https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/a2b3af67fffb1addbd6fa50ddf92ced3.pdf e89225fb815fdd43c11cfcd10d71d7c8 PDF Text Text Local vet sheds light on Cold War LOCAL s 3A FEATURES s 1C 60630985 Serenity House donation Winter Quarter Begins Jan 4th “Careers Close To Home” Happy Holiday’s GALLIPOLIS CAREER COLLEGE 740-446-4367 • gallipoliscareercollege.edu Accredited Member: Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools 1274B Breaking news at mydailytribune.com Issue 51, Volume 49 Sunday, December 27, 2015 s $2 Bolin named SWCD ‘Supervisor of the Year’ By Jim Freeman For the Times-Sentinel Courtesy photo Allan Johnson, left, a member of the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts Area 5 Board of Directors, and Steve Jenkins, right, Meigs SWCD program administrator, present a jacket to Joe Bolin who was named Supervisor of the Year at the Area 5 winter meeting earlier this month. Johnson is also a supervisor for the Hocking SWCD. OHIO VALLEY — Joe Bolin, of Rutland, was named Supervisor of the Year at the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation District’s Area 5 annual winter meeting held earlier this month near Circleville. OFSWCD Area 5 comprises 17 counties and their respective SWCDs in central and southeastern Ohio, ranging from Delaware and Franklin counties in the north, Brown and Highland counties in the southwest, and Meigs and Athens counties in the southeast. As a 24-year member of the Meigs SWCD Board of Supervisors, Bolin began his first term on Jan. 1, 1992, and will be starting his ninth consecutive term in January 2016. In addition to the Meigs SWCD Board of Supervisors, Bolin serves on the Meigs County Community Improvement Corp., has been a member of the Rutland Township Board of Trustees for more than 20 years, and has also served on numerous other boards and committees in the county. He also served on the state Clean Ohio Board and the Buckeye Hills Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council, which serves nine counties in southeastern Ohio. He also held area and state offices as a member of the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors, and has traveled around the country representing Ohio at meetings of the National Association of Conservation District. Bolin was introduced by Meigs SWCD program administrator Steve Jenkins. “I can’t begin to express my gratitude to him for his help through the years,” Jenkins said. “When I took over as administrator 11 years ago this month, he was there to help me get going in the right direction. “We’ve been through a lot of stuff together. I can probably count on one hand the number of board meetings he’s missed in those 11 years,” Jenkins said. “He has faithfully supported our staff by coming to meetings, events, helping at our conservation area and has even made a couple trips to Washington, D.C., when things weren’t going so well with a federal partner. See BOLIN | 6A State awards Gallia-Meigs County grants By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com OHIO VALLEY — The state of Ohio awarded Meigs and Gallia counties a $675,000 grant to aid in completing eight local home rehabilitations, repairs with 25 homes, one complete construction of a residence with Habitat for Humanity, and a program to provide home-ownership opportunities to six families. According to Gallia County Administrator Karen Sprague, the money will be distributed by Gallia-Meigs Community Action Agency, a nonprofit organization that provides programs for lowto moderate-income families asking for assistance. The money was granted as part of the community housing impact and preservation program. According to program records,” Grants are available for single-family residential dwellings which are owner-occupied and whose total household income does not exceed maximum income limits. Assistance is available for emergency repairs, which may include furnace replacement, roof replacement, electrical repair, septic systems, handicapped accessibility and elimination of other health and safety issues.” A single person can receive assistance if they have an income of less than $31, 200, for example. The home-ownership programs state they “will be offered county-wide to all eligible persons who are below 80 percent of the county median income. The purpose of this program is to assist residents in purchasing an affordable (residential) unit. We will accomplish this by providing assistance of 10 percent of the purchase price or $5,000, whichever is less. We will require the applicant to have a minimum of $1,000 towards the purchase and meet HOME down payment assistance requirements and to participate in a home-buyer education course.” See GRANTS | 6A — NEWS Obituaries: 2A Opinion: 4A Weather: 6A Man flies on behalf of the dogs By Michael Johnson michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — “November-two-two-fiveniner-Quebec. We’re oneand-a-half miles away. We should be there shortly.” Dan Drennan’s voice crackles over the outdoor public address system installed at the GalliaMeigs Regional Airport as he gives his flight ID and location. It’s a heavy overcast day in late November, with a slight breeze wafting in from the north that made the day seem more falllike than winter. It’s the kind of weather that may make some pilots think twice about taking to the friendly skies. It’s 11 a.m. and suddenly, a pair of lights break through the heavy cloud cover just north of the airport. It’s Drennan’s red and white Piper PA-28 Cherokee, which had departed Buffalo- Lancaster (N.Y.) Regional Airport three hours earlier. This is no pleasure flight. Drennan arrived in southeastern Ohio specifically to pick up a few important passengers. The passengers on this day included a boxer and See DOGS | 5A Recovery options offered over holidays — SPORTS Wrestling: 1B Basketball: 1B Schedule: 1B — FEATURES Television: 4B Classified: 5B Comics: 3C Michael Johnson | Times-Sentinel Connie Jones, from left, and Patty Jones, both of Friends of Gallia County’s Animals, hand over a puppy to Dan Drennan, of Pilots N Paws, in preparation for a flight back to Buffalo, N.Y. By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailytribune.com or mydailysentinel.com and visit us on facebook or twitter to share your thoughts. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — For some people, the holiday season adds more than stress to their lives and actually poses a threat to their sobriety. The Meeting House, which has opened in the former St. Paul’s UM Church on Jackson Avenue, will be hosting a “safe space” on New Year’s Eve for those who need it. The event, from 8 p.m. Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1, will be a potluck with some music and games available. Meetings are not canceled on holidays, a day when they are often needed the most. Hosting the New Year’s Eve event was decided at The Meeting House’s recent board of directors meeting, which includes people from the recovery community, court system, Mason County Ministerial Association, former educators and more. The Meeting House is a centralized location for meetings like NA and Alcoholics Anonymous. The Meeting House also rents out the space for private functions and keeps the church’s sanctuary intact for weddings and other events. See OPTIONS | 6A �2A Sunday, December 27, 2015 LOCAL/AREA OBITUARIES Sunday Times-Sentinel DEATH NOTICES FRANKLIN D. HENDRIX GENE P. LAMBERT POMEROY — Gene P. and Kristi Lambert; 11 Lambert, 91, Pomeroy, great-grandchildren; passed away Friday, Dec. step-grandchildren R.F. 25, 2015, at Arbors of (Aimee) Stein and family, Pomeroy, after a brief ill- and Windi (Joe) Kapraun. ness. He is also survived by Born Sept. 13, 1924, two sisters, Jo Ann Gilhe was the son of the late logly, of Albany, Ohio, Everett and Geneve Rus- and Mary Ann Grover, of sell Lambert. Long Bottom; brother-inHe graduated from law Bill (Kathy) Stack; Scipio High School in sisters-in-law Lucy Stack Harrisonville and served Lovett and Iva Crabtree in the U.S. Navy during Stack; plus many nephWorld War II. After the ews, nieces, friends and war, he worked in the con- neighbors., struction trade as a brick/ In addition to his parblock mason. He took ents, he was preceded in great pride in his work death by his infant brothand continued to do small er, Leo Lambert; sisters jobs well into his late 70s. and brothers-in-law Helen Gene was a quiet, peace- (Joseph) Johnson, Elizaful and respected man. He beth (Byrne) Vaughan, was a baptized believer Margaret (Harley) Hanin God. ing, Ruth (Carl) MournGene very much ing, Kenneth Grover, enjoyed gardening, cutCecil Gillogly and James ting firewood and spend(Frog) Stack; nephews ing time with his family. Joseph L. Johnson, Jeff He dearly loved eating Gillogly and Steven Gilcookies, donuts, pie and logly; and niece Carla Jo sweet treats with everyGillogly. thing. He enjoyed eating Special thanks to Dr. ice cream cones with his Hunter and the staff of great-granddaughters, Arbors of Pomeroy for Alyse and Makayla Smith, their wonderful care and who spent school day support. afternoons with Gramps Visitation for family and Grandma Lambert. KAY ADRIENNE (KEELS) LUCAS and friends will be 10 His is survived by his a.m. to noon Monday, wife, Ruth Ann Stack COLUMBUS Celebration of Dec. 28, 2015, at AnderLambert; children — Kay Adrienne Life will be 10 son McDaniel Funeral Charlotte Lambert, (Keels) Lucas a.m. Monday, Dec. Home in Pomeroy. GraveThe Plains, Ohio, Don passed away on 28, 2015, in the (Beckie) Lambert, David side services will follow at Tuesday, Dec. 15, chapel of DiehlMeigs Memory Gardens (Cinda) Lambert, both 2015, in ColumWhittaker Funeral with Gene Zopp, pasof Pomeroy, and Sherry bus. Service, 720 E. tor and long time family (Dan) Abbott, of ThornA senior tax Long St., Columfriend, officiating. ville; grandchildren advisor 5 at H&R Block bus, where her family An online registry is Jason (Allison) Abbott, for 28 years, Kay was the will receive friends from Darin (Amanda) Abbott, available at www.anderbeloved wife of Gordon 9 a.m. until the start of Carrie (Bill) Smith sonmcdnaiel.com. 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(Lesha) Scarbrough; You may sign the online a daughter, Melissa SPORTS EDITOR EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 Michael Johnson, Ext. 2102 guestbook at www.white(Randy) Riddle; her bwalters@civitasmedia.com michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com schwarzelfh.com. grandchildren Darren Shelton (Emma) Hendrix, Dana (Wendy) Hendrix, Woodrow (Lisa) Hendrix Jr., Debbie (Mike) Kauff and Sally (Terry) Little; special friend Wanda Hughes; sister-in-law Marilyn Hendrix McPherson; brother-in-law Randy Adkins; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Phyllis Hendrix; son Shelton Troy Hendrix; son-inlaw Jimmy Riffle; sisters Emmeline Hendrix, Sue Parsons and Mary Adkins; brother Lewis Hendrix; and sisters-inlaw Linda (Earl) Hendrix and Janis Hendrix. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Pastor Lamar O’Bryant officiating. Burial will follow in Carmel Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, at the funeral home. An online registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Julia Schultz, Ext. 2104 jschultz@civitasmedia.com 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Gallipolis, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Sunday Times-Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. Have story ideas or suggestions? Call us at: 740.992.2155 or 740.446.2342 DAVID B. WEST BIDWELL — David B. West, 76, Bidwell, the Tycoon Lake area, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015. He was born Sept. 3, 1939, in Parkersburg, W.Va., son of the late Edward and Oma Harris West. He was a graduate of Rio Grande High School and attended the University of Rio Grande. He retired in 1997 from the M&G Polymers, Apple Grove, W.Va., following 28 years of service. He was a member of Vinton Baptist Church, where he served as chairman of the Food Pantry, and was a U.S. Army veteran. David is survived by his sister Ruth A. Bostic; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Joseph H. West. David loved the beauty that God put around us. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to Vinton Baptist Church Food Pantry, 11818 S.R. 160, Vinton, where funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, with Pastor Heath Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in Calvary Baptist Cemetery, Rio Grande. Friends may call between 4-7 p.m. Monday at Vinton Baptist Church. Condolences can be sent to www.mccoymoore. com. Do your part! Recycle this newspaper! 60626744 SYRACUSE — Franklin D. “Pete” Hendrix, 79, of Syracuse, passed away Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, at his residence. He was born Nov. 12, 1936, to the late Woodrow and Emmeline (Phillips) Hendrix and Woodrow and Sylvia Zwilling. Mr. Hendrix worked for Goeglein Brothers Coal Co. for many years. He then started Hendrix and Sons Trucking, where he hauled for Facemyer Lumber in Middleport and Ripley for many years. He also served his country in the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by his children, Robert (Jenny) Hendrix, Barb Riffle and Petie (Christi) Hendrix; grandchildren Bub Hendrix, Ashley Robie, Matt (Wendi) Riffle, Joey (Jennifer) Riffle, Bethany (Caleb) Riffle, Jessica (Dustin) Riffle and Celestia Hendrix; great-grandchildren Marley, Gunner, Landon, Lexi Skylar and Isaac; brothers and sisters Norman (Violet) Hendrix, David Hendrix, Lucy (Virgil) Pihl, Earl Hendrix, 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. BIRD RACINE, Ohio — Emma Bird, 87, Racine, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. BUSH GALLIPOLIS — Gayland Bush, 84, of Gallipolis, died on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, at Overbrook Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at Willis Funeral Home, with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral fome. 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 was 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. MCCULTY CLEARWATER, Fla. — Wayne A. McCulty, 88, former resident of Vinton and Columbus, passed away in Clearwater, Florida, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Arrangements will be announced at a future date by McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. 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. VANCOONEY MIDDLEPORT — Theodore “Ted” Vancooney, of Middleport, passed away Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Middleport. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral service. 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. Girl collects shoes for Soles4Souls By Samantha Cronk munity and her school, Potomack Intermediate. “We put a box out in HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. my dad’s office and we — As people wonder did one at my school. We how to give back this asked people that don’t holiday season, 10-yearlive in West Virginia old Elli Hurst is simply through social media asking residents to open and Facebook,” Elli said, their closets. receiving packages of Elli, of Hedgesville, is shoes from across the collecting new and gently country, including Misused shoes to donate to sissippi, Georgia, North the nonprofit organizaCarolina, South Carolina tion Soles4Souls, which and Ohio. distributes shoes internaWhile Elli knew she tionally. Elli and her fam- wanted to do an outreach ily began to collect shoes program for her birthday, on her birthday, with it was her mom Candi a goal to collect 1,100 that presented the idea of pairs of shoes by her 11th Soles4Souls. birthday. “I noticed that she just “I really like helping really does love helping people. I know there’s a people, and it just helps lot of people that don’t her grow as a person. She have a lot of money, so thrives doing that. I was it’s good to help those looking for a project that people,” she said. would be good for her. I With about three love Soles4Souls because months left to complete I don’t like asking people her goal, Elli has colfor money. It’s hard to lected about 800 pairs of donate money to every shoes in a stockpile in her cause,” Candi said. basement that is taller So far, more women’s than she is. She is hoping shoes have been donated to have a holiday rush than men’s, with high this winter to help her heels as the most donated complete her goal from type of shoe, Elli said. people looking to donate Soles4Souls accepts all or who need to make types of shoes, from athroom in their closets. letic to heels, boots, runWhile the majorning shoes and flip flops. According to its website, ity of shoes are donated through a collection box the organization has disin her father’s office, Elli tributed 22 million pairs of shoes in 127 countries has also placed fliers since 2006. throughout the comAssociated Press �Sunday, December 27, 2015 3A LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel Tribune gives to Serenity House Courtesy photo The Gallipolis Daily Tribune recently donated $700 to Serenity House for sponsoring the publication’s annual Gallipolis 2015/2016 Community Directory. Pictured is Gallipolis Daily Tribune Advertising Representative Matt Rodgers handing the check to Marissa Metz, executive director of Serenity 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, CHESTER TOWNSHIP — Township Road 65 Lake Office of Community Assistance. GMCAA adnminisRoad in Chester township will be closed until Dec. 30 ters the grant which provides services to low-income residents of Gallia and Meigs counties. for culvert repair. Township Road Closure Church evening service discontinued until 2016 Free Resources available from Coad4Kids MIDDLEPORT — First Baptist Church of Middleport will be discontinuing Sunday evening services throughout the winter, beginning Dec. 20, and will resume in the spring. 