https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/306313006e3e4116d277f1e320cb9ae5.pdf 3ff559ff4622f664307c2c1617d415af PDF Text Text LOG ONTO WWW.MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM OR WWW.MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM FOR ARCHIVE s�GAMES s�E-EDITION s�POLLS & MORE Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS 2013: Scenes from the Ohio Valley... Page C1 Cloudy. High near 47. Low around 10...Page A2 Local sports action... Page B1 OBITUARIES Esther Black, 88 Flossie Dillon, 93 David Graves, 57 Cecelia Hart, 93 $2.00 SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2014 Vol. 48, No. 1 Delbert Lee Hill, 59 Robert L. Keaton, 65 Delbert L. Taylor, 62 David R. Wilson, 66 First steps taken toward Senior Center relocation Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — A first step toward turning over ownership of the old Middleport school building from the Village of Middleport to the Meigs County Council on Aging for the development of a new Senior Center has now been taken. In late December, Middleport Village Council voted to begin the property transfer process, and the Board of Trustees of the Meigs County Council on Aging voted to proceed. The goal of the project is to add space for expanded services. What this means is that once the building is transferred and funding grants are secured, renovation will begin on the vacated school building in preparation for moving the Senior Citizens Center there from its current location on Mulberry Heights in Pomeroy. Beth Shaver, Council on Aging executive director, said that conversations about the possibility of securing the building as a location for a new center have been ongoing with Middleport officials for several years. “We’ve outgrown where we are now. There’s no space to expand, and we need to make a move,” said Shaver. “We have been planning for this future for over ten years, and the future begins now.” Mayor Michael Gerlach described the proposed move as not only good for providing expansion opportunities for the Council on Aging but an excellent development opportunity for the Village of Middleport. Shaver envisions the Council on Aging once the move occurs as “much bigger” than a senior center. She sees it as a “mixing of generations within one building, a place offering services and programs for Charlene Hoeflich | Sunday Times-Sentinel all ages, and as an ever-expanding commu- Putting some life back into this Middleport school building closed many years ago is the goal nity center.” of the Meigs County Council on Aging. Plans call for the Senior Center to be moved from its current location into the building once renovation has been completed. The goal is to gain See RELOCATION | A3 space to expand services. Amber Gillenwater | Sunday Times-Sentinel The newest member of the Gallipolis City Commission, Tony Gallagher, left, takes his oath of office from Gallipolis City Solicitor Adam Salisbury on Thursday evening just prior to a re-organizational meeting. Staff photos The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Buffington Island. A look back Wallis elected president of city commission Gallagher sworn in as newest commission member The Top 10 of 2013 Sarah Hawley and Amber Gillenwater Amber Gillenwater TDSnews@civitasmedia.com agillenwater@civitasmedia.com OHIO VALLEY — It has been a busy and eventful year throughout the region with everything from 150th anniversary celebrations to developments in both Gallia and Meigs counties. As we begin 2014, we are taking a look back at some of the top news stories of 2013 in Gallia and Meigs counties. 10. Standoff on Ohio 248 For more than 24 hours in mid-May, officers from around the region converged on a small area on Ohio 248 near Chester. Deputies with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office had responded to a dispute call around noon on May 20 at the residence of Eugene “Jack” Ritchie on Ohio 248. The dispute escalated with Ritchie reportedly threatening his business partner with a gun and also threatening Deputy Adam Smith who had responded to the call along with another deputy. At 3:13 p.m. on May 21 — after hours of negotiations — the officers with the Athens, Gallia, and Washington Emergency Response teams and the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office took steps to remove GALLIPOLIS — The newest member of the Gallipolis City Commission took his oath on Thursday night, while the commission elected a new president and vice-president to serve the city in the next two years during a brief re-organizational meeting held at the Gallipolis Municipal Building. Commissioner Steve Wallis was elected by his fellow commissioners to serve as the Gallipolis City Commission President for the next 24 months, while former president Jay Cremeens was elected to serve as vice-president, a position he previously held during outgoing commissioner Jim Cozza’s term as commission president, which ended in January 2012. Wallis, who has served as a commissioner since January 2010 following his appointment to the commission to serve out the unexpired term of a former commissioner, was elected to serve the people of the municipality once again during the November general election in 2011. He was unanimously elected in January 2012 to serve as the commission vice-president during Cremeens’ tenure as president. Cremeens was elected in November 2009 to the city commission and was reelected in November 2013, along with Commissioner Matt Johnson, who, along with newcomer Albert “Tony” Gallagher, beat challengers Paul Covey and Thom Meadows who were all vying for three open commission seats. Longtime city commissioner Jim Cozza opted not to run for reelection in the 2013 election. Gallagher, who was sworn in just prior to the re-organizational meeting by Gallipolis City Solicitor Adam Salisbury, was welcomed during the meeting by Cremeens as the newest member of the board. “The first matter of business is to congratulate Tony for being seated tonight, and we look forward to the next four years as we begin the deliberations of our community,” Cremeens said. “Some of the decisions are light and easy, and others come with a lot of thought and study, so we look forward to working with you.” A longtime city resident and active community member, Gallagher previously ran for a seat on the commission during the November 2011 election, but was narrowly defeated by current commission member Mike Brown, as well as Wallis, who were elected to fill the two open commission seats that year. Following Thursday’s meeting, Gallagher spoke of his commitment to be readily available during the next four years to any citizen of the city who may need his assistance. “I’m very happy to have been elected by the people of Gallipolis,” Gallagher said. “I will strive to do the best job possible, and I am open to anyone that needs to discuss anything with me.” The first regular Gallipolis City Commission meeting of the year will be held on Tuesday, January 7 at 7 p.m. at the Gallipolis Municipal Building, 333 Third Avenue. See LOOK | C1 The 150th Meigs County Fair Groundbreaking of the new emergency room facility GMCAA awarded $90K for veterans program Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com Conference play has arrived in college basketball and that means Division I teams will start picking on people their own size. In the first two months of the season, seven games were decided by more than 70 points — the most blowouts of that magnitude since at least 199697, according to STATS. No mismatch was as great as Southern’s 116-12 win over tiny Champion Baptist this week. That outcome raised the question: Why are games like that even scheduled? A lot of Division I programs have difficulty lining up home games against quality opponents. Southern, for example, is coming off an NCAA tournament appearance yet doesn’t have a high enough RPI to make it worthwhile for a name team to travel to Baton Rouge, La., and possibly lose. Usually low-major programs round out the schedules of risk-averse mid-majors and power-conference teams in November and December. But there also are plenty of non-Division I teams willing to take beatings to help meet their budgets, give their players the experience of playing against big-time competition for a night and gain exposure. After all, before Southern did its number on Champion Baptist, who in the sporting public had heard of the 100-student unaccredited Christian college in Hot Springs, Ark.? “We’ve had hundreds of people email us asking if they can come play for our school since this happened,” said Eric Capici, who serves as head coach and school president. Utah and Charleston Southern each show up twice on the blowout ledger. The Utes own an 84-pointer against The Evergreen State College (Wash.) and a 73-pointer against St. Katherine (Calif.). Charleston Southern beat St. Andrews Presbyterian (N.C.) by 82 and Johnson University (Tenn.) by 79. Those Fightin’ Firebirds of St. Katherine also lost by 83 to nationally ranked See PROGRAM | A3 �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page A2 LîSunday Times Sentinel #6:8Dî�@F?EJ �@>>F?:EJî�2=6?52C Monday, Jan. 6 RUTLAND — The Rutland Township Trustee will hold their organization and appropriation meeting at 7:30 a.m. at the Rutland Township Garage. Tuesday, Jan. 7 POMEROY — The next meeting of the Meigs County Board of Elections has been changed. It will be held at 8:30 p.m. with regular business to be conducted.is scheduled Please note the change of date. Wednesday, Jan. 8 HARRISONVILLE — The Scipio Township Trustees will hold the yearly Organizational Meeting at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire House. Thursday, Jan. 9 CHESTER —Shade River Lodge, 7:30 p.m. at the hall. Refreshments following meeting. Friday, Jan. 10 CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will have its annual inspection in the Fellowcraft Degree at 7:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Inspection will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Grand Master of Masons in Ohio is scheduled to attend. MARIETTA — The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District Executive Committee, which also serves as the RTPO Policy Committee, will meet at 11:30 a.m. at 1400 Pike Street, Marietta, Ohio. If you have any questions regarding this meeting please contact Jenny Myers at (740) 376-1026. Monday, Jan. 13 POMEROY — The Meigs County Commissioners Organizational Meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the Commissioners office, third floor of the Meigs County Courthouse. Tuesday, Jan. 14 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will have their regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. %9:@î,2==6Jî�@C642DE Sunday, January 5, 2014 �2==:2î�@F?EJî�@>>F?:EJî�2=6?52C Events Monday, Jan. 6 GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Neighborhood Watch will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Gallipolis Justice Center conference room located at 518 Second Ave. PATRIOT — Gallia County Local Schools will hold their organizational meeting at 7 p.m. in the new location at 4836 Ohio 325, Patriot, Ohio. Tuesday, Jan. 7 PORTER — The Springfield Township crime watch group will meet at 6 p.m., at the fire department. Wednesday, Jan. 8 GALLIPOLIS — The regular meeting of the O.O. McIntyre Park District Board will be held at 11 a.m. in the Park District Office located at 18 Locust St., Gallipolis, Ohio. GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Health will meet at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, in the conference room of the Gallia County Service Center. Thursday, Jan. 9 GALLIPOLIS — Gallia SWCD Board meeting, 8 a.m., C.H. McKenzie Ag Center. Friday, Jan. 10 GALLIPOLIS — Jan. business meeting of the Gallia County Family and Children First Council, 9 a.m., Gallia County Service Cen- ter, 499 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis. Saturday, Jan. 11 RIPLEY, W.Va. — Youth retreat, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Parchment Valley Conference Center. All ages are welcome. Seminars and lunch will be provided. For info, call Jared Shull at (304) 593-2898. Monday, Jan. 13 GALLIPOLIS — The regular and organizational meeting of the Gallipolis Township Trustees, 7 p.m., second floor meeting room, Gallia County Courthouse. GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Board of County Commissioners re-organizational meeting, 12 p.m., commissioners’ office, Gallia County Courthouse. #6:8Dî�@F?EJî"@42=î�C:67D Classes Cancelled ATHENS — The Arthritis Foundation exercise classes held for the O’Bleness Health System SeniorBEAT members have been cancelled for January. The classes were scheduled to be held on Tuesdays at the Athens Community Center in Athens, Wednesdays at The Plains United Methodist Church in The Plains and Saturdays at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens. For more information about SeniorBEAT, call the O’Bleness Marketing and Communication at (740) 592-9300 or SeniorBEAT Program Director Joy MillerUpton at (740) 385-8451. Meeting Change MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Family and Sunday: A chance of showers, mainly after 3 p.m. Children First Council regular business meeting for Jan. Cloudy, with a high near 45. Light and variable wind 16 has been rescheduled for Jan. 23. The meeting will becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Sunday Night: Rain and snow before midnight, then a chance of snow showers. Low around 10. West wind 11 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. first Wednesday of the folGallia-Vinton ESC Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 12. Breezy. lowing months: February, meeting rescheduled Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -7. RIO GRANDE — The April, June, October and Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 13. 2014 organizational and December at the GalliaTuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 5. regular monthly meeting Jackson-Meigs Board of Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Wednesday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, of the Gallia-Vinton Edu- Alcohol, Drug Addiction with a low around 19. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. cational Service Center and Mental Health SerThursday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, (ESC) Governing Board vices office located at 53 with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. originally scheduled for Shawnee Lane, Gallipolis, Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers. Tuesday, January 7 has Ohio. For additional inMostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipita- been rescheduled for Tues- formation, contact Lora tion is 40 percent. day, January 14 at 5 p.m. Jenkins/Intersystem CoorFriday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly at the University of Rio dinator at (740) 446-3022. sunny, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 30 Grande, Bob Evans Farms percent. County Hall, Room 103. Call (740) commission 245-0593 for more details. re-organizational meeting Family and GALLIPOLIS — The Children First Council Gallia County Board of meetings announced GALLIPOLIS — The Commissioners organizes January Business Meet- on the second Monday ing of the Gallia County of January each year, as Family and Children First per Ohio Revised Code AEP (NYSE) — 46.11 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 22.34 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 25.63 Pepsico (NYSE) — 82.24 Council has been changed 305.05. Therefore, the reAshland Inc. (NYSE) — 97.00 Premier (NASDAQ) — 14.45 to January 10, 2014. The organizational meeting of Big Lots (NYSE) — 32.13 Rockwell (NYSE) — 117.83 Gallia County Family and the Gallia County CommisBob Evans (NASDAQ) — 50.62 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 14.61 Children First Council will sioners will be held at 12 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 54.89 Royal Dutch Shell — 70.78 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 10.35 be holding regular busi- p.m. on Monday, January Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 46.13 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.45 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 78.65 ness Meetings at 9 a.m. 13 in the commissioners’ City Holding (NASDAQ) — 46.40 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 8.68 on the first Friday of the office at the Gallia County Collins (NYSE) — 73.81 WesBanco (NYSE) — 31.17 following months: March, Courthouse. DuPont (NYSE) — 63.78 Worthington (NYSE) — 42.71 US Bank (NYSE) — 40.06 May, July, September and Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. Gen Electric (NYSE) — 27.48 Gallipolis Township November. The council ET closing quotes of transactions Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 68.91 Trustees meeting will hold these meetings at January 3, 2014, provided by JP Morgan (NYSE) — 58.66 GALLIPOLIS — The Edward Jones financial advisors the Gallia County Service Kroger (NYSE) — 39.10 Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 61.48 Center located at 499 Jack- regular and organizational 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Norfolk So (NYSE) — 91.37 son Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio. meetings of the Gallipolis Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. OVBC (NASDAQ) — 23.00 The council will be holding Township Trustees will be BBT (NYSE) — 36.93 Member SIPC. Intersystem Collaborative held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Meetings at 9 a.m. on the January 13. The Township meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the second floor meeting room of the Gallia County Courthouse. DEADLINE FOR PURCHASE OF 2014 DOG LICENSE IS JANUARY 31, 2014 be held in the third floor conference room at the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services. For more information contact Brooke Pauley at (740) 9922117 ext. 104. Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an immunization clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday at the Meigs County Health Department located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Please bring child’s shot record. Children must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. A donation is appreciated for immunization administration, however no one will be denied services. Please bring medical cards or commercial insurance cards. �2==:2î�@F?EJî"@42=î�C:67D "@42=î)E@4<D Application for Dog/Kennel License Free workshop offered SOUTH POINT — Is your small business looking to add social media to its marketing mix? This can help promote your company to government agencies and other potential customers. The Southern Ohio Procurement Outreach Center and the OSU South Centers present: “Social Media for Small Businesses” This presentation will focus on how small businesses can utilize and maintain a presence on popular social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The workshop will be held from 1-3 p.m., Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at the Chamber of Commerce Bldg. 216 Collins Ave. South Point, OH 45680. Register by calling the Southern Ohio Procurement Outreach Center: 740-377-4550 or go online to: http://sopoc.ecenterdirect.com. Ohio AFSCME retirees to meet BIDWELL — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Gallia and Jackson counties, Sub-chapter 102 will hold their next meeting on Friday, January 17 at 11 a.m. at 4629 State Route 850, Rodney Pike, Bidwell, in Springfield Township. The subchapter is seeking new members in the two-county area. AFSCME (Ohio Council 8, OCSEA, and OAPSE), OPERS and SERS public employee retirees and their spouses are invited to attend the next meeting. Non-AFSCME members are also welcome to attend. We also encourage public employees who plan to retire in the near future to attend. Issues that are important to retirees are discussed each month. The group meets on the third Friday of each month. For more information, interested retirees may call: 740-245-0093. Breast and cervical cancer screenings BIDWELL — Breast and cervical cancer screenings and education will be provided by the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Community Health program from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on January 28. The clinic will be held on the Community Health Program’s Mobile Health van parked at Abbyshire Nursing Center, 311 Buck Ridge Road, Bidwell, OH. Free pap tests, pelvic and breast examinations, breast health education and appointments for mammograms will be provided to uninsured and underinsured women. Appointments are required. Interested persons should call 1-800844-2654 or 740-593-2432 to schedule. 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Call us anytime at: 740.446.2342 or 740.992.2155 Sunday Times-Sentinel Community News, Sports Scores Editorials, Church Events, Breaking News Want to advertise? Call 446.2342 or 992.2155 �Sunday, January 5, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� %��îH2C?DîE92Eî]Fî24E:G:EJî:?