https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/81019d1255c1e74ae5360ec45c932897.pdf bc3f3248f304e71c3769ea3e682973fc PDF Text Text LOG ONTO WWW.MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM OR WWW.MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM FOR ARCHIVE s�GAMES s�E-EDITION s�POLLS & MORE Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS Volunteerism —the life of a community... Page C1 Partly sunny. High near 36. Low around 25...Page A2 Local sports action ... Page B1 OBITUARIES Stella E. Blankenship, 45 Ruby E. Briggs, 91 Kenneth L. Friend, 85 Donald E. George, 60 $2.00 SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014 Vol. 48, No. 3 Theodore Melrose, 74 Maurita Lee Miller, 95 Helen F. Robinson, 73 Eileen Mae Searls, 89 Dorothy Wentzell, 88 Gallia to receive $93k from casino tax payment Meigs to receive $71k from casino tax payment Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com OHIO VALLEY — Gallia and Meigs counties will soon see a boost in funds, as all 88 Ohio counties are set to receive payments from the casino revenue tax later this month. While payments are down slightly from the previous two, Gallia County will receive $93,187.83, while Meigs County will receive $71,596.36. In Oct. 2013, Gallia County received $95,294.41 and Meigs County received $73,214.85. Payments had increased each quarter from July 2012 until July 2013, with a slight decline in October 2013. The payment scheduled for Jan. 31, 2014, will be the seventh payment to the counties from the casino revenue tax fund. Meigs County received a total of $267,277.38 in the 2013 calendar year. Gallia County’s four payments in 2013 totaled $348,225.30. The initial payment received by the counties in July 2012 was approximately 3.5 times less than the current payments. Money distributed to the counties is not earmarked by the state for a specific purpose and is placed into the general fund. Cuyahoga County will receive the largest amount at $1.92 mil- lion, and Vinton County will receive the least at $40,175.64. Funding is determined by population. Meigs County’s population is listed as 23,593, while Gallia County has a population of 30,708. Population figures are from the 2012 census date provided by the Ohio Department of Taxation. Payments are also made to school districts in Ohio on a semi-annual basis. These payments began Jan. 31, 2013. The second payment was made on Aug. 31. Payments continue in January and August of each On the wild side year. Payments were not made to school districts in 2012. In January, Gallia County Schools received the largest payment at $58,278.16. Gallipolis City Schools received a payment of $56,905.05. Meigs Local School District received $46,684.85. Eastern Local School District received $20,254.48, while Southern Local received a payment of $18,716.83. Payments to the counties are based on population, and payments to the districts are based on enrollment. See PAYMENT | A3 Gallia County School board moves central office Agnes Hapka ahapka@civitasmedia.com Photos by Agnes Hapka | Sunday Times-Sentinel Joni Lee Carrington’s “Wildlife” exhibit at the French Art Colony captures a bit of “nature’s beauty and vitality,” with more than 20 oil paintings. The works will be on display this coming week, and the artist will be at the FAC Sunday from 1-5 p.m. to meet the public and answer any questions about her work. Carrington is a teacher and historian as well as an artist; she is now in her 33rd year of teaching painting at Gingerbread Studio in Albany, Ohio. She offers adult art lessons and does commission work; she also has oil painting for sale, hand-paints furniture, and does murals. The FAC’s hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday — Thursday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Drugs, weapons charges send Patriot man to prison Amber Gillenwater agillenwater@civitasmedia.com Emergency HEAP available through March Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com CHESHIRE —“The weather is very cold and we can still assist our eligible customers,” is the the word from Sandra Edwards, emergency services director, of the Gallia Meigs C.A.A.’s Emergency HEAP Program which will continue heating assistance through March 31. The Community Action Agency continues making for every Friday, except on holidays, starting at 8 a.m. Residents can call the Cheshire Office at 3677341 or 992-6629 or walkin to book an appointment. “However, an appointment may not extend a scheduled utility shut-off, she advised. Emergency HEAP provides assistance to households that have had utili- ties disconnected, face the threat of disconnection or have 10 days or less supply of bulk fuel. The program allows a one-time payment of up to $175 per heating season to restore or retain home heating services for AEP and Columbia Gas and up to $450 for BREC and Knox Energy. For propane and fuel oil clients, the payment may cover up to 200 gallons for propane/ bottled gas or fuel oil, not to exceed $750. Clients heating with wood or coal will be assisted up to $350 also. Homeowners or renters may qualify if their total household income is at or below 175 percent of federal poverty guidelines. The income guidelines for both Regular and Emergency HEAP programs are the same. However, Regular HEAP requires GALLIA COUNTY — The campus of Southwestern Elementary School now serves as the central office location for Gallia County Local Schools. The decision was made based on a number of factors, Interim Superintendent Wendy Halley wrote in a returned email to the Gallipolis Daily Tribune yesterday. The previous location, comprised of portable classrooms near the Gallia County animal shelter, were purchased when the elementary buildings were being built in the mid 1980s, Halley commented. “They were later converted to the Gallia County Local Schools Board office,” Halley noted. “The structure of these portable buildings were deteriorating and the district had to consider options to remedy the situation. Declining enrollment at Southwestern Elementary meant the building had extra space.” The board hired an engineer to consider the possibility of renovating a portion of Southwestern Elementary for the purpose of housing the board offices. After consulting the engineer, Halley said, the board decided that it would be more financially responsible to move the office to the available portion of the elementary than to put more money into new construction. The new location enables the district office to be more centrally located among its school buildings, Halley added. The board office, which is open 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, is now located 4836 State Route 325, Patriot, Ohio 45658. This new location is home to the offices of the superintendent, district administrators, district treasurer, several administrative assistants, and the parent mentor. Halley added that the board room is approximately 750 square feet, to accommodate public and staff meetings, and the office has a separate entrance which is accessible from the side parking lot. The new telephone number is (740) 379-9085. The superintendent’s office fax number is (740) 379-9135. The treasurer’s office fax number is (740) 379-9136. The main entrance to the central office is to the back side of the school building closest to Buckeye Rural Electric. It also offers additional use of the space already at Southwestern Elementary. The central office staff is very excited to join the students, teachers, and support staff already at this location. the previous 12 months income while the past three months income is acceptable for Emergency HEAP. Documentation verifying ALL household income must be provided when applying for HEAP. Also a copy of the applicant’s recent electric bill is required. It is also required that you provide a birth certificate for the primary applicant, social security cards for ALL household members and proof of Student ID or Report Card if over 18 and living in your household. You will also be asked for proof of home ownership or proof of landlord, including address and phone number. The following income levels by household size should be used to determine eligibility. These income guidelines rep- resent the 175% calculation and are revised annually. Allowable annual income for a 1 person household is $20,108, 2 persons $27,143, 3 persons $34,178, 4 persons $41,213, 5 persons $48,248, and 6 persons $55,283, 7 persons $62,318, 8 persons $69,353. Households with more than eight members should add an additional $7,035 per member to the yearly income. Both Emergency HEAP and Regular HEAP applications can be completed at all three (3) offices; Gallia C.A.A. Office, 859 3rd Avenue, Gallipolis, Central Office, 8010 N. SR 7, Cheshire or the Meigs C.A.A. Office at 369 Powell Street, Middleport. Applications will be taken by appointment from 8:30 to 10: GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County man who was allegedly found in the possession of illegal drugs and a firearm while on probation through a previous felony drug case, was sentenced last week to prison time in both of his common pleas court cases. Malachi J. Sheets, 26, Patriot, was sentenced on Wednesday in the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County to 17 months of imprisonment for attempted having weapons under disability and 11 months for trafficking in drugs in his first case, and 17 months for trafficking in drugs and 11 months for drug possession in his second case. The sentences in regard to each count were ordered to be served concurrently with each other and the sentences in each case were also ordered to be served concurrently for a total of 17 months of imprisonment in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Sheets was originally indicted in April 2012 after he was allegedly in the possession of and sold or offered to sell one oxycodone tablet on September 27, 2011. He was also allegedly in the possession of one oxymorphone tablet and sold or offered to sell the drug on October 2, 2011. The defendant was not arrested on a warrant on indictment in this case until December 1, 2012, and following an arraignment hearing, was subsequently released on his own recognizance. A negotiated plea agreement was later filed with the clerk of courts office and during a hearing in May 2013, Sheets pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in drugs and one count of drug possession in this case. He was scheduled to appear for a sentencing hearing in this case on June 12, 2013, but failed to appear. After being arrested on a warrant, Sheets appeared for sentencing two days later and was sentenced to two years of probation. A search warrant was later served at Sheets’ residence on Boggs Road on September 12 last year, and, during this search, deputies reportedly found a 20-gauge shotgun the defendant had access to while have not having been relieved of weapons disability. In addition, Sheets was also charged with drug trafficking and drug possession as a result of the search as the defendant allegedly sold or offered to sell 0.4 grams of heroin prior to the search. See CHARGES | A3 �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page A2 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, January 19, 2014 �2==:2î�@F?EJ #6:8Dî�@F?EJî"@42=î�C:67D �@>>F?:EJî�2=6?52C Events Tuesday, Jan. 21 GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis City Commission meeting, 7 p.m., Gallipolis Municipal Building, 333 Third Avenue, Gallipolis. Tuesday, Jan. 28 GALLIPOLIS — Open Gate Garden Club meeting, 7 p.m., home of Mary Jo Dodson. Program: sweet flowers for a cutting garden. Holiday office closures POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Normal business hours will resume at 8 a.m. on Jan. 21. POMEROY — The Meigs TB Clinic will be closed Monday, Jan. 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day. Thursday, Jan. 30 GALLIPOLIS — French 500 Free Clinic, 1-4 p.m., 258 Pinecrest Drive. The clinic serves the uninsured residents Breastfeeding classes of Gallia County between the ages of 18 and 65. If local ATHENS — O’Bleness schools are closed due to inclement weather, the clinic Memorial Hospital in Athwill be closed. ens offers free breastfeeding follow-up sessions for Tuesday, Feb. 4 RIO GRANDE — Holzer Clinic and Holzer Medical postpartum breastfeeding Center retirees lunch, 12 p.m., Bob Evans Restaurant, mothers. The class takes place every Wednesday Rio Grande. 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. Meeting Change GALLIPOLIS — The January 20 meeting of the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services has been cancelled due to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. There will be a special meeting on January 27, 2014, at 7 p.m. The Board typically meets on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Board Office (53 Shawnee Lane, Gallipolis). 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 Depart- #6:8Dî�@F?EJ �@>>F?:EJî�2=6?52C �2==:2î�@F?EJî"@42=î�C:67D Monday, Jan. 20 OLIVE TWP. — The Olive Township Trustees will meeting in special session at 6:30 p.m. at the Olive Township Garage on Joppa Road for the purpose of an organizational meeting and to approve beginning of the year spending. LETART TWP. — Letart Township Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. TUPPERS PLAINS — Tops meeting 6 p.m. at St. Paul UM Church. Everyone welcome. Wednesday, Jan. 29 CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will hold a special meeting on at 7 p.m. to confer the entered apprentrice degree on one candidate. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. Friday, Jan. 31 MARIETTA — The Regional Advisory Council for the Area Agency on Aging will meet at 10 a.m. in the Buckeye Hills-HVRDD Area Agency on Aging office in Marietta, Ohio City commission meeting GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis City Commission will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21 at the Gallipolis Municipal Building, 333 Third Avenue, Gallipolis. The meeting room may be accessed through the side entrance adjacent to 2 1/2 Alley. Birthdays January ADAMHS ALFRED — Leonard Board meeting E. Amos will observe his GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia86th birthday on Jan. 19. Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Cards may be sent to him at 43216 Tucker Road, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services will hold a special meeting Coolville, Ohio 45723. on January 27 at 7 p.m. The board typically meets on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the board office, 53 Shawnee Lane, Gallipolis. %9:@î,2==6Jî�@C642DE Sunday: Scattered snow showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. West wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25. M.L.King Day: A chance of rain and snow showers before 4pm, then a chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Monday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 17. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 20. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 21. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 32. "@42=î)E@4<D AEP (NYSE) — 46.77 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 26.13 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 98.90 Big Lots (NYSE) — 28.38 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 47.21 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 55.81 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 11.12 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.46 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 45.76 Collins (NYSE) — 77.58 DuPont (NYSE) — 64.02 US Bank (NYSE) — 41.45 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 26.58 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 67.58 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 58.11 Kroger (NYSE) — 36.79 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 55.17 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 88.99 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 22.37 BBT (NYSE) — 38.78 Veterans service office closure GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Veterans Service Office will be closed on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, and will reopen on Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Peoples (NASDAQ) — 21.86 Pepsico (NYSE) — 82.20 Premier (NASDAQ) — 14.66 Rockwell (NYSE) — 119.23 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 15.17 Royal Dutch Shell — 70.57 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 37.58 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 76.19 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 8.98 WesBanco (NYSE) — 30.06 Worthington (NYSE) — 43.27 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions January 17, 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. Historical preservation board meeting GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Historical Preservation Board will hold an organizational meeting on Monday, January 27, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. at the City’s Municipal Building, 333 Third Avenue, Gallipolis. The meeting room can be accessed from the entrance door next to 2 ½ Alley. On the agenda is the approval of the minutes from the October 27, 2013 meeting. No cases are scheduled at this time. Concerns on any other properties in the Historical District and any other matters may be brought before the board. For more information, please call Bev Dunkle at 441.6015 or Brett Bostic at 441.6022. Breast and cervical cancer screenings BIDWELL — Breast and cervical cancer screenings and education will be provided by the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic ment 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. Medicine’s Community Health program from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on January 28. The clinic will be held on the Community Health Program’s Mobile Health van parked at Abbyshire Nursing Center, 311 Buck Ridge Road, Bidwell. Free pap tests, pelvic and breast examinations, breast health education and appointments for mammograms will be provided to uninsured and underinsured women. Appointments are required. Interested persons should call 1-800-8442654 or 740-593-2432 to schedule. Free clinic GALLIPOLIS — The French 500 Free Clinic will be open from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, January 30. The clinic is located at 258 Pinecrest Drive off of Jackson Pike and is open on the last Thursday of every month. The clinic serves the uninsured residents of Gallia County between the ages of 18 and 65. If local schools are closed due to inclement weather, the clinic will also be closed. Meigs County Sheriff’s Office responds to situations MEIGS COUNTY — The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office along with the Franklin County Bomb Squad were at a residence on Ohio 681 near Alfred on Friday afternoon. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood said a woman found dynamite and other material belonging to her late husband which needed to be disposed of. Sheriff Wood stated that the road was closed, but that there was not a bomb threat at any time. The sheriff’s office also responded to a meth lab situation earlier in the week. A methamphetamine lab was located in a backpack along Vance Road. The lab was neutralized. There have been no arrests in the case. ���îC6DA@?5DîE@î�C:52J�2ñ6C?@@?