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Thompson, 61 50 cents daily TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014 Vol. 64, No. 8 President of Board of Commissioners named Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Second-term Meigs County Commissioner Michael Bartrum was elected president of the Board of Commissioners for the 2014 year during Monday’s organizational meeting. “It is an honor to be President of the Commissioners,” said Bartrum. “It is also an honor to have two great commissioners to work with.” Bartrum was nominated by 2013 president Tim Ihle. Ihle then nominated Randy Smith to serve as Vice President of the Meigs County Board of Commissioners. Ihle remains the third member of the board. The commissioners then moved to the appointment of many positions within the county. Robbie Jacks was re-appointed as the Meigs County Emergency Medical Services Director. Bob Byer was re-appointed as the Meigs County Emergency Management Agency Director. Ed Werry and Dan Nease were re-appointed as the Meigs County Tax Map Office employees. Chris Shank was re-appointed as the Director of the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services. Karen Heater was appointed as the Meigs County Dog Warden. Jim Hudson was appointed as custodial staff for the county, and Margaret Burkhamer was appointed as part-time custodial staff. Denise Alkire was appointed as the Meigs County Grants Office Coordinator. Vicky Cundiff was appointed as the safety coordinator. Everett Holmes as appointed as the apiary inspector. The commissioners stated that prior to making any appointments for the 2014 year, evaluations and meetings were conducted with each person who is appointed. “Evaluations allow us to maintain accountability among those serving the county through these positions,” said Smith. All appointments are for the 2014 year. Heater is the only new appointment for the year, having been appointed on an interim basis during last week’s regular meeting. The regular meeting time for the board was set for 11 a.m. on Thursdays, keeping meetings the same as last year. Meigs County Auditor Mary T. Byer-Hill served as the clerk for the meeting in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code in the absence of Clerk Gloria Kloes. All three commissioners were present for the meeting. Former Wahama choir teacher accepts plea Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com Photos by Charlene Hoeflich | Daily Sentinel State awards funding for walkway extensions at Mulberry Pond. Mulberry Pond walkways set for spring extension Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Funds for further improving the Mulberry Pond Park in Pomeroy are now available and additional work is scheduled to begin in the spring. Pomeroy Mayor Jackie Welker and Village Administrator Paul Hellman report that grant money has already been received for further improvements. The plan, they said, includes building extensions onto the walkways which now line a part of the water’s edge. Last fall when village street paving was being done, arrangements were made to pave the parking lot which makes it much easier for elderly and handicapped persons to enter the park area. Since the pond was restocked with fish last spring, along with other improvements made, those who stroll the walkways to take in the scenery or watch the ducks are evidence that overall, general use of the park has increased. Jim Smith took on the challenge of improving the pond about eight or 10 years ago when he retired and over the years has done much to make it more accessible to all ages, to improve the fishing by restocking the pond, and to develop the park into a place for community gatherings and recreational activities. MASON — A case which has been long talked about in the Bend Area is coming to a resolution in the new year. A former Wahama High School choir teacher accused of using choir booster funds for personal use has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors. Crystal M. Hendricks, 45, appeared in Mason County Circuit Court on Thursday before Judge David W. Nibert where she pleaded guilty to two counts of obtaining money by false pretenses. In terms of this offense, the West Virginia Code allows for a sentence of confinement in jail for no more than one year for each count or fined not more than $2,500 or both. She is slated to reappear in circuit court for sentencing at 10:45 a.m., Feb. 14. Hendrick’s plea agreement states at sentencing, the state will recommend imposition of sentence suspended and Hendricks placed on probation. The plea agreement also states Hendricks agrees to make restitution of $362.85. Hendricks waived her right to prosecution by indictment and as such a two-count information, as opposed to indictment, was filed against her yesterday, Jan. 9. Each count contained in the information alleges in 2008 and in 2011, Hendricks committed the misdemeanor offense of obtaining money under false pretenses by obtaining money with intent to defraud the Wahama High School Choir Boosters of less than $1,000. The original, criminal complaint filed in Mason County Magistrate Court at the time of her arrest in 2012, alleges Hendricks used the boosters’ account at Farmers Bank for her personal use on at least 14 occasions totaling $2,862.85, which included a $29 overdraft fee. The complaint also said information collected from the Mason County Board of Education was used in the investigation conducted by the Mason County Detachment of the West Virginia State Police. Hendricks was originally charged with one felony count of fraudulent schemes and released on a $20,000 surety bond. Hendricks is no longer an employee with Wahama High School or Mason County Schools. At Thursday’s hearing, Hendricks was represented by Attorney Bradley Layne with the state represented by Prosecuting Attorney Craig Tatterson. Peoples Bank donates to United Way Visiting the ducks is a daily chore for Jim Smith, volunteer caretaker of the Mulberry Pond Park and its inhabitants. In almost every year since Smith began his crusade as a volunteer to “save” the pond where he fished as a boy, some funding or nice donation has come along to allow further improvements. Donations have included picnic tables, outdoor cooking equipment, and four large benches. Local growers have provided flowers for a large planting area, fish to stock the pond have been donated, fishing derbies have been held and there have been special gatherings for senior citizens. Eighteen ducks who call the Mulberry Pond home survived the recent freezing weather. While Smith says he’ll always see to it that they are fed, it would be nice to have some help with the cost. He’s now feeding bread and is on his last bag of cracked corn. Smith said the severe weather has been hard on the ducks who need quantities of food if they are to survive. Sarah Hawley | Daily Sentinel Tina Rees of People Bank presents a check for $1,000 to George Hawley of United Way of Meigs County. The United Fund give money to 10 Meigs County non-profit organizations, including the Meigs County Co-operative Parish, Meals of Wheels and local food banks. Southern School District seeks nominees for Hall of Fame Second class to be inducted Feb. 1 Staff Report tdsnews@civitasmedia.com RACINE — The Southern Local School District established a “Southern Local School District Hall of Fame” last year. The Hall of Fame is an entity to recognize graduates, employees, and major contributors who have distinguished themselves at a high level in the areas of schol- arship, athletics, career, community service and/or society as a whole. First year inductees were Charles W. Hayman, Carl Wolfe, James Adams, Connie Enslen and Kathryn Hart. The Southern Local Board of Education approved the distinction of establishing a Hall of Fame through formal motion on January 9, 2013. High School Principal Daniel Otto is seeking nominations by the January 17, 2014, deadline. Honorees will be recognized at the Feb. 1 Southern-Alexander boys basketball game. “Southern has had a rich tradition of successful academics and successful athletics,” Otto said. “We hope the Hall of Fame helps us continue and preserve this tradition.” “This Hall of Fame represents everything that happens good at Southern Local — the positive that an individual has had on the district, and the positive that the district has had on the individual,” Superintendent Tony Deem said. The submission of a name for consideration will be made in one of six categories — Medicine and Science, Business and Professional, Arts and Entertainment, Humanitarian and Service, Athletics and Lifetime Recognition. Nomination criteria, nomination forms, and nomination in- structions can be picked up at the high school office or printed out from the Southern Local website at http://www.southernlocalmeigs.org. The first Hall of Fame class featured five inductees. Three nominees will be inducted this year, the second year of nominations, and two-each maximum will be honored over the following years. The first induction ceremony was February 15, 2013, at the Southern-Eastern boys’ varsity basketball game. �Page 2 s The Daily Sentinel Obituary Mike Jackson and Derrick Jackson; a great-niece, LaKisha Williams; and several cousins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles “Fuzzy” Lewis. Services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, January 16, 2014, at Ewing Funeral Home, Pomeroy, Ohio with Pastor Joseph Woods officiating. Burial will be in the Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until the time of service on Thursday at the funeral home. Meigs County Community Calendar Tuesday, Jan. 14 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will have their regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Community Center Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department, which is located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. CHESTER — The Chester Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at the town hall. The regular meeting will be followed by the re-organizational meeting. POMEROY — The Meigs County Tea Party will meet Tuesday, January 14, at the Meigs Senior Citizens Center, at 7:30 p.m. Plans will be made for the upcoming year. There will be a Patriotic Slide Presentation presented by Rachel Martindale and we will have an open forum to discuss current events. A voluntary prayer session from 7 to 7:15 p.m. will be held for those interested in attending. Snacks will be served. All are invited to attend. ANGEL DUNNELLON, Fla. — Charles Todd Angel, 42, of Dunnellon, Florida, formerly of Gallia and Mason counties, died on Thursday, January 9, 2014, at the Hospice of Citrus and the Nature Coast in Lecanto, Florida. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, January 17, 2014, at the Willis Funeral Home with Rev. John King officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at the funeral home. There will be Masonic Services at 8 p.m., Thursday evening. DELGADO GALLIPOLIS — Lyronda Bernice Delgado, 50, of Gallipolis, died Saturday, January 11, 2014, at her residence. Services are private and will be held at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the National Kidney Foundation, Attn: Finance Dept., 30 East 33rd St., New York, N.Y. 10016. JOHNSON GALLIPOLIS — Orville Oliver Johnson, 88, of Gallipolis, died at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, January 13, 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 16, 2014, in the Cremeens Funeral Chapel. Officiating will be Pastor Mike Chapman. Interment will be in the Fairview Meigs Cooperative Parish events POMEROY — The Meigs Co-operative Parish hosts a variety of events and service projects available throughout the week at the Mulberry Community Center. Some of those are as follows, Meals at the Mulberry Community Center — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday Night: A chance of rain before 3 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m., then a chance of snow after 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Wednesday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. West wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Wednesday Night: A slight chance of snow showers before 11 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Friday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 27. Saturday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. M.L.King Day: Sunny, with a high near 41. Local Stocks Peoples (NASDAQ) — 21.41 Pepsico (NYSE) — 82.37 Premier (NASDAQ) — 14.34 Rockwell (NYSE) — 115.07 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 15.30 Royal Dutch Shell — 71.05 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 35.46 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 77.49 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 8.98 WesBanco (NYSE) — 30.51 Worthington (NYSE) — 41.44 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions January 13, 2014, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. LONG PORTLAND — William M. “Bill” Long, 53, of Portland, died Friday, January 10, 2014, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are by the Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. SWINGLE JACKSON — Betty Lou Swingle, age 83, of Jackson, died Saturday, January 11, 2014, at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., on Tuesday January 14, 2014, at Mayhew-Brown funeral home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday January 15, 2014, at the Mayhew-Brown Funeral Home in Jackson. Burial will follow at the Fairmont Cemetery in Jackson. In lieu of flowers the family request donations can be made to Grace United Methodist of Jackson. THOMPSON POMEROY — George C. Thompson, 61, of Pomeroy, Ohio, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2014, at the O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio. Funeral services will be announced at a later time. Arrangements are under the direction of the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Parish Shop — 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday. Comfort Club — 9 a.m.-noon, Wednesday. Food Pantry — 9-11 a.m., Tuesday-Friday. Celebrate Recovery — 7-9 p.m., Monday. Shape-Up — 9-11 a.m. and 5-7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. Meigs County Local Briefs MHS to host financial aid workshop POMEROY — A college financial aid workshop will be held at 6:30 Friday, Jan. 17 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, in the Meigs POMEROY — The Pomeroy High School Class of 1959 High School cafeteria. The workshop will be having their 3rd Friday lunch at noon at Fox Pizza. is for seniors who plan to attend college after graduation and their parSaturday, Jan. 18 GALLIPOLIS — Modern Woodmen of America will hold ents. their monthly dinner meeting at Golden Corral, Upper River Art Classes offered Road, Gallipolis. Breakfast will be available from 9-11 a.m. All SYRACUSE — Painting classes members and guests are welcome. SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior taught by Michelle Musser will reGrange #878 will hold their fun night and potluck supper at sume at the Syracuse Community 6:30 p.m. at Star Grange Hall. All members and interested Center on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 6 p.m. persons are urged to attend. and Friday, Jan. 17, at 1 p.m. Class emphasis will be on brush strokes for Monday, Jan. 20 OLIVE TWP. — The Olive Township Trustees will meet- beginners. Call 992-2365 for more ining in special session at 6:30 p.m. at the Olive Township Ga- formation. rage on Joppa Road for the purpose of an organizational meetHoliday office closures ing and to approve beginning of the year spending. POMEROY — The Meigs County LETART TWP. — Letart Township Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. Health Department will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20 in observance of Birthdays Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Normal PORTLAND — Charles Ray Harris will celebrate his 90th business hours will resume at 8 a.m. birthday on January 17 Cards may be sent to him at 54652 St. on Jan. 21. Rt. 124, Portland, OH 45770. Ohio Valley Forecast Cemetery near Bidwell. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home. Full Military graveside services will be conducted by the Gallia County Veterans Funeral Detail Team. Meigs County Church Calendar Thursday, Jan. 16 ALFRED — Orange Township Trustees will meet Thursday at 7 pm at the township building. 2014 budget will be reviewed along with all other township business. AEP (NYSE) — 46.67 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 25.32 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 98.33 Big Lots (NYSE) — 30.09 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 47.62 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 55.57 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 9.77 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.44 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 45.94 Collins (NYSE) — 75.14 DuPont (NYSE) — 62.66 US Bank (NYSE) — 40.78 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 26.73 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 67.19 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 57.70 Kroger (NYSE) — 38.61 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 56.61 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 90.19 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 22.61 BBT (NYSE) — 38.54 Tuesday, January 14, 2014 Death Notices RUTH DOREEN BUNCH LEWIS POMEROY — Ruth Doreen Bunch Lewis, 85, of Pomeroy, Ohio, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014, in Pickerington, Ohio. She was born September 17, 1928, in Pomeroy, Ohio, daughter of the late George and Emma Figgins Bunch. She was a homemaker and a member of Forest Run Baptist Church. She is survived by three nephews, James Williams, David Williams and Ronnie Williams; four greatnephews, Aaron Williams, James Williams Jr., Albert www.mydailysentinel.com Breastfeeding classes ATHENS — O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens offers free breastfeeding follow-up sessions for postpartum breastfeeding mothers. The class takes place every Wednesday from 11 a.m. until noon in the hospital’s lower level conference room 4. The class on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 has been canceled. The next scheduled class will be Wednesday, Feb. 19. O’Bleness’ international board certified lactation consultant Michele Biddlestone conducts the sessions. She will provide a baby weight check and discuss topics such as: what is normal for a breastfeeding mother and what to expect, how to overcome difficulties, breastfeeding management issues and any additional questions or concerns of breastfeeding mothers. The class is provided free of charge and no registration is required. For more information, contact Michele Biddlestone at (740) 592-9364. Soup Supper to benefit the Meigs County Cooperative Parish REEDSVILLE — On January 18, at 4pm the Reedsville United Methodist Church will be having a soup supper to benefit the Meigs County Cooperative Parish. There will be several varieties of soup to choose from. Along with sandwiches and drinks and deserts to enjoy. The Reedsville United Methodist Church is located on Ohio 124 across from Reed’s Country Store. Donations of non perishable food items will be accepted. Please come out and join your neighbors and friends and support this worthy cause. Hope to see you there. Meeting Change MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Family and Children First Council regular business meeting for Jan. 16 has been rescheduled for Jan. 23. The meeting will 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) 992-2117 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. No strip club for Ohio city after six-year fight ATHENS (AP) — The southeastern Ohio city of Athens on Monday won a six-year fight to prevent a strip club from opening in the liberal college town for the first time after the city’s insurance company agreed to pay $425,000 to the men who wanted to open it. City attorney Chuck Curley released terms of the settlement shortly after they were reached Monday, the same day a jury trial in the matter was set to begin in Columbus. Curley said that the city’s insurance company will pay $425,000 to Christopher Stotts, the businessman man who wanted to open the city’s first strip club along a main drag just north of the Ohio University campus in Athens, and his land- lord, Demetrios Prokos. In exchange, Curley said Stotts agreed to withdraw his application to open the strip club and dismiss the federal civil rights lawsuit he filed in 2011 after four years of fighting with the city over the matter. “The city is pleased that there will not be an ‘adult entertainment business’ on Stimson Avenue,” Pat Lang, the city’s law director, said in a statement through Curley, who declined to comment further. Stotts’ Cincinnati attorney, Louis Sirkin, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Monday, although Curley said the parties agreed not to comment to members of the media. Sirkin had told The As- sociated Press last month that he was confident he would win the civil-rights lawsuit against the city. “We don’t legislate morality, and the First Amendment needs to be protected,” Sirkin said at the time, adding that the city’s refusal to allow the club to open was violating his clients’ constitutional rights to freedom of speech. The fight between the two parties began almost the day Stotts first applied for a permit to open the strip club on Dec. 17, 2007. The city’s zoning board denied him three separate times after lengthy meetings and a wave of negative reactions from dozens of area residents. “To bring such a club like this to our community will take away what we have been known for, as one of the bestknown small towns in the United States — the sense of community and camaraderie that we have here,” Francine Childs, an area resident, told the zoning board. Neighbor Bic Weissenrider said a strip club would be “totally out of character” with the neighborhood and that: “I could flat promise you that having that across the street from us will cause detriment to our values.” Zoning members themselves expressed concerns about immorality and crime and how the strip club would affect nearby businesses, including a newly opened bank, and the neighborhood, which includes a nearby elementary school. Challenges to Ohio lethal injection drugs not new COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned killer’s attempt to stop his execution on the grounds he could experience a terrifying sensation of suffocation is the latest argument directed at whether use of a lethal drug will create an unconstitutionally cruel death. Last year, 450-pound inmate Ronald Post argued he was so overweight he could not be put to death humanely. Double-killer Richard Cooey made a similar argument in 2004. In 2010, serial rapist Darryl Durr argued he might be violently allergic to the state’s execution drug. Each time, U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost, a veteran of the state’s capital punishment legal challenges, ultimately allowed the execution to proceed. In his latest ruling, he said Monday that McGuire had failed to present evidence he would suffer breathing problems alleged by his attorneys — a phenomenon known as “air hunger” — and said the risk to McGuire is within constitutional limits. That said, Frost acknowledged the novelty of Ohio’s never tried two-drug combination, calling it “an experiment in lethal injection processes.” But until a method violates the Constitution, “The law teaches that Ohio is free to innovate and to evolve its procedures for administering capital punishment,” Frost said. The state opposed any delay, presenting evidence that disputed the air hunger scenario. McGuire, 53, is scheduled to die Thursday for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of Joy Stewart in Preble County in western Ohio. Attorneys haven’t said if he’ll appeal. He has a separate request before the U.S. Supreme Court to delay his execution on the grounds that a jury never heard the full extent of his chaotic and abusive childhood. �Tuesday, January 14, 2014 The Daily Sentinel s Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com