î%9:@î:Dî:?4C62D:?8 ODH encourages Ohioans to get influenza vaccine COLUMBUS — Influenza activity is on the rise in Ohio and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is encouraging Ohioans to get their influenza vaccine. Although Ohio is currently experiencing minimal influenzalike illness activity compared to what is being seen in other parts of the country, there are signs that activity in the state is increasing. So far this flu season, 338 influenza-associated hospitalizations have been reported to ODH, primarily in northeast Ohio. “The flu virus will be less likely to spread if more people are vaccinated,” said ODH Director, Dr. Ted Wymyslo. “Immunization has proven to be the safest and most effective way to fight the flu so I encourage all Ohioans to get vaccinated. Moreover, it takes two weeks to build up immunity after receiving the vaccine, which is another reason to get immunized as soon as possible.” Symptoms of influenza can include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Influenza should not Untested rape kits submitted to BCI exceeds 5,000 COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that the number of previously untested rape kits submitted to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) for free testing has exceeded 5,000 kits. As of January 1, 2014, 111 law enforcement agencies had submitted 5,215 kits for free testing as part of the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) testing initiative. More than 250 of those kits were submitted in December. Forensic scientists with BCI have completed DNA testing on 2,546 of the rape kits, resulting in 837 hits in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). “I am pleased that local law enforcement agencies continue to submit these kits for testing,” said DeWine. “The investigative information that can be gathered from testing these kits could be crucial not only in solving these rapes, but other crimes, as well.” Earlier this week, Elias Acevedo, Sr. was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Cuyahoga County for multiple rapes and two homicides committed in the early 1990s. The case, which was investigated by the FBI’s Violent Crime Task Force and prosecuted by attorneys with Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty’s office, was spurred, in part, after Acevedo’s DNA was found on a 1993 rape kit submitted to BCI as part of the SAK Testing Initiative, according to a release from the DeWine’s office. DeWine announced the SAK Testing Initiative in December 2011 by offering free DNA testing to any law enforcement agency with untested rape kits in which a crime was believed to have been committed. Many of the kits submitted as part of the initiative are between one and two decades old. be taken lightly. Although most people fully recover from the flu, a small portion of people do experience severe illness (like pneumonia and respiratory failure), and sometimes the flu can be fatal. Anyone who becomes ill with the flu and is pregnant, has an underlying medical condition or experiences a particularly severe form of the illness should contact their healthcare provider immediately. In Ohio, as in the rest of the country, most of the flu circulating now is H1N1, which disproportionately affects young and middle-aged adults. However, seasonal flu viruses may become more prominent as the season continues. This year’s vaccine contains both H1N1 and seasonal flu strains so those who become immunized will have an increased degree of protection against multiple kinds of flu. While pandemic H1N1 flu has an unusually strong impact on teenagers and young adults, those at highest risk for complications from seasonal flu — including children 6 months and younger, pregnant women, people with chronic medical conditions and the elderly — should also remember the importance of protecting themselves. Healthcare workers and caretakers of young children and the elderly are also encouraged to get vaccinated. While vaccine provides the greatest protection against the flu, other effective measures include: washing hands frequently, or using alcohol-based hand sanitizer; covering coughs and sneezes with tissues, or coughing or sneezing into elbows; avoiding touching eyes, nose and mouth; and staying home when sick and until fever-free for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medication. Flu vaccine is available at most healthcare providers’ offices, local health departments and retail pharmacy chains. For more information on influenza, including where to find vaccine, visit the “Flu Season in Ohio” feature at www.odh.ohio.gov . *6I2Dî=:3C2CJî@R6CDî8=:>AD6î@7î3@@<=6DDî7FEFC6 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Texas has seen the future of the public library, and it looks a lot like an Apple Store: Rows of glossy iMacs beckon. iPads mounted on a tangerine-colored bar invite readers. And hundreds of other tablets stand ready for checkout to anyone with a borrowing card. Even the librarians imitate Apple’s dress code, wearing matching shirts and that standard-bearer of geek-chic, the hoodie. But this $2.3 million library might be most notable for what it does not have — any actual books. That makes Bexar County’s BibiloTech the nation’s only bookless public library, a distinction that has attracted scores of digital bookworms, plus emissaries from as far away as Hong Kong who want to learn about the idea and possibly take it home. “I told our people that you need to take a look at this. This is the future,” said Mary Graham, vice president of South Carolina’s Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. “If you’re going to be building new library facilities, this is what you need to be doing.” All-digital libraries have been on college campuses for years. But the county, which runs no other libraries, made history when it decided to open BiblioTech. It is the first bookless public library system in the country, according to information gathered by the American Library Association. Similar proposals in other communities have been met with doubts. In California, the city of Newport Beach floated the concept of a bookless branch in 2011 until a backlash put stacks back in the plan. Nearly a decade earlier in Arizona, the Tucson-Pima library system opened an all-digital branch, but residents who said they wanted books ultimately got their way. Graham toured BiblioTech in the fall and is pushing Charleston leaders for a bond measure in 2014 to fund a similar concept, right down to the same hip aesthetic reminiscent of Apple. Except Apple Stores aren’t usually found in parts of town like this. BiblioTech is on the city’s economically depressed South Side and shares an old strip mall with a Bexar County government building. On a recent afternoon, one confused couple walked into the library looking for the justice of the peace. San Antonio is the nation’s seventhlargest city but ranks 60th in literacy, according to census figures. Back in the early 2000s, community leaders in Bibliotech’s neighborhood of low-income apartments and thrift stores railed about not even having a nearby bookstore, said Laura Cole, BiblioTech’s project coordinator. A decade later, Cole said, most families in the area still don’t have wi-fi. “How do you advance literacy with so few resources available?” she said. Residents are taking advantage now. The library is on pace to surpass 100,000 visitors in its first year. Finding an open iMac among the four dozen at BiblioTech is often difficult after the nearby high school lets out, and about half of the facility’s e-readers are checked out at any given time, each loaded with up to five books. One of BiblioTech’s regulars is a man teaching himself Mandarin. Head librarian Ashley Elkholf came from a traditional Wisconsin high school library and recalled the scourges of her old job: misshelved items hopelessly lost in the stacks, pages thoughtlessly ripped out of books and items that went unreturned by patrons who were unfazed by measly fines and lax enforcement. But in the nearly four months since BiblioTech opened, Elkholf has yet to lend out one of her pricey tablets and never see it again. The space is also more economical than traditional libraries despite the technology: BiblioTech purchases its 10,000-title digital collection for the same price as physical copies, but the county saved millions on architecture because the building’s design didn’t need to accommodate printed books. “If you have bookshelves, you have to structure the building so it can hold all of that weight,” Elkholf said. “Books are heavy, if you’ve ever had one fall on your foot.” Up the road in Austin, for example, the city is building a downtown library to open in 2016 at a cost of $120 million. Even a smaller traditional public library that recently opened in nearby suburban Kyle cost that city about $1 million more than BiblioTech. On her first visit, 19-year-old Abigail Reyes was only looking for a quiet space to study for an algebra exam. But she got a quick tutorial from a librarian on how to search for digital books and check out tablets before plopping down on a row of sleek couches. “I kind of miss the books,” Reyes said. “I don’t like being on the tablets and stuff like that. It hurts my eyes.” Across the room, Rosemary Caballeo tried shopping for health insurance on a set of computers reserved for enrollment in the Affordable Care Act. Her restless 2-year-old ran around and pawed at a row of keyboards. The little girl shrieked loudly, shattering the main room’s quiet. She was soon whisked outside by her father. After all, it’s still a library. Relocation From Page A1 Since there is an auditorium with seating for several hundred, she views it as a place for performing arts of all kinds. She said plans call for a renovated cafeteria where not only can seniors enjoy lunch, but full-scale banquets and receptions can be held. As for the Wellness Center, the plan is to expand the entire exercise program, to have showers available, and to use the surrounding open space for a variety of activities for everyone from youth to elders. Youth activities will be encouraged, she said, and the size of the building will mean that programs like Yesteryear where senior volunteers work with students from schools on enrichment activities can be held on site. “As times change, we have to change,” said Shaver, noting that the building will provide space for all kinds of activities, like game rooms, craft areas, education space and social activities. She also noted that there will be plenty of parking on a flat lot, that in time adult day care will be offered, and that volunteer opportunities will grow and provide meaningful occupation for many older adults with talents to share. She listed as added bonuses to the project — “It will bring a landmark building back to life, it will bring construction jobs during the renovation and add a few permanent jobs upon completion.” There will be very little change to the physical structure, and the renovations will stay true to the original architectural design, she added. The emphasis now is on securing sources of funding, a project that the Meigs County Council on Aging is spearheading. This is just the beginning of plans we have put in place,” Shaver concluded, acknowledging that things won’t happen overnight, that “everything will take time.” Program From Page A1 San Diego State the night before losing at Utah, and by 71 to Weber State. Coach Scott Mitchell, whose program is in its first season, is anything but embarrassed. “I’d play Duke if I could,” he said, “but I don’t know what they would get out of beating up on us.” Unaccredited St. Katherine opened three years ago with 13 students and shares space in a San Diego-area office building with a yoga studio and optometrist. Mitchell’s day job is as an account executive for YP.com, the online yellow pages. He recruited one of his players, a 34-year-old freshman, after he saw him working out at a 24 Hour Fitness. St. Katherine athletic di- rector Mike Scolinos said the school has applied to join the NAIA for 2014-15, and the hope is to be an NCAA Division I member in 10 years. “Some people would call that ridiculous,” he said. “As the saying goes, if you don’t dream it, you’re not going to do it, and that’s our goal.” Champion Baptist has no visions of grandeur. The Tigers are content in the Association of Christian Collegiate Athletics, where they have won three national championships in seven years. Southern, which beat Champion Baptist 90-36 last season, set an NCAA record when it opened a 44-0 lead on Monday. Champion Baptist didn’t score until there was 5:10 left in the first half, and the Tigers made only 3 of 44 Service Tech 3 rooms for $99 RESTORATION AND CLEANING SOLUTIONS SERVICE TRI-COUNT Y AREA Owned and Operated By: David Rice 740-446-9523 30 Years Experience 60470124 field goals while earning $4,000 for their trouble. The 104-point margin didn’t threaten the NCAA record of 117, set by Long Island University against Medgar Evers in 1997. Champion Baptist’s players receive no scholarships, and most work full-time. The team didn’t practice in the two weeks before the game because Capici wanted his players to be home with their families over Christmas break. The team took an eight-hour bus ride to Baton Rouge and played two hours later. Southern, meanwhile, was playing its last game before its Southwestern Athletic Conference opener, and Jaguars coach Roman Banks want to polish up some areas where he thought his team was deficient. He played his starters 20, 22, 24, 27 and 29 minutes. Banks was criticized for letting the game get so far out of hand, but Capici said he had no complaints. Southern athletic director William Broussard said game officials declined when they were asked to use a running clock in the second half. “So do you ask your players to miss shots or deliberately turn the ball over?” Broussard said. “No specific action was taken on our part to cause embarrassment. At the same time, it’s unfortunate it happened.” Capici said Banks called him Wednesday to make sure he wasn’t mad about the outcome. Before hanging up, Banks asked him if he wanted to line up a game next season. “Would I do it again?” Capici said. “Yeah.” DON’T YOU THINK YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE IS WORTHY OF A SECOND OPINION? Call or email Stan Evans, Registered Investment Advisor (740) 446 4200 stan@stanevansfinancial.com EVANS WEALTH MANAGEMENT 300 Second Ave, Ste. D Gallipolis, OH (across from the City Park) 60467668 60474043 �Sunday Times-Sentinel OPINION Page A4 SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2014 A business owner’s case Supreme Court New Year’s resolution: Follow the Constitution for raising minimum wage Elizabeth B. Wydra, �23/0��9?8=/6 �98=>3>?>398+6��--9?8>+,363>C��/8>/< WASHINGTON — This time of year, most of us are reflecting on the year drawing to a close and making resolutions for the new one. Over at 1 First St., perhaps the Supreme Court’s justices are doing the same. But while the rest of us are vowing to get to the gym more often or eat more kale, the justices should focus on one simple resolution for 2014: follow the Constitution. The very first case the Court will hear in the New Year is NLRB v. Noel Canning, in which the justices will face an unprecedented argument that would narrow the president’s constitutional authority to make “recess appointments” to fill executive and judicial branch positions when the Senate is unavailable to give its “advice and consent” to nominations. The case has become a conservative cause célèbre — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has even been granted argument time to present the position of Senate Republicans to the court. The argument pressed in Canning, seeking to invalidate two of President Barack Obama’s nominations to the National Labor Relations Board, would go against constitutional practice that dates back to our nation’s first president, George Washington, and accepted understanding of the Constitution’s text. In 2014, the Supreme Court will also decide challenges brought, as part of the ongoing conservative effort to gut Obamacare, by secular, for-profit corporations and their owners to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employersponsored health plans include no-cost, FDA-approved contraceptives. Not once, in the more than 200 years that the First Amendment guarantee of religious free exercise, has this right been understood to countenance such claims. The Court shouldn’t start now. There are also important rulings to come on ques- tions of campaign finance, the scope of the treaty power, and environmental law and federalism. In all of these cases, the justices should resolve to follow the text and history of the Constitution. Looking back, the justices had a mixed record on this score in 2013. Consider voting rights. In Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote an opinion for the majority of the court striking down Arizona’s requirement that an eligible voter provide additional, documentary proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections, because the state requirement conflicted with a federal law aimed at encouraging Americans to exercise the right to vote. In an originalist showdown with Clarence Thomas, Scalia pointed to the text of the Constitution — specifically, the Elections Clause — to demonstrate that Congress has broad power to protect the right to vote in federal elections. At a time when states are engaging in voter suppression efforts, Scalia’s reaffirmation of sweeping congressional power under the Elections Clause is a big deal. Unfortunately, the majority in Shelby County v. Holder seemed to forget about the text and history of the Constitution as quickly as most Americans forget about their gym membership come Feb. 1. In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court majority struck down a core provision of the Voting Rights Act as unconstitutional without ever explaining what specific portion of the Constitution it purportedly offended. Dissenting from the majority opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had no problem pointing out the provisions of the Constitution that support the protections of the Voting Rights Act: the 15th Amendment expressly gives Congress authority to prevent racial discrimination in voting, which is exactly what the Voting Rights Act is all about. The justices did a better job honoring the Constitu- Sunday Times-Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, please call one of our newsrooms. 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Justice Anthony Kennedy explained for the majority that DOMA’s “principal purpose is to impose inequality” by placing “same-sex couples in an unstable position of being in a second-tier marriage.” This rank discrimination is unconstitutional, he explained, because it “demeans the couple, whose moral and sexual choices the Constitution protects, and whose relationship the State has sought to dignify.” This ringing endorsement of the Constitution’s ideal of equal rights for all was a stellar way to end the 2012-13 Supreme Court term, even if Scalia, in dissent, accused the majority of weighing in on an issue better left to the political process. The fact is that the Constitution expressly enshrines certain rights above the whims of a democratic majority. Equality before the law is one of those rights. While 2013 was a mixed bag in terms of constitutional fidelity at the high court, implicit in any New Year’s resolution is the idea that one can always do better. And the court will have plenty of opportunities to follow the text and history of the Constitution in 2014. Let’s just hope that by June, when the court will likely announce decisions in the term’s most high-profile cases, the justices’ resolution to follow our founding charter doesn’t go the way of many American’s promises to finally lose those last five pounds. The implications of allowing our Constitution to gather dust in the corner are far more serious than allowing that new treadmill to turn into a coat rack. �63D+,/>2��L�'C.<+�3=�-23/0�-9?8=/6� +>� �98=>3>?>398+6� �--9?8>+,363>C� �/8>/<M� +� :?,63-[38>/</=>� 6+A� F<7M� >2385� >+85� +8.� +->398� -/8>/<L� #2/� regularly participates in Supreme �9?<>�63>31+>398L��9669A�2/<�98�$A3>>/<�Ľ�63D+,/>2'C.