î\C6 GALLIPOLIS — Firefighters with the Gallipolis Fire Department were on the scene of a house fire on Friday afternoon in the City of Gallipolis. The fire, that was reported just prior to 5 p.m. on Friday, occurred at a residence in the 700 block of Third Avenue, near the intersection of Pine Street and Third Avenue. Volunteers with the Gallipolis Fire Department quickly arrived on scene, along with officers with the Gallipolis Police Department. No further information was available as of press time. Further information Amber Gillenwater | Sunday Times-Sentinel on this fire will be released Smoke filled the upper end of Third Avenue late on Friday afternoon as Gallipolis firefighters as it is made available by officials. responded to the scene of a house fire in the 700 block. �2==:A@=:Dî���î2EE6?5DîDE2E6î=6256CD9:Aî?:89E Service Tech 3 rooms for $99 RESTORATION AND CLEANING SOLUTIONS SERVICE TRI-COUNT Y AREA Owned and Operated By: David Rice 740-446-9523 30 Years Experience 60470124 Visit us at www.mydailytribune.com or www.mydailysentinel.com Submitted photo Twenty members of the Gallipolis FFA chapter recently attended a State FFA Leadership Night at New Lexington High School in Perry County. At the conference, students attended workshop sessions conducted by the state FFA officer team. The session focused on developing individual leadership qualities as well as team building exercises. The students who attended were Kaci Ager, Beth Allie, Michael Arthur, Ben Ball, Katelynn Caldwell, Emily Carroll, Breanna Casto, Allie Clagg, Stacy Haner, Thomas Holley, Kyle Jordan, Brian Knotts, Shelby Long, Katie Masters, Kelly Montgomery, Keely Myers, Shelby O’Dell, Andrew Owens, Levi Queen and Brody Thomas. �Sunday, January 19, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� Nominees being accepted for the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame COLUMBUS — The Ohio Agricultural Council is seeking nominations for the 2014 Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame. Induction into the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame is Ohio’s highest recognition of an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the agricultural industry. Each year up to four prominent agricultural leaders are honored and inducted into the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame for their superior service, dedication, leadership and contributions to agriculture. Persons wishing to nominate an individual who he or she believes is deserving of consideration for this honor may download the nomination form from the website or by contacting (614) 794-8970 or info@ohioagcouncil. org. Nominations must be received by March 31, 2014, in order to be eligible for consideration in 2014. The Ohio Agricultural Council includes organizations, companies and individuals who have an interest in the wellbeing and promotion of the agricultural industry in Ohio. For more information, visit www.ohioagcouncil.org. Which ‘Mason’ is Mason County’s main man? Debate over who was the county’s namesake Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com MASON COUNTY — Could a clerical error be responsible for history getting it wrong when it comes to just who Mason County was named after? According to local history buff, Keith Biggs, the evidence he’s uncovered doesn’t support any plausible case that would leave George Mason as Mason County’s namesake. That distinction, according to Biggs, should go to Stevens Thomson Mason. “It’s a mistake is what it boils down to,” Biggs said. “Whoever did the West Virginia Blue Book in 1927 didn’t do good homework.” Biggs became interested in this mystery back in the 1990’s when a friend got hold of a copy of the 1916 WV Blue Book where Stevens Thomson Mason was noted as the person Mason County was named for - not George Mason. As the years passed, the technology grew to the point where historic documents were digitized and review was as simple as looking at them on a computer screen as opposed to driving to Richmond, Va. Technology helped reveal the oversight, according to Biggs. Oh yes, and there’s a few fires at the state capitol which also might’ve had a hand in wiping away the correct man from his correct place in history. Biggs explains, the use of George Mason as the namesake for the county in the WV Blue Book started in the 1927 edition. The Blue Books from 1916-1920 had Stevens Thomson Mason listed as the namesake for Mason County. The 19211926 Blue Books didn’t list a namesake. Also the 1921 Blue Book was only 445 pages and the 1920 Blue Book was 1,017 pages. According to Biggs, Assistant Senate Clerk, Lee Cassis, agrees with his hypothesis that the fires which destroyed the West Virginia State Capitol in 1921 and 1927 may have been the cause for the change in namesake from Stevens Thomson Mason to George Mason. The death of the Senate Clerk, John T. Harris, in 1928 may also have contributed to the change, Biggs guessed. Harris’ wife edited the 1928 Blue Book after his death and she may have edited the 1927 Blue Book, if Mr. Harris was in declining health in the year before his death, Biggs further supposed. “Cassis couldn’t find any documentation for the change from Stevens Thomson Mason to George Mason, probably due to the loss of Senate Clerk’s records in the fires,” Biggs said. There’s also the issue of the timing when it comes to making a case that George Mason was not Mason County’s main man. Biggs explained a very strong case can be made for Stevens Thomson Mason due to the timing of the Virginia General Assembly’s actions on filling Stevens Thomson Mason’s unexpired U. S. Senate term and consideration of the petition to divide Kanawha County to form Mason County (Dec. 7, 1803, Dec. 12, 1803). “Also, the Stevens Thomson Mason attribution of two highly respected Virginia historians, Hugh Blair Grigsby and Kate Mason Rowland, followed by Virgil Lewis’ 1896 correction of his 1889 reference to George Mason makes Stevens Thomson Mason, as eponym for the county, a matter of settled history as was reflected in the WV Blue Books 1916-1920,” Biggs said. Biggs hopes the debate of just who Mason County’s namesake is will also stir up a love of local and state history. He has also been in contact with local legislators about bringing a resolution to the floor of the West Virginia House of Delegates to have who he believes is the correct Mason recognized. As Biggs pointed out, this year is the 210th anniversary of the founding of Mason County. What better time than now to revisit its history? Submitted photo Dave Thompson (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Division Chair), Dr. Rhonda Tracy (Senior VP for Academic Affairs) and Hans Straight (Diversified Agriculture Program Coordinator) with a new tractor purchased for the Learnd and Earn program. WVU Parkersburg and Bob’s Market will collaborate to offer this cooperative education program. -,+î&2C<6CD3FC8�î�@3[Dî#2C<6EîE62>îFA Register Staff PPRnews@civitasmedia.com PARKERSBURG — The Community and Technical College System (CTCS) of West Virginia has awarded West Virginia University at Parkersburg a workforce development initiative grant for a new diversified agriculture Learn and Earn program. With the $96,000 in grant funds, WVU Parkersburg and Bob’s Market will collaborate to offer this cooperative education program where students will be paid while they earn a 30-hour degree certificate in diversified agriculture. The program will link classroom theories and instruction with practical work experience. The degree certificate offered through WVU Parkersburg is part of the college’s diversified agriculture program recently approved and funded by the CTCS. WVU Parkersburg plans to enroll two cohorts of 15 students to begin the program in May and January 2015. A total of 30 students can be enrolled during the operational training year. Students will divide their time between the college site and Bob’s Market and Greenhouses Inc.’s Mason County location. Students enrolled in the Learn and Earn program will earn $10 per hour while working. Tuition and As a result of the search, the defendant was arrested and subsequently pleaded not guilty to probation violations in this case. He was later released on an own recognizance bond on September 20. A new indictment outlining the felony charges stemming from the September raid was filed in this case in October, and Sheets was later arraigned in relation to these charges. After negotiating a plea agreement in his newest case, Sheets pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attempted having weapons under disability, a lessor offense and felony of the fourth degree, as well as trafficking in drugs, a fifth degree felony. He was sentenced to serve 17 months of imprisonment for the weapons charge and 11 months for trafficking drugs, sentences ordered to be served concurrently. purchased a new tractor for the program and built two green houses on campus. Students who complete the certificate or associate program can enter the workforce with a specialized skill set and a wide range of agricultural experience. Students will graduate with the skills to start an agricultural-related business or profitable farm or increase revenue on existing farms. Originally from Buckhannon, Straight earned his undergraduate degree in animal and veterinary science with a minor in horticulture from WVU. He then earned his master’s degree in agriculture from WVU. He and his wife own a small farm in Ritchie County. Straight is currently president of the Ritchie County Farmers Market Association and previously served as director of the Ritchie County Family Resource Network. “I believe strongly in the local foods movement,” said Straight. “We want to train current and future food producers for our region. We also want to prepare students to enter the workforce and excel at agriculture-related jobs. I’m excited to have this opportunity.” Students interested in the program can email hans.straight@ wvup.edu. *9@D6î:?5:4E65î3Jî8C2?5î;FCJî6?E6CîA=62D Pretrial hearings, trial dates set Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com MASON COUNTY — Those who received indictments from the January term of the grand jury appeared in Mason County Circuit Court this week for arraignment, entering their pleas in front of Judge David W. Nibert and Judge Thomas C. Evans, III. Appearing before Judge Nibert, according to the official court docket filed in the office of Circuit Clerk Bill Withers: Howard Beasley, 45, Ashton, possession of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine; operate or attempt to operate a clandestine drug laboratory, not guilty plea, pretrial May 12, trial, June 13. Eugene Denapoli, 26, Point Pleasant, attempted murder times two; fleeing in a vehicle while under the influence; destruction of property; reckless driving; obstructing an officer; domestic battery, Charges From Page A1 course materials are estimated to be cost less than $4,000. At the conclusion of the program, Bob’s Market and Greenhouses, Inc. is committed to hiring up to 10 to 15 participants as craft growers. “We are eagerly planning the launch of this new program made possible by this grant,” said Dr. Rhonda Tracy, senior vice president for academic affairs. “It’s been fantastic working with Bob’s Market, and the students will gain a wealth of knowledge and experience.” WVU Parkersburg’s diversified agriculture program is the only of its kind in West Virginia, offering both a one-year certificate and a two-year associate degree. Program coordinator Hans Straight joined WVU Parkersburg in August and has many plans for enhancing courses and growing the program. “We are working to revise and expand the program curriculum to include courses in animal production, pest and disease management, plant science and propagation, and landscape and turf,” said Straight. “This partnership is our first opportunity to allow our students to gain real work experience. We hope to offer additional opportunities like this in the future.” Recently, WVU Parkersburg not guilty plea, bond at $40,000, pretrial Feb. 28, trial March 18. Michael Eads, 25, Leon, sexual assault in the third degree times two, not guilty plea, pretrial March 10, trial April 1. Jennifer Williams, 25, Parkersburg, sexual assault in the third degree times two, not guilty plea, pretrial March 10, trial April 1. Travis Efaw, 25, Point Pleasant, breaking and entering; destruction of property; petit larceny; conspiracy, not guilty plea, pretrial May 12, trial June 3. Richard Hurt, 27, Point Pleasant, breaking and entering; destruction of property; petit larceny; conspiracy, first appearance, not guilty plea, pretrial May 12, trial June 3. Letisha Parriet, age unreported, Point Pleasant, breaking and entering; destruction of property; petit larceny; conspiracy, first appearance, not guilty plea, pretrial May 12, trial June 3. Luke Hoffman, 29, Mason, illegal manufacture of a destructive device, not guilty plea, pretrial May 12, trial June 3. Dale Keathley, 26, Hartford, armed robbery in the first degree; burglary; grand larceny, not guilty plea, pretrial May 12, trial June 3. Douglas Matheny, 41, Leon, operate or attempt to operate a clandestine drug laboratory; manufacture a controlled substance, not guilty plea, pretrial Feb. 28, trial March 18. Derek Parsons, 33, Point Pleasant, destruction of property; conspiracy, not guilty plea, pretrial March 10, trial April 1. Dwayne Russell, 36, Letart, child abuse by custodian resulting in bodily injury, not guilty plea, pretrial May 12, trial June 3. Appearing before Judge Evans were: Aaron DeWitt, 37, Henderson, domestic battery, third or subsequent offense, not guilty plea, pretrial Feb. 24, trial March 11. Zachary Cline, 28, Gallipolis, Ohio, breaking and entering; grand larceny; transferring stolen goods, not guilty plea, pretrial May 8, trial June 24. Amanda Denias, 29, Gallipolis Ferry, breaking and entering; grand larceny; transferring stolen goods; conspiracy, not guilty plea, pretrial May 8, trial June 24. Matthew Patterson, 26, Gallipolis Ferry, breaking and entering; grand larceny; transferring stolen goods; conspiracy, not guilty plea, pretrial May 8, trial June 24. Ronald Lavender, 18, breaking and entering; petit larceny; destruction of property; conspiracy, not guilty plea, pretrial May 8, trial June 24. Zach Bush, age unknown, Letart, breaking and entering; petit larceny; destruction of property; conspiracy, defendant did not appear, capias warrant issued. James Brooks, 66, Gallipolis Ferry, wanton endangerment times three; prohibited person in possession of a firearm times two, not guilty plea, pretrial May 8, trial June 24. David Freeman Nibert, 43, Apple Grove, use of obscene matter with intent to seduce a minor times three; distribution and display to minor of obscene matter times three, not guilty plea, pretrial Feb. 24, trial March 11. Payment The defendant was further ordered to forfeit $1,999 and the 20 gauge shotgun to the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office as they were seized as proceeds of drug trafficking in this case. He was given credit for 10 days served. Also on Wednesday, Sheets’ probation was revoked and he was similarly sentenced to 17 months for trafficking in drugs and 11 months for drug possession in his older case — sentences to be served concurrently with each other and concurrent with the sentence in his newest case. The defendant was given credit for a total of four days served in relation to this case and was ordered to pay the costs of prosecution. It was further noted in his sentencing entry, that the defendant has not previously served prison time for any criminal offense. From Page A1 The Casino Tax Revenue is a result of the constitutional amendment passed in 2009 which allowed for the four casinos to be placed in Ohio. According to the Ohio Department of Taxation website, the Ohio Casino Control Commission is responsible for licensing and regulating casino operators, their employees, and gaming-related vendors. The Ohio Department of Taxation is responsible for administering the gross casino revenue tax and for ensuring compliance with all pertinent state tax laws, as well as administrative rules and policies as they apply to other taxes administered by the Department of Taxation. The gross casino revenue tax is imposed on licensed casino operators at the rate of 33 percent. “Gross casino revenue” is the total amount of money exchanged for tokens, chips and tickets at a casino facility, less any winnings paid out to wagerers. The operators of each casino facility are required to file daily returns with the Department and to remit payments for the related tax liabilities every day that banks are open for business. Each return reflects casino gaming activity over a 24-hour period. The tax revenue collected from the gross casino revenue tax is split among seven funds benefiting the counties and certain large cities, school districts, host cities, the Casino Control Commission, the Ohio State Racing Commission, law enforcement training and problem gambling and addictions. Distributions to localities occur on a quarterly basis, except for school districts, which will receive their distributions semi-annually. �Sunday Times-Sentinel OPINION Letters to The Editor Fast track, free trade Dear Editor: Responding to the Jan. 1 letter attacking fast track for the Trans Pacific Partnership, I’d like to borrow the cudgel and take a few swings myself. I have approximately 14 years worth of letters on file, and a significant number of them deal with free trade a deliberate nation-killing policy implemented by the corporate and financial elite. In other words by those who control the U.S. independently of the government machinery. Understanding the only rationale for secrecy and haste in the attempt to ram it through doesn’t require rocket science. It smells like a barrel of water terrapins. Remember Wilson’s Fourteen Points? Principle number one declares the end of secret treaties and advocate “open covenants openly arrived at.” Whatever happened to that one? Move forward a few decades to the Atlantic Charter which stood for, among other things, no territorial changes against the will of the people. America’s actual rulers want borders to dissolve and nations to disappear. Free Trade which leads to the extinction of nations is their vehicle. Did they ask you and me if that was ok? So much for the Atlantic Charter. Here the people do not rule. Jeff Fields Syracuse Reader questions president Dear Editor, Obama is the most corrupt president ever. The corrupt things he has done are too numerous to mention. The USA will be plagued by what this administration has done and may never recover. Mason L. Maynard Crown City, Ohio Auto shows do more for women, but lean toward guys Dee-Ann Durbin � ��?>9�'<3>/< DETROIT — Women now buy nearly half the new cars in the U.S., a sharp increase compared with a generation ago, and the auto industry is trying to demonstrate that it’s keeping up with the times when it showcases the latest models to the public. Auto shows now offer cooking demonstrations, private tours and an increasing number of male models to appeal to female visitors. But that hardly means the industry has shelved a staple of nearly 100 years of auto shows: having female models preening beside the latest sports car or SUV. The shows, which are run by dealers, say they’re trying to attract more women with events like fashion shows. The North American International Auto Show in Detroit doesn’t keep track of visitors by gender, but the New York International Auto Show says 40 percent of its 1 million visitors in 2013 were women, up from 29 percent two years before. Spokesman Chris Sams said the show made a point of reaching out to women, using more females in its ads and hosting special parties and tours. It even held a con- test to find the best place to store a purse in a car. But contrast that with the scene at media previews for this year’s Detroit auto show, which opens to the public Saturday. General Motors’ CEO Mary Barra, who just this week became the first female head of a major automaker, walked the floor in a conservative black suit past Corvette models in skimpy dresses and leather jackets. Young women in towering heels handed out breath mints around the corner from plunging necklines at Infiniti. “Face it. Automotive is a men’s industry and it’s always a novelty to be among the women who are there,” said Brandy Schaffels, the editor of AskPatty.com, an automotive site for women. But as females gain more income and buying power — not to mention corner offices — automakers may have to rethink using the short skirt to grab attention. Some automakers have already done away with models altogether. At Honda’s stand in Detroit, the focus was on the brand’s new Fit subcompact and a futuristic fuel-cell car called the FCEV. The company says it tries to appeal to the broadest range of customers at its show stands. Sunday Times-Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, please call one of our newsrooms. 