https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/ea355b36f6050da81657bf7b5c0c5bb7.pdf dd76a699733597eb0186b288d4314481 PDF Text Text The cold man warms up to Jesus Trimble trumps Tornadoes FEATURES s 4A SPORTS s 1B Pomeroy Daily Sentinel 60630589 C_ZZb[fehjFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 205, Volume 69 Friday, December 25, 2015 s 50¢ A gift for those who gave By Lindsay Kriz The group’s ﬁrst stop was Arbors at Pomeroy, with a visit to Overbrook RehabiliMEIGS COUNTY — For tation Center in Middleport those who gave all, a local a little more than a week American Legion group later. Residents were greeted hoped to give back in return. by Santa Claus as they Pomeroy American Legion received presents. Drew Webster Post/Unit 39 Every veteran received during December visited a warm blanket with satin two assisted living facilities trim to keep them comfy in in the area to provide gifts winter weather, along with for veterans. three to four items speciﬁ“We take care of our vetcally requested by the vetererans,” JoAnne Newsome, of ans themselves. Santa and the Drew Webster Auxiliary, volunteers watched as resisaid. “What we always tell dents opened their presents, them is we thank them for and Newsome said that one serving our country. This is of the gifts that residents our way of thanking them were excited for the most for serving our country and was chocolate bars. this is how we pay them “They have fancy cardback.” board wrappers with Ohio lkriz@civitasmedia.com Lindsay Kriz | Daily Sentinel Celia Lewis, activity director for Arbors at Pomeroy, Santa Claus and JoAnne Newsome, president of the Pomeroy American Legion Drew Webster Post 39 Auxiliary, give presents to Daniel Kern, a veteran at the Arbors. The Drew Webster 39 Post/Unit and Auxiliary passed out candy, wrapped blankets and wrapped items specifically requested by veterans Wednesday afternoon, in honor of their service for their country. The group will continue their visits to assisted living facilities next week. State designs for Ohio State fans or just regular Christmas ones, but we have a bunch of them that look like a $1,000 bill.” Typically, the group also has a party for the veterans, along with a small program as well. “They’re just so lovable,” Newsome said. “They’re so thankful and they’re so appreciative, and it just makes us feel good that they acknowledge and appreciate all the hard work. It makes us feel like all our hard work all gets paid for. Our satisfaction, it’s like, ‘Wow, it was all worth it.’” Reach Lindsay Kriz at 740-992-2155. EXT. 2555 or on Twitter @JournalistKriz. Students Kenyon’s special Christmas support peers Blind his entire life, Ohio youth can now see with project By Jim Krumel jkrumel@civitasmedia.com LIMA — Kenyon Kill had only one wish for Christmas. The 9-year-old boy, who has been legally blind since birth, wanted to be able to see. He was curious about what the gorilla at the zoo looked like as well as a real lion. He wanted to see his 7-year-old sister Carolina’s brown hair, the smile of his mother, Kris, and the goofy faces he’s told his father, Frank, likes to make. And there were those basketball games. If only he could watch — not just attend — a Lima Central Catholic basketball game coached by Dad. Yes, miracles do happen around Christmas. As of last week, Kenyon can now see all the beautiful things so many of us take for granted. The happy ending came with the arrival of a pair of special glasses from a Canadian company that is opening up a whole new world for the visually impaired. Getting to that point though for the Kills saw them travel a path ﬁlled with hope, anxiety, faith, tears and more tears. Staff Report POINT PLEASANT — Christmas isn’t always a happy time. Recently, some students at Point Pleasant Junior/Senior High School decided to raise awareness of this and the fact that depression is not a choice, among some other very serious issues facing young people. These students participated in #thelinesproject. An Academic Life Strategies class of students in grades 9-12, meets daily to discuss issues facing students today and learn ways of overcoming them to be academically successful in life. Classmate Sara Mattox saw the idea for #thelinesproject from a high school in Virginia on social media and presented it to the class. Gaining national attention, the project focuses on depression, abuse, suicide, self-harming, insecurity, and bullying – all issues facing youth ages 15 to 24 in ever increasing numbers. The idea is that each year between Dec. 15-20, participants use Sharpies in red, yellow, orange, blue, black and purple to draw a line designated for each challenge they have faced on their left wrist or to show support for someone they know on their right wrist. “It’s a no-questions-asked kind of thing,” the students explained. “A silent show of support for yourself and others.” PPJ/SHS assistant principals Kerri Lewis and Jackie Schimmel were crucial in getting the project school-wide. Every day they have seen students struggling more and more and at younger ages. The students made posters to publicize the event, advertised it on social media, and staff was provided with information to discuss with their homeroom students on each topic. Participation was voluntary but encouraged. As discussed in the ALS group, Christmas is an especially hard time of year for those struggling with things such as depression and suicide, even See PROJECT | 5A — NEWS Obituaries: 2A Faith & Family: 4A Weather: 5A — SPORTS Basketball: 1B NFL: 1B Schedule: 1B — FEATURES Television: 4B Classified: 6B Comics: 7B 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. 16 weeks premature Kris and Frank were married just four years in 2006 and looking forward to the birth of their ﬁrst child when he surprised Facebook photo | youcaring.com them by arriving at Kenyon Kill is able to read with 20/20 vision with his glasss from eSight, a Canadian company. The glasses 24 weeks gestation. consist of two components: A small computer and a digital headset that houses a high-definition camera. The camera is used to project a real-time video feed onto the lenses of the headset. See KENYON | 6A �LOCAL/STATE 2A Friday, December 25, 2015 Daily Sentinel DEATH NOTICES MEIGS COMMUNITY CALENDAR BARKER ASHTON, W.Va. — James Herschel Barker, 76, of Ashton, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. A funeral service will be 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. Burial will follow at Pete Meadows Cemetery in Glenwood, W.Va. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service Monday at the funeral home. 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. BIRD RACINE, Ohio — Emma Bird, 87, Racine, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. MILLER PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — Rodney Garland Miller, Jr., 60, of Proctorville, Ohio died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. Burial will follow in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Proctorville. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, at the funeral home. MOORE WILLOW WOOD, Ohio — Joanne Josie Moore, 64, of Willow Wood, died Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio, is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete. STEWART MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — Beatrice Stewart, 84, Middleport, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, in the St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Middleport-Pomeroy chapel. WILGUS PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — Margaret Evelyn Wilgus, 73, of Proctorville, died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015 at New Hope United Methodist Church, Proctorville. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville. Visitation will be noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at the church. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. MEIGS CHURCH CALENDAR Friday, Dec. 25 MIDDLEPORT — Middleport First Presbyterian Church, located at 165 N. Fourth Ave. in Middleport will host their eighth annual Christmas Day community dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free toys for children and warm coats and clothing for children and adults who may need them. For questions about volunteering, call 740-9923350 or 740-645-5034 and leave a message. Thursday, Dec. 24 POMEROY — There will be a candlelight service at St. Paul Lutheran Church at the corner of 2nd and Sycamore streets, Pomeroy. POMEROY — Trinty Church, corner of 2nd and Lynn streets, Pomeroy, will present a Christmas cantata, “A Shepherd’s Tale,” at 7:30 p.m. Music to begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29 BEDFORD — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold their end of the year and organizational meeting at 7 p.m. at the town hall. Wednesday, Dec. 30 LETART TOWNSHIP — The Letart Township Trustees will be hold their regular meeting at 12 p.m., immediately follwed by their organizational meeting at the Letart Township Building. CHESTER TOWNSHIP — The Chester Township will hold their end of the year meeting at the new town hall at 6 p.m. MIDDLEPORT — Red Cross blood drive at the Middleport Church of Christ’s Family Life Center, located at the corner of Fifth & Main Streets, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. As a thank-you those who donate that day will receive a long-sleeve Red Cross T-shirt, while supplies last. For more information, visit redcrossblood.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS, or call the church at 740-992-2914. SUTTON TOWNSHIP — Sutton Township will have the year end and organizational meetings at 5 p.m. at the Syracuse Municipal Building. OLIVE TOWNSHIP — Olive Township will have their end of the year meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Township Garage on Joppa Road. SCIPIO TOWNSHIP — The Scipio Township Trustees year end meeting will be 7 p.m. at the Har- risonville Fire House. ORANGE TOWNSHIP — The next regular meeting of the Orange Township Trustees will be held at the township building at 7 p.m. This will be the year end meeting, immediately followed by the Organization meeting for 2016. Thursday, Dec. 31 MIDDLEPORT — There will be a blood donation opportunity from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ Family Life Center, 437 Main St., Middleport. Sunday, Jan. 3 POMEROY — River City Players (RCP) will be holding auditions for their upcoming production of Murder at Café Noir from 2-4 p.m. at Wolfe Mountain Entertainment (the old Pomeroy High School). Performance dates will be February 12 and 13. For additional information, visit RCP on Facebook. Wednesday, Jan. 6 The Scipio Township Trustees Organizational Meeting will be 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire House. MEIGS LOCAL BRIEFS Editor’s Note: The Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. 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 adnminisCHESTER TOWNSHIP — Township Road 65 Lake ters the grant which provides services to low-income Road in Chester township will be closed until Dec. 30 residents of Gallia and Meigs counties. for culvert repair. Township Road Closure Church evening service discontinued until 2016 MIDDLEPORT — First Baptist Church of Middleport will be discontinuing Sunday evening services throughout the winter, beginning Dec. 20, and will resume in the spring. Community Services Block Grant app available for review CHESHIRE — The 2016-17 Community Services Free Resources available from Coad4Kids OHIO VALLEY — Coad4Kids is a coalition of 17 Community Action Agencies serving Appalachian Ohio. Free resource materials are available to help child care providers plan fun learning experiences for children. Information on becoming a child care provider, advice and guidelines on what to look for in a child care provider and a list of providers in your area are available upon request. For more information go online to www.coad4kids.or or call 740-354-6527 or 800-577-2276. Dispute voting in hands of judge By Ann Sanner Associated Press COLUMBUS — A legal dispute over changes to voting rules in swing state Ohio is now in the hands of a federal judge. At issue are a series of Republican-backed revisions that Democrats allege disproportionately burden black voters and those who lean Democratic. The state’s Democratic Party is among the plaintiffs suing the state’s Republican elections chief over the policy changes. Those include the elimination of a week of early voting in which Ohioans could also register to vote, known as the “golden week.” Both sides ﬁled their closing comments with the court Tuesday. They now await a ruling from U.S. District Judge Michael Watson. The state’s attorneys say the voting changes were minor and Ohioans have many opportunities to vote. They note that residents will have 23 days over a 29-day period to vote in-person before the 2016 presidential election, along with 13 hours on Election Day. Plus, Ohioans can vote early by mail. Civitas Media, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. CONTACT US PUBLISHER Bud Hunt, Ext. 2109 bhunt@civitasmedia.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Ed Litteral, Ext. 1925 elitteral@civitasmedia.com EDITOR Michael Johnson, Ext. 2102 michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@civitasmedia.