<+L David Bolotsky What if we could create a program that would strengthen our tax base, make government spending more fiscally responsible and provide a powerful financial incentive to lowincome workers? It sounds too good to be true. But it already exists and dates back to 1938 — the minimum wage. When wages are too low for even full-time workers to buy basic necessities, workers turn to taxpayer-funded programs like food stamps and Medicaid. A surprising beneficiary is the low-wage employer who is being subsidized by taxpayers. It’s a perverse incentive program. A corner business or giant retailer like Costco that pays a starting wage of $11.50 an hour gets no government subsidy while a store across the street paying the federal minimum wage of $7.25 is actually getting a government handout because it pays a substandard wage. This does not make economic sense. Unfortunately, the minimum wage has been eroding for decades. The minimum wage under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 was actually 18 percent higher than it is today, adjusted for inflation. We can’t progress as a nation this way. Back in 1914, Henry Ford doubled the average autoworker’s pay and reduced their workday to eight hours in order to cut turnover and enable them to afford to buy the Model T. He understood the crucial connection between worker wages and consumer demand. Too many business people have unlearned this lesson and our economy continues to suffer as customers have less to spend on the products businesses have to sell. If cutting wages were the answer, our economy would be humming right now. Raising the minimum wage is a great way to boost consumer demand because every additional dollar that goes into the hands of a low-income worker is very likely to be spent, thus spurring business sales and economic growth. Our economy needs this boost from the bottom up. We employ hundreds of customer service and warehouse workers at Uncommon Goods. Our lowest wage for seasonal workers is $12 — up from $11 in 2012 and $10 in 2011. Full-time workers earn more. We see higher productivity and lower turnover when employees are fairly compensated. And as we’ve raised our starting wage, our entrylevel workers have become more financially self-sufficient. That’s what our government should be encouraging — not poverty wages. The Fair Minimum Wage Act, introduced earlier this year in Congress, would gradually raise the minimum wage in three steps to $10.10 and then annually adjust it for inflation to keep up with the cost of living. In addition, it would raise the minimum wage for restaurant workers and other tipped employees who have an even lower minimum Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 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. “Unfortunately, the minimum wage has been eroding for decades. The minimum wage under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 was actually 18 percent higher than it is today, adjusted for inflation. We can’t progress as a nation this way.” — David Bolotsky wage of $2.13, a figure that hasn’t changed in 20 years. The $5.12 shortfall per hour between $2.13 and $7.25 is expected to be covered by customer tips – whether you work the slowest shift or at the lowest price truck stop. When that doesn’t happen, employers are supposed to pay the difference. Not surprisingly, many don’t. The proposed legislation would gradually raise the base wage for tipped employees to 70 percent of the regular minimum wage. As business owners, we have to deal with annual price increases in rent, insurance, utility bills and supplies. Our employees also feel the pinch of these higher costs and should see their wages increase to keep pace. Future more predictable 2 to 3 percent annual increases for inflation will be much easier for businesses to manage than the necessary situation now of bigger spikes after years of stagnation. And indexing the minimum wage to inflation has the great advantage of taking politics out of the issue. Ten states currently index their minimum wage to rise with inflation: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. And New Jersey voters recently passed a referendum making it the 11th state to do so. It’s time for the federal government to follow suit. Public opinion polls show wide support for raising the minimum wage and indexing it to inflation. We should see the same broad bipartisan support in Congress. It’s been over four years since our country’s poorest workers have gotten a raise. Let’s not let another holiday season pass them by. �+@3.� �969>=5C� 3=� 09?8./<� +8.� ���� 90� %8-97798�99.=M� +8� 98638/� +8.� -+>+691� </>+36� ,?=38/==� ,+=/.� 38� �<9956C8M� �)L� �/� 3=� +� 7/7,/<� 90� �?=38/==� 09<� +� �+3<� �3837?7�'+1/L Sunday Times Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 200 Main Street Point Pleasant, W.Va. Phone (304) 675-1333 Fax (304) 675-5234 www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribunecom Sammy M. Lopez Publisher 740-446-3242, ext. 15 slopez@civitasmedia.com Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Sunday, January 5, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î�� %3:EF2C:6D �62E9î$@E:46D FLOSSIE BOWMAN DILLON BELPRE — Flossie Bowman Dillon, 93, of Belpre, Ohio, passed away Friday, January 3, 2014, at Arcadia Nursing Center, Coolville, Ohio. She was born September 15, 1920, in Little Hocking, Ohio, daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Kidder Bowman. She was a member of Little Hocking Church of Christ. She is survived by a son, Larry and Alice Dillon; a daughter, Barbara and Ivan Everson; five grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in ROBERT LEE KEATON death by her husband, Cecil Dillon Jr.; a grandson, Ricky Smith; four sisters, Virgene Smith, Helen Tippie, Bessie Brawley and Myrtle Mellon; and three brothers, Buford, Peck and William Bowman. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, January 6, 2014, at WhiteSchwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, Ohio. Family graveside services will be held at the Reedsville Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, at the funeral home. You can sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfuneralhome. com. CECELIA HART POMEROY — Cecelia Hart, 93, of Pomeroy, Ohio, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2013, at Darst’s Private Care Home. She was born February 23, 1920, in Pomeroy, Ohio, daughter of the late Thomas and Helen Finlaw Leifheit. She was a retired English and Spanish teacher at Pomeroy High School. Cecelia and her husband were active in World War II organizations and attended Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband of 72 years, Thomas Hart; two sons, Jack and Susan Hart and Lance Hart; a daughter, Hilda and Dan Stotts; six grandchildren, Lona Kay Folmer, Charlotte Hart, Ursula McDaniel, Edson Hart, Thomas Tirado and Andre Tirado; 14 greatgrandchildren; three greatgreat-grandchildren; four nieces; and two nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Sidney Leifheit; two sisters, Betty McKeever and Doris McDonald; a nephew, Thomas Leifheit; and a niece, Polly Leifheit. The family will be accepting friends from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at Ewing Funeral Home, Pomeroy, Ohio. Burial will be in the Burlingham Cemetery at the convenience of the family. COOLVILLE — Robert Lee Keaton, 65, of Coolville, Ohio, died January 3, 2014, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born June 2, 1948, in Spencer, W.Va., and was the son of the late Lester Dillon and Frances Imogene Kelley Keaton. He graduated from Eastern High School in 1967 and retired from the Pipefitters Local #168, Marietta, Ohio. He enjoyed working on the farm with his wife and sons. He was a member of the Coolville Masonic Lodge #337 and had been a Boy Scout Leader of Troop #235 in Chester, Ohio. Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Patsy; his sons, Bobby, Matthew, of the home, and Kevin (Jessica) of Coolville. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother, David Dillon Keaton. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday at the Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre, with Reverend Gene Goodwin officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Masonic Services will be conducted by Coolville Masonic Lodge at 8 p.m. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www. LeavittFuneralHome.com. BLACK RUTLAND — Esther Black, 88, Rutland, died at 7:20 a.m. Saturday, January 4, 2014, in the Overbrook Rehabilitation Center, Middleport. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Middleport-Pomeroy Chapel. GRAVES HUNTINGTON — David Brent Graves, 57, of Huntington, W.Va., died Monday, December 30, 2013, at home. Private family services will be held. Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, Ohio, assisted the family with arrangements. HILL POINT story. Take someone under 65 with no access to health insurance on the job and making $24,000 a year — about what many service jobs pay. Under the health care law, that person’s premiums would be capped below 7 percent of his income, about $130 a month. A stretch on a tight budget, yet doable. But if he gets really sick or has an accident, his outof-pocket expenses could go as high as $5,200 a year in a worst-case scenario. That’s even with additional financial subsidies that the law provides people with modest incomes and high out-of-pocket costs. The $5,200 would be more than 20 percent of the person’s income, well above a common threshold for being underinsured. “Chronically ill people are likely to be underinsured and face extremely high out-of-pocket costs,” said Caroline Pearson, who tracks the health care overhaul for Avalere Health, a market research and consulting firm. “While the subsidies help, there still may be access problems for some populations.” Under the law, insurance companies competing in new online markets like HealthCare.gov can offer four levels of coverage. All plans cover the same benefits; the difference is in financial protection. A bronze plan covers 60 percent of expected costs, silver covers 70 percent, gold covers 80 percent, and platinum covers 90 percent. Bronze plans have the Lincoln Day Dinner MIDDLEPORT — Delbert L. Taylor, 62, of Middleport, passed away, at 9:45 p.m., on January 1, 2014, at his nephew James “Jim” Taylor’s residence. Born November 19, 1951, he was the son of the late Isaac Arthur “Art” and Linny Mae James Taylor. He is survived by his daughter, Ashley Taylor of Akron, Ohio; a step-daughter, Angela Carpenter of Akron, Ohio; a step-son, Thomas Carpenter of Akron, Ohio; and numerous grandchildren. A brother, Virgil Harold Taylor, Sr. of Cincinnati, Ohio; a sister, Evelyn (Stanley) Watson, Sr. of Middleport; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great nephews also survive. In addition to his parents, Delbert is preceded in death by his brothers, Clifford Taylor, Joseph Taylor, William Taylor, and James Taylor; and his sisters, Betty Taylor, and Zelma Grady. In keeping with Delbert’s wishes there will be no calling hours or funeral services. Interment will be at the convenience of the family in the Bald Knobs Cemetery. The Cremeens-King Funeral Home, of Pomeroy/Middleport has been entrusted with Delbert’s finial arrangements. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting www.cremeensking.com. Digging out: Extreme cold grips snowy Northeast BOSTON (AP) — Homeowners and motorists dug out across the white-blanketed Northeast on Friday as extreme cold ushered in by the storm threatened fingers and toes but kept the snow powdery and mercifully easy to shovel. At least 13 deaths were blamed on the storm as it swept across the nation’s eastern half. While the snowfall had all but stopped by morning across the hard-hit Philadelphia-toBoston corridor and many highways and streets were soon cleared and reopened, temperatures were in the single digits and teens, and windchills made it feel well below zero. “The snow is easy to move because the air was so cold when it snowed that it’s sort of light and fluffy stuff — but, uh, it’s cold,” Avalon “Nick” Minton said as he cleared the entrance to his garage and sidewalk in Arlington, Mass. “That’s the main part. It’s cold.” And officials from the upper Midwest to New England were preparing for another arctic blast over the next few days that could be even worse. The heaviest snow fell north of Boston in Boxford, Mass., which reported nearly 2 feet. Nearly 18 inches of snow fell in Boston and in western New York near Rochester. Lakewood, N.J., got 10 inches and New York City’s Central Park 6. Temperatures reached 8 below zero in Burlington, Vt., with a wind chill of 29 below, and 2 degrees in Boston. Wind chills there and in Providence, R.I., made it feel like minus-20 Friday morning, and the forecast called for more of the same into Saturday. Emergency officials warned that anyone spending more than a few minutes outdoors in such conditions could suffer frostbite. Wellington Ferreira said the cold was worse than the snow as he cleared a sidewalk in front of Johnny D’s Uptown Restaurant and Music Club in Somerville, Mass. “My ears are frozen,” he said. Warming centers opened around the region, homeless shelters took in more people, and cities took special measures to look after those most vulnerable to the cold. Teams in New York City searched the streets for homeless people, while in Boston, police asked residents to call 911 if they saw someone in need. In Newport, R.I., the Seaman’s Church Institute said it would open round-the-clock until the cold breaks to give mariners and others who work in or around the harbor a warm place to stay, shower and eat. The light, powdery snow was a blessing in another respect: It did not weigh down electrical lines or tree limbs, and as a result, there were no widespread power outages across the Northeast. Schools as far south as Washington, D.C., were closed on Friday. Many government offices also shut down. The event is held at the Rio Grande University Dining Hall $40 per person Call Judy Jones at 645-4195 for tickets. Special Speaker is Governor John Kasich lowest premiums but provide less insurance. Gold plans are the closest to employer-provided coverage. Indeed, members of Congress and staffers who will now get their coverage through the health care law have been steered to gold plans. Silver, however, is the standard for most consumers. The law’s tax credits to help with premiums are keyed to a benchmark silver plan in each geographical area. And the law’s subsidies to help with out-of-pocket costs are only available to people who get a silver plan. Avalere found that the average annual deductible for silver plans is $2,567, more than twice what workers in employer plans currently face. Additionally, many silver plans have high cost-sharing requirements for prescriptions, particularly “specialty drugs” to treat intractable conditions such as severe forms of arthritis. Some plans may offer limited relief by covering certain services before a patient has met their annual deductible. Those services can include primary care, some prescription drugs and routine care for common chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes. But Pearson says that won’t help people with high-cost illnesses. “Chronically ill people may still experience significant financial challenges,” she said. Platinum or gold coverage may be the better option for people with serious health problems. They’ll pay more in premiums, but reduce exposure to out-of-pocket costs. Obama administration spokeswoman Joanne Peters said the new system is still “night and day” from what patients faced for years, because insurers can no longer turn away those with pre-existing medical conditions, and because the new plans cap out-of-pocket costs. While that limits medical debt, it doesn’t eliminate it. One of the leading advocates of the health care law says most people will still come out ahead. “If the question is, will some people find that coverage and care remain unaffordable, the answer is yes,” said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA. “There will be some people who feel that way. The overwhelming majority will be far better off, even if what they have is not perfect.” DOG TAGS ON SALE AT AUDITORS OFFICE You can now buy your 2014 dog tags. Dog tags are $7.00 per dog for one year or $21.00 per dog for three years. Permanent dog tags $70 per dog. If your dog has never been registered before then you may fill out this newspaper application and mail it along with your check or bring it into the Auditors office. Be sure to put your name, address, and phone number on the application. We will mail the tags to you. If you have hunting dogs please indicate that as we have different tags for them. Remember a penalty will be assessed if your dog is not registered by January 31, 2014. Larry M. Betz Gallia County Auditor To the Auditor of Gallia County; Larry M. Betz, 18 Locust St. Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 Phone 740-446-4612 I, the undersigned, Owner, Keeper or Harborer, hereby tender the legal fees and apply for the registration, for the year of the dogs over three months of age, described below: (Indicate description by “X” in proper column) AGE Year Month SEX M/F Telephone No _____________________ COLOR Black White Gray Brindle HAIR Tan Brown Yellow Long Short Breed If Known Fees Paid Penalty Date Purchased Outside Ohio Tag No. Assigned 60474470 Doors open at 5:30 PLEASANT APPLICATION FOR THE REGISTRATION OF DOG FOR THE YEAR Gallia County Republican Party January 27, 2014 6:00 WILSON POINT PLEASANT — David “Sandy” R. Wilson, age 66, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at Pleasant Valley Hospital with friends and family at his side. Arrangements are under the care of Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. DELBERT L. TAYLOR Skimpy health law plans leave some ‘underinsured’ WASHINGTON (AP) — For working people making modest wages and struggling with high medical bills from chronic disease, President Barack Obama’s health care plan sounds like long-awaited relief. But the promise could go unfulfilled. It’s true that patients with cancer and difficult conditions such as multiple sclerosis or Crohn’s disease will be able to get insurance and financial help with monthly premiums. But their annual out-ofpocket costs could still be so high they’ll have trouble staying out of debt. You couldn’t call them uninsured any longer. You might say they’re “underinsured.” These gaps “need to be addressed in order to fulfill the intention of the Affordable Care Act,” said Brian Rosen, a senior vice president of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. “There are certainly challenges for cancer patients.” “Cost may still be an issue for those in need of the most care,” said Steven Weiss, spokesman for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. That “makes it critically important for patients looking at premiums to also consider out-of-pocket costs when choosing a plan.” Out-of-pocket costs include a health plan’s annual deductible, which is the amount before insurance starts paying, as well as any copayments and costsharing. A few numbers tell the — Delbert Lee Hill, 59, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died on Friday, January 3, 2014, at his home. Services will be held on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Deal Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Letart Evergreen Cemetery Letart, W.Va. The family will receive friends on Monday, January 6, 2014, from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. The undersigned says that the facts indicated above are true. A penalty shall be assessed if Dog License is not secured on or before January 31, or within 30 days after the dog becomes 3 months of age, or is bought outside the state, R.C. Sec. 955.01.05. Certificates of registration and registration tags shall be valid only during the CALENDAR year IN which they are issued. AND DURING THE FIRST THIRTY ONE DAYS OF THE FOLLOWING CALENDAR YEAR. - Sec. 955.09 Signature of Applicant Signed in my presence this By LARRY M. BETZ day of Auditor 60474703 �Page A6 LîSunday Times Sentinel &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday, January 5, 2014 Hickman named PVH Employee of the Year POINT PLEASANT — Pleasant Valley Hospital (PVH) is pleased to announce that Jeannie Hickman, human resources representative, has been named the 2013 PVH Employee of the Year. Hickman started her career at PVH more than 22 years ago in the human resources department. Her recognition of this honor was announced during the PVH Christmas Party on Thursday, Dec. 12. She received a plaque, a check for $250 and VIP parking for the entire year. The PVH Employee of the Year Program recognizes professional and support staff that make exceptional contributions to the hospital. All PVH representatives are encouraged to nominate colleagues who deserve this special acknowledgment. Hickman is said to exemplify PVH core values as she goes above and beyond, contributing her own time and expertise to build a welcoming and supportive environment for her fellow colleagues. Her dedication to improving their lives is demonstrated each and every day. We gratefully recognize her outstanding success in living the PVH core values, according to hospital representatives. “Jeannie’s Employee of the Year Award is certainly a Submitted photo well-deserved honor. I’ve had the opportunity to see her Jeannie Hickman, human resources representative, pictured at center, has been named the 2013 PVH Employee of the Year. efforts in helping others; always the response is selfless Also pictured at left is Larry Unroe, interim CEO and David Brown, director of human resources. in giving, compassionate in caring, diligent in follow through, and efficient in volume. As do many others, I also rely on her sound advice in decision making; somehow she seems to come up with the right answers. She’s a friend to many, and I’m thankful to be numbered among them,” commented David Brown, director of human resources. Hickman and her husband of 16 years, Jay, live in Ravenswood. They have a dog named Daisy and they enjoy traveling, walking, and shopping. Recently recognized by The Joint Commission as the Top Performing Hospital for the communities they serve, Pleasant Valley Hospital provides care for those living in Mason and Jackson Counties in West Virginia and Gallia and Meigs Counties in Ohio. Obama proposes firearm background check changes BetterTogether Pleasant Valley Hospital joins with Cabell Huntington Hospital and Marshall Health to improve health care together. Pleasant Valley Hospital has proudly served the people of this region for more than 54 years as a full-service hospital. And now, Pleasant Valley Hospital joins Cabell Huntington Hospital and Marshall Health to offer new benefits that will improve health care in our community. Here’s why working together just makes sense: • The residents of the Point Pleasant and surrounding areas will have enhanced access to highly-specialized medical care from Marshall Health which includes more than 60 specialties and subspecialties. • Cabell Huntington Hospital and Marshall Health will provide assistance with management and much-needed physician recruitment. • PVH and CHH will share technologies and create data-sharing capabilities, which will provide seamless access to patient records and test results for physicians in both communities. Partnering together to improve health in our community. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.PVALLEY.ORG. HONOLULU (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday announced a pair of executive actions aimed at strengthening federal background checks for gun purchasers, with a particular focus on limiting firearm access for those with mental health issues. One proposed rule change aims to clarify terminology used by federal law to prohibit people from purchasing a firearm for mental health reasons. The administration said states have complained that some wording is ambiguous, making it difficult to determine who should be blocked from buying a weapon. The change also will help states determine what information may be shared with the federal background check system for firearms transfers. The system has prevented more than 2 million guns from falling into the wrong hands, the Justice Department says. A second proposed rule change would give hospitals and other entities covered by patient privacy provisions more flexibility in the information they provide to the background check system. However, the administration said the rule change would not require reporting on general mental health care or legally prohibit someone from having a firearm solely because they sought treatment. The White House announced the proposals while President Barack Obama was vacationing in Hawaii. Obama put forward sweeping gun control measures last year following the horrific elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. But the toughest proposals, including stricter background checks, fell flat on Capitol Hill, forcing the White House to rely on piecemeal measures that can be implemented without congressional approval. Several perpetrators of the nation’s worst mass shootings have had mental health issues, including Newtown shooter Adam Lanza. However, they acquired their guns in different ways, with Lanza using firearms purchased by his mother when he went on a rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary. In announcing the proposed rule changes, the White House also called on Congress to again tackle gun control issues this year. However, there’s little indication that lawmakers plan to take up the issue. Government might deregulate corn and soybean seeds MILWAUKEE (AP) — The federal government on Friday proposed eliminating restrictions on corn and soybean seeds that are genetically engineered to resist a common weed killer, a move welcomed by many farmers but worrisome to scientists and environmentalists who fear it could invite growers to use more chemicals on crops. The herbicide known as 2,4-D has had limited use in corn and soybean farming because it becomes toxic to the plants early in their growth. The new seeds would allow farmers to use the weed killer throughout the plants’ lives. Farmers have been eager for a new generation of herbicide-resistant seeds because of the prevalence of weeds that have become immune to Monsanto’s Roundup. But skeptics are concerned use of the new seeds and 2,4-D will only lead to similar problems with weeds resistant to that chemical. Scientists and environmentalists also say 2,4-D can easily drift beyond the area where it is sprayed, threatening neighboring crops and wild plants. Most corn and soybeans grown in the U.S. are already genetically engineered, usually with a Roundup-resistant trait. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plant-inspection agency concluded that the greatest risk from the new seeds developed by Dow AgroSciences was increased use of 2,4-D, which could hasten the evolution of weeds resistant to it. But, the agency said, resistance could develop anyway because 2,4-D is the third most-used weed killer in the nation. For now, the seeds can only be used in tightly controlled trials. But the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published a draft environmental-impact statement Friday as part of the process for potential deregulation of the seeds. The public has 45 days to comment on the report. The government has considered 2,4-D to be safe, but the Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a separate review on the impact of expanded use. It’s expected to release a report in the coming months. �Sunday Times-Sentinel SPORTS SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2014 mdsports@civitasmedia.com B1 No. 12 Clemson tops No. 7 Ohio State, 40-35 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — For the second time in three years, Clemson fell apart at the Orange Bowl. Only this time, the Tigers found a way to recover. And thanks to Tajh Boyd, Sammy Watkins and plenty of others, the end result was Clemson’s biggest win in a generation. Boyd threw for 378 yards and five touchdowns, Watkins had a recordsetting night with 16 catches for 227 yards, and No. 12 Clemson rallied to beat No. 7 Ohio State 40-35 on Friday for the school’s first Orange Bowl win in 32 years. “We are Orange Bowl champs again,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “Hey, listen: Two years ago we got our butts kicked on this field. And it has been a journey to get back. We’re 22-4 since that night. And we are the first team from the state of South Carolina to ever win a BCS game.” Boyd’s 5-yard pass to Stanton Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Eastern Defenders Dylan Swatzel (34) and Jett Facemyer, Seckinger with 6:16 remaining put right, trap Federal Hocking guard Peyton Seel during the sec- the Tigers (11-2) ahead to stay on ond half of Friday night’s TVC Hocking boys basketball con- a night when they allowed 20 unantest in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. swered points in wasting an early 11-point lead. Watkins caught two Fed Hock fends off Eagles Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — It’s not always about how you start something, but rather how you finish it. The Eastern boys basketball team led over half of the first period, but visiting Federal Hocking used a 25-12 second quarter run to catapult itself onward to a 64-51 victory Friday night in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup at the Eagle’s Nest in Meigs County. The Eagles (0-8, 0-6 TVC Hocking) took an early lead just 15 seconds into regulation and were ahead for roughly 4:15 of the opening eight minutes, which included the hosts’ largest lead of the night at 12-9 with 2:15 left in the opening canto. The Lancers (3-5, 2-3), however, closed the first quarter with a 5-0 run to secure a slim 14-12 edge, then went on a 14-2 surge over the next four plus minutes for a sizable 28-14 advantage with 3:30 left in the half. EHS closed its deficit down to 11 points (35-24) with 1:30 remaining before the break, but Fed Hock retaliated with a 4-0 spurt in the final minute to secure its largest first half lead at 39-24. Eastern whittled its deficit down to 13 points (40-27) with 3:45 left in the third, but the Lancers countered with 6-0 run over the next minute to claim a 46-27 lead. EHS closed the final two minutes of the third with a 6-2 spurt, allowing the hosts to pull to within 48-33 headed into the finale. Christian Speelman capped a 7-0 Eagles run with just under six minutes remaining, allowing the hosts to close to within single digits at 48-40. Eastern, however, never came closer the rest of the way. FHHS ended a 2:33 scoreless drought at the 5:42 mark of the fourth after Taylor Gates sank a pair free throws, sparking a 14-2 run over the next four minutes. Ivan Santiago netted two free throws at the 1:38 mark, giving the Lancers their biggest lead of the game at 62-42. Andrew Stobart hit a trifecta and Speelman added two more three-pointers over the next minute to get the hosts to within 62-51 with 48 seconds remaining, but Fed Hock closed regulation with a 2-0 run to wrap up the 13-point triumph. Eastern connected on 20-of-63 field goal attempts for 32 percent, including a 3-of-16 effort from behind the arc for 19 percent. EHS also won the battle on the boards by a 36-34 overall margin and committed 20 turnovers in the setback. Jett Facemyer led the Eagles with a game-high 18 points, followed by Christian Speelman with seven points and Andrew Stobart with five markers. Camer See EAGLES | B2 OVP Sports Schedule Monday, Jan. 6 Girls Basketball Eastern at Southern, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Meigs, 7:30 South Gallia at Trimble, 7:30 Belpre at Wahama, 7:30 River Valley at Chesapeake, 7:30 Tuesday, Jan. 7 Boys Basketball Wellston at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Wahama at Federal Hocking, 7:30 Belpre at South Gallia, 7:30 Chesapeake at River Valley, 7:30 Waterford at Southern, 7:30 Eastern at Meigs, 7:30 Ohio Valley Christian at Hannan, 7:30 Girls Basketball Ohio Valley Christian at Hannan, 6 p.m. Swimming River Valley at Scott Depot, TBA Wednesday, Jan. 8 Girls Basketball Cabell Midland at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Wrestling Gallia Academy at Logan, 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 Boys Basketball Hurricane at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Girls Basketball South Point at River Valley, 7:30 Waterford at Eastern, 7:30 Wahama at South Gallia, 7:30 Meigs at Vinton County, 7:30 Calhoun County at Hannan, 7:30 Southern at Belpre, 7:30 scoring passes, plus became Clemson’s career receptions leader and set an Orange Bowl record for yardage. Martavis Bryant caught two more TD passes for the Tigers, who posted consecutive 11-win seasons for the first time in school history. “It takes teams to win,” Swinney said. “And listen, we made enough mistakes to probably lose the game tonight. But we kept picking each other up. Our defense was awesome.” Braxton Miller threw for 234 yards and Carlos Hyde ran for 113 more for Ohio State (12-2), which led 2920 in the second half but wound up losing its second straight game — after having won each of its previous 24 under coach Urban Meyer, whose record in Bowl Championship Series games fell to 4-1. Corey Brown had 116 yards receiving for the Buckeyes. Miller was intercepted twice in the final 3:12, dooming the Buckeyes. Boyd threw an interception to give Ohio State the ball back, but Miller was picked again — Stephone Anthony made the play for the Tigers — and Clemson ran out the clock. “It’s going to sting for a while, probably a long while because we didn’t finish,” Meyer said. “It was right there.” The Buckeyes had a 29-20 lead in the third after Hyde picked up 31 yards on 4th-and-inches, then went airborne to break the plane of the goal line on the next play. “I felt like the offense was starting to get clicking at that point,” Hyde said. “I thought we could make it happen.” Then the mistakes started coming in bunches for Ohio State. A fumbled punt return and an interception led to touchdown grabs by Watkins and Bryant, putting the Tigers up entering the fourth. Hyde caught a 14-yard scoring pass from Miller with 11:35 left, giving the Buckeyes a one-point lead, but Clemson and Boyd went on one last scoring march to give the Tigers the BCS win they’ve been seeking for years. When Clemson played in the Orange Bowl two years ago, the Tigers gave up 21 points in the final 2:29 of the first half, letting a close game get blown wide open on the way to a 70-33 loss to West Virginia. See CLEMSON | B2 Photos by Alex Hawle y | OVP Sports South Gallia senior Mikey Wheeler (center) attempts a shot between Wahama defenders Michael Hendricks (12) Hunter Rose (back) and Hunter Bradley (right) during the White Falcons’ 50-46 victory, Friday night in Mason. White Falcons edge South Gallia, 50-46 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com MASON, W.Va. — Turnovers are a killer, especially in the fourth quarter. The South Gallia boys basketball team committed five turnovers in the fourth quarter, allowing Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division host Wahama to take the 50-46 victory, Friday night. The Rebels (5-3, 4-1 TVC Hocking) held a 12-7 advantage through one quarter of play, thanks in part to six points off the bench from Gus Slone. Wahama (2-4, 1-4) was held to just six points in the second quarter and trailed 21-13 at halftime. Both offenses picked up the scoring pace following the break, as the Rebels and White Falcons each marked 16 points in the third quarter. Wahama clawed its way back into the game and with 1:28 to play took its first lead of the game on Brent Larck’s only basket, coming on Hunter Bradley’s assist. Just 20 seconds later Brayden Greer answered with a two-pointer to give SGHS the 46-45 edge. With just under 30 seconds to play WHS senior Wyatt Zuspan gave the White Falcons the 47-46 lead, and the hosts sealed the win going 3-of-4 from the free throw line over the remainder of the game. Wahama earns its first league win of the year by a 50-46 count. Hunter Rose led Wahama with 13 points, followed by Zuspan with Wahama senior Wyatt Zuspan (10) drives past South Gallia’s Joseph Ehm- See FALCONS | B2 an (12) during Wahama’s victory, Friday night. Point Pleasant burns Red Dragons, 67-47 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — Like a fine wine, the Point Pleasant boys basketball team kept getting better with age Thursday night during a 67-47 victory over host St. Albans in a non-conference matchup in Kanawha County. The Big Blacks (4-3) captured a slim 18-16 edge after eight minutes of play, but the guests followed with a 49-31 charge over the final three periods to wrap up their second straight triumph with the 20-point decision. PPHS extended its halftime lead out to 30-22 following a 12-6 second quarter surge, then kept that momentum moving forward with an 18-13 run in the third to claim a 48-35 edge headed into the finale. Point Pleasant outscored the Red Dragons (1-3) by a 19-13 margin down the stretch to conclude the final outcome. Wade Martin spearheaded the Point offense, scoring 24 of his gamehigh 26 points in the first three periods of play. Nick Templeton was next with 12 points, followed by Aden Yates with nine points and Garrett Norris with eight markers. Alex Somerville contributed six points to the winning cause, while Brian Gibbs and Cody Sroufe respectively rounded things out with four and two markers. PPHS was 18-of-23 at the free throw line for 78 percent. Cody Young led SAHS with 17 points, followed by Taylor Clark with 14 points and Jeffrey Seams with six markers. The hosts were 4-of-7 at the charity stripe for 57 percent. �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page B2 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, January 5, 2014 %,&î)A@CEDî�C:67D Mason Co. Youth Wrestling signups POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Mason County Youth Wrestling League will hold signups for the upcoming season over the next three Thursdays at the Hartley Wrestling Building on the campus of Point Pleasant High School. Signups will be held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on January 2 and January 9, while the final Thursday signup date on Jan. 16 will run from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. The cost is $45 per child or $60 per family. For more information, please contact John Bonecutter at (304) 593-1562. Pro Football HOF hires new president CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Pro Football Hall of Fame has hired David Baker as its new president and executive director. Baker, an attorney and former commissioner of the Arena Football League, is the sixth director in the Hall’s 50-year history. Baker has spent 35 years working in business management, pro sports and in public service. He spent the past four years in the health care industry. Baker was the AFL’s commissioner from 1196-2008. He succeeds Stephen A. 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TV14 risk to the citizens of Forks and to the Wolf Pack. TV14 Ray Liotta, Brad Pitt. TVMA (:45) 2006, and announced in September that he planned to retire once the Hall’s board of trustees concluded a national search for his replacement. Baker played college basketball at California-Irvine from 1971-75. He also played two seasons professionally in Europe before returning to obtain a doctorate degree from Pepperdine. He once served as Irvine’s mayor. Akron holds off Marshall, 59-58 AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Quincy Diggs drilled a 3-pointer with 2:29 left to push Akron to a seven-point lead and the Zips made it hold up for a 59-58 win over Marshall on Thursday night. Chris Thomas scored on a pair of dunks and Ryan Taylor added a layup to cut the lead to one with 49 seconds remaining, but Kareem Canty missed a layup with five seconds left. Isaiah Johnson came off the Akron bench to score 12 points to lead the Zips (8-5), who got 37 of its 59 points from their bench. Akron, which led by as many as 11 points in the second half, outrebounded Marshall 42-29. Taylor finished with 16 points to lead the Thundering Herd (5-9), with Canty, Thomas and TyQuane Goard each adding another 10 points. Marshall shot 22 of 48 from the field (45.8 percent), but converted just 10 of 20 free throw attempts. Ohio State knocks off No. 17 Purdue, 89-78 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Martina Ellerbe drilled four straight free throws to start the second half to give Ohio State the lead for good and sparked an 89-78 win over No. 17 Purdue Thursday night in a Big 10 Conference opener. The Buckeyes led by as many as 16 points with four minutes left on back-to-back layups by Raven Ferguson. The Boilermakers got no closer than 10 points down in the closing minutes. Ellerbe and Ameryst Alston each finished with 19 points to lead Ohio State (11-6, 1-0 Big Ten). Cait Craft and Darryce Moore finished with 15 and 14 points, respectively. But the Buckeyes shot 56 percent from the field (31 of 55) and converted 20 of 26 free throw attempts. KK Houser scored 26 points to lead the Boilermakers (10-3, 0-1). The Buckeyes are the lone Big 10 team to own a winning record against Purdue and now leads the series 41-27. Clemson From Page B1 End-of-half mistakes cost Clemson again. Boyd’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Bryant had Ohio State facing a 20-9 deficit, but two scores in a 3½-minute span gave the Buckeyes a 22-20 halftime lead. Clemson left Jeff Heuerman wide open down the middle for a 57yard touchdown pass from Miller, making it a onescore game. And on a drive aided by a 15-yard penalty against Clemson’s Darius Robinson, Miller ran in from 3 yards with 12 seconds left to give the Buckeyes their first lead. And Ohio State had to feel fortunate. Boyd went 48 yards untouched — his longest career run — for a touchdown that opened the scor- ing. The Buckeyes tied it on the ensuing drive, catching a break when a third-down sack by Vic Beasley that would have forced a punt was rendered moot by his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Heuerman pulled off a fake punt later in the drive, and Miller eventually rumbled 33 yards to tie the game. Boyd found Watkins for a 34-yard score to put Clemson back on top. Ohio State answered with a safety, sacking Boyd one play after Armani Reeves brilliantly downed a punt at the 1, putting the ball on the turf with his left hand as his right hand was touching the orange paint in the Clemson end zone. In the end, Boyd was standing tallest. “What a legacy,” Swinney said. “He put an exclamation point on it tonight.” Eagles From Page B1 on Richmond and Daschle Facemyer were next with four points apiece Jack Kuhn chipped in three markers for the hosts, while Chase Cook and Greyson Wolfe rounded out the scoring with two points each. Eastern was 8-of-10 at the free throw line for 80 percent. The Lancers made 20-of-48 shot attempts for 42 percent, including a 3-of-9 effort from behind the arc for 33 percent. The guests committed 26 turnovers in the win and went 23-of-28 at the charity stripe for 82 percent. Pete Crum paced Fed Hock with 14 points, followed by Alex Nichols with 11 markers. Taylor Gates and Ivan Santiago were next with 10 points apiece, while A.J. Cobb and Phillip Hoffman respectively added eight and six markers. Falcons From Page B1 11 and Derek Hysell with eight. Michael Hendricks had seven points, Bradley added five, while Ben Forman added four and Larck marked two. Wahama shot 17-of-47 (36.2 percent) from the field, and 12-of-16 (75 percent) from the free throw line. The White Falcons committed just nine turnovers, while grabbing 26 rebounds and assisting on 11 baskets. The WHS defense had seven steals and two blocks. Bradley finished with team-highs in rebounds with nine, assists with four and steals with three. Foreman and Zuspan each had a block and two assists in the win, while Larck had two steals and five rebounds. The Rebel offense was led by Greer with 13 points and Slone with eight. Ethan Swain and Ethan Spurlock each marked seven points, Landon Hutchinson and Mikey Wheeler both added four, while Eli Fraley finished with three. SGHS was 19-of-44 (43.2 percent) from the field and 4-of-10 (40 percent) from the charity stripe. South Gallia as a team had 17 turnovers, 25 rebounds, 14 assists, four steals and one block. Hutchinson and Spurlock each had six rebounds to lead SGHS, followed by Joseph Ehman and and Greer with four each. Ehman had a team best four assists, while Hutchinson and Greer each had three. Spurlock led the defense with two steals, followed by Ehman and Greer with one each. Ehman had South Gallia’s lone block. The Rebels have now lost back-to-back games and three in a row away from Mercerville. Wahama snapped a two game skid with the victory. These teams will meet again on January 17, in Mercerville. �Sunday, January 5, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� %<=29@>2[Dî)E@@ADî=:?