’t a smooth ride for either franchise. Whether it was Rodgers telling Packers’ fans to “R-E-LA-X” early in the season, or Seattle dealing with the expectations of being a Super Bowl champion, along with the stunning midseason trade of Percy Harvin, this was no cruise. “It was a process throughout the year,” Green Bay linebacker Julius Peppers said. “You get better and better each week. That is the main thing you want to do each week, get better than you were before, and I think we accomplished that over the season.” Green Bay has added one more obstacle in the postseason: Rodgers’ left calf injury that has limited his mobility. But Rodgers showed in last week’s divisional-round win over Dallas he can manage just fine, throwing for 316 yards and three touchdowns in the 26-21 victory. Now All-Pro Rodgers gets his first shot at an NFC title since winning at Chicago in January 2011. A Super Bowl victory over Pittsburgh followed. “It’s a different team,” Rodgers said. “I think it’s less than 20 guys still here from that team. It’s only four years ago. But we have confidence that we can win on the road.” Here’s what else to watch for as Seattle tries to become the first MONDAY EVENING BROADCAST 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 10 (WBNS) 11 (WVAH) 12 (WPBY) 13 (WOWK) CABLE 6 PM 6:30 WSAZ News 3 WTAP News at Six ABC 6 News at 6:00 p.m. Hardwood Heroes NBC Nightly News NBC Nightly News ABC World News DragonflyTV "Dallas and Forth Worth" ABC World News CBS Evening News Two and a Half Men Legislature Today Eyewitness News at 6 10TV News at 6 p.m. Two and a Half Men BBC World News: America 13 News at 6:00 p.m. 6 PM MONDAY, JANUARY 19 7 PM 7:30 Wheel of Jeopardy! Fortune Wheel of Jeopardy! Fortune Entertainm- Access ent Tonight Hollywood PBS NewsHour Providing indepth analysis of current events. Judge Judy Entertainment Tonight Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune The Big Bang The Big Bang Theory Theory PBS NewsHour Providing indepth analysis of current events. CBS Evening 13 News at Inside News 7:00 p.m. Edition 6:30 defending champion in a decade to reach consecutive Super Bowls: CALF WATCH: Rodgers’ injury is slowing him from scrambling before throwing, one of his strengths. His right arm is just fine. Rodgers got hurt during the Dec. 21 game against Tampa Bay. He still completed 74 percent of his passes in his last three games, including the win over Dallas. Coach Mike McCarthy has had Rodgers operating out of shotgun formations to help limit his movement. Perhaps just as importantly for the Packers has been the solid work of the offensive line much of the year. All-Pro fullback John Kuhn, an excellent blocker, has also seen more time of late. Rodgers will need topnotch protection against Seattle’s tough defense. 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 The Celebrity Apprentice Joan Rivers and Ivanka Trump serve as Boardroom Advisors on the first task. 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Now he can reach that destination if he beats Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game Sunday night. “I want to beat the best,” Luck said. “There’s a competitive spirit in all of this: ‘Hey, the harder it is, the better. Let’s go try and make it happen.’ “ If the Colts (13-5) upset the Patriots (13-4), Luck will have accomplished a difficult feat: beating Peyton Manning and Brady in consecutive games on the way to the Super Bowl. But a win against the 37-year-old Brady, 12 years his senior, won’t be a major measuring stick for Luck’s progress. “That’s not a benchmark,” he said. “He’s a great role model for any quarterback at any level playing the position, but it’s a team game. To me, it’s as simple as that.” Luck has piled up impressive statistics since being drafted with the first pick out of Stanford in 2012. This season, he led the NFL with 40 touchdown passes and surpassed Manning’s single-season franchise high with 4,761 yards passing. He’s also the only player to throw for at least 250 yards in each of his first five playoff games. In his three seasons, the Colts lost in the wild-card round, then reached the division round and now are playing for the AFC title after Luck threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-13 divisional round win over Denver and Manning. “He’s just stayed with the process,” Colts coach Chuck Pagano said. “Right now he probably feels as good as he’s ever felt.” And that’s not good for the Patriots. “He was pretty good when he came in and he’s even better now,” New England coach Bill Belichick said. “He’s got a lot of strengths, no weaknesses.” Sounds like Brady. The 15-year veteran will play in his ninth AFC championship game and fourth straight, but the Patriots lost two of the previous three. In last Saturday’s 35-31 divisional win over the Baltimore Ravens, Brady led the Patriots back from two 14-point deficits. His three touchdown passes gave him 46 for his career, breaking Joe Montana’s record of 45 in the postseason. “We’ve shown a lot of improvement and it all leads to this moment,” Brady said, “so we’ve got to be at our best.” Things to watch for as two of the NFL’s highest-scoring teams meet: CATCHING ON: When they drop back, Luck and Brady have plenty of reliable receivers to choose from. Luck connected with eight against Denver. And one who didn’t catch a pass, Reggie Wayne, needs 36 yards receiving to move past Cliff Branch for No. 3 in NFL postseason history. “One of the things that I believe has been a reason for our success is the different playmakers that we have and the way that the ball is being spread around,” Colts tight end Dwayne Allen said. Panthers with 17 points, followed by Schylar Kelley with 11 and Bradon Holley From Page 2B with nine. 