Scholarships available for vocational and technical students OHIO VALLEY — The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation (PACF) and the Regional Affiliate Foundations of Doddridge, Ritchie, Jackson, Mason Counties and the Little Kanawha Area, announces the availability of scholarships for students from throughout the Foundation’s service area (Wood, Calhoun, Gilmer, Doddridge, Roane, Wirt, Ritchie, Jackson, Mason, and Pleasants counties in West Virginia and Washington County, Ohio) who are pursuing vocational or technical degrees. The Hino Motors Scholarship is open to graduating seniors from Wood, Wirt, Jackson, Ritchie, Pleasants, Doddridge, Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane or Mason counties in West Virginia or Washington, Noble, Athens, or Meigs counties in Ohio who are seeking at least an associates degree in a program related to manufacturing, transportation, or logistics/distribution systems at a post-secondary institution located in the state of WV or within 75 miles of the Hino manufacturing plant in Williamstown, W.Va. Applicants must have a minimum 2.5 grade point average and minimum 19 on the ACT. To be considered for this scholarship, applicants must complete Our Community’s Foundation General Scholarship Application Form, which is an online application process Study cuts fracking waste’s radioactivity HOUSTON (AP) — Researchers believe they have found an unlikely way to decrease the radioactivity of some hydraulic fracturing wastewater: Mix it with the hazardous drainage from mining operations. The wastewater is created when some of the chemical-laced water used to fracture thick underground rocks flows back out of the wellbore. The water is tainted with chemicals, toxins and in some parts of the country — such as Pennsylvania — naturally occurring radioactive materials, such as radium. Research has shown that even wastewater that had been treated with conventional means was changing the chemistry of rivers when discharged into waterways. In 2011, Pennsylvania barred drillers from taking the wastewater to treatment facilities, forcing them to haul the fluid waste to be disposed in underground injection wells in Ohio. This, along with a lack of freshwater in other parts of the country needed to drill new wells, has scientists and the industry looking for creative solutions. The discovery by Duke University researchers would allow oil and gas drillers to combine flowback waters from the fracking process with acid drainage from mining, or any other salty water. The solids that form, which include radioactive materials, are removed and dumped at a hazardous waste landfill, and then the now cleaner water is used to drill a new well, said Avner Vengosh, the Duke professor who oversaw the project, which included scientists from Dartmouth College and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. The metals and radium in the drilling wastewater automatically attract to sulfates — or salts, he explained. “It’s a romance. It’s inevitable it will combine,” said Vengosh, a professor of geochemistry and water quality. Vengosh’s research was published in December in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, but still needs to be field tested, he said. Finding solutions for safely dealing with contaminated water and having enough usable water to drill new wells is crucial for the oil and gas industry. It has booming in recent years due to new methods of hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — a method that uses millions of gallons of chemical-laced water to crack thick layers of underground rock so fossil fuels can flow out. But as drilling spreads to more areas the industry has faced obstacles. In the gas-rich Marcellus shale region of Pennsylvania, wastewater disposal is problematic. In drought-prone areas, such as Texas and California, drillers face a shortage of freshwater. As a result, the industry is seeking to recycle wastewater. Vengosh’s researchers blended fracking wastewater from the Marcellus shale with acid drainage from mines, materials collected in western Pennsylvania by the industry. The researchers had hypothesized that the salts, metals and radium would combine so they could be removed as solids, leaving behind water clean enough to be used in another fracking operation, though not quite pure enough to be potable. After two days, they examined the chemical and radioactive levels of the 26 different mixtures they had created and found that within the first 10 hours the metals — including iron, barium and strontium — and most of the radium had combined to form a new solid. The salinity of the remaining fluid had reduced enough to be used in fracking, Vengosh said. “I’m not sure it resolves all the problems, but it can have some improvement,” Vengosh said. Ben Shepperd, president of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, which represents drillers in an oil-rich, desert-like area of West Texas, said maximizing water use is a top priority for the industry. “Those of us who live, work and play near oil and gas activities place a premium on efficient water uses,” he said in an email. But Tad Patzek, chairman and professor of the petroleum engineering department at the University of Texas in Austin, cautioned that the method could present problems in the field. The remaining water would still be jam-packed with chemicals and toxins, he noted. “That water can get spilled,” Patzek said. “That water can get into a shallow aquifer. There are many other considerations.” Still, freshwater and wastewater are such serious issues that Donald Van Nieuwenhuise, director of the University of Houston’s geosciences program, said researchers are seeking solutions on several fronts: by recycling flowback water, by creating ways to use less water to begin with or by using a liquid other than water to crack the rock. Texas doesn’t have acid mine waste, an environmental threat to the Appalachian basin, to mix with the fracking fluids, but the method could be applied in the Lone Star state differently, Van Nieuwenhuise noted. The contaminated drilling water could be mixed with fluids from brine aquifers that are too salty to be used as drinking water, he said. “This is novel. It’s a really neat idea,” he said, adding that solid waste is safer than liquid and the amount created in this process would be manageable. Kasich to give State of the State speech in Medina COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. John Kasich has picked the northeast Ohio city of Medina for this year’s State of the State address, a location that honors a retiring Republican lawmaker and allows the governor to deliver his election-year policy goals in the backyard of his likely Democratic gubernatorial rival. The speech will take place Feb. 24 at the Medina Performing Arts Center. “Medina is one of Ohio’s great communities, and this is a great way to celebrate it,” spokesman Rob Nichols said in a statement. The city is home to Republican House Speaker Bill Batchelder, who will end his 46-year career in public service this year because of term limits. Kasich’s likely Democratic rival Ed FitzGerald, of Cleveland, oversees government in neighboring Cuyahoga County. Should FitzGerald win the Democratic nomination, he’d face off against Kasich in November. It is the third consecutive year that Kasich has taken the speech away from its traditional venue at the Ohio Statehouse. He began the practice after his first address in 2011 was marred by pro-labor protests. Demonstrators who chanted and heckled during the speech opposed a bill that placed limits on public employee unions’ collective bargaining powers. The bill later became law and was turned back by voters at the ballot. Kasich chose Steubenville as the venue for the speech the following year, using the award-winning Wells Academy, named the best school in the state, to tout education successes and the benefits of the re- gion’s burgeoning shale gas industry. In 2013, he delivered the speech in Lima, in northwest Ohio — home to another Republican legislative leader, Senate President Keith Faber. The state’s 132 lawmakers, Supreme Court justices, Cabinet officials and statewide officeholders typically attend the State of the State speech, this year a roughly two-hour car trip from Columbus. Justices, some statewide officials and legislators couldn’t or chose not to make the trip the past two years. A few protested the travel time and cost associated of holding the speech outside Columbus, a city conceived as the state’s government center in 1812 for its central location. Kasich has argued that changing the annual venue for the address allows Ohioans in regions beyond the capital the chance to take part in a major government event. Before 2012, the Ohio General Assembly last went outside Columbus to convene a joint session involving both senators and representatives in 2003, when lawmakers traveled to the first state capital, Chillicothe, to celebrate the state’s bicentennial. The time before that was in the 1950s. The state’s constitution requires the governor to report to the General Assembly annually on the state of the state. During the 19th century, this report was delivered to the General Assembly in print form. Beginning about 1900 and following the example of the president in Washington, Ohio governors started delivering the report as a live address to lawmakers. Aluminum Revolution: Ford introduces a new F-150 DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford pickups have been doing the country’s work for 66 years. They’ve hauled grain, towed logs and plowed snow. They’ve cleared debris after tornadoes and pulled floats in the Rose Bowl parade. They’ve shouldered those loads with parts forged from steel. Until now. On Monday, Ford unveils a new F-150 with a body built almost entirely out of aluminum. The lighter material shaves as much as 700 pounds off the 5,000-pound truck, a revolutionary change for a vehicle known for its heft and an industry still heavily reliant on steel. The change is Ford’s response to small-business owners’ desire for a more fuel-efficient and nimble truck — and stricter government requirements on fuel economy. And it sprang from a challenge by Ford’s CEO to move beyond the traditional design for a fullsize pickup. “You’re either moving ahead and you’re improving and you’re making it more valuable and more useful to the customer or you’re not,” Chief Executive Alan Mulally told The Associated Press in a recent interview. Ninety-seven percent of the body of the 2015 F-150 is aluminum, the most extensive use of aluminum ever in a truck. And this isn’t just any truck. F-Series trucks — which include the F-150 and heavier duty models like the F-250 — have been the best-selling vehicles in the U.S. for the last 32 years; last year, Ford sold an F-Series every 41 seconds. The key question for Ford, and the people who sell its trucks, is: Will customers embrace such a radical change? Dealers who have seen the new F-150 say they expect to encounter some skepticism, but the change had to be made. “We’re aggressive, stretching the envelope,” said Sam Pack, owner of four Ford dealerships in the DallasFort Worth area. “I think you have to do that. If you don’t, then you get into that predicament of being a ‘me too’ vehicle.” Still, it’s a big risk. Ford makes an estimated $10,000 profit on every FSeries truck it sells, making trucks a $7.6 billion profit center in the U.S. alone last year. And the company has had some quality issues with recent vehicle launches, adding to dealers’ worries. The 2013 Escape small SUV has been the subject of seven recalls. The 2015 F-150 goes on sale late this year. While aluminum is more expensive that steel, Ford truck marketing chief Doug Scott says the F-Series will stay within the current price range. FSeries trucks now range from a starting price of $24,445 for a base model to $50,405 for a top-of-the-line Limited. It’s difficult to calculate how much more aluminum costs, since there are different grades of aluminum and steel. Pete Reyes, the F-150’s chief engineer, said Ford expects to make up the premium by reducing its recycling costs, since