https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/4ea63b92596c95925fdcfb6c7c02fc97.pdf 54c724c90e1a0f7e32e075b9030abd98 PDF Text Text LOG ONTO WWW.MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM OR WWW.MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM FOR ARCHIVE s�GAMES s�E-EDITION s�POLLS & MORE Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES Winter weather in the Ohio Valley... Page C1 Chance of snow. High near 33. Low around 16...Page A2 Local sports action... Page B1 Mary L. Baldwin, 89 Shurlene Bowman, 79 Nella Mae Decker, 72 Karie-Jean Dickens, 17 David Dunfee, 58 Barbara Lee Graves, 62 Lowell Eugene Greer, 79 Rebecca Lynn Haning, 52 Robert Oran Moore, Sr., 77 Maurice K. “Bub” Smith, 66 Linnie Mae Smith Taylor, 81 $2.00 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2014 Vol. 48, No. 6 ‘Blizzard Bags’ will replace some make-up days By Sarah Hawley and Charlene Hoeflich TDSnews@civitasmedia.com MEIGS COUNTY — Weeks of snow and cold weather have created headaches for those in charge of school calendars throughout the area. While school districts are working on plans to make-up some of the missed days, others are implementing “Blizzard Bags” as a way to make up a few of those days. Ohio currently allows for five calamity days that are not required to be made up. In addition, districts may apply for three online days (blizzard bags). A calamity day alternative make-up plan must be approved by the school board along with the union. It ultimately must be approved by the Ohio Department of Education. Districts throughout the state must submit a plan on how to make up excess calamity days. The Ohio Department of Education has extended the date for those submissions this year due to the extreme weather. Plans must include a signed and dated board resolution, a plan for compliance with each of the required statutory components in ORC 3313.88 (this could be part of the board resolution) and a signed and dated written consent of the teacher’s employee representative. Approved at the January board meeting, Southern Local School District launched the Blizzard Bags earlier this week to account for three of the days missed by the district. Students and parents may view their teacher’s web page for assignments for each of the three days. To access the Blizzard Bags online, go to www. southernlocalmeigs.org and click on “Blizzard Bags.” For those who may not have access to a computer or Internet, hard copies of these assignments will be passed out upon the student’s return to school, according to Southern Local Superintendent Tony Deem. Students at Southern have two weeks to complete the as- signments. Grades on the assignments will count as other assignments would, Deem said. He added that not turning in the assignments could result in a “0” for the assignment. “Time is made available before and after school for students to receive help and to gain Internet access. Students will also be given time during the day to utilize computers when available,” Deem said. “Once assignment are complete, that student is counted as present for the calamity day.” See BLIZZARD | A3 City wants to limit damage to park for River Rec Walking on water By Amber Gillenwater agillenwater@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — The possible use of Gallipolis City Park during this year’s annual River Recreation Festival was a topic of discussion during a regular meeting of the Gallipolis City Commission this past Tuesday. The River Recreation Festival — held each year around the Fourth of July holiday — is the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce’s annual fundraising event. Michelle Miller, the organization’s executive director, was granted the floor during last week’s meeting to discuss plans for the upcoming event. “We’re getting ready to start planning for the River Recreation Festival and we just wanted to see what the commission’s decisions were regarding use of the city park in light of last year,” Miller said. “(We want to know) the final decision as to what can and can’t be in the city park just so that we know for planning purposes. We really can’t start planning this until we know where we stand.” During the 2013 River Rec Festival last July, days of near-constant rain plagued the event and, as a result, damage was caused to the city park following the event as amusement rides and other vehicles were moved from See LIMIT | A3 Photos by Beth Sergent | Sunday Times-Sentinel Adkins pleads to second degree murder Recommended sentence of 40 years in jail Some dedicated anglers were literally walking on water Friday at Krodel Park in search of the catchof-the-day. Fisherman were guessing the lake had three inches of ice on its surface with the brave among them venturing out to find the perfect fishing hole — a hole they had to create by breaking through the wintry surface. Rick Wyant, of Point Pleasant, holds up dinner, a rainbow trout, he caught on Friday. The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources stocked the pond in January, but soon afterward, some wicked winter weather hit that didn’t do much for encouraging fishing, though it bought the fish (with the exception of Wyant’s trout) some time. By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT — The man accused of shooting René Gonzalez to death on a front porch in Gallipolis Ferry has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Steven L. Adkins Jr., 27, of Apple Grove, entered his plea in front of Judge David W. Nibert on Friday in Mason County Circuit Court. The plea agreement recommends Adkins face a prison sentence of 40 years for killing Gonzalez in July 2011. Adkins, who was set to go to trial Feb. 18, was represented by his Attorneys Bryan Cromley and Nate Chapman. The state was represented by Special Prosecutor Chris Chiles. Cpl. B.L. Keefer from the Mason County Post of the West Virginia State Police, the lead investigator, was also present Friday. Nibert asked Adkins if he’d discussed accepting this plea with family and friends as well as his attorneys. Adkins said he wished to proceed with the plea agreement. Cromley and Chapman also felt the plea was in the best interest of their client. Chiles gave a brief summary of the evidence, and case, the state planned to present. Chiles said Gonzalez and a co-defendant in the case had an altercation shortly before Gonzalez’s death. This led to another co-defendant driving Adkins to Gonzalez’s home. Chiles said Adkins knocked on Gonzalez’s door, waited for him to open the door and then shot the victim twice. Murder in the second degree is a lesser count contained in the 2012 indictment and eliminates the “deliberate intent” of the crime. See ADKINS | A6 Smith family responds to community’s generosity Update given on Tre Smith By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com CINCINNATI — While Tre Smith, the young man who was injured in a house fire last month, receives treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children in Cincinnati, about 150 miles north along the Ohio River, his family and friends in Mason and Gallia counties continue to pray for his recovery. Tre, along with his siblings, Braxton Smith and Tiffany Grant, were critically injured in the fire. Unfortunately, Braxton and Tiffany succumbed to their injuries. To many in the community, Tre’s survival represents hope and a miracle. On Thursday, Tre’s father, Bill Smith, talked with the Point Pleasant Register about his son’s long road to recovery and the outpouring of support his family has received since the fire. “We want to thank everyone for their prayers, especially for Tre, and continue to covet them as he has several months of surgery, recovery and rehab before he can return home,” Bill said. “We also want to thank everyone for their love, emotional support and gifts. We are to capacity with physical items at this time and are grateful to all who have donated items. We are very proud of our town, our community and the entire TriState area. God bless and once again, thank you.” Bill made the statement on behalf of himself, his wife LaTanya, and Tre, as well as children Tyler and A.J., and the entire Smith family. Bill also provided an update on Tre’s progress. On Tuesday, Tre made it through a grafting surgery with the doctor sounding positive about his progress. Obviously, the extent of Tre’s injuries were very severe and the following may be graphic for some readers. Bill said on Thursday, his son had surgery again, this time to clean his face and hands, and to amputate the tips of his fingers that were burned to the bone to prevent gangrene. Bill said Tre also made it through the removal of donor skin on his face and hands Thursday morning. On Friday, doctors will get the first harvest of his own skin and graft his face, then his hands. Again, Tre has a long road of recovery in front of him, but for those who wish to send the 14-year-old a note or card of support as he goes through that recovery process, send them to: Shriners Hospitals for Children, C/O William Smith, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229. A major benefit and concert is also being held for the Smith Family from 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday at Point Pleasant Junior/Senior High School. �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page A2 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, February 9, 2014 �2==:2î�@F?EJî�@>>F?:EJî�2=6?52C Card showers Reba Hughes will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Feb. 9. Cards can be sent to 1361 Lucus Lane, Point Pleasant, W.Va. 25550. Margie (McCarley) Jackson will be celebrating her 74th birthday on Feb. 19. Cards may be sent to 3293 Woodlawn Avenue, Grove City, Ohio 43123. Marjorie Green will be celebrating her 97th birthday on Feb. 25. Cards can be sent to 1253 Sugar Creek Road, Crown City, Ohio 45623. %9:@î,2==6Jî�@C642DE AEP (NYSE) — 48.03 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 26.08 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 94.51 Big Lots (NYSE) — 26.62 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 50.96 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 53.91 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 10.88 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.350 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 42.92 Collins (NYSE) — 77.18 DuPont (NYSE) — 63.45 US Bank (NYSE) — 40.00 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 25.19 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 64.98 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 56.62 Kroger (NYSE) — 36.28 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 54.58 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 94.74 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 22.50 BBT (NYSE) — 37.29 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 20.70 Pepsico (NYSE) — 80.22 Premier (NASDAQ) — 14.03 Rockwell (NYSE) — 112.35 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 15.20 Royal Dutch Shell — 69.21 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 35.50 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 73.75 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 9.13 WesBanco (NYSE) — 27.60 Worthington (NYSE) — 38.31 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions February 7, 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. BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the town hall. CHESTER TWP. — The Chester Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at the town hall. Tuesday, Feb. 11 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer will have their regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. Birthdays POMEROY — Jim Soulsby will observe his 90th birthday on Feb. 12. Cards may be sent to him at 117 Union Avenue, Pomeroy, OH 45769. �2==:2î�@F?EJî"@42=î�C:67D Financial Aid event slated at Rio Grande RIO GRANDE — University of Rio Grande will host the statewide college financial aid event “College Goal Sunday” at 2 p.m. Sunday. The free event, presented by the Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and endorsed by the Ohio Board of Regents, assists students and parents with completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, a federal application that is required to receive federal financial aid including the Federal Pell Grant and student loans as well as the need-based state grants. Due to the high demand expected for assistance in 4999 Dozen Roses in a Vase $ 2999 $ Dozen Carnations in a Vase Large selection of candy! 1299 I Heart You Babe Bouquet 60482953 Register in-store for your chance to win 12 Free Roses in a Vase! Hurry in! Winner will be chosen February 11th! Taking special orders & pre-orders until February 12th Taking special orders & pre-orders until February 12th 2501 Jackson Avenue Pt. Pleasant, WV 25550 2991 St. Rt. 160 Gallipolis, OH 45631 (304) 675-2303 706 West Main St. Pomeroy, OH 45769 (740) 992-6491 $ 1299 29” Singing Balloon Thursday, Feb. 20 GALLIPOLIS — American Red Cross blood drive, 12-6 p.m., St. Peter’s Epsicopal Church, Parish Hall, 541 Second Avenue, Gallipolis. Please bring a photo ID or donor card. For more info, call (800) RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org and enter StPetes. Monday, Feb. 10 POMEROY — The Meigs County Republican Party executive committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the courthouse. Plans for the Lincoln Day Dinner on March 13 will be discussed. A Romantic Valentine’s Begins Here...For Less! $ GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Retired Teachers Association meeting, 12 p.m., Golden Corral Restaurant on Upper River Road, Gallipolis. #6:8Dî�@F?EJî�@>>F?:EJî�2=6?52C Sunday: A chance of snow, mainly after 10 a.m. Cloudy, with a high near 34. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Sunday Night: A chance of snow, mainly before 5 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 29. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Tuesday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Tuesday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. "@42=î)E@4<D Events Thursday, Feb. 13 WELLSTON — The GJMV Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors meeting, 3:30 p.m., district office, 1056 S. New Hampshire Ave., Wellston, Ohio. (740) 446-6620 204 Second Ave Gallipolis, OH 45631 (740) 441-0781 completing the FASFA, families are encouraged to register for the free event at www.ohiocollegegoalsunday.org or by calling 1-800-233-6734. Gallia-Vinton ESC Governing Board meeting RIO GRANDE — The regular monthly meeting of the Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center (ESC) Governing Board will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11 at the University of Rio Grande, Bob Evans Farms Hall, Room 103. Call (740) 2450593 for further details. BADAMHS meeting change announced GALLIPOLIS — The February 17 meeting of the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services has been cancelled due to the Presi- dents’ Day holiday. There will be a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. The board typically meets on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the board office, 53 Shawnee Lane, Gallipolis. Ohio AFSCME Retirees to meet BIDWELL — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Gallia and Jackson counties, Sub-chapter 102, will hold its next meeting at 11 a.m. Feb. 20 at 4629 Ohio 850, Rodney Pike, Bidwell, in Springfield Township. The subchapter is seeking new members in the two-county area. AFSCME (Ohio Council 8, OCSEA, and OAPSE), OPERS and SERS public employee retirees and their spouses are invited to attend the next meeting. Non-AFSCME members, who retired from the city, county, state or school district, are also welcome to attend. The organization also encourages public employees who plan to retire in the near future to attend. Issues that are important to retirees are discussed each month. A door prize will be drawn among attendees. The group usually meets on the third Friday of each month. For more information, interested retirees may call (740) 245-0093. River Valley PSO meeting BIDWELL — There will be a mandatory meeting for all River Valley Middle School and River Valley High School students interested in participating in the Post Secondary Options Program at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4 in the RVHS cafeteria. A parent or guardian is required to attend the meeting with the student. Students in grades 8-11 are eligible. Please contact Erin Bush, Counselor at RVHS, at 446-2926 with any questions. �Sunday, February 9, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� Blizzard From Page A1 To date, Southern has missed 12 days of school. With the five allowed days, plus the three days covered by the Blizzard Bags, Southern will need to make up