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This marks South Gallia’s first win over WHS since December 11, 2012 when the Rebels claimed a 57-49 victory in Mercerville. Wahama had won three straight over SGHS. The Rebels will look to sweep the White Falcons when these teams meet again on February 17 in Mason. Both teams return to action on Tuesday with the Rebels visiting Trimble, and Wahama hosting Waterford. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Raiders From Page 1B character that these guys have. They didn’t deviate from the plan on either of those plays and nobody tried to be a hero. They ran the plays as they were supposed to and each of them worked, which to me shows how far they have come as a team.” Conversely, it was a tough pill for first-year MHS coach Ed Fry to swallow after the heartbreaking defeat — but he also noted that he thought his troops would be better in the long run with the ways things panned out. “For the most part we have a young team, and even some of our older guys haven’t been in these situations before. We still played hard and we have made a lot of progress and we are getting better, but we are still suffering from some growing pains — like tonight,” Fry said. “Give River Valley credit though, they did what they needed to do down the stretch.” Fry also stressed the importance of why he called timeout South Gallia junior Landon Hutchinson goes in for a layup during the Rebels’ 76-53 victory over Wahama on Friday. with six seconds left in overtime. “I called the timeout to make sure that we didn’t commit a dumb foul 90 feet from the basket. With us being young, I wanted to make sure that we didn’t slam into a screen on the inbounds pass and send them to the free throw line,” Fry said. “I also wanted to make sure that our guys didn’t lose sight of where Twyman was. Our guy stepped up to stop him in the open floor and Twyman found the big kid sneaking in behind us. “It’s something we hadn’t practiced before, so it’s my fault more than anyone else’s. It’s also something that we’ve all now experienced and can learn from.” There were six lead changes and one tie in the opening eight minutes of play. Meigs took its biggest lead of the first half at 8-5 with 3:20 left in the first period, but the guests countered with a 9-2 surge to claim a 14-10 advantage after one quarter of action. The Raiders never trailed in the second stanza and twice opened up leads of nine points, the last of which came at 26-17 after a basket by Dovenbarger with 2:27 remaining in the half. MHS, however, answered with a 7-1 charge the rest of the way to enter halftime trailing by a 27-24 margin. Both teams made nine field goals in the first half and RVHS owned a slim 14-13 edge on the glass at the break. The hosts committed 12 turnovers in the opening 16 minutes of play, compared to nine by the Raiders. Cody Bartrum netted the first basket of the second half just 13 seconds in, allowing the Maroon and Gold to close to within a point at 27-26. RVHS, however, followed with a 13-2 charge over the next six minutes to claim its largest lead of the game at 40-28 with 1:54 remaining in the third. The Marauders followed with a 5-0 spurt to end the third quarter facing a 40-33 deficit, then went on a 7-0 surge to start the fourth — which tied the game at 40 with 6:55 left in regulation. The game would end up tied again at 42-, 44- and 48-all, then MHS took a 50-48 lead The One...Place to advertise! Weddings 2015 February 2015 Spring Wedding after Bartrum scored a basket with 1:20 left in the fourth. Colton Lilly added a free throw with 29.2 seconds remaining for a 51-48 cushion, which led to the Twyman heroics at the end of the fourth period. Neither team scored in the first two minutes of overtime, then Dovenbarger hit a basket at the 1:47 mark for a 53-51 River Valley advantage. Kirk Morrow added a free throw with 43.2 seconds left for a three-point lead, but Jaxon Meadows countered with a bucket with 26 seconds left — making it a 54-53 contest. Twyman hit 1-of-2 free throw attempts with 15.4 seconds left to make it a two-point game, but Isaiah English converted a layup with six second left to knot things up at 55-all. The Raiders connected on 20-of-55 field goal attempts for 36 percent, including a 4-of-14 effort from three-point range for 29 percent. The guests also outrebounded Meigs by a 38-30 overall margin, which included a 9-5 edge on the offensive glass. Twyman led RVHS with a Alex Hawley | OVP Sports game-high 19 points, followed by Dovenbarger with a doubledouble effort of 15 points and 15 rebounds. Qualls was next with 10 points, while Morrow and Justin Rusk respectively added six and five markers to the winning cause. Dayton Hardway rounded out the Raiders’ scoring with two points. The guests were also 13-of-24 at the free throw line for 54 percent. The Marauders sank 20-of-54 shot attempts for 37 percent, including a 7-of-15 effort from three-point range for 47 percent. Both teams also committed 21 turnovers apiece. Colton Lilly paced Meigs with 12 points and 14 rebounds, followed by Meadows with 11 points and Bartrum with nine markers. Dillon Mahr and English were next with eight and seven points, respectively, while Luke Musser chipped in six markers. Tyler Fields rounded out the MHS scoring with two points. The hosts were 8-of-14 at the charity stripe for 57 percent. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2101. 2015 MEIGS COUNTY VISITORS GUIDE It’s the perfect partnership. Promote yourself alongside complementary businesses, and draw more attention to your products and services in the local brides’ go-to guide for information and advertising related to all aspects of tying the knot. 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Call your local representatives: 740-446-2342 740-992-2155 304-675-1333 60558683 740-992-2155 740-446-2342 304-675-1333 Deadline for ad space is January 23rd, 2015 60558113 �Along the River Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, January 18, 2015 s Page 1C Holzer’s Wellness Center campaign under way Morrison. “This is first step in making the wellness center a GALLIPOLIS — Plans conreality.” tinue for a new wellness center Funded entirely through to be located at 735 Second Ave. charitable donations and the in Gallipolis. efforts of the Holzer Heritage The center will incorporate Foundation Board and commitan integrated program of health tees, individuals are working in care services, including cardiac different areas to raise funds for rehabilitation, physical therapy, the project. health risk assessments, superDr. Choudhary Rayani, covised fitness plans, occupational chair of the Physician Giving health and other key compoCommittee added, “The Wellnents of Holzer services. Total ness Center will fulfill an imporproject costs, which may be tant part of the Holzer mission completed in phases as funds to improve the health status and are generated from charitable well-being of citizens in our sersources, is $4 million. vice area.” “We are most grateful to the “With the changes in health Eastman family for their gencare, there is an emphasis on the importance of keeping Submitted photo erous gift of the building and Brent Saunders, chairman of the board for Holzer Health System, makes property,” said Holzer Heritage people healthy, which serves to remarks during the Wellness Center Campaign KickOff. Foundation President Jim be an essential part of the HolStaff report zer Health System direction as a healthcare provider,” said Brent Saunders, chairman of the board of Holzer Health System. Established in 1977 and overseen by a Board of Directors composed of local community citizens, Holzer Heritage Foundation, is a separate nonprofit organization with donations being tax deductible as allowed by law. The Foundation’s mission is to stimulate and establish the habit of giving and caring that will encourage meaningful financial contributions for area healthcare thereby having a positive impact on the health and wellness of the residents served. For more information, call Linda Jeffers-Lester at (740) 446-5217. Submitted photo Pictured in the front row, from left, are Roxanne Weaver, Peoples Bank personal banker Point Pleasant North Office; Sharon Stapleton, Peoples Bank MGM market team leader, Point Pleasant Main Street Office branch manager; Janet Hartley, Point Pleasant City Council/Krodel Park Committee member; Amber Tatterson, City Clerk, Krodel Park Committee member; and Leigh Ann Shepard, Krodel Park Committee chairperson. In the back row, from left, are Scott Walker, Peoples Bank vice president regional manager-South Division; Ashley Cossin, Krodel Park Committee member; Rick Handley, Mason County Commissioner/Krodel Park Committee member; and Gilbert Shepard, Krodel Park Committee chairperson. Peoples Bancorp donates toward park renovation Staff report POINT PLEASANT — Peoples Bancorp Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to the City of Point Pleasant for the renovation of Krodel Park Playground. The donation will go toward the construction of a new entryway to the new playground and will be composed of brick, concrete and incorporate wrought iron details. The renovation is slated for summer and coincides with a separate renovation project of the Krodel Park Walking Trail. The entryway will be constructed in a manner to honor Braxton Smith and Tiffany Grant, two children who perished from their injuries as the result of a house fire on Jan. 18, 2014. “Peoples Bank is pleased to support the Krodel Park Playground Project with the construction of the entryway to the playground,” said Sharon Stapleton, Peoples Bank-Point Pleasant Main Street branch manager. “We are looking forward to the children not only of the Mason County community enjoying the new playground, but children from adjoining communities as well. “We elected to dedicate the entryway to Braxton and Tiffany as their mother, LaTanya Smith, was an employee of the Point Pleasant Main Street Office when their tragedy occurred last year,” Stapleton continued. “We, along with our community, See RENOVATION | 4C Submitted photos Pictured left to right, are Point Pleasant High School varisty cheerleaders: (Front row) Khloie Billings, Lexy Toth, Abby Slone, Hayley Logan, Jessilynn Hill, Laryssa Howell and Bailey Calandros. (Back row) Mascot Dedric Silva, McKenzie Mayes, Nashayla Fauver, Madison Barker, Sam Atkinson, Darrian Walker, Sydney Crawford, Allison Leport, Sierra Toles and Lexie Martin. Not pictured, Haleigh Bonecutter. Banding together, offering support By April Jaynes Abby Slone, PPHS varsity cheerleader, said the squad unanimously POINT PLEASANT voted to use whatever — Cheerleaders at Point money they were going