there will be less metal to recycle, and by slimming down the engine and other components, since they won’t have to move so much weight. that can be accessed through the Foundation’s web site, www.pacfwv.com. Click on “Scholarships” for information on how to complete the online application. The application deadline is March 5, 2014. Students with questions about this scholarship may contact the foundation at (304) 428-4438 or info@pacfwv.com. Globes leader ‘American Hustle’ gets Oscar boost BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globes are typically Hollywood’s bawdiest awards show — “a wonderful mess,” said co-host Tina Fey of this year’s bash. But in the end, after all the boozy banter — some of it bleeped for broadcast — the 1970s corruption tale “American Hustle” got a very serious push toward Oscar glory, picking up three major awards. Benefiting the most from Sunday night’s Globes as focus shifts to the Academy Awards, David O. Russell’s con caper locked in best comedy, best actress (Amy Adams) and best supporting actress (Jennifer Lawrence). Not that early-season favorite “12 Years a Slave” isn’t still in the running. Though it earned only one award, Steve McQueen’s historical epic took home the night’s top honor: best film drama. But “American Hustle” seems to have emerged from the 71st annual Golden Globes as the film to beat. Oscar doesn’t usually care much for comedies, but “American Hustle” offers a rich blend of scandal, style and superb acting that is bound to get Academy voters’ attention. The Globes have flipped awards season momentum before. Though Ben Affleck was denied an Oscar nomination last year for directing “Argo,” he did win best director at the Globes and his film went on to win best picture at the Oscars. In 2009, Katherine Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” lost in the best film category to James Cameron’s “Avatar” at the Globes. The defeat seemed to sway Oscar voters in Bigelow’s favor and she snagged the best picture award. With the Oscar nominations coming Thursday, lost-inspace saga “Gravity,” which earned Alfonso Cuaron the best director Globe, could pick up some additional pull with likely nominations in the craft categories, which the Globes don’t recognize. There’s also a lot of built-in affection for its leading lady, Sandra Bullock, not to mention the film’s impressive worldwide box office performance. Hosting Sunday night’s Globes for the second year in a row, Fey and Amy Poehler drew big laughs as they targeted such A-listers as Matt Damon, Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio. One of the evening’s well-received jokes was delivered in the “SNL” alums’ opening bit in a reference Fey made to “Gravity”: “It’s a story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age.” Last year, the duo led a six-year ratings high with 19.7 million viewers. They’ll return as hosts next year. Besides “American Hustle” and “12 Years a Slave,” the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Globes, also favored other fact-based films from America’s past: the ’80s-era AIDS drama “Dallas Buyers Club” and the high-finance extravaganza “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which both won top awards. “Dallas Buyers Club” stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, who both lost noticeable weight for their roles — “or as actresses call it, ‘being in a movie,’” joked Fey — won their first Globes for best dramatic actor and best supporting actor. DiCaprio, a nine-time nominee, picked up his second Globe for best comedy actor for his turn as a provocative stockbroker in Martin Scorsese’s nearly three-hour “Wall Street.” “I am thankful that Martin Scorsese is still this punk rock,” said DiCaprio backstage. Famously absent from awards shows for years, Woody Allen received the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement honor, which was accepted by the director’s “Annie Hall” star Diane Keaton. “Did you see Diane Keaton tonight?” best comedy actress winner Cate Blanchett asked reporters backstage. “She is my style icon, my acting icon — the works.” Blanchett took home the award for her portrayal of a fallen socialite in Allen’s “Blue Jasmine.” Elegant in an Armani gown, Blanchett joked, “A lot of effort goes into this effortlessness. It’s a wonderful mirage to be here tonight, but it’s not entirely who I am.” Ohio bill protects underage drinkers who summon help COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill proposed by an Ohio lawmaker would protect underage drinkers from criminal charges if they call 911 for help. One newspaper reports the bill would expand socalled “good Samaritan” protections to those younger than 21 in an effort to save lives. It would keep them from being prosecuted for underage drinking in certain situations. Currently, only those 21 or older can possess and drink alcohol. Rep. Michael Stinziano, a Columbus Democrat, said the bill would extend similar protections given to students on some Ohio college campuses. Stinziano says that 19 states have enacted laws providing limited criminal immunity to those who seek emergency medical assistance for someone experiencing a drug or alcohol overdose. He says a college student urged him to introduce a similar bill in Ohio. Need to advertise? Call 740.992.2155 �OPINION The Daily Sentinel Page 4 Tuesday, January 14, 2014 Losing unemployment benefits NJ Democrats intensify Loss of jobless aid leaves many with bleak options Josh Boak and Sam Hananel AP Writers WASHINGTON — A cutoff of benefits for the long-term unemployed has left more than 1.3 million Americans with a stressful decision: What now? Without their unemployment checks, many will abandon what had been a futile search and will no longer look for a job — an exodus that could dwarf the 347,000 Americans who stopped seeking work in December. Beneficiaries have been required to look for work to receive unemployment checks. Some who lost their benefits say they’ll begin an early and unplanned retirement. Others will pile on debt to pay for school and an eventual second career. Many will likely lean on family, friends and other government programs to get by. They’re people like Stan Osnowitz, a 67-year-old electrician in Baltimore who lost his state unemployment benefits of $430 a week. The money put gasoline in his car to help him look for work. Osnowitz says a continuation of his benefits would have enabled his job search to continue into spring, when construction activity usually increases and more electrical jobs become available. He says he’s sought low-paid work at stores like Lowe’s or Home Depot. But he acknowledges that at his age, the prospect of a minimum-wage job is depressing. “I have two choices,” Osnowitz says. “I can take a job at McDonald’s or something and give up everything I’ve studied and everything I’ve worked for and all the experience that I have. Or I can go to retirement.” Unemployment benefits were extended as a federal emergency move during the 2008 financial crisis at a time of rising unemployment. The benefits have gone to millions who had exhausted their regular state unemployment checks, typically after six months. Last month, the extended-benefits program was allowed to expire, a casualty of deficit-minded lawmakers who argue that the government can’t afford to fund it indefinitely and that unemployment benefits do little to put people back to work. The duration of the federal ben- efits has varied from state to state up to 47 weeks. As a result, the long-term unemployed in Rhode Island, for example, could receive a total of 73 weeks — 26 weeks of regular benefits, plus 47 weeks from the now-expired federal program. Outside Cincinnati, Tammy Blevins, 57, fears that welfare is her next step. She was let go as a machine operator at a printing plant in May. Her unemployment check and a small inheritance from her father helped cover her $1,000-amonth mortgage and $650 health insurance premium. Now, with her benefits cut off and few openings in manufacturing, she dreads what could be next. “I’m going to have to try the welfare thing, I guess,” Blevins says. “I don’t know. I’m lost.” Others plan to switch careers. After being laid off last summer as a high school history teacher, Jada Urquhart enrolled at Ohio State University to become a social worker. Urquhart, 58, has already borrowed against her house, canceled cable-TV and turned down the thermostat despite the winter chill. Without an unemployment check, she plans to max out her credit cards and take on student loans to complete her degree by 2015. “I’ll be 60 when I graduate,” she says. “If I do one-on-one or family counseling, I can work forever.” Urquhart finds herself in sympathy with members of Congress who want to limit government spending. At least in theory she does. “It’s just hard when you’re the one getting shrunk,” she says. One sign of the persistently tight job market: The percentage of Americans either working or looking for work has reached its lowest monthly level in nearly 36 years, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate fell in December to 6.7 percent from 7 percent. But that drop occurred mainly because more Americans stopped looking for jobs, many of them out of frustration. Once people without jobs stop looking for one, the government no longer counts them as unemployed. Because unemployment benefits require recipients to look for work, many who would have given up kept seeking a job. The federal benefits eased their financial hardship. But the fundamental problem goes beyond unemployment aid: A shortage of decent-paying jobs for those still coping with the aftermath of the Great Recession. 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The trend of people ending their job hunts once their benefits expire has already emerged in North Carolina, which started cutting off aid in July. North Carolina’s unemployment rate sank from 8.8 percent in June to 7.4 percent in November, but mainly because people stopped their job searches. But some congressional Republicans argue that guaranteed unemployment checks that go on for more than a year lead many workers to take excessive time to try to land an ideal job, instead of settling for whatever they can find. Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama have pushed to restore the program. But they need to agree on how to pay for it— a key demand from Republicans concerned about a potential $20 billion hit to the federal budget deficit. The longer people remain jobless, the more likely their skills are to erode and the more likely employers are to ignore their resumes, according to economic research. The result is that many eventually stop looking for work and turn instead to other government programs such as Social Security Disability Insurance. “If those workers don’t ever get back, they’re not going to be earning income, they’re not going to be paying taxes,” says Josh Mitchell, an economic researcher at the Urban Institute. Compared with people who’ve been out of work for weeks, the long-term unemployed tend to be older and more concentrated in manufacturing and construction, according to research by Mitchell. A majority of the long-term unemployed have children. An increasing share — 28.6 percent vs. 24.2 percent in 2007 — attended college but didn’t receive a degree. And most live in the South and West, where the housing bust that sparked the recession was most intense. About 38 percent of all unemployed workers — or 3.9 million — have been out of a job six months or more. That’s nearly double the proportion it was when Congress previously ended emergency benefits in 2003 and in 1994, notes Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute. But many workers say they would rather have jobs than more benefits. “It’s just been a struggle forever,” says Blevins, the laid-off machine operator. “I don’t want nothing for free.” Christie scandal inquiry Angela Delli Santi and Geoff Mulvihill AP Writers TRENTON, N.J. — Democrats in New Jersey sharpened their aim at Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Monday, forming special legislative committees to explore the role politics played in traffic jams last fall and announcing that the investigation has grown into an abuse of power probe. The intensifying investigation, which threatens to undermine Christie’s second term and his chances at a 2016 presidential run, revealed last week that highranking Christie aides and appointees were involved in ordering lane closings in September as apparent political payback that led to massive gridlock in the town of Fort Lee. A new special Assembly committee, given subpoena power and a special counsel, will be charged with finding out how high the plot went up Christie’s chain of command, said a leading state Democrat, Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald. “It is clearly an abuse of power,” he said. “The question is, who abused their power and how high did it go?” The committee will focus exclusively on the traffic jams in Fort Lee, whose mayor has said he believes the lanes were closed to punish him for not endorsing Christie. The panel will be chaired the head of the Assembly transportation committee who launched the initial investigation into the lane closings, John Wisniewski. The state Senate announced that it planned to establish its own committee, also with subpoena power. Christie has apologized over the lane closings but denied involvement. He also fired a top aide, Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly, and cut ties with campaign adviser Bill Stepien, who’d been widely seen as a potential campaign manager if Christie runs for president. Wisniewski said Monday that Kelly and Stepien could receive subpoenas soon, though he could subpoena their emails first. The scandal has changed the tone of state politics. Christie must figure out how to address it when he gives his State of the State address on Tuesday. 