<65îE@î�C@H?Dî@A6?:?8 CLEVELAND (AP) — Bob Stoops has so far resisted the temptation to jump to the NFL. Maybe it’s time, and maybe it’s with the Browns. Oklahoma’s longtime coach, fresh off the Sooners’ stunning upset of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, did little to quell rumors he may have the inside track to Cleveland’s coaching vacancy. While making the media rounds Friday, Stoops was asked about any connection to Cleveland and the Youngstown, Ohio, native was coy with his responses. “You never know,” Stoops told Oklahoma writers. Pressed on the issue and whether it was speculation, Stoops said, “there’s a lot of that.” And is that all? “Sure,” he said. This isn’t the first time Stoops’ name has popped up when Cleveland has been looking to hire a coach. His Ohio roots have made him a natural candidate, but the 53-year-old has chosen to stay in the college ranks, keeping the Sooners among the nation’s elite programs. Stoops has a 160-39 record at Oklahoma and became the only coach to win all four BCS bowls — Sugar, Orange, Rose and Fiesta — on Thursday night when the Sooners beat the third-ranked Crimson Tide 4531. Stoops received a contract extension in July from the school through the 2020 season. He signed a seven-year, $34.5 million deal in 2011. The Browns are in coaching search mode again after firing �2:=�D276î:562Dî7@C $6Hî/62C[Dî(6D@=FE:@?D Jim Freeman In The Open If you made a New Year’s Resolution, you aren’t alone — at least according to the University of Scranton, Journal of Clinical Psychology, which reports that 45 percent of Americans usually make New Year’s Resolutions while an additional 17 percent occasionally make them (as opposed to 38 percent who claim they absolutely never make New Year’s Resolutions. The Journal also broke down the Top 10 resolutions for 2014 and it shouldn’t come as a surprise that topping the list is “losing weight,” especially in the wake of Halloween candy, Thanksgiving feasts, Christmas dinners and New Year’s Eve festivities. Rounding out the top five were, in order: getting organized, spending less – saving more, enjoying life to the fullest, staying fit and healthy. The remaining five were, in order: learn something exciting, quit smoking, help others in their dreams, fall in love, and spending more time with family. When the fitness center at Southern High School was open, it was pretty common to see a large crowd of people there after the beginning of the year. Usually the crowd had thinned out by Groundhog Day and by Valentine’s Day it seemed like it was back to the “usual” crowd. Me? I didn’t make a resolution, but with that being said I do appreciate the ending of one year and the beginning of another as a chance to reflect upon the past year, measure its successes and failures, and look for ways to improve for the coming year. I guess one could make the argument that is in itself a resolution. For me, losing that “winter coat” is an annual event; hardly worthy of something as dignified as a resolution. It’s just something I have to do. However if I were going to make a resolution for this upcoming trip around the sun I would want it to be something worthwhile, like trying to love people a little more, and judge them a little less. On the other hand, if you haven’t already made your �==î resolution, let me throw out a few suggestions: Do it now! Resolve to donate to a local charity or animal shelter, and just do it! Write a check and mail it - resolution kept! For self-improvement resolutions, commit yourself: sign up for that once-in-alifetime hunt or register for that big race. There’s nothing like picking a date, buying a license, and sending in a deposit or registration fee to force yourself to get into shape and lose that weight. Don’t set yourself up for failure, chances are pretty good you aren’t going to turn your life around, but it would be nice if you could laugh just a little more, or spend an extra afternoon or two with the grandchildren jerking bluegills out of an old farm pond. Certainly that is something almost anyone can do. Furthermore, be realistic, you can’t resolve to win the lottery but you can be like that little kid on the commercial and resolve to eat more jellybeans this year. Make a difference in your own community; help clean things up. Even if you only pick up one bag of litter, you have done at least that much to beautify your environment. Know your limitations. At the risk of being accused of encouraging people to dream small and aim low, I would suggest that a series of small, attainable goals will accomplish far more than one unreachable goal. It’s all good to shoot for the stars, but know that few people ever attain them. Finally, don’t be too hard on yourself if you don’t keep your resolution. If it helps you feel any better about it, the Journal also reported that 25 percent of people broke their resolutions in the first week, and only eight percent of people reported successfully keeping their New Year’s Resolutions. So whatever you do, good luck and try to include the great outdoors in your plans – and if you get the chance, try to get some youngsters involved as well. Jim Freeman is wildlife specialist for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District and a long-time contributor to the Sunday TimesSentinel. He can be contacted weekdays at (740) 992-4282 or at jim.freeman@oh.nacdnet.net Rob Chudzinski last week after one season. Owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner vowed to get their second coaching search in just over a year “right” this time, and landing Stoops would certainly win approval points from a skeptical Cleveland fan base tired of consistent losing. The Browns have lost at least 10 games in each of the past six seasons and are looking for their seventh full-time coach since 1999. On Dan Patrick’s national radio show, Stoops was asked if he will ever coach in the NFL. “That’s something you never know will come your way,” he said. “In life, things change from year to year and time to time, and right now I love what I’m doing and the people I work with at Oklahoma. So right now, it’s not something I’m looking to pursue, but you never know down the road.” Stoops is represented by Cleveland-based agent Neil Cornrich. The Browns would not be averse to hiring a coach without NFL experience, especially one of Stoops’ stature. Haslam went hard after Chip Kelly last year, but the former Oregon coach turned down Cleveland’s offer before accepting Philadelphia’s job. Kelly now has the Eagles in the playoffs, while the Browns are again looking for a coach. Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn met with the Browns earlier this week and the team was scheduled to interview Arizona defensive coordinator Todd Bowles on Friday. Haslam and Banner will reportedly interview New Eng- land offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels on Saturday. The 37-year-old McDaniels went 1118 as Denver’s head coach before he was fired in 2010, and is said to be ready for another shot as a head coach. The Browns can interview McDaniels because the Patriots have a playoff bye this weekend. The Browns are also reportedly interested in speaking with Auburn coach Gus Malzahn, who is preparing his team for Monday’s BCS title game against No. 1 Florida State. Malzahn was asked Friday about reports linking him to NFL coaching openings. “I’m happy at Auburn,” he said, “and I think I’ve made that clear.” The Browns are not commenting during their search. Star of the show: Jameis meets media before BCS NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jameis Winston whispered and giggled with teammate Kenny Shaw on the dais as two Florida State coaches answered questions, many about him. The Heisman Trophy winner and his star receiver looked at times like a couple of kids trying not to laugh in the library. When the questions were directed to Winston, he was his usual gregarious self, humbly deflecting credit on one hand, supremely self-confident on the other. In the second interview session Friday, the Heisman Trophy winner had a platform all to himself and the biggest crowd of reporters around him. There is no doubt Famous Jameis is the star of the show this week in Southern California. It has taken one season for Winston to become one of college football’s biggest attractions, right up there with Johnny Manziel. He has set records and was the subject of a criminal investigation. The 19-year-old, who turns 20 Monday night when the topranked Seminoles play No. 2 Auburn in the BCS championship game at the Rose Bowl, has dealt with both fame and scrutiny. He maintains that through it all he’s still the same person he was a year ago, when he was a promising freshman working with Florida State’s scout team. “Nothing has changed,” he said. Winston covered plenty of ground Friday. — He doesn’t think he’s ready for the NFL nor is he in any rush to get there. “No, I got to get better at everything.” — When he was in high school, he wanted to play for Texas. He even tried to reach out to Mack Brown, but it never went anywhere. “I tried to call him a couple times because I really like Texas.” — He has joked around with Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher about recent speculation and reports that Fisher might replace Brown in Austin. “Even if Coach Fisher goes to Texas, I’m going to ask him, ‘Can I go with you?’ Yeah, I’m serious. He’s my coach.” — Though he grew up in Bessemer, Ala., in a family mostly made up of Alabama fans, save for his mom who roots for Auburn, he never chose sides in the heated rivalry. “When you’re born in that state, you have to be either this or that. Obviously, when I first started football, Oklahoma winning, ‘Boomer Sooner’ baby. I just roll with that.” Though he did concede that playing the Tigers is a “rivalry game” for him. In Tallahassee, Fla., Winston was looming on the horizon all last season after he came to Florida State as a five-star recruit. He is also a baseball star and FSU gave him the opportunity to play both sports for championship contending teams. Seminoles fans dubbed him Famous Jameis before he threw a pass in a game and he had them giddy after a spectacular spring game performance. Around the country, most college football fans found out about Winston on Labor Day night, when in his start he completed 25 of 27 passes for 356 yards in a victory at Pittsburgh. “Honestly, I wasn’t really surprised,” quarterbacks coach Randy Sanders said. “I was a little bit in awe, I think, like a lot of people, just the poise and composure that he had. You saw it every day in spring practice, through the summer, through the fall. But for it to show up on game day that way, that was nice to see.” Winston went on to break freshman records for yards passing (3,820) and touchdown passes (38) as Florida State crushed opponent after opponent. He sees no reason that has to stop against Auburn. “Where in the rulebook does it say we can’t blow out every team we play?” Winston said. “Because it’s a championship game? We can do anything we want.” His problems this season came in November, when a year-old sexual assault complaint against him became public and was passed along by Tallahassee police to the Florida state attorney’s office for a full investigation. A female Florida State student claims Winston raped her. Winston’s attorney has said the sex was consensual. Prosecutors did not find enough evidence to charge him with a crime and the case was closed two days before the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. Winston credited his teammates for helping him to stay focused on football during the investigation and said, again, that he knew he had done nothing wrong. “Looking at the situation from the outside in, you would think it would hurt the team, but we used it as a time to get stronger,” Shaw said. “We stayed close to Jameis because we knew the allegations wasn’t true and all that. But we just got stronger and we didn’t miss a beat.” A year in which character has been a much-covered talking point in college football — Johnny Manziel, Urban Meyer and Jadeveon Clowney have also been part of the discussion — has been capped by plenty of debate about whether Winston’s character was Heisman-worthy. “What people think outside of this and what people are trying to do, I can’t control none of that,” Winston said. “I just go out there and play football because I enjoy it and I love it and it’s my passion, and I’ve got these boys around me, and that’s what we love to do, go out there and play Florida State football.” He has one more chance to shine on the biggest stage yet. No. 9 Mizzou beats No. 13 OSU 41-31 in Cotton Bowl ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Henry Josey ran for 92 yards and three touchdowns, the last a 16-yarder with 3:08 left, and No. 9 Missouri beat No. 13 Oklahoma State 4131 in the Cotton Bowl on Friday night. The former Big 12 and Big Eight rivals traded points on six consecutive possessions in the fourth quarter, until Oklahoma State quarterback Clint Chelf was sacked and fumbled with a minute left. Defensive lineman Shane Ray picked up the ball and rumbled 76 yards down the sideline in front of the stunned Cowboys bench to score. SEC East champion Missouri (12-2) matched its school record for victories, giving the SEC its 10th win in the last 11 Cotton Bowls — all against the Big 12. Josey’s go-ahead TD came a play after James Franklin’s 27-yard pass to Dorial Green-Beckham on third-and-9. Franklin, the Missouri quarterback plagued by injuries the last two seasons, had two fum- bles earlier in the second half when Oklahoma State (10-3) overcame a 10-point deficit to tie it in just over 3½ minutes. Ray had been dragged into the end zone by Desmond Roland when the Oklahoma State running back bulled through the line for a 2-yard TD run with 5 minutes left to give the Cowboys their only lead of the night. Ray hit Roland immediately at the line, but couldn’t keep him from scoring. Franklin was only 15 of 40 passing for 174 yards with an interception in the first half. Chelf threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions, completing 33 of 57 passes. He also ran 10 times for 48 yards, including a 23yard run on third-and-10 only a few plays before All-SEC defensive end Michael Sam sacked Chelf and knocked the ball loose. That gave Sam 11½ sacks, the most in the SEC and matching a school record. îA=2J@RîE62>Dî92G6î]2HDîE@î\I Arnie Stapleton The Associated Press Twelve contenders, all with issues that could make them pretenders. To win the first outdoor Super Bowl in a cold-weather city, each team in the NFL playoffs has a flaw it must conquer. A depleted defense in Denver. A sputtering offense in Seattle. And plenty more elsewhere. The Seahawks and Broncos both went 13-3 and earned the top seeds in their conferences. Along with the Panthers and Patriots, they get an extra week off to fix their imperfections. Those four will do well to remember that six of the last eight Super Bowl champions played on wild-card weekend. “Everybody is 0-0 now,” Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey said. New England was the last team to parlay the best regular-season record into a title back in 2003, and the last No. 1 seed that got to say, “We’re No. 1!” was the 2009 New Orleans Saints. Here’s a look at the main weakness of each of the 12 teams hoping to hoist the Lombardi Trophy in East Rutherford, N.J. on Feb. 2: AFC: Denver: Behind Peyton Manning’s 55 TD passes, the Broncos are the NFL’s first 600-point team. But they lost Von Miller, Rahim Moore, Kevin Vickerson and Derek Wolfe on defense. A great free agent class of Terrance Knighton, Shaun Phillips and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (plus Louis Vasquez and Wes Welker on offense) might make up for this injury epidemic. “You may take a second to pause and reflect,” tight end Jacob Tamme said, “but everyone in here knows that what you do in the regular season is not what counts.” New England: The Patriots’ tendency to let games go down to the wire could cost them. They’ve lost four times by a touchdown or less, including 13-6 to Cincinnati, their possible opponent in the divisional round. And they’ve lost three games in the final two minutes. “We just all have to do a better job because our margin of error is very slim,” Tom Brady said after a 24-20 loss at Miami on Dec. 15. “We’re not winning by 30 points. Every game comes down to the end.” Indianapolis: By mixing and matching six starting lineups over the last six games, the Colts have fiDan Honda | Contra Costa Times | MCT photo nally found a way to protect Andrew The New Orleans Saints’ Drew Brees looks a bit shocked as he Luck. They could have their starting makes his way off the field following a 36-32 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional playoffs at Candlestick See FLAWS | B4 Park in San Francisco, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. �Page B4 LîSunday Times Sentinel &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday, January 5, 2014 îAC@5F46Dî3:8î?F>36CD�î?