https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/e73082c58a60a71c6d16c8c78334c321.pdf eba0642b452a98925b2a12ff903a3e73 PDF Text Text Tops talks food labels Mostly cloudy. High of 54, low of 38 Marauders march past Rock Hill LOCAL s 3A WEATHER s 6A SPORTS s 1B C_ZZb[fehjFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 198, Volume 69 Southern board recognizes Vets Day assembly Tuesday, December 15, 2015 s 50¢ Judge swears in two new mayors By Lorna Hart lhart@civitasmedia.com RACINE — The Southern Local School District Board of Education met in regular session Nov. 23 with board members Denny Evans, Dennis Teaford, Rich Wamsley, Paul Harris and Brenda Johnson in attendance. All members praised Superintendent Anthony Deem, students and staff for their efforts in organizing and presenting the Veterans Day assembly. Deem, himself a veteran, began the ceremony at Southern in 2006 as a way for students to learn about the contributions of veterans and recognize those who still live in the area. He said the assembly is a history lesson and feels the best way to teach history is to be a part of it. Members of the administrative team including Anthony Deem, Superintendent; Christi Hendrix, treasurer; and Tricia McNickle, elementary principal, were also in attendance at the board meeting. The Athens-Meigs ESC presented to the board Elizabeth Blanchard, Braden Prater, Charlene Smith, Lindsay Thomas and Daniel Williams as certiﬁed substitutes, and Nichole Whobrey as a substitute aide. All were approved for hiring. The board also approved the hiring of Junie Maynard, prom, and Alan Crisp, head softball coach, on supplemental contracts in accordance with the SLEA negotiated agreement, and Darre Jackson was hired for the After-School Program (PEP Grant) for the 2015-16 school year. All hirings are contingent upon completion of all the administrative requirements for the position. Megan Hendrix was approved for FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) An agreement with WageWorks/Ceridian for COBRA was approved for administration, beneﬁts billing and other continuation services. Revised appropriations as presented by the treasurer for $11,485,568.24 were approved. The board approved a resolution to advertise and receive bids for the purchase of a nine-passenger conventional school van. The resolution authorizes the Metropolitan Educational Council (MEC) to advertise and receive bids on the board’s behalf, but does not obligate the district to purchase the van. A motion was made to approve the bid submitted from Edwin Davis for the purchase of two 71-passenger buses for $170,920. The motion carried with a 5-0 vote. The board approved Randy Williams as a substitute custodian, pending completion of all the administrative requirements for the position Fifty calculators will be purchased for the math department; the T184 Plus calculators cost the district a total of $5,462.80. The board adjourned after conﬁrming the next meeting scheduled for Dec. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the community classroom located in the ﬁeldhouse. Reach Lorna Hart at 740-992-2155 Ext. 2551 — NEWS Obituaries: 2A Opinion: 4A Weather: 6A — SPORTS Football: 1B Basketball: 1B — FEATURES Classified: 2B Television: 3B Comics: 5B JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook or twitter to share your thoughts. Lindsay Kriz | Daily Sentinel Judge Carson Crow has a laugh during the swearing in ceremonies for Pomeroy’s soon-to-be new mayor, Bryan Shank, and Sandy Iannarelli, the next mayor of Middleport. “Bryan and I hope to work together,” Iannarelli said. “And be able to cooperate in certain projects,” Shank added. Both will officially take office Jan. 1. Local banks host cyber summit By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com OHIO VALLEY — Both Farmers Bank and Ohio Valley Bank hosted a cybersecurity summit with local businesses Thursday in Gallipolis and Pomeroy to answer questions and inform community members about the dangers of hackers and electronic fraud perpetrators. Christopher Joseph, a cybersecurity consultant, spoke to community members in Gallipolis at a 2 p.m. session at the Ohio Valley Bank Annex Community Room Lorna Hart | Daily Sentinel Chrisopher Joseph, a cybersecurity consultant with the firm Arnett Carbis Toothman LLP, and in Pomeroy at 6:30 p.m. at discusses the nature of security breaches, identity theft, money theft and data theft over the Farmers Bank Pomeroy Comthe internet with local businesses in both Meigs and Gallia Counties Thursday. Here he munity Room. According to him, speaks with community members of Pomeroy in the Ohio Valley Bank Annex Farmers Bank Community Room on Main St. See SUMMIT | 6A Arts Council holds Talent Revue Staff Report MIDDLEPORT — The 2015 edition of The Riverbend Arts Council Talent Revue with “Christmas Tonight,” which was directed this year by Bonne’ Kreseen with Greg Smith as the emcee. The Meigs Community Band, under the direction of Toney Dingess, started the evening out playing favorite Christmas songs for the crowd of approximately 250. The Tiger Music Orff Ensemble opened up the ﬁrst part of the program with “Christmas Songs,” followed by Madeline Shope singing “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” Next up was the Gallia-Meigs Performing Arts 20s style teen jazz group dancing to “Emergency,” Bradford Church of Christ Youth Choir singing “So Much,” Destinee Blackwell singing “Good to Know,” Jeff McElroy singing “Holly Jolly Christmas,” and Kreseen singing “Marsh- Courtesy photo Todd Bissell and Bonne’ Kreseen performing duet “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” mallow World.” The Gallia-Meigs Performing Arts 8-9 year old jazz dancers then performed “Best Summer Ever,” Todd Bissell sang “Let it Snow,” Bradford Church of Christ Choir sang “Go Tell It On The Mountain,” and Beverly Jayne sang “Home for Christmas.” Randy Moore ended the ﬁrst half with a piano piece, “Carol of the Bells.” Part two saw the GalliaMeigs Performing Arts 10-12 year old tap dancers performing to “Christmas all Year Long,” followed by the Bradford Church of Christ Choir singing “Silent Night” and McElroy singing “White Christmas.” The Bradford Church of Christ Youth sang “Second Song,” followed by Beverly Jane with “Merry Christmas Darling,” Shope with “We Need A Little Christmas,” a duet See REVUE | 6A �LOCAL 2A Tuesday, December 15, 2015 OBITUARIES Daily Sentinel DEATH NOTICES PAIGE GARFIELD POMEROY — Paige Garﬁeld, 66, of Pomeroy, passed away Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, at Marietta Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 10, 1949, in Parkersburg, W.Va., a daughter of the late Glennis and Delores Wittenauer Hoffman. Paige was a 1968 graduate of Eastern High School and a 1969 graduate of Mountain State College. She retired from Ohio University with 37 years of service. She is survived by her husband, Richard Garﬁeld; a daughter, Michelle Garﬁeld and her husband, Ronald Rodehaver; two grandchildren, Tabitha Turner and Anthony Joseph Turner; a greatgranddaughter, Audree Marie Lynn Turner; two brothers, Larry Hoffman and Ronnie Hoffman; and a sister, Connie Hoffman. She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at WhiteSchwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, with the Rev. Gene Goodwin ofﬁciating. Burial will be in Chester Cemetery at a later date. Friends may call the funeral home between 6-8 p.m. Tuesday. You may sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh.com. ROGER CALVIN SMITH POMEROY — Roger Calvin Smith, 70, of Pomeroy, passed away Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. He was born Oct. 11, 1945, son of the late James Calvin Smith and Sarah Ruth Christy Smith. He was a former ﬁreman for the Chester Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife of 52 years, Helen Pullins Smith; sons James (Martha) Smith and Roger (Samantha) Smith Jr.; grandchildren Amanda (David) Reitmire, Brad- ley Smith and Austin Smith; great-grandson David James “DJ” Reitmire; sisters Eloise Watkins and Sharon (David) Hudnall; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be noon Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, with Pastor Gene Goodwin ofﬁciating. Burial will follow at Carleton Church Cemetery. Visiting hours will be 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the funeral home. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. VIOLA MARLENE WILSON POMEROY — Viola Marlene Wilson, 80, of Pomeroy, passed away Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. She was born May 14, 1935, in Pomeroy, the daughter of the late Carl Edward Moore and Mabel Virginia Davis Moore. She was a member of Enterprise United Methodist Church. She was a 60-year member of Eastern Star. Mrs. Wilson is survived by her husband of 58 years, Geoffrey A. Wilson; two children, Kelly Ann (Jacob) Roush, of Pomeroy, and Terri Jo Wilson, of Malta, Ohio; and special niece Lisa Jett, of Pomeroy. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Linda Lou Jett. There will be no public services. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. ALLBRIGHT POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Carol Ann Allbright, 73, of Point Pleasant, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at home. Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. Burial will follow at Beale Chapel Cemetery in Apple Grove, W.Va. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral service Wednesday at the funeral home. CORNELIUS LANCASTER, Ohio — Robert Cornelius Jr., 75, of Lancaster, passed away Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Friends may call Sheridan Funeral Home, Lancaster, between 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Funeral service to be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church ELCA-North Berne, Lancaster. Interment will follow at 1 p.m. Thursday in Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire, Ohio. DELUCA PHILADELPHIA — Beatrice Ann Hamlin DeLuca, 72, of Philadelphia, passed away Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. a private family graveside service in Graham Cemetery, New Haven. Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, W.Va., is assisting the family. LOUDERMILT MASON, W.Va. — Ronald Elsworth Loudermilt, 71, of Mason, passed away Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, following a brief illness. Services will be private and burial will take place in Sunrise Cemetery, Letart, W.Va. Foglesong Funeral Home is assisting the Loudermilt family. PLANTS POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Edith Virginia Plants, 65, of Point Pleasant, passed away Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Funeral services were will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 at Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. Burial will follow in Mt. Union Cemetery in Pliny, W.Va. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. SISSON MASON. W.Va. — John Ralph Sisson, 76, of Mason, passed away Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, W.Va., due to a brief illness. Service was 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 at Mason United Methodist Church, Mason, with Pastor Jeff Mayﬁeld ofﬁciating. Foglesong Funeral Home Mason assisted the Sisson family. DONNALLY GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Brian David Donnally, 29, of Gallipolis, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at Holzer SMOOT Medical Center. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. MASON, W.Va. — George Lee Smoot, 88, of Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at Waugh-Halley-Wood Mason, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at The Ohio Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Mt. Zion CemState University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. etery. Friends may call the funeral home between Service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, at 6-9 p.m. Wednesday. Foglesong Funeral Home. Burial will be in Kirkland Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Point Pleasant. VisiDOSS tation will be 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the PROCIOUS, W.Va. — Tina Blake Doss, 59, of funeral home. Procious, passed away Sunday, Dec.r 13, 2015, at Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Gassaway, SPEARS W.Va. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, ProctorPROCTORVILLE, Ohio — Marguerite Winona ville, Ohio, is in charge of arrangements, which are Spears, 95, of Proctorville, passed away Thursday, incomplete. Dec. 10, 2015, at River’s Bend Health Care Center, South Point, Ohio. There will be no visitation. A GIBBS graveside service will be 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18, NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — Leo Friend Gibbs, 88, of New Haven, passed away Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, at 2015, at Mausoleum Chapel at Rome Cemetery, Proctorville. Burial will follow. home following an extended illness. There will be MEIGS COMMUNITY CALENDAR Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel appreciates your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a spaceavailable basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@civitasmedia.com. Tuesday, Dec. 15 MASON, W.Va. — The Mason County Solid Waste Authority will contact Melissa Dailey at 740have its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. 992-6249. at 1927 Fairground Road in Mason. POMEROY — Last day to donate to the Reed and Baur InsurWednesday, Dec. 16 ance Agency food drive to help MIDDLEPORT — Last chance families in need. All non-perishable to donate your soles to Mid-Valley items are accepted and can be Christian School, 500 N. 2nd Ave. dropped off at their ofﬁce located in Middleport. now through Dec. at 220 E. Main St. in Pomeroy. 16 to help raise funds for the orgaPOMEROY — There will be a nization by donating your new blood donation opportunity from or gently worn used shoes. The 1:30-7 p.m. at the Mulberry Comgroup will be collecting shoes for munity Center, 260 Mulberry Funds2orgs.For more information Ave., Pomeroy. MEIGS LOCAL BRIEFS Civitas Media, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. 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Give the Gift of Relaxation and Serenity this Holiday Season roy are taking orders for fruit baskets. Delivery or pick-up dates are Dec. 19 or Dec. 20. All proceeds from the basket donations go to beneﬁt Meigs County widows of their deceased comrades during the holidays. To order call John Hood at 740-992-6991 or Steve Vanmeter at 740-992-2875. Community Services Block Grant app available for review CHESHIRE — The 2016-17 Community Services Block Grant application, prepared by Gallia-Meigs Community Action Agency, is available for review through Dec. 22 at the GMCAA ofﬁce in Cheshire. Comments will be received until Dec. 22 to be forwarded to the Ohio Development Services Agency, Ofﬁce of Community Assistance. GMCAA adnministers the grant which provides services to low-income residents of Gallia and Meigs counties. Hope Baptist Church Christmas Cantata MIDDLEPORT — Hope Baptist Church, 570 Grant St. in Middleport, will be having a Christmas Cantata at 11 a.m. Dec. 20. 