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. Community Services Block Grant app available for review CHESHIRE — The 2016-17 Community Services MEIGS COMMUNITY CALENDAR Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel appreciates your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a spaceavailable basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@civitasmedia.com. — 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 Harrisonville Fire House. ORANGE TOWNSHIP — The next regular Tuesday, Dec. 29 meeting of the Orange BEDFORD — The Township Trustees will Bedford Township be held at the township Trustees will hold their building at 7 p.m. This end-of-the-year and orga- will be the year end meetnizational meeting at 7 ing, immediately followed p.m. at the town hall. by the Organization meeting for 2016. Wednesday, Dec. 30 LETART TOWNSHIP Thursday, Dec. 31 MIDDLEPORT — — The Letart Township There will be a blood Trustees will meet at noon, immediately follwed donation opportunity from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. by their organizational at the Church of Christ meeting at the Letart Family Life Center, 437 Township Building. Main St., Middleport. CHESTER TOWNSHIP — The Chester Sunday, Jan. 3 Township will conduct POMEROY — River their end-of-the-year meeting at the new town City Players (RCP) will be holding auditions for hall at 6 p.m. their upcoming producMIDDLEPORT — tion of Murder at Café Red Cross blood drive at Noir from 2-4 p.m. at the Middleport Church Wolfe Mountain Enterof Christ’s Family Life tainment (the old PomeCenter, located at the roy High School). Percorner of Fifth and Main formance dates will be streets, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. As a thank-you those February 12 and 13. For additional information, who donate that day will visit RCP on Facebook. receive a long-sleeve Red Cross T-shirt, while supplies last. For more infor- Wednesday, Jan. 6 The Scipio Township mation, visit redcrossblood.org, call 1-800-RED- Trustees Organizational CROSS, or call the church Meeting will be 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire at 740-992-2914. SUTTON TOWNSHIP House. GALLIA COMMUNITY CALENDAR Sunday, Dec. 27 MERCERVILLE — Jason Adams will be preaching at Dickey Chapel Church. Service begins at 6 p.m. ADDISON — Sunday School, 10 a.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Sunday service at 6 p.m. with Pastor Rick Barcus. GALLIPOLIS- “First Light” Worship in the Family Life Center, 9 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.; Evening Worship, 6 p.m., Teen Worship in the Family Life Center, 6 p.m., First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. with Pastor Douglas Downs. GALLIPOLIS — Coffee Klatch at 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School at 10 a.m.; morning worship service at 10:30 a.m.; Pastor Bob Hood, Bulaville Christian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; 740-446-7495 or 740-709-6107. Wednesday, Dec. 30 ADDISON — Prayer meeting, 7 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jack Parsons preaching. GALLIPOLIS — Children’s Ministries, 6:45 p.m.; Youth “Impact 127”, 7 p.m.; Prayer & Praise, 7 p.m.; Choir Practice, 7 p.m.; First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. Thursday, Dec. 31 GALLIPOLIS — All church New Year’s Eve fellowship and Teen Lock-In in the Family Life Center, First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. Sunday, Jan. 3 GALLIPOLIS — Coffee Klatch at 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School at 10 a.m.; morning worship service at 10:30 a.m.; Pastor Bob Hood, Bulaville Christian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; 740-446-7495 or 740-709-6107. GALLIPOLIS — “First Light” Worship in the Family Life Center, 9 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m., Evening Worship, 6 p.m.; Teen worship in the Family Life Center, 6 p.m.; First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. with Pastor Douglas Downs. Sunday, Jan. 17 GALLIPOLIS — Coffee Klatch at 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School at 10 a.m.; morning worship service at 10:30 a.m.; Pastor Bob Hood, Bulaville Christian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; 740-446-7495 or 740-709-6107. Sunday, Jan. 24 GALLIPOLIS — Coffee Klatch at 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School at 10 a.m.; morning Wednesday, Jan. 6 worship service at 10:30 a.m.; GALLIPOLIS — ChilPastor Bob Hood, Bulaville dren’s Ministries, 6:45 Christian Church, 2337 Johnp.m.; Youth “Impact 127”, son Ridge Rd.; 740-446-7495 7 p.m.; Prayer & Praise, or 740-709-6107. 7 p.m.; Choir Practice, 7 p.m.; First Church of the Sunday, Jan. 31 Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. GALLIPOLIS — Coffee Klatch at 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Sunday, Jan. 10 School at 10 a.m.; morning GALLIPOLIS — Cofworship service at 10:30 fee Klatch at 9:45 a.m.; a.m. with our birthday/ Sunday School at 10 a.m.; anniversary celebration for morning worship service the month of January folat 10:30 a.m.; Pastor Bob lowing the service; Pastor Hood, Bulaville Christian Bob Hood, Bulaville ChrisChurch, 2337 Johnson tian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; 740-446-7495 Ridge Rd.; 740-446-7495 or 740-709-6107. or 740-709-6107. An employee of ours (Linda Mayer) is retiring on December 31st. We have declared that Linda Mayer Day i have refreshments f and will at our Pomeroy Branch in the afternoon. Friends, Family and Customers are all welcome to stop by and visit with her on her last day. Do we have your attention now? Advertise your business in this space, or bigger Call us at: 995.2155 or 446.2342 We would like to thank her for all her hard work and dedication and that Farmers Bank is a better place because of her. 60630910 �E ditorial 4A Sunday, December 27, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel THEIR VIEW Better dental health care the citizens deserve We often hear that much of the country is slowly digging its way out of the Great Recession that devastated many of the working folks in our communities. The economic gains have bypassed many parts of Ohio, including right here in Galia and Meigs counties, where U.S. Census Bureau statistics gathered between 2009 and 2013 show that more than 17 percent of our neighbors live in poverty. But, there is some good news in recently released data from the 2015 Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey (OMAS), which shows that more low-income Ohioans are reporting that it is easier to get health care than three years ago. Unfortunately, the same is not true for access to oral health care. The survey shows that 14 percent of adults, ages 19-64, live with and suffer from dental care needs. For one in four low-income adults, access to oral health care is their largest unmet health care need. Overall, access to dental care is worse in Ohio’s economically battered Appalachian counties. These are the areas that are most likely to be one of Ohio’s 84 dental health professional shortage areas, where there just aren’t enough dentists to meet the needs of the folks who live here. For low-income Ohioans, insurance coverage is a big predictor of access to care. Nearly 41 percent of low-income adults who lack insurance have dental problems that go without care. Twenty-three percent of people with Medicaid coverage still could not get desperately needed dental services. That is because less than 16 percent of Ohio’s dentists will serve any significant number of Medicaid patients. Whether due to a dentist shortage or the inability to find a dentist who takes Medicaid or uninsured patients, too many Ohioans do not have the access to the care they need. The consequences of the lack of routine dental care are seen in many places and many ways in our communities. We know that oral health care is directly related to overall health, economic security and upward social mobility whereas a lack of proper dental care can increase the risk of diabetes and the potential of a stroke. There have been cases where desperately needed medical procedures such as heart surgery had to be delayed until the patient could get their dental issues resolved. We have heard from consumers that their primary care physician delayed needed surgery because the patient had an abscessed tooth and the physician was concerned about the infection impacting the surgery. Tragically, lack of available and affordable dental care resulted in at least one death in southwestern Ohio directly attributable to an untreated abscessed tooth. Recently, a Pennsylvania study was released that suggests rural youth have less access to health care, pushing them to emergency rooms for treatment where they are more likely to receive pain pills. Unfortunately, this method of dealing with dental pain can also lead to addiction to pain killers, a pervasive problem that is already ravaging our region and destroying countless lives. We can no longer count on approaches that are leaving our most vulnerable people without dental care. We need to modernize our dental workforce. One part of the solution is the regulated inclusion of the dental therapists that will help more Ohioans get the dental care they need. Working as part of a dentist-led team, these specially trained practitioners provide preventive and routine care. A recent study showed that dental therapists in Minnesota expanded access to care for hard-to-reach populations just like areas of this county and our region. Ohio needs to examine the expansion of our dental workforce to include dental therapists so that our populations in peril can obtain and utilize dental services that will allow them the health, the improved appearance and the economic benefits that will enrich the future of every community where they reside. Our Buckeye citizens deserve nothing less. Sunday Times-Sentinel Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. THEIR VIEW Workers’ comp important to economy Workers’ compensation long overdue upgrade that insurance is an important brought Ohio in line with cornerstone in Ohio’s econthe industry standard of omy. It not only ensures collecting premiums before Ohioans injured on the extending coverage. Due to job get healthy and back our strong financial posito work, but also protects tion, BWC is providing a businesses from costly $1.2 billion premium credit Steve workplace incidents. to employers to ease the billBuehrer With these benefits in Contributing ing system transition. mind, I’ve focused during Additional improvements Columnist my last five years as the in 2015 included commonleader of the Ohio Bureau sense modifications to coverof Workers’ Compensation (BWC) age requirements and options that on forming partnerships with all were standing in the way of busiof our customers, who at times ness growth. A much-needed law have contrasting views but all change proposed by BWC removed strive to maintain a system that is the requirement that nonprofits financially strong, does not impose have coverage for their volunteer a barrier to economic growth and corporate officers, freeing up is dedicated to caring for Ohio’s money for these organizations to workers. provide services that help local We’ve taken our lead from Gov. communities throughout the state. John Kasich, who made turning Separately, a new coverage Ohio’s workers’ compensation option will simplify workers’ comp system into a partner for economic for businesses with employees who growth and a leader in workplace are injured in other states, making safety a priority when he took it easier for them to expand across office in 2011. Under his leaderthe border and still make sure ship, BWC has established a goal their employees are protected of becoming a world class workers’ We know improving the system compensation carrier, and we’re involves much more than dollar taking steps in the right direction. savings for employers. Ohio workOverall, employers are paying ers deserve safe workplaces. That’s less, and their once unpredictable why BWC is also investing in rates have been stabilized. Private their health and safety. This year, employer average base rates are we awarded $15 million in Safety 21.4 percent lower than those in Intervention grants at a record effect at the beginning of 2011, pace, helping more than 570 and public employers’ rates are employers purchase equipment to down an overall 26.5 percent over improve safety in their workplace. that time period. A nationwide The enormous success of the study of workers’ compensation safety grant program and Ohio rates placed Ohio 17th lowest employers’ commitment to safety among all 50 states. Ohio ranked are a few likely factors in recordthird highest in the nation as low workplace injury claims. recently as 2008. Over the past five years, we have Employers also now have more seen our injury claims drop more flexibility and are better able to than 10 percent, from 105,000 to plan for paying those premiums 94,000. following our conversion to With these decreases, the prospective billing. This was a Bureau of Labor and Statistics places Ohio’s injury rate below the national average. Ohio stands at 2.9 injuries per 100 workers, compared to a national average of 3.4 injuries per 100 workers and is lower than all its neighboring states. We want to keep that momentum going with additional investments in safety, including the Occupational Safety and Health Research Program, which is funding research into occupational safety and health research. Six Ohio universities are currently conducting research with $2 million already awarded by BWC, and we plan to award an addition $1 million in early 2016. We are excited to support research that could shift thinking on current workplace safety practices in Ohio and across the country. We’re also working to reduce delays in the treatment when someone is injured on the job. We’ve begun pilot programs to better coordinate care for knee and spine injuries. Our pharmacy management program is resulting in better care and has helped decrease opioid doses by 37 percent since 2010, helping ensure injured workers don’t fall prey to addiction or overdose. Ohio’s workers comp system is unquestionably better today than it was five years ago, as evidenced by lower rates, safer workplaces and fewer claims. Yet, we know there are opportunities for greater successes on the horizon. I am optimistic that the partnerships that made each success possible will continue creating an even stronger collaborative atmosphere for thoughtful assessments of where more improvements can be made. Steve Buehrer is administrator and CEO of Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation TODAY IN HISTORY... Today is Sunday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2015. There are four days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 27, 1945, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were formally established. On this date: In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a round-the-world voyage aboard the HMS Beagle. In 1904, James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” opened at the Duke of York’s Theater in London. In 1927, the musical play “Show Boat,” with music by Jerome Kern and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York. In 1932, New York City’s Radio City Music Hall first opened. In 1947, the original version of the puppet character Howdy Doody made its TV debut on NBC’s “Puppet Playhouse.” In 1949, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed an act recognizing Indonesia’s sovereignty after more than three centuries of Dutch rule. In 1964, the Cleveland Browns defeated the Baltimore Colts 27-0 to win the NFL Championship Game played at Cleve- land Municipal Stadium. Today’s Birthdays: Rockabilly musician Scotty Moore is 84. Actor John Amos is 76. Actress Charmian Carr (Film: “The Sound of Music”) is 73. ABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts is 72. Rock musician Mick Jones (Foreigner) is 71. Singer Tracy Nelson is 71. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 67. Jazz singer-musician T.S. Monk is 66. Singersongwriter Karla Bonoff is 64. Actress Tovah Feldshuh is 63. Rock musician David Knopfler (Dire Straits) is 63. Journalist-turned-politician Arthur Kent is 62. Actress Maryam D’Abo is 55. Country musician Jeff Bryant is 53. Actor Ian Gomez is 51. Actress Theresa Randle is 51. Actress Eva LaRue is 49. Former professional wrestler and actor Bill Goldberg is 49. Actress Tracey Cherelle Jones is 46. Bluegrass singermusician Darrin Vincent (Dailey & Vincent) is 46. Rock musician Guthrie Govan is 44. Musician Matt Slocum is 43. Actor Wilson Cruz is 42. Singer Olu is 42. Actor Masi Oka is 41. Actor Aaron Stanford is 39. Actress Emilie de Ravin is 34. Christian rock musician James Mead (Kutless) is 33. Rock singer Hayley Williams (Paramore) is 27. Country singer Shay Mooney (Dan & Shay) is 24. �LOCAL/AREA Sunday Times-Sentinel Man enters into plea agreement By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com LEON, W.Va. — A Detroit man has entered into a plea agreement after being arrested on a drug charge earlier this year. Edward D. Milan, 32, recently appeared in Mason County, W.Va., Circuit Court before Judge David W. Nibert to enter a plea of guilty to the felony offense of conspiracy. Milan was indicted by the May term of the grand jury, along with Domonique D. Bell, 25, also of Detroit, for possession of a Milan controlled substance with intent to deliver and conspiracy. Back in February, both men were arrested and charged with possession with intent to deliver. According to the official criminal complaint filed in Mason County Magistrate Court, members of the Metro Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT) received information that two African American males from Detroit were allegedly selling heroin from a residence located at 955 Connell Lane in Leon. Members of MDENT, the Mason County Sheriff’s Department and Putnam County K-9 Unit went to the residence with a search warrant where Bell and Milan were found hiding in a closet, the complaint states. Inside a drawer in the master bedroom, officers located in excess of 20 grams of heroin which were individually packed, more than $2,500 in cash and a set of digital scales, the complaint states. Other items consistent with the distribution of narcotics were also allegedly located at this residence, also according to the complaint. Both a plea agreement and conviction order have been filed in Milan’s case. He’s due back in circuit court to face Judge Nibert on Jan. 29. If convicted, Milan could be sentenced to jail for not less than one nor more than five years or fined not more than $10,000, or both. Milan remains housed at the Western Regional Jail. The status of Bell’s case was not known at press time. Reach Beth Sergent at bsergent@civitasmedia.com or on Twitter @BSergentWrites. Dogs Sunday, December 27, 2015 5A Couple purchases colorful mall train By Brett Dunlap Associated Press VIENNA, W.Va. — A Mineral Wells couple’s love of trains and sharing that love with others led them to buy the trackless train at the Grand Central Mall. David and Malinda Goldsmith purchased the train in August and made changes, including putting in a depot where people can buy tickets and having their employees punch the tickets of each passenger. Called “The Grand Central Express,” the train gives mall guests rides around the one-half-mile interior perimeter of the mall and takes around 8-10 minutes depending on the mall’s foot traffic. “Our mission is to bring a safe, clean, exciting, enjoyable attraction for our area and convey our love of trains,” Malinda said. “Through changing seasons/ decorations and events we hope to fulfill our mission and keep the train in the mall for years to come. “It’s for everyone and for their enjoyment,” she said. The couple got the idea for the train in 2010 after visiting the house featured in the film, “A Christmas Story,” in Cleveland. While there, they visited a local mall and it was there Malinda first saw a trackless train and knew she eventually wanted to bring the attraction to the Grand Central Mall. “We came home, researched and looked into the business, but life was busy and we were never able to get the idea moving forward,” Malinda said. “In 2012, Connie, Bud and Aaron Lindley opened the Grand Central Express. “I cannot express my mixed emotions of happiness and sadness that my dream was owned by someone else. I was happy for them, but sad for me,” she said. Not ready to give up on their dream, the Goldsmiths approached the Lindleys and told them their desire to purchase the train when and if they were ever interested in selling. “Over the years, we observed the business, rode the train and enjoyed seeing the happiness it brought to the riders,” Malinda said. “The Lindleys loved the train as much as we do and wanted to pass it on to someone that would continue to nurture and keep the business at the Grand Central Mall. “In August 2015, our dream became reality and we became a West Virginia small business and the proud owners of the Grand Central Express,” she said. The couple has always had a love of trains. They grew up in Salem, W.Va., where railroad tracks ran through the center of town. Their first house was next to railroad tracks. “Seeing, hearing and counting the cars on the train was a daily activity,” Malinda said. “Early in our childhood, Salem was a depot stop and you could ride the train to Clarksburg to shop. You can understand our love of trains, train memorabilia and riding them.” Even before owning the train, Malinda had plans to have a depot like no other trackless train in any other mall. The Goldsmiths built the depot where riders can now buy their tickets. The tickets are punched by the engineer and dressed employees, just like on a real train. The depot was built in six sections and brought to the mall and reassembled. “The depot was started in late August in our garage at our home,” David said. “After many long hours of planning, building, frustration and anticipation it was finally brought to the mall.” Malinda feels it is a wonderful attraction that people can walk up to and buy their tickets. “They get the real train experience,” she said. “A lot of kids will never have that experience of riding a train. “Just to have something for the kids to do. You look at the kids and families enjoying themselves. That is what it is all about,” she said. Technician travels to repair instrument By Daniel Desrochers Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In 1872, T. Peterson strung a piano for Chickering and Sons in Boston, Massachusetts. When he finished his work he elegantly looped his name onto a sticker and slapped it inside of the piano where, 143 years later, Jonathan Cleghorn found it in Urubamba, Peru. Cleghorn was there to fix the piano, which resides in the Baptist seminary in town. He can’t tell you how it got there. All he knows is that it was purchased by a family in Boston around 1872, then it somehow made the trip to South America. There are no piano shops in Urubamba, a small town situated in a valley that’s 9,500 feet in elevation. Nor are there any in the nearest city, Cuzco. The closest piano shop is in Lima, 24 hours away by car through winding mountain roads. 500 animals” from many different areas. “Many of them were From Page 1A small, but that’s a lot of animals to get into that several of her pups, a bas- small plane,” he said of set hound and a poodle the 27. mix. If Drennan had not In southeastern Ohio, flown down to pick them Drennan usually receives up, the dogs would have his passengers via membeen destined for euthabers of Friends of Gallia nization. County’s Animals, a Drennan flies recrelocal volunteer animal ationally with the Westrescue group that works ern New York Pilots Club, to prevent “unnecessary but when he’s making euthanasia of homeless rescue flights like this to animals and promote southeastern Ohio, it’s as responsible animal care,” a representative of Pilots according to its Facebook N Paws, a non-profit page. The animals he group that matches pritakes from southeastern vate pilots to rescues that Ohio mostly come from need a hand in transport- Gallia County, but some ing animals from high-kill also have come from facilities to “forever” other nearby counties — homes in the Buffalo area. Meigs, Lawrence, Jack“I saw (an advertiseson in Ohio and Mason ment for Pilots N Paws) County across the river in a flight publication in West Virginia. and it gave me a place to He communicates go, a reason for flying,” with the group, as well Drennan said during a as other rescues, via the recent flight to Gallipolis. Internet and his Facebook “It just grew. I started off page, which contains flying one dog here, one hundreds of photos from dog there. The requests his various flights around became more frequent the region. The furthest and I starting flying more he’s flown, he said, was to passengers. I fly however Richmond, Va., and Normany passengers I can fit folk, Va. He also makes in my plane.” frequent flights to various Drennan emphasized locations in West Virthat he only flies for resginia, Pennsylvania, New cues, not dog breeders York, as well as Gallipolis or “anything to do with and southeastern Ohio. profit.” “The range of the Last August, Drennan airplane is five hours of transported a personal fuel, and we don’t want flying record 27 animals to get to our destination at one time to western on empty tanks, so I limit New York. Since becomflights to three or 3 1/2 ing a pilot with Pilots N hours,” Drennan said. Drennan said rescuing Paws, Drennan said he has rescued “about 400 to dogs that are destined for death make it all worthwhile. “Most of the dogs I come to Ohio to get are … their situation is dire. They’re going to be put down, so I’m willing to take them up to Buffalo,” he said. “The rescues are the ones that do all the work; we (pilots) have all the fun.” Drennan said adopting dogs is much easier western New York. It also helps that Buffalo’s metropolitan population is 1.14 million people – more than enough to find good homes for southeastern Ohio’s unwanted dogs. Drennan said he has little problem with the animals. Once they get into their crate and settle in, they’ll sleep for most of the flight. “I try to go gradual on the ascent and descent because they can’t pop their ears … at least I can’t tell them how, so they’ll whine a little bit until that happens. Then they’ll go to sleep. The air a little thinner up there at 8,000 feet. It’s the same pressurization as a (commercial) airliner.” While in flight, Drennan is constantly cognizant of his passengers’ welfare. “I try to fly between cloud layers because the air a little smoother. I stay out of the clouds when I can because clouds always have bumps to them. There’s something happening in there; that’s why it’s a cloud. It’s either rising or falling.” Drennan said none of his passengers have every Somehow, someday, the piano made the trip through the mountains and into the city. Cleghorn’s trip to Peru is just as unlikely. Normally, the 27-year-old piano technician checks in to work at the Kanawha Piano Gallery, an unassuming music store in Clendenin. Cleghorn has only lived in West Virginia for a few months — he moved here from South Carolina for the job as a piano technician. He is short, wears glasses, has a thin goatee and an intellectual air. His wristwatch has a black face with black nylon band. On a recent day he fiddled with a piano from 1895, almost as if fulfilling a nervous tick. He has always liked fiddling with pianos. “Growing up we had a junky old piano in our garage that I learned to take apart and put back together,” Cleghorn said. “And it was a piece of junk that no one cared if I destroyed, so I could play with it all I wanted.” Cleghorn didn’t start tuning pianos tried to bite him, but almost all of them experience in-flight digestive issues. “Almost all of the dogs (flatulate) when they up to altitude. The pressure in their body is more than it is outside and they gotta let it go,” he said. “I don’t know if you know, but I know … dog (flatulence is) the worst. We just keep going.” Drennan said his main concern is for the welfare of his canine passengers. “We just want to get them to a safe place. The dogs are all scared because they’ve come for real until he was in college at Northland Baptist Bible College in Wisconsin, when a technician was called in to fix the pianos in the music program and he was brought in as her assistant. From there, it just kind of stuck. “It’s like crack.” Cleghorn said. “Once you start you can’t stop.” Both Cleghorn and his boss, Shane Lowther, are certified piano technicians. They travel around West Virginia tuning pianos — from the one at Mountain Stage to the those in living rooms. Both of them have their own piano toolkits. Cleghorn just got his brand new. It’s a black backpack with multiple pouches for his tuning fork, tuning hammer, temperature and humidity sensor, an electronic assistant to help set the temperament accurately and, of course, rubber gloves because you never know when you’ll find a dead mouse. Lowther’s case is older, purchased from the president of the oldest tuning school in America and looks more like it belongs to an auto technician. from a bad situation. They don’t know where they’re going or what’s happening. They’re sometimes reluctant to go into the crate. Then when you get them up (to New York), they’re reluctant to get out of the crate.” Drennan has flown brain-damaged dogs to a sanctuary in Vermont and he once visited Gallipolis on Mother’s Day 2013 to rescue a blind female dog and her pups. “How can you say ‘no’ to that on Mother’s Day?” That’s what motivates Drennan to do what he does – being a humanitar- ian and rescuing animals that otherwise have no chance. “That’s the kind of stuff we do … humanitarian efforts. Who else will take these dogs? We make that happen. “The beautiful thing about dogs … if they’re missing a leg or eyes or whatever, they don’t care. They still do what they do. They’re incredibly loyal. I’d trust a dog before I’d trust a person. I can’t say enough about dogs.” Reach Michael Johnson at 740-4462342, ext. 2102, or on Twitter @ OhioEditorMike Locally Owned & Operated Appliance Store Since the 1940's We Offer We offer 10% off retail and FREE delivery (Gallia, Mason, Meigs Co) t� Speed Queen Laundry t� Whirlpool t� Kitchenaid t� Amana t� Crosley t� Frigidaire t� major applicances. 60628092 296 State Route 7 N Gallipolis, Ohio 740-446-8051 Parts & Service 740-446-3733 �LOCAL 6A Sunday, December 27, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Bolin GALLIA LOCAL BRIEFS Garbage collection dates change for holidays OHIO VALLEY — Rumpke’s residential waste and recycling collection will be delayed due to Christmas and New Year’s Day. Service will not occur on New Year’s Day. Collection will be delayed one day the rest of the week. Friday’s collection will move to Saturday. Rumpke will return to its normal collection schedule Jan. 4. GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Family and Children First Council will be conducting regular business meetings at 9 a.m. the second Tuesday of the following months: January, March, May, July, September and November. The Council will conduct these meetings at the Gallia County Service Center, 499 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis. The Gallia County Family and Children First Council will be conducting intersystem collaborative meetings at 9 a.m. the first Wednesday of the following months: February, April, October and December at the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services office, 53 Shawnee Lane, Gallipolis. For more information, contact Lora Jenkins, intersystem coordinator, at (740) 446-3022. Springfield Township meetings scheduled SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP — Springfield Town- with direct and deferred loans to be available for single-family residential dwellings. Those dwellings must be owner-occupied and have a total household LOCAL STOCKS 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 TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 63° 70° 58° HEALTH TODAY Statistics for Friday 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. Friday Month to date/normal Year to date/normal Snowfall 1.62 5.91/2.70 48.82/41.98 (in inches) Friday Month to date/normal Season to date/normal 0.0 Trace/2.7 Trace/3.5 Today 7:46 a.m. 5:13 p.m. 7:52 p.m. 9:11 a.