Pleasant High School to spend on each other understand the imporfor their Secret Sister gift tance of offering support exchange and donate it to in times of tragedy to Savannah. those in need — close to The squad also sent home and far away. Savannah a silver circle The varsity squad necklace with her name recently donated money and the Bible verse Provand a necklace to South erbs 3: 5-6 engraved on it. Charleston High School “I think everybody cheerleader Savannah knows we’re never going Taylor, who lost multiple to fill what she lost,” members of her family in a Slone said. “But I think car accident in December. offering support helps “I felt it was approprilittle by little.” ate for our cheerleaders Fisher said the squad to get involved, so I conrealized that the tragedy tacted South Charleston could have happened to High School and spoke anyone, and that was one with an assistant princiof the reasons they felt pal. Together we got the compelled to lend supball rolling to send our port. gift and donation. We “In this situation we were fortunate to have did not know the student a few other individuals personally, however we that wanted to help also, had all just traveled prior and we were able to send to this event for our playtheir donation along with off game, and this could ours. We thank them for have easily been someone their thoughtfulness for from our school or our this young lady,” Ruthie hometown that this happened to,” she said. Fisher, PPHS varsity Slone said the squad is cheerleader assistant a caring team, and is no coach, said. ajaynes@civitasmedia.com Pictured is one of the ribbons the PPHS cheerleaders wear in honor of an alumni junior high cheerleader and former Point Pleasant student, Erin Jeffers, who recently passed away after a car accident. The girls also recently donated money and a necklace to South Charleston High School cheerleader Savannah Taylor, who lost members of her family in a car accident in December. stranger to tragedy. “We just like to give back. We’re a really caring team,” she said. “We’ve had tragedies on our own team, so we know what it’s like to lose people.” Fisher said the squad recently lost an alumni junior high cheerleader and former Point Pleasant student, Erin Jeffers, who passed away after a car accident. The squad wears flannel ribbons during games in honor of Erin because flannel was her favorite, she said. “I try to think of things that we can do as a squad whenever there’s some sort of a tragedy to reach out to those around us. I think that is what we are all supposed to do,” Fisher said. “Cheerleaders are supposed to represent their school, and what a better way to be a See SUPPORT | 4C PVH Employee of the month POINT PLEASANT — Pleasant Valley Hospital officials are pleased to announce the Customer Service Employee of the Month for January is Maria Queen in the laboratory. Maria has been employed as a phlebotomist at Pleasant Valley Hospital since July 2012. “Maria is an outstanding employee with excellent work ethic. She smiles and is helpful with patients not only on the phone but also at our patient window. She goes out of her way to enhance the patient experience which is why she was chosen as employee of the month,” said Bethany Day, phlebotomy coordinator. Maria and her husband, Billy, live in Gallipolis, with their children Elijah (10) and Isabella (6). She enjoys spending time with her family. In this recognition, she received a $50 check and a VIP parking space. She will also be eligible for the Customer SerSubmitted photo vice Employee of the Year award with a Maria Queen, center, is PVH’s Employee of the Month. Queen is pictured with Glen Washington, CEO, chance for $250. and Bethany Day, phlebotomy coordinator. �LOCAL 2C Sunday, January 18, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Holzer recognizes Cervical Cancer Awareness Month new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed with GALLIPOLIS — Holzer an estimated 4,100 women will recognizes January as Cervical die from cervical cancer. Cancer Awareness Month. In A well-proven way to preobservance of this month, the vent cervix cancer is to have a community is encouraged to screening to find pre-cancers become better educated about before they can turn into invathe risks of cervical cancer. sive cancer. The Pap test (or Cervical cancer begins in Pap smear) and the human the cervix, the part of the uterus that opens to the vagina. papilloma virus (HPV) test are Before doctors began using the used for this. If a pre-cancer is found it can Pap test in the 1950s, cervical be treated, stopping cervical cancer was the leading cause of cancer before it really starts. death from cancer in women. Most invasive cervical cancers Recent advances in Pap smear are found in women who have screenings and the availability not had regular Pap tests. The of a vaccine holds the promise Pap test is a procedure used to to eliminate cervical cancer. collect cells from the cervix so The American Cancer Socithat they can be looked at under ety’s estimates for cervical cancer in the United States for a microscope to find cancer and 2015 are: approximately 12,900 pre-cancer. These cells can also Staff report LIVESTOCK REPORT GALLIPOLIS — United Producers, Inc., livestock report of sales from Jan. 14, 2015. There was no livestock sale this week. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $200-$295, Heifers, $200-$275; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $200-$295, Heifers, $200-$255; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $190-$260, Heifers, $185-$240; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $180-$225, Heifers, $185-$231.50; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $160-$195, Heifers, $150-$180. Fed Cattle Choice, Steer, 150-160, Select, 120-149. Cows Well-muscled/fleshed, $100-$120; Medium/ Lean, $90-$99; Thin/Light, $60-$89; Bulls, $100$130. Back to Farm Bred Cows, $860-$1,750; Goats, $45-$125; Baby Calves, $100-195. Upcoming specials 1/21/15 feeder sale 10 a.m. Direct sales or free on-farm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy (304) 634-0224, Luke (740) 645-3697 or Mark (740) 645-5708 or visit the website at www.uproducers.com. Lunsford completes master’s degree GALLIPOLIS — Megan Lunsford, FNP, completed her Master of Science in Nursing at Walden University in Minneapolis. She completed her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at Ohio University in Athens. Lunsford joined Holzer Gallipolis in 2007 as a staff nurse on the inpatient OB/GYN department. Lunsford is certified by the Lunsford American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and is providing services for primary care patients at Holzer’s main location in Gallipolis. be used for HPV testing. HPV is a common sexually transmitted virus, causes almost all cases of cervical cancer. In most cases, there are no symptoms of an HPV infection; however, if there is unusual discharge from the vagina, blood spots or light bleeding when not menstruating, or bleeding or pain during intercourse, call a health care provider as soon as possible. All women are at risk for cervical cancer and should begin having annual Pap smears beginning at age 21, or within three years of beginning sexual intercourse. The Pap test is essential to monitor any cell changes in the cervix, and can identify cancer cells, abnormal cells that may become cancer- ous. The test can be performed as a normal part of a routine pelvic exam. When detected early, cervical cancer is one of the most successfully treated types of cancers. In addition, another important option for protection is the cervical cancer vaccine, which has proven effective to blocking an HPV infection. Routine vaccination is recommended for all 11- and 12-year-old girls and can begin with girls as early as age 9. Ideally, the vaccine should be given before first sexual contact, but females up to age 26, who are sexually active, can still be vaccinated. Vaccination is also recommended for girls and women ages 13–26 who have not been previously vac- cinated; however, a decision about vaccinating a woman age 19 through 26 should be made based on an informed discussion between the woman and a healthcare provider. The HPV vaccine is given in the arm or thigh on three separate physician visits. The best protection is achieved after completion of the three vaccinations. However, women or girls should not be vaccinated if acutely ill, have a history of an allergy to yeast, are pregnant, or trying to become pregnant. Vaccination and regular Pap tests provide the best protection against developing cervical cancer. For more information or to make an appointment with an OB/Gyn provider, call 1-855-4-HOLZER. Prescription Drug Plan discount In addition, we were able GALLIPOLIS — Do to save 993 individuals an you know if you are eliadditional $223,590.00 in gible for the Medicare savings by running MediPrescription Drug Plan care Part D comparisons discount? and changing their Part D There are many indiplans for an average savviduals in our district ings of $225.17 per person who are unaware they are Pamela K. Matura during the open enrollment eligible to receive this For the period for Medicare in wonderful assistance. A Times-Sentinel 2014. That’s a grand total of simple phone call to our $530,025.00 saved just last agency can help deteryear. mine whether you meet That’s more than a half-million the eligibility requirements. The Area Agency on Aging Dis- dollars of savings for individuals trict 7 (AAA7) is able to provide in our district. And that savings this service through the Medicare is also good for our local communities as dollars saved can be Improvements for Patients and turned in to increased support for Providers Act (MIPPA) grant local businesses and entities. from the Ohio Department of Low Income Subsidy (LIS) or Aging. This project provides outreach to and enrollment assis- “Extra Help” is a discount plan that can: lower your prescription tance for individuals who may co-pays; cover all or part of your be eligible for the Low-Income Medicare Part D monthly preSubsidy and/or Medicare Savmiums; or eliminate the “doughings Program, as well as other nut hole” of coverage for your Medicare premium assistance medications. Part D is Medicare’s programs. Each year, our agency conducts prescription drug coverage and is available to anyone eligible outreach to our communities for Medicare Part A or Part B. in order to better identify who Those with Medicare may enroll might be eligible for the “Extra Help” and Medicare savings pro- in Part D coverage through either a stand-alone plan or a Medicare grams. Just last year, 91 people who called our agency to inquire Advantage plan. To be eligible for “Extra Help,” about the program learned they income guidelines and qualificawere eligible and all combined tions must be met, and the AAA7 were able to save a total of can help determine whether you $306,435.00 for an average savmight