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Julia Schultz, Ext. 2104 jschultz@civitasmedia.com 111 Court St., Pomeroy, OH, 45769 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 111 Court St., Pomeroy, OH, 45769. Courtesy photo Al Sines, second from right, has been chosen for recognition from Peoples Bank during its “Season of Giving.” Also pictured, Roxanne Weaver, Sharon Stapleton and Kaley Harrison of People Bank and John Machir who nominated Sines. Season honors ‘friend to many’ Staff Report who is known for his kindness in the tri-county POINT PLEASANT area. — People’s Bank and its Al Sines is known as a “Season of Giving” wraps friend to many and someup with a ﬁnal nominee one who is always willing to lend a helping hand. He works diligently in his local church, serving many people from Mason County, and Gallia and Meigs counties in Ohio. Sines has often taken money from his own pocket to help someone in need. John Machir nominated Sines for recognition during the “Season of Giving.” Machir was a beneﬁciary of Sines’ kindness in the past year. Machir says when he became unemployed, Sines showed great compassion to him and his family. Peoples Bank started its “Season of Giving” campaign to give back to local individuals making a difference within their families and communities. All nomination letters were to be 25o words or less and received by Nov. 23 with four nominees receiving a $500 Visa prepaid gift card from Peoples Bank for Christmas. It’s been reported from Peoples Bank ofﬁcials that Sines has already given away his $500 to other worthy causes needing a hand this Christmas. In loving memory of Gerald E. Shuster who passed away 15 years ago on December 25, 2000 & Mildred Shuster on April 15th, 1999 Those we love will never go away. They walk beside us everyday. Unseen, unheard, but always near. Still loved, still missed & very dear Love always, your daughter, Wilma, grandchildren & their families 60629923 In all, the “Season of Giving” recognized single mom Randi Williams, who is known for giving back to her family and fellow employees; Derek Raike, a young athlete who showed what sportsmanship is all about; and young parents J.D. and Molly Holstein, who struggled with illness as well as the adoption process, and who recently became the parents of a newborn baby boy. All nominees are from the immediate area, keeping the “Season of Giving” local in every possible way. Information for this article provided by Peoples Bank. Do your part! Recycle this newspaper! �LOCAL Daily Sentinel Friday, December 25, 2015 3A Ohio Valley Home Health earns Top 100 status Staff Report improvement and consistency, and ﬁnancial performance. To GALLIPOLIS — Ohio Valbe considered, an agency must ley Home Health Inc. ofﬁcials be Medicare-certiﬁed and have say it has been named to the data for at least one outcome in Top 100 of the 2015 HomeCare Home Health Compare. Elite, a recognition of the topOut of 9,718 agencies considperforming home health agenered, 2,431 are elite. cies in the United States. The award is sponsored by Celebrating its 10th anniOCS HomeCare by National versary, the HomeCare Elite Research Corporation, the identiﬁes the top 25 percent leading provider of home of agencies and highlights the health and hospice metrics and top 100 and top 500 agencies analytics, and DecisionHealth, overall. Winners are ranked by publisher of the most respected an analysis of publicly availindependent publication in the able performance measures in quality outcomes, best practice home care profession, Home (process measure) implementa- Health Line. “The 2015 HomeCare Elite tion, patient experience (Home Health CAHPS), quality winners deserve credit for demonstrating high-quality care in their communities. As quality care initiatives become top-of-mind for health care providers, we recognize this as a remarkable achievement and are pleased to make this our 10th year of acknowledgement for top performing home health organizations,” said Christine Lang, vice president of product development for OCS HomeCare. “We congratulate Ohio Valley Home Health Inc. on being one of the top 100 home care agencies in the country.” Mike Vallee, president of Ohio Valley Home Health Inc., credits the diligence and dependability of staff with the agency’s ability to achieve recognition as one of the HomeCare Elite. “An outstanding achievement like this is only possible when you have a team who understands how important aging in place is to our senior population. Our employees at Ohio Valley Home Health are willing to do what it takes to provide the highest level of patient satisfaction and quality of care for our seniors. We are very proud of this accomplishment,” Vallee said. “Happy 10th anniversary to the winners of the HomeCare Elite. As CMS ramps up its nationwide initiatives to reward home care agencies for the quality of care they provide, this is yet another way to acknowledge those agencies that have demonstrated their commitment to improving patient care at lower costs. The winners of the HomeCare Elite Award are proving that a heightened focus on clinical outcomes, patient experience, and ﬁnancial management leads to success,” said Marci Heydt, senior content manager, DecisionHealth. The entire list of 2015 HomeCare Elite agencies can be downloaded by visiting the OCS HomeCare website at www.ocshomecare.com/ HomeCare-Elite.aspx. Hank Williams tribute concert set for Jan. 9 For Ohio Valley Publishing Courtesy photo The 18th Annual Pleasant Valley Hospital Hospice Tea was recently held, honoring loved ones who have since passed away. 1949, when the singing star was called back to the stage for an CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fans of unprecedented seven encores. Hank Williams’ music will want to Also appearing at the Clay reserve tickets for the 14th Annual Center show will be Charleston Hank Williams Tribute Concert set singer John Lilly and Ashland, Ky, for the Clay Center for the Arts vocalist Rob McNurlin. Other band Sciences’ Maier Performance Hall members will include Buddy Grifﬁn on Jan. 9. on ﬁddle and Ritchie Collins and “Known as the “Hillbilly Shakespeare,” Williams had been a Robert Shafer on guitars. The Jan. 9 performance — the star of the Grand Ole Opry and a show begins at 7:30 p.m. and best-selling songwriter, known for tickets are $25 — will include composing such hit songs as “Cold, many songs made famous by Cold Heart,” “Jambalaya” and Williams, as well as several lesser“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” known songs, some of which He was among the ﬁrst artists Williams released under his to be inducted into the Country pseudonym “Luke the Drifter.” Music Hall of Fame in Nashville,” concert organizers said. “His music The two-hour concert is remains popular today, especially cosponsored by the Woody Hawley in West Virginia, where he passed Concert Series and by the Kanawha away on New Year’s Day 1952 in Valley Friends of Old-Time Music Oak Hill.” and Dance (FOOTMAD). The A special guest at this year’s Clay Center is located at One Clay concert will be Nashville steel Square, Charleston, W.Va. Tickets guitarist Billy Robinson, who are available in advance by phone appeared with Williams and at (304)561-3570 or online at www. other country music legends theclaycenter.org. during the late 1940s and 1950s. Robinson accompanied Williams This story was provided by the West Virginia Press on his Grand Ole Opry debut in Association via its statewide story-sharing service. PVH Hospice tea held Staff Report Meigs and Athens counpass,” Best said. Pictures of past hospice ties in Ohio. POINT PLEASANT patients were placed on For more information — First Church of the a special Christmas tree or a free initial assessNazarene Fellowship Hall for employees and family ment, contact Pleasant in Point Pleasant played members to honor. Valley Hospital Home host to the 18th annual Pleasant Valley Home Health Services at (304) Pleasant Valley Hospital Health Services provides 675-7400 or 1-800-746Hospice Tea. care to patients of all ages 0076. PVH Home Health who no longer require Established in 1959, and Hospice employees, hospitalization, but conPleasant Valley Hospital along with friends of the tinue to require periodic (PVH) is a not-for-proﬁt community, were in atten- attention in their home. hospital dedicated to prodance for the lunch and Home Health Services viding highly specialized celebration. provide the patient with medical services to those Music was performed skilled nursing care, who live in the Point by Aurora Best, daughter personal care services, Pleasant area. PVH is a of Mistie Best, director of physical therapy, social partner of Cabell HunHome Care Services. The services, IV therapy sertington Hospital (CHH) Fisherman’s Net Minisvices, speech therapy, and the Marshall Unitries also sang and played occupational therapy versity Joan C. Edwards instruments. and 24-hour on-call nursSchool of Medicine. “We hold this event ing. They serve Mason each year for the comand Jackson counties in Information for this article provided munity. In the spirit of West Virginia, and Gallia, by Pleasant Valley Hospital. the holiday season and in remembrance and honor of friends and loved ones who have been affected by a loss, Pleasant Valley Hospice encourages anyone in the community to Wishing everyone attend. We hope to provide this event for many years to come and hope to see many more memWe now have 3 offices bers of the community in Athens, Jackson & Chillicothe attendance as the years 800-237-7716 60629379 Happy Holidays Hello. We can’t go to Bethlehem like the shepherds and find Jesus laying in a manger, but one place we can find him is at the Church. Have you found him? If not I encourage you to find him today. Henry Eblins Trash Service 740-742-2252 60630174 60628775 �4A Friday, December 25, 2015 FAITH & FAMILY The cold man warms up to Jesus He was always cold. In the daytime when it was typically hot. At nighttime when it was typically cold. The time of day was not a factor for him. His only possession was a grungy old blanket he kept clutched around him for warmth. He was the coldest person I ever encountered, and I encountered him quite often. He said he was so cold because no one ever offered to help him get warm. I owned property in Bethlehem. I had an inn business. I also kept a few head of livestock in a barn close by. He kept asking me if he could stay in my inn because he was so cold. I was very deﬁnite with him that the likes of him would not be staying in my place. He would be bad for business, I kept telling him. So, he kept sneaking at night into my barn where he could sleep a bit more warmly. Many were the times I would ﬁnd him there. Many were the times that I chased him out with a pitchfork in hand. Many were the times I yelled at him, “Go sleep under the bridge!” I did not want that out in my barn. cold man or any I just knew that other cold person that woman had looking for shelter given birth to that in my barn. The Babe in my barn. very thought of it I was incensed. I gave me shivers. randomly grabbed One night, I got one of my coats Ron a change of heart Branch from off the rack. It about that cold was really cold that Pastor man. Business night. was banging. All I slowed down my inn rooms were ﬁlled from my rush as I got with travelers because near the barn. I sneaked the government had man- in quietly. By that time, dated a census for tax the Babe had stopped purposes. Former Bethle- crying, and was lying hemians and relatives had contentedly in the barn’s come back home. A cermanger. The cold man tain man and woman had was there, too, standing arrived late into town. in the next stall. I saw They came to my place him unwrap his blanket desperately looking for from his usually cold a place to stay. The lady body, and hand it to the was on the verge of giving man to put around the birth to a baby. woman. With cold indifference, What made him do I told them, “You cannot that? Was he not cold? He stay here. My inn has did not act cold anymore. no more room. Go sleep But, it did not matter. I under the bridge!” was going to put every You know what hapone of them out of my pened? They found my barn. Get your belongbarn, and they stayed in ings out of my barn, I it that cold night withwould tell them all with out even asking. I woke my pitchfork in hand. up early in the morning Especially that Babe — thinking I was hearGET HIM OUT OF MY ing a babe crying. Sure BARN! I had no room enough, I saw from my for him in my inn then. I own room a faint light have no room in my barn for him now. Suddenly, I started shivering unexplainably and uncontrollably. I saw that the cold man was no longer shivering. The other man was not shivering with cold. Neither was the lady. Why did they appear so warm despite the piercing cold? Then it hit me — actually, I was now The Cold Man. It was not that I was cold from the cold air. But, I was cold in the heart. I felt it. I was cold with indifference. I was cold with selﬁshness. I was cold to the needs of others. I was cold to God. I knew it. And, I did not like either the feeling or the reality of it. I dropped the pitchfork from my hand and went over to get a closer look at the Babe in the manger. That bitter cold feeling I had had began to go away as I observed the Child. In that moment, I determined to no longer be The Cold Man. I have since warmed up some cold lives. The Rev. Ron Branch is pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Mason, W.Va. The greatest gift we will ever receive agreed to be the biggest part Merry Christmas! of that plan. By now, I bet all of you We don’t normally think have opened your presents of a living person as being a and had a big breakfast gift. However, the greatest or meal of some kind. But present in the whole world I hope in all your excitewas a person. His name was ment, there isn’t one gift you have forgotten about. God’s Kids Jesus. God always gives good gifts, but the greatest present It’s not in any box, so Korner don’t go looking under Ann Moody of all to each one of us is the gift of Jesus Christ. your tree for another packJesus didn’t come wrapped age. Did you ever think of up in a pretty box with a bow, but Jesus as a gift? Well, He was the He was born into the world 2,000 very special one sent to us by His years ago in the town of BethleFather — God. God knew that we needed some- hem. He was born in a cattle stall with animals around Him, and one to help us to be good people wrapped in rags, so He wouldn’t and get ready for heaven when be cold. His mother Mary and His we die. God had a plan, and Jesus earthly father Joseph loved Him very much and raised Him just as God instructed them to do. He is God’s gift to the whole world and that includes each one of us. Ask someone to read you the story about Jesus’ birth. You’ll ﬁnd it in the Bible in Luke 2: 1-20. Let’s say a Christmas prayer. Dear God, thank you for sending Jesus Christ who is the greatest gift in the whole world. Help us to know His life and His love, and to share that love with others. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Ann Moody is coordinator of Christian education for First Presbyterian Church of Gallipolis. Christmas story is part of greater epic Christmas. A sweet celebration of the fact that God in His mercy chose to not abandon us to the consequences of our rejection of Him, His Word and His love! What a joyful time for us to be made new or be renewed in our walk with Him by fully embracing His love and forgiveness! No matter what era in which we live, if there is anything that we can conclude from the wonderful news of the birth of God’s Son, it is that no matter how ugly, horrible or sad things seem in the world (and they do indeed seem ugly, horrible and sad), we can know for certain that God is not removed from us by the complacency of one who simply does not care. Nor does He hold Himself aloof from us in contempt which we, arguably, deserve because of our spurning His holiness. No, He sees, He cares and He moves … in our world and in our lives. But when we suffer and ﬁnd ourselves accosted by unanswered questions, we lose heart. When we tire of waiting for what we want and feel affronted by life’s twists and turns as if there is a divine conspiracy afoot committed to our inconvenience, we turn our backs on Him. How prone we are to blame God for the messes that we make for ourselves! We resist His will, yet angrily accuse Him Calvary. The Christof nonexistence mas story is about when He allows hope because God us to do our own refutes our despair will. We object by refusing to stand to His Word and idly by as we hasten then slander Him to our own destrucwith claims of blatant cruelty A Hunger tion. The Christmas when He allows For More story is about peace because He took us to refuse His Thom our sentence of interventions in Mollohan death upon Himself our lives. so we might no lonBut the ger be His enemies. The Christmas story is the Christmas story is about announcement that God remembers us and remem- joy because while the bers us in a spirit of com- manger did indeed lead to the cross, the cross was passion — with or without our consent. Why else merely a doorway that led would He endure the don- through the tomb to a resurrection that guarantees ning of ﬂesh and blood us eternal life through with all its aches and faith in the gloriﬁed, risen pains? Why else would take upon Himself all the Savior Who intercedes for limitations of human ﬂesh those who turn from their sin and place their faith in when He Himself knit the fabric of our forms in Him alone. The Christmas story is the wombs of our moththe breaking dawn of light ers? Why else would He and life in a world of darkforgo power and glory ness and death. If your for a moment so that we Christmas is only about could be forgiven and presents, decorations, be given life with Him Santa, and family tradiforever? Why else would He suffer to let men drive tions, your Christmas is only a lump of coal. But cruel nails through His if you will let the ﬁre of ﬂesh and publicly hang God’s grace ignite it, your His broken body upon a Christmas can burst into cross? Why else does He today permit us a season a ﬁery blaze of real meaning that goes on when of grace in which we can family and friends have repent and turn to Him, moved on or when health forsaking our own ways or wealth have come to and embracing His love nothing for you. and power? December may be the The Christmas story is a wonderful story, but it is darkest month of the year from a natural point of in truth part of a greater story: the epic journey of view, but it can be the God’s Son to the cross of bright start of a bright year when true faith in Jesus Christ is awakened in us! “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’… Behold, My servant (Jesus) shall act wisely; He shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted…. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, Who though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient (to God the Father) to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore, God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Isaiah 52:7, 13; Philippians 2:4-11 ESV). Pastor Thom Mollohan leads Pathway Community Church and may be reached for comments or questions by email at pastorthom@ pathwaygallipolis.com. Visit a church of your choice this Sunday! Daily Sentinel Happy birthday, Baby Jesus! Happy Birthday Baby Jesus, Born in Bethlehem The wise still seek guidance from you And your holy light. Angels unceasingly praise you. Those who have nothing to offer, Fall graciously at your feet. On the holiest of nights, We kneel before thy cradle as we kneel before thy throne. Your birth brings us life. Your death, our salvation Your divine baby’s blood, The source of our redemption. Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus Our hope rests with thee! — By Michele Zirkle Marcum Broken lives and a broken world either remade or A wise man, in his melancholic replaced. contemplation of Thankfully, the world, once God, who fashwrote, “What is ioned us, has the crooked cannot ability to remake be made straight, us as well and and what is Search the He promises, lacking cannot Scripture through Christ be numbered.” to do just that. Jonathan (Ecclesiastes “Therefore, if anyMcAnulty 1:15) one is in Christ, We live in a he is a new crebroken world, ﬁlled with ation; old things have broken people: people passed away; behold, who actively work to all things have become do those things which new.” (2 Corinthians increase the breakage. 5:17) “For in Christ Jesus The scriptures say in neither circumcision nor another place, “Their uncircumcision avails feet run to evil, and anything, but a new crethey make haste to shed ation.” (Galatians 6:15) innocent blood; their God doesn’t promise thoughts are thoughts to glue the pieces of our of iniquity; wasting and shattered lives together. destruction are in their He speaks of completely paths. The way of peace rebuilding us, stronger they have not known, and better than before. and there is no justice “And do not be conin their ways; they have formed to this world, but made themselves crooked be transformed by the paths; whoever takes renewing of your mind that way shall not know …” (Romans 12:2) “But peace.” (Isaiah 59:7-8) we all, with unveiled face, If you take a glass and beholding as in a mirror smash it into pieces, it the glory of the Lord, are is impossible to ﬁx that being transformed into glass so that it is whole the same image from again. Even if you were glory to glory, just as by to glue every piece back the Spirit of the Lord.” (2 just the way it was, you Corinthians 3:18) would still have a glass Likewise, God is not full of cracks. The only planning on making way to ﬁx the glass is to straight that which is remake it anew with ﬁre crooked in this world. He or else simply replace will not ﬁx that which it. This is true of most has been broken by sin things. It is also true of and even now groans lives and it is certainly under the weight thereof. true of our world. God’s plan is to replace The world is broken it. because of the sins of “But the day of the men. Besides the spiriLord will come as a thief tual ramiﬁcations (ie. in the night, in which death; cf. Ezekiel 18:20; the heavens will pass Romans 6:23), there away with a great noise, are consequences to and the elements will every sin and we each melt with fervent heat; bear the brunt of those both the earth and the consequences everyday, works that are in it will whether we know it or be burned up. Therefore, not, and even regardless since all these things will of whether the sin is be dissolved, what manours or not; for we each ner of persons ought you suffer for other people’s to be in holy conduct and sins. Consider: “through godliness, looking for one man sin entered and hastening the comthe world, and death ing of the day of God, through sin, and thus because of which the death spread to all men, heavens will be dissolved, because all sinned,” being on ﬁre, and the (Romans 5:12) and, “we elements will melt with know that the whole fervent heat? Neverthecreation groans and less we, according to His labors with birth pangs promise, look for new together until now.” heavens and a new earth (Romans 8:22) in which righteousness A life marred by sin dwells.” (2 Peter 3:10-13) cannot be ﬁxed. The sin Things broken need might be covered over, either remade or they but it cannot be undone. must be replaced. Which We cannot undo the will you allow God to do damage caused by sin, with you? and the more we have If you would like God sinned, the more damage to transform and remake there is to undo. And you into the image of His so we live in a crooked Son, the church of Christ world, suffering under invites you to study and an innumerable weight worship with us at 234 of sin, a world that lies Chapel Drive, Gallipolis, under the sway of the Ohio. wicked one, and we can do nothing to ﬁx it. That which is broken must be Jonathan McAnulty is minister of Chapel Hill Church of Christ. �LOCAL Daily Sentinel Project TODAY IN HISTORY... From Page 1A Courtesy photo Students in the Academic Life Strategies class at PPJ/SHS participate in #thelinesproject, literally drawing attention to issues people often don’t talk about but face like depression, bullying, self-harming and more. TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 53° 60° 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. Precipitation 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.40 Month to date/normal 4.29/2.60 Year to date/normal 47.20/41.88 Snowfall (in inches) Q: What is the average annual snowfall at the South Pole? MOON PHASES Full Last Dec 25 Jan 2 New Jan 9 Jan 16 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Major 11:11a 12:07p 12:38a 1:34a 2:29a 3:20a 4:08a Minor 4:57a 5:54a 6:51a 7:46a 8:40a 9:31a 10:19a Major 11:39p ---1:04p 1:59p 2:52p 3:42p 4:30p Minor 5:25p 6:21p 7:16p 8:11p 9:04p 9:54p 10:41p WEATHER HISTORY Record cold gripped the East and the Ohio Valley Christmas Day of 1983. Daily record low temperatures were set in 124 cities in 24 states. Pittsburgh dropped to 12 degrees below zero. Logan 58/46 Lucasville 57/52 Portsmouth 59/52 TUESDAY 44° 41° AIR QUALITY 57° 42° 18 300 500 Primary pollutant: Nitrogen Oxides Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Belpre 61/52 Athens 58/49 St. Marys 62/52 Parkersburg 63/52 Coolville 60/51 Elizabeth 62/53 Spencer 63/55 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 12.55 20.16 21.54 12.60 13.56 24.87 12.24 26.75 34.73 12.54 22.40 35.00 26.20 24-hr. 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Member SIPC. A: Only 12 inches. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Mostly cloudy with a few showers; warm Chillicothe 57/47 2 SUN & MOON Sat. 7:45 a.m. 5:13 p.m. 6:52 p.m. 8:25 a.m. 66° 39° Adelphi 58/46 The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. WEATHER TRIVIA™ Today 7:45 a.m. 5:12 p.m. 5:53 p.m. 7:32 a.m. 67° 63° 0 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.0 Month to date/normal Trace/2.6 Season to date/normal Trace/3.4 SUNDAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) SATURDAY 55° Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday AEP (NYSE) — 58.40 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 22.77 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 104.67 Big Lots (NYSE) — 39.16 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 39.36 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 43.51 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 4.75 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.200 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 46.05 Collins (NYSE) — 92.33 DuPont (NYSE) — 66.45 US Bank (NYSE) — 43.42 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 30.83 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 46.15 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 66.60 Kroger (NYSE) — 42.46 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 96.90 Norfolk So (NYSE) —86.78 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 24.25 EXTENDED FORECAST Mostly cloudy and mild today. Mostly cloudy, a shower late tonight. High 60° / Low 53° Singer Jimmy Buffett is 69. Pro and College Football Hall-of-Famer Larry Csonka is 69. Country singer Barbara Mandrell is 67. Actress Sissy Spacek is 66. Former White House adviser Karl Rove is 65. Actress CCH Pounder is 63. Singer Annie Lennox is 61. Reggae singer-musician Robin Campbell (UB40) is 61. Country singer Steve Wariner is 61. Singer Shane MacGowan (The Pogues, The Popes) is 58. Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson is 57. The former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, is 57. Actress Klea Scott is 47. Rock musician Noel Hogan (The Cranberries) is 44. Singer Dido is 44. Rock singer Mac Powell (Third Day) is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ryan Shaw is 35. Country singer Alecia Elliott is 33. Pop singers Jess and Lisa Origliasso (The Veronicas) are 31. LOCAL STOCKS Information for this article provided by the Academic Life Strategies class at PPJ/SHS. 8 PM ALMANAC 68°/59° 43°/27° 75° in 1964 -9° in 1989 what has been the most memorable moment since the group’s inception, the teacher responded, “A new student was added to the class after several weeks. The tight-knit group was initially a little hesitant, but when the student asked his classmates what happened in the class, they responded, ‘We learn strategies for being successful in classes, we talk about issues we struggle with, and when we leave we feel a lot better about ourselves,’ and to her that’s what it’s all about. No one in the group was identiﬁed in this story to protect their identity but to also highlight the fact that everyone can share the same, similar struggles and stories, regardless of someone’s age or last name. her life around. She will graduate in the spring and pursue a career as a pediatrician. When asked about advice students would give to others, they were forthcoming. “Everybody goes through rough times no matter how old or how smart. What you have to do is let it be. You have to be yourself.” Another student joined in saying, “Instead of worrying about what can go wrong, get excited about what can go right.” A third young man added, “There is always someone out there that cares for you no matter how low life gets. Never give up!” The teacher for the class gives the entire credit for its success to the students, saying: “We learn from each other. They really set the path of the class and I try to facilitate the resources needed.” When asked about became emperor of Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito. In 1931, New York’s Metropolitan Opera broadcast an entire live opera over radio for the ﬁrst time: “Hansel and Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdinck. In 1940, the Rodgers & Hart musical “Pal Joey” opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 374 performances. In 1961, Pope John XXIII formally announced the upcoming convocation of the Second Vatican Council, which opened in Oct. 1962. In 1973, “The Sting,” starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as a pair of 1930s grifters, was released by Universal Pictures. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Dick Miller is 87. Author Anne Roiphe is 80. Actress Hanna Schygulla is 72. Rhythm-and-blues singer John Edwards (The Spinners) is 71. Actor Gary Sandy is 70. Today is Friday, Dec. 25, the 359th day of 2015. There are six days left in the year. This is Christmas Day. 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Students noted that holidays can be lonely times and some individuals have no close family or friends and simply don’t have the conﬁdence to reach out to someone. One student mentioned that the shorter days increase cases of depression in many people as darkness enhances the feeling of being alone and worthless. Depression, unfortunately, is often a precursor to suicide. Suicide is currently the third leading cause of death for the nation’s pre and young adults. For every young person mourned, 25 others have secretly attempted suicide. These are startling statistics, even for a group of kids in which some have admitted considering the option themselves. Since its inception, the ALS class has become a tightly knit group of students, sharing private experiences and being there to support one another. Some students in the class described situations in their own lives that have been challenging. For example, one student describes her life as “a rough situation.” She deals with stress at home and school from “judgmental” people. Another student shared anonymously that she would be dead right now had her best friend not pulled her down from the ceiling when she tried to hang herself. She suffers from bi-polar disorder, depression, borderline personality disorder, and anxiety. With determination and support, she has learned the triggers that affect her and has turned High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Friday, December 25, 2015 5A www.fbsc.com 740-992-2136 �LOCAL 6A Friday, December 25, 2015 Kenyon From Page 1A Kenyon would spend the next 87 days in the neonatal intensive care unit at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. It was during that three months that Kris and Frank noticed something was wrong with his eyes. “They were shaking and his head-posturing didn’t seem right,” Kris said. Kenyon would later be diagnosed with optic nerve hypoplasia, a condition which basically means that what Kenyon could see from six yards away, a person with normal vision could see from 130 yards. For Frank, a highly competitive and star basketball player in both high school and college, those preconceived ideas he had about raising a son quickly fouled out of the game plan. “As a father, you kind of have that male complex of wanting to play pitch and catch with your son,” Frank said. “But Kenyon’s legally blind without any depth perception. So being able to catch a football or pitch a baseball, it was impossible. He doesn’t know if it’s coming in fast or slow. For me, I always said I wanted a boy; now I just want a happy son. Sports is not everything. I have a great little buddy to prove that.” ‘A lost soul’ Kris and Frank realized early that Kenyon was smart, but knew the disability would make learning a struggle, Daily Sentinel “To be able to give your child an opportunity to see what he has been deprived of for the last 9 years of his life. …. to open up a new world to him, I tell you, I just lost it.” — Frank Kill so they enrolled him in preschool at age 3. They proudly watched his ﬁghting spirit as he learned his numbers, colors and how to read. Then came that ﬁrst day of kindergarten at St. Charles Elementary School and another reality check. Frank recalled, “I asked Kenyon what he did for recess and he told me, ‘I just sat on the cement.’ When I asked why he wasn’t playing with his friends, he said, ‘Dad, I couldn’t ﬁnd them. Everyone looks alike all dressed in blue shirts and white pants. I felt like a lost soul out there.’” Frank and Kris cried that night — “a lost soul” — those words coming out of the mouth of a 6-year-old were stinging. “Each stage of his life is about learning, frustrations. It’s about something we take for granted,” Kris said. Always praying for strength and a better life for Kenyon, hope arrived 18 months ago at a support group meeting. That’s when Kris learned about a new company in Canada — eSight — and the special glasses they made for the visually impaired. The glasses consist of Jim Krumel | Civitas Media Thanks to a pair of “miracle glasses” and a portable computer he can wear around his waist, Kenyon Kill is able to cleary see the smiles of his sister, Carolina, his dad, Frank, and his mom, Kris, for the first time in his life. Kenyon, 9, has been legally blind since birth, only able to make out shapes of objects. two components: A small computer and a digital headset that houses a high-deﬁnition camera. The camera is used to project a real-time video feed onto the lenses of the headset. After some ups and downs in trying to make contact with the company, the Kills learned an eSight representative would be in Cleveland and they were among those chosen to receive a demonstration. A Christmas miracle On Nov. 18, outside Progressive Field, a place Merry Christmas & Many Thanks! Sleigh bells are ringing, And we’re ﬁlled with good cheer, When we think of the new friends That we’ve made this year – And we’d like to extend, to each one of you … Our very best wishes, and our gratitude, too! Best Wishes from The Zatta Family Ed, Jen, Alexis, Lindsay, and Ethan where Cleveland Indians fans have waited years for miracles, one was about to happen to the Kills. Kris and her mother, Rose Wherry, stood by Kenyon as a representative of eSight outﬁtted him with the headset. Frank, meanwhile, stood across the street holding up several ﬁngers on his hand, which Kenyon was instructed to count. At 50 yards away, Kenyon answered correctly. Then 75 and eventually 100. Kris, meanwhile, was on the phone giving Frank the results. “It was overwhelming,” Frank said. “As a parent, to be able to give your child an opportunity to see what he has been deprived of for the last nine years of his life … to open up a new world to him, I tell you, I just lost it.” So did Kenyon, who blurted out he would Kenyon Kill cancel his Christmas order with Santa if he could get the glasses instead. With the happiness, came anxiety. The glasses cost $15,000 with updates likely needed somewhere down the line. They knew going into the demonstration that Frank’s vision insurance wouldn’t pay anything toward the headset because it was new technology and wasn’t deemed “a medical necessity.” “Driving home from Cleveland, my mind was doing backﬂips as I tried to ﬁgure how I could get these for my son,” Frank said. “Whatever it took, or however long it would take, I knew we had to get these. I had faith in God and turned to him for strength.” What happened in late November and early December was amazing. Angie and Travis Plumley, a sister and brother-in-law of Kris, told Kenyon’s story on the social media sight YouCaring. Soon, donations began rolling in from friends, friends of friends, family — even complete strangers. At one point, Brandon Pardon, an old high school teammate of Frank’s on the 1997 Lincolnview state championship team, called to ask Frank how he could help, reminding him that they were a family then and remain a family today. “I couldn’t get a word out, I was so choked up by his call,” Frank said. Eleven days before Christmas, the glasses arrived at the Kill home and were followed later with a message from eSight. It reminded Kenyon that when he put the glasses on, he was “to compliment mom on her beauty and make fun of dad’s graying hair and bald line.” Kris and Frank Kill will never forget Kenyon’s special Christmas. “Our only regret,” Frank said, “is that we cannot get everybody who helped us in one room so we could give each of them a big hug and kiss.” Jim Krumel is the editor of The Lima News. Contact him at 567242-0391 or at The Lima News, 3515 Elida Road, Lima, Ohio 45807. Christmas Bells Are Ringing SWISHER & LOHSE PHARMACY OUR NEW LOCATION 636 East Main St. Pomeroy Ohio 45769 We’re chiming in with our best wishes for a happy and harmonious season! May the sights and sounds RI�WKH�KROLGD\�ÀOO�\RX�ZLWK�UHVRXQGLQJ�MR\� Thanks to our loyal customers for your friendship and support. We look forward to ringing in the New Year with all of you! Hours: M-F 9AM-7PM, S 9AM-4PM Bob’s Market and Greenhouses Inc. Phone: 740-992-2955 60629412 ��6HFRQG�6WUHHW��0DVRQ��:9�� ZZZ�EREVPDUNHW�FRP 60630271 �CHURCH DIRECTORY Daily Sentinel Friday, December 25, 2015 7A MEIGS COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY Fellowship Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Pastor: James Miller. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m. River Valley Apostolic Worship Center 873 South Third Ave., Middleport. Pastor: Rev. Michael Bradford. Sunday, 10:30 a.m.; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Emmanuel Apostolic Tabernacle, Inc. Loop Road off New Lima Road, Rutland. Pastor: Marty R. Hutton. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. *** Assembly of God Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va. Pastor: Neil Tennant. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. *** Baptist Carpenter Independent Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Pastor: Larry Haley. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; eveningservice, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Call: 740-3677801. Hope Baptist Church (Southern) 570 Grant Street, Middleport. Pastor: Gary Ellis. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rutland First Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Pomeroy First Baptist East Main Street, Pomeroy. Pastor: Jon Brocket. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. First Southern Baptist 41872 Pomeroy Pike. Pastor: David Brainard. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church Sixth and Palmer Street, Middleport. Pastor: Billy Zuspan. Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine First Baptist Pastor: Ryan Eaton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Silver Run Baptist Pastor: John Swanson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Mount Union Baptist Pastor: Randy Smith. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Old Bethel Free Will Baptist Church 28601 Ohio 7, Middleport. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Tuesday and Saturday services, 6 p.m. Hillside Baptist Church Ohio 143 just off of Ohio 7. Pastor: Rev. James R. Acree, Sr. Sunday uniﬁed service. Worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Victory Baptist Independent 525 North Second Street, Middleport. Pastor: James E. Keesee. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Faith Baptist Church Railroad Street, Mason. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Forest Run Baptist Pomeroy. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m. Mount Moriah Baptist Fourth and Main Street, Middleport. Pastor: Rev. Michael A. Thompson, Sr. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Antiquity Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Rutland Freewill Baptist Salem Street, Rutland. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Youth meeting, Sunday, 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Second Baptist Church Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church of Mason, W.Va. W.Va. Route 652 and Anderson Street. Pastor: Robert Grady. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning church, 11 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. *** Catholic Sacred Heart Catholic Church 161 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy. Pastor: Rev. Tim Kozak. (740) 992-5898. Saturday confessional 4:45-5:15 p.m.; mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday confessional, 8:45-9:15 a.m.; Sunday mass, 9:30 a.m.; daily mass, 8:30 a.m. *** Church of Christ Westside Church of Christ 33226 Children’s Home Road, Pomeroy. (740) 992-3847. Sunday traditional worship, 10 a.m.; Bible study following worship; Contemporary Worship Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday meeting, 6 p.m.; Bible study, 7 p.m. Hemlock Grove Christian Church Pastor Diana Carsey Kinder, Church school (all ages), 9:15 a.m.; church service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pomeroy Church of Christ 212 West Main Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Middleport Church of Christ Fifth and Main Street. Pastor: David Hopkins.Youth Minister Mathew Ferguson.Sunday school, 10 a.m.; blended worship, 8:45 a.m.; contemporary worship 11 a.m.; Sunday evening 6p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Keno Church of Christ Pastor:Jeffrey Wallace. First and Third Sunday. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Bearwallow Ridge Church of Christ Pastor: Bruce Terry. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Zion Church of Christ Harrisonville Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Russel Lowe. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Church of Christ Worship service, 9 a.m.; communion, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; youth, 5:50 p.m.;Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Bradbury Church of Christ 39558 Bradbury Road, Middleport. Minister: Justin Roush. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Rutland Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and communion, 10:30 a.m. Bradford Church of Christ Ohio 124 and Bradbury Road. Minister: Russ Moore. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday adult Bible study and youth meeting, 6:30 p.m. Hickory Hills Church of Christ Tuppers Plains. Pastor: Mike Moore. Bible class, 9 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible class, 7 p.m. Reedsville Church of Christ Pastor: Jack Colgrove. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Dexter Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. *** Christian Union Hartford Church of Christ in Christian Union Hartford, W.Va. Pastor: Mike Puckett. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Church of God Mount Moriah Church of God Mile Hill Road, Racine. Pastor: James Satterﬁeld. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Rutland Church of God Pastor: Larry Shrefﬂer. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Syracuse First Church of God Apple and Second Streets. Pastor: Rev. David Russell. Sunday school and worship, 10 a.m.; evening services, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Church of God of Prophecy O.J. White Road offOhio 160. Pastor: P.J. Chapman. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Congregational Trinity Church 201 E. Second St., Pomeroy. Worship, 10:25 a.m.Pastor Randy Smith. *** Episcopal Grace Episcopal Church 326 East Main Street, Pomeroy. Father Thomas J. Fehr. Holy Eucharist, 11 a.m. *** Holiness Independent Holiness Church 626 Brick Street, Rutland. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.; Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Community Church Main Street, Rutland. Pastor: Steve Tomek. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday services, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church 31057 Ohio 325, Langsville. Pastor: Paul Eckert. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer service, 7p.m. Calvary Pilgrim Chapel State Route 143. Pastor: Mark Nix. Sunday school, 10a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Rose of Sharon Holiness Church Leading Creek Road, Rutland. Pastor: Rev. Dewey King. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.;Sunday worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting, 7 p.m. Pine Grove Bible Holiness Church One half mile off of Ohio 325. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church 75 Pearl Street, Middleport. Pastor: Matt Phoenix. Sunday: worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m.740691-5006. *** Latter-Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ohio 160. (740) 446-6247 or (740) 446-7486. Sunday school, 10:20-11 a.m.; relief society/priesthood, 11:05 a.m.-12 p.m.; sacrament service, 9-1015 a.m.; homecoming meeting ﬁrst Thursday, 7 p.m. *** Lutheran Saint John Lutheran Church Pine Grove. Pastor Linea Warmke. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church Walnut and Henry Streets, Ravenswood, W.Va. Pastor: David Russell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Saint Paul Lutheran Church Corner of Sycamoreand Second streets, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. *** United Methodist Graham United Methodist Pastor: Richard Nease. Worship, 11 a.m. Bechtel United Methodist New Haven. Pastor: Richard Nease. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Mount Olive United Methodist Off of124 behind Wilkesville. Pastor: Rev. Ralph Spires. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Alfred Pastor: Gene Goodwin. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Chester Pastor: Angel Crowell. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Joppa Pastor: Denzil Null. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Long Bottom Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Reedsville Pastor: Gene Goodwin. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; ﬁrst Sunday of the month, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Saint Paul Pastor: Jenni Dunham. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m.; Bible study, Tuesday 10 a.m. Asbury Syracuse. Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7:30p.m. Flatwoods Pastor: Angel Crowell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m. Forest Run Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m. Heath 339 S. 3rdAve., Middleport. Pastor: Rebecca Zurcher. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Asbury Syracuse Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Pearl Chapel Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. New Beginnings Pomeroy. Pastor: Alethea Botts. Worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.;eveningworship, 6p.m.worship every fourth Sunday; Biblestudy, 7:15p.m.Wednesdays; DARE 2 Share youth group, every Sunday morning during worship. Rocksprings Pastor: Angel Crowell. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 8 and 10 a.m. Rutland Pastor: Mark Brookins. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Salem Center Pastor: John Chapman. Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; worship, 9:15 a.m.; Bible study, Monday 7 p.m. Snowville Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m. Bethany Pastor: Arland King. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Wednesday services, 10 a.m. Carmel-Sutton Carmel and Bashan Roads, Racine. Pastor: Arland King. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, noon. Morning Star Pastor: Arland King. Sunday school, 11a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. East Letart Pastor: Bill Marshall. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m.; First Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine Pastor: Rev. William Marshall. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study,7 p.m. Coolville United Methodist Church Main and Fifth Street. Pastor: Helen Kline. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Tuesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Church Township Road 468C. Pastor: Phillip Bell. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Hockingport Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Torch Church County Road 63. Sunday school, 9:30 am.; worship, 10:30 a.m. *** Free Methodist Laurel Cliff Laurel Cliff Road. Pastor: Bill O’Brien. Sunday school, 9:30; morning worship, 10:30; evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. *** Nazarene Point Rock Church of the Nazarene Route 689 between Wilksville and Albany. Pastor: Larry Cheesebrew. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6p.m. New Hope Church of the Nazarene 980 General Hartinger Parkway, Middleport. Pastor Bill Justis and Pastor Daniel Fulton. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning worship, 11 a.m.; evening worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; men’s Bible study, 7 p.m. Reedsville Fellowship Pastor: Russell Carson. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Syracuse Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Daniel Fulton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m., worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday and Sunday evenings, 7 p.m. Chester Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Will Luckeydoo. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday morning service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m. Rutland Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Ann Forbes. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. *** Non-Denominational Christ Temple Fellowship Church 28382 State Route 143, Pomeroy. Services are 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. Sunday with Pastor Dennis Weaver. For information, call 740-6983411. Common Ground Missions Pastor: Dennis Moore and Rick Little. Sunday, 10 a.m. Team Jesus Ministries 333 Mechanic Street, Pomeroy. Pastor: Eddie Baer. Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. New Hope Church Old American Legion Hall, Fourth Ave., Middleport. Sunday, 5 p.m. Syracuse Community Church 2480 Second Street, Syracuse. Pastor: Marco Pritt. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6:30 p.m. A New Beginning (Full Gospel Church). Harrisonville. Pastors: Bob and Kay Marshall. Thursday, 7 p.m. Amazing Grace Community Church Ohio 681, Tuppers Plains. Pastor: Wayne Dunlap. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Oasis Christian Fellowship (Non-denominational fellowship). Meeting in the Meigs Middle School cafeteria. Pastor: Christ Stewart. Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Community of Christ Portland-Racine Road. Pastors: Dean Holben, Janice Danner, and Denny Evans. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Worship Center 39782 Ohio 7 (two miles south of Tuppers Plains). Pastor: Rob Barber; praise and worship led by Otis and Ivy Crockron; Youth Pastor: Kris Butcher. (740) 667-6793. Sunday 10 a.m.; teen ministry, 6:30 Wednesday. Afﬁliated with SOMA Family of Ministries, Chillicothe. Bethelwc.org. Ash Street Church 398 Ash Street, Middleport. Pastor: Mark Morrow. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6:30 p.m.; youth service, 6:30 p.m. Agape Life Center (Full Gospel church). 603 Second Ave., Mason. Pastors: John and Patty Wade. (304) 773-5017. Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Abundant Grace 923 South Third Street, Middleport. Pastor: Teresa Davis. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Faith Full Gospel Church Long Bottom. Pastor: Steve Reed. Sunday school, 9:30a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Friday fellowship service, 7 p.m. Harrisonville Community Church Pastor: Theron Durham. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Middleport Community Church 575 Pearl Street, Middleport. Pastor: Sam Anderson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Faith Valley Tabernacle Church Bailey Run Road. Pastor: Rev. Emmett Rawson. Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Syracuse Mission 1411 Bridgeman Street, Syracuse. Pastor: Rev. Roy Thompson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Dyesville Community Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Morse Chapel Church Worship, 5 p.m. Faith Gospel Church Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Full Gospel Lighthouse 33045 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Roy Hunter. Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7:30 p.m. South Bethel Community Church SilverRidge. Pastor: Linda Damewood. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. Second and fourth Sundays; Bible study, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Carleton Interdenominational Church Kingsbury. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Freedom Gospel Mission Bald Knob on County Road 31. Pastor: Rev. Roger Willford. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m. Fairview Bible Church Letart, W.Va., Route 1. Pastor: Brian May. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study,7 p.m. Faith Fellowship Crusade for Christ Pastor: Rev. Franklin Dickens. Friday, 7 p.m. Calvary Bible Church Pomeroy. Pastor: Rev. Blackwood. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Stiversville CommunityChurch Pastor: Bryan and Missy Dailey. Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rejoicing Life Church 500 North Second Ave., Middleport. Pastor: Mike Foreman. Pastor Emeritus: Lawrence Foreman. Worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Clifton Tabernacle Church Clifton, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Full Gospel Church of the Living Savior Route 338, Antiquity. Pastor: Jesse Morris. Saturday, 2 p.m. Salem Community Church Lieving Road, West Columbia, W.Va. (304) 675-2288. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Hobson Christian Fellowship Church Pastor: Herschel White. Sunday 7 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Restoration Christian Fellowship 9365 Hooper Road, Athens. Pastor: Lonnie Coats. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. House of Healing Ministries (Full Gospel) Ohio 124, Langsville. Pastors: Robert and Roberta Musser. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Hysell Run Community Church 33099 Hysell Run Road, Pomeroy, Ohio; Pastors Larry and Cheryl Lemley. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Sunday night youth service, 7 p.m. ages 10 through high school; Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m.; fourth Sunday night is singing and communion. Endtime House of Prayer Ohio 681, Snowville; Pastor Robert Vance. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.; Bible Study, Thursday 6 p.m. *** Pentecostal Pentecostal Assembly Tornado Road, Racine. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Presbyterian Harrisonville Presbyterian Church Pastor: Rev. David Faulkner. Sunday worship 9:30a.m. Middleport Presbyterian Pastor: Jim Snyder. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m. Pastor Jim Snyder. (740) 645-5034. *** United Brethren Eden United Brethren in Christ Ohio 124, between Reedsville and Hockingport. Pastor Peter Martindale. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Mouth Hermon UnitedBrethren in Christ Church 36411 Wickham Road. Pastor: Ricky Hull. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. *** Wesleyan White’s Chapel Wesleyan Coolville Road. Pastor: Rev. Charles Martindale. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. 60628292 �8A Friday, December 25, 2015 Daily Sentinel Merry Christmas SYRACUSE BRANCH 2405 Third Street Syracuse 740-992-6333 home@homenatlbank.com 60629421 RACINE BRANCH 502 Elm Street Racine, OH 740-949-2210 home@homenatlbank.com �Sports Daily Sentinel Friday, December 25, 2015 s Section B Wahama rallies past Lancers, 54-36 By Bryan Walters The Lancers (2-5, 2-3) were never closer the rest of the way as WHS made an STEWART — Sometimes 11-6 run in the third canto to the best offense is a good claim a 36-28 cushion, then defense. closed regulation with an The Wahama boys basketemphatic 18-6 charge to wrap ball team allowed 18 points in up the 28-point triumph. the ﬁrst quarter, then surrenWahama — which snapped dered just 18 points the rest of a two-game losing skid — the way Tuesday night during a 54-36 victory over host Fed- picked up its ﬁrst road of the season while improving eral Hocking in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division to .500 overall. The White Falcons also had seven differcontest in Athens County. ent players reach the scoring The White Falcons (3-3, column. 