https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/61d60e0a31e734307a2865ed2dbe87bb.pdf f40ae4eaba01376bba1dc51364884657 PDF Text Text Trying to avoid rabid dogs. 5 land on All-Ohio football Rain showers. High around 45. Low near 34. WEATHER s 5 OPINION s 4 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 193, Volume 64 Thursday, December 4, 2014 s 50¢ Plea entered in assault case By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT — A plea has been entered in the case of a Pomeroy, Ohio, man accused of assaulting a man at the Mason County Fair in 2013. The trial of Allen R. Brickles, 22, was set to go Tuesday morning with a pool of jurors waiting to be chosen to hear the case when Brickles accept- ed a plea deal from the Mason County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office at the eleventh hour. Brickles pleaded guilty to the felony offense of unlawful assault, a lesser included offense as contained in count one of the indictment against him. Brickles, along with James M. Gray V, 21 and Garrett C. Hall, 19, also of Pomeroy, were charged in a joint indictment last year after an incident that allegedly occurred on the Mason County Fairgrounds during the county fair Aug. 9, 2013. Brickles, Gray and Hall were all accused of committing assault by allegedly maliciously wounding L.D. Pyles, age and address unreported, and causing bodily injury to Pyles with the intent to permanently maim, disfigure, disable or kill him. Brickles was indicted for alleged malicious assault, con- spiracy, battery (five counts), destruction of property (two counts), public intoxication and underage consumption. Both Gray and Hall were indicted for alleged malicious assault, conspiracy, battery, destruction of property, public intoxication and underage consumption. As reported earlier, Gray and Hall have both entered guilty pleas to the misdemeanor offense of battery. According to their plea agreements, in exchange for the plea of guilty to battery, the state will move the court to dismiss the other counts against Gray and Hall. Brickles will next appear before Judge Thomas C. Evans, III, at 11:30 a.m., Jan. 12, 2015. Representing the state was Prosecuting Attorney R. Craig Tatteson while Brickles was represented by Attorney Lee F. Benford, II. Reach Beth Sergent at 304-675-1333, ext. 1992 or on Twitter @BSergentWrites. Stuff the Turkey AEP customers should expect outages Sunday By Lindsay Kriz lkriz@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Pomeroy village residents are set to experience an outage between 8-11 p.m. Sunday for AEP repairs, as discussed during this week’s village council meeting. Mayor Jackie Welker said the outage will allow AEP employees to replace lines heading into a potentially bad winter, which he said will hopefully prevent any outages during inclement weather. The council’s ordinance committee also approved a $16 increase to the village’s sewer base rate. The base rate as of Jan. 1, 2015, will go from $8 monthly to $24 monthly. “The council had struggled with this because it’s such a tremendous rate increase,” Welker said. “However, the last rate increase was in 2007, from $5 to $8, with no annual inflation increase. Sewer is just behind, and according to our new fiscal officer, that is what we need. We’re not necessarily happy but we had to do it. We didn’t have a choice.” As an effort to help with the village’s costs, council asked for a temporary removal of workers’ uniforms for public works employees, which cost about $2,500 a year until other ways to cut costs can be found. Bruce Wolfe Jr., of Winter Garden, Fla., a former Meigs County resident, has won the bid for the old high school building on Main Street, for the total amount of $20,108. Wolfe has plans to use the building for his company, Wolfe Mountain Entertainment LLC. The structure will hold entertainment events, according to Wolfe’s bid proposal, and is expected to create 115-130 part-time, full-time and seasonal jobs within its first 36 months. No official renovation dates have currently been set. “Village Council is thrilled, as we all should be, with the improvement and investment Mr. Wolfe and Wolfe Mountain Entertainment have planned for the Village of Pomeroy,” Welker said. “I’m confident that the expertise and enthusiasm they bring will provide cultural and quality entertainment, events and services to our residents and those in the entire Ohio Valley. It will also provide a huge economic impact with the proposed addition of 130 local jobs.” Mitch Altier, from M-E Companies, discussed the village’s proposed improvement projects totaling $1.4 million, including a Breezy Heights booster station, an H20 plant upgrade including new filters and softeners, waterline replacement and paving improvements on 2nd Street and booster stations