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Page A4 SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014 Fiscal fatigue grabs capital as Obama preps speech Tom Raum � �'<3>/< WASHINGTON — After last fall’s tumultuous, bitterly partisan debt ceiling and government shutdown fights, a sense of fiscal fatigue seems to be setting in among many Washington policymakers as President Barack Obama prepares for his fifth State of the Union address later this month. A declining U.S. budget deficit, still-accommodative Federal Reserve and a smallbore budget deal negotiated last month — given final approval Thursday in Congress and signed by Obama on Friday — are helping to temper partisan rhetoric in the short term as attention in Washington shifts to the approaching midterm elections. The recovery from the deep recession of 2007-2009 has been one of the slowest in history and still has a ways to go, especially in terms of regaining lost jobs. That was driven home by a Labor Department report last Friday that U.S. employers added just 74,000 jobs last month, far fewer than had been forecast and the smallest monthly gain in three years. The overall jobless rate dropped to 6.7 percent from 7 percent in November, the lowest level since October 2008. Much of the decline came from Americans who stopped looking for jobs and are no longer being counted by the government as unemployed. Meanwhile, a growing number of baby boomers are retiring. Still, economists are generally predicting a pickup in economic growth in 2014 amid a continued favorable climate of low inflation, falling oil prices, a housing recovery and the Fed sticking to its plan to only slowly pare back the hundreds of billions of dollars in financial stimulus it has pumped into the economy over the past four years. Meanwhile, recent polls show rising public distaste for brinkmanship and dysfunction on both sides of the political divide in Washington. In a recent poll, conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 70 percent said they Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. lacked confidence in the government’s ability “to make progress on the important problems and issues facing the country in 2014.” Last October, GOP conservatives forced a 16-day government shutdown with their failed attempt to defund Obama’s health insurance overhaul. But any public relations advantage Democrats may have reaped from that episode may have been eroded or lost in the problemplagued rollout of the health care program. Leaders of both parties are expressing frustration over the recent bouts of gridlock that come from divided control of government, with Democrats now controlling both the executive branch and the Senate and Republicans ruling the House. Neither party wants to bear the blame for the perceived dysfunction — while both sides are quick to blame the other for it. And both sides are trying to better position themselves as they calculate strategy with a close eye on potential midterm wins and losses. The $1.1 trillion spending compromise grew out of an agreement negotiated last month by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. — leaders respectively of the House and Senate Budget committees. It funds the government through Sept. 30, eases across-the-board government mandatory spending cuts and eliminates, for now, the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown. The measure passed the House 359-67 on Wednesday and the Senate 72-26 on Thursday. Obama signed it Friday, averting any interruption in government funding Saturday at midnight. It was a modest agreement, not the grand bargain some had hoped for. But for once, at least, the two sides were roughly on the same page and debate, for once, was mostly muted. “It’s bipartisan, bicameral. We did it because we listened to each other and functioned with maximum respect,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “No one wants to shut the government down on either side,” Sen. Richard Shelby of Arizona, the committee’s top Republican, told colleagues. The volume of the rhetoric may be lowered a bit, for now, but it’s not clear how long the pause will last. “The Republicans certainly didn’t want to put themselves in the position they did with respect to the government shutdown,” said Thomas E. Mann a congressional scholar at the Brookings Institution. “And the (Ryan-Murray) agreement was important in terms of setting budget ceilings for two years and giving a fighting shot at getting appropriations bills for next year done. But I don’t think that stretches or moves on to other things.” “The differences are still stark,” he said. The two parties, for instance, are squabbling now over Obama’s request to Congress to temporarily restore extended unemployment benefits for about 1.4 million longer-term unemployed workers who lost them when the program expired on Dec. 28. And another battle to raise the nation’s borrowing authority — when the current debt limit debt is reached, probably sometime in March — also looms. Rich Galen, a GOP consultant and former top aide to Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, suggests the now-raging controversy over the rocky health-insurance rollout is transitory and likely to fade with time. “Remember, in 2000 it took us 36 days to find out who the president was,” he said, referring to the razor close victory of Republican George W. Bush over Democratic Vice President Al Gore. “Certainly during the shutdown Republicans got very poor publicity and it shows in the polls,” said James Thurber, a former congressional legislative assistant who has advised Obama on ethics and lobbying rules. But during the health care rollout “Democrats lost momentum,” said Thurber, currently director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. Sunday Times Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 200 Main Street Point Pleasant, W.Va. Phone (304) 675-1333 Fax (304) 675-5234 www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribunecom Beth Sergent Interim Editor �Sunday, January 19, 2014 %3:EF2C:6D &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î�� �62E9î$@E:46D STELLA E. BLANKENSHIP GALLIPOLIS — Stella E. Blankenship, 45, of Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord on January 13, 2014. She is survived by her husband, Charles Blankenship; one son, Jacob Blankenship, both of Gallipolis; her mother, Edna McCoy; two brothers, David and Jeff McCoy; one sister, Sandra Bright of Middleport; three nephews, Joshua Bright of Meigs County, Jeremy McCoy of BRIGGS Ruby E. Briggs, 91, Gallipolis (Hanersville Community) passed away at 11:10 p.m., Friday, January 17, 2014 in the Holzer Senior Care Center. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cremeens Funeral Chapel. ficiating. Burial will follow in Jackson County Memory Gardens, Cottageville. Visitation will be one hour prior to time of service. Arrangements are being provided by Casto Funeral Home, Evans. rial Gardens also in Point Pleasant. Friends may visit the family on Saturday evening, January 18, 2014, at the Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant from 6-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations should be made to Trinity United Methodist Church Building Fund, 615 Main Street, Point Pleasant, WV, 25550. Deal Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Suncrest Cemetery, Point Pleasant, W.Va. Friends may call on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Lufkin, Texas, and Lucas McCoy; and a special aunt and uncle, Rosalee and Eddie Harrison of Clearmont, Fla. She was preceded in WENTZELL death by her father, Jack LETART, W.Va. — DoroMcCoy. thy Jean Wentzell, 88, of LeMELROSE At the request of the tart, W.Va., went to be with Theodore Ray Melrose, family, a memorial service the Lord on Friday, January 74, of Point Pleasant, FRIEND will be kept private. 17, 2014 at the Pleasant MT. ALTO — Kenneth W.Va., passed away at St. Memorial contributions Valley Nursing Home in ROBINSON Mary’s Medical Center on Lloyd Friend, 85, of Mt. may be made to the family HENDERSON, W.Va. — Point Pleasant, W.Va. by visiting www.LeavittFu- Alto, passed away January January 16, 2014. Funeral services will be Helen F. Robinson, 73 of 15, 2014, in Pleasant ValThere will be a graveneralHome.com ley Hospital, Point Pleas- held at the Trinity United Henderson, W.Va., passed side service at Evergreen Methodist Church in Point away at Arbors at Galli- Cemetery in Letart. Arant. DONALD EDWARD GEORGE Service will be 1 p.m. Pleasant on Sunday, Janu- polis Nursing and Rehab rangements are under the direction of FoglesongMORGAN CENTER — na) George, Vinton and Monday, January 20, 2014, ary 19, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. Center. Funeral service will be Roush Funeral Home In Donald Edward George, Elmer George, Gallipo- at the Hopewell Baptist with Rev. James Kelly of60, Morgan Center Com- lis; a special nephew and Church, Mt. Alto, with the ficiating. Burial will fol- held on Tuesday, January Mason, W.Va. Officiating munity, passed away at niece who were caregiv- Rev. Herman Robinson of- low in Kirkland Memo- 21, 2014 at 1 p.m. at the Rev. James Balser. 10:05 a.m., Thursday, ers to Donald, Willie and January 16, 2014, at the Trish McFarland; and spehome of his sister, Donna cial friend and caregiver, McFarland. Born August Randy Green. Numerous 9, 1953, in Gallia County nieces and nephews also he was the son of the late survive. Wendell M. and Nina V. In addition to his parents LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — and advise National Weather Ser- have been better described as an Rothgeb George. He was he was preceded in death The Storm Prediction Center vice offices to tell local residents “enhanced” risk. Isolated strong a truck driver and farmer by a sister, Nellie McGraw intends to broaden its advance and emergency managers that the storms, like one that hit near Meand was a member of the and a brother, Arthur Wilridian, Miss., last April and killed warning system for severe weath- storms could be rough. Morgan Center Holiness liam George. “Some ‘slight risk’ days are re- a man, wouldn’t have required an er after finding that days it labeled Church. Funeral services will be with a “slight risk” turned out to ally quite active,” Schneider said upgraded advisory because the Surviving is his sisters, held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday. “You can get some threat wasn’t as broad. be pretty nasty. Mary Ellen (Dale) School- January 21, 2014, in the The criteria are being changed State emergency managers say strong tornadoes those days.” craft, Albany, Ohio, Lenna Morgan Center Holiness only at the lower levels. Current So, sometime this spring — afthey’re already attuned to bad Mae Durham, Vinton, Church. Pastor Ted Russell guidelines for moderate risk and ter its parent, the National Oceweather, but believe new labels Barbara Jean Schoolcraft, will officiate. Interment for its severe weather outlooks, anic and Atmospheric Adminis- high risk days remain the same. Vinton, Donna Marie Mc- will be in the Pine Grove David Maxwell, the director “enhanced” and “marginal,” could tration weighs in, likely in April Farland, Bidwell, Nina Cemetery near Vinton. keep them from crying “wolf” — — areas at the upper end of the of the Arkansas Department of Charlene (Robert) Man- Friends may call from 6-8 and the public from tuning them current “slight risk” will be said Emergency Management, said the ley, Bidwell, Brenda Ann p.m., Monday at the Creto have an “enhanced risk.” There sense of alarm grows as forecastout. (Mike) Baird, Gallipolis meens Funeral Chapel. “We try to educate everybody also would be a “marginal” catego- ers go up the scale. and Patty Ann McGuire, Expressions of sympathy “We start paying attention on that a tornado can pop out of ry for risks less than slight. Gallipolis; brothers, Rich- may be sent to the family “That will not raise many eye- slight risk,” he said. By the time thunderstorm at any time,” said ard (Debbie) George, by visiting www.cremeensGreg Flynn, a spokesman for the brows around here,” Schneider a moderate risk or high risk apBidwell, Merrill L. (Don- funeralhomes.com. Mississippi Emergency Manage- said, speaking in Oklahoma, “but proaches, he’s holding conference ment Agency. “I don’t think it will could as you move into the east- calls with county emergency manMAURITA LEE MILLER change the way we prepare, but if ern United States” where storms agers to ensure they’re prepared. “You don’t want to have the efit changes the mind of one person generally aren’t as strong. “The CHESTER — Maurita nephews Garry Guy (Jeanin the public, if it gets one more ‘enhanced risk’ category will be fect of crying ‘wolf,’” Maxwell said. Lee Miller,95, of 45080 nie), David, John (Sarah), But even on slight risk days, person to pay attention, then it’s a pretty high category if you get Baum Addition Rd., Ches- Jim (Susie) and their faMaxwell said, he will trust his into the East Coast.” worth it.” ter, passed away at Over- ther Garry M. Eckard; Television stations throughout gut and reach out if a sixth sense When significant severe weathbrook Nursing Home on special friends John and Tornado Alley, the Midwest and kicks in. er is forecast, the current rating Thursday, January 16, Genna Riebel, James and “There are some days you can the southeast commonly show system labels days as having a 2014. Carolyn Buckley, Bob and slight, moderate or high risk, maps days in advance, asking walk outside and smell a tornaShe was born March 2, Janet Kautz, and Ray and based on the chance of tornadoes, viewers to note that bad weather do,” he said. 1918 daughter of the late Bobby Karr. Flynn said Mississippi’s emercould arise. And meteorologists high winds or significant hail. Guy W. and Mable Hines Beside her parents and Russ Schneider, the director of have worked with social scientists gency managers were ready for Lee. Maurita was a gradu- husband, she was precedthe Storm Prediction Center in over the years to study how peo- last February’s storms because ate of Shade High School ed in death by their only Norman, Okla., said the agency ple interact with weather warn- local forecasters had already put and Ohio University. She child Nancy Jean Miller has found over the years that ings and to address any sense of them on a heightened alert. taught school, mostly Mays on July 21, 1993 at “Even if it’s slight, that still in Meigs County for 33 the age of 37; her sister some conditions warranted more complacency, Schneider said. years. She was a member Winifred Jean Lee Eckard, He cited a storm last February means something is coming,” Flythan a “slight risk” label, but not of the Kappa Beta Sorority, parents-in-law Clara and quite a “moderate risk” one. The near Hattiesburg, Miss., that blew nn said. “Nobody was killed beChester United Methodist Walter Miller; sister-in-law center’s default action has been up on what had been a “slight cause emergency managers did a Church, Pomeroy Chapter to label the areas as a slight risk risk” February day and could great job getting everyone ready.” Mary Ellen (Donald) Cox; 186 Order of Eastern Star and Meigs County Retired brother in law Don (DiTeachers. She was a for- ana) Miller; grandparents, mer member of the Ches- great grandparents, aunts, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19 ter Garden Club, Grange, uncles, nieces, nephews, SUNDAY EVENING Chester Historical Society cousins, and friends. 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Football at 6:30 p.m. Day" and Blue" Shot" She will be sadly missed Blythe Gilgo (Rich), BonNFL PreNFL Football NFC Championship San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks Site: CenturyLink Field -NFL PostFollowing 11 (WVAH) nie Miller and Blair Miller; by all who knew her. game (L) Seattle, Wash. (L) game (L) (N) Forecasters adding new layers of storm outlooks PBS EILEEN MAE SEARLS MIDDLEPORT — Eileen Mae Searls, 89, of Middleport, Ohio passed away on January 13, 2014. She was born on February 6, 1924 in Middleport, Ohio daughter of late Issac and Lida (Jones) Wilt. Mrs. Searls was a member of the Middleport Nazarene Church. She was also a lifetime member of the Feeney-Bennett American Legion Post 128 Auxiliary. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Calista and Richard Sines of Middleport, Ohio and Myrna and Jerry Custer of Minersville, Ohio; her son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Brenda Searls of Pomeroy, Ohio; grandchildren and their spouses, Amy and Bill Purkey of Cheshire, Ohio, Debby and Jacob Davis of Middleport, David and Theresa Custer of Florida and Aleasha and Tim Wells of Missouri; ten great grandchildren; sister, Julia and Robert Hysell of Syracuse, Ohio; brothers, Jack and Janie Wilt and Isaac Wilt; special friends, Carolyn Searls and Diane Circle of Middleport; special caregivers, Martha Roush of Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Ann Lyons of Mason, West Virginia; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl E. “Cricket” Searls; brothers, Dale, Clifford, Chester and Kenneth Wilt; sisters, Katheryn Hysell and Marcella Durst. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at noon at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Middleport with Pastor Daniel Fulton officiating. Burial will follow at Gravel Hill Cemetery. Visiting time for family and friends will be on Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon at the funeral home in Middleport. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel. com. 12 (WPBY) NewsHour Weekend 13 (WOWK) CABLE Football 6 PM 13 News Weekend 6:30 House of Cards Frances needs to make a decision when the PM dies. 60 Minutes 7 PM 7:30 Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey Season 4: Part Two" The Good Wife "The Next Day" 8 PM 8:30 Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey Season 4: Part Three" (N) The Mentalist "Red, White and Blue" 9 PM 9:30 Masterpiece Mystery! 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TVMA House of Episodes (N) Lies "Power" (N) �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page A6 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, January 19, 2014 !2D:49îC:G2=îA:4<Dî=2HJ6Cî2DîCF??:?8î>2E6 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial contender Ed FitzGerald has chosen a Dayton-area lawyer who supports abortion rights as his running mate, his second pass at picking a political partner to take on Republican Gov. John Kasich this fall. He chose Sharen Swartz Neuhardt, Democrats confirmed Friday on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak about it ahead of Saturday’s formal announcement. Neuhardt herself also spoke to news outlets in Dayton about the pick. Neuhardt, 62, is familiar to voters in southwest Ohio from her two unsuccessful bids for Congress, in 2008 and 2012. She brings geographic and gender diversity to the ticket that FitzGerald, an Irish Catholic from Cleveland, has sought as he runs against Kasich, who is expected to retain Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor as his running mate this year. FitzGerald first selected state Sen. Eric Kearney, a Cincinnati lawyer, as his running mate. Kearney withdrew after revelations he, his wife and their business owed hefty tax liens. The Ohio Republican Party swiftly criticized FitzGerald’s pick of Neuhardt, which is scheduled to be formally announced Saturday. “FitzGerald failed his selfdeclared first major test of picking his running mate two months ago when he selected someone who failed to pay his employees’ social security and Medicare taxes, and allowed his campaign to mislead the public about it,” GOP spokesman Chris Schrimpf said in an email. “Today, FitzGerald is putting in the third-string backup to his original choice, which only reinforces what we learned two months ago: that he simply doesn’t have what it takes to lead a state.” Neuhardt graduated from Georgetown University’s law school and is a partner at Thompson Hine in Dayton. Though she’s never held elective office, she told the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and NewsCen- ter 7 that she does not see that as a negative with Ohio voters. “It’s an advantage to not be just another politician,” she said. Democrats also view Neuhardt as a tenacious fundraiser, even against long odds. In her 2008 race against thenstate Sen. Steve Austria, she raised $839,000 to Austria’s $1.2 million, a showing Democrats considered strong. In 2012, Neuhardt took on U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, a well-known congressional veteran whose district boundaries had been redrawn. She raised $581,000 to his $1.2 million, according to figures compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, in a race she had little chance of winning. Surgeon general urges new resolve to end smoking WASHINGTON (AP) — One in 13 children could see their lives shortened by smoking unless the nation takes more aggressive action to end the tobacco epidemic, the U.S. Surgeon General said Friday — even as, astonishingly, scientists added still more diseases to the long list of cigarettes’ harms. “Enough is enough,” acting Surgeon General Borish Lushniak declared at a White House ceremony unveiling the 980-page report that urges new resolve to make the next generation a smoke-free generation. “The clock is ticking,” Lushniak said. “We can’t wait another 50 years.” On the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1964 surgeon general’s report that launched the antismoking movement, far fewer Americans are smoking — about 18 percent of adults today, down from more than 42 percent in 1964. But the government may not meet its goal of dropping that rate to 12 percent by 2020, the new report cautions. Nearly half a million people will die from smoking-related diseases this year. Each day, more than 3,200 youths smoke their first cigarette. New products such as ecigarettes, with effects that aren’t yet understood, complicate public health messages. And if current trends continue unabated, 5.6 million of today’s children and teens will go on to die prematurely during adulthood because of smoking, the report says. What’s particularly remarkable is that 50 years into the war on smoking, “we’re still finding out new ways that tobacco maims and kills people,” added Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Tobacco is even worse than we knew it was.” Lung cancer and heart disease have long been known to be the top causes of death for smokers. Friday’s report adds more entries to the official list of smokingcaused diseases, many of them costly chronic illnesses that people struggle with for years. Included are Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, erectile dysfunction, the macular degeneration that can blind older adults, and the birth defects cleft palate and cleft lip. Also new to the list are two additional cancers — liver and colorectal. Smoking is costing the nation nearly $300 billion in medical bills, lost productivity and other costs, officials said. Yet Frieden said states are spending less than $1.50 a person on tobacco control each year when they should be spending about $12 a person. The report urges increased use of proven tobacco-control measures, including price hikes for cigarettes and expanding comprehensive indoor-smoking bans that currently cover about half the population. The report also encourages research into newer ideas, such as whether lowering the amount of addictive nicotine in cigarettes would help people quit. Here are some ways the smoking landscape has changed between the 1964 surgeon general’s report and Friday’s: ——— 1964: The surgeon general declares that cigarette smoking increases deaths. 