https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/7b01601305e461545c88e90647abe24b.pdf d6292934e2c163f966d2a01e7441c62d PDF Text Text LOG ONTO WWW.MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM FOR ARCHIVE s�GAMES s�FEATURES s�E-EDITION s�POLLS & MORE C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e INSIDE WEATHER SPORTS For the record ... Page 2 Chance of snow, high of 13. Low of 3...Page 2 Local sports action... Page 6 OBITUARIES Michael Eugene Athey, 59 Don ‘Donnie’ Leo Burns, 57 Rev. Charles Lewis Frum, 89 Steven R. Gaskins, 57 Carol Ann Gorby, 66 Leanna G. Jacks, 93 Wanda I. Sturgeon, 73 50 cents daily THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014 Vol. 64, No. 14 New Era Broadband celebrates midway progress By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — New Era Broadband celebrated the mid-way construction point of high speed internet expansion in Meigs County with a ribbon cutting ceremony which was followed by a status report on the overall progress of the project, Wednesday afternoon at the Pomeroy Gun Club. Attending the event were some local dignitaries including county officials and representatives of the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce along with representatives for several state officials including Kathleen Wright from the governor’s office. Speaking at the event were Bart Win- egar, technical outreach manager for Connect Ohio, David Hannum, vice president and managing partner and Brien Burke, president of New Era Boardband, along with Perry Varnadoe, Meigs County’s economic development director, a loan and grant facilitator for the project. Winegar spoke of the necessity for access to high speed internet and the impact it has on the economy and education. He said that about 70 percent of people in the state now have access to high speed internet service. He commended Hannum and Burke on their work in Meigs County, Charlene Hoeflich | Daily Sentinel commenting that “Meigs County is fortu- A ribbon cutting to celebrate midway construction on the New Era Broadband project was nate to have New Era.” held Wednesday. Here David Hannum, vice president and managing partner, center, cuts the ribbon held by Perry Varnadoe, Meigs County’s Economic Development Director, on the left See PROGRESS | 3 end, and Brian Burke, New Era Broadband president, on the right. Proposed plea filed following major drug bust One Christmas, President Dwight Eisenhower presented Harold Haley with one of his paintings. Submitted photos By Amber Gillenwater agillenwater@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — The case against a local man who was arrested in late August in connection with one of the largest drug busts in Gallia County’s history has now been resolved, according to documents filed with the Gallia County Clerk of Courts office. Dennis C. Butcher, 61, Middleport, has reportedly negotiated a plea agreement with the Gallia County Prosecutor’s Office and is now scheduled to appear before Gallia County Common Pleas Judge D. Dean Evans on Tuesday, March 11 for a plea and sentencing hearing. Butcher was arrested along with his wife, Tammy L. Butcher, 53, during the early morning hours of Saturday, August 24 at their home located at 38067 Zuspan Hollow Road, near the Gallia-Meigs county line. According to the original complaint filed with the Gallipolis Municipal Court in this case, prior to the bust, the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office, working closely with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, obtained a search warrant for the Butcher residence, and, upon executing the warrant in August, deputies seized approximately 79 pounds of marijuana inside the residence and garage, as well as firearms and over $750,000 in cash. See BUST | 3 This Christmas card to Haley was signed by the First Lady for the Kennedy family. Cause of fatal fire likely accidental By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com A man who served presidents By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Few Meigs Countians today probably know that a native son by the name of Harold Haley, while in the military from 1958 to 1962, Harold Haley served as the personal recording specialist for two presidents. Haley served with President Dwight Eisenhower for two years and with President John F. Kennedy for one year, traveling to every state and multiple countries with the presidents. As few people probably know President Eisenhower was quite an artist. As his Christmas gifts to Haley in 1959 and 1960 he gave signed paintings. Also in Haley’s collectibles from that time period is a Christmas card given to him by the Kennedy family and signed with a note from the First Lady, along with some photographs of both presidents including two of Kennedy, one taken in Haley’s office during a recording session. Prized among his collectibles is a presidential service certificate and medal of appreciation for his service to President Kennedy awarded to him by President Lyndon Johnson following the assassination. Haley, son of the late Edna Bobo and Dwight Haley, Sr. of Meigs County, and the brother of Libby Moodispaugh of Tuppers Plains, now lives in Toledo. POINT PLEASANT — The office of West Virginia State Fire Marshal continues its investigation of Saturday’s house fire in Point Pleasant which later resulted in the deaths of two people. Tim Chastain, investigator with the marshal’s office, said at this time the cause of the fire is officially “undetermined” and there is no evidence of criminal activity. “We believe this is probably an accidental fire most likely,” Chastain said, adding one of the possible causes the agency is look- ing at is an electrical arc. Still, Chastain stressed, the investigation is ongoing. Siblings Tiffany Grant, 26, and Braxton Smith, 11, later died as a result of injuries sustained in the fire. Their brother, Tre Smith, 14, remains in critical condition at a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to a family member. A celebration of life for both Tiffany and Braxton is being held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Wedge Auditorium at Point Pleasant Junior/Senior High School. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Annual Meigs SWCD tree sale underway Sentinel Staff TDSnews@civitasmedia.com Harold Haley was awarded a presidential service certificate and medal in appreciation of his work with President John F. Kennedy by President Lyndon Johnson following the assassination. POMEROY — It’s a sure sign of spring. The annual Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District tree sale is now underway. This year’s hardwood offerings include black walnut, white oak, northern red oak, sugar maple and black cherry in packets of 25 seedlings for $17. Also available are Austrian pine, Colorado blue spruce and Bald Cypress in packets of 25 for $17, and evergreens Scotch pine, eastern white pine, Norway spruce, Canadian hemlock and Virginia pine in packets of 25 seedlings for $15. American Chestnut trees are again available in packets of five for $15. These seedlings are secured from the West Virginia State Tree Nursery and are considered pure American Chestnut. These trees have shown some resistance to chestnut blight but it is too soon to claim resistance. See SALE | 3 �Page 2 s The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, January 23, 2014 Meigs County Community Calendar Thursday, Jan. 23 POMEROY — Alpha Iota Masters, 11:30 a.m. at Fox’s Pizza in Pomeroy. Friday, Jan. 24 MIDDLEPORT — A free movie will be shown at 6:30 p.m. at the Middleport Village Hall auditorium. The movie is sponsored by the Middleport Community Association. For more information on the event visit the Middleport Community Association Facebook page. Monday, Jan. 27 RACINE — Southern Local Board of Education will meet in regular session at 6:30 p.m. in the high school media center. POMEROY — The Meigs County Veterans Service Commission will meet at 9 a.m. at the office located at 117 East Memo- Ohio Valley Forecast * ONE DVR POWERS YOUR WHOLE HOME Advancedd receiver Advancedreceiverfeesapply AdAdvancedreceiverfeesapply. i ffees apply. pply MMiMinimum2 Minimum Minimum2-roomsetuprequired i 2 roomsetuprequired roomsetuprequired. room setup t p required. qi d YEARS OF SAVINGS! ORDER NOW AND YOU CAN LOCK IN 2 YEARS OF SAVINGS CHOICE Packageandabove CHOICE™Packageandabo CHOICE™Packageandabove CHOICE™P Packageandabove. Package k g andd above. be MONTHS FREE! HBO - SHOWTIME STARZ - CINEMAX C O C Packageandabove CHOICE CHOICE™Packageandabove CHOICE™P Packageandabove. Package ackagea g andddabo above. be DON’T WAIT— CALL NOW! 1-800-765-9330 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 nity Center. Some of those are as follows, Meals at the Mulberry Community Center — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. Parish Shop — 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday. Comfort Club — 9 a.m.-noon, Wednesday. Food Pantry — 9-11 a.m., Tuesday-Friday. Celebrate Recovery — 7-9 p.m., Monday. Shape-Up — 9-11 a.m. and 5-7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. 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 Department of Job and Family Services. For more information contact Brooke Pauley at (740) 992-2117 ext. 104. Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an immunization clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday at the Meigs County Health Department located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Please bring child’s shot record. Children must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. A donation is appreciated for immunization administration, however no one will be denied services. Please bring medical cards or commercial insurance cards. Hospital offering low-cost screenings ATHENS — OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital in Athens will offer cholesterol and glucose screening on Wednesday, Feb 5. The cholesterol and glucose screening will be open to the public from 9 a.m. until noon in the hospital’s Corn- well Center Entrance lobby. The screening will be offered for a $5 fee, and can be made available by appointment only from 9 a.m. until noon. To make an appointment, call (740) 592-9401. Cholesterol levels typically do not change dra- matically in one month so individuals may want to wait two to three months before being screened again. Also, screenings do not take the place of testing. A screening will indicate whether an individual’s level is below, at or above normal ranges; however, for specific readings, an individual may be directed to see a physician for further testing. The cholesterol and glucose screening measures total cholesterol, HDL and glucose levels. For the Record Land Transfers POMEROY — The following land transfers were recently recorded with the Meigs County Recorder’s Office, Secretary of Housing to Bank of America, deed, Pomeroy Village; Larry Tucker, Wendela Tucker, Ellen Tucker Hatfield to Larry Tucker, Wendela Tucker, deed, Rutland; Rothlisberger and Simmon to Jeremy Fisher, deed, Pomeroy Village; Paula Jean Wood, Frances Wood, Earie Wood to Rainbow Oil and Gas, Jeffrey M. Burke, easement, Chester; Kirk Chevalier, Cynthia Chevalier to Rainbow Oil and Gas, Jeffrey M. Burke, easement, Chester; Irma Lew Bay, Irma Bay to Betheney Aria Bay, Beth Bay, deed, Olive; Tericia L. Cogar, Tericia L. Bentz, John Bentz to Kelsey Sauters, deed, Bedford; Nancy A. Davis, John F. Celesnik to Nancy A. Davis, John F. Celesnik, deed, Scipio; Raymond L. Milard