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The same could be true at the governor’s inauguration for a second term next week, set to take place on Ellis Island, historically a gateway to the United States for millions of immigrants. The setting is meant to showcase Christie’s inclusiveness and ability to appeal to a broad swath of voters. He also faces renewed interest in the state’s use of $25 million in federal money for an ad campaign to promote New Jersey tourism after Superstorm Sandy. U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, a New Jersey Democrat, announced Monday that the inspector general at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will audit the campaign. Christie and his family appeared in the ads. His administration chose a politically connected public relations company over another firm that had bid $2 million less. The winning bidder proposed using Christie in the ads, while the other did not. Revelations about the contract caused a bit of a flap in New Jersey last year as Christie was seeking re-election. Colin Reed, a spokesman for Christie, derided the timing of Pallone’s announcement and noted that the ad campaign was part of a plan approved by the federal government. “Federal agency reviews are routine and standard operating procedure with all federally allocated resources to ensure that funds are distributed fairly,” Reed said in a statement. “We’re confident that any review will show that the ads were a key part in helping New Jersey get back on its feet after being struck by the worst storm in state history.” Reed also noted that HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan praised the use of some money to promote a return to the state’s beaches, a major tourist attraction and economic driver for New Jersey. Ian O’Connor, a spokesman for the inspector general’s office, said the audit is being done at the request of Congress. He would not comment further. Pallone had requested an investigation in August. The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher 740-446-3242, ext. 15 slopez@civitasmedia.com Beth Sergeant Interim Editor �Tuesday, January 14, 2014 The Daily Sentinel s Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Analysis: Obama’s grand plan for Mideast shrinks WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years after pledging to remake the U.S. relationship with the broader Middle East and improve America’s image in the Muslim world, the Obama administration’s regional strategy appears to have come unhinged. President Barack Obama has been confronted by fast-moving and ominous developments from Afghanistan to Tunisia, amid a bitter public power struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and has adjusted his first term’s grand plan to restore Washington’s standing and influence. Now, it’s a smaller vision that seems to rely on ad hoc responses aimed at merely keeping the United States relevant in an increasingly volatile and hostile atmosphere. His administration has been forced to deal with three years of civil war in Syria. A Westernbacked opposition is struggling to topple an autocratic government and repel Islamic fighters who also are destabilizing neighboring Lebanon and Iraq, where al-Qaida has resurged less than three years after Obama withdrew U.S. forces. The U.S. is struggling to identify a coherent position in Egypt after the military ouster of the country’s first democratically elected president. The administration tried its best to avoid calling the power transfer a coup. It is losing patience with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is refusing to sign a security agreement with the U.S. The pact would allow the U.S. to leave some troops in the country to help train and assist Karzai’s army in keeping the Taliban at bay after America’s longest conflict ends Dec. 31. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal against resistance from both sides, in a quest dismissed by some as quixotic. Yet apart from Kerry’s efforts, Obama’s national security team seems to have settled on a largely hands-off, do-no-harm approach to developments in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya and Egypt. This has attracted criticism and concern, not least from traditional U.S. allies such as the Saudis, who like the Israelis and many members of Congress are wary, if not outright opposed to the administration’s engagement with Iran over its nuclear program. Administration officials, of course, are quick to deny suggestions of indecision, weakness or, worse, political expedience. They say the president is adopting carefully crafted, pragmatic and diplomatic initiatives for each hot spot — initiatives designed to reduce what current officials believe was President George W. Bush’s reliance on military might and pressure tactics. While the crises engulfing the Middle East cannot be blamed on Obama, there are growing fears that the U.S.’s Mideast policy has become rudderless and reactive, and may be contributing to worsening conditions and a rise of Islamic extremism, notably in Syria and Iraq. The administration has been accused of neglecting those countries while focusing on an elusive Israeli-Palestinian agreement. “The deterioration in this region is just astounding,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters at a news conference in Jerusalem just three days into the New Year as Kerry was making his 10th peacemaking trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories. “Israel is surrounded by regimes falling apart on all sides. The Iranians are marching toward a nuclear capability. Syria is becoming a cancer infecting the whole region. And I yearn for peace. But more than anything else, I yearn for leadership — leadership for my country to be accounted for at a time when the world needs American leadership.” An Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is “an important goal and aspiration and would be great for the world,” he said, criticizing the administration in the same city where Kerry was on his 10th peacemaking trip. “But I’ll be honest with you, as Syria falls into chaos with 130,000 dead, and the king of Jordan and Lebanon deal with the effects of a raging war in Syria, as Iraq begins to fall apart, as the Iranians enrich, we have to put this in the context of the world at large,” Graham said. Criticism from Republicans such as Graham and Arizona Sen. John McCain, who echoed his colleague’s sentiments at the Jerusalem news conference, is to be expected. But it is coming from other quarters as well. Senior members of the Saudi royal family have disparaged the United States on Syria and voiced their skepticism of the rapprochement with Iran. Saudi frustration has become so intense that the kingdom took the unprecedented step of turning down a seat on the U.N. Security Council to protest inaction on Syria, and last week announced a $3 billion gift to the Lebanese army to help it battle extremists. While publicly welcoming Kerry’s peace efforts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has campaigned against his diplomacy with Iran and tried to scuttle it. Some, including current and former U.S. officials, worry that even the perception of disengagement is problematic and counterproductive. Their litany of complaints stretches from North Africa to Central Asia, and includes: —a failure to carry through on threats to punish Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government for its use of chemical weapons. —not taking a tougher stand on the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. —not insisting on keeping a residual force in Iraq or offering greater support to the Iraqi government earlier. —an inability to seal the deal to keep some troops in Afghanistan after 2014. —seeking out a partnership with Iran while de-emphasizing engagement with nascent democracies in Tunisia and Libya. The administration has adopted an “uncertain tone” in Iraq that has left a negative impression that is seen “so often in this region,” James F. Jeffrey, an ex-senior State Department official and ambassador to Baghdad, wrote in an essay this past week. The administration is “seemingly signaling to everyone that ‘Job One’ is not getting us in any sort of military engagement — not just some new Vietnam, but any new cruise missile raid, or small continuing military presence in Afghanistan, or perhaps a few dozen uniformed U.S. (counterterrorism) experts to advise Iraqis on how to take down al-Qaida in Fallujah,” Jeffrey said. “The result has been an extraordinary collapse of our credibility in the region, despite many commendable administration actions.” Jeffrey makes the case that the administration seems to be trying to insulate itself from criticism and in doing so is actually sending the wrong message. “What goes missing with such a focus is empathy for the impact our words have on foreigners — our allies, partners, and foes around the world,” he wrote. “They are also an audience, and the former two keep ‘voting with their feet,’ from turning down Security Council Seats to any given Tel Aviv news conference. Until this all changes, chaos will continue to threaten us, in the Middle East and elsewhere.” The administration adamantly rejects such complaints. “The policy of the administration is that diplomacy should be the first option,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Friday. She noted that Obama and Kerry have restarted the Middle East peace talks, opened direct talks with Iran and moved to rid Syria of chemical weapons without military strikes. Just this weekend, she pointed out, Kerry will be meeting with Syrian opposition supporters and Arab League officials in Paris to discuss Syria and the peace process. “To argue that we are not actively engaged in diplomatic efforts around the world is completely inaccurate and is baseless,” Psaki said. “The issue with some of these (complaints) is it seems to equate engagement with military action, and engagement should not be measured by military action. Diplomacy is our first priority. … It’s never in our interests to have troops in the middle of every single conflict in the Middle East or to be permanently involved in open-ended wars in the Middle East.” Observers such as Jeffrey suggest that reasoning is too narrow. The administration “conflates any military action with Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan as if it’s all a slippery slope — and it isn’t,” he said. “They haven’t sorted out the difference between total war and using military forces intelligently — from the air, from ships, using special forces, using aid, giving weapons, helping people with advice. That’s what we need to do. And there is no easy answer.” After chemical spill, water ban lifted for part of W.Va. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The ban on tap water for parts of West Virginia was lifted on Monday, ending a crisis for a fraction of the 300,000 people who were told not to drink, wash or cook with water after a chemical spill tainted the water supply. It could still be several days before everyone is cleared to use the water again, but officials were grateful to give the green light to about 6,000 to 10,000 customers. Gov. Earl Tomblin made the announcement at a news conference, five days after restaurants and schools had to close because they didn’t have any water, and people were told to use it only to flush their toilets. “We are finally at a point where the ‘do not use’ order has been lifted,” Tomblin said. Officials were lifting the ban in a strict, methodical manner to help ensure the water system was not overwhelmed by excessive demand, which could cause more water quality and service problems. An online map detailing what areas were cleared showed a very small portion in blue and a vast area across nine counties still in the ‘do not use’ red. Customers were asked to flush out their systems before using the water again, and the water company credited accounts with 1,000 gallons, which is likely more than what is needed. The average residential customer uses about 3,300 gallons per month. Officials cautioned the water could still have a licorice-type odor, but they said it was safe. “It’s not going to bother me as long as we know it’s clean,” said Peter Triplett, a state library commission worker whose home is near the first area allowed to use water. “It’s been rough going.” Other residents were relieved, but still anxious. “I’m not going to drink it. I’ll shower in it and do dishes in it. But I won’t drink it. I don’t think it’s (the chemical) all out,” said Angela Stone, 39, who started flushing her system soon after the ban was lifted. About 6,000 to 10,000 customers were cleared to use the water again Monday, West Virginia American Water President Jeff McIntyre said. The first area cleared was downtown Charleston, the state capital and its largest city. Hospitals were flushing out systems and schools Superintendent James Phares said he hoped the largest two school systems could reopen Tuesday. The water crisis started Thursday when a chemical used in coal processing leaked from a Freedom Industries plant into the nearby Elk River. Complaints came in to West Virginia American Water about the odor and officials discovered the source was the chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol that spilled out of a 40,000 gallon tank. State officials believe about 7,500 gallons leaked from the tank. Some of the chemical was contained before flowing into the river and it’s not clear exactly how much entered the water supply. Federal authorities, including the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, opened an investigation into the spill. Over the past few days, tests have showed that levels were consistently below a toxic threshold, and in some samples, there was no trace of the chemical at all. Officials were also keeping a close eye on water downstream to make sure there was no impact to aquatic life and wildlife. No fish kills were reported. Water distribution centers have handed out bottled water and trucks with large tanks of water have filled up containers for people to take home. Some people put plastic bags around faucets so that they were reminded not to use the water. Others have left town to take a shower and find an open restaurant. Only 14 people exposed to the contaminated water www.mydailysentinel.com return to the Capitol on Monday after Friday’s session was cut short because there wasn’t any water. Their work now will likely include a look at how Freedom Industries flew under the regulatory radar because its storage tanks weren’t considered hazardous enough to require environmental permitting. Department of Environmental Protection Secre- tary Randy Huffman said one idea is to require tanks to be a certain distance from the river. 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The Lady Lancers (210, 2-5) cut the lead to one point, 40-39 at the 4:08 mark of the third quarter, forcing SHS coach Scott Cleland to burn a timeout. “Basically we talked about what we do everyday,” Southern head coach Scott Cleland said. “Do the basics, take care of the ball, box out and move it, not anything fancy just get refocused and come back.” The Lady Tornadoes went on a 15-2 run following the timeout, putting the game out of reach with 5:21 to play. Southern outscored FHHS 9-to-6 over the remained of the game to take the 64-47 victory. “This is huge because we already have more wins now than we did total last season,” said Cleland. “This is great for the program, we’re tied for third in the conference, last year we finished seventh, so we’re Alex Hawley | OVP Sports pretty pleased.” Southern senior Celestia Hendrix (40) shoots a layup over Federal Hocking’s Whittney Gillian (12) during the Lady Tornadoes 64- See TORNADOES | 7 47 victory over Federal Hocking, Saturday afternoon in Racine. Rio Grande’s Travis Elliott drives to the basket for two of his team-high 13 points in Saturday’s 78-77 Mid-South Conference win over rival Shawnee State at the Newt Oliver Arena. Elliott hit a pair of free throws with 3.1 seconds left to give the RedStorm the win. RedStorm men slip past Shawnee State, 78-77 Randy Payton URG Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Travis Elliott canned a pair of free throws with 3.1 seconds remaining to lift the University of Rio Grande to a 78-77 win over rival Shawnee State University, Saturday afternoon, in Mid-South Conference men’s basketball action. The RedStorm, who won for the fourth straight time, improved to 11-5 overall and 4-1 in the MSC. Shawnee State slipped to 7-9 overall and 1-4 in league play. Elliott’s go-ahead free throws came on Rio’s ensuing possession after Shawnee State’s Mark Bryant had put the Bears in front by connecting on a jumper with 35.3 seconds remaining. The free throws also gave the RedStorm the lead for good in a back-andforth affair which featured a whopping 12 ties and 14 lead changes. Shawnee State’s last gasp at winning on the game’s final possession went by the wayside when Bryant’s inbounds pass was knocked away by Rio Grande senior guard Ricky Tisdale (Bolivar, TN) and time expired. Rio jumped to a 20-8 lead just over five minutes into the contest, but the Bears methodically chipped away at the deficit and grabbed a 33-32 lead of their own after a pair of Devon Carter free throws with 4:17 left in the half. The RedStorm quickly regained the advantage, but Shawnee closed the half on a 6-0 run - including a layup by Andrew Bendolph with just over one second remaining - to take a 39-38 lead at the intermission. Neither team led by more than four points in the opening seven minutes of the second stanza, but the Bears managed to take their biggest lead of the day, 57-53, after a bucket by Ethan Moffatt with 12:04 left to play. See REDSTORM | 7 OVP Sports Schedule Tuesday, Jan. 14 Boys Basketball Eastern at Wahama, 7:30 Ironton at Gallia Academy, 7:30 South Gallia at Southern, 7:30 Point Pleasant at Parkersburg South, 7:30 River Valley at Vinton County, 7:30 Girls Basketball Ohio Valley Christian at Grace, 7:30 Wayne at Hannan, 7:30 Wednesday, Jan. 15 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at Spring Valley, 7:30 Wrestling Trimble at Meigs, 4 p.m. Point Pleasant at Huntington, 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 Boys Basketball Teays Valley Christian at Hannan, 7:30 Girls Basketball Miller at South Gallia, 7:30 Eastern at Trimble, 7:30 Meigs at Nelsonville-York, 7:30 Wahama at Federal Hocking, 7:30 River Valley at Coal Grove, 7:30 Waterford at Southern, 7:30 Friday, Jan. 17 Boys Basketball Wahama at South Gallia, 7:30 Eastern at Federal Hocking, 7:30 Lincoln County at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Teays Valley at Ohio Valley Christian, 7:30 Van at Hannan, 7:30 Alexander at Meigs, 7:30 Belpre at Southern, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Warren, 7:30 Girls Basketball Wahama at Charleston Catholic, 7:30 Teays Valley at Ohio Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Van at Hannan, 6 p.m. St. Albans at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Wrestling Point Pleasant at Fairmont, 4 p.m. Phhotos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports River Valley junior Chelsea Copley (10) shoots between Meigs defenders, from left, Hannah Cremeans, Morgan Russell, Brook Andrus and Ariel Ellis, during the Lady Raiders’ three point victory in Rocksprings. River Valley holds off Lady Marauders, 47-44 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — Both teams had a chance to win, but in the end the Lady Raiders took home the victory. The River Valley girls basketball escaped Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium with a 47-44 victory Saturday night, over the host Meigs Lady Marauders. River Valley (5-7) scored the first seven points of the game but over the final 3:30 of the first quarter Meigs (38) outscored RVHS 6-to-2. The Lady Raiders began to take charge in the second quarter and led 26-16 at halftime. The Lady Marauders worked the game back to single digits, outscoring River Valley 10-to-8 in the third period. At the 1:34 mark of the fourth quarter Kelsey Hudson was fouled, while hitting a three-pointer that pulled Meigs within one point at 42-41. The ensuing free throw was missed but Meigs grabbed the rebound. Meigs missed another attempt at the free throw line and River Valley took possession. The Lady Raiders hit 3-of-4 free throws from the line over a 15 second span to extend the lead back to four. With 19 seconds remaining MHS junior Hannah Cremeans hit a three pointer to cut the RVHS lead to one point. After a quick foul Chelsea Copley hit both free throws for River Valley. A last second three with a chance to tie was missed by Meigs and RVHS Meigs junior Kelsey Hudson goes up for a shot aginst River Valley juheld on to win 47-44. nior Rachael Smith, during the Lady Raiders’ 47-44 victory, Saturday in See VALLEY | 7 Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. Caldwell earns career win 200 as Tornadoes top Miller Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com HEMLOCK, Ohio — Tornadoes come up big on a milestone night. The Southern boys basketball team defeated Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division host Miller by a count of 74-59 Friday night, giving seventh year coach Jeff Caldwell his 200th career coaching victory. The Tornadoes (6-2, 4-1 TVC Hocking) didn’t get off to the best of starts, as they committed six turnovers in the first quarter. Miller (3-8, 2-4) took advantage of Southern’s miscues and led 24-18 at the end of the first quarter. The Purple and Gold defense stepped up in the second period, holding the Falcons to just seven points in the quarter. When your defense gets better it usual helps your offense and the Tornadoes scored 22 points in the second quarter, led by Tristen Wolfe with 13, to take the 40-31 lead into halftime. Southern kept its offense going through the break and outscored Miller 25-to-13 in the third period to increase the lead to 65-44 headed into the finale. SHS cashed in on 7-of8 free throw attempts in the fourth quarter to seal the 74-59 victory. “We started out slow but the second and third quarter we played really well,” seventh year Southern head coach Jeff Caldwell said. “Now we just need to carry it over and keep going.” Southern was led by Tristen Wolfe with 25 points, followed by Dennis Teaford with 14 and Taylor McNickle with 10. Jack Lemley, Casey Pickens and Chandler Drummer each had six points, while Zac Beegle added five and Trenton Deem marked two. The Tornadoes shot 24-of-59 (40.7 percent) from the