for State Route 833 and Rose Hill going toward Salisbury. Welker added that around this time last year, the village had a Christmas tree in place, but does not currently have one. People who have a tree to donate are encouraged to call Village Hall at 992-2246. Contact Lindsay Kriz at 992-2155 EXT. 2555 or on Twitter @ JournalistKriz. — NEWS Obituaries: 2 Opinion: 4 Weather: 5 Nation: 3 — SPORTS Football: 6 Basketball: 6 — FEATURES Television: 7 Classified: 8 Comics: 9 JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. Submitted photo The Bright Beginnings Learning Center in Middleport recently collected cans for their “Stuff the Turkey” collection. The center is part of the Middleport Church of Christ. Bend Area prepares for CARE Concert have really worked hard to put on a good show. Benefits families “Students The community will really miss out if they don’t come.” in Mason, Meigs — Rachel Reynolds Music teacher at Wahama High School By Mindy Kearns For Ohio Valley Publishing MASON — Nearly 250 students will be combining their musical and artistic talents to help those in need this holiday season when the annual Bend Area CARE Christmas Concert is conducted. Set for 2 p.m. Sunday in the Wahama High School gymnasium, six different school groups will be participating, according to Rachel Reynolds, music teacher at Wahama High School. They include the WHS concert band; WHS chorus; beginning band, made up of students from both Wahama and New Haven Elementary School (NHES); NHES chorus; Tiger Music Orff Ensemble; and WHS art department. All money from the concert admissions will go to the Bend Area CARE organization, which will, in turn, be spent to provide Christmas gifts and food for needy families in Mason and Meigs counties. Admission is $3 per person, or $5 per family. Reynolds said this year’s event will be filled with tradition, such as the band’s annual playing of “Sleigh Ride,” but will also be mixed with some new features. She stated the NHES chorus will include some hand bell selections, and a unique “body percussion” performance will be held. In between each group taking the stage, a visual art slide show from the art department will be shown. “Students have really worked hard to put on a good show,” Reynolds emphasized. “The community will really miss out if they don’t come.” Others assisting with the show, in addition to Reynolds, are Kim Bond, music director at NHES; John Reed, WHS band director; and Susan Parrish, WHS art teacher. According to Leonard Koenig, Bend Area CARE member, the concert comes at a pivotal time of year. The organization recently spent around $12,000 on 64 children (20 families). The concert money will be combined with money remaining in the group’s treasury to provide food vouchers for those families. Koenig said CARE works with the Share-a-Christmas organization, and takes some of the larger families who have applied. Spending approximately $150 on each child, CARE provides a toy, coat, shoes, pants, shirts, underwear, and other items. A food voucher is then given to each family. “We try to help as many kids as we can,” Koenig stated. CARE has a direct line to Santa, as well, with the jolly old elf delivering a lot of the gifts himself to the family’s homes. Other families opt to pick up their packages, Koenig said, with the decision being left to the parents. In addition to the art and music Sunday, those attending will have the opportunity to purchase poinsettias, grown by Bob’s Market and Greenhouses, for $10 each. Funds from this sale will benefit the WHS choir. �LOCAL 2 Thursday, December 4, 2014 OBITUARIES Daily Sentinel DEATH NOTICES FERN L. DANIELS MIDDLEPORT — Fern L. Daniels, 77, of Middleport, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, after a long battle with cancer. She was born Oct. 4, 1937m in Guysville, Ohio, the daughter of the late Orien and Mary Colmer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Robert Daniels; and her sister, Joanne Miller. She is survived by her sons Jeff Daniels and Ed Daniels (Richard McCullough); grandchildren Wendi Parsons (Nick Gang), Todd Daniels (Erica) and Seth Daniels (Jill Mihelich); great-grandchildren Alys- sia and Alexis Parsons, and Emma, Hannah and Robert Daniels; brothers Jerry (Barb) Colmer and Neil (Mary) Colmer; and several nieces and nephews. A memorial visitation will be 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Fern can be made to the Ohio Horsemans Council, Meigs Chapter. A special thanks to A.V.C.N.A. Hospice for their excellent care during the last weeks of Fern’s life. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. BELVILLE PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — Donnie Joe Belville, 75, of Proctorville, passed away Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, at The Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington, W.Va. A celebration of life service will be noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at his home 217 Township Road 1107, Proctorville. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, is assisting the family with arrangements. FISHER GALLIPOLIS — Elizabeth “Liz” Fisher, 80, of Gallipolis, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at Holzer Senior Care Center. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 4-7 p.m. A complete obituary will be published in Friday’s edition. HALLEY GALLIPOLIS — Gloria Jean Halley, 63, of Gallipolis, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at Holzer Medical Center. A memorial service for Jean will be 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Friends may call the funeral home from 2 p.m. until the time of service on Saturday. MATASICH PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — Kentucky Col. Charles M. Matasich, “The Derbyman,” 72, of Proctorville, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. A funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at St. Ann Catholic Church in Chesapeake, Ohio. Burial will follow at Rome Cemetery in Proctorville. MORROW FRAZIERS BOTTOM, W.Va. — Stephanie Lynn Morrow, 47, of Fraziers Bottom, passed away Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, at Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. THORNTON GALLIPOLIS — Margaret Thornton, 84, of Gallipolis, passed away Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at Holzer Medical Center. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, at Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Alvis Pollard and Dr. Fred Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Centenary Cemetery. Friends may call the funeral home on Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. prior to the funeral. SHIRLEY SCHALL GUYSVILLE — Shirley Schall, 75, of Guysville, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. Born June 26, 1939, in Gainesville, Fla., she was the daughter of the late Shellie Smith and Walter Loyle Richardson. She is survived by three daughters, Sherrie Noble, Brandy (Al) Rufat, and Christy Schall; two sons, Tom Schall, and Mark (Cherry) Schall; 23 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; three sisters, Betty Wilkerson, Dorothy Faircloth and Lois Pittman; two brothers, Walter Richardson and Bobby Richardson; and several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas H. Schall; one daughter, Tammy Oberholtzer; and one son, Shelton Schall. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at WhiteSchwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville with the Rev. Okey Ahart officiating. Friends may call the funeral home from 9-11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in New Marshfield Cemetery. Friends may sign the online guest book at whiteschwarzelfh.com. MEIGS LOCAL BRIEFS MHS plans Parent-Teacher Conferences Dec. 4 POMEROY — Students will be bringing home a letter describing the conference scheduling procedure along with information on the conferences. The school would like to encourage all parents and/or guardians to attend that we may keep you informed concerning the progress of your child. Please return the form attached to the letter to the school or call 740-992-2158 by Dec. 4. Title Office Closure POMEROY —The Title Office will be closed Thursday, Dec. 4. Christmas celebration schedule MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Community Association is having their fourth annual Christmas Market on Dec. 6 at the Masonic Lodge/Riverbend Arts Council building on the corner of North Second Avenue and Walnut Street. The market will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Concessions will be sold. Spaces are available for local crafters. Each 8-foot space is $20. Let us know if you need electricity for your display. Contact Deb at 992-5877 or Texanna at 9921121. This is the day of the Middleport Christmas celebration that includes carriage rides, the Big Bend Community Band playing from 4-4:30 p.m., a service by the Middleport Ministerial Association, Christmas carols, and a parade with Santa and Mrs. Claus as the grand marshals. There will be time for the kids to visit with Santa and his wife after the parade. They will be in the same building as the Christmas Market. Civitas Media, LLC MEIGS COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, DEC. 4 SYRACUSE — The Ugly Christmas Sweater Thirty-Ones and Basket Games will take place at the Syracuse Community Center. Proceeds go toward financing kIDs Safe Equipment for the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, and to finance their K-9 mascot costume. Doors open and dinner is available at 5 p.m. Games begin at 6 