2014: About 20.8 million people in the U.S. have died from smoking-related diseases since then, a toll the report puts at 10 times the number of Americans who have died in all of the nation’s wars combined. Most were smokers or former smokers, but nearly 2.5 million died from heart disease or lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke. ——— 1964: Heavy smoking is declared the main cause of lung cancer, at least in men. “The data for women, though less extensive, point in the same direction.” 2014: Today, lung cancer is the top cancer killer, and women who smoke have about the same risk of dying from it as men. As smoking has declined, rates of new lung cancer diagnoses are declining nearly 3 percent a year among men and about 1 percent a year among women. ——— 1964: Male smokers were dying of heart disease more than nonsmokers, but the surgeon general stopped short of declaring cigarettes a cause of heart disease. 2014: Today, heart disease actually claims more lives of smokers 35 and older than lung cancer does. Likewise, secondhand smoke is riskier for your heart. Smoke-free laws have been linked to reductions in heart attacks. Friday’s surgeon general report also finds that secondhand smoke increases the risk of a stroke. 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TVPG The Campaign Two CEOs look to (:40) Wrath run oppose to a long-running congressman of the Titans to influence North Carolina. TVMA TVPG House of Shameless "My Oldest Episodes Lies "Power" Daughter" FitzGerald, a former FBI agent who serves as the executive of Democrat-dominated Cuyahoga County, faces a potential primary challenge by Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune. Though Kearney, FitzGerald’s first pick as running mate, is black, Portune has criticized FitzGerald for what he called an appalling disconnection from the black community. On Thursday, FitzGerald landed a long-awaited endorsement from Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, who is black. Jackson commended FitzGerald for restoring trust in government in their shared city after a county corruption scandal. #2?[Dî49:=5C6?î D2JDî6I64FE:@?î H2DîE@CEFC6 DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio killer’s unusually slow execution amounted to torture, the man’s adult children said Friday as they announced plans to sue over his death. Dennis McGuire’s son, also named Dennis, and McGuire’s daughter, Amber, referred to the “agony and terror” of watching him as he appeared to gasp in his final moments Thursday. The two siblings used the same words the condemned man’s attorneys employed in trying to keep him being executed with a never-before-tried combination of lethal injection drugs Amber McGuire said she was so horrified that she covered her ears so she wouldn’t hear the sounds her father made, and her brother described it as torture. “I don’t feel like anybody deserves that — families, or my dad, anybody on death row — nobody deserves to go through that,” he said. Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual. McGuire, 53, was put to death for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newlywed, Joy Stewart. He made loud snorting noises during one of the longest executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25 minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and McGuire was pronounced dead. Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made. The execution violated McGuire’s constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment, said attorney Jon Paul Rion, representing McGuire’s children. He called the execution unquestionably cruel. “The question is whether or not the state of Ohio should duplicate the actions of a criminal. And our answer is no,” Rion said. “If we are going to condemn the actions of a person as being wrong because it creates pain, because it creates victims, because it creates an injustice, because it deprives people of life unjustly, then the state of Ohio should not duplicate those actions.” It’s almost certain lawyers will use McGuire’s execution to challenge Ohio’s plans to put a condemned Cleveland-area killer to death in March. Prison officials gave McGuire intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone. The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital punishment. McGuire’s lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution, warning that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon known as “air hunger” and could cause him to suffer “agony and terror” while struggling to catch his breath. Assistant Ohio Attorney General Thomas Madden argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans cruel and unusual punishment, “you’re not entitled to a pain-free execution.” U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the request of McGuire’s lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes. After McGuire was put to death, his attorney called on Republican Gov. John Kasich to impose a moratorium on executions, as did a state anti-death penalty group. The execution is likely to echo across the country as other states contemplate new drug methods, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes capital punishment. “Judges will now realize that the warnings being raised about these untried procedures are not just false alarms,” he said in an email. “States will now have more of a burden to show that they are using a well-thought-out best practice.” Do we have you attention now? Advertise your business in this space, or bigger Call us at: 740.992.2155 or 740.446.2342 �Sunday Times-Sentinel SPORTS SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014 mdsports@civitasmedia.com B1 Southern stomps Golden Eagles, 61-49 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com RACINE, Ohio — Home sweet home. The Southern boys basketball team improved to 7-0 at home with a 6149 victory over Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division foe Belpre, Friday night. The Golden Eagles (5-7, 4-3 TVC Hocking) edged Southern (9-2, 6-1) 15to-14 over the first eight minutes of play but the Tornadoes answered with a 12to-7 run in the second period. The third quarter was the difference maker as SHS went in with a four point lead and turned it into an 18 point lead by the start of the fourth. Belpre outdid the Purple and Gold by a six point mar- gin in the fourth but it was Southern that claimed the 61-49 victory. Taylor McNickle paced the Tornadoes with 15 points, including a quartet of three-pointers, followed by Dennis Teaford and Tristen Wolfe with 14 points apiece. Chandler Drummer had 10 points, while Trenton Deem and Casey Pickens each had four points in the win. Southern was 24-of-47 (51.1 percent) form the field and 9-of-12 (75 percent) from the free throw line. The Purple and Gold recorded 27 rebounds, eight assists and two steals, while committing 11 turnovers. The Golden Eagles were led by Logan Plummer with 20 points, including six triples, while Tavian Miller had eight and Deijon Bedgood marked six. Nick Therriault had five points, Sam Petty and Brennen Ferrell both marked three, while Nathan Mason and Hayden Plummer each finished with two. Belpre shot 17-of-39 (43.6 percent) from the field and 8-of-16 (50 percent) from the free throw line. BHS had 20 rebounds, led by Miller with eight and 11 assists, led by Miller with five. The Golden Eagles had seven steals, while turning the ball over 16 times. The Golden Eagles have now lost three straight games and four of their last five. Southern has now won five consecutive contests. With Waterford falling to Trimble on Friday the Tornadoes are now the lone team in the TVC Hocking with one loss. These teams will meet again on February 12 in Belpre. Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Ohio Valley Christian freshman Rachel Sargent dribbles the ball up the court during the Lady Defenders’ three point victory over TVCS on Friday, in Gallipolis. Lady Defenders edge Teays Valley Christian, 49-46 Alex Hawley ahawley @civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Down to the wire. The Ohio Valley Christian girls basketball team took a two-point lead with 16 seconds remaining and held on to defeat visiting Teays Valley Christian by a count of 49-46, Friday night in the Old French City. The Lady Defenders held the 3-0 lead just 2:30 into the game but the Lady Lions roared back to hold a 10-7 advantage at the end of the opening stanza. With two minutes to play before halftime Teays Valley Christian pushed its lead to 11 points but OVCS closed the first half with with a 6-2 lead, cutting the Lady Lions’ advantage to 2619 at the break. Following the intermission Ohio Valley Christian got things going at with 48 seconds to play in the third quarter took a two point lead. That lead was short lived however as TVCS hit a three pointer to end the third with a 35-34 lead. Teays Valley Christian hit a pair of three-pointers to open their lead to seven points with 5:30 remaining in regulation. The Lady Defenders chipped away at the lead and tied the game on a Bekah Sargent free throw with 24 seconds remaining. Ohio Valley Christian took the lead just eight seconds later when Cassandra Hutchinson hit a jump shot off of the Sarah Schoonover inbound pass. TVCS hit a free throw to cut the lead to 47-46 with 11 second to play but Emily Carman hit two free throws to give Ohio Valley Christian the 49-46 victory. Emily Carman led the Lady Defenders with 17 points, followed by Bekah Sargent with 13 and Rachel Sargent with nine. Sarah Schoonover and Cassandra Hutchinson each had four points, while Teah Elliott rounded out the OVCS total with two points. The Lady Defenders shot 20-of-51 (39.2 percent) from the field and 7-of14 (50 percent) from the free throw line. As a team OVCS had 29 rebounds, 11 assists, three blocks, four steals and 20 turnovers. See DEFENDERS | B2 OVP Sports Schedule Monday, Jan. 20 Girls Basketball Eastern at Southern, 7:30 Belpre at Wahama, 6:30 Vinton County at River Valley, 7:30 Swimming River Valley at Tri-County YMCA, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 Boys Basketball River Valley at Rock Hill, 7:30 Meigs at Jackson, 7:30 Federal Hocking at Wahama, 7:30 Nelsonville-York at Eastern, 7:30 South Gallia at Belpre, 7:30 Calvary at Ohio Valley Christian, 7:30 Southern at Waterford, 7:30 Hannan at Calhoun County, 7:30 Girls Basketball Parkersburg South at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Wednesday, Jan. 22 Boys Basketball Eastern at Meigs, 7:30 Swimming River Valley at Wheelersburg, 4:30 Thursday, Jan. 23 Girls Basketball Wellston at Meigs, 7:30 Miller at Eastern, 7:30 Point Pleasant at Gallia Academy, 7:30 South Gallia at Waterford, 7:30 Teays Valley Christian at Hannan, 7:30 River Valley at Fairland, 7:30 Southern at Wahama, 7:30 Friday, Jan. 24 Boys Basketball Meigs at Athens, 7:30 Miller at Eastern, 7:30 Ohio Valley Christian at Cross Lanes, 7:30 South Gallia at Trimble, 7:30 River Valley at Fairland, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Southern at Wahama, 7:30 Girls Basketball Ohio Valley Christian at Cross Lanes, 6 p.m. Wrestling Wahama, Point Pleasant at WSAZ Invitational, TBA Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports South Gallia sophomore Ashley Northup (3) dribbles past Miller defender Ali Bray during the second half of Thursday night’s TVC Hocking girls basketball contest in Mercerville, Ohio. Lady Rebels sweep Miller, 64-37 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — Now that’s getting back up on the horse. After having its three-game winning streak snapped Monday, the South Gallia girls basketball team posted a season high in points Thursday evening following a 64-37 victory over visiting Miller in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Gallia County. The Lady Rebels (8-6, 5-5 TVC Hocking) had nine players reach the scoring column while also picking up a season sweep of the Lady Falcons. South Gallia claimed a 64-37 decision in the previous matchup at MHS back on December 5. SGHS led by as many as 10 points (17-7) early on before claiming a 17-9 lead after eight minutes of play, then Miller (3-10, 2-7) trimmed its lead down to six after a Ali Bray basket just 10 seconds into the second canto. The guests, however, never came closer the rest of the way. The Lady Rebels reeled off 18 consecutive points and led 35-11 following a Rachel Johnson basket with 2:48 remaining in the period. SGHS closed the half with a small 5-3 spurt, giving the hosts a comfortable 40-14 cushion at the break. MiKayla Poling capped an 8-3 run to start the third canto, which allowed South Gallia to claim its biggest lead of the night with 4:46 left at 48-17. The Lady Falcons, however, responded with a 9-6 run to close the period, making it a 54-26 contest headed into the finale. SGHS sat its starters in the fourth, but Miller only managed to win the fourth by a slim 11-10 margin — wrapping up the 27-point outcome. The loss was the third straight for Miller and second in 24 hours after dropping a 62-53 decision to Millersport Wednesday evening. Rachel Johnson led the Lady Rebels with a gamehigh 26 points, followed by MiKayla Poling with 14 markers. The senior-sophomore duo also scored their 40 points through three quarters of play each. Sara Bailey was next with eight points, while Ashley Northup and Kelsey Corbin respectively contributed six and four markers. Lexi Williamson and Lesley Small each chipped in South Gallia senior Rachel Johnson (23) releases a shot attempt between a trio of Miller defenders during the first half of Thursday night’s TVC Hocking girls basketball contest in Mercerville, Ohio. two points, while Caitlyn Vanscoy and Katie Bostic rounded things out with a point apiece. SGHS was 8-of-16 at the free throw line for 50 percent. Janae Dutiel paced Miller with 11 points, followed by Jacy Dutiel with nine points and Ali Bray with eight markers. MHS made just 4-of-17 charity tosses for 24 percent. Warriors rout Gallia Academy, 92-54 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com VINCENT, Ohio — Rebounding and defense will win a lot of basketball games. The Warren boys basketball team not only held an eight rebound advantage, Friday night but also forced 28 turnovers en route to a 92-54 Southeastern Ohio Athletic League victory over visiting Gallia Academy. The Warriors (10-3, 4-1 SEOAL) jumped out to an 18-6 lead over Gallia Academy (7-7 1-4) through the first quarter. Warren extended the lead to 49-18 by halftime and 72-37 by the end of the third quarter. The Blue Devils were outscored 20-to-17 in the fourth period and WHS took the 92-54 victory. The Blue Devils scoring was led by Jacob Streiter with 18 points and Reid Eastman with 11. Michael Putney had seven points, Wade Jarrell marked six, Wes Jarrell added five, and Isiah Franklin marked three. Kole Carter and Alex White both marked two points, rounding out the GAHS scoring. Gallia Academy shot 23-of-49 (46.9 percent) from the field, including 5-of-9 (55.6 percent) from beyond the arc, with Eastman and Wade Jarrell each accounting for a pair of triple and Franklin making one. The Blue Devils were 3-of-12 (25 percent) from the free throw line. GAHS pulled down 26 rebounds, led by White with seven. Carter finished with a team-high four assists, while Eastman led the defense with two steals. As a team the Blue Devils had 12 assists and five steals, while committing 28 turnovers. The Warriors were led by Evan French with 26 points and Reece Patton with 21 points, followed by Michael Hall and Blake Kidder with 12 each. Andrew Henthorn and Corey Newlen each had five points, Andrew Drayer added four, Aaron Mazurkiewicz had four, Aaron Mazurkiewicz chipped in with three, and Kyle Dennis finished with two points. Warren shot 37-of-64 (57.8 percent) from the field, 9-of-19 (47.4 percent) from three and 9-of-15 (60 percent) from the free throw line. As a team WHS had 34 rebounds, 25 assists, 11 steals and 10 turnovers. Kidder had a game-high eight boards, while Henthorn led the way with eight assists and three steals. The Warriors also defeated GAHS on December 6, in Centenary. The Blue Devils have now lost two of their last three games. �Page B2 LîSunday Times Sentinel &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday, January 19, 2014 %9:@î,2==6Jî�9C:DE:2?