to Joshua David Wandling, Lea Ann Wandling, deed, Scipio; Patricia J. Taylor, Gregory W. Taylor to Michael Nida, dead, Sutton/Racine Village; Sharath Desai Maganhalli, Dana Maganahalli to Donald M. Erwin, Cathy G. Erwin, deed, Salisbury/Middleport Village; Charles D. Reitmire, deceased, to Nancy Jane Reitmire, deceased, Nancy J. Reitmire, deceased, affidavit, Salisbury; Charles Donald Reitmire, deceased, to Nancy Jane Reitmire, deceased, affidavit, Salisbury; Nancy J. Reitmire, deceased, to Steven W. Reitmire, Atishia Vanmeter, deed, Salisbury; Lucille H. Atherton, Clarence L. Atherton to Ohio Power Company, American Electric Power, easement, Olive; Clyde E. Kuhn, Shirley M. Kuhn to Ohio Power Company, American Electric Power, easement, Olive; Cheryl L. Gumpf, Timothy Gumpf to Ohio Power Company, American Electric Power, easement, Olive; Charles M. Butcher, Charles Morton Butcher to Ohio Power Company, American Electric Power, easement, Scipio; Susan D. Walbrown, Kenneth F. Walbrown to Ohio Power Company, American Electric Power, easement, Lebanon; Tommy L. Graham to Ohio Power Company, American Electric Power, easement, Chester; Charity Miller, Jonathan S. Miller to Ohio Power Company, American Electric Power, easement, Chester; Michael L. Barr, Danielle L. Barr to Ohio Power Company, American Electric Power, easement, Chester; Rocksprings United Methodist Church to Ohio Power Company, American Electric Power, easement, Salisbury; Marilyn Sue Rice to Chris Owen Dicken, Judy Ann Dicken, deed, Chester; John W. Dean, Dean Revocable Living Trust, Belinda K. Dean to Austin Cross, deed, Middleport Village; Mary S. Erwin to Paige Roush, deed, Meigs; Lyndall L. Hasbargen, Lawrence G. Hasbargen, James D. Scott, Persis L. Scott to Lisa R. Barcus, deed, Chester; Dixie Ruth Sayre, deceased, to Stephen Sayre, certificate of transfer, Rutland; Mark Jon Paul Nelson, Michelle Leigh Nelson to Norman Nester, deed, Salem; Teresa Lemons, William E. Lemons to Erica R. Martyn, deed, Olive; Betty L. Churchheus, Thomas L. Churchheus Jr., Betty L. Fulks to Churchheus Trust, deed, Chester; Lula Mae Adkins, deceased, Lula Adkins, deceased, to Oliver Adkins, affidavit, Salisbury. Dem vying for Ohio governor supports death penalty COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial contender Ed FitzGerald says he supports the death penalty and believes there are times when it is called for. FitzGerald was asked by reporters Wednesday about the death penalty fol- www.mydailysentinel.com ALL DIRECTV OFFERS REQUIRE 24-MONTH AGREEMENT.** Offer ends 2/5/14 meeting on at 7 p.m. to confer the entered apprentice degree on one candidate. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. Meigs County Local Briefs Breastfeeding classes ATHENS — O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens offers free breastfeeding follow-up sessions for postpartum breastfeeding mothers. The class takes place every Wednesday from 11 a.m. until noon in the hospital’s lower level conference room 4. The class on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 has been canceled. The next scheduled class will be Wednesday, Feb. 19. O’Bleness’ international NOW YOU CAN SAVE AN ADDITIONAL $5 PER MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS! 1 2 3 Meigs Cooperative Parish events POMEROY — The Meigs Co-operative Parish hosts a variety of events and service projects available throughout the week at the Mulberry Commu- Yoga class resumes SYRACUSE — Yoga classes will resumes at the Syracuse Community Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday evenings. Call 740-992-2365 for more information. Peoples (NASDAQ) — 22.37 Pepsico (NYSE) — 82.85 Premier (NASDAQ) — 14.53 Rockwell (NYSE) — 119.06 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 14.92 Royal Dutch Shell — 72.09 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 37.59 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 75.35 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 9.24 WesBanco (NYSE) — 30.64 Worthington (NYSE) — 43.05 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions January 22, 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. FREE GENIE™ UPGRADE! Wednesday, Jan. 29 CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will hold a special Free Community Dinner MIDDLEPORT — A free community dinner will be held on Friday, Jan. 24 at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. Serving will begin at 5 p.m. The menu will include salad, soup, sandwiches and dessert. Everyone welcome. Basket Games rescheduled POMEROY — The basket games to be held on Jan. 23 at the Meigs County Senior Center Dining Hall has been rescheduled for Jan. 30 due to weather. Local Stocks Per Mo For 12 Mos. After Instant Rebate With 24-mo. Agreement Tuesday, Jan. 28 MIDDLEPORT — Leading Creek Conservancy District will hold their organizational meeting, following by their monthly board meeting, at 4 p.m. POMEROY — The January LEPC meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. in the new EOC/911 building. Please RSVP by Friday as the meeting will include lunch. The address of the EOC/911 center is 41859 Pomeroy Pike. Meigs County Church Calendar Thursday: A chance of snow, mainly before 11 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 13. Wind chill values as low as -14. West wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Wind chill values as low as -12. West wind 11 to 15 mph. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 21. Wind chill values as low as -12. Breezy, with a southwest wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly after 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Breezy, with a southwest wind 21 to 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Saturday: Snow likely, mainly before 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 33. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Sunday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Sunday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. AEP (NYSE) — 47.52 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 25.81 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 97.65 Big Lots (NYSE) — 28.24 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 48.16 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 56.75 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 12.32 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.52 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 46.42 Collins (NYSE) — 79.19 DuPont (NYSE) — 63.02 US Bank (NYSE) — 41.44 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 25.99 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 66.87 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 57.59 Kroger (NYSE) — 36.43 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 54.31 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 92.94 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 22.68 BBT (NYSE) — 39.26 rial Drive in Pomeroy. POMEROY — The annual organizational meeting of the Meigs County Library Board will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. followed by the regular monthly meeting. lowing one of the longest executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Death row inmate Dennis McGuire gasped and snorted last week as an untested drug combination was used to put him to death. FitzGerald says the procedure should be reviewed. He says his experience as a former prosecutor and FBI agent have shaped his views on the death penalty. Republican Gov. John Kasich’s spokesman has said the governor supports the death penalty and the procedure is being reviewed. McGuire’s attorney, an anti-death penalty group and several Democratic state lawmakers are urging a moratorium on executions. �Thursday, January 23, 2014 The Daily Sentinel s Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com Experts: Target hackers will be tough to find NEW YORK (AP) — The hackers behind the recent Target data breach are likely a world away and nearly impossible to find. That’s the consensus among outside cybercrime experts as Target, the Secret Service and the FBI continue their investigation of the pre-Christmas data heist in which hackers stole about 40 million debit and credit card numbers and also took personal information — including email addresses, phone numbers, names and home addresses — for another 70 million people. In the aftermath of the breach, millions of Americans have been left to wonder what has become of their precious personal information. The information can be used in a variety of nefarious ways. Criminals can attempt to use the credit card numbers and place charges on the original owners’ accounts or they can use other pieces of personal information to steal people’s identities and apply for new lines of credit. In cases where such a massive amount of information is stolen, criminals generally divide the data into chunks and sell the parcels through online black markets, says Chester Wisniewski, senior security adviser for the computer security firm Sophos. In many ways, those markets behave much like any legitimate marketplace ruled by the forces of supply and demand. Groups of higher-end cards are worth significantly more than those with lower credit limits and so are cards tied to additional personal information, such as names, addresses and zip codes, which make them easier to use. After thieves purchase the numbers, they can encode the data onto new, blank cards with an inexpensive, easy-to-use gadget. Or they can skip the cardwriting process and simply use the card numbers online. Crooks often have the option to buy cards last used in their area. That way, Wisniewski says, the cards attract less attention from the banks that issued them. That could explain why some debit and credit card numbers of Target customers from South Texas turned up in the arrest of a pair of Mexican citizens at the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this week. According to police in McAllen, Texas, the pair used account information stolen during the Target breach to buy tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise at national retailers in the area. But the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday its investigation into the possibility of a link between the Target data theft and the arrests remains ongoing. The underground markets where hackers sell the bundles of stolen numbers always have a steady supply of card numbers on sale and their locations are always moving as they try to elude law enforcement, says Daniel Ingevaldson, chief technology officer at Easy Solutions Inc., a firm that sells anti-fraud products and tracks the activity of the online black markets. A big jump in inventory usually indicates there’s been a breach of a major retailer. That’s what Ingevaldson’s firm saw in the cases of both Target and Neiman Marcus, which also recently reported a breach. While many of these online bazaars and forums are based in Russia and Eastern Europe, much of the chatter is in English and appears to have been written by Americans, Ingevaldson says. The types of criminals who buy the card numbers run the gamut, ranging from purely online white-collar crooks to street gangs. “In reality, card numbers can be bought by anybody with access to the forums and a few Bitcoins in their pocket,” Ingevaldson says. Wisniewski says the people who buy card numbers online and produce the fake cards generally aren’t the ones who try to use them. Using the cards is the riskiest part of the fraud scheme, so the task is usually