3-2 TVC Hocking) found The Red and White conthemselves in an early 18-10 nected on 18-of-50 shot hole after eight minutes of attempts for 36 percent, play, but the guests rallied by turning up their defensive including a 4-of-8 effort from three-point range for 50 perintensity — which led to a Bryan Walters | OVP Sports cent. The guests committed 15-4 second quarter surge Wahama senior Mason Hicks, right, releases a jump shot over a Southern defender 14 turnovers and also went during the second half of a Tuesday, Dec. 15, boys basketball contest at Gary Clark Court en route to a 25-22 halftime in Mason, W.Va. advantage. 14-of-21 at the free throw bwalters@civitasmedia.com line for 67 percent. Noah Estep led Wahama with 18 points, followed by Mason Hicks with 14 points and Ryan Thomas with nine markers. Philip Hoffman also chipped in six points and a team-high nine rebounds. Noah Litchﬁeld added four points for the White Falcons, while Ricky Kearns and Nolan Pierce rounded out the winning tally with two points and one point respectively. The Lancers netted 13-of48 shot attempts for 27 percent, including a 4-of-18 effort from behind the arc for 22 percent. Fed Hock committed 15 turnovers and went 6-of-11 at the charity stripe for 55 percent. See WAHAMA | 5B Trimble trumps Tornadoes, 69-49 The Panthers have NFL-best 10 for Pro Bowl By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com NEW YORK (AP) — Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers are two wins away from a perfect regular season. They are also a perfect 10 when it comes to the Pro Bowl. The Panthers led the NFL with 10 players selected for the All-Star game on Tuesday. Newton was picked for the third time, and ﬁve of the quarterback’s teammates were ﬁrsttime selections, including cornerback Josh Norman and linebacker Thomas Davis. “It’s truly an honor to be selected to the Pro Bowl,” Davis said. “All the hard work and dedication I’ve put into the game has paid off. I’m extremely excited and I couldn’t be more thankful to the fans who took their time to vote me in, as well as my fellow players and coaches. “To have 10 guys selected says a lot about our team. It says a lot about our fans and how highly they thought of us this season, and I think it says a lot about the way our season has gone. I’m excited and thankful to be part of the 10.” Joining them will be center Ryan Kalil, who was picked for the ﬁfth time, and linebacker Luke Kuechly, who earned his third selection. Seattle, Arizona and New England each had seven players selected. Cincinnati and Kansas City each had ﬁve players. Leading the way for the Seahawks was quarterback Russell Wilson, who was the only member of the offense picked. The rest of the selections were defensive end Michael Bennett, safety Kam Chancellor, special teamer Tyler Lockett, cornerback Richard Sherman, safety Earl Thomas and linebacker Bobby Wagner. Patriots star Tom Brady was selected for the 11th time, most of any player this year. Among the other Patriots honored were tight end Rob Gronkowski and cornerback Malcolm Butler, whose last-minute interception clinched New England’s Super Bowl win over Seattle. NFC West champion Arizona was paced by quarterback Carson Palmer, receiver Larry Fitzgerald and cornerback Patrick Peterson. In addition, safety Tyrann Mathieu was selected, but will miss the game after tearing his ACL in Sunday’s win over Philadelphia. See PANTHERS | 5B OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, December 28 Boys Basketball Sherman at Hannan, 7:30 Girls Basketball Meigs at Wahama, 7 p.m. Williamstown at Southern, 7:30 Point Pleasant at Ripley Tournament, TBA Men’s College Basketball Rio Grande at Winthrop, 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 29 Boys Basketball Southern at River Valley, 7:30 Meigs at Federal Hocking, 7:30 Girls Basketball Point Pleasant at Ripley Tournament, TBA Wrestling MHS, RVHS, EHS at Gallia Academy Coaches Corner Invitational, 9 a.m. Point Pleasant at Wheeling Park Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Southern sophomore Jonah Hoback (24) shoots a layup in front of Waterford’s Jordan Welch during the Tornadoes’ loss to WHS on December 8, in Racine. GLOUSTER — The Tomcats show no signs of slowing down. The Trimble boys basketball team picked up its 22nd consecutive TriValley Conference Hocking Division victory Tuesday night, topping guest Southern by a 69-49 count in Athens County. The Tomcats (6-0, 5-0 TVC Hocking) rolled out to a 27-12 lead eight minutes into the game, led by Bryce Guthrie with eight points and Cody Jones with seven points in the opening stanza. Southern (0-8, 0-5) outscored the hosts by a 15-14 edge in the second quarter, but the Tornadoes trailed 41-27 at halftime. Trimble pushed its lead to 56-38 headed into the ﬁnale, and the Red and Silver began the fourth with a 10-1 run. Southern ended the game with a 10-to-3 run, but fell by a ﬁnal tally of 69-49. SHS sophomore Jonah Hoback led the guests with 14 points, followed by Dylan Smith and Crenson Rogers with 10 each. Blake Johnson, Jaylen Blanks and Trey Pickens scored ﬁve points apiece to round out the Tornado scoring. SHS shot 10-of-18 (55.6 percent) from the free throw line and 16-of-45 (35.6 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 7-of18 (38.9 percent) from three-point range. As a team Southern had 23 rebounds, nine assists, 10 steals, one block, 22 fouls and 16 turnovers. Blanks led SHS on the boards with ﬁve rebounds, while Wood marked a team-best four assists and Hoback marked a team-high three steals. See TRIMBLE | 5B �SPORTS 2B Friday, December 25, 2015 Daily Sentinel McCarron ready for big Steelers focused on Ravens, test in important game not playoff scenarios in line to get the top seed and home-ﬁeld advantage throughout the playoffs. Whoever wins at Denver (11-3) on Monday night will be in position for the No. 2 seed, a ﬁrst-round bye and at least one home playoff game. It could come down to how well McCarron does against a defense that’s ranked No. 1 against the run and against the pass — a rare combination in the NFL. When Dalton broke his right thumb during a 33-20 loss to the Steelers two weeks ago, McCarron took over and threw a pair of interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown that put Pittsburgh in control. “You make those mistakes, you’ve got to learn from them,” McCarron said. “In my situation I’ve got to learn from them quick and play better.” He was much better at San Francisco last Sunday, where he took sacks rather than risking an interception. Offensive coordinator Hue Jackson said the next step is to avoid the sacks and get rid of the ball rather than lose yards. McCarron was 15 of 21 for 192 yards with one touchdown, four sacks and a passer rating of 115.6. Cincinnati ﬁnished with a season-low 242 net yards. “I think it’s a heck of a challenge,” left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. “A team that’s No. 1 in defense on the road with a backup quarterback, that is going to be a heck of a challenge for us. That’s great. That’s awesome. It’s fun.” In addition to facing the league’s top-ranked defense, McCarron will be playing a cold-weather game. The two-time national champion at Alabama hasn’t had a lot of experience with the sub-freezing temperatures he’ll face on Monday. “Going to prepare the same way,” the Alabama native said. “Instead of one long sleeve, I might just have two long sleeves. But I mean other than that, I think it’s pretty much the same way. “It’s kind of weird because when you’re out there playing, it’s a lot different from when you’re standing on the sideline and you’re freezing and you’re trying to sit on the heater bench as long as possible or trying to stay warm any way possible. But when you’re out there playing, you stop thinking about it. You don’t even notice it until you go to the sideline and you kind of calm down a little and realize how cold it is.” Notes: TE Tyler Eifert was still in the concussion protocol on Wednesday. He missed the game at San Francisco with a concussion. … The Bengals had a light practice, but weren’t required to give an injury report because of the timing with the game on Monday night. Their ﬁrst report of the week will be on Thursday. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin is well aware of the math. And he’s pretty sure his players are too. Just don’t expect the Pittsburgh Steelers coach to start talking about what needs to happen for his team to clinch a playoff spot this weekend. Last Tomlin checked, that wasn’t part of his job description. “By all means have it, discuss (the scenarios),” Tomlin said Tuesday. “But nothing changes our mentality in terms of where we are and what we need to be focused on.” A win in Baltimore against the Ravens and a loss by the New York Jets to New England would assure Pittsburgh (9-5) a spot in the postseason for the second straight year and the sixth time in Tomlin’s nine seasons on the sideline. Tomlin’s success tends to follow a familiar pattern: the Steelers have issues coming out of the gate only to get it together when the temperatures dip and the pressure mounts. Pittsburgh is 28-12 in regular-season games played Dec. 1 or later under Tomlin. The Steelers have won 10 straight games in December, tied with Carolina for the league’s longest active streak. The arrow, as Tomlin likes to say, is pointing up. Even if he doesn’t want to get into details. Pressed on how his team has improved since a 23-20 overtime home loss to Baltimore on Oct. 1 and he gives the equivalent of a verbal shoulder shrug. “It’s just the natural maturation process of a group, individually and collectively over the course of the season,” Tomlin said. “That was Week 4. We’re now in the thick of this thing.” And appear to be a very real threat in a muddled AFC. Denver, Cincinnati, Houston and Indianapolis have quarterback issues. Kansas City is the hottest team in the league not named Carolina, though its current eightgame run includes a victory over the Roethlisberger-less Steelers on Oct. 25. The Patriots are the Patriots, but have taken to signing 32-year-old running backs to have someone to line up next to Tom Brady. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, just completed a stretch that looked daunting on paper in August, but not so much on the ﬁeld in late fall. The Steelers beat Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Denver — all division leaders at the time — by an average of 19 points. Facing backup quarterbacks in all three games helped. Then again, Matt Hasselbeck, AJ McCarron and Brock Osweiler had nothing to do with how the defenses of their respective teams played. Pittsburgh ripped through the Colts, kept the Bengals off balance and hurt the “No Fly Zone” for 380 yards passing while putting together the largest home rally in 18 years against the Broncos. Pittsburgh has topped 30 points in six consecutive games for the ﬁrst time in the franchise’s 82-year history. The Steelers have scored in 21 consecutive quarters and appear to be getting better as the weeks pass. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is averaging 337 yards a game and for as unstoppable as wide receiver Antonio Brown appears at the moment, the scary part might be that he’s getting plenty of help from Markus Wheaton and Martavis Bryant. The trio combined for 32 receptions for 338 yards versus Denver. While the Broncos prevented the Steelers from getting deep — no catch went longer than 23 yards — when Denver tried to muscle up Brown and company, they responded by winning plenty of 50/50 balls. Brown tipped the ball to himself on one reception, Wheaton extended a drive with an acrobatic grab over the middle and Bryant outfought Aqib Talib and shrugged loose of the Pro Bowler to help the Steelers ﬂip the ﬁeld after getting pinned deep in their own territory. “Obviously, Antonio gets a lot of attention and rightfully so, but when called upon, we expect those guys to deliver plays for us,” Tomlin said. “And some of them are going to be sticky.” All of which has made Pittsburgh a trendy pick for a deep playoff run. That requires the Steelers get there ﬁrst, something Tomlin insists is not a given even with the Ravens and woeful Cleveland left on the schedule. Pittsburgh is just 3-9 in its past 12 trips to Baltimore. That should give Tomlin plenty of fodder as he guards his team against get caught up in its own hype. “We are going to continue to control what we can control (and) that’s how we play,” Tomlin said. “We are excited about that. It’s a division game. It’s a division road game. We respect all of those elements of the game regardless of scenarios or circumstances.” Prosise practices with Notre Dame, but no contact yet 60626911 CINCINNATI (AP) — AJ McCarron didn’t make any big mistakes in his ﬁrst NFL start, setting up a win. He’ll need to do a lot more on Monday night to get the Bengals where they ultimately want to go. The second-year quarterback didn’t have a turnover during a 24-14 win in San Francisco last Sunday, his ﬁrst start in place of the injured Andy Dalton. He’ll be facing the league’s top-ranked defense on Monday night in Denver with a ﬁrst-round playoff bye riding on it. He needs to do more than just avoid mistakes in order for the Bengals (10-3) to get that bye. He needs to manage the offense in a tough place for visiting teams to win. “All great quarterbacks — I’m not calling myself a great quarterback — just saying all the great quarterbacks in the history of the NFL have been a game manager of some sort, whether it’s knowing the clock, knowing the situation, when to take a sack, when to throw the ball away, when you can take a little more risk, when not to,” McCarron said. McCarron is aware he’s still got a lot to learn while leading Cincinnati into the playoffs. The Bengals have clinched a playoff berth and would win the AFC North with a victory or a Steelers loss this weekend. New England (12-2) is SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Running back C.J. Prosise practiced without