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Audits of charter school ﬁnances for 2008 to 2014 revealed improper spending by about 40 of the taxpayerfunded, privately operated schools, The Columbus Dispatch reported. The audits were performed after the U.S. Department of Education decided on Nov. 3 to put a hold on a $71 million grant to Ohio to support new charter schools citing concerns that the Ohio Department of Education’s grant application didn’t accurately reﬂect problems experienced in its oversight ofﬁce. School Choice Director David Hansen, who drafted the state’s application, acknowledged over the summer that he omitted failing grades of some online charter schools from state evaluations of charter school overseers. He told the state school board he didn’t want to “mask” successes elsewhere. Hansen has since resigned and the evaluations reﬂecting his omissions were retracted. Federal regulators expressed concerns and wanted assurances that the grant money would be spent responsibly. “A majority of the unresolved ﬁndings for recovery are against individuals who operated or worked at the schools, and many of these schools are now closed,” according to the report that Ohio Superintendent Richard Ross recently submitted to federal ofﬁcials. Ross, who is retiring at the end of the year, has promised that the state would use the grant money to open high-quality public charter schools across the state. According to the report Ross submitted last week, State Auditor Dave Yost’s ofﬁce conducted more than 2,000 audits of charter schools. Of those, 347 sought to recover misspent funds. Ofﬁcials said Friday that a federal review is ongoing. Frontier must give rival access to high-speed network Courtesy photo Pictured is Pat Snedden, Kops Reinstatement member Encouragement songs were sung and the upcoming Christmas party discussed. Rankin presented a program on reading and understanding food labels and an open discussion followed. The meeting closed with members singing the Enthusiasm Song and the reading of the Helping Hand Circle to encourage each other to have a “bet- ter week next week.” Tops No. 2013 meets every Monday at 6 p.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church on St. Rt. 7 in Tuppers Plains. Anyone interested may attend a free meeting and should contact Connie Rankin at 740-667-6329 for more information. Visit their website at www.tops.org. Contact Lorna Hart at 740-9922155 Ext. 2551. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A state Public Service Commission ruling that Internet provider Frontier Communications must lease part of its broadband service to rival Citynet could boost competition for high-speed Internet service in West Virginia. Last week, the panel upheld most of an administrative law judge’s decision that requires Frontier to lease unused ﬁberoptic cable to Citynet in several rural communities, including Philippi, Buckhannon and Elkins, The Charleston GazetteMail reported. Citynet ﬁled a complaint with the PSC in August 2014 accusing Frontier of trying to shut out competition for high-speed Internet service by not honoring prior agreements and stiﬂing competition. The PSC concluded that Frontier could lease at least two strands of ﬁber to Citynet without compromising service to its own customers. Citynet CEO Jim Martin praised the ruling. “The Public Service Commission has taken a tremendously positive step for improving telecommunication services in the rural markets throughout the state, which is desperately needed,” Martin said. “We feel vindicated by (the commission’s action).” Frontier had appealed the judge’s July decision in favor of Citynet, arguing that the Federal Communications Commission’s “net neutrality” order doesn’t require the company to lease ﬁber to competitors that plan it for high-speed broadband services. The state commission, however, said the FCC should sort out those matters. 60626788 TUPPERS PLAINS — Pat Snedden from Tops 2013 in Tuppers Plains was recognized for becoming a Kops Reinstatement member at a recent Tops meeting. Tops is a national program with local chapters that provide support and education for members during their weight-loss efforts. Her effort of meeting her weight goal for the second time has taken her three years and she was congratulated with a yellow rose and Kops Reinstatement Certiﬁcate. Snedden is co-leader of the Kops in the Tops, a group made up of Tops members who meet the weight goal set by their doctor. After their goal is met they become a member of Kops. The member then has a 10-pound range in which they must stay to maintain their status. If a member’s weight ﬂuctuates above or below the 10-pound range, they have two weeks to comply before losing their Kops status and reverting to a Tops member. Leader Connie Rankin called the meeting to order with the Tops and Kops Pledges recited by the seven members present. The weekly recognition for best weight loss winner went to Nola Easterling, who received the contents from the fruit and veggie basket. Mary Rankin was the runner-up, and they both received certiﬁcates. Tuesday, December 15, 2015 3A 60628546 �E ditorial 4A Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW Keystone politics flow into Canada Having rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, President Obama recently paraded into Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference like a triumphant Julius Caesar conquering Gaul. The President grandiosely proclaimed that he looked forward to developing a “framework to protect the one planet that we’ve got while we still can.” Unfortunately, without Keystone XL, that planet will include a United States deprived of thousands of new jobs, billions in economic growth, and the chance to achieve true energy independence. And ironically, the planet will also have a worse environment. Michael President Obama’s reasons for J. Barton rejecting Keystone XL were laughable. Contributing The president alleged that Keystone Columnist XL “would not make a meaningful long-term contribution to our economy.” But his own State Department has consistently determined otherwise. The initial construction phase would create 42,000 jobs. The pipeline itself would generate $3.4 billion in new economic activity. The president also claimed that building Keystone XL would not bring America any closer to energy security. But expanding our trade relationship with Canada, a loyal ally, would go a long way toward establishing long-term energy self-sufﬁciency for North America. Thanks to the U.S. fracking revolution, domestic oil and natural gas production is booming. Projections show that Keystone XL would have ensured that North America could satisfy all of our country’s liquid fuel needs within a dozen years. President Obama coupled this baseless claim with yet another misleading assertion, one that sounds like it came from a late night college bull session: energy security can only be achieved with a stronger commitment to environmentally sound practices. Yet every possible question about environmental impact has been thoroughly studied and effectively addressed by ﬁve State Department reviews — all of which concluded that the pipeline would have a negligible effect on the environment. Moreover, the pipeline would have been built in accordance with 59 additional safety standards exceeding regulatory requirements. One wonders if the President knows he took longer to decide if a company could build a pipeline than it took America to win WWII. Worst of all, failing to build Keystone XL will actually hurt the environment. That’s because transporting oil via pipeline is much safer than via rail or truck. Indeed, oil shipments by rail are nearly ﬁve times more likely to experience spills or incidents than those by pipeline. Shipments by pipeline also produce fewer emissions than alternative shipping methods. Had President Obama approved Keystone XL’s permit when it was ﬁrst submitted seven years ago, he would have spared the planet 8.8 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions — the equivalent of eliminating 1.8 million cars from the road. What makes the whole episode even more strange is that apart from the rejection of Keystone XL, President Obama actually has an unfalteringly pro-pipeline record. On his watch, more than 12,000 miles of pipeline have been built in the United States, mostly underground. That’s the equivalent of ten Keystone XL pipelines. Clearly, the president’s opposition to Keystone XL isn’t about the policy merits. With this decision, he has chosen to appease the environmentalist left, which decided