farmed out to others who are often recruited through spam emails. The recruiters then send them fraudulent debit and credit cards and instruct them to buy large quantities of expensive merchandise or gift cards in exchange for a small percentage of their value. Card users, once caught, often only have a handler’s email address to share with police, making it nearly impossible to find the recruiters, Wisniewski says. As for the original perpetrators of the Target attack, experts believe they’ll be difficult to locate. Eastern Europe, Russia and former Soviet republics are a hotbed of that kind of activity, given the region’s large population of well-educated computer science professionals and the short supply of legitimate employment prospects for them. It’s likely that the authors of the malicious software used in the Target breach are making a nice living just by selling copies of the code to other hackers and not doing any hacking themselves, says Wisniewski. “Keep in mind, it isn’t illegal to write these kind of codes, just to use them,” Wisniewski says. “And selling them is a lot less risky than taking (fake) cards into an Apple store.” Bree Fowler can be reached at http://twitter.com/APBreeFowler. Northeast digs out from snow; NYC back to school NEW YORK (AP) — Northeasterners scraped and shoveled Wednesday after a snowstorm grounded flights, shuttered schools and buried roads with a surprising amount of snow, leaving biting cold in its wake. The atmosphere was particularly frosty in New York, where some residents complained that plowing was spotty and schools were open while children elsewhere in the region stayed home. The storm stretched from Kentucky to New England but hit hardest along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corri- dor between Philadelphia and Boston. As much as 14 inches of snow fell in Philadelphia, with New York City seeing almost as much, before tapering off. Temperatures were in the single digits in many places Wednesday and not expected to rise out of the teens. Facing one of the first flashpoints of his weeksold tenure, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended the response to a storm he said caused a worse-than-expected headache when it ramped up at rush hour. “We had a coordinated, intense, citywide re- sponse,” de Blasio said. The mayor and city Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty said the cleanup effort was equitable and robust, though complicated by traffic and the storm’s timetable. Those factors made it difficult to plow and spread salt, Doherty said. At one point, the wind and snow were so blinding that police pulled traffic agents out of many intersections. De Blasio, a Brooklynite who campaigned on closing gaps between rich and poor New Yorkers, also was asked why some Manhattan avenues, including in the wealthy Upper East Side neighborhood, still were covered in snow when a Brooklyn thoroughfare was plowed clear to the pavement. The plowing problems combined with a late-night decision to keep open the nation’s largest public schools system had some parents grumbling. “No one was treated differently,” the mayor said. One parent, Pamela Murphy Jennings, said her two children navigated snowy sections of tony Madison and Park avenues to get to their public schools on the Upper East Side. “Children have to walk to city bus stops and cross these streets to get here,” she said. “Cars are sliding on roads. If there was any day to close schools, this was the day.” De Blasio said officials made the right call in anticipating that streets would be passable enough for students to get to school safely, adding that his own teenage son had gone, if grouchily. Citywide, 100 percent of primary streets were plowed by 6 a.m. Wednesday, along with 90 percent or more of other streets, Doherty said. Some residents were understanding. Upper East Sider Lou Riccio agreed cleanup was a problem in his neighborhood, but he didn’t see it as the mayor’s fault. “It was just the problem of a bad snowstorm coming at a bad time of the day,” said Riccio, who teaches public affairs at Columbia University. Schoolchildren had the day off elsewhere, including in Boston, Philadelphia and many parts of Rhode Island, Connecticut, upstate New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. Federal workers in Washington got a two-hour delay in their work days Wednesday after a day off Tuesday because of the snow. Bust From Page 3 The pair later made initial court appearances in the municipal court where they were both charged with drug possession and drug trafficking, while Dennis Butcher was also charged with having weapons under disability. Tammy Butcher’s bond was set at $50,000, 10 percent, while her husband’s bond was set at $100,000, 10 percent. Bond was later posted for each defendant’s release from the Gallia County Jail. In early September, both cases were bound over to the Gallia County Common Pleas Court where the husband and wife were subsequently indicted by a grand jury. Both later appeared in the common pleas court on a summons on indictment and pleaded not guilty to a second-degree felony charge of possessing 35,830 grams of marijuana, as well as a second-degree felony drug trafficking charge of preparing the drug for sale and distribution. Dennis Butcher also pleaded not guilty to a three-degree felony charge of having weapons under disability. Bond in both cases was continued from the municipal court and the pair was released from custody. A proposed plea agreement in the case against Dennis Butcher was filed early last week with the clerk of courts, and, according to the document, the prosecution will recommend to the court that the defendant, upon pleading guilty to count two of the indictment, will be sentenced to a total of 18 months of incarceration and will be given credit for time served. In consideration of the proposed plea, it is expected that Butcher will also be ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $5,000 and will agree not to contest and cooperate in the civil forfeiture of $773,101 cash, as well as a 1934 Chevrolet and currency coin proof sets. In addition, Butcher will agree to forfeit a Winchester Model 1894 30/30 with scope, a H and R Topper Model 158, a Remington Fieldmaster 22 and a Glenfield Model 70 22LR to the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office. Further, the negotiated plea states that the State of Ohio will agree to dismiss the charges filed against Tammy Butcher in relation to this case. Photos by Charlene Hoeflich | Daily Sentinel ABOVE, telling the story of New Era Broadband, its progress and its goals were from the left, Bart Winegar, technical outreach manager for Connect Ohio, and Brien Burke, president, and David Hannum, vice president and managing partner, of New Era Broadband. BELOW, Brien Burke displayed maps showing progress made in providing New Era Broadband in Meigs County so far, and another map showing the full scope of broadband service in green as it is expected to be 2015. Sale From Page 3 The wildlife tree packet consists of 10 trees with two each black walnut, chinkapin oak, flowering dogwood, Washington hawthorn and silky dogwood for $15. Other offerings include Red Delicious Apples and Hale Haven Peach in packets of two seedlings each for $17; shiitake mushroom kits (consisting of 200 plugs) for $25; English ivy and pachysandra trays of 100 plants for $25. Seed mixes include erosion control, showy native wildflower and grass, bird and butterfly and wildlife food plot. Also available are bluebird boxes, bat boxes, marking flags and Plantskyydd deer and rabbit repellant (available in ready-to-spray quart bottles or in a powder concentrate). The deadline for ordering trees or seed packets from the Meigs SWCD is Friday, Feb. 28 with trees being available for pickup around the second week in April. Tree and shrub seedlings should be between six and 18 inches tall depending on the species, and should be planted within five days after pickup and watered regularly. For an order form or for more information, contact the Meigs SWCD at (740) 992-4282 or stop in during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D, Pomeroy. Order forms are also available at www.meigsswcd.com. Progress From Page 3 Hannum gave a history of New Era noting that it was formed in 2009 and predicted that by the end of next year over 3,000 homes now without high speed internet will have access. He spoke of the cost, of the need for subscribers to support the expansion, and the plan for completion of tower installation and broad coverage by 2015. Burke commended Varnadoe on his efforts in getting the project to the halfway point and his appreciation for the customer support New Era has received. He mentioned new personnel now in place to promote sales and the anticipated prospect of eventually bundling broadband and Direct TV. “It’s a great day for Meigs County,” said Varnadoe as he commented on reaching the half-way point in progress to providing most residents with broadband high speed internet. He noted the snags along the way, and commended Hannum and Burke on how they handled the problems to get to the mid-way construction point. �The Daily Sentinel OPINION Page 4 THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014 In solidarity, Senate women Obama targets college sexual assault epidemic help female candidates By Donna Cassata AP Writer WASHINGTON — Rep. Shelley Moore Capito’s responsibilities are familiar to many women: plan her daughter’s May wedding, look out for her elderly parents and concentrate on her day job. The Republican congresswoman from West Virginia is also running for the U.S. Senate. “I’m doing what every woman in America does, I’m multitasking,” Capito says. She’s getting some help from women who’ve been there and done that. The Senate’s 20 women, emboldened by their recent political and legislative successes, are determined to swell their ranks this November. They’re providing campaign help to the female candidates from West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Iowa and Oregon looking to smash a few glass ceilings, and hopefuls from Michigan and Hawaii intent on giving their state an all-female Senate lineup. Two-term Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who lent a neighborly hand in 2012 to North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp and Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin, will be heading to Georgia in the coming weeks to help first-time candidate Michelle Nunn. Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, who became Nebraska’s first female senator in the last election, vouched for Capito in a fundraising appeal and plans to campaign for other GOP candidates once the primaries end. New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has helped raise more than $2 million through her Off the Sidelines PAC for Democratic women running for the Senate and House in 2012 and this year. More than just a presence, women see themselves as a force in politics six years after Hillary Rodham Clinton nearly captured the Democratic nod for president and Sarah Palin made Republican history as her party’s vice presidential nominee. That’s especially true in the Senate where women proudly describe the past 15 months. Five women were elected in 2012, Democratic women assumed the chairmanship of eight of 20 committees and two women — five-term Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and four-term Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state — helped engineer the passage of a sweeping spending bill and a long-sought budget. “Women are now seen as the ones in the Senate who are getting the job done,” said Baldwin, who heads the Women’s Senate Network, a division of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that helps female candidates. Last year, seven of the 26 women on the Armed Services Committee united behind legislation fighting sexual assault in the military. Gillibrand and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., did split over limits on commanders’ authority, confounding some of the Senate men seeking guidance. “Men weren’t used to these two women going up against each other,” Klobuchar said, “but I told them they were going to have to get used to it.” One of the hardest tasks for women is raising the money to signal they are viable, legitimate candidates. The Senate women — 16 Democrats and four Republicans — have heard the dismissive comments. Fischer, who spent seven years in the Nebraska legislature, counted on a strong base of support from fellow state lawmakers, individuals in education and agriculture. Yet few gave her much of a chance against Attorney General Jon Bruning and state Treasurer Don Stenberg in the Republican primary. “When I would visit with people in the business community, it would be, ‘Gee, I like you a lot, but you just can’t win,’” she recalled. “And I’d say, ‘We’ll, you know, I’ll talk to you after the primary.’ And then after the primary, they’d say, ‘Well, you proved me wrong.’ Yes, I did.” Undeterred, Fischer raised $400,000 in the primary, was outspent 10-to-1 and prevailed over her two rivals with 41 percent of the vote. Capito gets high marks from Republicans for jump- The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Our main number is (740) 992-2155. 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Jay Rockefeller’s long-expected retirement announcement, and relentlessly pursuing GOP donors. “There were a lot of burned-out people,” she remembered. “They’d given to PACs, given to the Senate committee, to (Republican presidential nominee Mitt) Romney, to others. They were really deflated the first half of the year. The final question they’d ask me, ‘Are you going to win?’ Because I think people want to back a winner.” In her latest campaign filing, Capito had $3.3 million cash on hand for her race against Democrat Natalie Tennant. The matchup ensures that West Virginia will make history, sending its first woman to the Senate next year. Women outnumber men in the U.S. population, with 50.8 percent female and 49.1 percent male, but the ratio is ludicrously low in the U.S. Senate — 20 out of 100. A total of 44 women have served in the Senate since 1922, when 87-year-old Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia received a largely symbolic appointment that lasted a mere 24 hours. She filled the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas Watson. It wasn’t until 1931 that Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas replaced her husband Thaddeus and then won election in her own right. The current female class is a record high, but the numbers could drop. Three Democratic women — Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire — are up for reelection this year. Senate women know they have to look out for each other. Klobuchar recalls a first day, sitting beneath the portrait of Lyndon B. Johnson in the room named for him. She took a bowl of soup and salad from the buffet table, and sat down with other senators. In an instant, Murray was at her side, quietly telling her she had mistakenly taken a bowl of Thousand Island salad dressing instead of soup. By Nedra Pickler AP Writer WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama shone a light Wednesday on a college sexual assault epidemic that is often shrouded in secrecy, with victims fearing stigma, police poorly trained to investigate and universities reluctant to disclose the violence. A White House report highlights a stunning prevalence of rape on college campuses, with 1 in 5 female students assaulted while only about 1 in 8 reports it. “No one is more at risk of being raped or sexually assaulted than women at our nation’s colleges and universities,” said the report by the White House Council on Women and Girls. Nearly 22 million American women and 1.6 million men have been raped in their lifetimes, according to the report. It chronicled the devastating effects, including depression, substance abuse and a wide range of physical ailments such as chronic pain and diabetes. The report said campus sexual assaults are fueled by drinking and drug use that can incapacitate victims, often at student parties at the hands of someone they know. Perpetrators often are serial offenders. One study cited by the report found that 7 percent of college men admitted to attempting rape, and 63 percent of those men admitted to multiple offenses, averaging six rapes each. Obama, who has overseen a military that has grappled with its own crisis of sexual assaults, spoke out against the crime as “an affront on our basic decency and humanity.” He then signed a memorandum creating a task force to respond to campus rapes. Obama said he was speaking out as president and a father of two daughters, and that men must express outrage to stop the crime. “We need to encourage young people, men and women, to realize that sexual assault is simply unacceptable,” Obama said. “And they’re going to have to summon the bravery to stand up and say so, especially when the social pressure to keep quiet or to go along can be very intense.” Obama gave the task force, comprised of administration officials, 90 days to come up with recommendations for colleges to prevent and respond to the crime, increase public awareness of each school’s track record, and enhance coordination among federal agencies to hold schools accountable if they don’t confront the problem. Records obtained by The Associated Press under the federal Freedom of Information Act illustrate a continuing problem for colleges in investigating crime. The documents include anonymous complaints sent to the Education Department, often alleging universities haven’t accurately reported oncampus crime or appropriately punished assailants as required under federal law. A former Amherst College student, Angie Epifano, has accused the school of trivial- 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. izing her report of being raped in a dorm room in 2011 by an acquaintance. She said school counselors questioned whether she was really raped, refused her request to change dorms, discouraged her from pressing charges and had police take her to a psychiatric ward. She withdrew from Amherst while her alleged attacker graduated. Among the federal laws requiring colleges to address sexual assault are: Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination in education; the renewed Violence Against Women Act Obama, which was signed into law last year with new provisions on college sexual assault; and the Clery Act, which requires colleges and universities to publicly report their crime statistics every year. The Education Department has investigated and fined several schools for not accurately reporting crimes. Most notably was a 2006 case at Eastern Michigan University, in which the government eventually fined the school a then-record $357,000 for not revealing a student had been sexual assaulted and murdered in her dorm room. Violent crime can be underreported on college campuses, advocates say, because of a university’s public-image incentive to keep figures low, or because crimes can occur off campus and instead investigated by local police. Other times, schools put such suspects before a campus court whose proceedings are largely secret and not subjected to judicial review. Students Active for Ending Rape, a nonprofit group that works with student activists to push for sexual assault policy changes on their campuses, said in a report last year that schools often do not fully address the problem. The report gave more than 80 percent of college policies a grade C or below, an F to nearly one-quarter and said one-third don’t fully comply with the Clery Act. The White House report also declares that the criminal justice response to sexual assault broadly is too often inadequate and lays out a goal of increasing arrest, prosecution and conviction rates without any specific targets. The report blames police bias and a lack of training to investigate and prosecute sex crimes for low arrest rates and says the federal government should promote training and help police increase testing of DNA evidence collected from victims. The report mentions sexual assaults in the military — Obama last month directed the Pentagon to better prevent and respond to the crime its ranks or face further reforms. White House officials say they want to set the example by turning around the sexual assault problem in the military. “I’ve made it clear I expect significant progress in the year ahead,” Obama said. Associated Press writer Jack Gillum contributed to this report. Follow Nedra Pickler on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ nedrapickler The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Beth Sergent Interim Editor bsergent@civitasmedia.com �Thursday, January 23, 2014 Obituaries Death Notices MICHAEL EUGENE ATHEY NEW HAVEN — Michael Eugene Athey, 59, of New Haven, West Virginia went to be with the Lord peacefully on January 18, 2014, surrounded by family and friends after a short battle with cancer. He was born on April 15, 1954, in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of Clayton Eugene Athey and Margaret Gyer Athey of New Haven and Collierville, Tennessee. Mr. Athey was a proud veteran of the United States Navy and was formerly stationed at Jacksonville, Florida, with the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron #1. He was a member of the American Legion Post #140 in New Haven. Mr. Athey was a 1972 graduate of Wahama High School and he attended Marshall University. He was a thirty-eight year employee of the Philip Sporn Power Plant in New Haven, where he was an Energy Production Supervisor I at the time of his retirement in 2010. After his service to his country, he and his family moved back to New Haven, making him the third generation to live in the Athey Family Home. He loved his family and enjoyed being with them and going on family camping trips. He is survived by his parents, Clayton Eugene Athey and Margaret Gyer Athey; his loving wife of thirty-nine years, Deborah Samsel Athey of New Haven; his children, Mat- thew Allen (Juliee) Athey and Amber Rose (John) Hill; grandchildren, Wyatt Matthew Athey, Mattalyn Charlotte Athey, Shelbee Gale Marie Athey, Carter Michael Hill and Cameron Elizabeth Hill; sisters, Jo Ellen (Ralph) Adams of Collierville, Tennessee, and Patricia (General Harry D., Jr.) Montgomery of Collierville; mother-in-law, Rosemary Samsel; brothers-in-law, Tom (Imogene) Samsel and Chuck (Tracy) Samsel; sister-in-law, Lurinda (Mike) King; very special friend, Bonnie Harrison; and also many nieces, nephews and numerous great friends. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, several aunts and uncles; and his father-in-law, Fred Samsel. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., January, 24, 2014, at the Middleport Chapel of the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home, 264 South Second Avenue, Middleport, Ohio 45769. Military funeral honors will be presented by the American Legion Post #140 and the VFW Post 9926. Visiting hours for family and friends will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., on Friday at the funeral home in Middleport. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in honor of Michael Eugene Athey to the New Haven United Methodist Church. A registry is available at www.andersonfh.com. LEANNA G. JACKS LANGSVILLE — Leanna G. Jacks, 93, of Langsville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday morning in Abbyshire Place, Bidwell, Ohio. She was born November 8, 1920, in Meigs County, Ohio, daughter of the late Ora and Jesta (Lemley) Rumfield. She married Clair E. Jacks March 2, 1946, at Pomeroy, Ohio and he preceded her in death February 22, 2008. She was a member of the Wilkesville Church of Christ. Leanna is survived by three sons and two daughters, Clarence (Jenny) Jacks and David (Debbie) Jacks, both of Middleport, Ohio, Kenny (Diane) Jacks, Gallipolis, Ohio, Barbara (Kimmy) Pierce, Langsville, Ohio, The Daily Sentinel s Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com and Linda (Danny) Foust, Rockbridge, Ohio; eighteen grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Floyd and George Rumfield, and sister, Lena Rupe. Funeral services will be held at noon, Friday, January 24, 2014, in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton with Pastor Rod Walker officiating. Burial will follow in the Vinton Memorial Park. Friends and family may call from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to www.mccoymoore. com. Ohio Dems’ 2014 ticket to highlight women’s health COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Democrats seeking statewide office this fall on Wednesday coupled criticism of Republican-backed abortion restrictions with a pledge to make women’s health issues a priority in the 2014 campaign. The party’s full 2014 slate appeared together for the first time to accept endorsements from Planned Parenthood. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald, the Cuyahoga County executive, said GOP Gov. John Kasich campaigned almost exclusively on economic issues yet has supported a series of abortion-related restrictions. “So we should have been able to anticipate that his administration would be almost entirely focused on economic development and creating jobs for people in Ohio,” he said. “What we’ve gotten is a series of extreme proposals, most of which have absolutely nothing to do with economic development.” Republican Chairman Matt Borges called the timing of the Democrats’ event on the anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade case legalizing abortion “beyond the pale.” The anniversary was marked by events on both sides of the issue. Ohio’s Republican-controlled state Legislature sent Kasich a series of abortion-related measures last year. One prohibited public hospitals from striking patient transfer agreements with abortion clinics, though such agreements are required under law. The new restriction has led to one clinic’s license revocation and the voluntary closure of two other facilities that relied on public hospital pacts. Lawmakers also passed funding cuts to Planned Parenthood and abortion-related restrictions on counselors at taxpayer-funded rape crisis centers. An informed consent provision requires abortion providers to inform pregnant women in writing about the presence of a fetal heartbeat before the procedure and share the statistical probability of bringing the fetus to term. Ohio Right to Life, the state’s leading anti-abortion group, said Democrats were using Planned Parenthood’s backing to generate campaign donations from abortionrights proponents while Republicans have been defending Ohioans’ widely held opposition to abortion. The group’s president, Mike Gonidakis, praised the Legislature for its actions. “It is a tragedy that these Democrats whistle past the graveyard and ignore the fact that 42 percent of all Ohio abortions are performed on African-American women yet they comprise only 8 percent of our state’s population,” he said in a statement. “Instead of offering assistance and solutions for African-American women, FitzGerald and company continue to bow at the abortion altar for a campaign contribution.” BURNS WILKESVILLE — Don “Donnie” Leo Burns, 57, Wilkesville, Ohio, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014, in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Vinton County South Elementary School, 38234 SR 93, Hamden, Ohio, 45634 with David Ding and Pastor Steve Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Vinton Memorial Park. School buses will act as lead escort of the hearse, which will transit from Hamden to the former Wilton School in Wilkesville, making a “full circle” of Don’s life serving the Vinton County Schools. Friends and family may call at the school from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday. The McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton is honored to serve the Burns Family. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to, Athens Fellowship First Church of God, 67 Columbus Rd, Athens, Ohio 45701, or Vinton County South PTO, c/o Jane Snyder, 38234 SR 93, Hamden, Ohio 45634. FRUM POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Rev. Charles Lewis Frum, 89, of Point Pleasant, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at Pleasant Valley Hospital, with family at his side. Visitation will be Thursday, January 23, 2014, from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m., at the Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, January 24, 2014, at Heights United Methodist Church, 2016 North Main Street, Point Pleasant. The service will be conducted by two of Rev. Charles’ sons, Rev. John Frum and Rev. Wayne Frum. Burial will follow in Kirkland Memorial Gardens, with full military honors being provided by the American Legion, Mason County Post #23. Charles’ care has been entrusted to Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. GASKINS POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Steven R. Gaskins, 57, of Point Pleasant, passed away January 18, 2014, at his home unexpectedly. Funeral services will be held at the Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant on Friday, January 24, 2014, at 1 p.m., with Rev. Glen Rowe and Rev. Chip Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in the Forest Hills Cemetery in Flatrock. Friends may visit the family at the funeral home from noon to 1 p.m. prior to the service. GORBY PROCTORVILLE — Carol Ann Gorby, 66, of Proctorville, Ohio, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va. Funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m., Friday, January 24, 2014, at Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, Ohio, by Pastor Jason Morris. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville, Ohio. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, January 23, 2014, at Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, Ohio. STURGEON LETART — Wanda I. Sturgeon, 73, of Letart, passed away at Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehab Center on January 20, 2014. She was born October 2, 1940, a daughter to the late Eugene Knapp and Ella Durst Knapp. She was a retired machinist from the Robinson Myers Plant in Gallipolis, Ohio, and she also worked at the Quality Manufacturing Company. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband John E. Sturgeon, and brothers Charles Knapp, Claude Knapp, Floyd Ray Knapp, and sister Beatrice Knapp. She is survived by daughters, Ester Sturgeon of Point Pleasant and Rebecca Sturgeon of Letart; brothers, George (Beverly) Knapp of West Columbia, James Knapp of Point Pleasant, Thomas (Donna) Knapp of Letart; sisters, Maxine (Jack) Warner of Leon and Sharon (Larry) Wilcoxen of Point Pleasant; grandson, Waylon Sturgeon; sister-inlaw, Susie Cadle of Florida; as well as several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant on Saturday, January 25, 2014, at 1 p.m. with Rev. Joe Hammack officiating. Burial will follow in the Forest Hills Cemetery in Flatrock. Friends may visit the family at the funeral home on Friday, January 24, from 6-8 p.m. Online condolences can be made at www.dealfh.com. State: second chemical entered water in W.Va. spill CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A second chemical was released during a spill that contaminated the water supply for 300,000 West Virginians, state officials said Wednesday, though the newly identified substance appears to be less toxic than the coal-cleaning agent already known to have leaked. State regulators sharply criticized the company at the center of the Jan. 9 spill for failing to report the presence of the second chemical and ordered them to disclose everything that leaked into the Elk River from their storage tank by 4 p.m. Wednesday. “Having to order them to provide such obvious information is indicative of the continued decline of their credibility,” said Randy Huffman, secretary of the state’s Department of Environmental Protection. Freedom Industries didn’t report until Tuesday that a mixture of polyglycol ethers, or PPH, also entered the water system when the spill oc- curred, the state agency said in a news release. Separately, the company didn’t list PPH as part of its latest hazardous chemicals inventory for the Charleston facility filed in February 2013. State officials are working with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other experts to test samples and ensure the water supply is safe, the bureau said. The PPH made up about 5 percent of the tank’s volume, the CDC said. Tests done right after officials lifted a ban on using tap water didn’t detect PPH, said Amy Shuler Goodwin, a spokeswoman for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. Information on PPH’s toxicity is limited, but it appears to be lower than that of the coal-cleaning chemical known as MCHM, the CDC said. “Given the small percentage of PPH in the tank and information suggesting similar water solubility as MCHM, it is likely that any amount of PPH currently in the water system would be extremely low,” the CDC’s statement said. On Tuesday, Freedom Industries reached a bankruptcy court deal for up to $4 million in credit from a lender to help continue operations, an attorney said. The deal lets the company continue paying its 51 employees in the short term, a biweekly payroll of about $172,000, said company attorney Mark Freelander. The company can also continue paying costs for environmental remediation and will have money for critical day-to-day administrative expenses, and can pay top vendors, according to the attorney. Freedom Industries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday, freezing dozens of lawsuits against the company. Many are by local businesses owners who say they lost money during a water-use ban that lasted several days. State and federal investigations into the spill of a coal-cleaning chemical are continuing. 