four days. Deem said those makeup days are currently set for April 16 and 17, along with June 3 and 4. This is in accordance with the district’s contingency plan. In the Meigs Local School District, which has now missed 13 days due to weather conditions, Superintendent Rusty Bookman admits that coming up with a plan to make up the eight days of school missed over the five designated by the state as calamity days isn’t going to be easy. Three more can be made up by utilizing online learning using “Blizzard Bag” assignments that are prepared by the teachers. Materials about it were sent home with students on Friday. For those without access to a computer, there are alternatives for getting the make-up work done within the two-week time frame set for completion, which is required if credit is to be awarded. With the five calamity days and the three day allowance for the online program there still remains five days for the district to makeup in the current school year. Currently under consideration is the governor’s recommendation that an additional four more calamity days be added this year because of the extreme weather conditions. That matter is now in the hands of the Ohio Legislature with some decision expected to be forthcoming in the next week or so. At that time, a determination will be made by the Meigs Local Board of Education on what plan to follow to make up however many days remain. Bookman said an updated school calendar will be distributed once verification is received from the Ohio Department of Education as to whether or not the extended four calamity days are granted. Eastern Local School District Superintendent Scot Gheen stated that the options for makeup days, including the possibility of Blizzard Bags, will be discussed at the board meeting this Wednesday, Feb. 12. A resolution would have to be adopted by the board, along with approval from the union and the Ohio Department of Education before the Blizzard Bags could be put in place. Currently, the district has missed 12 days, meaning there are seven days to make-up. Gheen stated that five contingency were built into the district’s calendar as make-up days. Those days are President’s Day (Feb. 17), along with April 1417 (spring break). Gheen added that the district will not use Good Friday as a make-up day, meaning there will be no school April 18. The district will still have two days left to make up. Limit within the park. Following this, many of the city’s residents expressed concern over the damage and whether adjustments could be made during this year’s event to alleviate any similar problems. City Commission President Steve Wallis said the Gallipolis City Park Advisory Board has not talked directly with the city commission as of yet in regard to their suggestions for this year’s festival, and the commission would be interested in the input of both the park board and the chamber. “We have a committee and we want them to be able to act. We want their input and we want to converse back and forth with them, so, [we’ll be] working with you and them and try to come up with a good solution. There are a couple of good ideas out there and, again, we want to hear back from them before we start expanding the ideas that they may have.” The commission president further stated some adjustments should be made this year to help benefit everyone involved with the annual festival. “I think we do probably need to make a couple of adjustments, several of them came from the chamber when you addressed us last year after the event,” Wallis said. “I guess we’d be interested in hearing your input also on what your needs are, and can some of those things can be adjusted that maybe would benefit everyone because we want the park to be open for our citizens. It’s their park.” Gallipolis City Manager Randy Finney, who sits on the park advisory board, reported that the group had talked last year about moving some of the larger rides onto State Street, while moving the emergency police and fire response vehicles from State Street and to a different location to make more room for rides. “We need to see what we can do about getting some of the heavier equipment out of the park so we don’t have this issue again,” Finney said. Wallis reiterated Finney’s suggestion of moving some of the larger rides from inside the park this year, while reassuring those chamber board members present at the meeting that the River Recreation Festival remains an important event held within the city each year. “I don’t know that we have anything to actually tell you at this time other than, I think, the obvious about moving some of the equipment out of the park, but I’d like for this to be ongoing, if that’s possible between the two groups. Let’s find the workable solution so that everybody is happy. That is the key to it,” Wallis said. “I don’t want people to think that we would ever get to the point where we would want to move [the festival] somewhere else or move it around. We just want to make it better every time. You guys keep expanding each year, which is fantastic, and we want to sup- port that. So, in that vein, we’ll try to continue to work with you and find a solution.” Miller reported that she would contact the amusement ride company in regard to this year’s festival to possibly learn more about the dimensions of the rides, their weight and what other options are possible as far as amusement rides this year. “I know the rides were one of the biggest concerns. I think we’re kind of limited, I believe, to State Street just because of where the electric for the vendors is only along that one side,” she said, adding that Court Street and Second Avenue do not provide options for amusement ride parking. “So, it’s whether or not a ride company would come in if they are limited to [State Street]. … There are options, but it depends upon on what they are willing to bring, and that is part of it, too. But we’ll just have to work that out. We’ll talk with them and see where we are at with it,” Miller said. “As of right now, we’re still in a working phase. I’m understanding what you’re saying is that we’ve not been denied use of the park for specific things yet. We’re just kind of trying to figure out what works best.” Finney reported that the park board would meet either during the last week of February or the first week in March, and Miller said the chamber would work on gathering the dimensions and weight of the amuse- Don’t just give her flowers on Valentines Day Give her something Unforgettable! COME SEE OUR VALENTINE’S DAY SELECTION!! Basket Delights Show that special someone you care! BALLOON ARRANGEMENTS STARTING @ $ 11. ment rides, find out what types of rides that have been brought to the event in the past and bring as much of that relevant information as they could to the upcoming meeting to help find a workable solution. Wallis further expressed his interest in working with both the park board and the chamber and maintaining open lines of communication as the event draws closer. “We look forward to working with you and working out these details as quickly as possible. 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I will not miss stopping Originally from Michiat U.S. Border Patrol gan — please don’t cringe secondary checkpoints — I spent nine years in sprinkled throughout the Ohio before circumstances state. Each time I travand a desire to expand my eled back from either Las journalistic horizons from Michael Johnson Cruces, N.M., or El Paso, being a sports editor to a "9?12�'<3>/< Texas – both of which managing editor took me are more than one-hour, to the West. one-way drives from AlIn 2007, I moved to Cody, Wyo., amogordo – everyone is required to and lived there for about 14 months. pull into the checkpoint. I hated being I was editor of a twice-weekly publica- asked, “What’s your citizenship?” or tion. If you’re not familiar with Cody, some variation thereof. it was founded by William “Buffalo Needless to say, answering in a lanBill” Cody, who was famous for many guage other than English is a bad idea. things, particularly his Wild West While I became somewhat fluent in shows that traveled throughout Great Spanish while living in New Mexico, Britain and Europe. Border Patrol checkpoints are not the In fact, I took the name of this col- place to put it those language skills umn — with a slight twist, of course into practice. — from Buffalo Bill’s entertainment White Sands National Monument troupe – “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West was a nice place to visit from time to and Congress of Rough Riders of the time. It’s the only place I know where World.” a person can sled on the white gypsum It was nice to visit Yellowstone Na- sand dunes any time of the year as if it tional Park whenever we wished, and were snow. the scenery is nothing like you’ve ever In my short time in the Ohio Valley, seen, but the winters in northwest- I have found that folks are extremely ern Wyoming are brutal. Except for friendly. Everyone has been absolutely the scenery and Yellowstone National nice to me and family. To be honest, Park, I don’t miss much about Wyo- I’m not accustomed to it, but it is ming. growing on me very quickly. When a new job opportunity in a I worried about that because, in my warmer climate presented itself, we former environs, if a person wasn’t moved to Alamogordo in southern from the area, they were considered New Mexico in late 2008. There, I was an outsider and were treated as such. managing editor of a daily newspaper In fact, I’ve been offered one-way bus where we emphasized digital, online tickets out of town by readers who and social media. All of the aforemen- didn’t agree with opinions expressed tioned was non-existent when I ar- in my columns. rived; now the paper has thousands To be an editor, you must have a of Twitter and Facebook followers, thick skin. That is something I’ve and the website consistently received learned to obtain over the last few 600,000 page views per month. I hope years. I’m sure not everyone here will to accomplish the same here in south- always agree with some of my opineastern Ohio. I will discuss that more ions, but that’s OK. The freedom to exin a future column. press one’s opinion is one of the many While New Mexico is much warmer, things that make this country so great. I grew tired of the desert. 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We live in a nominally private-enterprise economy, so it should strike the ear as odd to hear Obama acknowledge that it’s not a private-enterprise economy at all, much less a free-enterprise economy. What we have is an economy dominated by an alliance of politicians and well-connected, mostly corporate, interests. Obama of course was calling on Congress to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that only 4.7 percent of hourly workers made the minimum wage or less in 2012, so those 3.6 million people hardly constitute “America.” Can Congress give those workers a raise? No, it can’t. As economists say, “Demand curves slope downward.” This means simply that when the price of something rises, the quantity demanded (other things equal) falls. You know this: You are likely to buy fewer oranges or go to the movies less often when the price rises. This doesn’t mean no one will continue to buy their usual quantity (and thus give up something else), but many people will curtail their purchases. It’s called economizing. Labor is a service that employers purchase from workers. It follows that if its price rises because of a government decree, employers will buy less. The minimum wage is directed at low-skilled workers. If government sets or raises the minimum, employers have an incentive to use fewer low-skilled workers; employers will substitute machines where possible (have you seen how automated fast-food restaurants are these days?) or switch to higher-skilled workers. The minimum wage, therefore, harms the people most in need. Some lose jobs, and others looking for jobs won’t find them. That is not the only consequence. Some workers might retain their jobs but find that some benefits have vanished: there may be less on-the-job training and fewer workplace amenities. Most people, including advocates of the minimum wage, understand that a rising price generally discourages purchases. People who want to discourage 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 �L Subscription Rates �88?+6� �3@3>+=� :<3-/� 09<� $2/� #?8.+C�$37/=[#/8>38/6�3=�Ǎ� �L� 6/+=/� -+66� 09<� 79</� 3809<7+tion on local pricing. Full price =3816/� -9:C� 3==?/=� +</� Ǎ L 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. smoking believe that higher cigarette taxes will accomplish that objective. So why is the pricing of unskilled labor an exception? Is ideology interfering with reasoning here? Apparently even economists can have their good sense clouded by ideology. If someone believes that a $10.10 hourly wage wouldn’t throw vulnerable people out of work or otherwise make their situations less desirable — and that, indeed, it would even be good for business — the advocate of the higher minimum ought to explain why the wage hasn’t already risen to that level through normal market forces. Why is it stuck at $7.25? Shouldn’t competition be expected to raise the wage if a higher wage is economically justified? This question is even more interesting when you consider that the higher-minimum lobby points to Costco’s success in paying its starting workers $11.50 an hour. Why isn’t self-interest driving other employers to offer the higher wage? Their alleged stubbornness contradicts the self-interest model of business owners. If Costco palpably helps its bottom line by paying its workers more, every similar employer should be copying that policy. The standard economic argument against legislating a minimum wage is that no worker who is unable to produce an equivalent amount of value will find a job at that wage. So any wage mandated above the market-set level would harm the very people that the mandate is supposed to help. We can see the logic of this argument while recognizing that markets, being composed of people (who in fact don’t only care about money), never respond infallibly and instantaneously. Moreover, it may be difficult to ascertain what a given worker’s contribution is, so it’s possible that he or she might be paid less than is economically justified. But none of that supports a government mandate. The only way to maximize the market’s tendency to accurately reward people for their productivity is to remove all government barriers to competition and self-employment. This includes occupational licensing, land-use restrictions, permitting, intellectual property, and more. Alternatives, not political machinations, are what maximize workers’ clout and ensure their just reward. #2/6.98�"3-27+8�3=�@3-/�:</=3./8>�+8.�/.3>9<�+>�$2/� �?>?</�90��<//.97��9?8.+>398�38��+3<0+BM�&+L Sunday Times Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 200 Main Street Point Pleasant, W.Va. Phone (304) 675-1333 Fax (304) 675-5234 www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribunecom Michael Johnson Content Manager �Sunday, February 9, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î�� %3:EF2C:6D �62E9î$@E:46D MARY L. BALDWIN GALLIPOLIS — Mary L. Baldwin, 89, of Gallipolis, passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at Arbors of Gallipolis. She was born July 18, 1924, in Greenbriar County, W.Va., the daughter of the late Lester Charles and Lillie Mae Clemmons Scott. She married Phil B. Baldwin, who preceded her in death on May 14, 2003. Mary was a retired nurse’s aide from the Gallipolis Developmental Center. She attended Elizabeth Chapel Church and was a member of Eastern Star Chapter #134 in Racine, Ohio. Surviving are her son Lacy Charles (Janet) Baldwin, of Gallipolis; her daughter Phyllis Louise “Susie” LeBlanc, of Chillicothe, Ohio; daughter-inlaw Loretta Baldwin, of Dayton, Ohio; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great- grandchildren; one sister Betty Flint, of Clintonville, W.Va.; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Phil Bently Baldwin, Mary was preceded in death by a son, James Douglas Baldwin; a grandson Lacy Charles Baldwin Jr.; four brothers; and five sisters. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at the Willis Funeral Home in Gallipolis, and from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg, W.Va. Services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home with Mike Baldwin officiating. Burial will follow in Wallace Memorial Cemetery in Clintonville. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. KARIE-JEAN GABRIELLE DICKENS POMEROY — KarieJean Gabrielle Dickens, 17, of Pomeroy, passed away Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at her residence. She was born Jan. 26, 1997, in Gallipolis, the daughter of Joshua Dickens and Kimberly McKenzie Dickens. Karie-Jean was a student at Meigs High School. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two brothers, Christopher Stillwell and Joshua Dickens; two sisters, Kelsie Koppenhaver and Katina Dickens; maternal grandmother Debbie Straight; paternal grandmother Linda (Kevin) Gaul; and several aunts, uncles, cousins and one nephew. BOWMAN CROWN CITY — Shurlene Hope Bowman, 79, of Crown City, Ohio, died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, at Hall Funeral Home in Proctorville, Ohio by Pastor Jerry Galloway. Burial will follow in Miller Memorial Gardens in Miller, Ohio. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, at Hall Funeral Home. REBECCA LYNN HANING She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather Ralph McKenzie and paternal grandfather Franklin Dickens. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, at Ewing Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Gary Murray officiating. Burial will be in Meigs County Memory Gardens. Friends may call from noon until the time of service Monday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Ewing Funeral Home. You can sign the online guestbook at www.ewingfuneralhome.net. — Barbara Lee Graves, 62, of Huntington, W.Va., died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va. The family will have private family services. Hall Funeral Home in Proctorville, Ohio, is in charge of arrangements. Mike (Dorenda) Haning, and Chris (Misty) Haning. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by Regena and her father-in-law, James Haning. Services will be at 2 GREER p.m. on Monday at BigoCLIFTON, W.Va. — ny-Jordan Funeral Home Lowell Eugene Greer, 79, with Pastor Ronald Wood of Clifton, W.Va., died officiating. Burial will Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at be in Wells Cemetery. his home. Friends may call at the fuThere will be a potluck neral home Monday from celebration of Lowell’s life 12 p.m. until the time of at the Bradbury Church of service. DECKER Christ, Bradbury Rd. MidYou may sign her regisCROWN CITY — Nella ter book at www.bigony- Mae Decker, 72, of Crown dleport, Ohio on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 5 p.m. Everyone jordanfuneralhome.com. City, Ohio, died Friday, is welcome to attend, bring Feb. 7, 2014, at St. Mary’s a dish and join the family. Medical Center in HunLINNIE MAE SMITH TAYLOR tington, W.Va. SMITH Funeral services will be RACINE, Ohio — Lin- grandchildren; two stepMT. ALTO, W.Va. — nie Mae Smith Taylor, 81, great-grandchildren; and conducted at 2 p.m., Sun- Maurice K. “Bub” Smith, of Racine, passed away at numerous nieces and day, Feb. 9, 2014, at Hall 66, of Mt. Alto, W.Va., Funeral Home in Proctor9:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. nephews. passed away Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2014, in the Pleasant In addition to her par- ville, Ohio, by Pastor Jerry 4, 2014, at the West VirginValley Hospital, Point ents, Linnie was preceded Galloway. Burial will follow ia Veterans Nursing Facilin Miller Memorial GarPleasant, W.Va. in death by her husband of ity in Clarksburg, W.Va. Born Nov., 13, 1932, in 57 years, Francis Leo Tay- dens in Miller, Ohio. VisitaService will be 1 p.m. Reedsville, Ohio, she was lor, on Oct. 23, 2006; son- tion will be held from 1-2 Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, at the daughter of the late in-law Franklin Smeeks; p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, Casto Funeral Home ChaClyde and Amanda Jane brothers Harold Smith, at Hall Funeral Home. pel in Evans, W.Va., with Chaney Smith. She was a Horace “Tom” Smith and Minister Doug Petty offiDUNFEE homemaker, devoted wife, Richard Smith; and sisciating. Burial will follow David Dunfee, 58, of loving mother, grandma ters Mabel Cremeans and Athens, Ohio, died Friday, in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, and great-grandma. Gearldine Lapanne. Feb. 7, 2014, at his resi- Given, W.Va., with full miliShe is survived by her tary honors by American A private family grave- dence. daughters Rosalie Mae Legion Post #107, of Ripside service will be conThe family will accept (Robert) Parsons, of Litley, W.Va. Visitation will be ducted Tuesday, Feb. 11, friends from 3-5 p.m. on tle Hocking, Ohio, and from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sunday at White-Schwarzel 2014, in the Meigs MemGloria Jean Taylor, of Feb. 8, 2014, at the funeral Funeral Home, Coolville, ory Gardens with Pastor Racine; sons Robert Leo home. Ohio. Funeral services will David Hopkins officiat(Cathy) Taylor, of RaIn lieu of flowers, donafollow at 5 p.m. with Roger ing. In keeping with Lincine, and Eric Jan Taylor, tions are preferred to the McCoy officiating. nie’s wishes, there will be of Racine; grandchildren American Cancer Society, Angelia Dawn (Rick) no calling hours. P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma GRAVES The Cremeens Funeral Smith, of Middleport, HUNTINGTON, W.Va. City, OK 73123-1718. Home of Racine is enRobert Joseph (Stephjanie) Taylor, of Belpre, trusted with Linnie’s final ExpresChristopher William arrangements. (Tanya Watson) Smeeks, sions of sympathy may be Have story suggestions? of Coolville, and Adam sent to the family by visitWayne (Wendy) Smeeks, ing www.cremeensfunerCall: 446.2342 or 992.2155 of Nelsonville; four great- alhomes.com. Rebecca Lynn Haning, Rutland, 52, died Thursday February 6, 2014, at her residence. Born January 9, 1962, in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Richard and Vivian Laudermilt Mitchem. She was a nurses aid in home health care. She is survived by her husband, Jeff Haning; daughter, Jennifer Partlow; brothers, Richard, William Tom and Herbie Mitchem; sister, Mary Taylor; several nieces and nephews; her mother-inlaw, Mary Haning; brother- and sisters-in-law, James (Robin) Haning, ROBERT ORAN MOORE, SR. CLENDENIN, W.Va. — Robert Oran Moore Sr., 77, of Clendenin, formerly of Bidwell, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston, W.Va. He was born Nov. 16, 1936, in Hastings, W.Va., the son of the late Noah and Minnie Harton Moore. Bob married Viola June Dulaney on July 2, 1960, and she survives him. He was a U.S. Army veteran and retired from Ohio Edison Power Plant in Stratton, Ohio. Bob was a member of First Baptist Church in Gallipolis. Surviving are his wife, June Moore, of Clendenin; his son, Bob (Donna) Moore Jr., of Clendenin; six grandchildren, Katherine Moore, Deborah Moore and Esther Moore, all of Clendenin, Ricky Smith Jr., of Columbus,and Edward Smith and Annamarie Smith, both of Bidwell; one sister, Mildred Alkire, of Virginia; and the father of his daughter Reda’s children, Rick Smith, of Vinton. In addition to his par- ents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Reda Ann Smith in 2011; and siblings Charles Edward, Arthur Lee, Harold Noah, Etta Ruth Adkins, Dortha Mae Carrol, Elma Grace Greathouse and Erma Alene Elliott. Services will be at 1 p.m., Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, at the Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Marc Sarrett officiating. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from noon-1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home prior to the service. There will be a military flag presentation at the graveside. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. Tuesday, February 11 | 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Location: Thaler Building 2881 Jackson Pike Gallipolis, Ohio Refreshments available Volunteering provides excellent opportunities for career 60462834 In Memory of Robert Lee Neal on His Birthday Since you have gone to your heavenly home October 21, 2013, this is your first birthday that you are not with us! We miss you greatly but have the assurance in our hearts that we will spend eternity with you in heaven. We all grew up together on our Bidwell dairy farm. Later you decided to go into the Massey Ferguson Tractor business, then to Tycoon Lake Dairy and Evergreen rentals. After moving to Florida, Mom and you returned to your cottage in Porter for many years during the summer months to visit family and friends. development and personal growth. Volunteer opportunities and applications for teens and adults reviewed. God saw you were getting tired, So He put His arms around you And whispered, "Come To Me." Hard working hands at rest. Your love and wisdom lives in us daily! Even though we miss you greatly we are thankful that you no longer suffer pain and that you are at rest with Jesus. Your Loving wife, Clara (Walters) Neal – Ft. Myers, FL Loving children: Delores (Wooldridge) Rozak (David), Winter Haven, FL; Danny Neal (Glenna) Jackson, OH, Robert A. Neal, N Ft Myers, FL, Roger Neal (Cheryl), Cape Coral, FL. Loving grandchildren: Chandra (Mitchell) Wolford, Winter Haven, FL, Tadd Wooldridge, Patriot, OH, Chris Neal, Bidwell, OH, Travis Neal, Jackson, OH, Danielle Libby, Jackson, Oh, Chrissy Archambault and Steven Neal both of Cape Coral, FL. 16 Loving great grandchildren and 4 Loving great-great grandchildren and daughter-in-law, Wanda Neal, Henderson, WV. We had 5 generations for 44 years. Robert was survived by brothers, Larry (NY), Jack (Bidwell), Jerry Neal (Grove City), sisters Lora Mae Voreh (FL) and Donna Williamson (FL). He was predeceased by his parents, Elvin and Sylvia Neal, son, Lonnie Neal, Henderson, WV, brother, Tom Neal, NY, sister Patricia Caldwell, Columbus, OH. If you knew Robert L. Neal, please visit www.harvey-engelhardt.com, click on share obituaries and type in search box Robert L. Neal where you can read his entire obituary, click on file tab Photos and Videos to view the family video shared at his celebration of life service in Ft. Myers, FL. We personally invite you to share on the Tribute Wall your name, location along with memories and/or stories of Robert L. Neal. 60482556 Advertise your business in this space, or bigger Call us at: 740.992.2155 or 740.446.2342 �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page A6 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, February 9, 2014 #6:8Dî�@F?EJî"@42=î�C:67D Water/Sewer Bills RUTLAND — Customers of the Meigs County Water and Sewer District (formerly Rutland Village water and sewer customers) are advised that the due date on the recently mailed bills is incorrect. The bills state that payments are due Feb. 17. That date is President’s Day and the courthouse will be closed. Bills will be due on Feb. 18 according to the Meigs County Commissioners. 1964 PHS bios due POMEROY — Bios of the 1964 Pomeroy High School graduating class are due Feb. 15. For those who did not receive the information packet or need help, call Yvonne Young at (740) 992-7690. Zumba classes offered POMEROY — Zumba instructor Devan Soulsby will begin classes at the Kountry Resort beginning Thursday. Classes will be held at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (740) 992-6728. Meeting Change Announced GALLIPOLIS — The Feb. 17 meeting of the Gallia-JacksonMeigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health -6=4@>6î9@>6î A2CEJîA=2??65î7@Cî C6EFC?:?8îD@=5:6C POMEROY — A “welcome home” open house for family and friends of Staff Sgt. Eric Hill, who recently returned from Afghanistan, will be held at the Pomeroy home of his parents, Ron and Joyce Hill, from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 16. Eric’s military achievements in the U.S. Army include four combat deployments — Iraq, Bosnia and two in Afghanistan. He has been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, Expert Infantry Badge, Basic Aviator Maintenance Badge, Airborne and Air Assault badges. During his time in the military, he maintained three different MOS Identifiers, (11B) Infantryman, (11C) Infantry Mortar, (15R) and Apache helicopter mechanic. He has been awarded five different combat unit sleeve insignias — 101st Airborne Division, 25th infantry Division, 10th Mountain Division, 1st Staff Sgt. Eric Hill Infantry Division and the 135th Attach Recon Battalion. Eric , a graduate of Eastern High School, has also been awarded the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge and the German Armed Forces Marksmanship Badges with gold identifiers on both. He is currently in the Missouri National Guard. For more information on the open house, the Hills can be contacted at (740) 992-6858 or (740) 416-9905 . Services has been cancelled due to the Presidents’ Day holiday. There will be a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. The board typically meets on the third Monday of each month at the Board Office (53 Shawnee Lane, Gallipolis). Tea Party meetings POMEROY — The Meigs County Tea Party is celebrating its fourth anniversary at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Meigs Senior Citizens Center, 112 Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Patriot cake and Sweet Liber-tea will be served, and the latest information will be given concerning our country. The Tea Party stands for Taxed Enough Already. Our members consist of Republicans, Democrats and Independents. The Tea Party favors smaller government, following the guidelines of the Constitution, a balanced federal budget, less taxes and regulations, and want God’s guidance for our government. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Yoga class resumes SYRACUSE — Yoga classes will resume at the Syracuse Community Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Call (740) 992- 2365 for more information. Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an immunization clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Tuesday at the Meigs County Health Department located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. 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. Bring medical cards or commercial insurance cards. Valentine’s Day show honors Beatles MIDDLEPORT —It’s the 50th anniversary of the Beatles and to commemorate the occasion, the River City Players are celebrating by presenting a play titled “With a Little Help from My Friends” at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 in the auditorium at Middleport Village Hall. The Players are inviting the public to join them at” The Fab Pour” (a fictitious coffee shop) for a Valentine event featuring the love songs of the Beatles. “Check Please,” a comedy by Jonathan Rand, through a series of short skits, will demonstrate the perils of blind dating as several hapless couples struggle through first encounters with less than their ideal mates. Advance tickets are available at The Fabric Submitted photo Several River City Players cast members get advice and inspiration from John, Paul, George and Ringo while rehearsing for the upcoming show. Shop in Pomeroy. Tickets will also be available at the door. The ticket price of $10 per person includes a smorgasbord of desserts and sweet treats. For more information, call (740) 444-1595, email rcp. showinfo@gmail.com, or visit www.rivercityplayers. org and on Facebook at River City Players-Middleport. White House giving Boehner room on immigration WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republican leaders dampen expectations for overhauling immigration laws this year, the White House is hoping that the GOP resistance is temporary and tactical, and it’s resisting pressure from some political allies for President Barack Obama to take matters into his own hands and ease his administration’s deportation record. For a president looking for a legacy piece of legislation, the current state of the immigration debate represents a high wire act. He could act alone to slow deportations, and probably doom any chance of a permanent and comprehensive overhaul. Yet if he shows too much patience, the opportunity to fix immigration laws as he wants could well slip away. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday all but ruled out passage of immigration legislation before the fall midterm elections, saying Republicans had trouble trusting that Obama would implement all aspects of an immigration law. White House officials say they believe Boehner ultimately wants to get it done. But they acknowledge that Boehner faces stiff resistance from conservatives who oppose any form of legalization for immigrants who have crossed into the United States illegally or overstayed their visas. As well, Republicans are eager to keep this election year’s focus on Obama’s contentious health care law. Obama is willing to give Boehner space to operate and to tamp down the conservative outcry that greeted a set of immigration overhaul principles the speaker brought forward last week. For now, the White House is simply standing behind a comprehensive bill that passed in the Senate last year, but is not trying to press Boehner on how to proceed in the Republicancontrolled House. “That news yesterday was disappointing but not entirely surprisingly,” White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri said . “It’s a difficult issue for them.” Vice President Joe Biden told CNN on Friday that Obama is waiting to see what the House passes before responding. “What you don’t want to do is create more problems for John Boehner in being able to bring this up,” he said. The White House view could be overly optimistic, playing down the strength of the opposition to acting this year. Beth Sergent | Sunday Times-Sentinel Steven L. Adkins, pictured second from right, appeared before Judge David W. Nibert on Friday and pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of René Gonzalez. Adkins From Page A1 60482653 Adkins is to return for sentencing at 10 a.m. March. 