to make killing this pipeline its signature priority. Keystone XL was a tangible pathway to job creation, economic prosperity and a healthier environment. Unfortunately for us, those considerations took a back seat to cynical politics. Michael James Barton is the Energy Advisor at ARTIS Research and speaks around the country on energy and energy security matters. He previously served as the deputy director of Middle East policy at the Pentagon. THEIR VIEW Bill last, best chance to stop agenda protections and recourse in “If conservative memfederal court should the funcbers of Congress don’t tions ever be used to engage provide leadership with a in censorship. set of policy defunds that, The Internet giveaway, as if included in the omnibus we called it, was defunded spending bill, will win their through Sept. 30, 2015, vote, and if leadership isn’t and then in the continuing actively engaging them, Robert resolution that passed, it was then the legislation will be Romano subject to the exact kind of Contributing defunded again through Dec. 11, 2015. Defunding it again deal-making with the Dem- Columnist for the remainder of the ocrats that led to former ﬁscal year should be a noSpeaker John Boehner’s brainer for lawmakers. It’s easy to demise earlier this year.” That was Americans for Limited do, because it’s already been done. We praised it then, and we’ll praise Government President Rick Manit again. ning’s challenge in a column for In that spirit, we have been TheHill.com to Republican leadactively urging Republican leaders and conservative lawmakers ers to work with members on in Congress, to come together in their speciﬁc policy riders that we the omnibus spending bill on one thing that ought to unite the GOP, will also praise because they will and that is stopping key aspects of accomplish good things for taxpayers. the Obama agenda. One we think is very promisIn the past, many of these efforts ing was offered by U.S. Rep. Paul have focused on big ticket items, such as defunding implementation Gosar (R-Ariz.), a rider from the Transportation and Housing of the health care law, President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty and Urban Development (HUD) Appropriations Bill. It would program for illegal immigrants defund implementation of a reguwith U.S.-born children, and lation by HUD to condition $3.4 defunding Planned Parenthood in billion of community development the wake of videos showing orgablock grants on redrawing neighnization employees discussing the borhoods along racial and income sale of the body parts of unborn guidelines. babies. HUD is basically saying that Less focus however has been communities are segregated put on policy riders that perhaps because some houses cost more readers have not heard of, but still than others and so they want to would limit the size and scope of “mix” the neighborhoods up more government all the same and even with low-income housing. The be signed into law. A perfect example actually came department ignores the fact that in the 2015 omnibus spending bill. zoning only determines what can be built, not who will ultimately A rider originally offered by U.S. buy or rent property there. That’s Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) in the what markets and individuals do. Commerce, Science and Justice HUD wants to circumvent those Appropriations Bill defunded a policy by the National Telecommu- local zoning decisions by using the block grants to force communities nications and Information Adminto build the low-income housing istration (NTIA) to cede adminunits where HUD deems appropriistration of the Internet’s domain ate. name system to the private The Gosar rider passed the Internet Corporation for Assigned House in 2014 and in 2015. Now Names and Numbers (ICANN), that the rule has been ﬁnalized, a practice currently performed about 1,200 counties and cities under government contract. that accept the funds are in HUD’s ICANN would be left with a government-created global monop- crosshairs. These are racial and income zoning quotas, a vast overoly on the assigning of Internet reach and takeover of local govdomain names and IP addresses. And users of the Internet would be ernments, and Congress does not need to fund it. Nor should it. left without any First Amendment There are other riders. Dozens, scores, even hundreds. Congress should ﬁght against Obama’s regulatory assault on the coal industry by defunding implementation of the new and existing power plants rules. It could disarm the administration’s sue and settle racket, where an organization sues the agency trying to force it to enforce the law in some new, expanded way, and the agency agrees to settle the lawsuit, with its newfound powers granted with judicial imprimatur. It could stop legal settlements from awarding monies to third party groups that are not even parties of the suit, so-called consumer advocacy groups and others who are awarded millions of dollars just because they had a political connection at the Justice Department. It could stop the assault on the First Amendment by the IRS, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Election Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice. And it goes on and on. You get the point. But conservative lawmakers need to be willing to offer their votes for the omnibus to maximize what can be accomplished. For every Democrat House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell need to pass the omnibus, the fewer good policy riders Republicans will get, and the worse the bill will be. And Speaker Ryan and Majority Leader McConnell must be willing to engage with members when they are approached. If there’s no possibility to include riders that make the omnibus more palatable, why should members vote for it? As it stands, with little more than year left in Obama’s term, the omnibus spending bill represents the last, best chance to stop some major parts of his agenda. We realize it won’t stop everything, but we sure hope it stops some things. We look forward to seeing what Speaker Ryan and Majority Leader McConnell can come up with, and offer the American people policy defunds that are praiseworthy. Robert Romano is the senior editor of Americans for Limited Government. TODAY IN HISTORY... Today is Tuesday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2015. There are 16 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 15, 1965, two U.S. manned spacecraft, Gemini 6A and Gemini 7, maneuvered to within 10 feet of each other while in orbit. On this date: In 1791, the Bill of Rights went into effect following ratiﬁcation by Virginia. In 1814, the “Hartford Convention” began as New England Federalists opposed to the War of 1812 secretly gathered in the Connecticut capital. (America’s victory in the Battle of New Orleans and the war’s end effectively discredited the Convention.) Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Tim Conway is 82. 