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Rio Grande, which currently sits at 13-5 overall and 6-1 against MidSouth Conference opponents, 102 points in the balloting of a panel of head coaches representing each of the division’s 10 conference and unaffiliated groups. It marks Rio’s first appearance in the Top 25 since the RedStorm was ranked No. 17 in the January 19, 2009 NAIA Division II poll when the school was a member of the now-defunct America Mideast Conference. Head coach Ken French’s RedStorm has won six straight outings, including a 132-121 double-overtime triumph over Campbellsville University on Saturday. It was the highest scoring game in terms of combined points in Rio Grande history and is the highest-scoring game in NAIA Division I thus far this season. Rio Grande returns to the court on Thursday night, traveling to No. 4 University of Pikeville - last week’s top-ranked team. In addition to Rio, Pikeville is one of three other MSC teams to appear in this week’s Top 25. Defending national champion Georgetown jumped from 18th into a tie for 11th this week, while St. Catharine dropped from 14th place into a tie for 24th. The RedStorm has posted wins over Georgetown and St. Catharine during the course of their current winning streak. SAGU (Texas) is the new topranked team this week, earning seven first-place votes and moving up from second place. Cal State-San Marcos, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), Pikeville and Evangel (Mo.) round out the top five. All 10 conferences and independents are represented in this week’s poll. The Golden State Athletic Conference and the Mid-South Conference lead all leagues with four teams apiece. Submitted photo | URG Athletics Junior outfielder Haley Gwin is among the returnees to the 2014 University of Rio Grande softball team. The RedStorm was picked sixth in the Mid-South Conference preseason coaches poll. RedStorm softball picked sixth in MSC preseason poll By Randy Payton Special to OVP COLUMBIA, Ky. — The University of Rio Grande has been picked to finish sixth in the 2014 Mid-South Conference preseason coaches’ poll, released Monday by conference officials. The RedStorm received 39 points in the balloting of the league’s head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own team. Head coach Kristen Bradshaw returns just three full-time starters from last year’s squad, which finished 22-19 overall and 11-15 in the MSC. Leading the list of returnees is junior outfielder Haley Gwin (Troy, OH), who batted .374 with a teamhigh 10 home runs and 31 runs batted in last season. Among those lost from last year’s team were first team All-MSC outfielder Kaylee Walk, who led the team in a number of offensive categories, and second team All-MSC pitcher Kimber Hazlett, who left to attend school closer to home after a promising freshman season that saw her post a 16-10 re- cord with a 2.86 earned run average and 151 strikeouts in 181-1/3 innings. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), which has won at least a share of the conference’s regular season title each of the last four seasons, topped the list by receiving 75 voting points from the conference coaches. The Blue Raiders received six of the 10 first-place votes. Campbellsville (Ky.) was a close second in the preseason poll with 74 voting points and two first-place votes, while Cumberland (Tenn.) took third in the preseason poll with 64 voting points and the final two first-place votes. Georgetown (Ky.) was fourth with 61 voting points and Shawnee State (Ohio) was fifth with 51 points. Following Rio Grande in the balloting was St. Catharine (Ky.) (32 voting points), Pikeville (Ky.) (27), Cumberlands (Ky.) (18) and Bluefield (Va.) (9). The 2014 MSC softball season begins next month and the conference tournament is scheduled for April 30-May 2 at Millennium Park in Danville, Ky. OVP Sports Schedule 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 Saturday, Jan. 25 Boys Basketball OVCS vs. South Webster at Wellston, 1 p.m. Hannan at Elk Valley Christian, 7:30 South Gallia at Belpre, 7:30 Girls Basketball Wahama at Miller, 7:30 Alexander at River Valley, 1 p.m. Hannan at Elk Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Eastern at Belpre, 7:30 Jackson at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Southern at Federal Hocking, 1 p.m. Wrestling Gallia Academy at McDonalds Classic, 10 a.m. Meigs at New Lexington, TBA Point Pleasant, Wahama at WSAZ Invitational, TBA Swimming River Valley at University of Rio Grande, 10 a.m. Submitted photos Meigs High School senior Morgan Tucker (70) took part in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl held in Dallas, Texas in December. Tucker participates in Blue-Grey Bowl By Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com POMEROY, Ohio — A final high school football game on the big stage. That was the case for Meigs High School senior Morgan Tucker, who on Dec. 22 played in the Blue-Grey All American Bowl. Tucker was one of 90 senior football players from across the country given the chance to participate in the event held at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Tucker, a defensive lineman, began his journey to the game at a super combine camp on May 19, 2013. The camp was held at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. Tucker was then selected to attend the super combine camp held in Canton, Ohio, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Stadium in June. At that time Tucker was selected as one of the participants in the Blue-Grey All American Bowl East-West game. More than 6,700 senior football players competed to take part in the game, with only 90 selected to participate. Tucker was one of only three players from Ohio selected. While in Dallas, Tucker visited historical sites including, Dealey Plaza, the 6th Floor Museum, JFK Assassination Landmark, the old red courthouse in downtown Dallas, and the famous Dallas South Fork Ranch. He also made stops in Nashville, Graceland and the Corvette Museum. Tucker was supported in the trip by many local businesses, Meigs High School administration and the Morgan Tucker holds his jersey from the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl held Meigs football coaching staff. in Dallas, Texas in December. Lady Eagles soar past Southern, 83-27 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com RACINE, Ohio — Back to business. The Eastern girls basketball team returned to Meigs County on Monday evening, following the milestone weekend in Pickerington, and resumed Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division play with a tilt against the host Lady Tornadoes. The Lady Eagles’ kept their perfect mark intact with an 83-27 victory over host Southern. Eastern (13-0, 10-0 TVC Hocking) jumped out to a 26-10 lead over the Lady Tornadoes (9-6, 7-4) through the first quarter. Southern was held to just one point in the second canto and EHS pushed the lead to 39-11 at the half. The Lady Eagles marked 26 points in the third quarter and 18 in the fourth to seal the 83-27 victory. Eastern was led by Jordan Parker with 31 points, including 15 points from beyond the arc. Erin Swatzel marked 14 points, Jenna Burdette added 12 and Laura Pullins finished with 10. Hannah Barringer had six points, Hannah Bailey and Maddie Rigsby each had four points, while Katie Keller rounded out the Lady Eagles total with two points. Burdette became the first player in Eastern history to score 1,500 points in a career during the first quarter Monday night. The Lady Eagles were 4-of-6 (66.7 percent) from the free throw line in the win. Southern was led by Celestia Hendrix with 13 points, followed by Cierra Turley with six and Faith Teaford with four. Jansen Wolfe and Ali Deem each marked two points in the setback. Turley hit the lone SHS three-pointer and the Purple and Gold shot 14-of-22 (63.6 percent) from the free throw line. These teams will meet again on February 3, in Tuppers Plains. The undefeated Lady Eagles are currently ranked second in the AP poll for Division IV. Newark Catholic, which EHS defeated in the regional final last season, is currently the top-ranked team with two losses this season. �Thursday, January 23, 2014 The Daily Sentinel s Page 7 www.mydailysentinel.com Goodell suggests ditching the PAT kick By Barry Wilner The Associated Press Photo courtesy of Ruth Boll River Valley senior Trenton Wolfe comes up for air during a breast stroke race held earlier in the 2013-14 season in Portsmouth, Ohio. RV swimmers to host quad Saturday Staff Report RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The River Valley swim teams will wrap up another solid home season this Saturday when the Raiders host a 10 a.m. quad meet at the University of Rio Grande. The Raiders’ final home contest will come against Chillicothe, as well as other local Ohio Valley Publishing programs such as Point Pleasant and Gallia Academy. RVHS — which has posted several personal-best times in a variety of events — are being led in scoring this year by Kaela Shaw on the girls side, while Trenton Wolfe paces the boys squad in scoring. The River Valley swimmers are also looking to build some momentum heading into the sectional tournament, which will be held Feb. 8 at Ohio University. Seniors Trenton Wolfe, James Jackson, Blade Eblin, Keyana Ward, Aaron Stover, James Williams, and Jon Kostival will be making their final swim at home this weekend for the Silver and Black. Roger Goodell doesn’t want to stand pat with the PAT. He’s suggesting potential changes in the extra point that, well, might have some legs. The NFL commissioner says the extra point kick after touchdowns, which had a success rate of nearly 100 percent, is too automatic. Sure is. And with few teams attempting 2-point conversion plays until desperation hits late in games, the old 1-pointer from 20 yards is the way coaches go. All that does is draw yawns. So Goodell wonders if the league can add excitement by making some major adjustments to the extra point, suggesting perhaps making a touchdown worth seven points instead of six, with teams having the option to run a play for another point. But failing on that play would cost them a point. Gimmicky, for sure. But if Goodell likes the idea … A look at how changes to the extra point would affect football: HOW AND WHO? Passing any changes to the playing rules in the NFL is, unlike the extra point kick, no snap. The competition committee meets with the players’ union at the NFL combine in February, where any new proposals or ideas are discussed. It’s not unusual for the players to have input in potential adjustments, as they did recently on defenseless player penalties. The powerful committee, chaired by Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay, meets for about a week in early March and comes up with any proposals, whether from the teams or union or, yes, the big boss. At the league meetings later in March, the committee presents potential changes for discussion by all 32 owners, who can either vote on them or table them. McKay said Tuesday: “We do anticipate the topic being discussed.” KICKING AROUND? The idea of toying with the extra point is not entirely new. John Mara, owner of the New York Giants and among the most influential members of the competition committee, says “it came up for brief discussion in past meetings, but no action was taken.” It took the NFL years to come around on the 2-point conversion, which can be a pass or run play from the 2-yard line — and under Goodell’s apparent preference, could be worth one point if the kick is eliminated. The 2-pointer existed in the old AFL from 1960-69, and college football has had it since 1958. But it was defeated several times in NFL owners’ votes before it passed in 1994 as part of a package of changes to help the offenses. YEA AND NAY Coaches will hate any changes, particularly ones that would mean more decisions for them to make. They so rarely go for the 2-pointers until the fourth quarter, and are reluctant to do so then because, well, there’s nothing automatic about those attempts. Indeed, less