@Eî>F49î5676?D6 NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — With apologies to Florida State, the question must be asked: Can anyone out there play defense? The Seminoles come into the BCS title game ranked first in the country in points allowed. Auburn and the rest of them? Pretty much every one-liner about busy scoreboard operators and video-game line scores applies. Including Tuesday night’s Chik-fil-A bowl, there have been nine games this season involving teams from BCS automatic-qualifier conferences that produced 100 or more points, according to STATS. Included among those: Auburn’s 59-42 win over Missouri in the Southeastern Conference title game. As for anything resembling the “Game of the Century” — the 1946 classic between No. 1 Army and No. 2 Notre Dame that ended in a 0-0 deadlock: “That’s an impossibility. That won’t happen,” Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “It’s trickling down now to where all the Southeastern Conference teams have parts or variations of spread offenses. They’re very difficult to defend because of the space on the field, and then the quarterbacks running with the ball makes it even more challenging.” The over-under for Monday night’s title game, despite Florida State’s nation-leading 11.1 points-per-game allowed, is 67½. The average over-under for this season’s bowl games: 58. Through the first 30 games of bowl season, winners averaged 34.6 points. “Back in the day, games were decided 10-3 and that was great stuff and hopefully we can get back to that,” said Central Florida linebacker Terrance Plummer, a few days before the Knights topped Baylor 52-42 in the Fiesta Bowl. It was the third bowl game this season to produce more than 90 points. But Plummer’s vision probably won’t materialize anytime soon, at least not with the way the numbers are trending. Thanks to the influx of spread offenses that don’t huddle, along with a rapid-fire substitution patterns and more athletic quarterbacks, defenses have been taking an increasingly steady drubbing over the past decade or so. Teams in automatic-qualifier conferences averaged 30.8 points per game this season, according to STATS, continuing an upward trend from that dates to 2006, when the big schools averaged 25.4 points per game. And by “big schools,” that includes some of the most hallowed programs in football. Remember tough-nosed Big Ten football? This year, the conference’s marquee matchup produced this score: Ohio State 42, Michigan 41. So much for three yards and a cloud of dust. Another Michigan final from this season: Wolverines 63, Indiana Hoosiers 47 — in football, not hoops. “With the way the rules have changed and the evolution of the spread offense and all those things, not too much shocks me,” Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Ted Roof said. “I pretty much can roll with it. As long as we win, I’m good.” The Auburn-Alabama game, another bastion of old-time, grind-it-out football, was a 34-28 blockbuster this season, capped by arguably the most memorable play in the sport’s history — Chris Davis’ 109-yard return of a missed field goal with no time left in regulation. That was once-in-a-lifetime. Some of these other 2013 final scores are simply routine: —Duke 58, Pittsburgh 55 —Arizona State 62, USC 41 —SMU 55, Rutgers 52 The list goes on. It cuts across virtually all the big conferences, led by the Pac-12, where teams averaged 33.5 points a game this season — 6.5 more than they did only five years ago. That’s an increase of 24 percent. “It’s kind of like fast-break basketball when you’re playing football and get the ball in the playmaker’s hands,” said Charlie Strong, coach of a Louisville team that ranks fourth in the country in points allowed. “They’re looking for mismatches and it’s what you do on offense. Now it’s a mismatched game, so get the ball to your best player’s hand and let him see if he can go make a guy miss just defensively.” Over the 30 bowl games played through Thursday night’s Sugar Bowl (Final: Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31), Louisville was one of only four teams to hold its opponent to single digits. Auburn will come into the title game ranked a mediocre 38th in points allowed (24 per game) and a downright bad 88th in yards allowed (423.5). “We have got terrible-looking overall statistics and some of them are not misleading,” Auburn defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson said. “But we make critical stops at critical times and we’re good on third and fourth down percentage and good in the red zone and good in the fourth quarter.” Though offense has been slowly, steadily taking over the game for decades, some suggest the most recent uptick originates with Chip Kelly, whose offense at Oregon, at its peak in 2010, averaged 49 points a game. Kelly got snapped up by the Philadelphia Eagles before this season and, in a turnaround from decades past, many an NFL coach is now looking to the college game to find new wrinkles in offense. The Broncos and Peyton Manning set an NFL record with 606 points this season in part because of a rapid-moving offense that warbles between fast and warp speed. “I think guys are willing to experiment and then I also think with technology you’re also able to get and watch college games,” Broncos offensive coordinator Adam Gase said. “If you National title the next goal at Michigan State DETROIT (AP) — Michigan State wrapped up the Rose Bowl in fitting fashion — with brute force on defense. Now the Spartans have only one real goal left: Can they win the national championship? “That’s our plan,” coach Mark Dantonio said. “You have to dream big.” The 2013 season felt like a dream for Dantonio and his team, especially the last couple months. From the moment Michigan State pounded rival Michigan in early November to emerge as serious contenders for the Big Ten title, the Spartans turned back every challenge in their own bruising style. Go unbeaten in conference play during the regular season? Check. Beat Ohio State in the Big Ten title game to earn a spot in their first Rose Bowl since 1988? Check. Then Michigan State edged Stanford 24-20 on Wednesday, stuffing the Cardinal on fourthand-short near midfield in the final minutes to put the game away. The Rose Bowl victory means the fourth-ranked Spartans may be ranked even higher to end the season after about a quarter-century of frustration and untapped potential. If any team had an excuse for a bowl letdown it was Michigan State. The Spartans had already accomplished so much just by making it to the Rose Bowl — then they lost star linebacker Max Bullough to a suspension. It was Kyler Elsworth, a fifthyear senior filling in for Bullough, who flung himself over the pile on that key fourth-down stop against Stanford. “The situation with Max, when we first heard of it, I wasn’t too worried because I know Kyler Elsworth,” linebacker Denicos Allen said. “Just to play with the guys I played with on defense, to play with them for a senior year and to play the way we did, it was just a journey well worth it.” After back-to-back 11-win campaigns, Michigan State went 7-6 last season. Then the Spartans lost running back Le’Veon Bell, tight end Dion Sims and defensive lineman William Gholston early to the NFL. At the beginning of the season, the Spartans looked like just another Big Ten team. Michigan State’s defense was ranked No. 1 in the country, and the offense improved consistently after a slow start. With major uncertainty at quarterback, it was unproven Connor Cook who eventually won the job. Cook, a sophomore, ended up throwing for 22 touchdowns and only six interceptions. “We’ve always believed in ourselves, no matter what the situation is,” Cook said. “Our defense, they have been doing their thing the entire year. They’ve been shutting out our opponents and then our offense has really stepped up and become a lot more balanced in the pass game and run game.” Cook has every reason to feel confident heading into next season, but Michigan State will have to replace three senior starters on the offensive line. The Spartans also lose Bullough, Allen and defensive backs Darqueze Dennard and Isaiah Lewis from that terrific defense. “After this year, obviously, the expectations are sky high. I think we’ll have to realize that,” Cook said. “Guys have to step up every single year. Seniors graduate, underclassmen have to step up. I think the main thing we have to be is so hungry and realize that together we can accomplish anything.” Dantonio said after the Rose Bowl he intends to be back at Michigan State. Defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi is certainly a candidate to leave for a head coaching job, but he hasn’t done so yet. If Michigan State’s staff does return intact, this should remain a program to be reckoned with in the Big Ten. “People keep asking me, ‘Does the championship feel better?’ — all these different things, these levels of excitement,” Dantonio said. “It’s sort of living a dream.” see something you like, you can go pull it up with the click of a button. That’s, to me, a big difference. There’s more crossover, not just people, but ideas.” Auburn comes into the title game averaging 40 per game, while Florida State puts up 53. Despite FSU’s stout defense, those gaudy numbers are the reason oddsmakers are predicting a game with a final score at around 38-30. But those who love a good defensive standoff can take heart. The last time the overunder in the title game was in this neighborhood was in 2011 when Auburn played Oregon. The number was 74, though Steve Spurrier said he expected something around a 60-55 final, given that Kelly was matching wits with Gus Malzahn, the nowAuburn coach who was then offensive coordinator. Final score: Auburn 22, Oregon 19. Since then, Alabama won backto-back title games by allowing zero and 14 points, respectively. Leading to at least a glimmer of hope for all those linebackers and defensive backs out there, to say nothing of those at Auburn and Florida State who have been given more than a month to prepare. “If a game was 9-3, it wouldn’t bother me at all,” Strong said. “If it was 15-12, it wouldn’t bother me at all. I just know at the end of the day, if you’re going to win, you’re going to win with great defense.” -@C=5î�FAîDE25:F>î DJ>3@=:42==Jî 56=:G6C65î:?î�C2K:= SAO PAULO (AP) — One of six Brazilian World Cup stadiums that had to be completed before the end of 2013 was symbolically delivered on New Year’s Eve, although it won’t be fully ready until the end of the month. Local World Cup organizers in the northeastern city of Natal lighted up the Arena das Dunas stadium for the first time on Tuesday to symbolize the venue’s completion. The official inauguration, however, will only happen “probably” on Jan. 20, organizers said in a statement Wednesday. Brazil starts the year without six of the 12 World Cup stadiums ready even though FIFA had set the end of 2013 as the final deadline. Six venues had been built for the Confederations Cup this year. Football’s governing body usually wants all venues ready at least six months before the tournament starts so local organizers can host enough test events. Brazilian organizers announced during the World Cup draw in December that none of the remaining six venues were expected to be delivered by the FIFA deadline. Delays have included financial problems, workers safety issues and construction-site accidents. Three construction workers died at stadiums late last year — one who fell from about 115 feet (35 meters) at the Arena Amazonia in the jungle city of Manaus, and two who were killed when a crane collapsed while hoisting a roofing structure at the stadium that will host the World Cup opener in Sao Paulo on June 12. The Arena Amazonia is expected to be completed by the end of the month, but the stadium in Sao Paulo won’t be ready until April. The Arena da Baixada in the southern city of Curitiba, where organizers faced difficulties securing the needed financing for the stadium, is likely to be ready sometime in March or early April. The Beira-Rio Stadium in the southern city of Porto Alegre is set to be completed in January and the Arena Pantanal in the wetlands city of Cuiaba is expected to be delivered in February. Flaws From Page B3 linemen back for the playoffs, and the trick is finding a combo that doesn’t mess up the mojo they’ve discovered on offense after losing Reggie Wayne at midseason. “It’s probably like solving the Rubik’s Cube,” coach Chuck Pagano cracked when asked about choosing this week’s starters to fend off Kansas City’s front seven. Cincinnati: Despite a club-record 33 TD passes, Andy Dalton has been streaky and has yet to come up big in the postseason. He’s had horrible playoff performances at Houston in his first two trips to the playoffs — six sacks, four interceptions, no TDs — and last year he overthrew wide-open A.J. Green in the end zone in the waning minutes of a 19-13 loss to the Texans. “A great player is going to get those things and hit some of those,” Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said earlier this season about that overthrow. “That’s how you get to that status. Have story suggestions? Call: 446.2342 or 992.2155 If not, you’re never going to be looked at as that.” Kansas City: There are only 25 players on the Chiefs’ 53-man roster who have played in a postseason game, and 12 of those have never won. Kansas City hasn’t won a playoff game since 1993, so the Chiefs, who have lost their last seven postseason games, will be leaning on those few who have had some success. “Some of us have done this before,” said Alex Smith, who led the 49ers to the NFC title game two years ago. “It’s wiping the slate clean. It’s a brand new season. This game is such a week-to-week thing anyway.” San Diego: Philip Rivers had a bounce-back season under coach Mike McCoy, but the Chargers’ defense nearly kept them out of the playoffs, allowing 332 yards to Kansas City’s backups in a game San Diego won 27-24 in overtime Sunday. Officials missed an infraction that should have given the Chiefs a 36-yard field goal try at the end of regulation. “You’ve got to play our best every week or you’re going to get beat,” McCoy said. “It doesn’t matter who you’re playing.” NFC: Seattle: The Seahawks’ offense staggered down the stretch. Seattle was held under 300 yards in three of its final four games. The Seahawks’ biggest problem came on third downs, where they were a combined 5 of 26 in Weeks 15 and 16. “I think that we have an offense that we can count on, we know where they’re coming from, they do a fantastic job taking care of the football and they’re tough, and we run the ball,” shrugged coach Pete Carroll. Carolina: The Panthers’ passing game tends to stumble when 34-year-old receiver Steve Smith isn’t in the lineup. He was leading the team in catches and yards before he sprained his left knee in Week 16. Without him last week, Cam Newton struggled and Brandon LaFell, Ted Ginn Jr., and Domenik Hixon combined for 22 yards on four catches. “He’s hard to replace,” offensive coordinator Mike Shula said. “You need guys like that when you get to the postseason.” Philadelphia: The Eagles’ defense has vastly improved, yet it has had trouble against elite passers such as wild-card opponent Drew Brees. The defense is ranked 29th in yards allowed, although the Eagles have been pretty good since Manning demolished them in Week 4 — except for when Matt Cassel looked like Joe Montana two weeks ago. “This offense is so efficient, and it is run on Drew Brees and his decision making and quick release, and he really makes you defend the field both horizontally and vertically,” defensive coordinator Bill Davis said. Green Bay: The Packers are loaded with offensive playmakers. It’s another story on defense. Clay Matthews has 7½ sacks and a thumb injury and is out indefinitely. Cornerbacks Sam Shields and Tramon Williams have come up with a few timely turnovers but there’s no everydown, big-play threat like in years past. “I love our defense. I love our football team. Throw the stats out the window,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “You can throw the bad ones at me and I’ll throw the good ones back at you. We’re a playoff football team.” San Francisco: The reigning NFC champions have at times had trouble putting away teams, converting third downs and finishing strong in the red zone. They’ve relied heavily on kicker Phil Dawson. Unlike last year, they’ll start the playoffs on the road and in the cold. “Keeping it simple, we’ll take our best players, go to Green Bay and try to beat their best players,” coach Jim Harbaugh said. New Orleans: After starting 9-2, the Saints appeared primed to seize one of the NFC’s top two seeds. Then they dropped their final three road games, relegating them to a wild card, which will force them to go back on the road for the playoffs, where they’re 0-5 in the franchise’s 47year history. “We’re in the postseason. 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After building a 17-point halftime advantage Friday night, that’s exactly what the Logan Chieftains were told to do by their coaches — work the ball and protect the lead — and they did it well. “We may have some games down the line where we have to hold the ball,” Logan coach John Helber said after the Chiefs broke a five-game losing streak with a 51-38 Southeastern Ohio Athletic League victory over visiting Gallia Academy in Jim Myers Gymnasium. “With our guards, I think we can do that,” he continued. “I thought they did a pretty decent job even though we hadn’t worked much on that in practice.” Friday was as good a time as any to do that for the Chiefs (3-5 overall, 2-1 SEOAL), who not only broke a five-game losing streak but snapped the five-game streak of victories the Blue Devils (5-5, 1-2) had going for them when they got to Hocking County. Gallipolis had averaged 62.8 points per game in beating Tolsia WV, Lincoln WV, Jackson, Meigs and Rock Hill. The Chiefs had scored just 42 per game in losses to Chesapeake, Unioto, Portsmouth, Bloom-Carroll and Columbus St. Charles. Friday night, there was a good reason why the Chiefs could work the ball and be selective. “Sometimes games are won and lost in one quar- ter,” first-year Gallipolis coach Gary Harrison said. So true. The Chiefs went on a 17-0 run over the final 4:49 of the first half, and outscored the Blue Devils 26-7 in the second quarter, to overcome a sluggish start and take the lead for good. Logan led 32-15 at halftime, and the Blue Devils never cut the deficit into single digits the rest of the night. The Chiefs had a 5-0 run prior to a three-point bucket by the Blue Devils’ Wade Jarrell that tied the game at 15-15 with 5:26 left in the first half. So Logan’s overall run was actually 22-3 in breaking the game open. Logan’s half-court trap created several scoring opportunities that helped the Chiefs pull away. “They put the 1-2-2 halfcourt trap on us, and we just had no answer,” said Harrison. “We came down and threw it away threestraight times and they converted, then we missed two shots and they came back and scored. “That second quarter just broke our back,” he added. “I tried different combinations to try and break out of it, and we just couldn’t do it.” A triple out of the right corner by junior Chance Cox (a game-high 14 points) with 4:49 left put the Chiefs ahead for good and began the aforementioned 17-0 outburst. After two Nick Kost three throws, senior point guard Joey Cottrill nailed a right-wing three-ball off a drive-and-kick from sophomore guard Lane Little, then Cottrill followed with a conventional three-point play when he drove the lane and got an and-one. Kost scored off a backcourt steal and Kevin Fisher added a couple buckets off feeds from Cox and All prices effective Sunday, December 29th thru Saturday, January 11th Cottrill as Logan opened its 32-15 halftime edge. The Chiefs were 9-of-14 from the field in the second quarter while Gallipolis misfired on its final 10 first-half shots. “Chance is a fearless competitor,” Helber praised, “and when he’s not making shots it’s not a good time in practice because he’s a competitor and doesn’t like to miss shots. I was happy to see him hit a couple threes tonight and give us another outside scorer that we haven’t had the last couple weeks because his shots weren’t falling.” Cox was the only Chieftain in twin digits, but Cottrill, Kost and Fisher all contributed eight and Evan DeLong added six. In contrast to their 26 second-quarter points, the Chiefs only scored 25 in the other three periods. Gallipolis outscored Logan in the first and third quarters before both teams notched 10 in the final stanza. Logan opened a 38-22 lead with 2:36 left in the third period before the Blue Devils went on a 6-0 run, with Wes Jarrell (a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double) making a nice cut under the basket and taking a feed from Reid Eastman (four assists) to begin the run and adding a layup off a Wade Jarrell feed to end it. But Little nailed a threepointer from the right of the key with 14 seconds left to make it 41-28 Logan heading into the fourth quarter, where the Purple & White ate up much of the clock by passing the ball in, out and around the Gallia Academy zone defense. (It also helped the game end a little quicker. Tip-off for Friday night’s SEOAL tripleheader was moved up one hour so that people Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Gallia Academy senior Seth Atkins fires a three-pointer during the Blue Devils victory over Lincoln County, in Centenary. could catch some college football game that was being played Friday night in Florida). “I thought we played the game we wanted to play tonight,” Helber stated. “In the second half (the Blue Devils) came out in that zone, and I didn’t want the kids just coming down and throwing up (three-point) shots. We were still up (by double figures), and I thought it was a good opportunity to work on the delay offense and make them come out and chase us a little bit.” Sometimes the Chiefs went inside and scored — DeLong scored twice off the low block in the third period — and sometimes they weren’t successful and turned the ball over. 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Visit us at 60474616 4 lbbag Craig Dunn is the Sports Editor at the Logan Daily News in Logan Ohio. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas will offer its head coaching job to Louisville’s Charlie Strong and he is expected to accept, a person familiar with the search told The Associated Press on Friday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the process was being kept confidential and had not been completed. Texas has been looking to replace Mack Brown, who stepped down in December after 16 seasons with the Longhorns. Strong is in his fourth year at Louisville and coming off his second straight double-digit victory season. He took over a program coming off three straight non-winning seasons and has gone 37-15. The 53-year-old Strong was a longtime defensive coordinator in the Southeastern Conference before getting a chance to be head coach. He took Louisville to the BCS last season and finished 12-1 this year with start quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. New Texas athletic director Steve Patterson, hired in November to replace longtime AD DeLoss Dodds, interviewed Strong this week. Details of a contract offer to Strong were not immediately available. Brown’s contract paid him more than $5 million per season. Earlier Friday, two other coaches Texas reportedly had interest in — Baylor’s Art Briles and UCLA’s Jim Mora — said publicly they were staying in their current jobs. Brown stepped down after four straight seasons that failed to live up to expectations, including this season’s 8-5 record. Strong had two stints as an assistant at Florida, first under Steve Spurrier and then as defensive coordinator for Urban Meyer’s two national championship teams. In 2010, Louisville hired him to take over the program and he quickly righted the Cardinals, who are moving into the Atlantic Coast Conference next season. Strong would be Texas’ first black head football coach and he inherits a program aching to return to its place among the nation’s elite programs. Brown’s Longhorns won the 2005 season national championship and returned to the national championship game after the 2009 season. But the Longhorns fell to 5-7 in 2010 and have lost at least four games each of the last three seasons. That dropoff, including an 18-17 mark in the Big 12 over the last four seasons, frustrated Texas fans, who demand much more from the wealthiest athletic program in the country that sits in the middle of the most fertile high school recruiting grounds in the country. Texas also has its Longhorn Network partnership with the ESPN, a 24-hour channel dedicated to Texas athletics, a deal that pays the school at least $300 million over 20 years. 