be able to benefit from this ings of $3,367.42 per person. program, and if so, assist you with the application process. All of the individuals we were able to reach out to throughout our communities during the year were also assisted in additional ways, including Medicare Part D signups, help with finding a Medicare supplemental insurance, providing other services made available through our agency, and references to additional community organizations that may be able to help. The AAA7 covers the following counties: Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton. If you would like to find out if you are eligible for “extra help” with your Medicare Part D coverage, call us — we can help. Contact Kristy Bowman at our agency Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or call 1-800-582-7277, extension 250. We can complete the application over the phone in just a few minutes. In addition, we can also assist with any other Medicare questions you might have. Or, if your community group or agency has an event coming up that you would like us to participate in to provide more information, please let us know. You can reach us at 1-800-582-7277 or e-mail to info@aaa7.org. Pamela K. Matura is executive director of the Area Agency on Aging District 7. Fick makes Bowling Green Dean’s List BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University has announced the names of undergraduate students who have been named to the fall semester Dean’s List for achieving grade point averages of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. Kristin Fick, of Long Bottom, represented Meigs County on the Dean’s List. Fick is part of College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering program. To be chosen for the Dean’s List, undergraduate students must carry no fewer than 12 letter-graded credit hours per semester. The names of Dean’s List honorees can be PVH, Fruth Pharmacy form ‘Express Care’ alliance specialized physicians at Pleasant Valley Hospital, Cabell POINT PLEASANT — Huntington Hospital and Pleasant Valley Hospital and Marshall Health. Express Care Fruth Pharmacy officials hours will be Monday through announced Friday that Express Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Care at PVH will relocate in and on the weekends from February to Fruth’s Jefferson noon to 6 p.m. Avenue pharmacy directly Fruth Pharmacy offers across from the hospital. patients a full-service pharThis new clinical alliance macy with convenient access between PVH and Fruth Phar- to medications and specially macy, officials said, launches trained pharmacists who help a relationship that increases patients understand therapies access to high-quality healthand take medications as precare services for patients in the scribed. The pharmacy also community. offers pharmacy consultations The PVH Express Care for physicians and patients. clinic hosts a team of certiPharmacy hours are Monday fied nurse practitioners who through Saturday from 9 a.m. treat patients for any non-lifeto 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 threatening, urgent illness or a.m. to 7 p.m. injury, including colds, sinus “PVH is working hard to infections, sports injuries, enhance convenient access to cuts, rashes, allergic reactions, medications for our patients mononucleosis, croup, pneuand the new location complemonia and the flu. Express ments our commitment to a Care offers select preventative positive patient experience,” care services like sports physi- said Glen Washington, chief cal exams, as well as having executive officer of PVH. “This on-site lab capabilities. alliance is indicative of how PVH certified nurse practihundreds of hospitals and tioners also provide patients pharmacies across the nation with direct access to highly are preparing for the future of Staff Report Submitted photo Glen Washington, chief executive officer of Pleasant Valley Hospital, speaks with Lynne Fruth, president and chief executive officer of Fruth Pharmacy, about Express Care at PVH relocating this February to Fruth’s Jefferson Avenue location. health care, anticipating new roles and responsibilities and being innovative in adapting to them.” “Express Care relocating to Fruth Pharmacy provides a new level of convenience, and access to health and wellness services for patients in the community,” said Lynne Fruth, president and chief Eexecutive officer of Fruth Pharmacy. “It’s a testament to the dedication, perseverance and the great relationships Jack Fruth built with PVH, and we’re proud to continue his legacy. Fruth Pharmacy complements the medical care that PVH provides with programs and services that help patients right here at your hometown, family pharmacy.” See ALLIANCE | 4C found online at https:// webapp.bgsu.edu/forms/ gradlist/. Names are listed by county. Counties must be downloaded individually. A list of December graduates can also be found on this page. Taylor makes UK’s Dean’s List LEXINGTON, Ky. — For the first time, more than 6,000 students have made the University of Kentucky Dean’s List. UK has released its Dean’s List for the Fall 2014 semester. A record high 6,366 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance. That’s an increase of nearly 500 since fall 2013 and nearly 900 more than Spring 2014. Making the Dean’s List from Gallia County is Taylor Ashley Foster, a senior majoring in biology, of Gallipolis. 