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Actress Stefania Owen is 18. �STATE/AREA Daily Sentinel Tuesday, December 15, 2015 5A Parenthood probe spurs measure on fetal remains COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio hospitals, abortion clinics and other providers would have to dispose of fetal remains by burial or cremation under legislation that Republican state lawmakers plan to introduce. The legislation announced by House Republicans on Monday comes after state Attorney General Mike DeWine’s investigation into Planned Parenthood facilities. DeWine’s ofﬁce found no evidence that Planned Parenthood made money from aborted fetuses, but his report instead criticized its facilities for disposing of fetal remains in landﬁlls. On Friday, DeWine accused the organization of violating a state rule requiring that fetal tissue be disposed of in a “humane manner.” Planned Parenthood calls the report “inﬂammatory.” The group says its three facilities that provide abortions follow Ohio law and use the same practices as hospitals and other providers, which generally contract with companies to dispose of medical waste. Stephanie Kight, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, said the disposal process is handled safely and respectfully. The tissue is processed and sent to a solid waste facility that’s speciﬁcally licensed for medical material — not a typical landﬁll, she said in a Sunday interview. GOP state lawmakers said one bill is aimed at providing clarity as to the meaning of “humane” disposal of fetal tissue. State Rep. Barbara Sears, a Republican from suburban Toledo, said the bill she’s cosponsoring is not restricting a woman’s choice to get an abortion. “What we’re doing is saying there needs to be a respectful way once that’s occurred,” Sears told reporters at a Mon- Hunter mum on location of coins COLUMBUS (AP) — A former deepsea treasure hunter must explain why he shouldn’t face new penalties for failing to answer questions about 500 missing gold coins, a federal judge ruled Monday. An attorney for Tommy Thompson said in a Monday court hearing that he wasn’t going to answer questions about the coins as required by a plea deal. Judge Algenon Marbley set another hearing for Tuesday. Thompson, 63, went missing three years ago amid demands that he appear in court to answer similar questions. He and his longtime female companion were apprehended in January at a hotel where he was living near Boca Raton, Florida. Thompson has faced accusations of cheating investors since he discovered the S.S. America, known as the Ship of Gold, in 1988. The gold rush-era ship sank in a hurricane off South Carolina in 1857 with thousands of pounds of gold aboard, contributing to an economic panic. The 161 investors who paid Thompson $12.7 million to ﬁnd the ship never saw any proceeds. Two sued — a now-deceased investment ﬁrm president and the company that day news conference. A separate proposal, which had been in the works before the report, would allow women who get abortions to decide in writing whether their fetuses’ remains should be buried or cremated. The clinic must document the decision. The head of the abortion rights group NARAL ProChoice Ohio said the bills were intended to “shame women” who get abortions. “It is just the latest in the constantly changing, medically unnecessary legal hoops that abortion providers and their patients must jump through,” said Kellie Copeland, the group’s executive director, in a written statement. House Republicans said their proposals would be formally introduced in the coming weeks. The GOP-controlled state legislature is on break for the holidays and expected to return in January. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A state agency is being sued by a former investigator who says she was fired for being a whistleblower. Regina D. Reynolds, a former investigator for the state Medical Examiner’s Office, filed the lawsuit last week in Kanawha County Circuit Court. The lawsuit alleges that the Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health fired Reynolds after she refused to burn human remains to conceal that the medical examiner’s office mishandled them, The Charleston GazetteMail reported. DHHR spokesman Toby Wagoner told the newspaper that the office doesn’t comment on pending litigation or personnel issues. 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Their Price 75.56 dence room last year. Reynolds recognized the remains from a 2010 case and found the case file. Records indicated the remains, identified in the lawsuit as “D.H.,” had been returned to the man’s family and buried at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton. “This information was highly concerning to Ms. Reynolds because this meant that either D.H. had not actually been buried in the West Virginia National Cemetery and the grave bearing his name is empty, or another person is buried in the grave bearing D.H.’s name,” the lawsuit states. Don Raynes, the acting chief medical exam- Get DISH! Call Now: 800-595-3120 Celecoxib* $ handling fetal tissue properly and legally.” In its lawsuit, Planned Parenthood said it’s always abided by the directive that fetal tissue be disposed in a “humane” manner and has never been cited by the Ohio Department of Health, which licenses abortion facilities in Ohio, for violating those regulations. A health department spokeswoman said the agency doesn’t comment on pending litigation. DeWine announced an investigation into Planned Parenthood in July after anti-abortion activists began releasing undercover videos they said showed the organization’s personnel negotiating the sale of fetal organs. Planned Parenthood said some fetal tissue is donated for medical research, but such donations are illegal in Ohio. A Planned Parenthood state leader has said no donation program exists here. Medical examiner employee sues once published The Columbus Dispatch newspaper. Thompson pleaded guilty in April to contempt of court for failing to appear before a federal judge in 2012. Part of his plea deal requires him to answer questions in closeddoor sessions about the whereabouts of the gold coins. The ﬁrst of those hearings was Oct. 19. A federal prosecutor chastised Thompson afterward, calling his answers evasive and concerning, and scheduled another hearing for Oct. 26. That hearing was delayed. Thompson was also criticized by investors for “feigned ignorance, convenient lack of recollection, and then outright refusal to answer any more questions,” according to a court ﬁling. Complicating matters, Thompson is on his third defense attorney after ﬁring the previous two this fall without explanation. A message seeking comment was left with his latest lawyer Monday. Thompson faces two years in prison and a maximum ﬁne of $250,000 stemming from his April plea agreement. He could also be kept behind bars until he answers the latest questions about the coins and other assets. Our Price The meaning of the state’s fetal tissue disposal rule was being legally debated outside the Statehouse. DeWine had said he planned to ﬁle an injunction in state court Monday to prevent Planned Parenthood from disposing of fetal remains as its afﬁliates have done. A federal court lawsuit was complicating his plan. 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Experts also advise businesses to pay special attention to their IT department’s advice in dealing with cyber threats. As always, it is advised by cybersecurity consultants that businesses and individuals never hand out personal information or bank account numbers to individuals they are not a 100 percent certain represent the correct organizations. It is not uncommon for individu- Friday Dec. 18 MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Church of Christ monthly Free Community Dinner will be served at 5 p.m., doors open at 4:30 p.m. Christmas dinner will be ham, potatoes, gravy, green beans, roll and dessert. The adult choir will sing Christmas songs and there will be an appearance from Santa. The public is invited to attend. Lorna Hart | Daily Sentinel Chrisopher Joseph, a cybersecurity consultant with the firm Arnett Carbis Toothman LLP, discusses the nature of security breaches, identity theft, money theft and data theft over the internet with local businesses in both Meigs and Gallia Counties Thursday. Here he speaks with community members of Pomeroy in the Ohio Valley Bank Annex Farmers Bank Community Room on Main St. als to receive emails or phone calls from entities pretending to be credit card agencies or even the IRS. Criminals will often ask potential victims to “verify” information in order to collect data that can then be used to steal money, enact identity theft scams or similar situations. Cyber threats and theft do not always come over the internet. Sometimes it was as simple as an individual loading a USB drive into a computer and stealing information or uploading a Sunday, Dec. 20 MIDDLEPORT — The adult choir at the Middleport Church of Christ, located