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Mon. 7:46 a.m. 5:14 p.m. 8:52 p.m. 9:51 a.m. MOON PHASES Last New Jan 2 Jan 9 First Jan 16 Jan 23 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Major 12:38a 1:34a 2:29a 3:20a 4:08a 4:54a 5:37a Minor 6:51a 7:46a 8:40a 9:31a 10:19a 11:04a 11:47a 2 Lucasville 71/42 WEATHER TRIVIA™ Major 1:04p 1:59p 2:52p 3:42p 4:30p 5:15p 5:58p Minor 7:16p 8:11p 9:04p 9:54p 10:41p 11:26p ---- WEATHER HISTORY New York City was hit by its biggest 24-hour snowstorm on Dec. 26 and 27, 1947. The accumulation was more than 26 inches in Central Park, 26 inches at Newark, N.J., and almost 30 inches at Long Branch, N.J. Portsmouth 72/45 AIR QUALITY 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 Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Fri. Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 13.32 +0.77 Marietta 34 20.58 +0.42 Parkersburg 36 24.13 +2.59 Belleville 35 13.23 +0.63 Racine 41 13.04 -0.52 Point Pleasant 40 26.39 +1.52 Gallipolis 50 12.22 -0.02 Huntington 50 29.05 +2.30 Ashland 52 35.80 +1.07 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.37 -0.17 Portsmouth 50 29.20 +6.80 Maysville 50 35.00 none Meldahl Dam 51 28.80 +2.60 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 Let’s Talk About Your 38° 23° Cloudy most of the time 37° 20° Low clouds and colder Marietta 69/40 Murray City 67/38 Belpre 70/42 Athens 68/40 St. Marys 70/42 Parkersburg 68/39 Coolville 69/41 Elizabeth 72/44 Spencer 72/48 Buffalo 73/48 Milton 74/48 Clendenin 73/47 St. Albans 75/49 Huntington 72/47 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s Seattle 100s 42/36 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 50/40 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 61/40 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front SATURDAY Low clouds NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 73/47 Ashland 73/47 Grayson 73/47 FRIDAY 46° 32° Wilkesville 70/42 POMEROY Jackson 71/44 70/42 Ravenswood Rio Grande 72/46 72/45 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 65/37 GALLIPOLIS 72/45 73/47 72/45 South Shore Greenup 74/47 71/43 18 300 Logan 66/38 McArthur 68/39 Waverly 69/40 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme 0 50 100 150 200 Full Cloudy and mild with rain beginning Chillicothe 67/40 Q: What was the largest ice accumulation from freezing rain? SUN & MOON Cooler with rain and a Mild with low clouds thunderstorm 1 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. THURSDAY 52° 38° Adelphi 67/39 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) WEDNESDAY 57° 38° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. A: 8 inches. Northern Idaho in January 1961. Precipitation 58°/48° 43°/27° 76° in 1982 -9° in 1983 TUESDAY 57° 53° ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low MONDAY Breezy and cooler today with periods of rain. Periods of rain tonight. High 72° / Low 45° Dean Wright can be reached at (740) 446-2342, Ext. 2103. community. The training would allow people to do assessments of those in recovery and assist them with From Page 1A obtaining future goals and other things. More on this in an upcoming Also at this week’s meeting, edition. the board of directors decided to The board of directors also incorporate GED study sessions. approved offering an additional AA A substitute teacher from Jackson meeting at noon on Fridays starting County, W.Va., offered to donate his in January. The board is also looking services to work with those wishing to obtain their GED. The board at offering the space to a grief decided to get more information support group and Al-Anon meeting. about what would be needed to offer The next board of directors this free service, possibly before or meeting for The Meeting House is at after the NA and AA meetings. 6 p.m. Jan. 4 in the basement of St. The Meeting House will also host Paul’s Church. The meetings are open training from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Feb. to the public. 22-26, for those wishing to become a recovery coach, which is a sort of Reach Beth Sergent at bsergent@civitasmedia.com or “sponsor” for those in the recovery on Twitter @BSergentWrites. EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM given higher consideration than others. Individuals wishing to apply can contact Gallia-Meigs Community Action Agency at (740) 367-7341. Options BBT (NYSE) —38.37 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 19.34 Pepsico (NYSE) — 100.54 Premier (NASDAQ) — 15.28 Rockwell (NYSE) — 103.82 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 11.68 Royal Dutch Shell — 46.26 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 20.79 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 60.83 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 10.89 WesBanco (NYSE) — 30.03 Worthington (NYSE) — 31.04 Daily stock reports are the 1 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions Dec. 24, 2015, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. 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For more information, contact Pamela Riley, fiscal officer. www.fbsc.com 740-992-2136 �Sports Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, December 27, 2015 s Section B Point grapplers 13th at Coastal Clash By Bryan Walters grapplers that participated. PPHS junior Grant Safford had the best overall CHARLESTON, S.C. — finish after plcaing third If nothing else, it was a nice in the 195-pound division, working vacation. while seniors Hunter White The Point Pleasant wres- (182) and Tannor Hill (220) tling team finished 13th out each finished sixth in their of 53 programs Monday and respective weight classes. Tuesday at the 2015 Coastal Safford went 5-1 overall Clash held in The Palmetto and scored one pinfall win State. over Tyler Farris of SouthThe Big Blacks faced side (AL). Safford also some of the best competiclaimed decisions of 19-7 tion from West Virginia, over Alex Todd (Hanahan, Alabama, South Carolina, SC), 12-3 over Seth Hughes Georgia and Pennsylvania, (Wando, SC), 7-0 over Chrisand ultimately came away tian Rubin (Goose Creek, with a trio of top six efforts SC), and 5-1 over Matt Wall Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Point Pleasant junior Grant Safford locks in a hold on an Athens opponent during a 195-pound and a combined 30-31 over- (Camden County, GA). Safford’s lone setback came by match held Thursday, Dec. 17, in Point Pleasant, W.Va. all record between the 15 bwalters@civitasmedia.com pinfall to Eddie Smith of Belton-Honnie Path. White went 4-3 overall and all seven of his matches were determined by decisions. White claimed wins of 4-1 over Tyler Martin (White Knoll, SC), 9-5 over Cole Hailie (Chapin, SC), 3-1 over Kanon Hawkins (Mauldin, SC), and 8-5 over Cade Rojas (Boiling Springs, SC). White dropped decisions of 5-0 to Dominique Hargrave (Camden County, SC), 6-4 to Harrison Spikes (Mt. View, GA), and 4-3 to Brian Ambriz (Dorman, SC). See CLASH | 6B America’s Gun Two weeks ago (6.23 out of 10). I introduced you When it comes to the AR-15, to recreational “America’s Rifle,” target shooting, along with some the AR is surof the reasons prisingly accuthat has such a rate, flat-shootdedicated fan In The ing, and boasts base. Today I a design that Open would like to Jim recoils straight Freeman explore just who back into the owns these rifles shooter’s shouland why they der enabling the own them. firer to get back onto Again, the designatarget faster. Magazine tion AR-15 today is changes are quick and a trademark of Colt easy, and the semiIndustries, but numerautomatic action doesn’t ous manufacturers require the shooter to produce “clones” all take his or her eye off of based on the ArmaLite the target. 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No matter how the interchangeability you feel about them, of parts have helped the that’s a lot of guns and AR adjust to the moda testament to the ern age. The customizapopularity of this class tion options are almost of rifle. limitless – you can According to the literally go from having National Shooting a lightweight, short-barSports Foundation’s reled, short-stocked carMSR Consumer Report bine to having a long, of 2010, recreational heavy-barreled varmint target shooting (8.9 or target rifle with a out of every 10 respon- telescopic sight in a dents) was the number matter of moments. All one reason for owning it takes is money, and an MSR, followed by collectors and shooters home defense (7.7 out spend lots of it. of 10), collecting (6.28 See GUN | 6B out of 10), and hunting 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 Eastern guards Madison Williams (left) and Laura Pullins (right) pressure Ironton St. Joseph’s Lynsey Booker near halfcourt, during the Lady Eagles’ 60-36 victory, on Wednesday in Tuppers Plains. Eastern surges past Lady Flyers By Alex Hawley guard Laura Pullins with 12. Madison Williams and Rebecca Pullins each scored 11 points, Elizabeth TUPPERS PLAINS — A great Collins and Kelsey Casto both start to the game leads to a great added four, while Alyson Bailey start to holiday break. and Annalisa Boano rounded out In its final game before the the Lady Eagle total with three and Eastern girls basketball team takes two points respectively. some time off to celebrate the Laura Pullins led EHS on the holiday season, the Lady Eagles glass with 11 rebounds, followed claimed a 60-36 victory over by Williams and Boano with five non-conference guest Ironton St. each. Williams and Laura Pullins Joseph. each posted three assists to lead The Lady Flyers (3-5) scored in the hosts, while Collins, Boano, the game’s opening minute, but Bailey and Rebecca Pullins each Eastern outscored its guest 25-to-3 had two helpers. Laura Pullins over the reminder of the first quar- led the Lady Eagles on the defenter and led 25-5 eight minutes into sive end with four steals and two play. blocks, while Williams added three The Lady Eagles — who forced steals, and Collins had one steal six turnovers in the opening stanza and one block. — managed just two takeaways in The Green and Gold shot 8-of-10 the second canto, as their lead was (80 percent) from the free throw cut to 33-17 at halftime. line and 23-of-50 (46 percent) from Eastern’s defense came out of the field, including 6-of-13 (46.2 the break with renewed intensity, percent) from beyond the arc. As forcing five turnovers and allowing a team Eastern finished with 21 just five points in the third period. defensive rebounds, 17 offensive However, the Lady Eagles commit- rebounds, 15 assists, 10 steals, ted seven turnovers in the third three blocks, 17 fouls and 15 turnand only managed to increase the overs. lead to 45-22. “We did some things better, but Six minutes into the finale, East- we still don’t take care of the basern’s lead was at a game-high 28 ketball very well and I’m sure that’s points, but St. Joe scored the final going to be a point of emphasis two buckets and fell by a 60-36 at practice,” eighth-year Eastern count. head coach John Burdette said. “Defensive pressure is also point Eastern was led offensively by of emphasis and I’m not sure why freshman point guard Jess Parker with 13 points and junior shooting we don’t do it for four quarters yet, ahawley@civitasmedia.com but we’re still growing.” The Lady Flyers were led by Lynsey Booker and Ashley Bartrum with nine points and four rebounds apiece, followed by Morgan Turner with five points and two assists. Alyson Johnson scored four points, while Ashlee Blankenship, Grace Miller and Morgan Riley each scored with three points in the setback. Booker also led the SJHS defense with five steals. The Purple and Gold shot 8-of-12 (66.7 percent) from the free throw line and 13-of-47 (27.7 percent) from the field, including 2-of-8 (25 percent) from beyond the arc. As a team St. Joe posted seven defensive rebounds, 12 offensive rebounds, three assists, seven steals, one block, six fouls and 15 turnovers. Eastern dropped a regular season tilt at St. Joe last season, but went on to bounce the Lady Flyers from the sectional tournament. The Lady Eagles return to action on January 4, when they visit Trimble for a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division showdown. “Right now is a good time to take a break,” Burdette said. “I know some people keep going through it, but we’re going to take off until Monday. That will let them get wound back up and let their batteries charge.” Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. �SPORTS 2B Sunday, December 27, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Bengals’ defense Smith shows Manziel path to success wants to outdo the Broncos’ No. 1 unit CINCINNATI (AP) — No. 1 in fewest yards passing allowed. No. 1 in fewest yards rushing allowed. Denver’s top-ranked defense has been the best at pretty much everything, keeping the Broncos in contention for a lofty playoff seed. Don’t think they haven’t noticed in Cincinnati. The Bengals (11-3) could grab the No. 2 seed in the AFC and bolster their reputation as having a pretty good defense, too, when they play in Denver on Monday night with a lot at stake. It could come down to which of two very good defenses is able to be more dominant. “That’s one of the most exciting things, to me, is going up against another top-tier defense in this atmosphere and in this league,” defensive end Wallace Gilberry said. “For me to sit here and say we don’t pay attention to that, that’s a lie. We do. We want to go out and outperform that unit, and we get a kick out of that.” They’ve both got their bragging points. For Denver, it’s that rare balance that allows the Broncos to stop everything. Rarely is a team No. 1 against both the run and the pass. No team has finished a season No. 1 in overall defense, run defense and pass defense since the 1991 Philadelphia Eagles. The Bengals have given up a lot more yards — they rank ninth overall, including No. 8 against the rush and No. 18 against the pass. But when it comes to stopping opponents in scoring range, nobody has been better. Cincinnati’s defense has given up 243 points, the fewest in the league. Seattle is second at 248 points, Kansas City third at 257, Denver fourth at 259, Green Bay fifth at 265, and New England and Arizona tied for sixth at 269. The Bengals are the only team in the league with two players who have at least 10 sacks. End Carlos Dunlap has a career-high 10½ sacks, which ranks seventh in the league. Tackle Geno Atkins has 10 sacks, one behind the Rams’ Aaron Donald for the league lead by an interior lineman. Safety Reggie Nelson leads the NFL with eight interceptions, two shy of Deltha O’Neal’s club record from 2005. With two defenses so good, there will be little margin for error by either offense. “They’re a good defense obviously and we’ve been playing at a pretty high level,” defensive coordinator Paul Guenther said. “It could be one play here or one play there or one turnover or a field position thing.” KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — He was supposed to be the savior of a downtrodden franchise, a mobile quarterback with plenty of arm strength to keep defenses honest, and enough moxie to lead his team to respectability. Perfect description for Alex Smith. Pretty good for Johnny Manziel, too. When Smith leads the Kansas City Chiefs into Sunday’s game against the Browns, he may as well be showing his Cleveland counterpart what’s still possible. The start to Manziel’s career has been every bit as turbulent as Smith’s beginning in San Francisco, yet the former No. 1 overall pick has matured to the point he’s a Pro Bowl alternate for a Chiefs team barreling toward the playoffs. “I obviously had a lot of expectations and a lot of hype coming in,” Manziel said. “He obviously did being a first-round pick, too, but he did get some patience with the organization that he was with, and I think it’s panned out for him because I think he’s a good quarterback.” Those first few years were quite the struggle, though. Smith had difficulty living up to expectations, and it took a new 49ers regime before Smith