î72==DîE@î":@?D�î� ��� Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — It’s not always about how you start, but rather how you finish. The Ohio Valley Christian boys basketball team scored the first nine points of the game Friday night but the visiting Teays Valley Christian Lions came back to take the 71-59 victory. After the Defenders scored the opening nine points of the game TVCS rallied back to tie the game at 11 by the end of the first quarter. The Lions kept the momentum going and surged to a 28-21 lead at halftime. Teays Valley Christian expanded its lead to double digits by the end of the third quarter and cruised to the 71-59 victory. The Defenders were led by T.G. Miller with 30 points, followed by Marshall Hood with 13 and Evan Bowman with six. Dillon Ragan had four points, while Phil Hollingshead, Elijah McDonald and Austin Ragan each had two points in the setback. Ohio Valley Christian shot 24-of-65 (36.9 percent) from the field and 9-of-14 (64.3 percent) from the free throw line. The Defenders as a team had 35 rebounds, seven assists, 12 steals, four blocks and 20 turnovers. Hood and Miller led OVCS with nine rebounds apiece followed by Hollingshead and Dillon Ragan with five each. Miller led the defense with seven steals, while Hood had four blocks. Miller and Bowman each had three assists to lead the Defenders. The Lions were led by Jace Heller with 23 points and Vlad Novak with 18, followed by Zach Moore with 17 points and Parker D’antoni with 13. TVCS shot 24-of-48 (50 percent) from the field and 16-of-25 (64 percent) from the free throw line. The Lions had 26 rebounds, 15 steals, 11 assists, seven blocks and 23 turnovers in the win. Joesph led the Lions with seven rebounds, while Moore had six blocks. Novak had a game-high five assists, while D’antoni and Heller each had four steals. This is the rubber match of the series as Ohio Valley Christian won the first meeting on December 12 Alex Hawley | OVP Sports and TVCS won the second Ohio Valley Christian junior guard Evan Bowman (11) drives to the basket against Teays Valley Christian’s Vald Novak (12) durmatchup on December 20. ing the Lions victory, Friday night in Gallipolis. Buckeyes seeking answers after consecutive losses George Bridges | MCT photo Rob Gronkowski (87) of the New England Patriots is tackled by Kareem Jackson (25) of the Houston Texans in the second half of the Patriots’ 34-31 victory on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Houston. Patriots, Broncos overcame plenty of obstacles ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Embarrassing headlines. Sidelined superstars. Retooled offenses. Shredded defenses. It’s a wonder the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos made it this far. Bill Belichick’s smarts and Tom Brady’s tenacity always seems to trump tribulation. This season, they brushed aside the Tim Tebow distraction and overcame Aaron Hernandez’s arrest and the losses of Rob Gronkowski, Wes Welker, Vince Wilfork and Jerod Mayo to put the Patriots (13-4) into the AFC championship for the third straight year. “I’m sure every team is probably at this point overcome a lot,” Brady said. “I know Denver has done a lot of those things, too. They’ve overcome a lot of things and injuries and so forth. It’s just part of the NFL football season. “To get out there and play 16 weeks and really see where you stand at the end of those 16 weeks, getting to the playoffs, play the best teams and see if you can advance. It’s certainly not easy to do. It’s very challenging.” Nobody does it better than Brady and Belichick, the best quarterback/coach combo in history with a record 18 playoff wins. After last year’s stumble against Baltimore in the playoffs, John Fox and Peyton Manning also steered the Broncos (14-3) through a minefield to send Denver to its first conference championship in eight years. “That shock of what happened against the Ravens contributed to this team being able to be as flexible as it has been and survive the adversity that it’s gone through,” said Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, who led the Broncos to backto-back Super Bowls in the late 1990s and now leads them from the front office instead of the huddle. After losing Elvis Dumervil in the infamous fax fiasco when his renegotiated contract didn’t reach team headquarters in time, Elway hit the jackpot in free agency by signing Welker and Louis Vasquez on offense and Shaun Phillips, Terrance Knighton and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie on defense. They helped the Broncos weather an injury epidemic that claimed Von Miller, Kevin Vickerson, Rahim Moore, Derek Wolfe and Chris Harris while rendering captains Champ Bailey and Wesley Woodyard backups for most of the season. Fox overcame his own heart operation that sidelined him for a month and even a player quitting on him at midseason, and Manning set a slew of records, including throwing for 55 TDs and 5,447 yards, to help the Broncos become the first 600-point team in league history. The Broncos did it despite losing exceptional blindside protector Ryan Clady in Week 2 and being anchored by a converted guard who hadn’t played a full season at center in 14 years. So, Manning sits just one win shy of returning to the Super Bowl just two years after he was jettisoned by the Indianapolis Colts following four neck surgeries that strengthened his resolve but weakened his throwing arm. “You don’t take it for granted,” Manning said, “especially when you’ve been through an injury, been through a major change and you’re in the home stretch of your career.” Both the Patriots and Broncos have quarterbacks known as grinders, who elevate the play of those around them because of their meticulous preparation. The head coaches have very different reputations. Belichick is known as a mostly dour mad genius — even Manning called him “the best coach that I’ve ever competed against,” and Brady has high praise for the tone he sets. “We’re challenged here on a daily basis by Coach Belichick to show up, do the right thing, always put the team first and I think that’s what this team has always been about,” Brady said. Fox is the ultimate player’s coach whose bounce-off-the-walls energy and enthusiasm were very much needed after Josh McDaniels’ troubled tenure — and Elway suggested those qualities only increased after he had his aortic valve repaired in November. “He’s got more energy than anybody I’ve ever seen,” Elway said. “That, to me, is the definition of John Fox: the energy level that he brings. He brings it to the practice field, and it’s contagious. I think that’s why he was a perfect fit for us.” COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After Ohio State lost its second game in a row last Sunday, coach Thad Matta noticed in the locker room that freshman Marc Loving was obviously discouraged. Matta approached him and said, “Hey, my man. This isn’t going to be the only time in your career you’re at a low point. Trust me. It happens. That’s the reality for me when I’ve been coaching as long as I have. “The thing we’re trying to find is, how do we get back to playing our consistent — our best — basketball?” Matta has been preaching this week that the Buckeyes shouldn’t — and can’t afford to — dwell on the defeats. After all, it seems there’s always another major Big Ten test right around the corner. Matta, Loving and the rest of the Buckeyes are trying to pick themselves up off the mat. Whether or not they have been successful in pushing away the negatives will likely determine the outcome of their game at Minnesota (13-4, 2-2 Big Ten) on Thursday night. Judging from the mood of the players, Matta’s upbeat approach is apparently getting through. “We were all down at first. We were pretty upset by the way we’ve been playing lately,” point guard Shannon Scott said. “But we’re starting to get back our winner’s mentality now. We’re all positive. We all know what we have to do to be successful again, so we’re sticking with that and we’re going to try to move on from there.” After climbing to No. 3 in the nation, the Buckeyes fought back from a 17-point deficit at No. 5 Michigan State before falling in overtime 72-68 on Jan. 7. Then they blew a nine-point second half lead in losing at home to No. 20 Iowa 84-74 on Sunday. Now the 11th-ranked Buckeyes (15-2, 2-2) are trying to answer a lot of questions — and doubts — when they step on the court at dark and drafty Williams Arena. One of the big messages Matta has discussed is that this isn’t new ground for an Ohio State team. Just two years ago, the Buckeyes lost three out of five games in one stretch in February — two of them at home — yet still rebounded to go 31-8 and make it to the Final Four. Last season, they followed a similar scenario. They lost two in a row to ranked opponents, then two games later were routed at Wisconsin, 71-49. But that team reeled off wins in its next 11 games to capture the Big Ten tournament championship and come within a narrow loss to Wichita State of making it to the Final Four once again. “The last two years we did a good job of getting back to doing what we do,” said junior sixth man Sam Thompson. “We weren’t really ourselves this past week on the court. So we want to make a point to play our game in Minnesota — to make sure we’re mentally ready to come out and play 40 minutes of Ohio State basketball.” Ohio State has won the last six meetings with the Golden Gophers of first-year coach Richard Pitino, the son of the legendary Louisville coach, Rick Pitino. The Buckeyes, averaging just over 10 turnovers a game over their winning streak, totaled 38 in the defeats. They’ve spent extra time working to avoid those errors in practice this week, in addition to preventing defensive lapses. They’ll have more than 100 hours to get over the most recent loss. “We definitely don’t think it’s the end of the world,” Thompson said. “We don’t like losing. But there’s always a chance for improving.” Defenders From Page B1 Schoonover and Bekah Sargent each had seven rebounds to lead Ohio Valley Christian, followed by Carman with six. The OVCS defense was led by Schoonover and Rachel Sargent with two steals each, while Bekah Sargent had two blocks. Grace Kesler and Holley Edwards each had 11 points to lead TVCS, followed by Alisha Kiser and Gabby Harrah with 10 each. Rachael Pence and Rachel Kiser each had two points to round out the Lady Lions scoring. Teays Valley Christian shot 18-of-60 (30 percent) from the field and 4-of-11 (36.4 percent) from the free throw line. The Lady Lions had 35 rebounds, 11 steals, 10 assists, four blocks and 19 turnovers. Kesler led the Lady Lions with 12 rebounds, and four assists, while Rachel Kiser had four blocks and Lindsay Fowler had three steals. The Lady Lions had defeated OVCS earlier this season by a count of 34-22 on December 20, in Teays Valley. �Sunday, January 19, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� Point Pleasant pounds Panthers, 62-36 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Good start. Better finish. The Point Pleasant boys basketball team jumped out to a 15-11 first quarter lead and never looked back Friday night during a 62-36 victory over visiting Lincoln County in a non-conference matchup in Mason County. The Big Blacks (6-6) received a little bit of an early test from the Panthers (3-7), who scraped and clawed to stay within two possessions for most of the first half. PPHS built on its four-point edge with a small 10-8 run in the second canto, giving the hosts a 25-19 ad- vantage at the intermission. Point Pleasant found its rhythm from that point on, as the Big Blacks made a 20-14 charge in the third canto to claim a double-digit lead of 45-33 headed into the finale. Point closed regulation with a 17-3 surge to wrap up the 26-point triumph while also snapping a two-game losing skid. Lincoln County — which has now dropped two straight after winning three in a row — fell to 2-7 overall in road contests this winter. The guests also went 1-of-2 at the free throw line in the entire contest, while the Big Blacks netted 9-of-15 charity tosses for 60 percent. Aden Yates led Point Pleasant with a game-high 19 points, followed by Garrett Norris with 12 points and Wade Martin with 10 markers. Alex Somerville and Evan Potter also chipped in eight and seven points, respectively. Nick Templeton was next with three points, while Doug Workman and Cody Sroufe rounded out the scoring with two points and one marker. All but 10 points came from the Big Blacks’ starting unit. Jake Ashley paced Lincoln County with 15 points, followed by Andrew Davis and Jake Reynolds with six markers apiece. Jacob Hudson also added five points in the losing effort. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Hannan sophomore Anna Taylor (15) makes a move to the basket while being guarded by Van defender Stevie White during the first half of Friday night’s girls basketball contest in Ashton, W.Va. �2??2?î3:EE6?î3Jî "25Jî�F==5@8D�î��� � Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com ASHTON, W.Va. — It was pretty competitive. It just wasn’t pretty. In a game that featured 141 shot attempts, 106 rebounds, 57 free throws, 54 fouls and 52 turnovers, it was visiting Van that made the most of things down the stretch Friday night during a 45-39 victory over the Hannan girls basketball team in a non-conference matchup in Mason County. The host Lady Cats (0-9) and Lady Bulldogs (2-4) battled through three ties and 12 lead changes throughout the course of regulation, but Van never trailed in the final 13:17 of the game — as the guests battled to secure a slim 31-30 edge headed into the finale. HHS rallied to tie things up at 35-all after Cheslea Meadows nailed a trifecta with 6:22 left, but the Lady Bulldogs reclaimed the lead permanently 15 seconds later when Destiny Lovejoy made 1-of-2 free throws — giving VHS a 36-35 lead. Van stretched its lead out to 42-37 with three minutes left, and the hosts never came closer than a possession (4239) with 2:04 remaining. The guests scored the final three points of the game to secure the largest lead of the night for either squad. Both teams led by four points in the opening period, which ended up being an 11-10 edge in favor of Hannan. Van responded with a 10-9 run to knot things up at 20-all at the break, then went on a small 11-10 run to secure its one-point lead headed into the finale. Hannan’s last lead came at the 6:01 mark of the third period after Meadows nailed a three-pointer for a 25-24 edge. Baylee Farmer responded with a basket with 5:17 left, and the guests never trailed again. The Lady Cats outrebounded Van by a sizable 59-47 overall margin, including a 19-17 edge on the offensive glass. The hosts also committed 36 turnovers in the setback, compared to just 16 by VHS. HHS connected on 14of-66 shot attempts for 21 percent, including a 3-of-14 effort from three-point range for 21 percent. The hosts were also 8-of-19 at the free throw line for 42 percent. Anna Taylor led Hannan with game-highs of 16 points and 19 rebounds, followed by Chelsea Meadows with 15 points and Clarissa Crank with three markers. Pam Black was next with two points, while Tamara Wilson, Heather Ellis and Dalaina McLaughlin rounded things out with one marker apiece. Van made 16-of-75 field goal attempts overall for 21 percent, which included a 1-of-14 effort from behind the arc. The guests were also 12-of-38 from the charity stripe for 32 percent. Stevie White led the Lady Bulldogs with 15 points, followed by Destiny Lovejoy and Baylee Farmer with 11 markers each. Shayla White and Angel Wilson also contributed four and two points, respectively, to the winning cause. Lady Raiders stung by Coal Grove in OT, 47-45 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com COAL GROVE, Ohio — This kind of sting hurts. Leslie Mulkey netted the game-winning basket late in overtime, allowing host Coal Grove to rally back from a four-point fourth quarter deficit Thursday night during a 47-45 decision over the River Valley girls basketball team in an Ohio Valley Conference matchup in Lawrence County. The visiting Lady Raiders (6-8, 2-4 OVC) jumped out to an early 11-10 edge after eight minutes of play, but the Lady Hornets (5-10, 2-3) countered with a 14-9 second quarter spurt to secure a 24-20 lead at the intermission. RVHS had six different players score in the third canto, which resulted in a 17-9 surge and a 37-33 lead headed into the finale. The Lady Raiders missed 3-of-5 free throw attempts in the fourth, and the hosts made an 8-4 run down the stretch to knot things up at 41-all at the end of regulation. In the extra four-minute session, Chelsea Copley made two free throws and Shelby Brown made a basket for RVHS while Leah Crum sank a trifecta and Jacy Jones made a free throw for CGHS — which tied the game up 45-all with under 20 seconds to play. Jacy Jones penetrated through the Lady Raider defense and kicked a pass out to Mulkey, who buried a jumper inside the arc with just under five seconds left. The guests inbounded the ball and managed to get a shot off from midcourt, but the go-ahead attempt ultimately came up short. The victory also allowed CGHS to salvage a season split with River Valley, as the Lady Raiders won by a 3628 count back on December 12 in Bidwell. Shelby Brown led the guests with 15 points, followed by Leia Moore with 13 points and Chelsea Copley with seven markers. Tiana Qualls and Mikayla Pope each contributed four points, while Courtney Smith rounded out the scoring with two markers. River Valley connected on 7-of-15 free throw attempts for 47 percent, while the hosts made 5-of-11 charity tosses for 45 percent. Jacy Jones paced the Lady Hornets with a game-high 20 points, followed by Leah Crum with 11 points and Summer Willis with eight markers. Jones scored all nine of Coal Grove’s points in the third quarter and tallied 13 points after halftime. Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Hannan freshman Will Harbour (40) defends Cole Price of Van during the first half of Friday night’s boys basketball contest in Ashton, W.Va. ,2?îC2==:6DîA2DEî-:=542ED�î��� � Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com ASHTON, W.Va. — A tale of two halves. After a 45 percent effort from the field in the opening 16 minutes of play, the Hannan boys basketball team watched its second half shooting touch turn as frigid as the weather Friday night following a 49-39 setback to visiting Van in a non-conference matchup in Mason County. The Wildcats (1-7) never trailed in the first half, as the hosts stormed out to a 7-0 lead four minutes into regulation before claiming an 11-4 edge after eight minutes of play. HHS kept that momentum going in the second canto with a 12-8 run, which included a 6-0 run over the final 2:13 — giving the hosts their largest lead of the night with a 23-12 advantage at the break. Then the winds of change swept through after halftime, as the Wildcats made only 6-of-35 shot attempts the rest of the way — including a 2-of-21 effort from behind the arc. The Bulldogs (2-5) took advantage of the situation by netting 9-of-19 field goal attempts in the third while going on a 26-8 surge to secure a 34-31 lead headed into the finale. The Wildcats clawed back to within 36-34 after Tyler Burns netted a field goal with 5:54 remaining in regulation, but the guests closed the final five minutes with a 13-5 spurt to wrap up the 10-point outcome. There were two ties and six lead changes in the contest, and all of that except one lead change came in the third period. Van made a 13-2 run over the opening 3:12 of the canto to knot things up at 25-all, then both teams found themselves deadlocked again at 30 with 2:43 remaining. Hannan took its final lead at 31-30 following a free throw by Charles Mayes, but VHS answered by taking a permanent lead 14 seconds later after Logan Crouse netted a basket for a 32-31 edge. Cole Price added a field goal at the 1:23 mark to give the guests a three-point lead entering the fourth. The Bulldogs — who overcame a 6-of-28 shooting performance in the first half — took the largest lead of the game with 41 seconds left in regulation after Crouse sank a free throw for a 48-36 cushion. The Wildcats were also held scoreless from the 4:49 mark of the fourth until 15 seconds remained in the contest. VHS outrebounded the hosts by a 46-42 overall margin, which included a 14-11 edge on the offensive glass. Hannan committed 16 turnovers in the setback, compared to just a dozen by Van. Hannan junior Tyler Burns (23) dribbles past Van defender Logan Crouse, left, during the first half of Friday night’s boys basketball contest in Ashton, W.Va. The Wildcats connected on 16-of-57 shot attempts for 28 percent, including a 3-of-25 effort from behind the arc for 12 percent. HHS was also 4-of-14 at the free throw line for 29 percent. Will Harbour led Hannan with a game-high 16 points, followed by Tyler Burns with 14 markers. Charles Mayes, Adam Wilson and Jeremy Schofield rounded out the scoring with three points apiece. Harbour also picked up his fifth personal foul with 4:07 remaining in regulation. Van finished the night 19-of-61 from the field for 31 percent, including a 3-of-21 effort from threepoint range for 14 percent. The guests were also 8-of-20 at the charity stripe for 40 percent. Logan Crouse paced the Bulldogs with 13 points, followed by Eddy Yeager with 10 points and Cole Price with eight markers. Brandon Elswick and Keith Blevins also chipped in seven and five points, respectively, to the winning cause. )E î�=32?DîDH66ADî"25Jî!?:89ED�î��� Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A clean sweep. The St. Albans girls basketball team completed the season sweep of Point Pleasant, Friday night with a 65-12 victory in Mason County. The Lady Red Dragons jumped out to a 20-to-2 lead through one quarter of play and extended their lead to 33-2 at halftime. St. Albans increased its lead to 54-7 by outscoring the Lady Knights (0-14) 21-to-5 in the third period, and followed it up with an 11-5 run to end the game and seal the 65-12 victory. The Lady Knights were led by Charli Leach with five points, followed by Kylie Crump, Michaela Cottrill and Jessica McCoy with two apiece. Aislyn Hayman rounded out the Point Pleasant scoring with one point in the setback. Cameron Davis led the Lady Red Dragons with 16 points followed by Brenna Propst with 14 and Jalea Watson with 10. Haleigh Legg had eight points, Katelyn Fields marked five, while Zoei Kirk and Lexie Cooper each had four points. Kaitlynn Propst and Allison Johnson both finished with two points in the victory. The Lady Red Dragons defeated PPHS 80-13 in the first meeting on December 14, in St. Albans. �Page B4 LîSunday Times Sentinel &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday, January 19, 2014 "25Jî�2EDîD4C2E49î)@FE96C?