on the corner of Fifth and Main streets in Middleport, will present “Bethlehem Morning” at 6 p.m. in the church sanctuary The public is invited to attend. MIDDLEPORT — Hope Baptist Church 570 Grant St., Middleport, will be having a Christmas Cantata at 11 a.m. If you would like to be part of our choir, practice will be at 5:30 p.m. Sunday Evening. For more information call 740-992-3015. POMEROY — The Laurel Cliff Methodist Church Presents “The Christmas Story” at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend as members of the congregation reenact the ﬁrst Christmas as told in the King James’ version of the Bible. Saturday Dec. 19 Reedville — The Reedsville Community Children will present “Unfrozen: Do You Want to Meet a Savior” at 7 p.m. at Reedsville United Methodist Church. The public is invited. virus from the drive. With the nature of crime ever evolving, so have security techniques. Layered security often asks for passwords, personal questions as well as account numbers to add levels of protection. Joseph advised that the need for cybersecurity would not diminish anytime soon and would only continue to evolve to catch up with the next scam or attack enacted on private or public entities. Dean Wright can be reached at (740) 446-2342, Ext. 2103. Courtesy photo Meigs Community Band, under the direction of Toney Dingess with favorite Christmas songs Revue LOCAL STOCKS TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 48° 52° 48° Mostly cloudy and mild today. Mainly cloudy tonight. High 54° / Low 38° HEALTH TODAY AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.17 Month to date/normal 2.75/1.56 Year to date/normal 45.66/40.84 Snowfall (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.0 Month to date/normal Trace/1.2 Season to date/normal Trace/2.0 Today 7:39 a.m. 5:07 p.m. 10:43 a.m. 9:43 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Wed. 7:40 a.m. 5:08 p.m. 11:22 a.m. 10:48 p.m. MOON PHASES First Full Dec 18 Dec 25 Last Jan 2 New Jan 9 The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. 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Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.87 16.09 20.80 12.56 13.22 24.88 12.83 25.81 34.46 12.79 16.40 34.10 14.90 24-hr. 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The Riverbend Arts Council is sup- 38° 26° Cooler with rain tapering off McArthur 52/36 Waverly 52/36 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme 0 50 100 150 200 SOLUNAR TABLE Major Today 2:28a Wed. 3:27a Thu. 4:23a Fri. 5:17a Sat. 6:08a Sun. 6:57a Mon. 7:45a 0 Q: Are raindrops shaped like a pear? SUN & MOON Some sun, then clouds, nice and warm Tiger Music Orff Ensemble perform. FRIDAY 52° 30° Adelphi 51/35 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) THURSDAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. A: No. They actually look more like a mushroom. Precipitation WEDNESDAY 63° 49° Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday 69°/56° 46°/29° 69° in 2015 3° in 1901 of “Baby It’s Cold Outside” by Kreseen and Bissell, followed by Moore on the piano with “Oh Holy Night,” Blackwell “The Angels Cried” and the entire group of The Gallia-Meigs Performing Arts dancers performing to “Christmas Soul.” The children that performed were then invited to the stage and Dan Arnold read “Twas the Night Before Christmas” with a surprise appearance by Santa Claus. 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They were judged on after being selected to play the 40-yard dash; shuttle in a pair of prestigious drill; bench press; vertical National All-Star games. and broad jumps as well as After advancing through a multiple one-on-one sespair of challenging regional sions for each position. football combines against Hesson and McDermitt the nation’s top football were both prominent memrecruits, former White Falbers of the White Falcons con lineman, Jesse Hesson, football history and were sigand senior linebacker, B.J. niﬁcant components in the McDermitt were chosen among a ﬁeld of nearly 7,000 Bend Area team’s 2012 Class A State Championship seacandidates to participate son as well as two additional in the celebrated All-Star Wahama playoff berths. games. Hesson began his quest by The road to these high Courtesy photo attending the Midwest Comschool, year-ending events, Seniors Billy Joe McDermitt (31) and Jesse Hesson (77) have been selected to participate in an all-star football contest in Florida, allowing the Wahama duo an opportunity to play is a very difﬁcult task but if bine in Cincinnati, Ohio and with some of the nation’s best high school players. chosen the rewards are very was chosen to advance to the For Ohio Valley Publishing Mid-Atlantic Super Combine at the Washington Redskins training facility in Richmond Virginia. He impressed the combine ofﬁcials enough to be selected to play in the AllAmerican Blue-Grey, North and South Bowl at Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in Tampa, Florida on January 9. The recent West Virginia Honorable Mention All-State selection and Ohio Valley Publishing top 25 pick will be playing for the North as an offensive lineman. McDemitt’s route to his inspiring All Star football contest began following an impressive showing at the North Carolina Regional Combine in Greensboro, North Carolinian. See DUO | 4B South Gallia triumphs over Tornadoes, 65-50 By Alex Hawley the Rebel scoring with 24 points, followed by Landon Hutchinson RACINE — A fast with 13. Josh Henry start can be just what and Curtis Haner each you need. had seven points, Kane The South Gallia boys Hutchinson added ﬁve, basketball team scored while D.J. Drenner ﬁn26 points in the ﬁrst ished with four. Caleb eight minutes of the Henry posted three Rebels’ 65-50 victory points in the triumph, over Tri-Valley Conferwhile Austin Triplett ence Hocking Division and Dominick Johnson host Southern, Friday rounded out the SGHS night in Racine. scoring with one point The Rebels (4-1, each. 2-1 TVC Hocking) led South Gallia shot 26-to-10 after the open- 17-of-33 (51.5 percent) ing period and their from the free throw lead was expanded to line, while committing 36-18 at halftime. 14 turnovers. The Red Southern (0-4, 0-3) and Gold pulled down posted 22 points in the 34 rebounds in the win, third period, cutting including 10 on the the deﬁcit to 50-40 with offensive end. eight minutes remainCrenson Rogers led ing. South Gallia only the Tornadoes with sank half of its 22 free 14 points, followed by throw attempts in the Kody Greene with nine fourth period, but it was and Blake Johnson with enough to secure the eight. Clayton Wood 65-50 victory. Joseph Ehman led See GALLIA | 4B ahawley@civitasmedia.com Alex Hawley | OVP Sports OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Meigs junior Dillon Mahr (11) fires a three pointer during the Marauders’ 72-64 victory over Athens, Friday night in Rocksprings. Tuesday, December 15 Boys Basketball Southern at Wahama, 7:30 Waterford at South Gallia, 7:30 Van at Hannan, 7:30 Meigs at Jackson, 7:30 River Valley at Athens, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Rock Hill, 7:30 Ohio Valley Christian at New Hope, 7:30 Girls Basketball Van at Hannan, 6 p.m. Ohio Valley Christian at New Hope, 6 p.m. Wrestling River Valley tri-match, 6 p.m. Women’s College Basketball St. Catharine at Rio Grande, 3:30 Marauders march past Rock Hill Wednesday, December 16 Boys Basketball Wahama at Buffalo, 7:30 Girls Basketball Point Pleasant at Hannan, 6 p.m. Thursday, December 17 Boys Basketball Winﬁeld at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Mountain State at Hannan, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball Eastern at River Valley, 7:30 South Gallia at Wahama, 6:30 Athens at Meigs, 7:30 Gallia Academy at South Point, 7:30 Southern at Waterford, 7:30 Wrestling Athens at Point Pleasant, 6 p.m. By Alex Hawley the 71-39 victory. MHS senior Colton Lilly made 12-of-17 ﬁeld goal attempts and RIO GRANDE — It’s safe to say