2 Liter Pepsi Products Sugardale Shank Family Pack Portion Ham for us. I think we’re getting better and starting to learn some things. “You don’t want to peak yet — you want to peak toward the end — and we’ve gotten some confidence” during the five-game winning streak, he added, “and I can’t take anything away from Logan tonight. They’re a good team, well-coached and welldisciplined. (Helber) did a good job adjusting. “It all comes back to if we had had a better second quarter, then they wouldn’t have (been able to run the delay game). They got the lead and held (the ball). It was a good game for them (while) we just had a bad second quarter.” AP source: Strong expected to accept Texas offer Open New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Assorted Varieties, Plus Deposit Where Required USDA thing that might help them down the road… maybe when the two teams meet again five weeks from now in Gallia County. “That’s what I was looking at. I like to spread the floor and hit the high post and look back-door, and we had that a couple times,” Helber said. “We got the ball to the hole — Evan DeLong did a nice job a couple times in that dead spot (in the Gallipolis zone) and hitting shots — but we wanted to work on holding the ball.” Harrison lauded Helber and his coaching staff for making the move. “The one quarter got us,” Harrison said. “We couldn’t make anything. A little of that comes from our youth. We’re young — we have three seniors — and it’s a good experience www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribune.com �Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2014 ALONG THE RIVER C1 Staff photos TOP LEFT, the Meigs County Emergency Operations Center. BOTTOM LEFT, Southern High School. AT RIGHT, a large crowd gathered in the Gallipolis City Park in mid-November 2013 to stand up against planned downsizing at the Gallipolis Developmental Center (GDC). OCSEA leadership, as well as local and state leadership, were on hand to speak to those in attendance. Look From Page A1 Ritchie from his home. At 3:18 p.m., Ritchie was in custody. Ritchie was indicted in June with abduction, a felony of the third degree; inducing panic, a felony of the fifth degree; aggravated menacing, a misdemeanor of the first degree; and having weapons while under disability, a felony of the third degree. The case remains open according to the Meigs County Clerk of Courts web site with no future hearings scheduled. A competency evaluation was ordered in the fall of 2013, with the results sealed by the court. 9. GKN Expansion GKN Sinter Metals announced in late May that there were plans for a $10 million expansion to the Gallipolis production facility. Matt Daniels, Gallipolis plant manager, said at the time that the project was expected to add 50 fulltime jobs and generate up to $20 million in additional sales for the company over the next two to three years. The expansion is to include the installation of a new 750-metric-ton, powdercompaction press, along with other capital equipment to launch production of differential-gear components developed at the plant. GKN Sinter Metals received tax credits and development grants valued at nearly $800,000 to assist with the Gallipolis project from various state and local agencies. The State of Ohio awarded GKN a Job Creation Tax Credit and an Economic Development Grant with a combined value of $380,000. The Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development Foundation (SOACDF), also known as the Tobacco Foundation, ABOVE, Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood, left, and Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning, right, look over the drugs, cash and other items seized during a major multi-agency drug bust that occurred near the Meigs-Gallia County line in late August. AT LEFT, the 150th Gallia County Emancipation Proclamation Celebration. also provided the company with a $350,000 development grant. Local incentives included a City of Gallipolis Job Creation Tax Credit and a Gallia County Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) Economic Development Grant with a total value of $60,000. Daniels said that the expansion project at hand is really a continuation of growth that has been happening over the course of the last few years. “Over the last three years, we’ve also generated roughly 40 brand new jobs; we have not been idle,” said Daniels. “That level of success — there’s no way it would be possible without the diligence and persistence of our community, our suppliers, our employees, our parent company, and most importantly, our customers.” 8. Bank Robberies Two bank robberies and the resolution of a third one took place in 2013. Just before 4 p.m. on May 30, Chad R. Rennicker, 25, of Ripley, W.Va., entered the Farmers Bank branch in Tuppers Plains, committing the second armed robbery of the branch in four years. Within 56 hours of the crime, the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of many other agencies apprehended Rennicker in Jackson County, W.Va. Rennicker was indicted in June on six counts of kidnapping and one count of aggravated robbery. The six kidnapping counts were one count for each individual working at the bank at the time of the alleged offense. On September 30, Rennicker entered a guilty plea to all seven counts against him. All seven counts merged for the purpose of sentencing in the case. Judge Michael Ward, sitting by assignment in the case, sentenced Rennicker to eight years in prison, to run consecutively to the time he is serving from a similar case in Belmont County, Ohio. Both the state and defense had agreed to a sevenyear sentence, but Ward noted that the actions warranted more time than the agreed upon amount. Just prior to the sentencing of Rennicker, the man who robbed the same bank in 2009 appeared in Meigs County Common Pleas Court for sentencing in that case. Sean Bradford Mitchell, 45, formerly of Athens, had been charged with one count each of aggravated robbery, first degree felony; robbery, second degree felony; theft, fourth degree felony; and kidnapping, first degree felony. Mitchell entered a guilty plea to the charges in late August. Due to the Ohio Supreme Court ruling in State vs. Johnson, both the defense and prosecution agreed that the four counts merged for the purpose of sentencing. Due to the ruling, allied offenses must be sentenced as one charge. Mitchell was sentenced on the aggravated robbery count. Mitchell has been in prison in Mississippi following a bank robbery conviction in that state. He is not scheduled to be released from prison in Mississippi until November 2017. Ward sentenced Mitchell to five years, consecutive to the time he is currently serving as part of the Mississippi case. In Gallia County, the sus- pect in a November bank robbery at the Ohio Valley Bank branch in the Gallipolis Walmart is being charged with not only a third-degree felony charge of robbery, but also two counts of theft following the incident. Donald David Crago, 38, address unknown, was arrested on November 26 in Huntington, W.Va., by officers with the Huntington Police Department on a warrant. The Gallipolis Police Department reportedly following the November 21, 2013, incident that officers responded to the bank at approximately 6:27 p.m. and learned from bank employees that the then unidentified male had passed a note to the bank teller demanding money. After receiving the money, the suspect fled the area. An indictment in this case was filed on December 5 and alleges that Crago stole a 2007 Chevy truck from a victim on November 21 — a truck allegedly used in the robbery — and subsequently stole $3,275 from Ohio Valley Bank while threatening to use force during the theft. Crago’s bond was set at $20,000, 10 percent. He is currently being held in the Gallia County Jail. 7. War on Drugs The methamphetamine epidemic, along with the sale, possession and use of other illegal drugs, is not only a battle in one portion of the region, but the entire area as a whole. With that, Gallia and Meigs counties, along with the police departments from Middleport and Gallipolis joined together in recent months to form a Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC) task force. The announcement came following the felony arrest of two individuals and the seizure of a large amount of cocaine, heroin and cash at a local business in Gallia County during the early morning hours on Dec. 10, 2013 — a result, according to officials, of an organized effort between multiple law enforcement agencies. Porter Mitchell, 38, of Gallipolis, and Michelle Walker, 36, of Rio Grande, were both arrested early on the morning of Dec. 10 after task force members See LIST | C2 AT LEFT, the new Ohio Valley Christian School gymnasium. AT RIGHT, the scene of one of the highest profile cases in Gallia County in 2013 was at the intersection of Elliott Road and Hannan Trace Road near the Dickey Chapel Church parking lot where the suspect Bruce Hively gunned down the 18-year-old Charles Addis. �Page C2 LîSunday Times Sentinel &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday, January 5, 2014 List From Page C1 served search warrants at P.J.’s Pool Hall and a neighboring residence on Ohio 7 North in the Kanauga area just after midnight. As a result of the search, authorities found more than 140 grams of powdered cocaine, 11 grams of heroin and a small amount of ecstasy. More than $18,000 in cash was also seized. Investigators reported that the pool hall was the front for an ongoing drug trafficking operation. Mitchell reportedly operated the establishment and lived next door. The cases against Mitchell and Walker have been bound over to common pleas court from municipal court. During a press conference held at the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office later that afternoon, Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning, Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood, Gallipolis Police Chief Clinton Patterson, Middleport Police Chief Bruce Swift and Gallia County Prosecutor Jeff Adkins discussed the recent formation of the task force that will also pull resources from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Office as they work to combat the ongoing drug problem in the area. “This is the first product of really what has been months of investigations into these crimes,” Browning stated. “We’re happy to take down what we consider to be a major drug trafficker in our community but also to unveil to the citizens that we do have another tool available to us now in the form of organized assistance from multiple agencies.” Other steps have also been taken in the war on drugs. The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office announced in July the formation of a K-9 unit. Sadly, the unit saw tragedy before it to be utilized as Sheriff Deputy K-9 Zack died in late July. With the support of the community and many local organizations and business, the K-9 unit with Deputy Brandy King and Deputy K-9 Bax is working cases in the county. Law enforcement from Meigs and Gallia counties worked together on a large marijuana case on Zuspan Hollow Road near the Gallia-Meigs county line in August. Gallia County residents Dennis C. Butcher, 60, and wife, Tammy L. Butcher, age 52, of 38067 Zuspan Hollow Road, Middleport, Ohio, were arrested at the scene. Deputies seized more than 100 pounds of packaged marijuana and more than $750,000 in cash from the search. Dennis Butcher was indicted on three felony counts, having weapons under disability, a felony of the third degree; possession of drugs, a felony of the second degree; and trafficking in drugs, a felony of the second degree. A jury trial in the case against Dennis Butcher is scheduled for Feb. 10. Tammy Butcher is charged with possession of drugs, a felony of the second degree; and trafficking in drugs, a felony of the second degree. A jury trial in the case against Tammy Butcher is scheduled for Jan. 28. 6. Missing Persons In 2013, crews in Gallia County were on the search for two missing women, one whose case remains open and under investigation. There is still no word as to the whereabouts of Sharon Yoczik, 68, who went missing from her Neighborhood Road residence on March 22, 2013. Yoczik was initially reported missing by her husband who returned home to find her missing, and, following an extensive searching and investigation, Gallia County Sheriff’s deputies uncovered only two reported clues following her disappearance. Investigators reportedly received information that the missing woman had been spotted walking along Ohio 7 near the intersection of Ohio 218 on the evening before her reported disappearance, and, with canine assistance, crews later discovered a pair of eyeglasses matching Yoczik’s prescription along a nearby riverbank. Despite continued searching by countless volunteers and emergency officials, both on land and along and in the Ohio River, no other trace of Yoczik was uncovered. The case in the reported disappearance of Yoczik remains open. The remains of a Gallipolis woman reported missing in July were later discovered in the Ohio River by crews searching the West Virginia side of the river this summer. The body of Lisa L. Miller, 43, was positively identified by the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Charleston, W.Va. Miller was reported missing by her family members at approximately 6 p.m. on July 10, and, according to reports, she had been living on the Ohio riverbank near Riverview Drive and Cruzet Avenue in Gallipolis. After responding to this area, Gallipolis Police officers found signs that led them to believe that Miller may have entered the river. Crews immediately began a search near the area, and, employing the help of the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office and Gallipolis Fire Department, began to search the river near Gallipolis. After a week of searching, what was believed to be a body was spotted in the Ohio River just north of the ice breakers at the Gallipolis City Park on Wednesday, July 17, and, with the aid of the Point Pleasant Fire Department, Gallipolis firefighters were able to bring the body to shore on the West Virginia side of the river. No foul play has ever been reported in this case and additional information has not been released by the Gallipolis Police Department. 5. School Development — Southern and Ohio Valley Christian A new high school and a new gymnasium facility at two local schools opened in 2013. Southern Local School District opened the 2013-14 school year in a new high school, replacing the former high school, which opened its doors in the early 1960s. Beginning classes on Sept. 4, the new high school was built as an addition to the current Southern Elementary building. Constructed by Kinsale Corporation, the building was partially funded through a bond issue which was approved during a special election in August 2010. Construction took just a little more than 14 months from ground breaking to the opening of the school year. In addition to the new building for the high school, improvements were made to the existing elementary kitchen to allow it to serve the additional 200 students. New equipment has been put in place, including pass through warmers and refrigerators, and a second register area. There is also an expanded area for dry food storage. The facility includes state of the art science rooms and media center. as well as many other technology upgrades in each classroom. At Ohio Valley Christian School in Gallipolis, a new state-of-the art activity center/ gymnasium was completed in 2013. The $1.6 million, 16,500 square-foot addition to First Baptist Church and Ohio Valley Christian School located on Fourth Avenue in Gallipolis features not only a very large youth room, storage room and additional classrooms, but also a large gymnasium complete with cross-court volleyball and basketball practice surfaces, adjustable basketball goals, locker rooms, a weight room and a large concession stand. As phase two of years of planning to move the church and school from their former location at Third Avenue and Locust Street in Gallipolis, the new activity building was unveiled to the public in August and dedicated in September and completes the move from their former location that is now owned by Elizabeth Chapel Church. 4. GDC Layoffs and Infocision Closing It was announced in mid-October that 80 positions would be eliminated at the Gallipolis Developmental Center (GDC). Administrators with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) may have quickly expressed their desire to mitigate the effects of the pending elimination of 80 jobs at the GDC, but representatives from the OCSEA — the union representing the majority of GDC employees — vocally expressed their disappointment and deep concern for not only those facing layoffs, but more importantly, those individuals currently being served by GDC. Ohio DODD Director John L. Martin said that the decision to downsize the state’s largest developmental center aligns with an ongoing statewide initiative to move away from long-term patient care solutions, focusing instead on short-term admissions whenever possible. Monty Blanton, OCSEA representative and retired GDC employee, and Mitch Salyers, OCSEA representative and 26-year employee of GDC, expressed their concern for employees and their families following the elimination of 80 GDC positions in January, but their primary focus was on the negative effects of Martin’s initiative on GDC’s most vulnerable population — the individuals served by GDC. “GDC for the last four or five years has been serving a population that’s one of the hardest there is to serve anywhere in the system, the extremely medically fragile and the extreme behaviorally challenged. That’s our calling now,” said Blanton, “but at the same time, we’ve got residents who’ve been here 50 or 60 years. This is their home, and they’re forcing them out, without any doubt. This is the only family that a lot of these residents have — the employees who’ve been working with them for the last 20 years. In January 2013, Gallia County call center InfoCision, which opened it’s doors in 2000 on Third Avenue and has employed hundreds of Ohio Valley residents since that time, announced that they were closing their brick and mortar operation in Gallipolis. Instead, they moved to a workfrom-home model. The change affected 112 employees. InfoCision executives said in a prepared press release at that time that employees had been offered the opportunity to remain with the company and work from their homes or transfer to InfoCision’s Huntington, W.Va. call center. In the telemarketing industry, working from home has been a growing model for many years, and with advances in technology, it’s a trend that will continue to grow as more people have access to high speed internet and computers, especially in rural areas, according to the InfoCision release. 