than half (33 of 69) worked in 2013. Short-yardage backs such as All-Pro fullback Mike Tolbert of Carolina shouldn’t mind the elimination of PAT kicks. Nor should running quarterbacks such as Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick and Cam Newton, whose improvisational skills would be a huge advantage. Kickers? They probably will shrug and practice their field goals — which is what they normally do regarding extra points anyway. WHO STAYS, AND WHY Rosters would get slight revamping, with teams likely keeping at least one power back active every week and having two on the roster. Often, those guys also play on special teams, so their presence wouldn’t throw a lineup out of whack. PRACTICE WON’T MAKE PERFECT Teams would work even more on their short-yardage packages, beginning in training camp. They would use their PAT offenses in other situations on the field in games, too. While going for a fourthand-2 near midfield is less rare than it once was, it might become all the more common when coaches know the more times they attempt such plays, the more seasoned their players will be when trying for the extra points. WILL IT HAPPEN? It’s impossible to gauge the owners’ thinking, and a three-quarters majority is needed to pass any rules changes. Goodell doesn’t get a vote. Then again, it sounds like he already has cast his. Cleveland Browns coaching search focused on Pettine CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns’ coaching search — or is it a scramble? — could be nearing a conclusion. Team officials interviewed Buffalo defensive coordinator Mike Pettine for the second time on Tuesday night in Mobile, Ala., and although the sides did not reach a deal during their fourhour meeting, the 47-year-old has emerged as the front-runner to become Cleveland’s seventh full-time coach. Pettine, who spent one season with the Bills after four on Rex Ryan’s staff with the New York Jets, told Cleveland.com that he “should have some feedback on my interview by the end of the day.” A person familiar with the Browns’ plans told the AP late Tuesday night that the team in- tended to interview an unknown candidate on Wednesday. The club was expected to meet with Atlanta offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter at some point. Pettine is the first candidate known to have a follow-up interview with Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, CEO Joe Banner, general manager Michael Lombardi and team president Alec Scheiner. The team initially met with Pettine on Jan. 16, and following the interview, Pettine’s teenage daughter, Megan, tweeted that her dad was going to meet again with the team while taking a notso-subtle shot at the Browns. “It’s the browns,” she posted on a Twitter account since deleted. “But hey, still pretty cool!” The Browns, who fired Rob Chudzinski on Dec. 29 following one season, are also expected to conduct a second interview with Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn. He was the first candidate to meet with the team and the director of the NFL’s top-rated defense could sit down with Cleveland’s front office before Sunday. Because the Seahawks are in the Super Bowl, league rules require the Browns to speak with any assistants in that game by Jan. 26. However, the Browns are not permitted to finalize a deal with any assistant coach participating in the Super Bowl until after the game, so Cleveland may have to wait until Feb. 3 if they want to hire Quinn. It’s possible, though, the team could decide Pettine is their choice and can name him their coach at any time. Last week, Haslam, aware of the public appearance the Browns had no clear plan to find Chudzinski’s replacement, sent a letter to fans last week explaining the team’s “methodical” approach to finding its next coach. Despite Haslam’s reasoning, it appears the Browns have had to adjust on the fly. The search is in its fourth week. Six other teams entered the offseason with coaching vacancies and all have been filled. Early favorites in Cleveland’s quest to replace Chudzinski dropped quickly. New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, Ohio born with a connection to Lombardi, removed himself from consideration. Denver offensive coordinator Adam Gase — another perceived favorite — did the same, calling Haslam on Tuesday to say he was happy with the Broncos. Top college coaches like Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops, Gus Malzahn and James Franklin emerged as possibilities and disappeared as rapidly as they arrived. Stoops is still with the Sooners, Malzahn stayed at Auburn and Franklin took the Penn State job. Bill O’Brien, who was on Cleveland’s wish list last year, signed with Houston. There have even been rumors that former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was on Cleveland’s radar. Since the start, Haslam has promised to “take as long as necessary” to find the right coach — his second in less than two years as owner — to lead the Browns. It appears he’s finally closing in on one. Denver gets early money and favorite role LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oddsmakers had trouble picking the favorite in what figures to be one of the most evenly matched — and heavily bet — Super Bowls ever. Bettors knew who they wanted, though, putting early money on Denver and making the Broncos a slight favorite to beat the Seattle Seahawks in most of this city’s legal betting parlors. Denver was favored by 1 point at several books in the early betting, while others had the Broncos as high as a 3-point pick. The move to the Broncos came after some books had initially made the Seahawks as much as a 2-point pick in the game. “We’re just trying to figure out what the market will be and get a feel of where money will go,” said Jay Kornegay, who runs the LVH sports book and initially had the Seahawks favored. “At this point it doesn’t take a lot to move the line.” At the South Point sports book, Jimmy Vaccaro was on the phone talking about where he thought the line was going to go when a bettor came to the window and put $25,000 on the Broncos. That moved the game from pick ‘em to the Broncos being favored by 1 point, as the odds were adjusted to take in the bet. “Take your best shot,” Vaccaro said. “It’s an intriguing matchup with no clear cut favorite.” Time was just running out in Seattle’s win over the San Francisco 49ers when the first odds for the Super Bowl were posted at most books. Bettors quickly reacted by putting most of the early money on the Broncos in an initial burst of enthusiasm for a game so even that some think it will break the record of $98.9 million bet in Nevada’s legal sports books last year. “It’s incredible already, they’re lined up betting this game like it started a half hour from now,” Vaccaro said. “If we don’t do $100 million on this game I’d be really puzzled.” Kornegay said he made the Seahawks a 2-point favorite in his opening line because the Seahawks have a slightly higher power rating than the Broncos and a defense that might be the key in a game played outdoors in what could be cold temperatures. “With the game being in New York and the early forecast for below normal temperatures that favors a defensive team,” he said. “It also favors a running team and that’s certainly an advantage to the Seahawks.” Bettors, though, liked Peyton Manning and his chances of winning another Super Bowl, and they didn’t wait long to bet the Broncos. Sports books adjust the line to try to balance money on each team, and the LVH went from posting Seattle as a 2-point favorite to Denver being favored by 1 point in less than an hour. Most big bettors — the so-called “sharps” who can move a line all by themselves — wait until much closer to the game before placing their bets. “It’s all small stuff now,” Vaccaro said. “The smart guys are not going to grab either side right now until they see how this shakes out.” Hyosub Shin | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | MCT photo Illinois head coach John Groce reacts late in the second half against Georgia Tech in a Big Ten/ACC Challenge game at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. The host Yellow Jackets won, 67-64. Illinois’ Groce: Angry outbursts over the line CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois coach John Groce said Wednesday that he regrets an outburst that included throwing his suit jacket and yelling at officials during a loss to Michigan State. “For me, my entire life — passion, energy, emotion is a positive thing,” Groce said as the Illini prepared for Thursday’s game at No. 17 Ohio State. “The difference between emotion and emotional is two letters. … I broke that line of emotion and, the two-letter difference, emotional.” Groce’s outburst followed a series of heated exchanges with officials in both the loss to the Spartans and the previous loss to Purdue. Illinois (13-6, 2-4 Big Ten) has lost four in a row. Groce was assessed a technical foul after throwing his suit jacket, but he doesn’t believe he hurt his team. But he said he didn’t provide a good example of how players should handle themselves in tough situations. “I can’t ask them to do that and then I don’t do that,” he said, adding that he spoke to both his wife and his father about his outburst. The Illini are in the middle of a tough Big Ten stretch. Illinois over the next 13 days will face the Buckeyes (15-4, 2-4), Indiana, No. 10 Iowa and No. 9 Wisconsin. During the loss to the Spartans, Groce came off the bench fre- quently to complain. “You’ve got to stop! You’ve got to stop!” referee Bo Boroski warned him a few minutes before the technical was called. Groce said after the game that he didn’t believe new rule changes intended to create more offense were being called consistently, a contention Spartans coach Tom Izzo agreed with after the game. The Buckeyes are playing through their own four-game slump, meaning both teams are anxious for any kind of win, Groce said. “Both teams, you know, pride starts to settle in a little bit, pride in terms of where both of us are at right now,” he said. �Page 8 s The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Home Improvements PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE:is hereby given that on Monday, January 27, 2014 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second St. Pomeroy, OH 45769. The Farmers Bank and Savings Company is selling for cash in hand or certified check the following collateral: 2007 Pontiac G6 VIN #: 1G2ZH58N074228004 The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Pomeroy, Ohio, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to withdraw the above collateral prior to sale. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted. The above described collateral will be sold “as is-where is”, with no expressed or implied warranty given. 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For 3 months.