paced the Marauders with 25 the Marauder offensive is ﬁring on points, followed by Kaileb Sheets all cylinders. with 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting. The Meigs boys basketball team Marauders sophomore Christian eclipsed 70 points for the fourth Mattox posted 10 points, Dillon consecutive game on Saturday Mahr and T.J. Williams each added night, as the Marauders rolled to ﬁve, while Devon Hawley and Tyler a 71-39 victory over Rock Hill at Fields each scored four points. the Newt Oliver Coaches Classic, Meigs senior Jaxon Meadows hosted by the University of Rio rounded out the scoring for the Grande. Maroon and Gold with two points The Marauders (5-0), who never in the win. trailed in the contest, bolted out to Lilly also led the Marauders on a 15-4 lead through one quarter of the glass with nine rebounds, folplay. Meigs expanded its advantage lowed by Sheets and Jared Kenneto 36-16 at halftime with a 21-12 dy with four each. Sheets marked second quarter run. Meigs shot a team-best ﬁve assists, followed 16-of-28 (57.1 percent) from the by Luke Musser with four and ﬁeld in the ﬁrst half, while holdLilly with two. The MHS defense ing Rock Hill (0-5) to 7-of-20 (35 was led by Sheets and Mattox percent) from the ﬁeld through the with three steals each, while Lilly ﬁrst two quarters. marked two. Meigs outscored the Redmen For the game Meigs shot 8-of-13 20-to-8 in the third quarter, (61.5 percent) from the free throw pushing the lead to 56-24 with line and 29-of-57 (50.9 percent) eight minutes remaining. The from the ﬁeld, including 5-of-18 Maroon and Gold grabbed game- (27.8 percent) from beyond the best 35-point lead early in the arc. As a team the Maroon and fourth period, before cruising to Gold had 23 defensive rebounds, ahawley@civitasmedia.com 12 offensive rebounds, 15 assists, 13 steals, eight fouls and 12 turnovers. Rock Hill was led by Nathan Turvey with 12 points and Mason Darby with 10, followed by Alex Nance with six and Brady Knipp with ﬁve. Tyler Damron, Logan Reed and Jaret Bacorn each scored two points in the setback for the Redmen. Cameron Barnette led RHHS on the boards with ﬁve rebounds, while Darby marked team-highs in assists with four, steals with four and blocks with one. The Redmen shot 2-of-5 (40 percent) from the charity stripe and 16-of-45 (35.6 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 5-of-17 (29.4 percent) from beyond the arc. As a team Rock Hill marked 20 defensive rebounds, nine offensive rebounds, six assists, six steals, one block, 16 fouls and 20 turnovers. The Marauders continue nonconference play on Tuesday when they visit 1-3 Jackson. 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The Bulldogs led by as many as seven points, RIO GRANDE — The 28-21, after a Patrick University of Rio Grande Mitchell layup with 8:25 opened the second half left in the ﬁrst half, but the with an 11-2 run to erase lead was whittled down to a two-point halftime deﬁ- two points, 40-38, by the cit and fuel an eventual intermission. 87-81 triumph over WilThe advantage faded berforce University, Satur- away permanently with day afternoon, as part of Rio’s quick second half the Newt Oliver Coaches start. Classic at the Newt Oliver The RedStorm twice Arena. built leads of as many as The RedStorm earned 11 points, but Wilbertheir third straight vicforce continued to stay tory, improving to 8-4 for within striking distance the season. and pulled to within Wilberforce, a former three, 84-81, following a Rio rival during the days three-pointer by Malik when both schools were Breckenridge with 14.7 members of the nowseconds left. defunct Mid-Ohio and Rio closed things out, America Mideast confer- though, when sophomore ences, slipped to 7-7 with Will Hill (Worthington, For Ohio Valley Publishing OH) hit one of two free throws with 9.5 seconds left and senior Kevonta Black (Nashville, TN) nailed a pair of shots from the charity stripe with 0.2 seconds remaining. Rio Grande shot 56 percent from the ﬂoor in the second half (18-for-32) and ﬁnished the game at 50 percent (33-for-66). The strong shooting helped to offset a 41-35 rebounding deﬁcit and a 12-for-23 day at the free throw line. Senior D.D. Joiner (Columbus, OH) scored 11 of his team-high 19 points in the second half. He also ﬁnished with a game-high eight assists to go along with six rebounds. Black had 18 points - Tornadoes fall to Williamstown 12 of which came in the second half - to go along with eight rebounds and ﬁve assists. Senior Travis Elliott (Ironton, OH) netted a season-high 14 points in the win, while senior Dwayne Bazemore (Columbus, OH) had 13 points and a game-high nine rebounds. DeVontae Berry scored a game-high 23 points in the loss for Wilberforce, while Mitchell tallied 17 points, six rebounds and six assists. Breckenridge added 13 points off the bench for the Bulldogs and Brandon Murphy had a team-best eight rebounds. By Donald Lambert elambert@civitasmedia.com RACINE — The Southern boys basketball team fell to the visiting Williamstown 65-35 in a nonconference matchup on Saturday night in Meigs County. The Yellowjackets got out to a big lead early in the contest, leading 14-4 after the ﬁrst quarter. The Tornadoes (0-5) mustered up more offense in the second period, but six shots from three-point range kept the visitors up 36-18 at halftime. Crenson Rogers’ six points in the third quarter gave the home team some life, but Williamstown’s 21 points in the quarter gave the Yellowjackets a 57-30 cushion heading into the ﬁnal quarter. The Yellowjackets ﬁnished with a 14-11 edge in ﬁeld goals in the contest — including eight successful shots from beyond the arc. Both teams had the same number of successes from the free-throw line with seven. Rogers led Southern’s efforts with 12 points. Blake Johnson, Weston Thorla and Trey Pickens each had four points, while Dylan Smith, Kody Greene and Brayden Cunningham ﬁnished with three points apiece. Clayton Wood contributed two points for the Tornadoes. Riley Allen and Isaac Brown led the Yellowjackets with 14 points each. Brad Alsup and Landon Travis each had 12 points, while Aaron Bordas ﬁnished with six points. Bryce Haer contributed four points, followed by Josh Folwell with three points for Williamstown. Southern will travel to Wahama on Tuesday. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. Bonar leads Rio women past OVU By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing SALEM, W.Va. — Sarah Bonar scored a career-high 41 points and grabbed a team-best eight rebounds to lead the University of Rio Grande in an 84-67 win over Ohio Valley University, Saturday afternoon, in the ﬁnal round of the Joe Manchin Classic at Salem International University. Bonar, a senior from Hartford, Ohio, surpassed her previous single game-high of 32 points — a mark she accomplished twice during the 2013-14 season — and narrowly missed the single game school record of 46 points set by Lee Ann Mullins against Wingate on November 19, 1988. Bonar connected on 16 of her 24 ﬁeld goal attempts, tying the single-game school record for ﬁeld goals established by Mullins in the same 1988 game against Wingate. Rio Grande improved to 5-4 with the win, stopping a three-game losing slide in the process. Ohio Valley dropped to 1-8 with the loss. Rio’s win was actually a come-from-behind effort after the Fighting Scots built an eightpoint lead, 34-26, following a layup by Sierra Barker with 1:05 remaining in the ﬁrst half. OVU still led by seven, 44-37, after a bucket by Anne Braswell with 6:39 remaining in the third quarter, but the RedStorm ran off 13 of the game’s next 15 points and grabbed the lead on a pair of free throws by Bonar with The Panthers down Gallia Academy By Donald Lambert elambert@civitasmedia.com CHESAPEAKE — A tough night on the road. The Gallia Academy boys basketball team tried to hang with host Chesapeake, but the Panthers defeated the Blue Devils 55-30 in an Ohio Valley Conference matchup on Friday night in Lawrence County. The Panthers (3-0, 2-0 OVC) had a narrow 7-4 lead over the Blue Devils (1-2, 0-2) after one quarter of play. Chesapeake scored 17 points in the second quarter, which gave the home team a 24-12 lead at the break. Chesapeake poured on the offense in third quarter with 14 points. The Panthers led 38-20 heading into the ﬁnale. Gallia Academy scored a game-high 10 points in the fourth quarter, but Chesapeake’s 17 points gave the home team the victory. Even Wiseman led the Blue Devils with 15 points, followed by Wes Jarrell with ﬁve points. Russell Matthew had three points for the visitors, while Cole Carter, Devin Henry and Justin Peck ﬁnished with two points apiece. Justin McClelland contributed one point for Gallia Academy. Gage Rhoades led the home team with a game-high 27 points, followed by Brad Meadows with 12 points. Casey McComas had six points for the Panthers, while Wes Stephens ﬁnished with four points. Cole Mills, Ty Wilcoxon and Austin Browning each contributed two points for Chesapeake. Gallia Academy will travel to Rock Hill on Tuesday. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Donald Lambert can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2106 3:10 left in the period. It was a lead that Rio never relinquished. The RedStorm’s biggest cushion was 19 points, 84-65, following a layup by freshman Jasmine Smith with 45 seconds left in the game. Rio Grande shot 55 percent from the ﬂoor (33-for-60), including a 21-for-34 (61.8%) performance in the second half. Freshman Chelsy Slone (Gallipolis, OH) was the only other double-digit scorer for Rio, ﬁnishing with 10 points in her ﬁrst collegiate start. 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All of the Wahama followers as well as Mason County and the State of West Virginia are behind these two stellar football players and wish them the most success they can have when they represent the area in such a major undertaking. Gary Clark is a sports correspondent for Ohio Valley Publishing. Gallia Southern shot 11-of20 (55 percent) from the free throw line and From Page 1B 17-of-44 (38.6 percent) from the ﬁeld, including scored seven points, 5-of-19 (26.3 percent) Trey Pickens and Dylan from beyond the arc. Smith each added four, As a team SHS had 17 while Eli Hunter and defensive rebounds, Jonah Hoback both ﬁn- 14 offensive rebounds, ished with two points. seven assists, nine Rogers and Smith led steals and 27 turnovers. Southern on the glass The Tornadoes will with seven rebounds look for revenge on each, followed by JohnJanuary 22, when they son and Pickens with travel to Mercerville. ﬁve each. Pickens, RogSHS returns to action ers and Smith each had on Tuesday at Wahama, two assists to lead the while South Gallia hosts Purple and Gold, while unbeaten Waterford on the defense was charged Tuesday. by Pickens, Rogers, Smith and Wood with Alex Hawley can be reached at two steals each. 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Do we have your attention now? Advertise your business in this space, or bigger Call us at: 740.992.2155 By Jim Freeman In The Open Like it or not, the history of America and its guns are closely entwined, and throughout our history there have been certain ﬁrearms that are considered so distinctly American that they literally deﬁned an era. The long-barreled “Kentucky” Riﬂe of the Revolutionary War era, the lever-action Winchester 73 during the westward expansion, and the Colt M1911 from World War I to the Persian Gulf War are examples that spring to mind. To that list I would add the ArmaLite Riﬂe-15, more commonly known today as the AR-15, or simply AR. The designation AR-15 today is a trademark of Colt Industries, but numerous manufacturers produce AR “clones” all based on the ArmaLite Riﬂe-15, which was originally developed in the 1950s. “AR,” by the way, stands for ArmaLite Riﬂe, not “assault riﬂe” or “automatic riﬂe.” The AR-15 in civilian guise is a gas-operated, semi-automatic carbine usually chambered in 5.56 x 45mm (.223 Remington), with a detachable box magazine. Often called the “black riﬂe,” in its original conﬁguration it was very distinctive with its black ﬁnish, integral carrying handle, and triangular (in cross section) forearm or front stock. There are no exact ﬁgures, but the AR is probably the single most popular riﬂe being made and sold in the United States these days, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. I am not encouraging everyone to run out and buy an AR for themselves, although I would certainly support any law-abiding citizen’s right to do so (For the record, when it comes to hunting and to Second Amendment issues, anyone who knows me can tell you that I am proudly and unapologetically on the “pro” side of that debate), but rather I would like to examine why the AR is so popular with Americans these days. First, practically every American service member since the 1960s was exposed to the AR-15 family of ﬁrearms, at least learned how to shoot and maintain them in basic training, spent countless hours on the range or in the ﬁeld with them, or carried them in combat. They are familiar with them, slept with them even, and it is only natural that once they became available they would want something similar for themselves. I myself confess to a long-term, love-hate relationship with the AR: on the military side I have carried everything from an early XM-16E1 (with a ﬁve-digit serial number, made by Harrington & Richardson), the M-16 A1 and A2, and the M-16-based M-4 carbine, so I am familiar with their operation and maintenance, and have a healthy respect for their capabilities, but I also dislike the shoot ‘em up mentality, and public shooting ranges left littered with shot-up old television sets, propane tanks, and cheap, non-reloadable, steel ammunition cases. Second, they are just fun to shoot, have little recoil (making them ideal for younger or smaller shooters) and are capable of exceptional accuracy when properly outﬁtted. Additionally, although designed over 50 years ago, they are perfect for today’s modern, plug and play mentality. For instance it is easy to put an upper receiver, barrel, bolt and bolt carrier from one manufacturer onto a lower receiver/trigger assembly from another manufacturer, coupled with a forearm from yet another supplier and sights or a telescopic sight from a fourth provider, and have all of these parts and components function perfectly well and reliably together. Guns are cooler now, with improvements in machinery and standardization making precisionmade aftermarket accessories affordable and easy to install, and with modern coating and surface treatments, such standardized designs can be customized to ﬁt practically any consumer’s taste and style, in almost any color or variety. Want a pink camo AR-15 to recognize breast cancer victims? You can have it, with almost endless options, all coated to match. Finally, it seems the more that certain politicians try to ban or restrict them, the more popular that ARs, and guns in general, become. These are some of the reasons that “AR” should actually stand for “America’s Riﬂe.” Just like the AK-47 represented the military projection of Cold War communism, for the past 50 years the AR-based M-16 has represented the United States and its allies in places like Vietnam, Central America, Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East – anywhere Americans have fought or served, it has been there. To some people the AR summons images of American GIs wading through Vietnamese rice paddies or ﬁghting in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, to others it represents gang violence, or a tool of freedom from oppression. It is loved (sometimes hated) by people who have carried them or who simply enjoy shooting them, and feared by others who see no need for private ownership and would rather see them banned. In the next column I will examine some of the ways people enjoy using their ARs. 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