finally started to flourish. Even then, he was jettisoned in favor of Colin Kaepernick. Smith never lost faith in himself. And now in his third season in Kansas City, he is putting together arguably the finest season of his 10-year career, one that has the Chiefs (9-5) riding an eight-game winning streak. Smith went more than 300 passes without a pick earlier this season, setting a Chiefs record. He is on pace to shatter his career high for yards passing, and his 16 touchdown passes and four interceptions represent the best touchdown-tointerception ratio of his career. In short, he’s come a long way from completing 50 percent of his passes as a rookie. “He knows he’s in charge out there,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “He’s got a little flexibility to get you in and out of plays, good or bad situations, and put you in good situations.” That may be the mark of an established quarterback — the point Manziel is trying to reach. The first-round pick of the Browns (3-11) last year, Manziel went 0-2 as a starter as a rookie. Things have been just as topsy-turvy in Year 2, which has included off-field issues, a benching after the bye, and a couple of decent performances that have earned him another start Sunday. “I’ll tell you the same thing I told you when he was in college: He’s an explosive player,” Reid said. “From a defensive standpoint, you’ve got to make sure you play the whole play and then a little.” The finish to the season could be crucial for Manziel, because the Browns will have another high draft pick. That means they must decide soon whether to continue to build around him. “They see him ultra-prepared. They see him seamlessly calling plays in the huddle and getting guys lined up, and knowing where to go with the ball and doing his job. There is no substitute for hard work to get to that point,” Browns coach Mike Pettine said. “He has put it in and has done it.” SACK CITY: Manziel won’t have a fresh Chiefs pass rush to worry about. Outstanding linebacker Justin Houston is sidelined by a hyperextended knee, and Pro Bowl counterpart Tamba Hali had surgery this week to repair a broken thumb. That means the Chiefs could be getting after the quarterback with second-year pro Dee Ford and Frank Zombo, a linebacker better suited to playing the middle. HOBBLED LINE: It would also help Manziel’s cause if Pro Bowl offensive linemen Alex Mack and Joe Thomas are close to 100 percent. Mack had a calf injury and Thomas a problematic knee, and both of them missed time in practice this week. TIGHT END TESTS: The Chiefs’ Travis Kelce will be going to his first Pro Bowl, while the Browns’ Gary Barnidge is an alternate and could join him in Hawaii. “Hopefully I don’t have to go. Our eyes are on the prize,” Kelce said of the Super Bowl. “We’re looking to going after the big dog. We’re not looking at the individual stuff right now. We’re trying to take this team here to the big show.” BOWE SHOW BACK, MAYBE: Browns wide receiver Dwayne Bowe will return to Kansas City, where he spent the first eight years of his career, assuming he is active. He’s only played in six games after signing a two-year, $13 million deal with Cleveland. HEADY STUFF: Marcus Peters had a memorable week. Not only did the Chiefs’ rookie cornerback earn a Pro Bowl spot, he was voted AFC defensive player of the week after his second pick-six. “Getting player of the week, that’s big-time,” Peters said, “but I’ll take the win over that.” Big Ben, Steelers seek to stay on a roll BALTIMORE (AP) — An injured Ben Roethlisberger watched from the Your local hometown hero . . . As your local independent agent, we’re your neighbor - someone you can trust and someone who’s here for you 24/7! 740-446-0404 • www.SaundersIns.com sideline in October when the Pittsburgh Steelers lost at home to their division rivals, the Baltimore Ravens. Big Ben is back for the rematch Sunday, looking to secure a playoff berth for the Steelers. This time, it’s the Ravens who are without their top quarterback. Joe Flacco is out for the season with a knee injury, making this the first time since his rookie season in 2008 he’s missed a game against the Steelers. “You always want to play each team at full strength,” Roethlisberger said. “But it’s the NFL, and there are always going to be injuries. So, it just can’t happen that way. But it’s still a big game. It’s still the Steelers versus the Ravens regardless of who’s out there.” So it was in Week 4, when the Ravens got their first victory of the year by defeating Pittsburgh 23-20 in overtime. While Roethlisberger was nursing an MCL sprain, backup Michael Vick passed for only 124 yards. Roethlisberger and the Steelers (9-5) long ago put that game behind them. A victory over the skidding Ravens (4-10), combined with a loss by the New York Jets, assures Pittsburgh no worse than an AFC wild card. There’s no telling who will be calling the signals for Baltimore. Coach John Harbaugh says he will choose between Matt Schaub, Jimmy Clausen and newcomer Ryan Mallett shortly before kickoff. The Steelers don’t care. “Obviously, each quarterback brings a little something different to the table, in terms of individual skill sets,” coach Mike Tomlin said. “But largely, their schematics are their schematics, and they have a playing style that has been displayed throughout the 14 games that they’ve played.” The Ravens lost a vast majority of those games and have been outscored 69-20 in the last two. But this is Steelers-Ravens, so… “Whether we’re 0-14 or 14-0, the Steelers game is the Steelers game, no matter what,” Baltimore defensive tackle Brandon Williams said. “We’re going to take it the same way every single time. It’s going to be a highintensity game. We’re going to give everything we’ve got, and I’m pretty sure they’re going to do the same.” Some things to know about this heated AFC North rivalry: HOME WOES: The Ravens once flourished on their own turf, but this season they set a franchise record for home losses in a season with five. Sunday’s game represents their last chance to get it right and, in the process, take Pittsburgh down a notch. “Obviously, it will hurt their playoff chances,” Pro Bowl guard Marshal Yanda said. “But we’re trying to win one football game, and the Steelers are in our way.” BELL RINGER: DeAngelo Williams has served as a very suitable replacement for Pittsburgh running back Le’Veon Bell, whose season ended with a torn MCL in a loss to Cincinnati on Nov. 1. Since that game, Pittsburgh has won five of six. Williams has a team-high 799 yards rushing along with 32 catches for 301 yards. “He’s a 10-year veteran, but boy, he has the enthusiasm of a young guy. He loves ball,” Tomlin said. “He brings a positive energy to our workplace daily. He has been as critical to our run in that regard as he has as a player.” HOT IN DECEMBER: The Steelers have won 10 straight in December, a streak that began in 2013. With a victory Sunday, Tomlin would improve to 26-12 in December, including 5-1 against Baltimore in that month. Before stumbling at home against Seattle and Kansas City, Baltimore was 11-5 in December under Harbaugh and 31-13 over the previous 19 years. STREAKING RECEIVERS: Over the past six games, Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown has 64 catches for 868 yards and seven TDs. Roethlisberger attributes Brown’s success to the work both players put in together, but adds, “He’s just that good, I guess.” Baltimore, meanwhile, has come to rely on Kamar Aiken since Steve Smith’s season ended with a torn Achilles tendon. Aiken has caught at least five passes in seven consecutive games, the NFL’s third-longest active streak and second best in franchise history. R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The word “hate” has been used in the past by the Steelers and Ravens to describe their feelings toward each other, but Tomlin sees things differently. “We’ve got respect for those guys, players and coaches,” he said. “We’ve got respect for how they do their business and their intensions, and I really think the intensity of the rivalry is based on that respect. We know, regardless of circumstance, we should anticipate their best, and they should anticipate ours.” Visit us online at mydailysentinel.com or mydailytribune.com 60629675 �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, December 27, 2015 3B Clemson, religion, football converge CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney pats Howard’s Rock and then leads his team down the hill into a hyped Memorial Stadium. There are few pregame rituals in college football as recognizable as the Tigers’ blood-pumping entrance. But before Death Valley becomes one of the most raucous sites in sports, it falls as quiet as church while a prayer is said by a local religious leader over the public address system. Faith and football go together at Clemson, as they do at many universities. Here, though, where Swinney’s devotion to Christianity is a pronounced part of his and the team’s identity, may be one of most prominent displays of religion at a public university. “As a Christian I hope a light shines through me,” Swinney said. “I don’t want to be persecuted for that and I don’t try to persecute somebody else because they have different beliefs.” The convergence of religion and football has its critics. There has been scrutiny — and a re-examination of rules — for how Christianity has been interwoven into the program at Clemson. Swinney said his faith has helped build a culture that is the foundation for the team’s success. The top-ranked Tigers enter the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl on Dec. 31 against Oklahoma in search of the school’s first national title since 1981. “I try to be who I am. I try to be transparent. I try to live my life in a way that I hope is pleasing to my maker,” Swinney said. “As a program, we try to challenge these guys to be the best that they can be every day.” Swinney was raised in a family with divorced parents. He said he went to church when his mother dragged him there. In high school, when he was searching for guidance, Swinney found his way to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The turning point was an FCA talk by one of his idols, former Alabama wide receiver Joey Jones, who is now the head coach at South Alabama. “I thought he was going to talk about touchdowns and all the money he made playing for the Falcons and for the USFL Stallions,” Swinney said. “All he talked about was his faith in Christ and his relationship there. If you’re not saved and you want to be saved here’s what you have to do. I realized I wasn’t saved. “Joey Jones led me to the Lord that night.” Swinney dismisses any suggestion that he and his staff cross the divide between church and state, and Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich said a review by the school in 2014 supported his coach. Radakovich points out careful guidelines are followed and the pregame invocation is submitted to school officials for approval before it is read on Saturday. “People who are doing this, they live in today’s world and they know and understand that this is a unique, special honor for them to be able to do that and they understand what the audience is and what the law of the state is,” Radakovich said. While Swinney said his program is welcoming to all, there is no doubt it has a strong attraction for those who have similar beliefs to the man in charge. “I know for me personally, I’m a Christian, and I don’t have to be somebody different whenever I come into work,” co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. All-America quarterback Deshaun Watson, a cross hanging from the chain he wears around his neck, said his faith played a small part in his deciding to attend Clemson. “But it was a part of it, of course, knowing that my coach is a man of God,” Watson said. Former Clemson receiver Aaron Kelly played for the Tigers when Swinney was receivers coach and when he first became head coach in 2008. Kelly, a Jehovah’s Witness, said he didn’t feel comfortable going to church with the team or taking part in Bible studies and it was never a problem. “You just knew that that’s something that was important to him. It wasn’t something he hid or shied away from. You knew it up front, but it was nothing that he ever forced on us and made us feel like we had to do that,” Kelly said. Swinney did not bring Christianity to Clemson football. In fact, in some ways it is what led him to Clemson. His predecessor and first boss at Clemson, Tommy Bowden, was also a devout Christian. When Bowden offered Swinney the job as receivers coach in 2003, they both agreed to pray on it before he accepted. Clemson’s at-times overt displays of Christianity — including a player being baptized after practice with coaches and teammates watching — drew the attention of the nonprofit watchdog group Freedom From Religion Foundation in 2014. FFRF sent a letter of complaint to Clemson, saying the football program promotes Christianity in a way that violates constitutional guidelines. An attorney for Clemson responded to the complaint, writing the foundation “misconstrued important facts and made incorrect statements of the law.” Radakovich said after receiving the complaint the university called on its legal counsel to ensure policies were being followed. “In that review, we found that we were,” Radakovich said. Radakovich said Swinney and his staff did not need to change their practices, but the review was an opportunity to provide some clarification as to what is a mandatory team activity. “We go back and make sure in this particular case that voluntary is there. Where it may have been understood before and spoken you don’t want to have a team sheet, a calendar or other pieces of paper out there that says this activity without that word there, even though it’s understood,” Radakovich said. “Saying what we mean, I think is real important to be able to go through.” Ann Heisenfelt | AP Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (6) is sacked by Minnesota Vikings defensive tackles Kenrick Ellis (72) and Sharrif Floyd (73) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Minneapolis. Let’s Play 2: Vikings, Packers on course By Genaro C. Armas and Dave Campbell Associated Press NFL players wear week-to-week blinders. They like to say they’re strictly focused on the next game. But this late in the regular season, it’s hard not to take a least a peek at what might lie ahead for playoff contenders. In the case of the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers, it’s quite possible they will meet in a wild-card game just a week after facing off in the season finale. For a lot more than border-state bragging rights. The Vikings (9-5) are set to visit the Packers (10-4) on Jan. 3 to decide the NFC North, unless the Vikings lose to the Giants and the Packers win at Arizona on Sunday. Even if the Packers clinch the division this weekend, the Vikings are still in good shape for a wild-card spot. “We’re in the playoffs now, everybody understands what we need to do to first is win the division, and then hopefully get the highest seed,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. With the NFC East winner guaranteed the No. 4 seed and a first-round home game against the best wild-card team — currently Seattle (9-5) based on a tiebreaker over Minnesota — the Vikings and Packers are on a collision course for the weekend of Jan. 9-10. There’s a scenario that wouldn’t line up the two rivals on the opening weekend of the playoffs: The Vikings win their last two games to take the NFC North title, putting the Packers in a wild-card spot. With their tiebreaker edge over the Seahawks, who the Packers beat, they would then get the No. 5 seed by either beating the Cardinals on Sunday or having the Seahawks lose one of their last two games. So get ready for a Vikings-Packers rematch, the game so nice they just might play it twice. Or, in the case of these division rivals, three times; Green Bay won at Minnesota 30-13 in November. Some other notes and notable back-to-back games by teams in the last week of the season and the first round of the playoffs: RUNNING FOR THE RECORD: The list has to start with the Packers and Vikings, of course, given their memorable two-game set in 2012-13. It was the last time teams met in consecutive weeks. The Vikings won four straight games to finish that season, including a 37-34 thriller over the Packers on Dec. 30 to take their spot in the playoffs at 10-6. The Packers went 11-5, so they had the NFC North wrapped up entering the final weekend. But they were still playing for a first-round bye. Then there was the matter of the NFL’s single-season rushing record, with Adrian Peterson in hot pursuit. Peterson ran for 199 yards that afternoon at the Metrodome, finishing 9 yards short of breaking Eric Dickerson’s record. That forced the rematch in Green Bay. “It was more difficult because it was a division opponent, so they know you a little bit better,” recalled Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji. “It was definitely a grindit-out game.” Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder hurt his elbow in that finale, so backup Joe Webb was thrust onto the stage at Lambeau Field six days later. Peterson rushed for a relatively quiet 99 yards, Webb went a woeful 11 for 30 in the air, and the Packers cruised to a 24-10 victory. FUMBLE IN OT: The Packers have had to hit replay twice in the last seven seasons. They wrapped up 2009 with back-to-back road games against Arizona, winning 33-7 to finish the regular season before losing 51-45 in overtime in the wild-card round — the highestscoring postseason game. Aaron Rodgers threw for four touchdowns, while Arizona’s Kurt Warner had five. But the Cardinals won it on defense when Karlos Dansby returned a fumble 17 yards for a score after Rodgers lost the ball on Michael Adams’ sack. PEYTON’S PLACES: When Peyton Manning played for the Indianapolis Colts, he picked apart the Broncos — his future team — in a 49-24 win in the first round of the 2004 playoffs. Manning had 458 yards passing and four scores, including two to Reggie Wayne. A week earlier, Manning played just one series against the Broncos in Week 17 with the Colts having wrapped up the third seed in the playoffs. The win gave Denver the AFC’s final wild-card spot. The Broncos were eliminated a week later by their future quarterback. BY THE NUMBERS: —18: Number of times teams met in the last game of the regular season and first game of postseason, according to STATS. —1943: Year of first such a meeting. The Giants beat the Redskins 31-7 before Washington beat New York 28-0 in the playoff rematch. —3: Number of back-to-back meetings in the 2009 season. While Arizona split with Green Bay, the Dallas Cowboys won both matchups with the Philadelphia Eagles, and the New York Jets won both games against Cincinnati. Western Michigan tops Middle Tenn. NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Jamauri Bogan rushed for 215 yards and four touchdowns Thursday, powering Western Michigan past Middle Tennessee 45-31 in the Bahamas Bowl for its first bowl victory. Western Michigan (8-5) had lost its previous six bowl games. The Broncos ended a four-game winning streak by Middle Tennessee (7-6). Bogan broke a tie game with a 1-yard touchdown with 6:12 left, setting up the score with a 61-yard burst. He added another 1-yard score with five minutes remaining after Rontavious Atkins’ 29-yard interception return to the Middle Tennessee 4. Bogan also had a 62-yard touchdown and a 46-yard score. He averaged 11.3 yards per carry. Western Michigan’s Corey Davis finished with eight catches for 183 yards and a touchdown. Daniel Braverman had five receptions for 101 yards and a score. Richie James had two touchdown catches and one touchdown run for Middle Tennessee. Brent Stockstill threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns to go with his interception. Stockstill was 26 of 39 and finished his redshirt freshman season with 327 completions to break the NCAA freshman record held by Jared Lorenzen, who completed 321 passes for Kentucky in 2001. Western Michigan’s Zach Terrell was 18 of 26 for 297 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. One year after Western Kentucky and Central Michigan combined for 12 touchdown passes in the inaugural Bahamas Bowl — a 49-48 Western Kentucky victory — Western Michigan and Middle Tennessee produced a similar shootout. Check out our new Mobile App for Directions, Events and more! Available on Google Play and the iTunes Store SWISHER & LOHSE Pharmacy 740-992-2955 636 East Main Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769 www.the Pharmacy4u.com 60629416 �SPORTS 4B Sunday, December 27, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Brazil attorney general alleges bribes tied to Rio Olympics RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s attorney general is investigating allegations that bribes were paid to a powerful lawmaker to help secure contracts for the building of venues and other works for next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In documents obtained by The Associated Press, Attorney General Rodrigo Janot accuses Eduardo Cunha, speaker of the lower house in Brazil’s two-chamber legislature, of receiving 1.9 million Brazilian reals ($475,000) from the construction company OAS to craft legislation favorable for the company. Cunha has called the alle- gations “ridiculous” in comments to local media, while OAS refused to comment. The investigation is the first linking corruption to the billions being spent on Olympic building projects. 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The Brazilian government’s executive branch estimated the tax breaks amounted to 3.8 billion reals ($1 billion). Janot also said Cunha used “his position as a lawmaker to craft business-friendly legislation that was against the public interest.” He described Cunha and an OAS executive of being “part of a criminal organization.” “At least since 2012, Eduardo Cunha has been illegally acting on the behalf of corporations, ‘selling’ legislation to benefit them,” the report said. “That shows he can no longer remain in office.” Cunha was elevated to speaker earlier this year. Cunha is facing calls for his resignation in connection with a series of scandals. At the same time he is leading an impeachment effort against President Dilma Rousseff. The investigation is more bad news for Brazil. The country is mired in a deep recession, Rousseff is fighting off impeachment charges, and there is an on-going investigation of massive bribes and corruption surrounding state-run oil company Petrobras. The Olympics are also taking a beating. Organizers are trying to cut about 2 billion reals ($500 million) from the 7.4 billion ($1.9 billion) operating budget, promising to trim non-essential “behind-the-scenes costs” for the games that open on Aug. 5. Rio’s severe water pollution is also causing concerns. An AP investigation has shown that about 1,600 athletes competing in sailing, rowing, canoeing, triathlon and distance swimming will compete in waters that present health risks linked to astronomically high virus levels. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes is hoping to use the games as a platform for a 2018 presidential run. In the documents obtained by AP, Cunha is quoted as telling a top OAS official that Paes was “happy” with the legislation he crafted because “it reaches every construction project in Rio.” The attorney general does not make any accusations against Paes. 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Ph: 614-644-2129 email: HClerk@epa.ohio.gov Draft Administrative Modification of Permit-To-Install General James M. Gavin Power Plant 7397 N. St Rt #7, Attn: D. E. Workman, Cheshire, OH 456200271 ID #: P0118822 Date of Action: 12/22/2015 Permit Desc: Administrative modification to request federally enforceable operational restrictions to classify B001 and B002 as limited-use boilers under the Boiler MACT provisions (Subpart DDDDD). The permit and complete instructions for requesting information or submitting comments may be obtained at: http://epa.ohio.gov/dapc/permitsonline.aspx by entering the ID # or: Jessica Kuenzli, Ohio EPA DAPC, Southeast District Office, 2195 Front Street, Logan, OH 43138. Ph: (740)385-8501 12/27/15 Help Wanted General OPEN POSITION The Meigs Metropolitan Housing Authority will be accepting resumes for the upcoming part-time (24 hours per week) position of Intake Specialist/ FSS Coordinator with their agency. Perspective applicants must have a high school diploma or GED equivalent; be proficient with general office skills; knowledge of Microsoft Office; data entry; knowledge of Quickbooks; and interaction with the general public. Preferences will be given to Meigs County Residents. Resume with cover letter will be accepted until January 15, 2016 by 4:00 p.m. Please remit resumes with cover letters to: Meigs Metropolitan Housing Authority 117 E. Memorial Drive Pomeroy, OH 45769 60630868 jellies, jams, cider, apple butter 2054 Orpheus Rd (Co Rd 46) Thurman Oh 740-286-4584 Sunday, December 27, 2015 5B Brenda Leslie Executive Director (740) 992-2733 60628939 Help Wanted General Nurse Practitioner Retail Clinic / Gallipolis, Ohio Holzer Health System is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join our team of Urgent Care providers in our Gallipolis, Ohio location. The position requires a graduate of an accredited college curriculum that meets state licensing requirements for a Certified Nurse Practitioner. We offer: t� Competitive benefits and pay t� Collaborative/team environment t� Variety of specialists and ancillary services onsite Interested candidates apply online at www.holzer.org. 60629734 �SPORTS 6B Sunday, December 27, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel AP SPORTS BRIEFS West Virginia resort offering golf through the warm holidays DAVIS, W.Va. (AP) — The unseasonably warm weather is extending the golf season in West Virginia. Canaan Valley Resort State Park is reopening the back nine of its golf course, Christmas right through Jan. 3. That’s provided the warm weather holds up. The resort near Davis is also reopening its sporting clay shooting range the day after Christmas. Despite the December revival of those warmer weather sports, Canaan Valley made enough snow to open its ski hill on Dec. 19. Canaan Valley general manager Steve Drumheller calls the weather a “sweet spot” for the resort. taskforce, says “we have established a good working relationship as the basis of our future discussions and meetings.” Smoltz replaces Reynolds and Verducci alongside Fox’s Buck Knicks forward missing $617,000; 2 women sought NEW YORK (AP) — Police say New York Knicks forward Derrick Williams has reported that $617,000 in jewelry has vanished from his apartment. Police say they are searching for two women in the LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Famer John Smoltz case. They released surveillance video footage late has been promoted to Fox’s lead baseball analyst and Wednesday of two well-dressed women leaving a club will work alongside play-by-play man Joe Buck, disin Manhattan’s meatpacking district early Dec. 19. placing Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci. They say those women went to Williams’ home in Fox made the announcement Tuesday. Network the trendy TriBeCa neighborhood. They left after 90 spokesman Dan Bell said Fox was discussing differminutes. ent roles with Reynolds, who also works for the MLB Police say Williams later reported several pieces of Network, and Verducci, who also works for the MLB jewelry missing. They included a $50,000 diamond Network and Sports Illustrated. Rolex watch, three diamond rings valued at $30,000 Winner of the 1996 NL Cy Young Award, Smoltz and three 24-karat gold chains worth $35,000. was a first-ballot pick for the Hall this year. He has Williams has declined to comment on the theft. Williams was picked second in the 2011 draft and been a Fox analyst during the last two seasons. averages 7.3 points this season. The Knicks are the Reynolds and Verducci joined Buck in the booth in FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Falcons receiver 2014 following the retirement of Tim McCarver. 24-year-old player’s third NBA team. Julio Jones says he isn’t concerned with breaking the Bisping (27-7) and Silva both joined the UFC in NFL single-season record for catches. 2006, but have never met in the cage. With just two games remaining, Jones has a slim chance of moving past Marvin Harrison’s 2002 mark of 143 catches, but the three-time Pro Bowl selection says he’s focused solely on helping Atlanta (7-7) upset NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma says former Carolina (14-0) on Sunday. Texas A&M quarterback Kyler Murray has signed a PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have susThe Falcons’ season hit a low point two weeks ago financial aid agreement to join the Sooners. in a 38-0 loss at Carolina. The school said Thursday that Murray will join the pended forward Markieff Morris two games for what Tempers flared notably between cornerback Josh team during the 2016 spring semester. He will have to was termed “conduct detrimental to the team.” The suspension was announced on Thursday, one Norman and Atlanta receivers, but Jones says Norsit out next season because of transfer rules. day after Morris threw a towel at coach Jeff Hornacek man didn’t say anything upsetting to him. Murray played eight games as a freshman at Texas in the fourth quarter of a 104-96 home loss to the Jones’ bigger concern was how Atlanta failed so A&M this season, with three starts. He totaled 1,021 Denver Nuggets. Hornacek said after the game that badly on offense. yards of total offense and completed 60 percent of his Morris was upset about being taken out of the game. He needs 12 more catches to move into second passes with five touchdowns and seven interceptions. Morris has played poorly through most of the seaplace on the single-season list and 26 to pass Harson, losing his starting job several weeks ago. He has rison. sat out several games due to coach’s decision. Morris has repeatedly tweeted his desire in the offseason to be traded after the Suns dealt his twin LAS VEGAS (AP) — Anderson Silva will return to brother Marcus to the Detroit Pistons. Morris will miss Saturday’s game against Philadelthe UFC on Feb. 27 after finishing his one-year susMONACO (AP) — The International Association phia and Monday’s against Cleveland, both in Phoeof Athletics Federations says a taskforce will visit Rus- pension for steroid use. nix. UFC President Dana White said Thursday the sia for the first time on Jan. 10-11 next year to inspect 40-year-old former middleweight champion will face the response to the doping scandal which caused it to Michael Bisping at the O2 Arena in London. Their be banned from the sport. bout will be telecast only on Fight Pass, the UFC’s Russia must meet steps set out by the IAAF to be digital subscription service. reinstated. Silva (33-6) reigned as the UFC’s 185-pound chamROME (AP) — Eleven cities across Italy would It was suspended in November after a World Antipion for nearly seven years until he lost twice to Chris host football matches as part of Rome’s bid for the Doping Agency commission, led by Dick Pound, Weidman in 2013, breaking his leg in the second bout. 2024 Olympics. exposed widespread, systematic and allegedly stateSilva returned last Jan. 31 for a decision victory Among the venues selected on Wednesday for the sanctioned doping. If the ban continues to be upheld, its athletes could miss the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in over Nick Diaz at UFC 183, but was suspended by the men’s and women’s tournaments are the San Siro in Nevada Athletic Commission after testing positive for Milan, Juventus’ home ground in Turin, and the StaAugust. dio Olimpico in Rome. Rune Anderson, independent chairman of the steroid use. Falcons WR Jones has slim chance to set mark for catches Former Texas A&M QB Kyler Murray headed to Oklahoma IAAF taskforce to visit Russia for the first time in January Suns suspend forward Markieff Morris for 2 games Anderson Silva set for UFC return Feb. 27 in London 11 football venues across Italy chosen for Rome Olympic bid Happy New Year Clash From Page 1B Hill went 4-3 overall and scored one pinfall win over Asa Gilliard of Fort Dorchester (SC). Hill also claimed decisions of 6-4 over Gilliard, 13-0 over Seth Dupree (Bob Jones, AL), and 8-3 over Malcolm Spencer (Altoona, GA). Hill dropped decisions of 7-3 to Caleb Rubin (Goose Creek, SC), 5-3 to Knute Jones (Camden County, GA), and 10-5 to Jamar Williams (Dutch Fork). 