p.m., with 20 games for $20. Food includes homemade chicken and noodles, taco in a bag, hot dogs and sauce, and more. Basket games include a $500 retail Longaberger coffee table. CHESTER TOWNSHIP — Chester Shade Historical Association will conduct their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the academy. POMEROY — Meigs County Retired Teachers will meet at noon for lunch and a program at the Trinity Congregational Church meeting room on 2nd Street in Pomeroy. Please call 992-3214 by Dec. 2 for lunch reservations. Guests are welcome. A program for Christmas music will be presented by the Meigs Middle School choir. Members are reminded of the service project for December fto bring in books for children and young adults as Christmas gifts. FRIDAY, DEC. 5 POMEROY — The Meigs Chapter 74 of P.E.R.I. will meet at Mulberry Community Center. Dinner will be served at noon. Business meeting will be at 1 p.m. There will be a $5 gift exchange. The report of nominating committee to be given. mas service after the 4:30 p.m. Middleport Christmas parade in the parking lot next to the former Peoples Bank building. POMEROY — All Meigs SATURDAY, DEC. 6 County residents are invited to POMEROY — Laurel Cliff Free participate in the three Christmas Methodist Church will have a contests staged by the Pomeroy benefit from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for Merchants Association. First Darla Hawley. The event will start place prizes of $50 in each of the off with pastries and coffee, and contests will be awarded by the later on the church will be having host bank which will also give a a lunch of hot dogs, baked beans, gift to the second place winner. cole slaw and chips for $5. The candy contest will be SaturNEW HAVEN, W.Va. — The day at People’s Bank. Entries of New Haven Fire Department five pieces on a paper plate with Ladies Auxiliary’s “Christmas identifying information on the Craft Show” will be 10 a.m. to 3 bottom are to be delivered to the p.m. There will be a Christmas bank before noon, at which time parade at 11 a.m with Santa Claus the judging will take place. The at the station after the parade. cookie contest will be Dec. 13 at Door prizes will be awarded to the Ohio Valley Bank location in visitors. For more information, Save-A-Lot; and the craft and crecontact Shelby Duncan at 304ative art contest will be Dec. 20 882-2814. at Farmer’s Bank in Pomeroy. For MIDDLEPORT — Feeney more information contact CharBennett Post 128 of the Amerilene Hoeflich, contest chairman. can Legion will be leading the POMEROY — Star Grange 778 Middleport Christmas parade. and Star Junior Grange 878 will All veterans wishing to ride the meet with potluck supper at 6:30 float in the parade are welcome p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 and encouraged to participate and p.m. All members and interested should meet at 4:30 p.m. at the persons are urged to attend. Middleport Dairy Queen. Then on SUNDAY, DEC. 7 Sunday, Dec. 7, the Feeney BenHEMLOCK GROVE —The nett Post will be paying tribute to Coolville Community Choir will the casualties of Pearl Harbor at be performing at the Christian 7:30 a.m. at the Middleport Levy. Church at 7 p.m. All veterans are urged to attend. RACINE — Racine American MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Minesterial Association will Legion Post 602 will be having a be providing a live nativity Christ- dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Farm Bureau annual meeting slated COLUMBUS — Taxes and environmental stewardship will be among the top issues addressed during the 96th annual meeting of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation on Dec. 10-12 in Columbus. The state’s largest and most inclusive farm organization will conduct its annual policy meeting, provide leadership training and celebrate the accomplishments of its members and county farm bureaus. More than 700 members and guests are expected to attend. During the business meeting, 347 delegates representing all of the state’s county farm bureaus will establish the group’s public policy priorities for the coming year. Delegates are expected to discuss a variety of state tax issues including the Current Agricultural Use Value program. Delegates also will likely address agriculture’s role in protecting the state’s water quality. Other expected policy considerations include agriculture’s relationship with Ohio State University, rural crime, energy development, education and school funding and rural utilities and phone service. Also during the business session, results of a yearlong OFBF membership task force study will be presented for delegate consideration. Attendees will hear addresses from OFBF President Steve Hirsch, Executive Vice President Jack Fisher and Nationwide CEO Steve Rasmussen. Individuals