�î��� � Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com RACINE, Ohio — It took one half for the Lady Tornadoes to get into their zone, but by then it was too late. The Waterford girls basketball team outscored TriValley Conference Hocking Division host Southern by 36 in the first half of the Lady Cats’ 69-38 victory, Thursday night. The Lady Tornadoes (8-5, 6-3 TVC Hocking) struggled with Waterford’s (9-4, 9-1) pressure in the opening period and the Lady Cats were able to take the 24-5 lead through one period. Over the first five minutes of the second quarter both teams marked five points, but the Green and White closed the half with 17 unanswered points, making their lead 46-10 at the midway point. Southern had turned the ball over 28 times in the opening half and was outrebounded 20-to-11. Following the break the Lady Tornadoes seem to turn things around, only turning the ball over four times in the third quarter and grabbing 10 rebounds. Still Waterford managed to outscore Southern 12-to11 in the third and led 5821 headed into the finale. Southern marked 17 points in the fourth quarter, led by Celestia Hendrix with 10, while Waterford had 11 points in the fourth to seal the 69-38 victory. “I just told them If you would have played the first half like you did the second half it wouldn’t have been an issue,” Southern head coach Scott Cleland said. “They weren’t focused coming out and they did the things we teach them not to do, like cross-court passes. We we were one pass too many and they were getting in the passing lanes. It’s frustrating because I know we’re a better team than what showed there” Southern’s scoring was led by Hendrix with 16 points, followed by Hannah Hill and Cierra Turley with eight points each. Jordan Huddleston, Darien Diddle and Ali Deem each had two points, rounding out the SHS total. “We knew with their size we couldn’t let the post players catch it or they were gonna score,” said Waterford head coach Jerry Close. “In the first half we did a nice job of containing them but in the second half they had a nice game plan.” The Purple and Gold shot 17-of-46 (37 percent) from the field and 1-of-9 (11.1 percent) from the free throw line. Southern struggled against Waterford’s press, turning the ball over 38 times in the game. “We have a lot more intensity when we can pressure the ball and we’ve been working on that throughout the year,” Close said. “We press some games and we don’t some games, but sometimes we have to in order to get some intensity. We had great intensity in the first half and in the second we lost all of our intensity. Southern played well in the second half and did a nice job.” The Lady Tornadoes rebounding total of 31 was led by Hendrix with 11, followed by Faith Teaford and Jansen Wolfe with four each. Deem led Southern with four of the team’s 11 assists, while Hannah Hill had three. Hendrix and Hannah Hill led the Purple and Gold defense with two blocks and two steals each, while Wolfe had three blocks and Tea- ford added two. Southern had won back-to-back games and was tied for third in the league prior to Thursday night’s game. “We had confidence coming in but they just lost focus,” Cleland said. “We know that in the sectional we’re tough and everybody in the area knows we’re tough. We are excited because we’re getting better every ball game but we took a step back in the first half. In the second half we played focused but we have to win four quarters, we won the last two quarters but we lost the first two.” Waterford’s scoring was led by Dani Drayer with 16 points, followed by Taylor Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Hilverding with 13. Regan Southern junior Cierra Turley drives past Waterford’s Hannah DaiPorter and Mariah Star- ley during the Tornadoes 31 point loss Thursday night in Racine. key each had seven points, Randee Seevers, Madison Sury and Lakin Tolsin had turnovers, two blocks and total was led by Porter with 14, Hilverding with six apiece, while Hannah 28 steals. “The girls moved well 10 and Drayer with seven, Dailey marked four points. Sam Farley and Cassie tonight,” Close said. “We while Seevers and HilverdReed with two points each did a nice job of running re- ing each had one block. rounded out the WHS bounding and when you’re Porter led the way with six a smaller team you have to steals, followed by Farley scoring. Waterford shot 30-of- make sure not to get your- with five, while Drayer had 69 (43.5 percent) from self boxed out. You have a team-best five assists. Southern also lost to Wathe field and 8-of-14 (57.1 to get in postion and and percent) from the charity our girls did a real nice job terford on December 5, by a count of 75-42 in Washstripe. As a team WHS had coming in from outside.” The WHS rebounding ington County. 40 rebounds, 12 assists, 21 �28=6DîDH6AEî3Jî Alexander avenges Marauders, 37-35 �65î�@4<�î����� Alex Hawley Bryan Walters ahawley@civitasmedia.com bwalters@civitasmedia.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — A defensive slugfest at its finest. Just 72 points were scored Friday night as the Meigs boys basketball team dropped its first Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division game of the year as the Spartans claimed the 37-35 victory in Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. Alexander (8-3, 2-3 TVC Ohio) held Meigs (6-4, 3-1) to just two points in the opening quarter and took the four point lead. The Spartans expanded their lead to 18-11 by STEWART, Ohio — A 22-8 first quarter run ultimately made all the difference for host Federal Hocking Friday night during a 67-47 victory over the Eastern boys basketball team in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Athens County. The visiting Eagles (0-12, 0-9 TVC Hocking) never led in the contest, as the Lancers (6-6, 4-4) forced 30 turnovers and shot 37 percent from the field throughout the wire-to-wire triumph. Fed Hock also picked up its third straight victory of the season. Alfy Nichols buried three trifectas and scored 12 points in the opening period, which allowed the hosts to storm out to an early 14-point cushion. FHHS followed with a small 15-13 second quarter spurt, giving the Lancers a comfortable 37-21 cushion at the break. Federal Hocking drove home the proverbial nail in the coffin in the third stanza, as the hosts went on a 19-9 charge to increase their lead out to 56-30 headed into the finale. EHS closed regulation with a 17-11 run to wrap up the final 20-point outcome. The Lancers claimed a season sweep of the Eagles after posting a 64-51 victory in Tuppers Plains back on January 3. The win also allowed third-year FHHS coach Howie Caldwell to improve his record to 6-0 against his previous program. Eastern was outrebounded by a 33-23 overall margin, which included a 15-7 edge on the offensive glass. The Lancers also committed 23 turnovers in the triumph. EHS connected on 18-of-52 shot attempts for 35 percent, including a 4-of-16 effort from behind the arc for 25 percent. The guests were also 7-of-11 at the free throw line for 64 percent. Christian Speelman led the Eagles with 19 points, followed by Cameron Richmond with eight points and Jett Facemyer with five markers. Andrew Stobart and Jack Kuhn both contributed four points, while Greyson Wolfe and Dylan Swatzel rounded things out with two markers apiece. Federal Hocking netted 21-of-57 field goal tries overall, including a 4-of-12 effort from three-point range for 33 percent. The hosts were also 21-of-33 at the charity stripe for 64 percent. Alfy Nichols led the Lancers with a game-high 20 points, followed by Pete Crum with 12 points and Ivan Santiago with 10 markers. Fed Hock had 10 different players score in the victory. the midway point and 27-19 headed into the fourth quarter. The Marauders scored 16 points in the fourth quarter but AHS marked 10 and took the 37-35 victory. Meigs was led by Kaileb Sheets and Damon Jones with 12 points each, followed by Isaiah English with six points. Cody Bartrum and Ty Phelps each had two points, while Jordan Hutton added one for the Maroon and Gold. Jones hit a pair of threepointers, while Meigs was 1-of-5 (20 percent) from the free throw line. The Spartans were led by Seth Richardson with 11 points, followed by Mason Chapan with 10 and Kyle (:@îH@>6?î4CF:D6îA2DEî&2EC:@ED�î���� Randy Payton Special to OVP RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Alexis Payne’s career-high 22 points led five University of Rio Grande players in double figures and the RedStorm cruised to a 95-71 Mid-South Conference victory over St. Catharine College, Thursday night, in women’s basketball action at the Newt Oliver Arena. Rio Grande, which led from start to finish, improved to 14-4 overall and 3-3 in the MSC with the victory. “We started out very sloppy and struggled early,” said Rio Grande head coach David Smalley. “You have to give credit to St. Catharine, because they are not an easy team to guard. I was never really concerned, though, because they got in foul trouble early and we simply had a stronger advantage-for-the situation and that showed at halftime.” With the game tied at 6-6 and just over 16 minutes left in the first half, Rio Grande used an 18-6 run over the next 10 minutes to create a 24-12 advantage that they would build upon for the remainder-for-the half, eventually taking a 43-30 lead into the locker room. A three-pointer from freshman guard Kaylyn Gambill (Ashland, KY) helped Rio open up the second half with a 14-8 run and balloon their lead to 60-38. The second half belonged to the duo of Payne, a freshman from Deep Water, WV, and sophomore forward Harley Adler (Burton, OH), who would combine for 26 points in the half and dominate the paint on both ends of the floor. “Once we get Alexis Payne in full shape and she can put together 30 minutes a night, we are going to see consistent double-doubles from her,” Smalley said. “Harley Adler came off the bench and, while we were having trouble exploiting their zone, hit some shots and drew that zone out RedStorm men upend No. 14 St. Catharine Randy Payton Special to OVP RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Sophomore guard D.D. Joiner poured in a season-high 23 points and added nine rebounds, while Bilal Young netted 10 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead the University of Rio Grande past 14th-ranked St. Catharine College, 71-68, Thursday night, in Mid-South Conference men’s basketball action at the Newt Oliver Arena. The RedStorm (12-5 overall, 5-1 MSC), who received votes but narrowly missed cracking the latest coaches’ Top 25, won for the fifth straight time and for the third time in as many outings against ranked foes this season. Head coach Ken French’s team also won for just the second time in nine all-time meetings with St. Catharine, which slipped to 10-6 overall and 4-3 in league play with the loss. Rio somehow managed to erase an 11-point deficit with just over 13 minutes to play despite shooting just 24 percent from the field in the second half (6-for-25) and committing a season-high 23 turnovers for the game. Howard with seven. Lukas Thompson marked six points, Jordan Moseley had two, while Chris Wingett rounded out the scoring with one point. Howard marked one threepointer and AHS was 6-of-12 (50 percent) from the charity stripe. The Spartans are now on a six game winning streak, while Meigs snapped a three-game winning streak with the setback. This series finishes as a season split as Meigs defeated Alexander by a count of 57-47 on December 13, in Albany. Meigs had defeated the Spartans in five straight matchups dating back to 2012. The RedStorm, who had just two field goals in the first 13 minutes of the second half, outscored the Patriots at the free throw line, 20-14, including 18-8 in the second half. Rio Grande trailed from the outset and didn’t enjoy its first lead until a three-pointer by Joiner (Columbus, OH) with 3:54 left before intermission made it 31-30 in favor of the RedStorm. St. Catharine eventually regained a 39-38 edge at the break and opened the second stanza on an 11-1 run to take their biggest lead of the night, 50-39, following a bucket by Raymon Austin with 13:13 left to play. The RedStorm roared back, though, scoring 13 of the game’s next 15 points to take a 53-52 lead on a pair of free throws by senior guard Ricky Tisdale (Bolivar, TN) with 7:02 remaining in the contest. After St. Catharine briefly got the lead back thanks to a William Tolefree three-pointer, Rio responded with 11 of the next 12 points to take their biggest lead of the night, 64-56, following a driving layup by Young with 2:46 still to play. The RedStorm never trailed again, although the Patriots closed the gap to two twice in the final 30.7 seconds. Senior guard Jermaine Warmack (Orange, NJ) hit the first of two free throws with 1.2 seconds left to give Rio a three-point cushion, but Tolefree’s would-be game-tying three-point heave from three-quarter-court as time expired after he rebound Warmack’s miss on the second free throw fell short. Joiner, who had 15 of his 23 points in the first half, also had three steals in the win, while Young - a freshman forward from Cleveland, Ohio - and Tisdale contributed five assists and two steals apiece. Tolefree led four players in double figures for SCC with 17 points, while Omar Skinner added 14 points to go along with a team-high eight rebounds and four assists. Taron Franklin tossed in 13 points in a losing cause for SCC, while Austin finished with 10 points and three steals. Rio Grande returns to action on Saturday when Campbellsville University visits for a 4 p.m. tipoff. The Tigers dropped a 77-61 decision at Shawnee State on Thursday night. to where we were able to finally feed it inside effectively.” Separate runs of 8-0 and 6-0 for Rio Grande helped produce the RedStorm’s largest lead of the night, 89-63 with just over three minutes left, before settling on the 24-point margin of victory. Shooting-wise, Rio Grande finished the game at 48 percent from the floor (35-for-73), 40 percent from beyond the arc (6-for-15) and 79 percent from the foul line (19-for-24), while St. Catharine shot 42 percent (28-for-67) overall, 22 percent (4-for-18) from beyond the three-point arc and 46 percent (11-for-24) from the free throw line. The RedStorm owned its largest rebounding margin of the season by pulling down 57 boards (25 of the offensive variety) compared to just 30 rebounds from the Patriots. Payne completed her second double-double of the season by collecting a team-leading 12 rebounds to go along with her 22 points. Adler had a career-high 16 points and seven rebounds. Junior guard Brianna Thomas (Maplewood, NJ) followed up her triple-double from last Saturday’s win over Shawnee State with a 13-point, six-assist, five-rebound, and four-steal performance. Gambill and freshman forward Brooke Marcum (Vinton, OH) both finished with 10 points, while freshman guard Sharday Baines (East Cleveland, OH) dished out a team-high nine assists. St. Catharine (3-10, 1-6) was led by Machera Calhoun’s 14 points and Heather Sandlin’s 12 points and team-high six assists. Carol Ruiz-Lopez chipped in with 10 points, while Brooke Gee grabbed a teamhigh five rebounds to go along with 10 points of her own. Rio Grande is back in action on Saturday afternoon when they host MSC-leading and No. 8-ranked Campbellsville University for a 2 p.m. tipoff. Z�:DE@C:4[î3=24<î4@249î 9:C6Dî2Eî*6I2D�î&6??î)E2E6 Jesse Washington The Associated Press At the University of Texas, football is religion. At Penn State University, they need football for redemption. So when these storied programs hired black head coaches within days of each other to return them to past glory, it was a major moment for a sport that has been among the slowest to promote African-American leaders at the highest level. There have been other black head coaches at top football schools — Notre Dame, Stanford, Miami, UCLA. But the recent hiring of Charlie Strong at Texas and James Franklin at Penn State sent a powerful message, because of the combined prestige, mystique and influence of those teams. “It’s a historical moment,” said Doug Williams, the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl and a former head coach at Grambling. “We’ve come a long way in a couple weeks,” Williams said. “Even though we don’t have as many as you would like, but when you get a Penn State and a Texas, them schools together almost make up for about 10 schools.” There are 125 colleges playing in the top-level Football Bowl Subdivision. In 2013, 13 of them had black coaches. 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You respect each other as foes, but there is really a dislike.” It’s a healthy thing, really, because it makes for even more uncompromising action — on the field and on the sideline. One of these teams will emerge Sunday from earsplitting CenturyLink Field headed for New Jersey to play for the sport’s biggest prize. The other will carry into the offseason even more loathing for this opponent. “There is no love lost; there is no love found,” said Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who will find himself lined up often against Boldin in the NFC championship game. “It’s going to be intense. It’s going to be physical. I don’t know if there are going to be handshakes after this one.” That almost goes without saying with the coaches. When 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh was at Stanford — where, incidentally, Sherman played after being recruited by current Seahawks coach Pete Carroll when he was at Southern California — he ran up the score in a 2009 win at Los Angeles that prompted Carroll to ask him at game’s end: “What’s your deal.” Harbaugh’s deal has always revolved around being a hard-edged player and coach. His teams embody that attitude, and it certainly has worked in San Francisco. The 49ers are 41-13-1 in his three seasons in charge, are in their third straight conference title game, and back down from no one. That can make for some uncomfortable moments, whether it’s Harbaugh’s overzealous handshakes and back slaps after wins or his team playing up to (and sometimes beyond) the whistle. Carroll claims the acrimony between them is overblown. “For whatever reasons, you guys have had a field day with this,” Carroll told reporters Thursday. “We have not been friends over the year, we just know each other through the games. We have a very confined relationship. “I have great respect for Jim. That’s it — you guys Lui Kit Wong | Tacoma News Tribune | MCT photo Seattle Seahawks corner back Richard Sherman celebrates after intercepting a pass by Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. The Cardinals defeated the Seahawks, 17-10. have had a blast with it.” Carroll’s Seahawks aren’t exactly wallflowers, either. Defensively, at least, these are the NFL’s two most physical and intimidating units. That, in turn, can lead to ill will. “I don’t hate anybody,” All-Pro cornerback Sherman said. “So I don’t think (there’s) hate. But passion, definitely. There will be some passion, some dislike — some strong dislike. But there will be some intensity. It’s playoff football. “So even if we weren’t two teams that are familiar with each other … there’s going to be a lot of intensity, a lot of chippiness, and a hard-fought game.” Where might this antipathy show most? Try whenever Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch — his nickname, “Beast Mode,” says it all about his style of play — meets up with All-Pro NaVorro Bowman and his fellow linebackers, the best group in the NFL. Or when Boldin, among the best clutch receivers in football, uses his physicality against Sherman, safety Earl Thomas, a fellow AllPro, and the rest of the game’s top secondary. All of the matchups for Sunday are familiar to both sides, of course. And when division foes meet for the conference title — each team won at home this season — the results hardly are predictable. Since the 1970 merger, there have been 15 third meetings in conference championships, 10 in the AFC, including the Seahawks losing to Oakland when Seattle was an AFC franchise in 1983. The 49ers beat the Rams in such a meeting in 1989. In 10 of those games, the host won. What can be forecast for Sunday: hard feelings all around, even if 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis tones it down slightly. “There’s no question there’s a lot of hostility between us,” Willis said, “but at the end of the day they’re another football team. So, there’s always going to be dislikes. They’re an opponent of ours and we want to win. “If we weren’t in this race right now there’d be no doubt that if they were playing against someone else, I would wish them well because it’s in our division. But it’s us playing, so there’s not going to be any like at all there.” Browns’ Bess charged in Fla. with officer assault Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT photo Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Mike Leake delivers against the Texas Rangers during the first inning at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, June 29, 2013. Reds sign Leake and two others, two still without deal CINCINNATI (AP) — The Reds agreed to a $3.05 million, two-year deal with reliever Sam LeCure on Friday and one-year contracts with starter Mike Leake and reliever Alfredo Simon, leaving them with two players in salary arbitration. LeCure gets base salaries of $1.2 million this year and $1.85 million in 2015. The deal includes escalators and bonuses. Leake agreed to a $5,925,000 deal after exchanging arbitration figures on Friday. Leake was asking for $6.2 million in arbitration, the club offered $5,650,000, and they met at roughly the midpoint. Leake is coming off his best season, going 14-7 with a 3.77 ERA in 31 starts. The Reds remain far apart with starter Homer Bailey, who asked for $11.6 million and was offered $8.7 million. Bailey went 11-12 last season with