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Smaller to From Page 1B medium game is where the 5.56 (223 Remington) carRoughly 75 percent of AR tridge really excels, trying owners claim home defense to do much more than that as a reason for ownership. is really pushing the limitaThe reason is simple: when tions of the platform. By the you are protecting your way, it is considered safe to castle and family against use 223 Remington ammo intruders, who doesn’t want in guns chambered and a battle-tested and proven marked for 5.56 but not the firearm at their disposal? other way around. Women are among the Collectors also really fastest growing group of like the AR. It is historiAR buyers and owners, and cal. It represents America. I would say that is because Who doesn’t want a piece countless women have of hardware that more been exposed to these guns than almost anything else through military service; has represented the U.S. they know how to use them and take care of them. ARs military over the past halfare relatively light and com- century? No other long gun has served this country pact, have practically no longer in main-line service, recoil to speak of, and can and in most free states you fitted with many options can actually own this bit of including flashlights, laser history. sights and others. Plus, Who are these AR/MSR let’s admit it, they can look pretty intimidating (which owners? Metadata shows may be important if you are they represent a broad a 100-pound woman facing cross-section of Americans. Nearly half (44 percent) down a 220-pound burglar). of MSR owners are curA 30-round “standard rent or former military/law capacity” magazine gives a enforcement. Also accordmom enough ammunition ing to the NSSF, the typical to fend off a slew of attackMSR owner is male, 35-plus ers. You can’t have too years old, married, and has much ammo when you are at least some college educadefending yourself or your tion. More than half have a family in your own home. household income exceedWhen it comes to hunting $75,000 and 58 percent ing, the longer-barreled do not have children living versions with flat-topped receivers intended for tele- with them. scopic sights, are excellent More than anything else, shooting an AR-15 is just plain fun. As one of my daughters explained, the easiest way to convert an anti-gunner is to actually take them out shooting. A couple of years ago, one of my Army buddies paid me a visit and introduced his children to his new AR-15 by first starting them out with a .22 Long Rifle adapter and then fullpowered centerfire rounds, by the end of the afternoonlong session they all understood the safe operation of the firearm and had a great time sending rounds downrange. My wife also had a grand time showing his daughters how to effectively shoot a handgun, and once they got the hang of it the girls enjoyed the heck out of ringing the steel. I definitely commended her for empowering those young ladies, showing them they can take a more active role in protecting themselves and their families. One thing for sure, the AR isn’t getting any less popular, and they probably aren’t going away anytime in the foreseeable future. Jim Freeman is the wildlife specialist for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District, and his column, In the Open, generally appears every two weeks. He can be contacted weekdays at 740-992-4282 or at jim.freeman@ oh.nacdnet.net �Along the River Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, December 27, 2015 s Section C Meadows chosen to speak at symposium Staff Report Courtesy photo Mugrage during the early 1970s, when he served in Germany during the Cold War. Mugrage said that much about the Cold War isn’t Lindsay Kriz | Times-Sentinel known because of classified information, but those who served are Today, Mugrage is still a Racine resident and a member of Veterans still honorable veterans. of Foreign Wars 9053. Local vet sheds light on Cold War By Lindsay Kriz lkriz@civitasmedia.com RACINE — “I appreciate my time being in there.” These are the words of Army Veteran Charlie Mugrage, who served in the military during one of America’s longest standing conflicts: The Cold War. At 44 years, the Cold War dates are generally accepted as the period from 1947-1991. And in the midst of this time line is when Mugrage enlisted in the Army. He graduated from Southern High School in 1970, and after working for a week on a tugboat he decided to go ahead and join the military. “My draft number was 28, so I might as well just go in,” he said. He began his basic training in Fort Knox, Ky., but after being told there were “13 too many” recruits, he others were transferred to Fort Campbell, Ky. Once he completed basic training, he was sent to Aberdeen, Md., to become a light vehicle mechanic. While there, he enlisted as a Jumbo 36K, or communication distributor. From there, he was finally sent abroad to Frankfurt, Germany; specifically, his new home became a Nike Hercules missile site. “Missile sites were quite something during the Cold War,” he said. When Mugrage arrived on-site, he was informed that there were too many mechanics and he was transferred to a launching control area. “The first time I ever saw a computer in my life was there,” he said. He spent a couple of months in the Intelligence Fusion Center, where he was told that he and others would do on-the-job training and schooling for communications. Specifically, Mugrage’s job would be to authenticate messages before sending them onto the correct parties. However, some medical necessity meant that he would be out of commission for a time. Once he recovered, he continued worked in communications, but with a different task: classified document carrier. “They would handcuff a satchel to my wrist and I would leave our battery, go to all other batteries, and the only person who could unlock it was the last person I was going to see. Then my battery commander would unlock the satchel,” Mugrage said. After his time in Germany, Mugrage returned to Fort Knox, where he became a company commander driver. “Why they picked me, I had no idea,” he said. However, before leaving Germany, Mugrage also received his top secret clearance and was eventually honorably discharged in 1974 at Fort Knox. From there, he continued to serve his country as a member of the Army National Guard in Marietta, became a member of the Air Defense Artillery Battery for three-and-ahalf years and finished with the Army Corps of Engineers. He said he’s proud to have served during the Cold War, but added that other Cold War veterans don’t get enough recognition. “A lot of people don’t know a whole lot about it, or they don’t really want to recognize it,” he said. “A lot of people say … that it was never declared. Well, it was never declared, but they lost lives. There were a lot of lives that were lost. There was top secret clearance where they weren’t allowed to tell how many lives were lost. They’re just now starting to get the information.” While as much conflict isn’t known as well, Mugrage said the hours put in by the military at the missile sites around Europe were intense. “Our battery worked 24/7, seven days a week, and you had 80 who stayed on the missiles. And when they left another 80 came down, and we all lived in the same place about the size of (an office building) … so you can imagine.” Currently, Mugrage, and other veterans, are hoping that Cold War veterans can receive the Cold War Victory Medal from the government. He said there are also veteran organizations that do not recognize Cold War veterans as having served during a time of conflict, and therefore they are not allowed to join every veteran organization despite their service. He said that there are people in Washington, D.C., trying to get things done, but that nothing has been made official so far. “The Cold War era is something that needs to be thought about,” he said. “But I wouldn’t change anything. If I was called today I’d go. I’d go right now.” Currently Mugrage is a Racine resident and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars 9053. Reach Lindsay Kriz at 740-992-2155 EXT. 2555 or on Twitter @JournalistKriz. WASHINGTON, D.C. — SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), the nation’s premiere school-based, peer-to-peer prevention, education and activism organization hosted its fourth annual youth advocacy institute, SADD SPEAKs (Students for Policy, Education, Advocacy and Knowledge) earlier this year. The institute was held in Washington, D.C., and Alexis (Lexxy) Meadows, of Point Pleasant, was one of the 14 selected students. SADD’s partners at State Farm and The National Road Safety Foundation sponsored the SPEAKs program. Also, Meadows was recently asked to speak at the SADD’s national symposium on Dec. 16, where she was to share her personal story about how she joined SADD in continuation of honoring her best friend, the late Andrea Bailes. Bailes was killed by a drunk driver. Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens, and teen drivers are involved in fatal crashes at three times the rate of older drivers. In response to these tragic statistics, Congress passed a highway bill in 2012, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century or MAP-21, which for the first time ever includes “teen traffic safety” as a specific focus of highway safety dollars provided to each state. “Teens across the nation are directly affected by the policies that our elected officials enact. Our voices are a necessary piece in the fight for traffic safety,” Meadows said. “It is our responsibility to speak up, at all levels of government, to ensure that the safety of our peers is a priority.” As a participant in SADD SPEAKs, Meadows and 13 other youth leaders received online training in transportation policy, basic advocacy and media skills, and the legislative process, particularly as it affects teen traffic safety. This training See MEADOWS | 4C Courtesy photo Alexis Meadows of Point Pleasant, pictured, was recently asked to speak at the SADD’s national symposium on Dec. 16 where she was to share her personal story about how she joined SADD in continuation of honoring her best friend, the late Andrea Bailes. New chief in town: Reynolds named top cop in Mason By Mindy Kearns which presently has three fulltime and five part-time officers. “For now, everything is the MASON — The Mason way it should be,” Reynolds Police Department will begin said. “We will just keep moving the new year under new leader- forward.” ship, following the retirement Roush has held the chief’s of its former chief. position in Mason since Aug. Mason Police Sgt. Jimmy 1, 2014. Even though he is Reynolds was promoted to the retiring from that job, he will chief’s position as of Dec. 23. stay active. Along with remainAlthough former Chief Greg ing on the force as a sergeant, Roush resigned from that posi- he will also keep his position as tion, he will remain on the the department’s grant writer. force as a sergeant. Aside from his work with the Reynolds will be a part-time police department, Roush said chief with the Bend Area he will soon begin his own K-9 agency, also maintaining his unit. He said more details will full-time job as a sergeant be released once his dog has with the Point Pleasant Police finished training. Department, where he has Mayor Donna Dennis added been employed for more than it was a privilege working with 15 years. He has held the serChief Roush, and she is looking geant’s title in Point Pleasant forward to working with Chief for more than 10 years. Reynolds. Reynolds resides in Mason “I’m glad to have them both with his wife, Lori. He is the on staff,” she said. father of four children. The new chief said he won’t Mindy Kearns is a freelance writer for be making any immediate Ohio Valley Publishing who lives in Mason County. changes to the department, For OVP News Mindy Kearns | Times-Sentinel New Mason Police Chief Jimmy Reynolds took the oath of office Wednesday upon the retirement of former Chief Greg Roush. Reynolds will be a part-time chief, maintaining his full-time job as sergeant with the Point Pleasant Police Department. Shown, from left, are council members Becky Pearson and Ray Varian, Roush, Chief Reynolds, Mayor Donna Dennis and Recorder Ciji Casto. �AREA 2C Sunday, December 27, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Worker shares perspective on being minority Jean Tarbett Hardiman Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Hospice of Huntington wasn’t the first thing that Scott Leonhart thought of when he decided to become a nurse. The former police officer went to nursing school and first got a more typical nursing job, in a hospital. He was a little skeptical when someone first brought up the possibility of him going into end-of-life care. Like a lot of people, he didn’t understand it. Now, after three and a half years serving as one of just a handful of male nurses with Hospice of Huntington, Leonhart loves his job. Not only does he feel fortunate to get to meet so many interesting patients and their families, but he finds honor in trying to make their last months, weeks and days as peaceful and painless as possible. “In working with hospice, the difference is, people want your help,” he said. They don’t just want some medicine and to be on their way. “People are at the end of their lives, and their families want them to die with dignity,” Leonhart said. “Caring for a loved one who is dying or sick is the hardest job you’ll ever have, and we try to make it easier for them.” November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and W.Va. concealed carry handgun agreement intact Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said West Virginia will continue to have full concealed carry handgun reciprocity with Virginia. Citizens’ concealed handgun licenses issued by either state are still recognized by the other. “It is a priority of my office to protect the Second Amendment rights of West Virginians and those who visit our state,” Morrisey said. “We have worked hard to preserve this agreement and we hope it remains intact for many years to come.” This week, the Attorney General of Virginia announced the decision to revoke 25 states’ reciprocity agreements, citing that their concealed weapon laws don’t meet Virginia’s standards. However, Virginia has chosen to maintain its reciprocity agreement with West Virginia. This change has no effect on concealed carry permit holders in West Virginia. The two states continue to maintain a mutual reciprocity agreement. West Virginia has full reciprocity agreements with 32 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming. West Virginians with a valid concealed handgun license may also legally carry in five other states, subject to the limitations of each particular state’s laws: Indiana, Montana, Nebraska, Vermont and Wisconsin. here in the Huntington area where Hospice of Huntington has been serving the community for 33 years - hospice care is still a topic that is often misunderstood, but usually not for long once a family gets introduced officially to the organization and its mission. “There are people who at first think that hospice is a death sentence,” Leonhart said. Bobby Moore, an admissions nurse for Hospice of Huntington, has a pet peeve. He doesn’t like it when medical professionals tell patients and their families that there’s nothing more that can be done for them. That’s never the case, he said. There may be nothing more to do in the way of a cure or recovery from their condition, but there’s always something you can do to optimize the time you have left, he said. “What I like to tell families is that, while we may be done with a cure, we can still do something to improve life,” said Moore, who has been with Hospice of Huntington for 11 years. “We merely move from cure to comfort, and in that way, we help families understand that someone can still help and offer them hope that their situation may be improved, not by curing the disease but by allowing a better quality of life.” Hospice was always a type of nursing that interested Moore, he said. He sees it as a special ministry. “It can be heart-wrenching,” he said. “You have to set up boundaries for yourself. If you become part of the family unit and then you leave, the family has to deal with another loss.” But while other types of nursing don’t allow much time for conversation, hospice care is one that does, Moore said. “It’s one of the few places I have the ability to sit down and talk with people about a lot of things,” he said. “And that’s one thing they really need — to talk.” Memorial traveled from W.Va. to UK By Sarah Plummer Associated Press BECKLEY, W.Va. — There are many reasons a message in a bottle or note on a balloon might never be found. It could be lost forever in the ocean, wind up somewhere remote or simply be overlooked as trash. Defying those odds, a balloon released on Thanksgiving Day in Beckley in memory of a lost loved one made a 3,716-mile journey and was found in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Jeanette Webb, of Glen White, said releasing helium balloons on special holidays for lost loved ones has been a tradition in her family since she lost her father in 2002. On Thanksgiving, she released an orange balloon in memory of her son, Steven Webb, who passed away in October 2013, at the age of 37. “Whenever I let the balloon go, I imagine Steven is getting it, like it’s something I am sending him. It gives me a peaceful feeling,” she said. The balloon was found the morning of Nov. 30 by John Foster, who noticed something stuck Courtesy photo Jeanette Webb, of Glen White, W.Va., looks over a picture of her coal mining son, Steven James Webb, who passed away Oct. 27, 2013. She released a helium balloon on Thanksgiving night in memory of her son. The balloon made a 3,716-mile journey and was found in Cornwall, United Kingdom. in a hedge along his small farm near Coverack, United Kingdom. In an e-mail to The Register-Herald, he said he thought it might have been a wind-blown fertilizer sack or trash that foxes had strewn around. Attached to the foil balloon was a tag that read, “In Loving Memory of Steven Webb,” along with Jeanette Webb’s phone number. Foster discovered the phone number was for a cell registered in Beck- ley and reached out to the newspaper for help. Although wary of scams, he said, if released from West Virginia, “its arrival here in the UK is an amazing event.” Webb said she believes “it was meant to be.” Her son helped her release balloons on special occasion in honor of his father. Those balloons have been found in neighboring states, but never has one been discovered so far away. And she nearly forgot to release the balloons this year, she said. After the bustle of the Thanksgiving meal slowed and visitors left, she found the balloons. “I told my husband we had forgotten to release the balloons for my dad and Steven, so we went out on the porch that night and let them go. He said, ‘They’re going to hit the jet stream and go far away.’ And Steven’s did,” she said. National Weather Service Meteorologist Andrew Beavers, based in Charleston, said it’s not unusual for a balloon to travel such distances and jet streams average 100 miles an hour and can reach 150 miles per hour. This balloon traveled about 1,200 miles each day, a rough average of 50 miles per hour, but for a family remembering their lost loved ones, the balloon’s journey defies logic. “My son always helped me release balloons at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens when my husband passed away. We never realized how soon he would be buried there. I think it’s great one of Steven’s was found in the U.K,” she said. Decades later, neighborhood friends reunite in Charleston By Maria Young front of them to play the days away. “We always had friends, CHARLESTON, W.Va. — always something to do, someThey came in a group, down place to go,” said Benny James, South Hills’ Hickory Road, who now lives in Union. then stood together in the cool Those days, as it turns out, autumn air and watched time meant more than any of them disappear. realized. It was just that easy to look They were, Benny said, “a at the old neighborhood, at the big part of my life and maybe stone wall that’s still standing taking that period of time as a and the home with the giant whole, as a clump, maybe the porch, and see — not remembest time.” ber, but actually see — themOthers felt much the same. selves as a group of kids again. All these years later, Susan Playing countless games of and one of her sisters couldn’t canasta, throwing bottle caps get rid of the idea of a reunion. at the passing cars, forming But a reunion with people they innocent friendships and makhadn’t seen in more than 50 ing memories that have lasted years? a lifetime. “Lynne and I had talked for “I never dreamed I would years about our fond memories see these people again,” said here, and said, ‘Wouldn’t it be Susan Wilkinson Rockwood, neat if someday we could all of Gallatin, Tennessee, one of get together?’ And we kind of more than half a dozen Hickory figured it was just a pipe dream Road kids from the 1950s who . and finally I said, ‘You know, came from far and near this let’s try. All they can say is no.’ month for a reunion that’s been “And so the six families we more than half a century in the were closest to, I looked up making. names on the Internet, didn’t “When you hear the term ‘it know if I’d even be able to find takes a village,’ this was our people, but I found everybody village,” said Ellen Chambers and I sent out a letter.” Deese, who came in from The old gang was made up of Mooresville, North Carolina, Margy Jemison Barbee, Clem for the occasion. “Cork” Pearce, Sarah Sheets, There were six families with Randy Sheets, Lynne Wilkinnearly a dozen kids who played son Taliaferro, Susan Wilkintogether the way kids did back son Rockwood, Jane Wilkinson, when parents didn’t have to Ellen Chambers Deese, Benny keep such a watchful eye, back James, Debby Pearce and Judy before cellphones could conJames. The responses were almost nect them to other people or instantaneous — and overvideo games could consume cavernous blocks of time, when whelmingly enthusiastic. “I was thrilled. I told my they had to rely on just the people who were there right in husband, ‘I can’t believe this. Associated Press Susan Wilkinson is . we’re all gonna get together .’ I answered her immediately. I said, ‘Yes, absolutely,’” said Margy, who journeyed from Greenville, North Carolina, to join her old friends on Hickory Road. “It was the greatest thing ever. I was delighted,” said Benny. “And there was never any question that this was something we were going to do. It was something that had to be done.” Only two people couldn’t make it. Most of the others met for lunch, then walked the short distance to Hickory Road. The surrounding community has changed, of course. Fernbank School is now a Rite Aid. The site of the old Ellis Supermarket is now home to a bunch of upscale shops and restaurants. Hickory Road, though, has stood the test of time. There’s a not-so-new home on a vacant lot where the kids used to play, but the two-story colonial-style houses, the steep cement steps and tiny front yards remain much the same. The group wandered from home to home, knocking on doors and venturing in when willing homeowners allowed them, remembering the big black-and-white TV at one house or climbing on the garage roof at another, and trading stories all the while. “I remember getting lost on Abney Circle,” said Sarah Sheets. “We all decided to take a walk, and then it got dark, and we kept saying, ‘Our parents are going to be so worried.’ Then we realized we didn’t know where we were, so we called home, just knocked on somebody’s door and asked to use the phone, and Mom said, ‘We didn’t even realize you all were gone!’” Benny James and his best friend, “Corky,” used to sit on the stone wall near Corky’s house and wait for cars to drive by. “Then we would run across the street to see how close the car could be to us when we ran across in front of it. I mean, it was just crazy things, but I guess we were testing the limits in a way,” Benny said. There were badminton tournaments and plays they put on, even a neighborhood newspaper the kids all wrote. “I broke into that home right there,” said Jane Wilkinson, pointing, as the group burst into uproarious laughter. “There was nobody home, so I thought that’s what you do, you just left yourself in,” she said. She was five years old at the time, and for her entire young life she’d seen that if someone didn’t answer the door when you knocked, you simply opened it up and let yourself in. It was that kind of neighborhood. “It was Utopia,” Lynne said. In truth, life wasn’t completely perfect for all the kids of Hickory Road, any more than it is for anyone else. But something about Hickory Road seemed to make things a little better. One of the kids had a father who died when she was an infant — looking back now, she can see that having so many other surrogate parents eased the sting of a missing dad. Another was an only child who was never without a playmate. Another still had parents who divorced when she was 10, a traumatic split that forced a move to a bigger, less welcoming place. There, she found that the strong and stable foundation she’d had on Hickory Road helped to sustain her in the turbulent years that followed. More than one person got choked up or wiped a few tears trying to explain what exactly it was that Hickory Road meant to them. It was an idyllic and innocent childhood, to be sure, but most of them haven’t been in touch for more than half a century, since life forced them apart — and yet they all still feel like long-lost brothers and sisters. There was a rare sense of belonging, of security and stability that hasn’t gone away. And many of the group admitted they’d struggled to find that same sense of community anywhere else. “We used to walk downtown together, and ride the bus, by ourselves, as six-, seven-, eightyear-olds,” Margy said. “You couldn’t do that now.” Looking at her own children, Susan remembered, “I would say, and Lynne would say, ‘I wish they had a neighborhood like we grew up in.’ It’s just all different these days.” “I don’t think I’ll ever see it again,” Lynne said. “Ther are just not neighborhoods like this anymore.” Looking back, Ellen said, “It was magic.” �COMICS Sunday Times-Sentinel BLONDIE Sunday, December 27, 2015 3C By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker Today’s answer RETAIL By Norm Feuti HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE By John Hambrock BABY BLUES ZITS By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman PARDON MY PLANET By Vic Lee CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green By Dave Green 3 5 2 4 2 6 8 6 8 2 7 4 8 5 9 7 3 6 3 7 9 5 2 4 1 RHYMES WITH ORANGE By Hilary Price THE LOCKHORNS DENNIS THE MENACE By Bunny Hoest & John Reiner PROMOTIONAL PRICES START AS LOW AS 19 $ FOR 12 MONTHS Everyday price $34.99/mo. 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Sunday Times-Sentinel Storage bins and tax appeals The Metamora Elevator Company owns eight acres of land in Fulton County that contains grain silos, storage bins, tanks, and buildings used to process and store grain. When Metamora challenged the assessed value of the property for tax purposes, the challenge eventually made its way before us — the Ohio Supreme Court. In March 2010, Metamora filed separate complaints with the Fulton County Board of Revision (“BOR”) — which handles such challenges for the county — seeking to reduce the property value of two parcels from just over 2 million dollars to roughly 1.5 million. Metamora also sought to remove the storage bins from the real property assessment, claiming that they were business fixtures. The BOR conducted a hearing, and at that time, Metamora orally amended its complaints to seek a further reduction of the real estate value to $820,740. At the BOR hearing, Daniel Dembowski — testifying on behalf of Metamora — argued that the storage bins were being improperly taxed as real property because they are business fixtures. He explained that on the company’s books, the bins are classified as equipment items. In the past, because personal property used in business was generally taxable, the owner made no effort to correct the modular, not percounty’s classificamanent, they can tion of the bins be removed and from real preopsold, and they can erty to personal be disassembled property; but the for repair and phase-out of the subsequently reasgeneral personal sembled.” property tax made Paul E. The BTA thereit important to Pfeifer now obtain the Contributing fore reversed the BOR’s decision proper classificaColumnist and removed the tion. storage bins from Using photothe assessment. The BTA graphs of the premises, Dembowski distinguished determined that the true value of the property the concrete silo structures from the corrugated was $738,240, which it derived from the auditor’s metal storage bins. He original value minus the conceded that the concrete bins are permanent auditor’s value of the storand constitute realty. But, age bins, which was about 1.1 million dollars. he asserted, the storage When Metamora’s case bins are modular units came before us, the counof corrugated sheeting ty claimed that a building bolted down in concrete foundations which can be or structure on the land is a permanent fabrica— and sometimes have tion or construction that been — disassembled is attached or affixed to and reassembled. In land and that increases fact, Dembowski noted, or enhances utilization Metamora had sold and removed bins in the past. or enjoyment of the Nevertheless, the BOR land, and constitutes an improvement on the land rejected Metamora’s as defined by the Ohio claim, leaving the Constitution, and must assessed valuation therefore be taxed as real unchanged. Metamora property. then appealed to the Ultimately, we had to Board of Tax Appeals (“BTA”), a statewide tax determine whether the storage bins at issue are authority. fixtures or improvements In reviewing Metamosubject to real property ra’s case, the BTA reviewed the legal defini- tax or whether they are business fixtures and tions of “structure” and should be classified as “fixture” related to real personal property and, property, both of which refer to the “permanent” therefore, not subject to property tax. character of the item or In writing the majority the permanency of its opinion for our court, Jusattachment to the land. tice Terrence O’Donnell It then made a specific stated, “Historically, finding that “the grain the distinction between storage bins at issue are fixtures that were real not permanent, but temproperty and fixtures that porary structures.” were personal property Based on that finding, was elusive.” the BTA concluded that To that point, he cited the grain storage bins did not come within the defi- several cases decided by our court over the years, nition of real property. dating back to 1945, in The BTA stated in which various pieces of its opinion, “Even if we machinery, structures, had found that the storand even — in a case age grain bins were real property…we would have from 1966 — a miniature found that they meet the golf course watering system, were to be condefinition of ‘business sidered personal property fixture’…because it is a category specifically enu- and thus not taxable, or were determined to be merated” in the law. realty and therefore subIn summarizing, the ject to property tax. BTA stated that the But then, in 1992, the testimony, in effect, Ohio legislature amended established that the the definitions of “real grain storage bins “were property” and “personal property” in a manner that resolved that issue. The 1992 law harmonized the definition of “real property” with the definition of “personal property.” Now as it stands, the law relating to personal property defines “business fixture” this way: “Business fixture means an item of tangible personal property that has become permanently attached or affixed to the land or to a building, structure, or improvement, and that primarily benefits the business conducted by the occupant on the premises and not the realty.” Here’s the important part, at least as far as this case is concerned: “Business fixture includes, but is not limited to, machinery, equipment, signs, storage bins and tanks, whether above or below ground…” It’s quite apparent that the legislature has expressed its intent that a business fixture is an item of tangible personal property that is permanently attached to the land or to a building or structure, and primarily benefits the business conducted on the premises. Furthermore, in establishing that 1992 law, the legislature expressly defined the term “business fixture” to include storage bins, and therefore, storage bins are personal property not subject to real property tax. As it pertains to Metamora’s case, there was no dispute that the items at issue were storage bins. And because the legislature has expressly stated that the term “business fixture” includes storage bins as personal property, we affirmed — by a sevento-zero vote — the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals. EDITOR’S NOTE: The case referred to is: Metamora Elevator Co. v. Fulton Cty. Bd. of Revision, 143 Ohio St.3d 359, 2015-Ohio-2807. Case No. 2014-0874. Decided July 15, 2015. Majority opinion written by Justice Terrence O’Donnell. Paul E. Pfeifer is a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court. Meadows fic safety programs by hosting a series of webinars, teaching SADD students from across the nation basic advocacy From Page 1C skills. 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