21. Until then, the Mason County Probation Office is to compile a pre-sentencing report for Nibert to review before the sentence is actually handed down. Adkins remains housed in the Western Regional Jail, where he’s been booked since Oct. 6, 2011. Adkins had fought the charges since his arrest and appeared to be ready to take his case to trial, though trial dates had been postponed for many reasons, including the appointment and replacement of a special prosecuting attorney. The first special prosecutor was Putnam County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Sorsaia with the second, and current special prosecutor being Chiles, the prosecuting attorney in Cabell County. There were also counsel changes granted in this case for the defense as well. �Sunday Times-Sentinel SPORTS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2014 mdsports@civitasmedia.com B1 Lady Tornadoes topple Federal Hocking, 73-48 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Southern junior Bradley McCoy finishes the fastbreak in front of South Gallia senior Mikey Wheeler, during the Tornadoes’ 49-42 victory in Mercerville on Friday. STEWART, Ohio — A strong finish caps off Lady Tornadoes’ 10th league win of the season. The Southern girls basketball team marked 24 points in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s 73-48 victory over Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division host Federal Hocking. Southern (13-7, 10-5 TVC Hocking) led 19-to-10 after the first quarter but Federal Hocking (3-16, 3-10) answered with a 17-to-12 run in the second quarter, cutting the lead to four at halftime. The Purple and Gold outscored their host 18-to-7 in the third quarter and 24-to-14 in the fourth to seal the 25 point victory. Southern had three scorers reach double figures, led by Celestia Hendrix with 16 points and Jansen Wolfe with 14. Haley Hill marked 10 points, followed by Faith Teaford and Cierra Turley with eight apiece. Ali Deem tallied six points, Hannah Hill added five, while Jordan Huddleston, Macie Michael and Savannah Bailey each marked two points in the win. The Lady Tornadoes shot 24-of-68 (35.3 percent) from the field including just 1-of-16 (6.3 percent) from beyond the arc. Southern hit 24-of35 (68.6 percent) of its free throw attempts on the night. SHS as a team had 48 rebounds, nine assists, seven blocks, 23 steals and 21 turnovers. Hendrix paced the Purple and Gold with 16 rebounds and five blocks, while Turley had a team-best three assists. Hannah Hill and Turley each had four steals to lead the SHS defensive effort. The Lady Lancers were led by Megan Thomson with 15 points and Destiny Tabler with 12. Whitney Gillian had nine points, McKenzie Steele marked six, while Carley Tabler and Cheyenne Singer each had three points. Federal Hocking shot 18-of-63 (28.6 percent) from the field, 2-of11 (18.2 percent) from three point range and 10-of-26 (38.5 percent) from the free throw line. FHHS had 53 rebounds, six assists, three blocks, 16 steals and 35 turnovers. Thompson led the Lady Lancers with 11 rebounds, while Carley Tabler posted a game-high four assists. Gillian led the Federal Hocking defense with four steals, while Singer added a pair of blocks. This season marks the first time the Lady Tornadoes have marked double digit wins in the TVC Hocking. Southern also defeated Federal Hocking on January 11, in Racine by a count of 64-47. Southern outlasts Rebels, 49-42 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — The Tornadoes take a wireto-wire win on the road. The Southern boys basketball team never trailed Friday night and claimed the 49-42 victory over TriValley Conference Hocking Division host South Gallia. The Tornadoes (13-3, 9-2 TVC Hocking) hits back-toback three pointers to open the contest and held South Gallia (7-9, 6-6) scoreless for over 6:30. The Rebels scored five quick points but SHS hit a free throw to extend the lead to 7-5 at the end of the first quarter. Southern expanded the lead to 18-10 midway through the second quarter but a 7-1 run by SGHS cut the lead to two points. The Purple and Gold scored five unanswered points to close the half and headed into the locker room with a 23-17 advantage. The Tornadoes controlled the glass in the third period and pushed its six point lead to a nine point lead headed into the finale. The Rebels cut the lead to 43-40 with 40 seconds to play but Southern scored six points from the free throw line to seal the 49-42 triumph. “I told the guys at halftime that it might be one of those games where we don’t pull away and we’re gonna have to tough it out in the end,” seventh year Southern head coach Jeff Caldwell said. “I’m not happy with our turnovers down the stretch and also a couple of silly fouls when we had the lead, so we have to be better in that. South Gallia played us hard and it was a good hardfought win, it’s always good to get a road win.” Southern was led by Taylor McNickle with 15 points, followed by Tristen Wolfe with 10. Zac Beegle had nine points, Chandler Drummer marked five, while Bradley McCoy and Trenton Deem both had three. Dennis Teaford and Casey Pickens each marked two points, rounding out the Tornado total. See SOUTHERN | B2 OVP Sports Schedule Monday, Feb. 10 Boys Basketball Cabell Midland at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Hannan at Calhoun County, 7:30 Girls Basketball Chesapeake at River Valley, 6:30 Waterford at Wahama, 6:30 Belpre at Southern, 7:30 Trimble at South Gallia, 6:30 Tuesday, Feb. 11 Boys Basketball Eastern at Trimble, 7:30 Belpre at Wahama, 7:30 South Point at River Valley, 7:30 Waterford at South Gallia, 7:30 Miller at Southern, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Vinton County, 7:30 Hannan at Teays Valley Christian, 7:30 Girls Basketball Pike County at Ohio Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Hannan at Teays Valley Christian, 4:45 Wednesday, Feb. 12 Boys Basketball Southern at Belpre, 7:30 Girls Basketball River Valley vs. Meigs, sectional at Athens HS 6:15 South Gallia vs. Trimble, sectional at Meigs HS 6:15 Wahama at Belpre, 5 p.m. Cabell Midland at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Eastern senior Maddie Rigsby stays focused while guarding Waterford’s Dani Drayer (22) during the first half of Thursday night’s TVC Hocking girls basketball contest in Waterford, Ohio. Lady Eagles sweep Waterford, win TVC Hocking outright By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com WATERFORD, Ohio — The crown jewel for the new queens of the TVC Hocking. The Eastern girls basketball team officially ended Waterford’s historic nine-year reign as league champions Wednesday night with an impressive 75-44 victory in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup at the Harry Cooper Annex in Washington County. The Lady Eagles (19-1, 15-0 TVC Hocking) trailed 4-0 a minute and a half into regulation, but the guests battled through five lead changes and two ties to find themselves knotted up at 12-all with 1:52 left in the opening period. Laura Pullins gave EHS a permanent lead (15-12) with a trifecta 31 seconds later, which sparked a 7-2 run and allowed the Lady Eagles to secure a 19-14 advantage after eight minutes of play. The host Lady ‘Cats (11-7, 10-2) were never closer the rest of the way. Jenna Burdette scored seven of Eastern’s points during a 9-0 run to start the second, enabling the guests to double their lead out to 28-14 with 5:46 remaining in the half. EHS hit its first four field goals and forced three turnovers while also holding Waterford without a shot during the 2:14 span. Eastern senior Jenna Burdette (14) soars in for a layup ahead of Waterford defender Thursday, Feb. 13 Boys Basketball Mariah Starkey (5) during the second half of Thursday night’s TVC Hocking girls basOhio Valley Christian at Elk Valley, 8 p.m. See EAGLES | B2 ketball contest in Waterford, Ohio. Huntington St. Joe at South Gallia, 7:30 Girls Basketball Gallia Academy vs. Sheridan, sectional at Logan HS 6:15 Southern vs. Waterford, sectional at Meigs HS 8 p.m. Eastern vs. Symmes Valley/Miller, sectional at Meigs HS 6:15 By Alex Hawley River Valley’s defense held strong in with two for the Silver and Black. Hannan at Rose Hill Christian, 6:30 ahawley@civitasmedia.com the second and allowed the Silver RVHS shot 4-of-7 (57.1 percent) Ohio Valley Christian at Elk Valley, 6:30 and Black to push the lead to 31-9 at from the charity stripe in the win. BIDWELL, Ohio — An outstand- the end of the first half. Rock Hill was led by Madisson Friday, Feb. 14 ing first half leads RVHS to victory. Rock Hill (3-14, 1-8) outscored the Damon with 14 points, all of which Boys Basketball The River Valley girls basketball hosts 16-to-9 in the third period but came in the third quarter. Kacie Southern at Eastern, 7:30 team outscored Ohio Valley Confer- RVHS was able to close the game with Russell marked seven points, Lindy Point Pleasant at George Washington, 7:30 ence guest Rock Hill by 23 in the first a 9-7 run to take the 49-32 triumph. Simpson added three, while BrookNelsonville-York at Meigs, 7:30 half of Thursday night’s 49-32 Lady The Lady Raiders were led by Leia lyn Massie, Anna Darby, Sarah Travis Gallia Academy at Portsmouth, 7:30 Raiders victory in Gallia County. Moore with 15 points, followed by and Sablina Henderson each had two South Gallia at Miller, 7:30 RVHS sophomore Leia Moore Chelsea Copley and Shelby Brown points. The Redwomen were 2-of-4 Hannan at Summersville, 7:30 scored 11 points in the first period to with nine apiece. Rachel Smith had (50 percent) from the free throw line. Girls Basketball lead the Lady Raiders (7-10, 3-5) to eight points, Courtney Smith added River Valley also defeated RHHS on Wrestling a 17-7 edge at the end of the stanza. six, while Tianna Qualls finished January 13, by a count of 43-38 in Pedro. Point Pleasant at Ripley, 7 p.m. Lady Raiders hold off Rock Hill, 49-32 �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page B2 LîSunday Times Sentinel Lady Eagles soar past Southern, 85-38 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — A fitting way for five seniors to say goodbye to ‘The Nest’. The Eastern girls basketball team earned their 15th consecutive home victory on Wednesday, defeating TriValley Conference Hocking Division guest Southern 85-38 on senior night. Eastern (18-1, 14-0 TVC Hocking) scored the first 11 points of the game and led the Lady Tornadoes (127, 9-5) by 16 points, 19-3 at the end of the first quarter. Southern turned its offense around a bit in the second quarter and marked 11 points, but EHS marked 23 in the second to take the 42-14 lead into the break. There was no shortage of offense in the third period as the Lady Eagles marked 25 points and Southern posted 18 in the quarter. The Green and Gold finished the game with a 18-to-6 run in the fourth quarter to seal the 85-38 victory. The Lady Eagles had five players reach double figures in scoring, led by Jenna Burdette with 19 points and Jordan Parker with 17. Laura Pullins had 12 points, Maddie Rigsby added 11 and Katie Keller finished with 10. Erin Swatzel chipped in six points, Alia Hayes and Hannah Bailey each had four and Abbie Hawley rounded out the EHS scoring with two points. Eastern shot 37-of-69 (53.6 percent) from the field, 6-of-17 (35.3 percent) from three point range and 5-of12 (41.7 percent) from the free throw line. As a team the Lady Eagles had 36 rebounds, 27 steals, 19 assists, four blocks and 16 turnovers. Burdette led EHS with nine rebounds and eight assists. Pullins, Parker and Burdette each five steals to lead the defense, while Keller marked two blocks. Southern was led by Celestia Hendrix with 15 points, followed by Hannah Hill with eight. Faith Teaford and Cierra Turley each had five points, while Jansen Wolfe added three and Sarah Dowell marked two. The Lady Tornadoes 15-of-43 (34.9 percent) from the field, 4-of-14 (28.6 percent) from beyond the arc and 4-of-7 (57.1 percent) from the charity stripe. As a team Southern had 21 rebounds, 12 assists, three steals and 33 turnovers. Hendrix had a team-high five rebounds, while Tur- Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Eastern senior Jordan Parker is guarded by Southern junior Cierra Turley (10) during the first half of the Lady Eagles 85-39 victory in Tuppers Plains on Wednesday. ley, Ali Deem, Wolfe and Hendrix each had two assists. Hendrix, Hannah Hill and Haley Hill each had a steal for the Purple and Gold defense. EHS also defeated the Lady Tornadoes on January 20, by a count of 83-27 in Racine. Before the game Eastern honored seniors Maddie Rigsby, Jenna Burdette, Erin Swatzel, Jordan Parker and Katie Keller, as well as senior manager Hannah Hawley. These Lady Eagles have lost just three home contests in their four years at home and completed a perfect 9-0 campaign this year. The last home setback for EHS came on December 17, 2012 to Jackson. Waterford and Huntington St. Joe are the only other teams to defeat Eastern at ‘The Nest” in the last four seasons. Sunday, February 9, 2014 Southern From Page B1 The Purple and Gold shot 13-of-31 (41.9 percent) from the field and 19-of-28 (67.9 percent) from the free throw line. Southern as a team had 29 rebounds, seven assists, five blocks, seven steals and 26 turnovers. Wolfe finished with team-highs in rebounds, with nine, assists, with three, and blocks, with two, while Deem led the defense with three steals. “That’s been our season but we’ve battled through,” said second year South Gallia head coach Larry Howell. “They did a good job of executing late and giving us a chance to win the game. Jeff does a good job with Southern, his kids are always gonna execute and play hard. I’m just proud of our kids for hanging in there and giving us a chance to win at the end of the game” Devin Lucas led the Rebels with 12 points coming on a quartet of three-pointers. Landon Hutchinson had nine points, Brayden Greer added eight, Ethan Spurlock chipped in with four, while Joseph Ehman and Ethan Swain each had three points. Corey Rhodes finished with two points, while Mikey Wheeler rounded out the SGHS total with one marker. As a unit the Rebels shot 13-of-48 (27.1 percent) from the field and 10-of-17 (58.8 percent) from the free throw line. SGHS had 23 rebounds, nine assists, 14 steals and 21 turnovers. Landon Hutchinson led the Rebels with seven rebounds, while Swain marked a team-high three assists. Ehman marked four steals to pace the SGHS defense. “I think we had a spell where we struggled defensively but these last four games we’ve been fresher and our kids are really planing hard defensively,” said Howell. “You pressure, you hustle and good things happen, if we could just get a little more offensive execution we’ll be rolling.” Southern also defenat SGHS on January 14, by a count of 69-38 in Racine. This is the second straight year SHS has swept South Gallia. The Tornadoes currently hold a one game lead in the TVC Hocking over Waterford. “I’m looking forward to tomorrow night, we’ve got Nelsonville-York and it’s a big non-league game for us,” Caldwell said. “It’s a good challenge to go on the road and play Nelsonville-York, which has a pretty good team. We just try to get ready for each game as it comes.” Eagles From Page B1 WHS — which committed 13 first-half turnovers — snapped a 3:35 scoreless drought after Mariah Starkey hit a field goal with five minutes left, trimming the hosts’ deficit down to a dozen at 28-16. Eastern retaliated with a 14-6 surge to close out the half, giving the Lady Eagles their largest lead of the opening 16 minutes at 42-22. Eastern made 17-of-34 shot attempts and committed only four turnovers in the first half, while Waterford netted just 8-of22 field goal tries for 36 percent before the break. WHS claimed a slim 15-14 edge in rebounding before the intermission, but the guests held a small 6-5 advantage on the offensive glass. Taylor Hilverding scored the opening basket of the second half, allowing the hosts to trim the deficit down to 42-24 with 6:51 left in the third. WHS, however, was never closer from that point on. The Lady Eagles made a 17-3 charge over the next five-plus minutes, allowing the guests to claim their largest lead of the third canto at 59-27 with 1:38 remaining. Waterford closed the frame with a 5-0 run to enter the finale trailing 59-32. The Lady ‘Cats cut their deficit down to 61-36 after a basket by Mariah Starkey with 7:07 left in regulation, but Katie Keller capped a 10-2 run with a basket at the 3:11 mark — giving the guests their largest lead of the game at 73-38. Waterford ended the final 2:08 of the contest with a 6-2 run, wrapping up the 31-point outcome. The win allowed Eastern to secure its third TVC Hocking championship in four years, as well as the program’s fourth outright title and 10th league crown in school history. It is also the first time since the 2003-04 campaign that the Lady Wildcats have not earned at least a share of the TVC Hocking championship. Waterford also had its home winning streak against league foes SUNDAY EVENING BROADCAST 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 10 (WBNS) 11 (WVAH) 12 (WPBY) 13 (WOWK) CABLE 6 PM 6:30 snapped at 60 consecutive games, which started with a victory over Miller in the league finale of the 200304 season. Trimble was the last team to previously win at WHS, which came in a 51-42 decision back on Jan. 17, 2004. Afterwards, sixth-year Eastern coach John Burdette spoke about the significance of both the win and the outright league title for his troops. “Waterford has a strong tradition and you always know it’s going to be a battle when you come up here,” Burdette said. “We talked before the game about how we had been in a position to win up here before, but just never got it done. 