3. Murder Cases In Gallia County, several high-profile murder cases made headlines in 2013. Juries heard cases against Semaki Corfias and Bruce Hively, while plea agreements cancelled trials against the suspects accused in the Zane Taylor murder early in 2013. James C. Garrett, 22, Point Pleasant, was the last suspect to enter a plea in February 2013 in relation to the murder of Zane Taylor during the summer of 2012. Reportedly, on June 11, 2012, the suspects traveled to Taylor’s home on Ohio 218 where they robbed the victim and subsequently caused his death. Garrett pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment early last year. Garrett’s co-defendants, Lacey Redmond, 26, Gallipolis, Steven L. Williams, 31, Bidwell, and Eugene O. Wasonga, 25, Point Pleasant, although facing complicity to commit murder, also entered plea agree- ments in their respective cases. Wasonga pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and one count of tampering with evidence, while Redmond pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and complicity to involuntary manslaughter and Williams guilty to a charge of robbery and tampering with evidence. Wasonga and Williams were both later sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment, while Redmond is now serving a 15-year sentence in relation to the incident. In April 2013, a jury returned a not guilty verdict in the murder trail against Semaki G. Corfias, 53, Gallipolis. Corfias had been charged in relation to the February 22, 2012, death of Thomas Marr, 29, who was found unresponsive by first responders who arrived at his home on Ohio 7 North following a 911 call. Marr had reportedly died of a stab wound to the chest and, during trial, the prosecution maintained that Corfias and the victim had gotten to an argument that morning — a confrontation that resulted in Marr’s stabbing death. However, the defense maintained that Corfias had only discovered Marr and attempted to help save his life prior to the arrival of first responders. Corfias was also charged in an unrelated case with manufacturing methamphetamine following an incident that occurred on September 8, 2012. Following his acquittal for murder in April, Corfias was sentenced in relation to the meth case in December after pleading guilty to the illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs. He was sentenced to three years of imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of $5,000. The final murder trial settled in Gallia County in 2013 was the case against Bruce A. Hively, 57, who was found guilty on November 7 of aggravated murder, with a gun specification, and tampering with evidence, following the shooting death of Charles T. Addis, 18, on April 4, 2013, at the intersection of Elliott Road and Hannan Trace Road in Harrison Township. During the trial that spanned four days, the defense maintained that this was a case of self defense, while, in the end, the jury sided with the prosecution. Hively was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment with the eligibility of parole after 30 years have been served. In Meigs County, one homicide case was resolved through a guilty plea, while the case against another individual is still on going after a murder at Meigs Motel in May. The case against James E. Gardner, 42, in the death of his father, James W. Gardner in Nov. 2012, concluded with the acceptance of a plea agreement by the defendant. The younger Gardner entered a guilty plea in April to the charges of murder and aggravated robbery. James W. Gardner was found dead at his residence on Paulins Hill Road, in Rutland Township near the Gallia County line on November 11, 2012. At the time of the death, the unofficial cause was blunt force trauma. James E. Gardner was on the run from law enforcement for nearly a month after the crime, before being located in Gallia County. Judge I. Carson Crow sentenced Gardner to an indefinite prison term of 15 years to life, the mandatory term associated with the charge of murder. The single count of aggravated robbery was merged with the murder charge for the purpose of sentencing. Soon after the resolution of the Gardner case, officials in Meigs County were on the scene of another homicide. Officers with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Meigs Motel in the early morning hours of May 9, finding hotel guest Wallace R. Chafin deceased. Soon after, three individuals were arrested in connection with the crime. One of those three, Ryan A. Cozart, was ultimately indicted for the murder of Chafin. A month after being indicted on the charges of aggravated murder, tampering with evidence, and aggravated robbery, Cozart entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Cozart, 33, was found competent to stand trial in October by Judge Crow. A jury trial is scheduled for Jan. 30 in the case. Cozart remains in custody as he awaits trial. 2. Meigs Health Care Campus Expansion The announcement came early in the year, with the groundbreaking held in late August. Meigs County would not be without an emergency room facility for much longer. Currently under construction, the emergency room facility is a collaborative effort between Holzer Health System and the Meigs County Community Improvement Corporation. It has been more than 13 years since there has been a 24-hour emergency care facility in the county. The facility will feature a 24-hour staffed emergency department, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and a helipad. The building, which has been designed by Don Dispenza of Panich and Noel, will include eight treatment rooms, one double trauma room, two triage rooms, lab, pharmacy, general radiation and CT suite, along with areas for public and staff. Kinsale Corporation of Chester, Ohio, is the contractor for the project. When completed in the fall of 2014, the facility is expected to create 30 full-time jobs. The facility is located near the Meigs County Emergency Operations Center, and Hopewell Health Center Inc., (formerly Family Healthcare) which opened in April 2012. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) was also a new addition to the Meigs Health Care Campus in 2013. The EOC, which was constructed by grant funds, will house the 911 dispatch, Emergency Management Agency offices, Emergency Medical Services offices, and a command center in case of emergencies in the region. Funding for the EOC was provided by a grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the West Virginia Port Authority. The main operations room will allow for up to 12 agencies to work from the building in the case of a major event. Byer added that there will be 12 desks, each with a separate phone line, allowing for agencies such as the Red Cross, National Guard and other state officials to work in one secure location. There is also a sliding glass window between the main operations room and the executive operations room to allow for easy communication between the two groups. The building is designed for emergency operations, while keeping communications and administration in the same facility. 1. Sesquicentennial celebrations It was the year of 150th celebrations. From the Battle of Buffington Island in July to the Meigs County Fair in August and the Gallia County Emancipation Proclamation Celebration in September. July 19, 1863, marked the only significant battle of the Civil War to be fought on Ohio soil. A century and a half later, historians converged on the same ground as the soldiers did 15 decades before to remember the historic battle. A living history telling the story of the life and times of Civil War soldiers was a highlight of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Buffington Island held at the Memorial Park in Portland the weekend following that historic anniversary. In addition to the camp sites of the Confederate and Union soldiers where visitors got a glimpse of the lifestyle experienced by soldiers in war times, there were wagon tours of the battlefield with a narrator from the Ohio Historical Society on board. As they traveled along he related the history of the encounter of the Confederate soldiers with massive Union forces near the Ohio River and being pushed back to land where they were defeated and surrendered. A memorial to the over 100 men lost in that battle was conducted by the Sons of Union Veterans reenactors as a part of the sesquicentennial celebration. There was also a special tribute to Union Major Daniel McCook who died in that battle held by the Ohio Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He was remembered by the Ohio Historical Society with a monument many years ago. On display in the Portland Community Center museum were the rifle used by Major McCook along with two flags which flew over Buffington Island during that 1863 raid. They are part of the permanent Civil War collection of the Ohio Historical Society and were brought in especially for the observance. The next month marked the 150th Meigs County Fair. While the first fair was held in 1851 in Middleport, by 1854 it was moved to Chester, and in 1879 to the Rock Springs Fairgrounds. No fairs were held during the World War 11 years. They were resumed at Rock Springs in 1945. Special recognitions were held during the opening ceremony following the junior fair parade. Those representing state and local officials spoke about the 150th Meigs County Fair. Letters and proclamations were read on behalf of Senator Rob Portman, Governor John Kasich and Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor, Secretary of State Jon Husted, Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, and the Ohio Fair Managers Association. Meigs County Commissioner Mike Bartrum read a proclamation on behalf of the commissioners. Scholarships and the crowning of Fair Queen Sarah Lawrence and other royalty also highlighted the opening ceremony of the 150th fair. The 150th Meigs County Fair ended with a fireworks display near the grandstand. September provided the final of the three 150th celebrations. The 150th anniversary of the Gallia County Emancipation Proclamation Celebration was indeed celebrated by people across Gallia County who gathered in late September for the very successful annual event — an event that is reportedly the longest running celebration in honor of the Emancipation Proclamation in the country. This year’s events kicked off in beautiful musical style on Friday, September 20 at the Ariel Theatre where local musicians took the stage, filling the historic theatre located in downtown Gallipolis with song. Following the musical acts, those in attendance at Friday’s event marched to the Ohio River where they held a candlelight vigil in honor of those slaves who had, so many years ago, crossed from slavery and into freedom as they landed on the banks of the Ohio. Following Friday’s concert, Gallia Countians flocked to the Bob Evans Farm in Rio Grande on Saturday and Sunday where the remaining weekend activities were held. Events included reenactments of historic figures, a presentation by the Columbus Zoo and keynote speaker Justice Yvette McGee Brown, the first African-American female justice on the Ohio Supreme Court. The Gallia County Emancipation Proclamation Celebration is held each year in late September to coincide with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862. For more information on the annual event, visit www.emancipation-day.com. 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She edy, we continued was “stealing” the on for our planned bag, no doubt, thinkday of shopping. ing it contained hidWhen we got to den treasures! the mall, I lifted We decided to watch the shopping bag and see her reaction (marked Lazarus) when she opened it up which bore the to expose the grisly recently departed contents … to our discat, and placed it belief, she started toon top of the car ward the store where while I collected Sharon McNabb we were standing. We my purse and quickly went into the Special to helped my friend store and began actCivitas Media get everything all ing like we were just locked up. shopping. As we were going into Lazarus The thief, who looked like any Department Store, I realized we picture perfect grandma, came into had left the bag on top of the car. the store and walked right passed When we turned around, we were us! We followed her at a distance just in time to observe an elderly and through giggles of pure “can you believe this madness?!” entertainment, we saw her go deeper into the lingerie department. There was only a single clerk visible from our lookout point, so we edged closer to make sure we were there to see her open her package. With our hearts pumping like a 20-year-old, we stifled our laughter, as we saw her bend over and rummage in the tissue paper. With a scream, she threw up her hands, kicked at the bag and passed out! Well, we didn’t expect her to do that, but being nurses, we went to her aid. The clerk came running also, and we told her to call 911 as we elevated her feet and evaluated her breathing and color (which was a little pale at this time). She came around shortly and immediately started mumbling about something dead. My friend and I moved to the background as the paramedics arrived. They believed she was confused and disoriented as she answered “it’s dead” to every question they asked her! The decision was made to transport her to the nearest hospital, and as she was loaded up, the last thing they did before she was out of our sight, was to put her Lazarus shopping bag right on her belly! All I can say is that my friend and I were not totally senior citizens yet, but, we could have used some Depends on that day! Did we feel bad? That’s a big fat negative my friend … you get what you pay for, or in this case, the consequences did fit the crime, don’t you think? At the beginning of this article, I told you that this was a story and it is. Some days you can’t help but laugh! �C6îJ@FCî>66E:?8Dî2îH2DE6î@7îE:>6� CEO shares tips for encouraging productive collaboration In survey after survey, meetings get knocked by everyone from employees to senior executives as being among the biggest waste of work hours. In one poll, by Office Team, 45 percent of senior executives said their firms would be more productive if they banned all meetings at least one day a week. “The problem that often occurs — beyond the obvious, like lacking a clear agenda – is the underlying current of competition that each person brings to the table,” says Berny Dohrmann, chairman and founder of CEO Space International, and author of “Redemption: The Cooperation Revolution,” (www.ceospaceinternational.com). “Competition pulls people apart; cooperation brings them together. Signs that competition is causing unproductive meetings include one or two people dominating the floor; individuals touting their achievements; people consistently failing to contribute their ideas because they fear being criticized or ridiculed,” said Dohrmann. The drive to compete is so ingrained in most of us, we often don’t recognize it, Dohrmann said. “We get it culturally. We learn it in school. It’s often reinforced within our own families as we’re growing up,” said Dohrmann. “We have to be aware of that and identify the culture we want, then set about creating it – beginning with our meetings.” Cooperative meetings yield far better results, he says. People working together toward a goal are more efficient, more productive, and even happier. The group pulling together toward the same goal will achieve that goal far more quickly than individuals each pulling in opposite directions, Dohrmann says. How can you turn competition into cooperation — and wasted meetings into fruitful gatherings? He offers these suggestions: š� 8[]_d� _dij_jkj_d]� Ykbjkh[� Y^Wd][� by rewarding cooperative behavior. When someone makes a suggestion that can help another individual or department, publicly acknowledge and praise that teamwork. Encourage inter-departmental interest, empathy and even personal bonds by allowing employees from one area to shadow employees from another. Remind everyone that when one department succeeds, everyone succeeds. Look for managers and employees who tend to be naturally cooperative and enlist them as mentors and leaders to encourage and spread the new culture. š� ?Z[dj_\o� WdZ� YkhX� Yecf[j_j_l[� X[havior in meetings. Avoid discouraging the behavior with tactics that rely on public criticism, scorn or ridicule. Rather, set egalitarian standards, such as time limits for each person to speak, and stick to them. When someone strays off topic, discern whether he or she is sharing a potentially valuable idea or seeking a personal competitive advantage (i.e. by laying blame, self-promoting, etc.) before steering him back on topic. š�FWhj_Y_fWj_ed�_i�[ii[dj_Wb�je�Yeeferation. Require everyone to participate in meetings. Circulate the agenda in advance with the stated expectation that each attendee will come to the table prepared to address at least one item — even if it’s not an item within their area of responsibility. Participation is a key component of a cooperative work group and making it the norm is often as simple as getting everyone into the habit. About Berny Dohrmann Berny Dohrmann is chairman and founder of CEO Space International, one of the largest support organizations for business owners. As the inventor of Super Teaching, a Title I technology that accelerates retention for public schools, he is a frequently a guest speaker to various nations, VIP conferences and television programs. As a member of the Dohrmann family, which operated the largest global resort-outfitting firm as Dohrmann Hotel Supply for several generations, he grew up with several business mentors, including Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale, Walt Disney, Warner Earnhardt, Bucky Fuller, Dr. Edward Deming and Jack Kennedy. He has learned from both success and adversity: Indicted for criminal contempt for a $86,000 junk bund from an investment banking firm he had sold, he fought the charge in court, but lost in 1995 and went to prison for 18 months. He has since made a documentary about the experience. Broderick-Hendrix engagement POMEROY — Megan Beth Broderick and Zachary Dwayne Hendrix of Pomeroy, Ohio, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. The bride-elect is a 2008 graduate of Eastern High School and a 2013 graduate of University of Rio Grande majoring in Early Childhood Education. She is the daughter of Martin Broderick of Middleport, Ohio, and Nancy Broderick of Pomeroy, Ohio. Bridegroom-elect is a 2009 graduate of Eastern High School and a 2011 graduate of Buckeye Hills with a degree in nursing. He is employed as an LPN at Arcadia Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation in Coolville, Ohio. He is the son of Tony and Sherri Hendrix of Coolville, Ohio. The wedding will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 8, 2014, at St. Paul Methodist Church in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. -:==îDFC86î@7 @=56CîH@C<6CDîE2<6î ;@3Dî7C@>îJ@F?8� Darst observes 91st birthday Four generations gathered for the 91st birthday observance of Helen Darst of Middleport. They were from the left, back, her son Robert Darst, her daughter Betty Jo Stover, (Mrs. Darst) her granddaughter Jannetta Stover holding Paton, and front, her great-granddaughter, Miriah and great-grandson, Shannon. �C62E�8C2?5>2î46=63C2E6Dî>:=6DE@?6 GALLIA COUNTY — Dorothy Halfhill, of Bidwell, and great-grandson, Joel Hood of Gallipolis, Ohio, recently celebrated milestone birthdays together. Hood celebrated his first birthday on Nov. 6., while Halfhill celebrated her 90th birthday on Nov. 29, with family. Hood is the son of Adam and Sarah Hood and little brother to Ian Hood. Grandparents are Larry and Jonda Ward of Bidwell and Bill and Brenda Hood of Gallipolis. Greatgrandmothers are Halfhill, pictured, Ann Ward and Anita Fife; and greatgrandparents are Larry and Nancy Hood. Aunts and uncles are Cynthia and Gabe Marcum, Leslie and Derek Dorothy Halfhill and Joel Hood. Rhodes and Emily Hood. Zachary Dwayne Hendrix and Megan Beth Broderick Submitted photo CHICAGO (AP) — It’s an assertion that has been accepted as fact by droves of the unemployed: Older people remaining on the job later in life are stealing jobs from young people. One problem, many economists say: It isn’t supported by a wisp of fact. “We all cannot believe that we have been fighting this theory for more than 150 years,” said April Yanyuan Wu, a research economist at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, who co-authored a paper last year on the subject. The commonly accepted vision of a surge of workers looks like this: A young post-doctoral student dreams of a full-time teaching job at their university, but there are no openings. An 80-something professor who has remained on the job long past what’s considered “normal” retirement is blamed, The problem with that vision is that there are probably full-time teaching positions available elsewhere, or the person blocking the young grad student from the job is only 40 years old, economists say. Further, the veteran professor’s decision to stay employed and productive may stir other job growth. He may bring research grants to his university allowing for other hiring, may take on assistants, and may be able to dine out and shop and fuel the economy more than if he weren’t on the job. None of that would have happened had he retired. The theory Wu and other economists are fighting is known as “lump of labor,” and it has maintained traction in the U.S., particularly in a climate of high unemployment. The theory dates to 1851 and says if a group enters the labor market — or in this case, remains in it beyond their normal retirement date — others will be unable to gain employment or will have their hours cut. It’s a line of thinking that has been used in the U.S. immigration debate and in Europe to validate early retirement programs, and it relies on a simple premise: That there are a fixed number of jobs available. In fact, most economists dispute this. When women entered the workforce, there weren’t fewer jobs for men. The economy simply expanded. The same is true with older workers, they argue. “There’s no evidence to support that increased employment by older people is going to hurt younger people in any way,” said Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research and the co-author with Wu of “Are Aging Baby Boomers Squeezing Young Workers Out of Jobs?” ” It’s not going to reduce their wages, it’s not going to reduce their hours, it’s not going to do anything bad to them,” Munnell said. Still, many remain unconvinced. James Galbraith, a professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin, has advocated for a temporary lowering of the age to qualify for Social Security and Medicare to allow older workers who don’t want to remain on the job a way to exit and to spur openings for younger workers. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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