a 3.49 ERA and a club-high 199 strikeouts in 32 starts. He also pitched his second no-hitter in two years. Bailey made $5.35 million last season. Closer Aroldis Chapman asked for $5.4 million while the club offered $4.6 million. The hardthrowing left-hander went 4-5 with 38 saves and a 2.54 ERA in 68 appearances with 112 strikeouts in 63 2-3 innings. First-year manager Bryan Price is considering using him for more than one inning at a time this season. If they can’t reach an agreement, arbitration hearings would be held in February. All of Major League Baseball’s arbitration cases were settled without hearings last year. The Reds settled with their other arbitration-eligible player on Thursday when outfielder Chris Heisey agreed to a $1.76 million, one-year contract. MIAMI (AP) — Cleveland Browns and former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Davone Bess was arrested Friday on charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer at an airport, the latest in a series of personal problems for the NFL player. According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Bess was approached by Deputy Thomas O’Brien inside the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport terminal because he was “acting irrationally, dancing, singing with his pants repeatedly falling down.” “I inquired if he was all right and received no response,” O’Brien said in the report, adding later that Bess “appeared to be looking through me” while they talked. Bess, 28, then picked up a cup of hot coffee from a counter and squeezed it, “which caused the cup to break with the liquid going all over my uniform,” the deputy wrote. Bess then took up a “fighting stance,” and O’Brien said he hit the player on the leg with a baton to no effect. “Bess proceeded to take off his shirt and once again took up a fighting stance refusing my repeated orders to get on the ground,” O’Brien said, adding that Bess was finally taken into custody when backup officers arrived. Sheriff’s office records show that Bess is charged with simple assault on an officer, resisting arrest without violence and disorderly conduct. It was not immediately clear whether Bess had a lawyer. Browns spokesman Zak Gilbert said the team was aware of the arrest and was gathering information. Bess was released Friday morning on $100 bail. The three charges are all misdemeanors. He did not comment about the substance of the charges to waiting television news crews. The Browns signed Bess last year to a three-year, $11.5 million contract after acquiring him from the Dolphins. This season Bess had career lows with 42 catches for 362 yards. The arrest comes one day after Bess posted a photo on his Twitter page of a small package containing what appears to be marijuana. The photo was later deleted. Last month, a photo posted on Bess’ Instagram account showed him lighting a cigar or marijuana joint next to a photo of late reggae star Bob Marley, a Rastafarian flag around his shoulders. On Dec. 19, the Browns placed Bess on the reserve/ non-football illness list for what were described as personal reasons. He missed the final two games of the season. Bess spent five seasons with the Dolphins. His best year was in 2010, when he caught 79 passes for 820 yards and five touchdowns. The Oakland, Calif. native starred at the University of Hawaii before joining the Dolphins in 2008 as an undrafted free agent. )496CK6C�î�2G:DîC6249î562=D�î �î:?î2C3:EC2E:@? NEW YORK (AP) — AL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer and major league home run champion Chris Davis reached rich deals as players and teams swapped proposed figures in salary arbitration. Ninety-one players reached agreements Friday, leaving 39 headed toward hearings next month in St. Petersburg, Fla., from among the 146 who filed for arbitration earlier in the week. Every case settled last year, the first time that happened since arbitration began in 1974. Scherzer and the Detroit Tigers reached a one-season deal for $15,525,000 that leaves him less than a year from free agen- cy. Davis and the Baltimore Orioles agreed at $10.35 million. Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski said Friday the short-term agreement doesn’t necessarily preclude a lengthier deal before opening day. “We still have that desire,” he said. Also, NL Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers completed their $215 million, seven-year contract, a record for a pitcher and at $30.7 million the highest average salary in baseball history. Kershaw and his wife, Ellen, have been discussing how to spend the money, and most of their ideas revolve around charitable interests. The couple supports an orphanage in Africa and two groups that fund afterschool programs for children in Los Angeles and Dallas. They have no children of their own. “Ellen and I understand the effects we can have on a lot of people with this money,” he said. “We realize to whom much is given much is expected and that’s what we’re going to try and do.” Kershaw gets an $18 million signing bonus, payable in $6 million installments this April 15, July 15 and Sept. 15. He receives salaries of $4 million this year, $30 million next year, $32 million in 2016, $33 million in each of the next two seasons, $32 million in 2019 and $33 million in 2020. Among the players still in arbitration, Cleveland pitcher Justin Masterson asked for the most at $11.8 million, with the Indians offering $8.05 million. The $3.75 million gap is the largest among the pending cases. Cincinnati pitcher Homer Bailey had the second-highest request at $11.6 million, with the Reds offering $8.7 million. Other large numbers were submitted by Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrell ($9 million to the Braves’ $6.55 million), Baltimore catcher Matt Wieters ($8.75 million to the Orioles $6.5 million) and Washington pitcher Doug Fister ($8.5 million to the Nationals’ $5.75 million). San Diego pitcher Andrew Cashner has the smallest gap among the remaining players, asking for $125,000 more than the Padres’ offer of $2,275,000. Among the settlements, Washington agreed to a $24 million, two-year deal with pitcher Jordan Zimmermann and a $17.5 million, two-year contract with shortstop Ian Desmond. A total of 57 players exchanged figures with their clubs, and 18 of them settled later in the day. Forty-one players swapped figures last winter. �Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014 ALONG THE RIVER C1 Photos by Charlene Hoeflich | Sunday Times-Sentinel AT LEFT, this faithful maintenance crew at the Meigs Cooperative Parish has been keeping everything repaired and running for many years. They are from the left, Alan Downie, Jim Fry, Billy Jo Spencer and Dave Carter. AT RIGHT, Dolores Will, who belongs to the Comfort Club at the Mulberry Community Center, began making quilts and comforters for disadvantaged families some 20 years ago. She remains one of a dozen women who meet weekly to work on sewing projects. Volunteerism The life of a community Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — We weren’t born into this world to do everything, but to do something for the benefit of others and that’s where volunteering comes in. Volunteering to help out on a project or to assist someone can be considered a benevolent or altruistic act by an individual — one intended to promote good in some way in the community and/or to improve the quality of someone’s life . At the same time volunteering can be beneficial to the participant because it produces a feeling of self-worth and satisfaction for the one doing it. Helping others is its own reward and it shouldn’t feel like a chore. Or as one volunteer put it, “it’s just like paying a little something for the space you occupy and enjoying it.” Just ask those who spend hours and hours working on a project, or operating a program of assistance to others, or lending a helping hand to some unfortunate soul, or working on a community project which in the end will benefit hundreds. Meigs County, like many communities, is full of people ready and willing to give of their time and talent to help others, to assist with programs which benefit the disadvantaged or their community in some way. Just ask someone like John Bentley of Syracuse, one of many volunteers at the Syracuse Community Center where the next improvement project is just a thought away; or Alice Wamsley of Pomeroy who year after year takes on the beautification of downtown Pomeroy, not only planting thousands of starter plants but tending to them all summer long; or Jim Smith who never tires of working on improvement projects at the Mulberry Pond Park, or Kathryn Hart of Racine who along with many others just finishes one project after another geared to helping others; or Dolores Will of Pomeroy who for the last 20 years or so has been making what she calls “comfort quilts ” for the less fortunate, or Debbie Gerlach and other members of the Middleport Community Association, who work on one project or activity after another to benefit the village. There is a very long list of Meigs Countians who give of their time and talent to benefit others without the expectation of getting something in return, and the benefits for both the receiver and the giver are many. Volunteering is one way of feeling really good about yourself. Take long-time volunteer Hilda Weaver who runs the food pantry at the Meigs Cooperative Parish. Her passion is to see that the shelves are filled with canned goods and other food items, so that well-filled bags of groceries can go While Alice Wamsley’s favorite volunteer work deals with planting and taking care of flowers out to hungry people. in Pomeroy Village, something she’s done for years, she also remains active in the senior vol- See VOLUNTEERISM | C2 unteer program, and helping with the free community dinners at her church. AT LEFT, the Middleport Community Association members are the fund raisers and event planners for the town. Here some members, Tim Smith, Teresa Shiflet, Shirley Smith and Debra Gerlach work on setting up a new decoration at Farmers Bank Park in preparation for the downtown Christmas celebration. AT RIGHT, the latest improvement project at the Syracuse Community Center has been refinishing the gymnasium floor and installing new bleachers. John Bentley, Gordon Fisher, Barry McCoy, Ann Felty, and Joy Bentley, pictured here, are just a few of the many volunteers who donate their time and effort into raising money for making improvements. AT LEFT, for more than 30 years Joyce Davis has been volunteering at the Meigs County Historical Society. Extracting information from old newspapers to go into history books is her specialty. Here she works on birth and death records from an 1890 newspaper. AT RIGHT, Racine’s firemen do more than fight fires. They are involved in community projects as well. Here they work on constructing playground equipment at Star Mill Park. �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page C2 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, January 19, 2014 �C@>îE96î3@@<D96=7 Bossard Library to commemorate National ‘Take Your Child to the Library’ Day On Saturday, February 1, Bossard Memorial Library invites parents and caregivers to visit the Library with their children in observance of National Take Your Child to the Library Day. The Youth Services Department staff has planned a special storytime event themed “The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth”, complete with a visit from a friendly local dental hygienist. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in fun learning activities during this event, scheduled from 2-4 p.m. This special program is just one of many programs offered by Bossard Library to the youth of our county. For ages birth-3, the Library offers its Wednesday Pat-a-Cake Lapsit, a program enjoyed by parents/caregivers with their child, as they listen to music, stories, and rhymes while stimulating the mind of the young child and introducing them to beginning literacy. For children ages 3-6, the Library offers weekly storytime on Mondays at 10 a.m. Storytime is a fun-filled half hour program complete with stories, songs, crafts, games, and much more. Attendance at storytime also provides an excellent opportunity for social interaction with other children (and parents). Each summer, the Youth Services Department of Bossard Library offers an annual summer reading program, whereby children and youth earn prizes for reading. Participants are also encouraged to attend special weekly programs during the summer months. The theme for the 2014 program, which will commence in June, will be “Fizz, Boom, Read”. Both Rachael Barker and Medicare prescription drug plan discount — are you eligible? Assisting eligible viduals who are eligible, individuals with Medibut currently not receivcare prescription bening the benefit. Just last efits is a service the year, in 2013, 87 people, Area Agency on Aging who called our Agency District 7 (AAA7) proto inquire about the provides through the Medigram, learned they were care Improvements for eligible and all combined Patients and Providers were able to save a total of Act (MIPPA) grant $221,877.00, for an averfrom the Ohio Departage savings of $2,550.00 ment of Aging. This per person. All of the inproject provides outdividuals we were able to reach to and enrollment reach out to throughout assistance for individuour communities during als who may be eligible Pamela K. Matura, the year were also assisted for the Low-Income in additional ways, includExecutive Director, Subsidy and/or Mediing Medicare Part D signAAA District 7 care Savings Program, ups, help with finding a as well as other MediMedicare supplemental care premium assistance programs. insurance, providing other services Low Income Subsidy (LIS) or made available through our Agency, “Extra Help” is a discount plan that and references to additional commucan: lower your prescription co-pays; nity organizations that may be able cover all or part of your Medicare to help. The AAA7 covers the followPart D monthly premiums; or elimi- ing counties: Adams, Brown, Gallia, nate the “doughnut hole” of cover- Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, age for your medications. Part D is Ross, Scioto and Vinton. Medicare’s prescription drug coverIf you would like to find out if you age and is available to anyone eligible are eligible for “extra help” with your for Medicare Part A or Part B. Those Medicare Part D coverage, call us with Medicare may enroll in Part D — we can help! Contact our Agency coverage through either a stand-alone Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. plan or a Medicare Advantage plan. until 4:30 p.m. toll-free at 1-800-582To be eligible for “Extra Help,” in- 7277. We can assist you with applying come guidelines and qualifications over the phone, or send you a paper must be met, and the AAA7 can help application in the mail that you can determine whether you might be able complete. In addition, we can also to benefit from this program, and if assist you with any other Medicare so, assist you with the application questions you might have. process. Or, if your community group or Each year, our Agency conducts agency has an event coming up that outreach to our communities in or- you would like us to participate in to der to better identify who might be provide more information, please let eligible for the “Extra Help” program us know — you can reach us at 1-800as there are a large amount of indi- 582-7277 or e-mail to info@aaa7.org. Hands, area child care Kim Wilcoxon facilities, and special of the Youth Sercommunity events such vices Department as the Black History are already busy Month celebration at planning many the Ariel Theatre on fun, science-oriFebruary 8. ented programs We hope that famifor area children lies will take time to and youth to go visit the Library on Naalong with this tional Take Your Child theme. to the Library Day on Not only does February 1. Your pubBossard Library lic library offers someprovide in-house thing for everyone — programming to the children and Debbie Saunders no matter what their Library Director, age. In the words of youth of Gallia author Dean Koontz, County, but the Bossard Memorial “This is a library. Kids Library also proand adventurers welvides outreach programming in the area schools, come”. I hope you will bring at the Gallia County Jr. Fair, Riv- your sense of adventure to your er Recreation Festival, Guiding public library soon. ":G6DE@4<î(6A@CE GALLIPOLIS — United Producers, Inc., livestock report of sales from January 15, 2014. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $100$213.50, Heifers, $100-$185; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $100-$211, Heifers, $100-$180; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $100-$190, Heifers, $100-$165; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $100$167, Heifers, $100-$155; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $100-$153, Heifers, $100-$135. Cows Well Muscled/Fleshed, $77-$90; Medium/Lean, $68-$76; Thin/Light, $40- $67; Bulls, $85-$101.50. Back to Farm Cow/Calf Pairs, $935-$1,175; Bred Cows, $550-$1,400; Goats, $90-$145; Baby Calves, $160-$175 Lambs, $75-$150. Upcoming Specials 1/22/14 — brood cow sale, 1 p.m. Direct sales and free on-farm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy at (304) 634-0224, Luke at (740) 645-3697, or Mark at (740) 645-5708, or visit the website at www.uproducers.com. DAR officer speaks on membership POMEROY — Jan McMillan, of the S.E. Region, and vice chairperson of Chapter of Development of Revitalization Commission, spoke at the last meeting of Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, on how to apply for membership in the organization. She said all informa- tion can be obtained from Ancestry.com online. It is also perfectly fine for a member to help a prospective new member obtain her papers for membership to the DAR. To become a member the requirement is that she be directly related to a veteran of the Revolutionary War and have the paperwork to show proof. Two prospective mem- bers were present at the meeting, Pam Sholz and Carrie Gloeckner. Ancestry lines can be purchased online for a fee of $10. A question and answer period followed her presentation. Jack Fowler, Director of the Ohio River Museum at Point Pleasant. will have a program on the history of the Ohio River at Saturday’s meeting at the library. Area students named to dean’s list Lucas earns dean’s list at Ohio Wesleyan DELAWARE — Alyssa Lucas of Bidwell, Ohio, has been named to the 2013 fall semester dean’s list at Ohio Wesleyan University. To qualify for dean’s list recognition, Ohio Wesleyan students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale in all applicable classes. Owens, West named to the dean’s list at Ohio Christian University CIRCLEVILLE — The following area students have been named to the dean’s list at Ohio Christian University for the Fall 2013 Semester. To be eligible for the dean’s list, a student must achieve a semester GPA of 3.5 or better and be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours. Kelsey Owens of Gallipolis and Breanna West of Gallipolis both earned dean’s list honors for the fall semester. %32>2îFC86Dî6IA2?5:?8î 2446DDîE@î9:896Cî65F42E:@? Charlene Hoeflich | Sunday Times-Sentinel To improve the Mulberry Park Pond area has been the special project of Jim Smith over the past several years. He has arranged for walkways to be built on both sides of the pond, for picnic tables and benches to be installed, for the pond to be restocked with fish, and for a variety of activities to take place, like a fishing tournament with trophy awards. Volunteerism From Page C1 Everyone has something that they’re passionate about which they can use in some way to benefit an organization or a person. The key is to let your passion guide you when you decide where to volunteer. Don’t get roped into volunteering for something that you’re not interested in. Find something that you like to do and then direct your energies into that which matches those personal interests. For example if you’re an animal lover, volunteer at the dog pound, if you’re into exercise and health, volunteer a few hours at some place like in the exercise room at the Mulberry Community Center, if you like to sew join the Comfort Club, and if you like to cook give some of your time to the Meals on Wheels program at the Senior Citizens Center or one of the free dinner programs held by the Parish or one of the churches in the county. Volunteerism doesn’t have to take over your life. It’s just giving a small part of your time in some way to make things better for someone else. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama tested his persuasive powers Thursday, summoning university presidents to the White House to win their commitments to expanding access to higher education and to demonstrate a new determination to use his own presidential authority in the face of legislative roadblocks. Obama called on an assembly of college and university presidents and leaders of nonprofit and other education groups to rally around a goal of widening opportunities for disadvantaged students. “We still have a long way to go to unlock the doors of higher education to more Americans and especially lower-income Americans,” he said. “We’re going to have to make sure they’re ready to walk through those doors.” The event, which attracted more than 100 leaders in higher education, underscored both the power of the presidency to convene influential figures to bring about change as well as the limitations of a second-term president trying to drive sweeping changes in the face of a divided Congress. The White House has increasingly been seeking ways to bypass Congress, an approach that can bring about results but that doesn’t often have the breadth or the permanence of a law. Obama said his education initiatives are part of an effort to “make sure there are new ladders of opportunity to the middle class.” “I’m working with Congress where I can to accomplish this,” he said. “But I’m also going to take action on my own if Congress is deadlocked.” Eager to put the White House’s stature behind the education push, Obama was joined by first lady Michelle Obama, who urged schools to actively reach out to lowincome high schoolers to attract them to their campuses and to provide them with help once they decide to pursue a higher education. Both the president and the first lady spoke in personal terms, saying they had benefited from a national commitment to expand opportunities for young people that led them to attend elite universities. Obama graduated from Columbia University and his wife from Princeton University, and both graduated from Harvard Law School. “The truth is that if Princeton hadn’t found my brother as a basketball recruit, and if I hadn’t seen that he could succeed on a campus like that, it never would have occurred to me to apply to that school — never,” Mrs. Obama said. “And I know that there are so many kids out there just like me — kids who have a world of potential, but maybe their parents never went to college or maybe they’ve never been encouraged to believe they could succeed there.” The daylong program at the White House featured a number of work sessions among White House and administration officials and educators. Numerous participants praised Obama for convening the meeting and said they are already seeing results from the preparation ahead of the event. Debbie Bial, the president and founder of the youth leadership and college access program called the Posse Foundation, said that after speaking in November with Gene Sperling, director of the White House’s National Economic Council, her organization decided to double its science, technology, engineering, and math scholarships. By Thanksgiving, they had obtained $70 million in scholarships from 10 colleges and universities over the next five years. “That’s what’s happened in the room. 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For 3 months.* �Page C4 LîSunday Times Sentinel &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday, January 19, 2014 ‘Hustle,’ ‘Gravity’ lead Oscars with 10 nods each Engagement Amelia Marie King and Aaron Austin Maxson !:?8�#2ID@?î 6?8286>6?E Amelia Marie King and Aaron Austin Maxson announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. King is a 2012 graduate from Meigs High School. She is the daughter of Anthony and Cindy Rowe of Pomeroy, Ohio. She is currently studying Early Childhood Education at Rio Grande University. Amelia is employed as a manager at the Pomeroy Wendy’s. Maxson is a 2011 graduate from Meigs High School. He is the son of Ron and Wendi Maxson of Rutland, Ohio. Aaron works at the RemRam Plastic Recovery plant in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. The King-Maxson wedding is to be held on May 17, 2014. There will be invitations sent out with details. �î+E29îD<:îC6D@CEî :DîDF65î@G6Cî:EDî D?@H3@2C5:?8î32? SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah resort long known as a skiers’ mountain has been sued for refusing to open its slopes to snowboarders — a legal action that again exposed a culture clash on the slopes. In their lawsuit filed Wednesday, four snowboarders claimed discrimination on national forest lands that make up most of the Alta ski area in the mountains east of Salt Lake City. The lawsuit says the plaintiffs bought tickets Sunday knowing they would be turned away at the chairlifts and could then sue the resort. One of them later sneaked onto the lift using “split boards” — a snowboard that splits apart and resembles skis — but was intercepted and escorted down the mountain. Alta is one of the last remaining U.S. ski areas that bans snowboarding, and the lawsuit claims Alta dislikes snowboarders for their allegedly reckless skiing, inconsiderate attitude, baggy clothes and their overuse of such words as “gnarly” and “radical” when describing difficult terrain. Deer Valley, another Utah resort, and Mad River Glen in Vermont also ban snowboarding. Taos in New Mexico relented in 2009 and allowed the practice. Skiers’ chief complaint is that snowboarders’ sideways stance leaves them with a blind spot that can make their wide, sweeping turns a danger to others on the slopes. Some say the culture war is old news now that young people are turning back to using a pair of skis instead of one board. “Snowboarding as a sport peaked a couple of years ago. It was counter-culture, but it became too mainstream,” said Riley Cutler, a partner at a Salt Lake City ski shop, Wasatch Touring. “Now kids are going back to skiing on twin tips and riding rails.” News of the lawsuit lit up the websites of Utah newspapers with passionate comments such as: Snowboarders “ruin all the snow” by scraping it down to ice; they “don’t watch where they’re going;” and they “stop in the middle of the hill and sit down! What’s up with that?” David Quinney, a minority owner of Alta, said customers prefer to have the mountain kept for skiers only. “Alta is forbidden fruit for snowboarders,” said Quinney, whose grandfather Joe Quinney founded Alta in 1939. “The thing about Alta, so much of it involves hiking, climbing and traversing. That’s not real conducive to snowboarding.” Quinney said the culture clash that separated skiers and snowboarders in the 1990s has become a cliche, and banning snowboarding remains a matter of safety, not style. “I’m a skier, always have been,” he said. “There are skiers out there that appreciate going to a place that allows skiers only, not snowboarders.” The U.S. Forest Service also was named as a defendant in the lawsuit. Government officials declined comment, said Loyal Clark, a spokeswoman for the Uinta-Cache Wasatch National Forest. Snowboarding might have lost some of its cool since starting in the late 1970s, but about a third of all resort visitors are still sliding downhill on one plank, not two, according to surveys by the National Ski Areas Association. The lawsuit concedes that snowboarders were “perhaps rightfully” stereotyped as riffraff decades ago by more sophisticated and affluent skiers, but times have changed. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Rick Alden, Drew Hicken, Bjorn Leines and Richard Vargas. They are asking a federal judge to declare that Alta’s ban violates the Constitution’s promise of equal treatment under the law. (AP) — The Academy Awards appear to be the three-horse race many expected they would be, with “Gravity,” ”American Hustle” and “12 Years a Slave” all receiving a heap of nominations in an Oscar field that blends otherworldly endurance with glamorous escapism. The nominations for the 86th Academy Awards, announced Thursday morning in Beverly Hills, Calif., were led by the 3-D space odyssey “Gravity” and the con-artist caper “American Hustle,” both with 10 nominations. The harrowing historical epic “12 Years a Slave” trailed closely with nine nominations. All were among the nine films nominated for best picture. The other nominees are “Captain Phillips,” ”Dallas Buyers Club,” ”Her,” ”Nebraska,” ”The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Philomena.” The most notable omission by the academy was Tom Hanks, whose lead performance in “Captain Phillips” was widely considered a shooin. It was a particularly surprising snub since Hanks is widely beloved by the academy, having been nominated five times previously, winning for “Forest Gump” and “Philadelphia.” Robert Redford, expected by many to be nominated for the shipwreck drama “All Is Lost,” also missed out on a best actor nod. Redford has never won an acting Oscar. The best actor nominees are Chiwetel Ejiofor (“12 Years a Slave”), Bruce Dern (“Nebraska”), Leonardo DiCaprio (“The Wolf of Wall Street”), Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”) and Christian Bale (“American Hustle”). The 77-year-old Dern is an Oscar nominee for the second time, 35 years after his nomination for Hal Ashby’s “Coming Home.” Few have taken more pleasure in awards season than Dern, revitalized by a film he’s happily viewed, he estimates, “approaching the upper 30s.” “I can’t see it enough to realize how lucky we all were with the collaboration that went on on this particular movie,” said Dern. “I feel somehow that the industry has suddenly today put their arms around our little movie.” “Nebraska” earned six nominations, including best director for Alexander Payne and June Squibb for best supporting actress. Disney’s making-of “Mary Poppins” tale “Saving Mr. Banks” surprisingly failed to land either a best picture nomination or a best actress nod for Emma Thompson. The best actress nominees are Amy Adams (“American Hustle”), Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine”), Sandra Bullock (“Gravity”), Judi Dench (“Philomena”) and Meryl Streep (“August: Osage County”). With her nomination, Streep pads her record for most acting nominations. This is her 18th nod, including three wins, the last for 2011’s “The Iron Lady.” But many enjoyed their first Oscar nomination Thursday, including Ejiofor, McConaughey, Michael Fassbender (“12 Years a Slave”), McQueen, Barkhad Abdi (a limo driver before being cast in “Captain Phillips”), Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years”) and Jared Leto, who had devoted himself to music before returning to play a transsexual in the Texas HIV drama “Dallas Buyers Club.” “Yesterday I was doing jury duty, today I woke up with an Academy Award nomination,” said Leto. “Only in America.” David O. Russell’s Abscam melodrama “American Hustle” has ridden a wave of enthusiasm for its manic performances, all draped in thick 1970s style. It’s a repeat success for director David O. Russell (who received his third directing nomination) just a year after his “Silver Linings Playbook” was feted, like “Hustle,” with nominations in all four acting categories. A year after winning, Jennifer Lawrence was again nominated for “Hustle,” as was Bradley Cooper, both swapping lead nods for supporting nominations. “We have a very big family that’s been working together on some films going back three films,” said Russell, referring also to his “The Fighter.” ”It makes me feel very fortunate to have the trust of these actors and to build this bridge of trust that they would take these risks together with me.” Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” came into Thursday as one of the biggest question marks of an awards season that has often left many guessing. The nearly three-hour Wall Street extravaganza of money, sex and drugs became a lightning rod of debate, with many questioning whether it glamorized the infamous trader Jordan Belfort. But “The Wolf of Wall Street” landed five big nominations, including best director (Scorsese, his eighth for directing), best supporting actor (Jonah Hill) and best adapted screenplay (Terence Winter). DiCaprio said he felt vindicated for what he said is clearly a cautionary tale of greed and hedonism. “To be recognized like this and to see that there were enough people out there who said, ‘Look, we get what this film’ — not what it’s trying to say, but what it’s trying to reflect,” said DiCaprio. “Nobody wants to be misunderstood.” Also doing well was Spike Jonze’s futuristic romance “Her” (five nominations, including best original screenplay for Jonze). Jonze actually earned three nominations Thursday, including best song, for co-writing “The Moon Song” with Karen O. One of the day’s biggest winners was the 27-year-old producer Megan Ellison, the daughter of billionaire Larry Ellison. Her Annapurna Pictures produced two of the best-picture nominees (“American Hustle” and “Her”) as well as the Wong KarWai martial arts drama “The Grandmaster.” She celebrated by tweeting “17!” — the total nominations her films received. Though much of awards season had played out between favorites “12 Years a Slave” and “American Hustle” (both best picture winners at the Golden Globes on Sunday), the global box-office hit “Gravity” emerged Thursday thanks partly to its strength in technical categories. It was nominated for all seven technical awards, including cinematography, production design, editing and visual effects. Alfonso Cuaron’s innovative depiction of being lost in space has been hailed for reinvigorating the spectacle of the big-screen experience. Having taken in more than $670 million worldwide, it’s easily the most popular of the best-picture nominees. Though historically the mostnominated films have taken home best picture, that’s not been the case in recent years. In six of the last 10 years, the most-nominated film hasn’t triumphed in the end, including last year when Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” with 12 nominations, was beaten by Ben Affleck’s “Argo.” The Coen brothers’ folk tale “Inside Llewyn Davis,” one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, garnered only nominations for cinematography and sound mixing. And while 2013 was trumpeted as one of the best years for AfricanAmerican cinema, movies like “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and “Fruitvale Station” weren’t nominated (including Oprah Winfrey’s performance in “The Butler”). Along with Nyong’o, Squibb and Lawrence, the best supporting actress nominees were Julia Roberts (“August: Osage County”) and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”). Despite a lot of support, James Gandolfini wasn’t posthumously nominated for one of his final performances in “Enough Said.” Woody Allen scored his record 16th screenwriting nomination for “Blue Jasmine.” Also up for original screenplay are “American Hustle,” ”Dallas Buyers Club,” ”Her” and “Nebraska.” In the adapted screenplay category are “Before Midnight,” ”Captain Phillips,” ”Philomena,” ”12 Years a Slave” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Terence Winter, who penned the script to “Wolf,” was able to uniquely share the nomination experience with his wife, Rachel Winter, a producer of “Dallas Buyers Club.” Winter said it was “surreal.” Pixar, usually a mainstay in the best animation category, was left out this year. Its “Monsters University” ceded the category to “Frozen,” ”The Wind Rises,” ”Despicable Me 2,” ”The Croods” and “Ernest & Celestine.” Surprisingly overlooked in the documentary category was Sarah Polley’s acclaimed family history “Stories We Tell.” Nominated were “The Act of Killing,” ”The Square,” ”Cutie and the Boxer,” ”Dirty Wars” and “20 Feet From Stardom.” Nominated for best foreign-langue film were films from Italy (“The Great Beauty”), Denmark (“The Hunt”), Belgium (“The Broken Circle”), Cambodia (“The Missing Picture”) and Palestine (“Omar”). This year’s Oscar telecast on March 2, with Ellen DeGeneres hosting for the second time, has particular pressure on it to live up to the increasingly popular Golden Globes. With hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, ratings for the Globes have increased the last two years and drawn good reviews. The Academy Awards have meanwhile struggled to freshen up its more prestigious brand. But comebacks are always possible. The most notorious flop of 2013, “The Lone Ranger,” managed to land two nominations, for visual effects and makeup and hairstyle. Airfares continue to rise, up 12 percent since ‘09 NEW YORK (AP) — The price to board an airliner in the United States has risen for the fourth straight year, making it increasingly expensive to fly almost anywhere. The average domestic roundtrip ticket, including tax, reached $363.42 last year, up more than $7 from the prior year, according to an Associated Press analysis of travel data collected from millions of flights throughout the country. The 2 percent increase outpaced inflation, which stood at 1.5 percent. Airfares have risen nearly 12 percent since their low in the depths of the Great Recession in 2009, when adjusted for inflation, the analysis showed. Ticket prices have increased as airlines eliminated unprofitable routes, packed more passengers into planes and merged with one another, providing travelers with fewer options. Today, 84 percent of seats are filled with paying passengers, up from 82 percent in 2009. “Anyone traveling today will know that those flights are full,” said Chuck Thackston, managing director of data and analytics for the Airlines Reporting Corp, which processes ticket transactions for air- lines and more than 9,400 travel agencies, including websites such as Expedia and Orbitz. “Just through supply and demand, those fares will go up.” And none of this factors in the bevy of extra fees travelers now face for checking bags, getting extra legroom or even purchasing a blanket, meal or pair of headphones. The typical traveler pays an additional $50 roundtrip to check a single suitcase. Those fees, introduced in 2008 to offset losses from rising fuel prices, now bring in $3.4 billion a year for U.S. airlines and have helped them return consistent annual profits for the last four years. Airlines pay just over $3 a gallon for jet fuel, up from $1.89 in 2009. Another $2.7 billion a year is collected in reservationchange fees, with airlines charging up to $200 to revise an itinerary. “I love to travel, but they’re making it more difficult,” said Brian Kalish, a frequent flier from Arlington, Va. “Maybe I’ve been spoiled that it used to be so cheap to fly. It just feels like they are charging more and giving less.” The AP reviewed data from 6 million annual flights taken in the U.S., analyzing fees and government on-time records along with fare data from the Airlines Reporting Corp. Jean Medina, spokeswoman for Airlines for America, the airlines’ trade and lobbying group, said over the long-term fares have not climbed as fast as inflation and that flying “remains a great bargain.” “Carriers continue to invest in their products with new planes, new services and new destinations,” Medina said. “It’s a great time to fly.” Airlines are able to push fare and fee hikes because there is less competition. “You get some pricing power as a result,” said airline consultant Robert Mann. A wave of consolidation that started in 2008 has left four U.S. airlines — American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines — controlling more than 80 percent of the domestic air-travel market. Discount airlines such as Allegiant Air and Spirit Airlines have grown at breakneck speed but still carry a tiny fraction of overall passengers. “Even with the presence of a number of strong, sizable low-fare airlines, you are still seeing airfares go up sizably,” said Henry Harteveldt, a travel industry analyst with Hudson Crossing. Starting July 1, fliers will also face higher taxes. The government’s security fee is currently $2.50 each way for a nonstop flight, capped at $5 each way if a traveler has a connection. This summer, that fee will be $5.60 each way whether or not there’s a connection. The fee hike is estimated to cost travelers an extra $1 billion a year. Higher fares did not mean better service for passengers last year. During the first 11 months of last year, 19 percent of flights failed to arrive within 15 minutes of their scheduled time. That’s up from 16 percent during the same period in 2012, according to data kept by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The number of flights canceled in those 11 months also jumped nearly 15 percent to 81,265. The government has yet to release data for December, but the numbers won’t be pretty. A series of snow and ice storms led to thousands of additional delays and cancellations. “If we’re paying more,” Kalish said, “we should get more in return.” � 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. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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