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Waterford made five of its first eight shot attempts and went 6-of-11 overall in the first quarter, but seven turnovers also prevented the hosts from staying closer toward the end of the period. The difference in the outcome, according to Burdette, was the defensive tenacity that his kids demonstrated during that slow start. “I thought our defense was pretty good tonight, particularly with the pace being as up-and-down as it was,” Burdette said. “The offense isn’t always going to be there, so the defense always has to be there. It kept us in the game early on until we found our stride there late in the first quarter, then things just sort of took off from there.” Eastern outrebounded the hosts by a 30-24 overall margin, including an 11-7 edge on the offensive glass. Waterford committed 25 turnovers overall in the setback, compared to just eight giveaways by the guests. The Lady Eagles connected on 29-of-63 shot attempts for 46 percent, which included a 9-of-22 effort from three-point range for 41 percent. EHS was also 8-of-10 at the free throw line for 80 percent. Jenna Burdette led the victors with a game-high 28 points, 14 of which came during the pivotal second quarter. Erin Swatzel was next with 18 points, followed by Jordan Parker with 10 markers. Maddie Rigsby and Katie Keller respectively chipped in eight and six points to the winning cause, while Laura Pullins rounded out the scoring with five markers. Burdette hauled in a team-best seven rebounds, while Pullins added teamhighs of five assists and five steals. Waterford — which had won at least a share of 11 of the previous dozen TVC Hocking crowns — made 17-of-47 field goal attempts for 36 percent, including a 4-of-13 effort from three-point range for 31 percent. The hosts also netted 6-of-9 charity tosses for 67 percent. Mariah Starkey paced the Lady ‘Cats with 15 points, followed by Dani Drayer with 10 points and Taylor Hilverding with seven markers. The Lady Eagles claimed a season sweep of Waterford after posting a 65-36 victory at the Eagle’s Nest back on Jan. 9. Eastern’s last win at Waterford and last sweep of Waterford also came during its last outright championship season, which came under Paul Brannon in the 200001 campaign. The 2003-04 Trimble squad was the last team to sweep Waterford in the regular season. Thursday also marked the first home loss in league for ninthyear WHS coach Jerry Close, who owns eight conference titles (six outright) and a career 105-5 overall record against the TVC Hocking. “We’ve had a pretty good run over the last couple of years, and a lot of that is a testament to the kids who have come through this program during that time,” Close said in a humble manner. “That’s also a pretty special group of kids over there at Eastern.” The senior class from EHS now owns a 6-4 career mark against the Lady Wildcats, which includes a pair of tournament victories in 2011 and 2012. Those seniors were also freshmen when Eastern snapped Waterford’s overall winning streak in league play at 48 games with a 57-55 decision in Tuppers Plains back on Dec. 6, 2010. The Lady Eagles still have one TVC Hocking contest remaining at Belpre on Saturday. A win would allow the Green and Gold to capture its first unbeaten league crown since the 2000-01 season. “This is a nice accomplishment for the girls, but we still have one more league game to get in before the tournament,” Burdette said. “We have to take care of business at Belpre this weekend. Even though the title is already ours, we still want to finish this thing out properly.” Eastern previously won league titles in 1979, 1980, 1985, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2011 and 2013. The 1998, 1999 and 2001 squads each won outright championships in the TVC Hocking. OVP sports writer Alex Hawley and Wellston athletic director Jeff Hendershott each contributed to this report. �Sunday, February 9, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� Ohio Wildlife Council to consider pistol cartridge rifles for deer hunting Jim Freeman In the Open This past week I read with great interest one of the proposals being considered by the Ohio Wildlife Council that would allow the use of pistol cartridge rifles for deer hunting, but before I explain exactly why I think this is such a great idea, let me enlighten you on what it means. Commonly called Pistol Caliber Rifles or PCRs, these are rifles that are the same caliber and use the same straight-walled cartridges that are currently legal for deer hunting with handguns in Ohio. Generally these PCRs have less recoil than shotguns, making them ideal for younger or smaller hunters or for any hunter who wishes to carry less weight, but because they have shoulder stocks they are easier to shoot more accurately than handguns firing the same cartridge. Ironically, in a handgun the .44 Remington Magnum was once considered “the most power- ful handgun in the world,” but in a rifle it becomes a mild-mannered pussycat. The list of calibers is rather lengthy and reads like a who’s who of American handgun and straightwall cartridges from the .38 Special/.357 Magnum to the .50-110. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Division of Wildlife, “The proposal is designed to allow additional gunhunting opportunities for hunters that own these guns or want to hunt with these guns. These rifles have reduced recoil compared to larger shotguns, and the proposed rifles are more accurate than the same caliber handgun.” With any change there are going to be people who ask “Why?” A more suitable question could be “Why not?” A number of Ohio hunters have asked to be allowed to hunt with these types of rifles, and all of our neighboring states currently allow them for hunting deer. Indiana moved to allow PCRs for deer hunting several years ago with no reported problems. Furthermore, these cartridges are already legal in Ohio for deer hunting, but currently only in handguns. Consider that under current law, during deer gun season a hunter in Ohio can use a handgun with a 15” barrel chambered in .45-70, but if you add one more inch to the barrel and a shoulder stock, this same setup is now illegal for hunting because it suddenly becomes a rifle. That makes no sense. Straight-walled cartridges are essentially cartridges that have a straight wall, lacking the characteristic bottle neck of more “modern” cartridges. Examples would be the .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, .4570 Gov., .38-55 Winchester or .444 Marlin. These cartridges are actually less powerful than rifled shotguns and inline-muzzleloaders using saboted bullets. The typical firearm of this sort would be a Marlin 1894 chambered in .44 Magnum. These guns are also getting more and more popu- lar with the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting, and some of those people may want to use their target guns for hunting. While nobody is making you trade in your shotgun or muzzleloader, this does provide you an excuse to buy another gun. Simply explain to your spouse the practicality in having your handgun and rifle chambered in the same cartridge. More options and ways to hunt may attract new hunters or retain existing ones. Unfortunately, there are actually hunters out there are who are opposed to having more sportsmen in the woods, but the future of our sport and modern wildlife management (not to mention state wildlife coffers) depend on recruitment and retention. To those people who don’t want to share the woods and fields, I say shame on you – the more people we get on our team, the better. Then we come around to safety. We Buckeyes have had it drilled into our heads for as long as we bwalters@civitasmedia.com IRONTON, Ohio — They don’t call them Lady Defenders for nothing. Host Sugar Creek Christian went scoreless in the third quarter and made only three field goals all night long, allowing the Ohio Valley Christian girls basketball team to roll to a 53-7 victory Thursday night in a non-conference matchup in Lawrence County. OVCS (8-12) never trailed in the contest, as the guests stormed out to a 15-2 edge after eight minutes of play before utilizing 10-2 second quarter surge to secure a 25-4 advantage at the break. The Lady Eagles were never closer the rest of the way, as the Lady Defenders went on an 18-0 tear in the third canto on their way to a 43-4 lead headed into the finale. The guests closed regulation with a 10-3 spurt to wrap up the 46-point triumph. All six OVCS players reached the scoring column, with Bekah Sargent leading the way with a game-high 15 points. Emily Carman was next with 14 points, followed by Cassandra Hutchinson with eight markers. &@:?Eî&=62D2?Eî DH66ADî-:=542ED By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — When the going got tough, the tough got going. An 8-2 run over the final 1:12 of regulation allowed the Point Pleasant boys basketball team to win its fourth straight game Friday night following a 73-67 decision over visiting Logan in a non-conference matchup in Mason County. The Big Blacks (9-6) started well, as the hosts jumped out to a 17-7 advantage after eight minutes and led by as many as 12 points in the opening minute of the second stanza. The Wildcats (6-7), however, never lost their poise after their slow start, and the guests made a 21-16 second quarter surge to close to within 33-28 at the intermission. PPHS pushed its lead out to 39-33 with 4:45 left in the third canto, but Josh Rein capped a 5-0 spurt with a trifecta — allowing LHS to close to within a point at 39-38 with under three minutes remaining. Evan Potter converted an old-fashioned three-point play at the 2:18 mark, sparking an 8-4 run over the final two minutes and allowing the hosts to secure a 47-42 edge headed into the finale. Nick Templeton hit a trifecta and Aden Yates added a basket in the opening 30 seconds of the fourth, then Wade Martin tacked on two free throws a minute later to increase the Point Pleasant lead up to 54-42. Both teams traded baskets to keep the point difference at a dozen markers, but Logan answered with an 18-5 charge to close to within a possession at 64-62 with 2:21 remaining. Yates netted one of two free throws to extend the lead out to three points, but Zach Acord drilled a three-pointer with 1:17 left to complete the comeback effort by tying things up at 65-all. Alex Somerville hit two charity tosses five seconds later, allowing the hosts to claim a permanent lead at 6765. Wade Martin added four consecutive free throws, then made a steal and the ensuing layup attempt to give the Big Blacks a 73-65 cushion with 26 seconds remaining. Brynden ‘Worm’ Street added the final basket of the game for Logan with 16 seconds left, wrapping up the six-point outcome. Point Pleasant claimed a season sweep of the Wildcats after posting a 62-58 victory at LHS back on Jan. 11. Wade Martin led PPHS with 24 points, which included a perfect 12-of-12 effort from the foul stripe. Alex Somerville was next with 23 points, while Nick Templeton and Evan Potter respectively chipped in 10 and seven markers. Aden Yates contributed five points to the winning cause, while Garrett Norris and Brian Gibbs rounded things out with two markers apiece. The Big Blacks were 27-of-32 at the free throw line for 84 percent. Brynden Street paced Logan with 24 points, followed by Zach Acord and Braxton Goff with nine points apiece and Trevor Abbott with eight markers. The guests were 18-of-21 at the charity stripe for 86 percent. Notes: Point Pleasant High School passed out orange ribbons to all fans in attendance Friday night, in honor of Logan sophomore Skyler Miller — who was recently diagnosed with leukemia for a second time. Logan head basketball coach Mark Hatcher was truly moved by the touching display, and made sure to make it known following the tough-luck loss. “The gesture by the crowd here tonight, wearing the ribbons for Skyler, that was pretty big for us,” Hatcher said. “I know that this community has dealt with some tragedy with the Smith family recently, and both of these communities still have a feel to them that the school is the central part of the town. “We’ve had some good hard-fought games over the years, but the biggest thing for me tonight is for everyone in Point Pleasant to know that we appreciate your support for one of ours. We really do appreciate it.” Jim Freeman is wildlife specialist for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District and a long-time contributor to the Sunday Times-Sentinel. 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Ohio deer hunters and others are invited to share their comments regarding the proposed 2014-2015 deer hunting seasons and regulations at open houses on Saturday, March 1 from 12-3 p.m. and online at wildohio.com through March. 2 By Alex Hawley Teah Elliott and Rachel Sargent each contributed six points to the winning cause, while Sarah Schoonover rounded out the scoring with four markers. The guests were 5-of-12 at the free throw line for 42 percent. Callahan paced SCCA with four points, followed by Abrams with two points and Nichols with one marker. The hosts were 1-of-7 at the free throw line for 14 percent. OVCS begins OCSAA tournament play Monday night when it hosts Coshocton Christian at 7:30 p.m. ahawley@civitasmedia.com CENTENARY, Ohio — Like a bad fishing story, this one is the one that got away. The Gallia Academy boys basketball led 28-22 at halftime of Friday night’s Southeastern Ohio Athletic League tilt with visiting Logan. The Chiefs outscored the GAHS by seven in the second half to take the 46-45 victory in Gallia County. Logan (6-9, 3-3 SEOAL) took a 14-12 lead after the first period but the Blue Devils (10-9, 2-5) answered with a 16-8 run in the second to take the six point lead into the break. GAHS clung to a two point lead after being outscored 6-to-2 in the third period and Logan rallied past the Blue and White in the fourth to steal the 46-45 win. Gallia Academy was led by Seth Atkins with 12 points and Wes Jarrell with 10 points, followed by Wade Jarrell, Jacob Streiter and Reid Eastman with seven each. Alex White marked two points to round out the GAHS total. The Blue Devils shot 16-of-38 (42.1 percent) from the field, 5-of-12 (41.7 percent) from beyond the arc and 8-of-15 (53.3 percent) from the free throw line. GAHS as a team had 29 rebounds, eight assists, seven steals and 16 turnovers. White led Gallia Academy with eight rebounds, followed by Streiter with six. Eastman and Wes Jarrell each had three assists to pace the Blue and White, while Wes Jarrell led the host’s defense with three steals. The Chiefs were led by Kevin Fisher with 13 points and Chance Cox with 12. Lane Little marked nine points, Joey Cottrill had five, Gabe Smith added four and Evan DeLong rounded out the guests total with three markers. LHS shot 15-of-44 (34.1 percent) from the field, 2-of-15 (13.3 percent) from three-point range and 14-of-21 (66.7 percent) from the charity stripe. Logan had 30 rebounds, Bryan Walters | OVP Sports seven assists, nine steals and 15 turnovers. Fisher led the Chiefs with 12 rebounds, while Little had Point Pleasant seniors Garrett Norris (11) and Alex Somerville (32) trap Logan ballhandler Timothy Toler, right, near a game-high four assists. 