taking hits Wednesday and coach Brian Kelly expects the leading rusher for eighthranked Notre Dame to be ready to play against No. 7 Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1. Kelly said Prosise, who missed the regularseason ﬁnale against Stanford after sustaining a high-ankle sprain against Boston College, should be ready for contact when the Irish (102) resume practices in Arizona on Sunday. “I think we have to push him through a threshold of feeling conﬁdent on cutting and things of that nature,” Kelly said. “I think we just have to get him over that hump.” Prosise became the ﬁrst 1,000-yard rusher for Notre Dame since 2011, running for 1,032 yards on 156 carries, an average of 6.6 yards a carry. But because of a concussion sustained against Pittsburgh and the ankle sprain, he rushed for only 79 yards on 14 carries over the ﬁnal four games, sitting out two because of injuries. Freshman Josh Adams rushed for 495 yards on 68 carries in those four games and ﬁnished the regular season with 757 yards on 103 carries, an average of 7.3 yards. Kelly is eager to see both against Ohio State (111). “Both of them complement each other so well. Josh has proven himself to be such a hard, inside, physical runner and C.J. clearly gives us that home run ability,” Kelly said. “If we can ever get them tagged up together, it will be a very lethal 1-2 punch.” They should be aided by a healthier offensive line, where players had been slowed by ankle sprains and other injuries, Kelly said. “The offensive line is deﬁnitely in much better condition across the board,” Kelly said. “Other than the defensive line, where you’re always dealing with something there, the health of the football team going into this game is as good as it can be.” The Irish are expected to get back nose guard Jarron Jones and tight end Durham Smythe, who both sustained knee injuries. Jones has yet to play this season, while Smythe played two games. Smythe could help the Irish score more points in the red zone, where Notre Dame ranks 90th in the nation. The Irish are scoring on just 80 percent of their chances inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, and ﬁnishing with touchdowns only 56 percent of the time. Irish tight ends have only 17 catches this year, with Smythe making the only touchdown catch on a fake ﬁeld goal. It was the least productive year for the Irish at tight end since the 2002 season. Kelly said red zone was a focus at practice on Wednesday. He wants quarterback DeShone Kizer to make better decisions. “He just needs to be a little bit more decisive down there in the red zone,” he said. Notes: Kelly praised the work quarterback Malik Zaire has done since sustaining a season-ending broken ankle against Virginia on Sept. 12. He said Zaire hasn’t missed a meeting or practice, saying that’s unusual for an injured player. Zaire is taking one-on-one reps and is at about 60 percent strength, Kelly said. … The Irish practiced outside Wednesday morning with temperatures in the 50s. “I think that could be the ﬁrst time the Notre Dame football team has been outside practicing on Dec. 23,” Kelly said. �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Friday, December 25, 2015 3B As Carolina hogs attention, other contenders lurking TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The unbeaten Carolina Panthers are understandably hogging attention in the NFC, but the Arizona Cardinals have been just as successful over the past two months. And the Seattle Seahawks are making their trademark late-season surge. Don’t count out the Green Bay Packers, either. They know a thing or two about playoff football. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson doesn’t begrudge the Panthers their share of the limelight. “They deserve all the attention,” he said. “They’re undefeated in the National Football League, and they beat us. That’s the honesty of it. It comes down to winning games, and they beat us in a tough environment (in Seattle). So you’ve got to give them a lot of respect.” That Carolina victory in Seattle came back on Oct. 18. The Seahawks (9-5) have won ﬁve straight since their home loss to Arizona and would hold the top wild-card spot if the playoffs were to begin today. There’s a strong possibility Seattle could play at Carolina in the NFC’s divisional round. And the Seahawks, led by Wilson’s near-ﬂawless performances, are a long way from being the team that sputtered to a 2-4 start. Seattle coach Pete Carroll uses the words “balance” and “harmony” to describe the reasons for his team’s change of fortune. “It’s like tuning in on the radio dial,” he said. “You’ve got to get it right. It’s a big challenge. It’s what everybody’s seeking as they go through these seasons. You can see it. Look what happened to Kansas Georgia Southern beats Bowling Green team in the playoffs.” Green Bay plays at Arizona (12-2) on Sunday with plenty at stake for both teams. The Cardinals can clinch at least the No. 2 seed in the NFC and the ﬁrst-round bye that goes with it. A Green Bay win ensures the Packers will remain alone in ﬁrst place in the NFC North and would leave them just a game behind Arizona for the NFC’s No. 2 seed heading into the ﬁnal week of the schedule. The Cardinals conclude their regular season with a home game against Seattle, while Green Bay hosts the Minnesota Vikings, who enter this week a game behind the Packers in the NFC North. So a loss to Green Bay would put the Cardinals, currently ﬂying high with an eight-game winning streak, in a precarious position to lose that precious ﬁrst-round bye. “They’ve been that way for a month,” Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said of this game’s importance. “There ain’t nothing different about this one.” Any of those four matchups over the next two weeks could be a preview of a playoff game. Arians said he hopes he sees the Packers or Seahawks again down the road. “We’ve got to win so we do see them again, hopefully at our place,” he said. The Cardinals aren’t sneaking up on anyone anymore. They have played on primetime television ﬁve times in the last eight weeks and have won all ﬁve games. “That’s what we want as players. We want to play in front of everybody and play in big games,” Palmer said. “We’ve been fortunate to play well in prime-times games and we want to keep that going.” Raiders could be saying goodbye to Coliseum OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — From the costume-clad crazies in the Black Hole who turn football Sundays into Halloween, the inﬁeld dirt that serves as an obstacle early in the season to the crumbling infrastructure, the Oakland Coliseum has provided a unique setting. A relic from the era of multipurpose stadiums, the Coliseum is the only venue remaining that hosts the NFL and baseball. That era may be coming to an end as the Raiders could be playing their ﬁnal game ever in Oakland on Thursday night against San Diego. “We’re human so it’s hard not to think about it,” Raiders fullback Marcel Reece said. “One thing I’ll tell those guys when I talk to them is if it’s the last game here in Oakland, make it the best.” With prospects for a new stadium in Oakland remaining bleak, the Raiders are one of three teams along with the St. Louis Rams and Chargers expected to apply next month for the right to relocate to the Los Angeles area. Raiders owner Mark Davis and Chargers owner Dean Spanos are seeking to partner on building a stadium in Carson, which could lead to an unusual partnership between teams that have been ﬁerce rivals for more than a half-century. “It could be an odd marriage,” Reece said. “There’s mutual respect but never any love. Business is business. For us as players that’s way above our pay grade. No matter what, when we see each other on the ﬁeld, you’ll hear a whole lot of helmets cracking and there will be a lot of ﬁre.” The Rams are looking to build their stadium in Inglewood and are willing to take on a partner if needed. The three teams are expected to apply to relocate in early January with a possible vote to be held on which teams will be allowed to move during meetings in Houston on Jan. 12-13. “I don’t know what the plans are. That’s not my area,” coach Jack Del Rio said. “I let Mr. Davis, handle that stuff. I just continue to coach the football team and work on having our guys as prepared as possible.” The Raiders already left Oakland once, departing for Los Angeles following the 1981 season. The NFL tried to block that move only to have late owner Al Davis sue his way south. The team spent 14 years in Los Angeles before returning to Oakland amid much fanfare for the 1995 season. But the return stay has not been nearly as successful as the ﬁrst tenure when the Raiders won two Super Bowls and were one of the league’s top teams. That was part of the heyday of Oakland sports when the Athletics, Warriors and Raiders combined to win six championships in a nine-season span. The city has just two titles since the Raiders won the Super Bowl in January 1981 and is danger of losing its teams. The Warriors have plans to build a new arena in San Francisco and the A’s are also seeking a new home but seem more likely to stay in Oakland after a bid to move to San Jose was blocked because the San Francisco Giants have rights to that territory. The Raiders have been unable to add to that success since their return outside of a three-year run starting in 2000 when the Raiders made it to two AFC title games and one Super Bowl. The team has failed to post a winning record or make the playoffs in the 18 other seasons. The move back also wasn’t very successful off the ﬁeld as the city of Oakland and Alameda County were left holding the bag after personal seat licenses failed to cover the cost of the $220 million renovation that added more than 10,000 seats and luxury boxes in what was called Mount Davis. The city and county still owe about $100 million in debt on the upgrade, which has made ﬁnancing a new stadium problematic. “The deal that was initially stuck was one that didn’t work well for the city, the county or the Raiders,” former Raiders CEO Amy Trask said. “For years we heard it didn’t work out well for city and county. That’s true but it didn’t work for the Raiders either.” Trask said any chance to improve the deal early on after the move was thwarted when the Joint Powers Authority than ran the Coliseum ﬁled a lawsuit against the Raiders instead of continuing negotiations. In the ensuing years, the stadium grew more outdated and other teams built fancier homes that brought them many more millions in revenue than the Raiders were getting from the Coliseum. But despite those shortcomings, the players have enjoyed their unique home environment. “The fans in that Black Hole make it special,” offensive lineman Khalif Barnes said. “The Black Hole goes back decades. There’s a lot of tradition in that stadium. A lot of great players, Hall of Fame players and icons have been a part of that stadium. I’ll miss it.” Do your part! Recycle this newspaper! 60576582 MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Georgia Southern quarterback Favian Upshaw blew past Bowling Green’s defensive line and linebackers and split two safeties, showing off impressive speed on his way to the end zone. But as his 80-yard touchdown run neared completion he slowed down a little and was nearly caught. “I started out pretty fast,” Upshaw said, grinning. “But I got a little tired there at the end.” It’s hard to blame him. After all, he wasn’t used to running that much. Usually the backup quarterback with a limited role, Upshaw ran for 199 yards and four touchdowns to lead Georgia Southern over Bowling Green 58-27 in the GoDaddy Bowl on Wednesday night. Georgia Southern (9-4) won the ﬁrst bowl game in school history in the ﬁrst year it was eligible to go to the postseason. The program transitioned to the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2014. The Eagles prevailed thanks to their trademark running game. They had 452 yards rushing to top their nation-best season average of 355.6 yards. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Upshaw, who was named the game’s Most Valuable Player, usually splits time with starter Kevin Ellison. But he had a much bigger role against Bowling Green — especially in the second half. In the team’s previous 12 games Upshaw had run for a total of 384 yards and two touchdowns. “Favian had the hot hand,” Georgia Southern interim coach Dell McGee said. “He was reading the zone option really well and we just felt we should go with him.” Bowling Green (10-4) led 27-23 at halftime, but Georgia Southern scored the ﬁnal 35 points. Bowling Green was undone by a brutal stretch in the third quarter that included two fumbles by quarterback Matt Johnson deep in the Falcons’ own territory. It helped Georgia Southern score three touchdowns — including two by Upshaw — in three minutes and turned a 30-27 game into a blowout. The game was tight for much of the evening, but Georgia Southern started to pull away late in the third quarter when Upshaw’s 80-yard touchdown run gave the Eagles a 37-27 lead. Then Bowling Green — speciﬁcally Johnson — fumbled away any chance at a comeback on a rainsoaked evening at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. “It was the third quarter from hell,” Johnson said. Johnson fumbled on Bowling Green’s 14 when he lost the ball as he winding up to make a pass. Georgia Southern scored two plays later when Matt Breida ran for a 1-yard touchdown to push the advantage to 44-27. City, look how they’ve turned it around and got going, and put together a great year and a great run. It ﬁnally hits, and you try to hold on to it as long as you can.” Oddsmakers certainly aren’t overwhelmed by Carolina. VegasInsider.com rates the Panthers’ chance of winning the Super Bowl at 5 to 1, only slightly better than Arizona and Seattle at 6 to 1. The Packers are a longer shot at 12 to 1, which doesn’t’ bother Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers at all. “I like where we’re at,” he said. “People are talking about everybody else, which has always been a good position for us, and rightfully so. Arizona’s playing great. Carson’s (Palmer) having a hell of a year. Carolina’s undefeated. Seattle’s coming on. We’re just kind of hanging