will be recognized for their contributions to the organization. Top performing county farm bureaus will be honored and several long-time agricultural leaders will be presented with Distinguished Service Awards. The second annual Ohio Farm and Food Leadership Forum will be Dec. 10 in conjunction with OFBF’s annual meeting. The daylong event gives attendees training in leadership and community building as well as provides sessions offering insights into key current affairs. Real-time reports and posts from the annual meeting will be online at http://ofb.ag/AnnualMeetingSocial. Ohio Farm Bureau was formed in 1919 with the idea that farmers working together could solve community problems. That approach continues today as the organization pursues its goal of building a partnership between farmers and consumers. (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes Tuesday through Saturday. Please call for more information on local pricing. 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AG offers year-end charitable giving tips COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office has a few charitable giving tips for Ohioans who will donate to charity this holiday season. “We encourage Ohioans to give generously to their favorite charities, and we know that many will do so,” DeWine said. “We also want to make sure that donors’ contributions will end up in the right hands. Giving directly to a charity you are familiar with is often the best way to donate. If you aren’t familiar with an organization, check it out before you contribute.” DeWine encourages Ohioans to determine in advance which charity or charities to support. Developing a plan allows donors to research organizations before making payments and to respond to unexpected requests by explaining that they already have a donation plan in place. Most charitable organizations that operate in Ohio or solicit Ohioans for donations must file with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, and more than 36,000 organizations have filed. The Attorney General’s Charitable Law provides oversight to make sure donations are not misappropriated and that charitable proceeds are used for charitable purposes. See TIPS | 5 �NATION Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 4, 2014 3 Air bag maker refuses to expand recall coast to coast By Dee-Ann Durbin and Marcy Gordon ABOUT THE RECALL Associated Press WASHINGTON — Japan’s Takata Corp. rejected federal regulators’ demand Wednesday for an expanded, nationwide recall of millions of air bags, setting up a possible legal showdown and leaving some drivers to wonder about the safety of their cars. Amid the standoff, Honda Motor Co. decided to act on its own and recall cars with the potentially defective equipment in all 50 states. But other automakers have yet to make a decision. At issue are air bags whose inflators can explode with too much force, hurling shrapnel into the passenger compartment. At least five deaths and dozens of injuries have been linked to the problem worldwide. Over the past six years, Takata and 10 automakers issued a series of recalls covering 8 million cars in the U.S., mostly in highhumidity areas such as the Gulf Coast, because of evidence that moisture can cause the propellant to burn too quickly. But after incidents in California and North Carolina, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began pressing for the recall of 8 million more vehicles from coast to coast — a demand that Takata flatly rejected. “There’s not enough scientific evidence to change from a regional recall to a national recall,” Hiroshi Shimizu, Takata senior vice president of global quality assurance, told a House subcommittee on Capitol Hill. Takata also contends that NHTSA has authority to seek recalls only from auto manufacturers and makers of replace- The Associated Press J. Scott Applewhite | AP Hiroshi Shimizu, senior vice president of global quality assurance at Takata, center left, joined by Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America, second right, and Craig Westbrook. vice president for aftersales for BMW of North America, right, testifies before the House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. Takata Corp. defied the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s demand for a nationwide recall of driver’s side air bags. ment parts, not from original parts suppliers — a position NHTSA contests. Shimizu insisted that the air bags are safe: “I would drive a car with a Takata air bag.” David Friedman, NHTSA deputy administrator, said he was “deeply disappointed” by Takata’s response. The agency is now gathering proof that a recall is needed, which it will present at a public hearing. After that, NHTSA could order Takata to undertake a recall, and could take the company to court if it refuses. But Friedman acknowledged that could take months. “It’s time for industry to step up,” Friedman told lawmakers. “Until (Takata) and automakers act, affected drivers won’t be protected.” The stalemate is likely to add to the confusion among car owners, many of whom are already bewildered because some of the recalls have covered driver’s-side air bags, while others applied to passenger-side air bags, and a few covered both. The NHTSA-demanded recalls would involve driver’s-side air bags. At Wednesday’s hearing, Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, the panel’s senior Democrat, said she has received letters from constituents “who are literally afraid to drive their cars.” Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., warned that driving a car with a Takata air bag is “tantamount to driving down the highway with a shotgun pointed at you.” Drivers whose cars have been recalled should have received notices in the mail. A driver can also key in the vehicle’s identification number at www.safercar.gov or call the dealer to see if the car is covered. But for those outside the recall zone who want to know if their air bags are safe, things get trickier. It’s difficult to tell if a car has a Takata air bag inflator. Car owners can try asking their dealer, but even they may not know. Honda is Takata’s larg- est customer, but the company also made air bags for Ford, Chrysler, Mazda and BMW. Mazda said Wednesday that it will probably expand its recall. Ford said it is cooperating with NHTSA, but didn’t announce plans for any wider recall. BMW said it is evaluating the situation. Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America, said Honda is acting even though Takata hasn’t identified problems beyond the current recall areas. Honda didn’t say how many vehicles will be recalled, but the recall includes its most popular vehicles, including the 2001-07 Accord and the 2002-06 CR-V SUV. “Our customers have concerns and we want to address them,” Schostek said. Lawmakers expressed frustration that, after a decade, Takata still isn’t certain about the cause of the explosions. They also questioned whether the replacement air bags made by Takata will be safe. Cop in videotaped death: No intent to harm By Tom Hays and Colleen Long considered a range of charges, from murder to a lesser offense such as Associated Press reckless endangerment. “I am actually astonished based on NEW YORK — A white New the evidence of the videotape, and York City police officer was cleared the medical examiner, that this grand Wednesday in the chokehold death jury at this time wouldn’t indict for of an unarmed black man stopped on anything,” said a lawyer for Garner’s suspicion of selling loose, untaxed family, Jonathan Moore. cigarettes — a case that sparked outGarner’s family planned a news rage and drew comparisons to the conference later in the day with the deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Rev. Al Sharpton. Mayor Bill de BlaMissouri. sio canceled his planned appearance The decision by the Staten Island at the annual Rockefeller Christmas grand jury not to indict Officer Dan- tree lighting to hold a news conferiel Pantaleo added to the tensions ence at a Staten Island church while that have simmered in the city since citywide protests started to gather the July 17 death of Eric Garner. steam. In the neighborhood where Garner “Today’s outcome is one that died, people reacted with angry dis- many in our city did not want,” he belief and chants of “Eric Garner.” said in a statement. “Yet New York His father, Benjamin Carr, urged City owns a proud and powerful calm and said the ruling made no tradition of expressing ourselves sense. through nonviolent protest.” “It’s just a license to kill a black City leaders weighed in, some man,” he said, calling the justice sys- expressing sadness and outrage and tem “not worth a damn.” urging a federal probe. City Council’s Jennie Chambers works nearby Black, Latino and Asian Caucus and saw Garner daily. denounced the decision. “Cold-blooded murder!” she said. “Our thoughts and prayers go out “We saw it on TV, it’s on video. The to the Garner family who now join whole world saw it. Ferguson, now the ranks of the families of Emmett us.” Till, Trayvon Martin and Mike In his first public comments on Brown who have not only tragithe death, Pantaleo said he prays cally lost a son, husband and father, for Garner’s family and hopes they but have now been denied justice,” accept his condolences. according to a statement. “I became a police officer to help A video shot by an onlooker people and to protect those who and widely viewed on the Internet can’t protect themselves,” he said in showed the 43-year-old Garner tellthe written statement. “It is never ing a group of police