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VCHS took a 5645 victory at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium to move a game and a half ahead of the Marauders. Meigs (8-8, 4-3 TVC Ohio) held Vinton County (9-6, 6-2) to just five points in the opening stanza and claimed the 10-5 lead through eight minutes. The Vikings put on their own defensive stand in the second quarter and rallied to take the 22-16 lead into halftime. VCHS outscored the Maroon and Gold 16-to-12 in the third canto and 18-to-16 in the finale to seal the 56-45 triumph. The Marauders were led by Damon Jones with 18 points and Isaiah English with 16, followed by Jordan Hutton with eight. Cody Bartrum marked two points, while Ty Phelps added one to round out the MHS total. Meigs shot 14-of-48 (29.1 percent) from the field, 5-of-17 (29.4 percent) from three point range and 12-of-16 (75 percent) from the free throw line. As a team MHS had 27 rebounds, nine assists, seven steals and 17 turnovers. Jones paced Meigs with 10 rebounds, followed by Phelps and English with four each. English and Phelps each had three assists, while Jones led the defense with three steals. Vinton County’s offensive effort was led by Alex Owings with 18 points and Jordan Albright with 12. Max Ward had wight points, Austin Lambert marked six, Tristan Bartoe had five, Chase Ward added four and Ryan Sparks rounded out the Viking total with three points. VCHS shot 11-of-16 (68.8 percent) from the free throw line and committed 11 turnovers in the triumph. Meigs, with three league losses is now eliminated form shar- ing the TVC Ohio championship, but the Maroon and Gold could still play a big part in how the league shakes out. The Vikings are now the only team, aside from league-leading Athens, with a chance to share a TVC Ohio title. Vinton County needs the Bulldogs at lose to both Alexander and Meigs, while the Vikings would need wins at Wellston and against the Marauders in order to for VCHS to share the crown with Athens. Thes teams will meet again in McArthur on February 15. Super Bowl not a passing of the torch of QB styles EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Confetti cannons boomed around Peyton Manning following Seattle’s 43-8 dismantling of Denver and the five-time MVP sought out Russell Wilson to congratulate the Seahawks’ secondyear scrambler on his stunningly lopsided Super Bowl triumph. At 37, Manning had failed to cap off the greatest season by a quarterback in NFL history. Wilson had just become the first champion from the new guard of athletic, mobile QBs that includes Colin Kaepernick, Cam Newton, Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck. A passing of the torch from the classic pocket passer to the fleet-footed quarterback? No way, insisted Broncos boss John Elway. “Well, Joe Flacco’s a pocket guy and he won it last year, right? And Colin Kaepernick was the guy that ran around last year. So, last year, the pocket guy won it. This year, the run-around guy won it. So, to me, that’s your answer,” Elway said. “The bottom line was the way Seattle played.” Joe Theismann couldn’t agree more. “We certainly have some young, athletic quarterbacks in this league, but if you look at the guys who have won it — Eli Manning, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning — they’re not move-around guys. Even Aaron Rodgers, who has tremendous athletic skills when it comes to moving around, throws out of the pocket,” said Theismann, who quarterbacked the Redskins to the 1983 NFL title. “To have any longevity as a professional quarterback, you must develop your skills to be able to throw out of the pocket. Otherwise, you take too many hits. Now, if you have athleticism like Russell Wilson, that’s a bonus.” Wilson doesn’t tuck the ball looking to run but to find passing lanes because at 5-foot-11, he can’t always see over his hulking linemen. “To me, this game boiled down to two facts: turnovers and Denver’s five guys up front could not block Seattle’s four guys up front,” Theismann said. “You have to give Seattle defensively all the credit in the world to be able to rush four and move Peyton and drop seven and cover their routes. “Other than that, I think to make a general statement of the quarterback position being a non-dropback position or a passing of the torch, I just don’t see it. You have to be able to throw the ball effectively from the pocket to be able to capitalize on all the rules that exist.” What the Seahawks provided the league more than a changing of the guard was a blueprint on how defenses can finally turn the tide on the pass happiness that has engulfed the NFL for so long. Denver scored a record 606 points in 2013 and Manning set a slew of records, including 55 touchdown throws. Yet, the most prolific scoring machine in NFL history sputtered against Seattle’s stifling defense. It wasn’t like Wilson beat them. Sure, he made some third-down conversions, but his two TD throws came when the game was already a runaway. Seattle also scored on a safety, two field goals, a pick-6 and, a kickoff return and a run by Marshawn Lynch. That’s the point: the Seahawks never intended for Russell to be the fulcrum of their team. They’re built around their defense and ground game. His Super Bowl line was perfect: 18 of 25 for 206 yards, two TDs, no interceptions. “Russell is not a stats guy,” Seahawks GM John Schneider said. “It’s all about winning games. Russell is a guy that tilts the field. So it was pretty evident the way the field was tilted and he’s just a guy who is in command all the time.” The Seahawks’ strategy was to contain the Broncos’ vaunted short passing game predicated on their trademark pick plays that allowed them to gain so many yards after the catch. They gladly let Manning set a Super Bowl record with 34 completions but they held his bevy of highly productive receivers to just 8.24 yards per catch, the third-worst mark in Super Bowl history, according to STATS LLC. What Richard Sherman and the rest of Seattle’s cornerbacks did was backpedal whenever they saw Denver’s receivers bunched up, thus preventing the Broncos from executing their patented picks in which one receiver runs interference for another by taking out a cornerback to turn short passes into long gains. When the play unfolded, the cornerbacks would rush up to make the tackle. “When I step back and I look at this football game, No. 1, the officials did what I thought they were going to let them do and that was let them play football,” Theismann said of the defensive backs being allowed to play aggressively. “No. 2, I didn’t think Denver’s offensive line was capable of blocking Seattle’s front four. That’s why I picked Seattle in the game. “And that’s really not a reflection on Peyton Manning. It’s not a reflection on the drop-back skills. What Peyton Manning did all year was mask the problems and the injuries that Denver had on its football team. That’s what he did. That’s how great he is.” Expect other teams to try to emulate the Seahawks in 2014, but it won’t be easy, Theismann said, because “you can count on one hand the teams that can put pressure on somebody the way Seattle can.” Cincinnati, St. Louis, Arizona, San Francisco, New Orleans and Carolina could. And most are in the NFC and all of Seattle’s divisional opponents are in that group, which will make the Seahawks’ title defense especially difficult. The Broncos also were built to punish passers, but five defensive starters were in street clothes for the Super Bowl, including Von Miller. They’ll count themselves a championship contender again if they regain their health and pair a dominant defense with Manning’s offense. They have tweaks to make but certainly no makeover. “This team scored 606 points,” Elway said. “There are a lot of good things about this offense. Obviously, there’s some things we can do. We’ll learn from this.” Brian Cassella | Chicago Tribune | MCT Athletes from Russia march during the Opening Ceremony for the Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, Friday. Russia kicks off Sochi Games with hope and hubris SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A Russia in search of global vindication kicked off the Sochi Olympics looking more like a Russia that likes to party, with a pulse-raising opening ceremony about fun and sports instead of terrorism, gay rights and coddling despots. And that’s just the way Russian President Vladimir Putin wants these Winter Games to be. The world’s premier athletes on ice and snow have more to worry about than geopolitics as they plunge into the biggest challenges of their lives on the mountain slopes of the Caucasus and in the wet-paint-fresh arenas on the shores of the Black Sea. But watch out for those Russians on their home turf. A raucous group of Russian athletes had a message for their nearly 3,000 rivals in Sochi, marching through Fisht Stadium singing that they’re “not gonna get us!” Superlatives abounded and the mood soared as Tchaikovsky met pseudo-lesbian pop duo Tatu and their hit, “Not Gonna Get Us.” Russian TV presenter Yana Churikova shouted: “Welcome to the center of the universe!” Yet no amount of cheering could drown out the real world. Fears of terrorism, which have dogged these games since the Putin won them amid controversy seven years ago, were stoked during the ceremony itself. A passenger aboard a flight bound for Istanbul said there was a bomb on board and tried to divert the plane to Sochi. Authorities said the plane landed safely in Turkey, and the suspected hijacker — who did not have a bomb — was subdued. The show opened with an embarrassing hiccup, as one of five snowflakes failed to unfurl as planned into the Olympic rings, forcing organizers to jettison a fireworks display and disrupting one of the most symbolic moments in an opening ceremony. That allowed for an old Soviet tradition of whitewashing problems to resurface, as state-run broadcaster Rossiya 1 substituted a shot during from a rehearsal with the rings unfolding successfully into their live broadcast. Also missing from the show: Putin’s repression of dissent, and inconsistent security measures at the Olympics, which will take place just a few hundred miles (kilometers) away from the sites of a long-running insurgency and routine militant violence. And the poorly paid migrant workers who helped build up the Sochi site from scratch, the disregard for local residents, the environmental abuse during construction, the pressure on activists, and the huge amounts of Sochi construction money that disappeared to corruption. Some world leaders purposely stayed away, but U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon and dozens of others were in Sochi for the ceremony. He didn’t mention the very real anger over a Russian law banning gay “propaganda” aimed at minors that is being used to discriminate against gay people. But IOC President Thomas Bach won cheers for addressing it Friday, telling the crowd it’s possible to hold Olympics “with tolerance and without any form of discrimination for whatever reason.” For all the criticism, there was no AP Photo Fireworks are seen over the Olympic Park during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia on Friday. shortage of pride at the ceremony in what Russia has achieved with these games, after building up an Olympic Park out of swampland. The head of the Sochi organizing committee, Dmitry Chernyshenko, captured the mood of many Russians present when he said, “We’re now at the heart of that dream that became reality.” “The games in Sochi are our chance to show the whole world the best of what Russia is proud of,” he said. “Our hospitality, our achievements, our Russia!” The ceremony presented the Putin’s version of today’s Russia: a country with a rich and complex history emerging confidently from a rocky two decades and now capable of putting on a major international sports event. Putin himself was front and center, declaring the games open from his box high above the stadium floor. Earlier, he looked down as the real stars of the games — those athletes, dressed in winter wear of so many national colors to ward off the evening chill and a light dusting of manmade snow — walked onto a satellite image of the earth projected on the floor, the map shifting so the athletes appeared to emerge from their own country. As always, Greece — the birthplace of Olympic competition — came first in the parade of nations. Five new teams, all from warm weather climates, joined the Winter Olympians for the first time. Togo’s flagbearer looked dumbstruck with wonder, but those veterans from the Cayman Islands had the style to arrive in shorts! The smallest teams often earned the biggest cheers from the crowd of 40,000, with an enthusiastic threeperson Venezuelan team winning roars of approval as flagbearer and alpine skier Antonio Pardo danced and jumped along to the electronic music. Only neighboring Ukraine, scene of a tense and ongoing standoff between a pro-Russian president and Western-leaning protesters, could compete with those cheers. That is, until the Russians arrived. Walking in last to a thundering bass line that struggled to overcome the ovations from the hometown crowd, the Russians reveled in all the attention. Their feeling could perhaps best be summed up by Russian singers Tatu, whose hit “Not Gonna Get Us” accompanied them to their seats. Russians place huge significance in the Olympics, carefully watching the medal count — their dismal 15-medal performance in Vancouver four years ago is on the minds of many. These games are particularly important, as many Russians are still insecure about their place in the world after the end of the Cold War and the years since that have seen dominance of the United States and China. International politics were never far beneath the surface. One member of the VIP crowd carrying the Olympic flag was Anastasia Popova, a young televison reporter with the state-owned Rossiya TV channel, best known for her reporting on Syria’s civil war. Putin and Russian state media have stood strongly behind Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Popova’s coverage laid the blame for the war squarely on Syrian rebels. But back to that Russian pride. As Churikova rallied the crowd to scream “louder than ever,” she told the fans in their cool blue seats their keepsakes from the night would last 1,000 years. When explaining the show would be hosted in English, French and Russian, she joked that it didn’t matter, because in Sochi, everyone “speaks every language in the world.” Viewers of the Olympic ceremony romped through the wonders of Russian cultural and scientific achievements — from Malevich’s avantgarde paintings to Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” from Mendeleev’s periodic table of elements to the string of Soviet “firsts” in space. Capping it all off, Russian hockey great Vladislav Tretiak and threetime gold medalist Irina Rodnina joined hands to light the Olympic cauldron. He’s often called the greatest goaltender of all time by those who saw him play, she won 10 world pairs figure skating titles in a row. That was how it ended. At the top, the show — and the games — easily avoided talking about prickly issues even when the women in Tatu took the stage. The duo, who put on a lesbian act that is largely seen as an attention-getting gimmick, merely held hands during their performance on this night, stopping short of the groping and kissing of their past performances. This time? Their lead-in act was the Red Army Choir MVD singing Daft Punk’s Grammy-winning “Get Lucky.” �Sunday, February 9, 2014 ANNOUNCEMENTS Notices Closed on Sundays jellies, jams, cider, apple butter Richards Brothers Fruit Farm 2054 Orpheus Rd (Co Rd 46) �������� ���� ���� ��� � 60475341 Country Inn Assisted Living Adult Group Home Immediate occupancy for single or couples, 55 years or older Albany, OH 740-416-5289 Notices Help Wanted General Houses For Rent GUN SHOW Marietta Washington Co. Fairgrounds Feb 15 & 16 922 Front St. Adm $5 6' Tbls $35 740-667-0412 NOTICE OHIO VALLEY PUBLISHING CO. 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Some of the 3,000 athletes in the games are skipping the ceremony in order to rest for competition this weekend, including the women’s hockey teams from the U.S. and Finland. Russian organizers say 65 heads of state and government and international organizations are attending. Lactose Intolerance In a new type of culture war, about 5,000 cups of Greek yogurt from Team USA sponsor Chobani isn’t getting to Sochi because of a customs dispute. U.S. halfpipe skier Aaron Blunck said that for traveling athletes, getting food from home is part of feeling fit and healthy. Russian authorities say the U.S. Department of Agriculture has refused to provide a certificate that is required for dairy products. And you thought short track was only in speedskating Norwegian skiers thought the biathlon track was too short, and they were right. The loop at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center should measure 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles), but they had to add 40 meters (130 feet). The venue hosted a World Cup biathlon event last year but the shape of the course has been modified since. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: For the medals The first five medals at Sochi will be awarded: the men’s 5,000-meter speedskating, where Sven Kramer of the Netherlands opens defense of his lone Olympic title; the men’s 10-kilometer sprint in biathlon; the women’s moguls, the men’s slopestyle final; and the women’s 15-kilometer skiathlon, where Marit Bjorgen of Norway, the most successful athlete of the Vancouver Games with three golds, a silver and a bronze, leads a strong Norwegian team. Fireworks explode behind the Olympic torch after it was lit at the end of the opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday. AP photo Let’s get it started IOC president ready to get Games rolling SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The sun’s out. The athletes are ready. Let’s get this show started. That was the message Friday from IOC President Thomas Bach, who was eager to attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics and put aside the concerns over security and gay rights that have dogged the buildup to the games. “From what I hear, we can expect a spectacular show,” he said. “Maybe I will have goose bumps all night long.” Bach, presiding over an Olympics for the first time since his election as IOC president September, said the world will now turn its focus to the spectacle of the games and the performances of the athletes. “It’s time it finally starts,” he said. “The games are getting kicked off. Everything has been prepared. The athletes are really longing for the moment to start. They want to see the Olympic flame over the Olympic stadium and they want their competition to begin.” And, what’s more, the weather is cooperating. “The sun is shining on the games and on the athletes,” Bach said. He spoke at a news conference after the close of a three-day IOC session, which reviewed the preparations for Sochi as well as debating ideas for future changes in IOC operations. Bach and his inner circle held their first daily coordination commission meeting Friday with Sochi organizers to review the running of the games. Among other things, organizers have been scrambling to resolve issues with hotels that are not ready. “Everything is going pretty smoothly,” Bach told the delegates. “As always in the first days of the games, there is a small hiccup here or there, but nothing really substantial so far. We can look to tonight full of anticipation and excitement and hope that we will have a great opening ceremony for a great Olympic Games.” Russia has mounted a massive security operation to guard the games, deploying tens of thousands of police and military personnel, as well as naval ships, drone aircraft and anti-missile batteries. The games come amid threats of attacks by Islamic insurgents from the North Caucasus. A pair of suicide bombings in Volgograd in late December killed 34 people. Asked about Sochi being the first Olympics facing a direct threat, Bach laughed out loud. “I’m really sorry but you (cannot forget) how many threats there were on each of the Olympic Games before,” he said. “We had threats on Sydney, we had threats on Athens. Maybe you remember the situation in Salt Lake City. There were many so you cannot single out these games in this way.” Ring thing The opening ceremony for the Sochi Games hit a bump when only four of the five Olympic Rings materialized in a wintry opening scene. Five large, glowing snowflakes emerged from a whimsical opening meant to depict the four seasons. They floated to the top of Fisht arena and, one by one, started to morph into the rings. But only four joined together while the fifth remained a snowflake, apparently stuck behind the rest of them. The five were supposed to join together and erupt in pyrotechnics to get the party started. Instead, they were eventually darkened and moved out of the arena, just as Russian President Vladimir Putin was introduced. The unveiling of the rings is always one of the most iconic moments of an opening ceremony, and Putin has been determined to use the ceremony as an introduction of the new Russia to the world. The broken snowflake isn’t the first opening ceremony blunder in Olympic history, of course. Vancouver, Sydney and Seoul all had issues with the torch lighting. Safe bets Just give him the gold. The betting parlors around Europe pretty much already have. Shaun White is listed as a 1-2 favorite at Ladbrokes to win the Olympic halfpipe contest next Tuesday. Behind him — way behind — are Switzerland’s Iouri Podladtchikov at 5-1 and American Danny Davis at 6-1. Looking for a bargain? The only man to beat White on a halfpipe this season, American Greg Bretz, is 33-1. White tweaked his ankle that day and finished second. Mayer hopes to join dad Father holds legacy as Olympic Alpine medalist a row.” Bode Miller of the U.S. had this to say about Mayer, whose father won an Olympic medal 26 years KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia ago: “He’s got great touch.” (AP) — Even if he’s never finHigh praise from a pair of twoished better than fifth in a World time overall World Cup champions Cup downhill, Austria’s Matthias and triple medalists at the 2010 Mayer is catching everyone’s Vancouver Games. attention ahead of the opening Mayer was timed in 2 minAlpine race at the Sochi Olympics. utes, 6.51 seconds on Friday, That’s what happens when a 0.27 ahead of past overall World guy turns in a couple of top-three Cup winner Carlo Janka of times in the first two training Switzerland, and 0.55 ahead runs, including the fastest time on of Svindal. Miller, who led Friday. Thursday’s opening training run, Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway was sixth Friday. AP Photo summed up what Mayer’s done: “I’m not under pressure,” said Austria’s Matthias Mayer makes a jump during a men’s downhill training run for the “Impressive skiing, two days in the 23-year-old Mayer. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. THE REA REAL DEAL! 29 2 9 $ 99 LOCK IN 2 YEARS OF SAVINGS! with Advanced Receiver Service. FREE WHOLE-HOME GENIE HD DVR UPGRADE Minus additional $5 off for 12 months for low and medium-risk customers Advanced receiver fees apply. Minimum 2-room setup required. Per Mo For 12 Mos. After Instant Rebate With 24-mo. Agreement CALL NOW! FREE PREMIUM MOVIE CHANNELS FOR 3 MONTHS. CHOICE™ Package and above. 800-765-9330 ALL DIRECTV OFFERS REQUIRE 24-MONTH AGREEMENT. ** Offer ends 4/9/14 �Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2014 ALONG THE RIVER C1 Winter weather in the Ohio Valley Photos by Sarah Hawley | OVP News AT LEFT, snow flurries continued to fall on Friday morning in Pomeroy. The roof over the stage area and portions of the parking lot remained snow covered from the snow that fell over the past 10 days. AT RIGHT, the Ohio River still had small pieces of ice in it late this week as water levels were slightly higher than normal from the rain and snow over the past week. Beth Sergent | OVP News A snow day just isn’t complete without a snowball fight like this one on Mt. Vernon Ave. Graciously agreeing to demonstrate how it’s done are Cole and Chase Walker, Alex Lenkov and Tyler Hill, all of Point Pleasant. Sarah Hawley | OVP News Photos by Amber Gillenwater | OVP News ABOVE LEFT, the newly refurbished Doughboy Monument at the Gallipolis City Park still shines brightly even on a cold winter’s night. ABOVE RIGHT, Heavy snowfall closed schools across the region, including the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community campus. Amber Gillenwater | OVP News Beth Sergent | OVP News A snow man on Butternut Avenue near the Pomeroy Fire De- As night fell over the Ohio Valley this past week, a blanket of partment was dressed as a fireman, complete with a fire hose snow covered the Gallipolis City Park where no one braved the No one was exempt from snow this past week, not even this and helmet. falling temperatures. frontiersman at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park in Point Pleasant. Beth Sergent | OVP News Thanks to excessive precipitation in all forms this winter, the mighty Ohio River was on the Submitted photo rise in the Ohio Valley. The river crest at Point Pleasant Riverfront Park on Wednesday at 30.34, according to the National Weather Service. Trains in the Hobson Yard near Middleport move along the snow covered tracks. �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page C2 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, February 9, 2014 After 22 years, Leno bids farewell to ‘Tonight’ ":G6DE@4<î(6A@CE By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer GALLIPOLIS — United Producers, Inc., livestock report of sales from February 5, 2014. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $125-$200, Heifers, $110-$165; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $115-$198 Heifers, $100-$159; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $110-$175, Heifers, $100-$154; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $100-$150, Heifers, $85-$125; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $100-$145, Heifers, $85-$120. Cows Well Muscled/Fleshed, $80-$90; Medium/Lean, $74-$79; Thin/Light, $73-dn; Bulls, $91.50-$96. Back to the Farm Goats, $34-$95; Bred Cows, $900. Upcoming Specials 2/12/14 — fat cattle sale, 10 a.m. 2/12/14 — preconditioned feeder sale Direct sales and free on-farm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy at (304) 634-0224, Luke at (740) 645-3697, or Mark at (740) 645-5708, or visit the website at www. uproducers.com. The ruthless strategist changing how we pay to fly By Scott Mayerowitz AP Airlines Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Ben Baldanza, the CEO of Spirit Airlines, leans over his kitchen table, takes another look at the board and plots out his strategy. He’s not thinking about new routes, extra fees or how to pare back service on his famously no-frills airline. He’s indulging his true passion: board games. At one point in his life he owned nearly 4,000. Today he’s whittled the collection down to 1,500 — still enough to fill one of the four bedrooms in his house. These aren’t kids’ games, I learned on a recent Thursday night when I was Baldanza’s guest, along with Ted Christie, the airline’s chief financial officer and DeAnne Gabel, director of investor relations. They are elaborate affairs that take enormous concentration, careful planning, cunning and ruthlessness. Luck has very little to do with the outcome. We play Power Grid, a game Baldanza, 52, selected. Players build a network of cities, buy power plants and purchase the oil, coal, garbage or uranium necessary to electrify the cities. The more you power, the more money you get. The best players, Baldanza notes, “connect the cities in the most efficient way.” The similarities to running an airline aren’t lost on me. Spirit carries only 1 percent of U.S. fliers, yet has significant name recognition thanks to provocative advertising. Baldanza has increased the number of lines on Spirit’s route map by 73 since 2010, while doubling the size of See FLY | C4 BURBANK, Calif. — Jay Leno has said goodbye to “The Tonight Show” before, but not like this. The comedian became tearful and choked up Thursday as he concluded what he called the “greatest 22 years of my life.” “I am the luckiest guy in the world. This is tricky,” said the emotional Leno, stepping down for the second and presumably last time as host of TV’s venerable late-night program. Jimmy Fallon takes over “Tonight” in New York on Feb. 17. Leno shared that he’d lost his mother the first year he became “Tonight” host, his dad the second and then his brother. “And after that I was pretty much out of family. And the folks here became my family,” he said of the crew and staff of “Tonight.” It was a tender finish to a farewell show that was mostly aiming for laughs, with traditional monologue jokes, clips from old shows and a wild assortment of celebrities helping to see Leno off. Leno first departure came in 2009, when he was briefly replaced by Conan O’Brien but reclaimed the show after a messy transition and O’Brien’s lackluster ratings. In ‘09, he was moving to a prime-time show on NBC; this time he’s out the door, and has said he’ll focus on comedy clubs and his beloved car collection. Looking sharp in a black suit and bright blue tie, Leno was greeted by an ovation from the VIP audience. The typically selfcontained comic betrayed a bit of nervousness, stumbling over a few lines in his monologue. He didn’t trip over his opening line, though — a final dig at his employer. “You’re very kind,” he told the audience. “I don’t like goodbyes. NBC does.” Leno brought his show full circle with Billy Crystal, who was his first guest in May 1992 and his last guest Thursday. Crystal Photo by Matt Sayles | AP Jay Leno appears during the final taping of NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” in Burbank, Calif., on Feb. 6. Leno brings his 22-year career as the show host to an end Thursday in a special one-hour farewell broadcast. played ringmaster at one point, calling on Oprah Winfrey, Jack Black, Kim Kardashian, Carol Burnett and others for a musical tribute to Jay with a “Sound of Music” song parody. “So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye. If Fallon tanks, you’ll be back here next year,” sang Jack Black. “The Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parson’s contribution: “We’ve watched you when we’re weary. Your great success is called the big chin theory.” In a videotaped segment, celebrities offered career advice to Leno. “Why would I give a (expletive) about what he does. He’s a grown man,” said Mark Wahlberg. President Barack Obama, like other politicians a favorite target of Leno’s, struck back in his clip. “Jay, you’ve made a whole lot of jokes about me over the years, but don’t worry, I’m not upset,” Obama said, adding that he was making Leno the U.S. ambassador to Antarctica. “Hope you have a warm coat, funnyman.” Crystal sang Leno’s praises during the show, saying the late-night host made America feel a little better at bedtime and invoking his predecessor, Johnny Carson. Leno’s “Tonight” tenure was second in length only to Carson’s 30 years. “You were handed the baton by one of the all-time greats. But once it was in your grasp, you ran the race,” Crystal said. He and Leno, longtime friends, reminisced about the old days, with Leno recalling how Crystal and other comedians visiting his town, Boston, stayed in Leno’s apartment. “You’re calling it an apartment. I’m calling it a bomb site,” Crystal joked. Leno told how he was poised to make his network debut on Dean Martin’s show in 1974 when news came that President Richard Nixon had resigned in the Watergate scandal. Leno’s appearance didn’t happen. “Making me the last guy screwed by Nixon,” Leno said. Garth Brooks performed his touching song “The Dance” before Leno’s farewell remarks. “Now that I brought the room down,” Leno joked, he asked Brooks to lighten it up. Another Brooks’ song, “Friends in Low Places,” closed out the show. “It’s going to be difficult to not come in and do a show every day for our audience who has been so great to Jay,” lamented Debbie Vickers, Leno’s executive producer. “And also hard for this group of people (the staff) who have all been together for 22 years,” said Vickers, who worked on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight” before taking the top job with Leno. Leno, 63, said he plans to continue playing comedy clubs, indulging his passion for cars and doing such TV work as comes his way — other than hosting on late-night. “It’s been a wonderful job. This is the right time to leave,” he said last week, and make way for the next generation. Fallon, 39, starts his “Tonight” Feb. 17, with NBC hoping he rides the promotional wave of its Winter Olympics coverage the next two weeks. Closing his final show on Thursday, Leno gave a final shoutout. It was to his wife of more than 30 years, Mavis: “I’m coming home, honey!” %D42C�?