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He and his afternoon baking cookies wife, Teresa, who was on at Everything Cheesethe force for five years, cake grew out of a seriopened Everything ous conversation about Cheesecake dessert the relationship between restaurant at 324 W. Stethe local police and resiphen St. in Martinsburg dents of Martinsburg, in November. especially minority resiThe Promise Neighdents. borhood Initiative is a “For the past couple program of the United of months, our Promise Way of the Eastern Neighborhood Initiative Panhandle that works team has been meetto improve the 40-block ing here, and we had a Burke Street Elementary conversation and some School neighborhood. felt that the police were On Dec. 30, five internot necessarily on their mediate and middle side,” explained Charschool-age members lotte Norris, chair of the PNI advisory committee. of the PNI team baked cookies with Gibbons “We wanted to start a and Martinsburg Police dialogue. It was Erin Lt. Scott Funkhouser, (Gibbons) who came up with the idea to bake who has been on the cookies.” force for 15 years. Associated Press “We want to engage them in dialogue,” Gibbons said. “We want them to relax and throw some dough around. I grew up on Boyd Avenue and went to Burke Street Elementary.” He talked with the kids before the baking began about approaching police officers, about how the police are there to help and to feel relaxed around police officers. “We want them to have a friendly experience with police,” Teresa Gibbons said. “That’s why we came up with cooking with cops. We want them to know that we’re people, too.” Funkhouser volunteered to give back to the public and help his friends, the Gibbonses. “I hope we can build a relationship when they are at a younger age,” Funkhouser said. “We want to help them, guide them. We’re not their enemy.” Norris is excited about the coming year, because of several projects that are underway at Burke Street Elementary, she said. “We should have our site plan ready for a playground at the school,” she said. “We have a community art project getting started and we’re expanding our afterschool program.” Norris said that the PNI team’s conversation was timely, considering the headlines about police and minority relations around the country, including Martinsburg. “There are a lot of misconceptions,” she said. “We need to communicate.” SOUTH CHARLESTON — Preliminary counts of game checking tags indicate West Virginia hunters harvested 104,223 white-tailed deer during the recently completed bucks-only, antlerless, muzzleloader, archery and youth/Class Q/Class XS deer seasons, according to Division of Natural Resources Director Bob Fala. This year’s total harvest was 31 percent less than the 2013 deer harvest of 150,877 and 23 percent below the five-year average of 136,168. The 2014 harvest is very similar to the 2010 harvest of 106,499, the last time acorns were exceptionally abundant. Successful buck hunters this year had an excellent chance to harvest an older-age buck as the preliminary analysis of deer age data indicates that 25 percent of the antlered bucks brought to the game checking stations during the first three days of traditional buck firearm season were 3.5 years of age or older. A breakdown of the combined 2014 deer seasons reveals hunters harvested 37,766 bucks during the traditional buck firearm season, 39,514 antlerless deer during all antlerless firearm hunting opportunities, 21,653 deer during archery season, and 5,290 deer during muzzleloader season. Antlerless Deer Season The 2014 antlerless deer season harvest, which includes the youth/Class Q/Class XS deer season, was 30 percent less than in 2013 and 14 percent below the five-year average of 46,204. “It is important to note that the antlerless harvest is the key component to any deer management strategy, as it controls the future deer population,” Fala said. In 2014, all or portions of 50 of the 55 counties were open to antlerless firearms season for hunters to harvest one to three antlerless deer, depending on the county. Next year’s antlerless deer hunting opportunity will depend on the need to increase, decrease or stabilize deer populations in each of the 51 counties where firearms deer hunting is permitted. The top 10 counties are: Preston (1,859), Mason (1,446), Lewis (1,421), Upshur (1,365), Jackson (1,296), Ritchie (1,291), Randolph (1,285), Braxton (1,254), Harrison (1,253) and Monroe (1,214). Muzzleloader Deer Season The 2014 muzzleloader harvest of 5,290 was 32 percent less than the 2013 harvest of 7,739, and 28 percent below the five-year average of 7,341. However, this year’s harvest was within 95 deer of the 2012 recorded harvest of 5,385. The top 10 counties are: Randolph (295), Preston (265), Nicholas (251), Braxton (195), Lewis (193), Harrison (182), Fayette (164), Barbour (156), Mason (149) and Jackson (143). Archery Deer Season The bow hunter take of 21,653 deer was 28 percent less than the 2013 harvest of 29,979, 19 percent below the five-year average harvest of 26,721 and is very similar to the 2010 harvest of 21,962. Archery harvests are correlated to hard mast crops, and the above average acorn crop in 2014, like that of 2010, was a significant factor for the lower harvest in 2014. The top 10 counties are: Preston (968), Randolph (759), Kanawha (757), Mason (710), Wyoming (683), Nicholas (673) Fayette (647), Raleigh (635), Wood (602) and Logan (601). Book lover gets marriage proposal at St. Albans Library By Douglas Imbrogno Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kristin Earley cracked open the door of a room on the second floor of the St. Albans Library on Dec. 13. Glimpsing a crowd, she thought she’d wandered into someone else’s event. Her friend, Danielle Moles, who — like Earley — is a Marshall University student, had said to meet her at the library because she needed help with a finals report. Kristin’s boyfriend, David Griffith, had come with Moles to the library along with Josh Goble, Griffith’s best friend. Goble and Moles were there for the show. “We had roses sitting there as soon as you walked in the room on the left,” Griffith said. He grabbed the dozen pink roses and handed them to Earley as she walked in the door. “I don’t know if she knew what was going on at the time because she was still like, ‘What’s going on?’ She had that look in her eye,” Griffith recalled. “We had this little hollowedout book type of thing, and we put the ring in that. So, after I Renovation We would also like to thank the committee members who took the initiative to take From Page 1C on this project,” said Amber Tatterson, city clerk of Point continue to support the Smith Pleasant. family, especially their son “The park renovation is a Tre, during their journey.” wonderful opportunity to rein“The City of Point Pleasant vest in our community and would like to thank Peoples honor their memory,” StapleBank for their generosity in ton said. “We hope additional donating funds to upgrade area organizations and busiKrodel to a state-of-the art nesses will participate in the playground for all children to project moving forward.” enjoy for many years to come. Peoples Bancorp Founda- Alliance es to those who live in the Point Pleasant area. PVH is a partner of Cabell Huntington Hospital From Page 2C and the Marshall University Joan Established in 1959, Pleasant C. Edwards School of Medicine. The 101-bed hospital proValley Hospital is a not-for-profit vides emergency and trauma hospital dedicated to providing highly specialized medical servic- care, cardiology, pulmonology, gave her the roses, I grabbed the book and opened it and got down on my knee.” Then, he asked her that eternal question: “Will you marry me?” The people waiting in the room — Griffith’s parents, his sister, both sets of his grandparents, as well as Earley’s parents, her brother and one grandma — all got to see her answer in the affirmative. “She was kind of shocked.” Griffith said. “She cried a little bit, then she laughed and smiled. It was a good time.” The couple had been togeth- tion contributions focus on charitable giving in four major areas: community investment and economic development, youth and education, human services programs that improve the social needs of low- to moderate-income communities and individuals, and the arts and cultures. Organizations receiving grants meet those requirements and serve the markets where Peoples Bank currently has office locations. oncology and hematology. The medical staff also includes internal and family medicine physicians, as well as highlyskilled physicians who specialize in allergy, gastroenterology, general surgery, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, er for three years and, while marriage was in the cards, she expected that a proposal might take some more time, since Griffith, 24, had recently landed a job as a St. Albans Police Department patrolman. “I was shocked,” Earley said. “I had no idea at all. And it was going to be hard to shock me, after three years.” Griffith and his mother had also done some homework. Earley, 21, is a senior majoring in English education at Marshall. Her dream job is to teach English at her alma mater, St. Albans High School. “So, she really loves books,” said Griffith. “Me and my mom sat down and were brainstorming some ideas. She’s really big into literature and all that. So, we came up with the idea to do something in the library.” They created poster boards, cracked open like books and set on tables, featuring photos of the couple’s “love story,” as Griffith put it. He also chose a numerologically significant date for the proposal: 12-13-14, since the couple’s first date was Sept. 10, 2011: or 9-10-11. Support the newspaper to write an article about this because the purpose of our donation and actions were From Page 1C not to get an article in the newspaper — but rather to genuinely representation than to be compassionate towards other reach out and help someone,” she said. “So I challenge each of people and helpful to them, you that are reading to do someespecially in a time of need.” thing nice for somebody … your Ultimately, Fisher said the squad hopes to encourage others neighbor, a complete stranger, anyone. Show some compassion. to reach out and show compasThe world needs more of it.” sion to people in times of need. “I will be honest, at first I was Reach April Jaynes at (740) 446-2342 ext. a little hesitant about allowing 2108 or on Twitter @ajaynes_reports. ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pathology, pediatrics, podiatry, radiology, and urology. The hospital operates a 101-bed nursing and rehabilitation center, two home medical equipment sites, two home health and hospice loca- tions and a full-range of rehabilitation services. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission. It is also a recognized member of the American Hospital Association and the West Virginia Hospital Association. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 01. 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