field but were 0-of8 from beyond the arc. Southern was 26-of-34 (76.5 percent) from the charity stripe and missed just two free throws in the second half. As a team the Purple and Gold had 39 rebounds, 12 steals, 11 assists and 19 turnovers. Teaford and Wolfe each earned double-doubles, as Teaford had 12 rebounds and Wolfe grabbed 10. McNickle led the defense with four steals, followed by Wolfe with three. Wolfe had a team-best four assists. See CALDWELL | 7 �Tuesday, January 14, 2014 The Daily Sentinel s Page 7 www.mydailysentinel.com Highlanders coming to Point Pleasant for dual Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A pivotal match … with some swag to boot. The Point Pleasant varsity wrestling team will be hosting Huntington High Wednesday night in a dual between top-10 Class AAA programs at the Point Pleasant JuniorSenior High School gymnasium. The Big Blacks — who are ranked seventh overall in the state — will welcome the top-ranked Highlanders for a junior varsity-varsity doubleheader, which will begin with JV matches at 5:30 p.m. The dual will feature 21 wrestlers ranked in the top-10 of their individual weight classes, with HHS bringing 11 of the seeds — including a trio of top-rated grapplers. Eight of the Highlanders’ 11 wrestlers are also ranked in the top-four of their respective weight classes, compared to just three for the Big Blacks. The dual contest will be sponsored by Dr. Kelly Roush and Submitted photo team water bottles will be given out to the first 200 fans in Point Pleasant senior John Raike, left, locks up with Jordan Allen of Huntington during the 2012-13 Region IV finals. Allen won attendance. There will also be door prizes at the event. the match 4-2. Wildcats fall at Calvary, 60-38 Tornadoes roll past Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com HURRICANE, W.Va. — A bad start led to a tough finish for the Hannan boys basketball team Saturday night following a 60-38 setback to host Calvary Baptist Academy in a non-conference matchup in Putnam County. The visiting Wildcats (1-5) trailed 24-7 after eight minutes, then watched their deficit increase as the Patriots (5-3) went on a 15-7 second quarter surge to secure a 39-14 advantage headed into intermission. HHS was outscored 15-10 in the third canto for a 54-24 deficit entering the finale, but closed regulation with a 14-6 run to wrap up the 22-point setback. Will Harbour led Hannan with 10 points, followed by Jeremy Schofield with nine points and Tyler Burns with five markers. Adam Wilson was next with five points, while Charles Mayes, Dakota Fannin and Corey Hudnall each contributed two markers. Aaron Coon rounded out the Wildcat scoring with one point. Hannan has now dropped its last three decisions. Trent Spears paced CBA with a game-high 21 points, followed by Julian Fleshman and Casey James with 12 markers apiece. Mitchell Harmon also contributed 10 points to the winning cause. The NFL sets up a Sunday to remember Tim Dahlberg The Associated Press Peyton Manning and Tom Brady one more time with the Super Bowl on the line would have been good enough all by itself. But in the embarrassment of riches that is the NFL this season, we get more. Much more. Two young superstar quarterbacks in the making squaring off in Seattle. Wes Welker against the team that wanted him no longer, and Anquan Boldin taking his new team on another championship run. A sideshow with Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh that might be worth the price of admission by itself. And a Super Bowl that will be a winner even if it’s played on a sheet of ice. If this was the NBA, David Stern would have been accused of having the fix in. But it’s just more of the same for the NFL, where the story lines and matchups are so good that it’s almost a foregone conclusion next Sunday’s TV ratings will blow past anything seen before for conference title games that are always big. About the only thing missing is a scrappy team of underdogs fighting for a berth in the Super Bowl, but there’s no reason to quibble. Not with the brawny quartet of teams that all went into the weekend as favorites and all survived to play another day. The bookies in Vegas are laying odds — as they have all season long — that the Se- attle Seahawks will play the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl. But even they wouldn’t be terribly surprised if it was New England against the San Francisco 49ers or any combination in between. “It’s a lot like playground basketball,” Harbaugh said. “Winners stay and play, losers go home. And we want to keep playing.” That the 49ers are still playing is little surprise, even if they had to beat a team on the road they had lost to at home during the season. But beat the Carolina Panthers they did, winning their second straight playoff game away from home and seeming to take great delight in doing so. If any team is a reflection of their coach it’s the 49ers, who will play a third straight NFC title game under Harbaugh. Colin Kaepernick even got into the act, mocking Cam Newton’s Superman pose after scoring a third-quarter touchdown, then adding his own signature bicep kiss to top things off. “Just a little shoutout,” Kaepernick said. Forget that the 49ers were outclassed their last two trips to Seattle, losing by a combined margin of 7116. It’s doubtful they’ll be intimidated by the rain or a raucous crowd that sends tremors through the earth (Saturday’s foot stomping win over New Orleans was recorded as a small earthquake) in a game that figures to be both bruising and bitterly contested. Valley Tornadoes From Page 6 From Page 6 Chelsea Copley lead River Valley with 15 points, followed by Shelby Brown and Rachael Smith with eight apiece. Courtney Smith had six points, while Leia Moore and Mikayla Pope each had five for the Lady Raiders. RVHS shot 16-of-36 (44.4 percent) from the field and 14-of-26 (53.8 percent) from the charity stripe. As a team River Valley had 28 rebounds, 28 turnovers, 11 steals, four assists and one block. Rachael Smith paced RVHS with 10 rebounds, followed by Brown with five and Moore with four. Copley had a team-high two assists, while Courtney Smith and Brown each had one. Courtney Smith led the defense with five steals, while Rachael Smith had two steals and a block. The Maroon and Gold were led by Kelsey Hudson with 19 points, followed by Hannah Cremeans and Brook Andrus with nine each. Morgan Russell had three points, while Ariel Ellis and Danielle Morris each finished with two for Meigs. Meigs shot 19-of-62 (30.6 percent) from the field and 4-of-10 (40 percent) from the charity stripe. As a team the Lady Marauders had 26 rebounds, 19 turnovers, 10 steals, six assists and one block. Andrus finished with a team-best seven rebounds, followed by Russell with five and Ellis with four. Hudson led the way with four assists, followed by Andrus with two. Hudson also led the defense with a block and two steals, while Bre Colburn, Andrus and Morris also each had two steals. River Valley also defeated Meigs on December 2, by a count of 50-42 in Bidwell. The Lady Tornadoes offense was led by Celestia Hendrix with 20 points, followed by Jordan Huddleston with 10 and Ali Deem with eight. Haley Hill and Faith Teaford each had seven points, Hannah Hill added four, while Jansen Wolfe and Cierra Turley both finished with three. Darien Diddle rounded out the SHS scoring total with two points. As a team Southern shot 22-of-72 (30.6 percent) from the field, including 2-of-12 (16.7 percent) from beyond the arc. The Lady Tornadoes were 18-31 (58.1 percent) from the free throw line. SHS had 56 rebounds, Rock Hill, 47-33 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com RACINE, Ohio — There’s no place like home. The Southern boys basketball team won its third straight decision while improving to 5-0 overall in its new friendly confines Saturday night following a 47-33 victory over visiting Rock Hill in a non-conference matchup in Meigs County. The Tornadoes (7-2) trailed 7-6 after eight minutes of play, but the hosts breezed through the second canto with a 19-6 surge — giving SHS a comfortable 25-13 cushion at the break. The Redmen (1-10) found their rhythm after halftime, as the guests made a 15-8 surge to close to within 33-28 headed into the finale. Southern, however, closed regulation on a 14-5 charge — which included a 6-of-11 effort at the foul line — to wrap up the 14-point triumph. The Tornadoes were outrebounded by a slim 32-31 overall margin and committed 16 turnovers in the contest, compared to 18 giveaways by the guests. SHS also recorded team tallies of nine assists and nine steals in the victory. Southern connected on 17-of-46 field goal attempts for 37 percent, including a 4-of-14 effort from three-point range for 29 percent. The hosts were also 9-of-19 at the free throw line for 47 percent. Tristen Wolfe led SHS with a double-double effort of 20 points and 10 rebounds, followed by Taylor McNickle with 13 points and Dennis Teaford with eight markers. Teaford also hauled in nine rebounds and had a team-high three steals. Trenton Deem, Jack Lemley and Casey Pickens rounded out the winning tally with two points each. Wolfe also dished out a team-best four assists. RHHS sank 13-of-40 field goal attempts for 33 percent, including a 4-of-13 effort from behind the arc for 31 percent. The Redmen were also 3-of-7 at the charity stripe for 43 percent. Alex Nance led the guests with 11 points, followed by Aaron Dalton and Chase Blankenship with eight markers apiece. 32 turnovers, 26 steals, 12 assists, 14 fouls and three blocked shots. Hendrix had a game-high 14 rebounds, followed by Wolfe with 13 and Turley with 10. Wolfe led Southern with four assists, followed by Hendrix and Huddleston with two each. Hendrix led the defense with six steals and two blocks, while Turley and Haley Hill each had five steals. Destiny Tabler led Federal Hocking with 17 points, followed by Carley Tabler with seven and Megan Thompson with six. Mckenzie Steele had five points, Ashton Cale and Whittney Gillian had four each, Cheyenne Singer marked three and Tisha Glass had one. Federal Hocking shot 19-of-62 (30.6 percent) from the field, 2-of-12 (16.7 percent) from three-point range and 7-of-13 (53.8 percent) from beyond the arc. The Lady Lancers had 35 rebounds, 13 assists, 18 fouls, 22 steals, 36 turnovers and one block. Destiny Tabler led the Lady Lancers with eight rebounds, followed by Thompson with two. Carly Tabler had a team-high five assists, while leading the defense with six steals and a block. Southern will face Federal Hocking again on January 25, in Stewart. The Lady Tornadoes total of six wins in 2013 has already been surpassed by this year’s squad. RedStorm From Page 6 Rio Grande responded with an 8-0 run to take its own four-point advantage with 10:31 remaining, but five straight points by Shawnee State gave the lead back to the visitors and kickstarted a roller-coaster finish that saw six ties and five lead changes over the final 9-1/2 minutes. Rio Grande shot 53.7 percent from the floor overall (29-for-54) to overcome three more turnovers than the Bears (12-9) and a 34-31 rebounding deficit. Elliott, a junior guard from Ironton, Ohio, had 13 points to lead 10 different scorers for the RedStorm. He also tied for team-high honors with four assists. Sophomore forward Phillip Hertz (Rungsted Kyst, Denmark) added 12 points and junior guard Evan Legg (Piketon, OH) finished with 10 points in the win. Senior guard Jermaine Warmack (Orange, NJ) equaled Elliott’s mark of four assists. Bryant had a game-high 20 points to pace a quartet of double-digit scorers for Shawnee State, which shot 49.2 percent (29-for59) on the day. Trevor Banks netted 14 points in a losing cause for the Bears, while Andrew Devlin finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds and Bendolph also had 10 points. Rio Grande will return to action on Thursday night when St. Catharine College visits the Newt Oliver Arena for an 8 p.m. tipoff. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. Caldwell From Page 6 Miller’s scoring was led by Hunter Starlin with 21 points and Elijah Rader with 13. Austin Doughty had nine points, Garrett Sinift marked seven, while Cody McKnight added four. Colton Pargeon with two points, followed by Nick Morgan and Austin Knipper with one apiece rounded out the MHS total. The Falcons shot 19-of-64 (29.7 percent) from the field, 6-of-26 (23.1 percent) from three-point range and 14-of-23 (60.9 percent) from three free throw line. The Purple and White had 48 rebounds, 10 assists and four steals. Jeff Caldwell is now 200-130 in his coaching career with a 92-51 record as coach of the Tornadoes and a 108-79 record as coach of the Pike Eastern Eagles, prior to his tenure at Southern. Caldwell has coached eight sectional championship teams, five at Southern, and took the Tornadoes to the regional tournament in 2009. Caldwell won three league titles while with the Eagles. “I’ve had a chance to work with a lot of good players over the years, both here and at my former school,” Caldwell said. “Howie Caldwell and his dad Howard were both at the game and it was nice for me to have family there. I’d also like to thank my mom and dad. 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For 3 months.* �Page 10 s The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Tuesday, January 14, 2014 Rio Grande women outlast Bears in OT Randy Payton URG Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio — In a game that, at times, could be described as chaotic, the University of Rio Grande women’s basketball team outlasted Mid-South Conference rival Shawnee State University, 112-108 in overtime, Saturday afternoon at the Newt Oliver Arena. The overtime contest was the first of its kind this season for Rio Grande, which improved to 13-4 overall and 2-3 in MSC play. The victory also marked back-to-back wins for the RedStorm against Shawnee State for the first time in 47 all-time meetings with the arch-rival Bears. The first half proved to be full of points scored in bunches. Shawnee State held a 28-16 advantage with 10 minutes remaining in the half, but Rio would finish the half by scoring 31 of the final 47 points to take both a 47-44 lead and, perhaps more importantly, the momentum into the lockerroom. The second half would then usher in a series of events that one would have a hard time forcing into a Hollywood movie script. Rio Grande opened up a 59-49 lead with 16 minutes left, but would surrender the advantage in a matter of minutes as the Bears arose from their hibernation and put together a 2710 run over the next seven minutes to grab a commanding 76-69 lead with 8-1/2 minutes remaining in regulation. The Shawnee lead would remain seven, 89-82, with 2-1/2 minutes remaining in regulation before junior guard Brianna Thomas (Maplewood, NJ) knocked down a three-pointer to cut the deficit to four. Both teams went scoreless until junior Sarah Bonar (Hartford, OH) converted on a layup to bring the RedStorm within three, 90-87, with 55 seconds remaining. An exchange free throws over the ensuing 20 seconds put Shawnee up 93-89 with 32 seconds remaining and left Rio Grande preparing to inbound the ball. A collision on the inbounds play between Thomas and Shawnee State senior guard Alannah Sheets resulted in a foul being whistled against Sheets and - after Sheets was initially slow to get up - a Shawnee State fan racing on the floor to check on her well-being. The fan’s mad dash onto the court resulted in a technical foul against the Bears and four free throw attempts for Rio Grande all of which were successful by Thomas - to knot the score at 93-93. Another converted free throw by freshman forward Alexis Payne (Deep Water, WV) with just five seconds remaining in regulation gave Rio Grande a 94-93 lead and looked to wrap up a win for head coach David Smalley’s squad, but Shawnee forward Ali Zieverink was fouled with no time remaining and went to the free throw line with a chance to win the contest. However, Zieverink made just one of the two attempts and the game headed to overtime where Payne and freshman center Brooke Marcum (Vinton, OH) combined for 12 points to finally give the RedStorm the win. Shooting-wise, Rio Grande finished the game at 45 percent (40-for-91) from the field, 24 percent from beyond the arc (4for-17), and 67 percent from the foul line (28-for42), while Shawnee State would shoot 49 percent (36-for-73) overall, 38 percent (8-for-21) from threepoint land and 73 percent from the charity stripe. Rio Grande also forced 30 Shawnee State turnovers compared to just 16 of their own and outrebounded the Bears by a margin of 59-46. Thomas led the RedStorm with 29 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists, followed by Marcum’s career-high 23 points and team-leading 14 rebounds and Payne’s 15 points. Freshman guard Sharday Baines (East Cleveland, OH) chipped in with a career-high 14 points and freshman forward Harley Adler (Burton, OH) had Submitted photo 10 points. Rio Grande’s Brianna Thomas drives toward the basket durFor Shawnee (8-8, 1-4), Sheets dropped in a game- ing the second half of Saturday afternoon’s 112-108 win over high 45 points, including Shawnee State University at the Newt Oliver Arena. six three-pointers, while Diane Abbady had 15 to action next Thursday available at www.ihigh. points and a team-leading when they take on the Pa- com/redstorm. 13 rebounds. Zieverink triots of St. Catharine ColRandy Payton is the and Catrice Mitchell had lege at Newt Oliver Arena Sports Information Direc15 and 13 points, respec- in a 6 p.m. tipoff. tor at the University of Rio tively. Live video and play-byRio Grande will return play of the contest will be Grande. Lady Falcons fall to AP Sports Briefs Charleston Catholic, 81-26 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com Mason, W.Va. — So much for gracious guests. The visiting Charleston Catholic girls basketball team defeated Wahama 81-26, Saturday in a non-conference contest in Mason County. Wahama (0-9) held with CCHS (6-1) through the first quarter, trailing 16-9 after the first eight quarter. The Lady Irish kicked it in gear and led 44-11 at halftime. The rout continued after the intermission as Charleston Catholic scored 23 in the third and 14 in the fourth to take the 8126 victory. Sierra Carmichael led Wahama with 13 points, followed by Olivia Hill with nine and Nena Hunt with four. The Lady Irish scoring was led by Vida Imani with 27 and Anna Whelan with 16. Hanna Gallian had eight, Peri Bailey and Raegan Palmer had seven each, Caroline Dunderville added six, Peyton Mullen added four, while Alexandra Persily, Sydney Moore and Maddie Blaydes each had two. These teams will meet again on Friday, January 17 in the Capital City. Akron beats Ohio 83-80 in 2OTs ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Quincy Diggs scored 20 points, including the final basket in both overtime sessions, as Akron beat Ohio 83-80 on Sunday night. Diggs scored nine points during the extra time for Akron (10-5, 2-0 MAC). Diggs made the deciding basket of the game with 34 seconds left. Ohio’s Stevie Taylor then missed a 3-pointer, but Akron’s Nyles Evans missed both free throws with 14 seconds left giving Ohio a final chance. Ohio (11-4, 1-1) got two 3-pointers off in the final 10 seconds, but Nick Kellogg missed them both. In the first overtime, Diggs made a 3-pointer for Akron to cut its deficit to 70-69 with 12 seconds left. Ohio’s Kellogg was fouled but missed his second free throw and Diggs hit a jumper from the top of the key to tie the game at 71. Taylor rushed down the court but his layup was blocked at the buzzer. Marble’s 22 lift Iowa past OSU, 84-74 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Roy Devin Marble scored 22 points, Aaron White added 19 and No. 20 Iowa ended the game on a 22-9 run to hand No. 3 Ohio State its second loss of the week, 84-74 on Sunday. Melsahn Besabe had 11 points and 10 rebounds, Mike Gesell added 11 points and Jarrod Uthoff had 10 off the bench for the Hawkeyes (14-3, 3-1 Big Ten), who ended a string of eight straight losses to the Buckeyes. LaQuinton Ross scored 22 points, Amir Williams had 11 and Lenzelle Smith Jr. 10 for Ohio State (15-2, 2-2), which had opened with 15 consecutive wins. The Buckeyes fell 72-68 in overtime at No. 5 Michigan State on Tuesday night. It was Iowa’s first win over a top 5 team since an 83-65 victory at No. 2 Missouri on Dec. 15, 2001. Cincinnati back in Top 25 with 8-game win streak CINCINNATI (AP) — A lopsided defeat to crosstown rival Xavier became a turning point for Cincinnati. The Bearcats moved back into the Top 25 on Monday for the first time this season. Cincinnati has won eight in a row since it got pushed around during the 17-point loss to Xavier on Dec. 14. The 19th-ranked Bearcats (15-2, 4-0 American Athletic) are winning with a defense ranked No. 6 in the country. The Bearcats are allowing an average of 56.2 points and have held their past 24 opponents to fewer than 70 points, the longest current streak in the nation. Sean Kilpatrick leads the AAC with 18.4 points a game despite his fivegame shooting slump. Cincinnati hosts Temple (5-9, 0-4) on Tuesday night. De Blasio: NYC is ready for Super Bowl NEW YORK (AP) — Bill de Blasio says New York City is ready for some football. The mayor said Monday that he has received “sterling” reports on the preparations for the Super Bowl. The NFL’s title game will be held Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., home to the New York Giants and Jets. This is the first time the region has hosted the Super Bowl. De Blasio touted the “fantastic impact” the game would have on the city’s economy. De Blasio grew up in Massachusetts and he cheers for one of the local teams’ biggest rivals: the New England Patriots. The Patriots are one win away from advancing to the Super Bowl but de Blasio said they have a “very tough” game this Sunday against the Denver Broncos. Grandfather of Harbaugh brothers dies at 98 SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Joe Cipiti, the grandfather of NFL coaching brothers Jim and John Harbaugh, has died. He was 98. Cipiti died Sunday morning in Ohio, and Jim Harbaugh spoke fondly of his grandfather Monday as the coach begins San Francisco’s preparation for the NFC championship game Sunday in Seattle. Along with the Harbaughs’ parents, Cipiti attended last year’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, where John’s Baltimore Ravens beat Jim’s 49ers 34-31. Jim Harbaugh says his grandpa watched as San Francisco beat Green Bay in the wild-card round Jan. 5. The coach says it was hard leading his team during Sunday’s 23-10 victory at Carolina, calling his grandfather, “an amazing storyteller. He is a poet of life. A man that was all about family.” He will miss the memorial service Friday, “a bit of a crushing blow.” Browns enter week three of coaching search 60476025 Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns are in a final four they never want to revisit. Cleveland remains one of four NFL franchises still looking for a head coach, and as the Browns enter the third week of their search to find the replacement for Rob Chudzinski, there doesn’t appear to be anyone close to getting the job. The team has interviewed at least five known candidates and the Browns were reportedly meeting Monday with former Tennes- see coach Mike Munchak. The 53-year-old Munchak, a Hall of Fame lineman, went 22-26 in three seasons with the Titans, who after a week of meetings and discussions fired him on Jan. 4 and ended his more than 30 years with the franchise. Cleveland’s degree of interest in Munchak isn’t known since the team is not commenting on any interviews and Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner have maintained a low profile since dumping Chudzinski after one season. And while there may not be a clear favorite to take over as Cleveland’s seventh full-time coach since 1999, there are signs that Denver offensive coordinator Adam Gase could be the Browns’ top choice. The 35-year-old Gase was the first candidate contacted by the Browns, but he informed them — along with the Minnesota Vikings — that he wanted to wait until after the playoffs to be considered. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 01. January Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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