* �Page 10 s The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, January 23, 2014 High-octane Denver Broncos can grind it out, too ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — After hurrying Denver’s quick-strike, high-octane offense through a record-shattering regular season, Peyton Manning has turned the Broncos into a slowgrinding, clock-eating machine in the playoffs. Denver’s three most time-consuming drives of the season have all come in the last two weeks, helping to render opposing passers shorttempered sideline spectators. In dispatching the San Diego Chargers and the New England Patriots, Manning dinked and dunked his way downfield. “To keep Tom Brady on the sideline is a good thing,” Manning said after directing two epic drives in Denver’s 26-16 win in the AFC Championship. Denver’s downshift, some of it by design, some due to circumstance, has thrown a new wrinkle into an already formidable test that Seattle’s stingy defense will have to prepare for in the Super Bowl. After averaging seven plays, 65 yards and just over 3 minutes, 10 seconds on their 71 touchdown drives during the season, the Broncos have doubled the time to 6:23 in the postseason and the touchdown drives have averaged 12 plays and 79.4 yards. With a wealth of receivers in Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker, Wes Welker and Julius Thomas and a rejuvenated running back in Knowshon Moreno, the Broncos are the first team in NFL history to sport five players who each caught 60 or more passes. Each member of this quintet also reached the end zone 10 or more times, something that’s never been done before. Offensive coordinator Adam Gase capitalized on all that firepower, Denver’s altitude and Manning’s deciphering of defenses at the line of scrimmage to ramp up the Broncos to breakneck speed with a nohuddle offense that created mismatches in 2013 after taking over from the more conservative Mike McCoy following last year’s playoff upset. The Broncos scored an NFL-record 606 points. Their 37.9-point average was the highest of the Super Bowl era and second only to the 1950 Los Angeles Rams, who averaged 38.8 points. The Broncos could have beaten that mark, too, had Manning not sat out the second half at Oakland in Week 17 after guiding Denver to a 31-0 halftime lead. Taking away the three field goals backup Brock Osweiler led the Broncos to this season and Denver’s five return touchdowns, Manning’s offense accounted for 565 points in just over 453 minutes on the field. That’s 1.25 points per minute. Scoring doesn’t come as easily in the playoffs, however. The most prolific team before this season was the 2007 Patriots, who scored 589 points, an average of 36.8, in the regular season and then averaged just 22 in the postseason, losing the Super Bowl 17-14 to the New York Giants. While the Broncos have scored on 10 of their 14 drives this postseason, not counting the two possessions that ended in victory formation, half of those have been field goals by Matt Prater after promising drives stalled at their opponents’ 27, 9, 17, 2 and 35. In the regular season, they had 71 touchdown drives and 25 field goals. That accounts for a lot of their dip to a 25-point scoring average in the playoffs. Yet, they’re in greater control and their defense is better than it’s been all season, yielding just 17 and 16 points after allowing 24.93 points per game in the regular season. Credit Manning for keeping the Broncos on the field for an average of 35 minutes, 35 seconds to his opponents’ 24:25. Philip Rivers, whose Chargers led the league in time of possession and had controlled the clock for more than 38 minutes in both of their regular-season matchups against Denver, watched helplessly as Manning converted 9 of 13 third downs in their divisional playoff game. Manning had a tone-setting, 14-play, 86-yard touchdown drive that took 7:01 to start the scoring, then staved off San Diego’s furious fourth-quarter rally by converting two key third down passes to Julius Thomas to chew up the final four minutes. “If we got it one more time, I believe deep down that we would’ve tied that thing up,” Rivers said after San Diego’s 24-17 loss. “Those are all a bunch of what ifs.” Against New England, Manning directed drives that lasted 7:01 and 7:08, covering 93 and 80 yards in 15 and 13 plays, respectively. It was quite a change for the Broncos, who kicked off the NFL season against Baltimore with a 24-yard touchdown that took all of 5 seconds, one of Manning’s record-tying seven that night. Demaryius Thomas’ thirdquarter TD Sunday capped a drive that took almost as long as those seven TD drives in the opener combined. “Usually we score fast,” he said. “But we had a 13-play drive and I got to the sideline, that’s all everybody was talking about. I didn’t know. I just knew we scored.” AP Sports Briefs Metal detectors at big league ballparks by ‘15 NEW YORK (AP) — Entering a big league ballpark will be a bit like going through an airport by 2015. Major League Baseball has told its 30 teams they must implement security screening for fans by then, either with hand-held metal detection or walk-through magnetometers. “This procedure, which results from MLB’s continuing work with the Department of Homeland Security to standardize security practices across the game, will be in addition to bag checks that are now uniform throughout MLB,” baseball spokesman Michael Teevan said Tuesday. The Seattle Mariners announced Tuesday that fans entering Safeco Field will have to walk through metal detectors starting with this year’s opener. Boston, the New York Mets, Oakland, Pittsburgh and San Francisco were among the teams that experimented with screening at times last year. Security gained more intense focus after three people were killed and more than 260 wounded in when two bombs were set off at the Boston Marathon finish line. “We conducted testing of these measures at the All-Star game and at both World Series venues last year, and we were pleased that it was effective and received without issue from fans,” Teevan said. MLB is being assisted by CEIA USA Ltd., which manufactures walk-through metal detectors, and the security company GSIS. Big league teams have generally limited bags that fans bring to 16 inches by 16 inches by 8 inches. In an effort to increase security this season, the NFL limited the size and type of bags fans can bring to games. With the exception of medically necessary items, only clear plastic, vinyl or PVC bags no larger than 12 inches by 6 inches by 12 inches have been allowed. One-gallon clear plastic freezer bags also were permitted along with clear plastic bags approximately the size of someone’s hand. Raiders sued by cheerleaders ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders are being sued by current and former cheerleaders claiming wage theft and other unfair employment practices. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court alleges that the organization withholds all pay from the Raiderettes until the end of the season, does not pay for all hours worked and forces the cheerleaders to pay many of their own business expenses. According to the filing, Raiders cheerleaders are paid $1,250 per season, which amounts to less than $5 per hour for the time they spend rehearsing, performing and appearing at events for which they are not compensated. The team had no comment on the lawsuit. Danica gets buff in GoDaddy Super Bowl spot PHOENIX (AP) — Danica Patrick has ditched sexy strip downs for bulked up bodybuilders in her latest GoDaddy Super Bowl spot. Patrick made her mark with GoDaddy in a series of risque ads that capitalized on her sex appeal. Her 13th Super Bowl commercial for the website domain provider is her tamest one yet. Patrick is as ripped as a Hollywood action star as she leads a pack of bronzed bodybuilders to a spraytan business. Don’t expect to Patrick take her clothes off or kiss a girl in spots for the Feb. 2 game. Patrick was stuffed into a muscle suit made by a company that created special effects for movies like “Iron Man 3.” GoDaddy has purchased two 30-second spots, one for each half of the championship game between Seattle and Denver. Patrick’s latest ads are a makeover for GoDaddy. Since Blake Irving took over as CEO last January, he’s tried to shift GoDaddy’s advertising focus toward its actual company message. The theme for this year’s spot — “It’s Go Time” — is focused on how GoDaddy helps small business get found online. This time, the women in the ads are smart, successful, small-business owners. The first commercial released Wednesday starts with bodybuilders jogging down a street before Patrick — looking more like The Rock than a stock car driver — joins them and leads the pack to a female spray tanner. GoDaddy teased last year that it might be dropping Patrick from its campaign, only to use her in both Super Bowl spots. Her most prolific appearance came in a commercial starring supermodel Bar Refaeli, who made out on screen with a nerd. The ad ranked last in USA Today’s annual Super Bowl ad meter. Patrick made a cameo as a pilot in the second spot, which didn’t score much higher in USA Today’s poll. Patrick’s first Super Bowl spot was in 2007, but GoDaddy first began using the Super Bowl to advertise in 2005 when it spoofed Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” in its commercial. Although consumers often had no idea what GoDaddy was or offered, and the ads generally tanked in polls, they always had television viewers talking during the biggest advertising night of the year. This is GoDaddy’s 10th consecutive Super Bowl campaign. Patrick’s 13th spot cements her record as the celebrity in the most ever Super Bowl ads. ©2014 OhioHealth A match made in healthcare. Yanks, Masahiro Tanaka agree to $155M, seven-year deal It’s a partnership that makes us all stronger. Some good things are even better together. Like O’Bleness and OhioHealth. By coming together, WE are now both stronger and able to do even more for you. It happens by connecting you and the doctors you already know to more specialists in more specialties. Welcome to OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital. Now part of one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems. For more information, visit OhioHealth.com/WelcomeOBleness A FAITH-BASED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM + RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL GRANT MEDICAL CENTER + DOCTORS HOSPITAL + GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL + DUBLIN METHODIST HOSPITAL DOCTORS HOSPITAL – NELSONVILLE + HARDIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL + MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL + O’BLENESS HOSPITAL WESTERVILLE MEDICAL CAMPUS + HEALTH AND SURGERY CENTERS + PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE WELLNESS + HOSPICE + HOME CARE + 25,000 PHYSICIANS, ASSOCIATES & VOLUNTEERS 60478514 NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees and prized Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka agreed Wednesday to a $155 million, seven-year contract. In addition to the deal with the 25-year-old righthander, the Yankees must pay a $20 million fee to his Japanese team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. After missing the playoffs for just the second time in 19 years, the Yankees went on a free-agent spending spree this offseason, also adding catcher Brian McCann and outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran. The four big deals totaled $438 million. “We’re going to do what we’ve got to do to win,” Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “Anybody that questioned our commitment to winning is going to have to question themselves.” Big league teams had until Friday to reach an agreement with Tanaka, who was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last year as the Golden Eagles won the Japan Series title. His agreement calls for $22 million in each of the first six seasons and $23 million in 2020, and it allows the pitcher to terminate the deal after the 2017 season and become a free agent. He also gets a full no-trade provision. 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