@>:?66î\=>>2<6CDî4C65:Eî�2CG2C5îAC@76DD@C By Paige Sutherland The Associated Press BOSTON — Behind the spotlight on this year’s Oscar nominees for best feature documentary is a softspoken and camera-shy film professor at Harvard who taught three of the directors in the 1990s, encouraging their work and inspiring them to greatness. Rob Moss, who has taught at Harvard for 25 years, says he’s not surprised that Jehane Noujaim, Joshua Oppenheimer and Richard Rowley, all 39, have achieved individual acclaim. All three credit Moss with helping them develop their vision — but he says humbly that he doesn’t know what he did to inspire them. “It was not something I planned or set out to do,” Moss said. “Teaching is a lot more about not knowing than knowing. It is about giving students the freedom to find out what filmmaker they want to be.” Rowley directed the nominated film “Dirty Wars” — based on the book by the same name by Jeremy Scahill — which looks critically at the involvement of the U.S. military in the Middle East. Oppenheimer, his former classmate and dorm neighbor, directed “The Act of Killing,” a dark look into the mass killings of communists and ethnic Chinese in Indonesia in the 1960s. Acquisitions FINE JEWELRY Diamond Solitaire Rings Noujaim, who graduated with Oppenheimer in 1997, directed “The Square,” a detailed depiction of the Egyptian revolution from start to finish. Noujaim won the Directors Guild of America award in late January for “The Square,” competing against all the Oscarnominated films but “Dirty Wars.” That could foreshadow an edge for her because in the last five years, four of the DGA-winning films for best feature documentary also won the Oscar in that category that year. Last week, “The Act of Killing” won the London Critics’ Circle Film Award for best documentary, a category added in 2011. No previous winners of the London award have also won Oscars. Nominated with the Harvard trio for the Oscar are Morgan Neville’s “20 Feet From Stardom,” about the unsung backup singers behind such rock stars as Bruce Springsteen, Sting and Stevie Wonder — and “Cutie and the Boxer,” directed by Zachary Heinzerling, a glimpse of the 40-year marriage of New York boxing painter, Ushio Shinohara and Noriko, his former art student. Last month, “20 Feet From Stardom” won the 2014 Critics’ Choice Award for best documentary feature — putting it in good standing for the Oscars, too. Three of the five past winners of the Critics’ Choice also claimed an Oscar the year they won. Moss, who is in his early 60s, is known in film circles for his 2008 film “Secrecy,” and his 2003 film “The Same River Twice,” both of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. “Moss is not just a professor but also makes beautiful films,” said Noujaim. 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Three filmmakers nominated separately for this years Oscar for best feature documentary credit Moss for inspiring them to greatness. renowned film school, he could not imagine going to a better place to hone his craft of filmmaking. “Robb completely changed the way I shoot things,” he said. “He taught me to take the camera off the track and fully embrace the hand-held aesthetics.” While at Harvard, Rowley and Oppenheimer became good friends. “We lived down the hall from each other, cooked meals together and argued back and forth about films,” said Rowley. “It is remarkable that our careers have evolved in parallel while still being thousands of miles apart.” Oppenheimer was also inspired by Moss. He said professors like Moss and film professor Dusan Makavejev encouraged students to discover their vision, whatever it may be. “I learned at Harvard how to cultivate a kind of sensibility where you form questions in cinematic form and answer those questions in cinematic form,” he said, which is demonstrated in “The Act of Killing.” “Josh was intrigued with the world and the complexity of it even when he was an undergraduate,” Moss said. “He was widely imaginative, the opposite of orthodox,” and that shone in his nominated film, he said. Noujaim, who was originally in the pre-medical program at Harvard, said professors like Moss — whom she considers to be a life-long friend and mentor — developed her passion for film and influenced her decision to switch fields. “What happened at Harvard really set me on my path,” she said. “I took a lot of lessons from my early days with Robb Moss about the importance of collaboration.” Noujaim, said Moss, “has the fearless ability to find subjects.” See PROFESSOR | C4 �Sunday, February 9, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D BLONDIE Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker Today’s answer RETAIL By Norm Feuti HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE By John Hambrock BABY BLUES ZITS By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman PARDON MY PLANET CONCEPTIS SUDOKU By Vic Lee by Dave Green By Dave Green RHYMES WITH ORANGE By Hilary Price 6 3 1 9 4 1 2 2 4 9 7 4 6 7 5 8 5 1 7 8 2 5 3 8 2/08 Difficulty Level Hank Ketcham’s DENNIS THE MENACE THE LOCKHORNS By Bunny Hoest & John Reiner By Bil and Jeff Keane Make the Switch to DISH Today and Save Up To 50% Call Now and Ask How! 1-800-401-1670 All offers require 24-month commitment and credit qualification.Call 7 days a week 8am - 11pm EST Promo Code: MB0913 *Offer subject to change based on premium movie channel availability Today’s Solution THE FAMILY CIRCUS Promotional prices ly ... starting at on FREE OVER 30 PREMIUM MOVIE CHANNELS mo. ths for 12 monHo pper Not eligible wi2 th or iPad offer. 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The birthday of what’s called the world’s first action figure is being celebrated this month by collectors and the toy maker that introduced it just before the nation plunged into the quagmire that would become the Vietnam War — a storm it seems to have weathered pretty well. Since Hasbro brought it to the world’s attention at the annual toy fair in New York City in early 1964, G.I. Joe has undergone many changes, some the result of shifts in public sentiment for military-themed toys, others dictated by the marketplace. Still, whether it’s the original “movable fighting man” decked out in the uniforms of the four branches of the U.S. military, or today’s scaled-down products, G.I. Joe remains a popular brand. “Joe stood for everything that was meant to be good: fighting evil, doing what’s right for people,” said Alan Hassenfeld, the 65-year-old former CEO for Pawtucket, R.I.-based Hasbro Inc., whose father, Merrill, oversaw G.I. Joe’s development in 1963. But it’s Don Levine, then the company’s head of research and development, who is often referred to as the “father” of G.I. Joe for shepherding the toy through design and development. Levine and his team came up with an 11½inch articulated figure with 21 moving parts, and since the company’s employees included many military veterans, it was decided to outfit the toy in the uniforms of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force, with such accessories as guns, helmets and vehicles. Levine, who served in the Army in Korea, said he got the idea for the moveable figure as a way to honor veterans. But he and his team knew the product wasn’t in Hasbro’s usual mold, and it took years of pitches before Merrill Hassenfeld gave it the company’s full backing. “Most boys in the ’60s had a father or a relative who was or had been in the military,” said Patricia Hogan, curator at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, home to the National Toy Hall of Fame. “Once you’ve bought Joe, you need to buy all the accessories and play sets and add-ons, which was great for business.” Chelsea Renee Greeno and Timothy Pucket Greeno-Puckett to marry in April Chelsea Renee Greeno and Timothy Puckett, of Jackson, Ohio, will be united in marriage on April 27, 2014. The bride attended Meigs High School, graduated from Jackson High School and is attending University of Phoenix. She is the daughter of Michele and Dwayne Barley, of Rutland, Ohio. The groom graduated from Wellston High School. The wedding will be April 27, 2014, at the same place the bride’s parents were married — on Sidehill Road in Rutland with Rodney DeWeese officiating the ceremony. The maid of honor will be Tiffany Francis, of Athens. Bridesmaids are Brandi Puckett, of The Plains, and Maggie Barley, of Rutland. The flower girl is Nevaeh. The best man is Bubba Francis, of Rutland. Groomsmen are Joe Holtzz and Corey Mahley, both of Jackson. A reception will follow the wedding at the same location. Kyle Michael Curry and Hannah Ruth Workman Workman-Curry 4@FA=6îE@îH65 GALLIPOLIS — Mike and Eva Leah Curry, of Gallipolis, are happy to announce the engagement of their son Kyle Michael Curry to Hannah Ruth Workman, daughter of Doug and Vickie Workman, of Point Pleasant. The groom-to-be graduated from Gallia Academy High School in 2005 and earned a bachlor’s degree in nursing from Rio Grande University and a Master’s of Science degree in nursing from Marshall University. He works as a family nurse practitioner at Blodgett Dermatology in Bidwell, Ohio. The bride-to-be graduated from Point Pleasant High School in 2009 and is currently finishing her undergraduate education at Marshall University, where she will graduate this May with a bachelor’s degree in English education. The couple plans to reside in Point Pleasant. The wedding will take place at 3:30 p.m. June 14, 2014, at New Hope Bible Baptist Church in Point Pleasant. Fly From Page C2 Spirit’s fleet. He undercuts other airlines on base ticket prices, but turns a profit by packing more passengers into planes and then charging them extra for almost everything, except the cabin air. It’s a strategy that consistently produces one of the best profit margins in the industry. Each player starts our game with $50, which Baldanza doled out before we arrived. I grab my stack. “Do you mind if I count my money? It’s not that I don’t trust you…” Before I can finish, Gabel chimes in: “We all did too.” Passengers don’t necessarily trust Spirit either. They are attracted by low fares but then compelled to play a game of dodging fees. Some drive to the airport to avoid paying up to $16.99 extra each way to book online. Customer service is notoriously lacking, something Baldanza attributes to keeping costs low so tickets are affordable. Each boarding pass Think your pet is picture purr fect? printed by an agent at the ticket counter costs $10. A bottle of water, free on most airlines, costs $3. Spirit has 24 different types of baggage fees, including ones for placing a carry-on bag in the overhead bin. So, it’s not surprising that Baldanza sees revenue opportunity where others see controversy. Would he allow in-flight cellphone conversations if the government lifts its prohibition? “Sure,” he says without hesitation. “If we can make money at it.” He notes that those fees would allow for lower ticket prices. He knows — and doesn’t care — that most Americans oppose such calls. “People are only annoyed for a while,” Baldanza counters. “They were annoyed that (Spirit’s) seats didn’t recline.” I soon learn that Baldanza ran a mini-training camp at lunch the prior day, teaching his executives how to play Power Grid. They even discussed letting me win— but then decided not to be that generous. I was at a major disadvantage. “I feel like the guy who shows up at the airport not realizing that Spirit charges for carry-on bags,” I mutter. “You shouldn’t have bought your ticket on Orbitz,” Baldanza shoots back. Transparency remains one of Spirit’s biggest challenges. Passengers booking through the airline’s website typically understand Spirit’s business model. Those booking through third-party sites often don’t learn of the extra charges until they arrive at the airport. For instance, passengers who fail to pay in advance for large carry-on bags are dinged $100 at the gate. Baldanza recognizes that Spirit needs to be “a little friendlier, meaning that more and more of our customers actually understand the model.” He’s making a big push this year to better align expectations with reality. As he buys up cities on the board game, Baldanza’s Cutest Pet Contest Enter our & your pet could win the $150 grand prize. Submit S ub bmit it your pet pet’s t’s ph t’s t’ photo ho hoto h oto o ot to & nli liin n ne e at contest entry form online mydailytribune.com, mydailysentinel.com tit or mydailyregister.com now. Enter early, voting starts MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH! MARK PORTER CHEVROLET BUICK GMC MAKING CAR DREAMS COME TRUE – CAR FAIRY – 2014 CRUZE Sign & Drive Event 60479734 $199/MONTH With approved credit. Taxes, Title and Fees due at signing. 39 month low-mileage lease. AP Photo Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza, center, and DeAnne Gabel, director Investor relations, right, prepare to play a game of Power Grid at Baldanza’s home, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. of fuel the day they fly. “It just takes out a huge risk,” he says. “I don’t know that we’ll ever get there, but the idea of being able to make fuel a true passthrough would be revolutionary for the industry.” We take a break from the game for dinner. Baldanza has set out barbeque beef and chicken, corn muffins, potato salad, baked beans and mac and cheese — the type of food fliers can only dream of. Other airlines are trying to win over passengers by adding individual TVs, power outlets, larger overhead bins and Wi-Fi. The battle is even fiercer in the premium cabins of flights between New York and Los Angeles and San Francisco. There, airlines are adding lie-flat beds previously only seen on international routes. Baldanza thinks it’s all foolhardy. “At the end, when everybody has the lie-flat seats, all they did was raise their costs for the same traffic base,” he says. “The allure of a temporary share gain ends up costing the industry.” This from a guy who sells ads for timeshares and casinos on overhead bins. Baldanza refilled our iced tea and diet sodas and noted nobody had touched the wine in a box I brought. It seemed like the perfect gift for a CEO who sells wine in a can on flights; though he apparently doesn’t like the taste. “It’s too sweet,” Baldanza says. But there is a market for it: “People who buy wine spritzers.” More than two hours into the game, I start to get the hang of it. Unfortunately, Baldanza snags a few more cities and wins. Nobody is surprised. As I help him clean up, we discuss the future of his airline. Spirit currently has 54 planes and plans to expand to 143 within seven years. Latin America helped drive Spirit’s growth but Baldanza sees its importance decreasing. Professor From Page C2 740-992-6614 or 1-800-837-1094 308-318 E. Main, Pomeroy, OH 45769 IT'S THE CHEVY MODEL YEAR END EVENT! reasoning becomes clearer: If passengers see the fees as potential enhancements rather than punitive charges, they might be willing to buy more. Earlier in the day, I visited Spirit’s headquarters — which incidentally sits next to a collection agency in a Miramar, Fla. office park. While there, I spied a framed copy of a profile I did of Baldanza three years ago with the headline: “Meet America’s king of airline fees.” The word “fees” is covered up with a piece of paper saying “options.” During a pause in the game, I ask him about the change. “We’re not adding more fees anymore,” Baldanza says. “We’re selling people more things that they never would have considered part of the base ticket.” That means hotels and car rentals for now and maybe scuba diving tours, Cirque du Soleil tickets or ski packages in the future. Baldanza also plans to change the structure of some existing fees, increasing or decreasing the price of checking a bag or picking a seat based on demand. “The idea that a bag is more expensive at Christmas than it is in September hasn’t really been broached yet,” Baldanza says. Baldanza’s ultimate dream — if the government would let him — would be to create two components of a ticket: the price of fuel and everything else. Passengers would pay more or less, depending on the cost “People trust her and respond to her and that allows her to get deeper into the world she is filming,” he said. Another Moss protege and recent graduate, Damien Chazelle, 29, won the grand jury prize and the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival last week for his film, “Whiplash,” about a jazz drummer and his ruthless instructor. “Whiplash” is one of only two feature films Chazelle has made since graduating. And Moss continues to influence aspiring directors today. Kendra McLaughlin-Norton, 20, is a Harvard junior who is not surprised by the stellar success of Moss’ students. “He shaped the way I look through a camera,” said McLaughlin-Norton, who has taken three classes with him and is his advisee. “I think of him every time I shoot.” Moss, who will watch the Oscars anxiously from home, would not venture to suggest who will win. “Who wins doesn’t matter,” he said. “Their work is so wonderful that winning an Academy will not change that.” The Oscars, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, will air March 2 at 7 p.m. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 02. February Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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