here at 10-4, knowing that we’re going to be a tough Check out the ﬁve-day forecast on the weather page or online at Happy Holidays Mydailytribune.com Mydailyregister.com Mydailysentinel.com Hope your Christmas is merry and bright in every imaginable way! 250 N. Columbus Rd. | Athens, OH 45701 888-675-8554 brought to you by Let’s Talk About Your 60629419 GOALS www.fbsc.com 740-992-2136 �SPORTS 4B Friday, December 25, 2015 Daily Sentinel McNichols scores 3 times, Boise State routs Huskies SAN DIEGO (AP) — Northern Illinois won the coin toss and deferred, giving Boise State the ball ﬁrst. The Poinsettia Bowl was just beginning, yet it was essentially over. Jeremy McNichols scored three touchdowns, the ﬁrst one 58 seconds into the game, and ﬁnished with 189 total yards as Boise State embarrassed Northern Illinois 55-7 Wednesday. The Broncos (9-4) took the opening kickoff and moved 75 yards in three plays for the fastest TD in the school’s bowl history. After completions of 7 and 39 yards by Brett Rypien, McNichols ran 29 yards for a touchdown just 58 seconds in. “It was huge. We always start fast,” McNichols said. “Even in practice, we come out fast and run a paced offense. That ﬁrst touchdown, we practiced it all week and we hit it exactly like we were supposed to.” McNichols and the Broncos kept piling on as the running back from Long Beach scored on each of the next two possessions, on a 4-yard pass from Brett Rypien and on a 1-yard run. “It’s fun for all of us,” McNichols said. “When we score points, we get to throw deep, we run different formations, different shifts. It’s hard for defenses to prepare for our offense. It’s a great job by the coaches.” McNichols ran 19 times for 93 yards and caught ﬁve passes for 96 yards. The sophomore came in tied with Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry of Alabama for the national lead with 23 TDs. Rypien, a freshman, was 29 of 40 for 377 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception. “He did an amazing job,” McNichols said. “He took control of the offense for us. He prepared in the ﬁlm room and gave us everything he had. He did great.” The Broncos outgained the Huskies (8-6) 654 yards to 33. The Huskies added to their misery by losing three fumbles in the ﬁrst half. Tyler Gray recovered two of them. “Sometimes the ball just rolls your way, and that helped me today to be in the right place a couple of times,” Gray said. “I think tonight you saw how well we really can play. We played great all season, but tonight showed how good we can be.” The Huskies were left disappointed in falling to 0-3 in the Poinsettia Bowl. Lenny Ignelzi | AP Boise State running back Jeremy McNichols maneuvers through the Northern Illinois defense with a pass reception during the first half of the Poinsettia Bowl NCAA college football game Wednesday in San Diego. “Give credit to Boise State,” coach Rod Carey said. “That’s a good football team and today they made all the plays. They were certainly the more physical FRIDAY EVENING BROADCAST 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 10 (WBNS) 11 (WVAH) 12 (WVPB) 13 (WOWK) CABLE 6 PM 7 PM 7:30 NBC Nightly Wheel of Jeopardy! News Fortune Jeopardy! 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(:15) Appeals court says gov’t can’t reject trademarks WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the government can’t refuse to register trademarks that might be considered disparaging or offensive, a decision that could bolster the Washington Redskins in their legal ﬁght over the team name. The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with an Asian-American rock band called The Slants, which has spent years trying to register the name. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Ofﬁce had refused to give it legal protection on the ground that it disparages Asians. Writing for a nine-judge majority, Judge Kimberly Moore said the First Amendment protects “even hurtful speech that harms members of oft-stigmatized communities.” She said a federal law barring offensive trademarks is unconstitutional. “Whatever our personal feelings about the mark at issue here, or other disparaging marks, the First Amendment forbids government regulators to deny registration because they ﬁnd the speech likely to offend others,” Moore said. The government must now decide whether to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. In a separate case, the Redskins are appealing the July order of a federal judge in Virginia that canceled the team’s trademark registration. The judge ruled the name Redskins may disparage Native Americans. While the Redskins dispute is before a different federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, the decision by the Federal Circuit involves the same legal issues. The appeals court hearing the Redskins case is not bound to follow Tuesday’s decision. 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Call 740.992.3381 or visit simmonsinsurance.com 740-992-2955 636 East Main Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769 www.the Pharmacy4u.com 60629416 60630420 �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Friday, December 25, 2015 5B Beckham Jr. loses appeal of suspension NEW YORK (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr. is going to have to serve his one-game suspension. Hearing ofﬁcer James Thrash on Wednesday upheld the suspension for multiple violations of safety-related playing rules after hearing an appeal by the New York Giants wide receiver earlier in the day. Beckham will miss the game Sunday night at Minnesota. The second-year Pro Bowler is barred from team meetings; attending or watching practices; attending Sunday’s game; or having contact with any club personnel except to arrange off-site medical treatment or rehabilitation. He will be reinstated next Monday. “I owe some people an apology. I wasn’t raised to act like I did the other day,” Beckham said in a statement issued by the Giants. “I am not here to make excuses for my conduct. This isn’t about anything that was said or done to me. This is about my behavior, and I am responsible for my behavior. People expect better from me, and I expect better from myself.” The league suspended Beckham on Monday for his conduct last Sunday against Carolina, when he drew three personal foul penalties, including one for a diving helmet-to-helmet hit on Panthers cornerback Josh Norman. Norman was ﬁned $26,044 for his role in the confrontations. Beckham also had a run-in with a Panthers’ player in the pregame warmups. The suspension was handed down by NFL Vice President of Football Operations Merton Hanks, who wrote in a letter to the player: “Acts that jeopardize the safety of players or expose them to unnecessary risk cannot be tolerated.” Beckham was penalized three times for unnecessary roughness, including a late helmet-to-helmet hit against a defenseless player in which Beckham left his feet prior to contact to spring forward and upward into his opponent. “I appealed my suspension because it is a right granted to all players under the NFL’s CBA,” Beckham said Wednesday on Twitter, “and because I owe it to my teammates to do everything I can to be on the ﬁeld this week. Regardless of the outcome of my appeal, I apologize for my actions on Sunday. I work hard to be great and accepting the Blessing of having the physical skills to play at this level brings the responsibility to conduct myself in a certain way on and off the ﬁeld. Sportsmanship and respecting the game are as important as blocking, running routes, catching the football. I dropped the ball on sportsmanship on Sunday.” Beckham has a base salary of $893,000 and will lose $55,813 for being suspended for Sunday night’s game. Panthers catches for 1,396 yards and 13 touchdowns, tied for the league lead. From Page 1B Beckham was given a one-game suspension on Wide receiver A.J. Monday for his conduct Green, defensive tackle on Sunday against CaroGeno Atkins, tight end lina, when he drew three Tyler Eifert, safety Regpersonal foul penalties. gie Nelson and offensive Twenty-ﬁve players tackle Andrew Whitselected were ﬁrst-timers, worth were selected from including three rookies: Cincinnati. It’s the most Bengals selected since the the Rams’ Todd Gurley, Lockett and the Chiefs’ 2005 season. Marcus Peters. Peters “I’m excited for our was one of ﬁve Chiefs players who have been voted in,” Bengals coach honored, including lineMarvin Lewis said. “They backers Tamba Hali and are both thrilled and hon- Justin Houston and safety ored to be recognized. It’s Eric Berry, who was diagnosed with lymphoma a tribute to their teamand had to step away mates and the organizafrom the game late in the tion to have the number 2014 season. selected today and the Hall of Famers Jerry high alternates.” Rice and Michael Irvin Raiders safety will serve as alumni team Charles Woodson, who captains for their Pro announced on Monday Bowl teams. The draft that he will retire after will be on Jan. 27. the season, was selected The Pro Bowl will be for the ninth time. held on Jan. 31 in Aloha Also selected was Stadium in Honolulu, Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who has 91 Hawaii. Trimble From Page 1B Justice Jenkins led Trimble with 19 points and ﬁve assists, followed by Guthrie with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Mitchell Campbell scored eight points, Jones ﬁnished with seven, while Randy Hixon marked six. Kamron Curry and Tyler Sayre each posted four points, Ryan Richards chipped in with three, while Dillon Carano added two points to the winning total. THS shot 13-of-22 (59.1 percent) from the free throw line and 25-of-47 (53.2 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 6-of-10 (60 percent) from beyond the arc. The Red and Silver totaled 37 rebounds, 19 assists, eight steals, two blocks, 17 fouls and 14 turnovers. SHS will look for revenge on February 2, when Trimble visits Racine. The Tornadoes will try for their ﬁrst victory of the season on December 29, when they visit 2-9 River Valley. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Tony Dejak | AP Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love, top, and New York Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis, from Latvia, battle for a rebound in the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday in Cleveland. Cavs beat short-handed Knicks, 91-84 CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James acknowledged the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t play their best Wednesday night, but he was at his best when it mattered most. James scored 24 points, including seven down the stretch, and Cleveland held off the short-handed New York Knicks 91-84. The four-time NBA MVP used a profanity to describe the way his team played during an inhouse interview following the game, drawing laughs from the sellout crowd of 20,562. James took over but thought Cleveland’s defense was the big reason the Cavs were ﬁnally able to subdue the Knicks, who nearly pulled out a surprising win even though star Carmelo Anthony sat out with a sprained right ankle. The Knicks were 1 of 7 with two turnovers after taking an 82-80 lead with 4:07 remaining on Langston Galloway’s jumper. “We preach offensively it’s not always going to be pretty,” James said. “Tonight we needed the defensive end. We just got stops.” James’ layup off a turnover gave the Cavs the lead for good at 84-82 with 3:15 remaining. The basket came after the Knicks threw away an inbounds pass following a timeout as the shot clock was winding down. Matthew Dellavedova dribbled into the frontcourt and found James streaking to the basket. “I’m a big believer in the ball ﬁnds energy,” James said. “Once I saw the errant pass on their part I just got on my horse. I know Delly is going to ﬁnd me, but he wouldn’t have found me if I didn’t have the energy behind it.” James added two free throws and then soared to the basket for a powerful dunk as Cleveland took control. Kevin Love added 23 points with 13 rebounds for the Cavs. “They’re a very experienced team and they’re not fearful in any moment,” Knicks Wahama From Page 1B A.J. Cobb paced FHHS with 18 points and eight boards, followed by Jason Gillian with 13 points coach Derek Fisher said. “That’s what you strive for as a group. An experienced team like Cleveland is obviously better down the stretch.” The Cavaliers, who visit Golden State on Friday in a rematch of last season’s NBA Finals, have the best record in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland, plagued by injuries all season, played with a full roster for the ﬁrst time. Rookie forward Kristaps Porzingis had 23 points with 12 rebounds for New York, but didn’t score in the fourth quarter. Anthony, averaging 21.8 points in 28 games, was injured during Monday night’s loss to Orlando. Fisher expects the eight-time All-Star to play Saturday. Cleveland built an 11-point lead in the second quarter, but Porzingis’ 3-pointer at the buzzer cut it to 55-50. New York tied the game late in the third, and the score was 72-all going into the fourth. Arron Afﬂalo scored 16 for the Knicks. and Ryan Harvey with three markers. Carter Russell also had two points to wrap things up for the hosts. Wahama outrebounded the Lancers by a 37-25 overall margin and also produced a dozen assists in the victory, with Thomas and Tristan Thompson had 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Cavaliers. LATE-NIGHT WORK Kyrie Irving returned to the court to work on his shooting for about 30 minutes following the game. He scored ﬁve points, shooting 1 of 7 from the ﬁeld, in 19 minutes. Irving had 12 points Sunday in his ﬁrst game since breaking his left kneecap in Game 1 of the Finals last season. BAH, HUMBUG Tempers were short the night before Christmas Eve. James received a technical in the second quarter, which came shortly after he thought he had been fouled on consecutive drives to the basket. Thompson and Lou Amundson were given double technicals, and Robin Lopez was hit with a technical after he thought he was fouled. The Knicks were called for defensive 3 seconds twice and both teams were given delay-of-game warnings after timeouts. Kearns leading WHS with three assists each. 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