officers to leave my intention to harm anyone and I him alone as they tried to arrest him. feel very bad about the death of Mr. Pantaleo responded by wrapping his Garner.” arm around Garner’s neck in what Police union officials and Pantaappeared to be a chokehold, which is leo’s lawyer argued that the officer banned under NYPD policy. used a takedown move taught by The heavyset Garner, who had the police department, not a banned asthma, was heard repeatedly gaspmaneuver, because Garner was ing, “I can’t breathe!” resisting arrest. They said his poor A second video surfaced that health was the main reason he died. showed police and paramedics Staten Island District Attorney appearing to make no effort to revive Daniel Donovan said the grand jury Garner while he lay motionless on found “no reasonable cause” to bring the ground. He later died at a hospital. charges. The grand jury could have As with 18-year-old Michael Brown’s death in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, the Garner case sparked protests, accusations of racist policing and calls for federal prosecutors to intervene. But unlike the Missouri protests, the demonstrations in New York remained mostly peaceful. The case also prompted Police Commissioner William Bratton to order officers at the nation’s largest police department to undergo retraining on use of force. The medical examiner ruled Garner’s death a homicide and found that a chokehold contributed to it. A forensic pathologist hired by Garner’s family, Dr. Michael Baden, agreed with those findings, saying there was hemorrhaging on Garner’s neck indicative of neck compressions. While details on the grand jurors were not disclosed, Staten Island is the most politically conservative of the city’s five boroughs and home to many police and firefighters. Donovan said the investigation was four months long and included 38 interviews and 22 witness accounts. The panel began hearing evidence in late September, including the video, autopsy results and testimony by Pantaleo. He filed a court order to release information on the investigation. Pantaleo had been stripped of his gun and badge and placed on desk duty while the case was under investigation. Bratton said Pantaleo would be suspended while the NYPD conducts an internal probe that could result in administrative charges. In anticipation of the announcement on the grand jury decision, police officials met with community leaders on Staten Island to head off a repeat of the response in Ferguson, where a grand jury decided not to indict the white officer who shot the black teen. Demonstrations there resulted in more than 100 arrests and destruction of 12 commercial buildings by fire. Here are some questions and answers about the recalls: Q: How can I find out if my car has been recalled? A: Dozens of models made by BMW, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota dating to the 2001 model year are covered. You should have received a recall notice from your automaker. Also, you can go to www.safercar.gov and key in your vehicle identification number, which normally is printed on your registration and stamped on the dashboard. That will tell you if your car is being recalled. You can also call your dealer. Honda is Takata’s largest customer, and has so far recalled over 5 million vehicles in the U.S. alone Q: Why are some of the recalls just in areas with high humidity? A: Government investigators and Takata officials believe that prolonged exposure to moisture in the air makes the inflator chemical, ammonium nitrate, burn too fast, creating too much pressure. That can cause the metal inflator canisters to shatter, spewing shrapnel into drivers and passengers. They’re still conducting tests on inflators replaced by dealers to figure out what level of humidity causes the problem. Initially the recall areas were limited to Florida, Puerto Rico, areas near the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Louisiana, as well as Guam, Saipan, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands and Hawaii. Q: I live outside the recall areas, but the humidity is still high. Is my car safe? A: The short answer is no one is sure because the problem is still under investigation. This has some car owners confused and worried. Investigators think they have found a concentration of defective inflators inside the high-humidity zone. But there are still a lot of humid locations outside those areas. Takata says the cars are safe if they’re outside the high-humidity area. It’s difficult to tell if your car has a Takata air bag inflator. You can try asking your dealer, but even they may not know. Q: Why doesn’t the government just order a national recall of all Takata air bag inflators? A: Safety regulators say two incidents outside of current recall zones involving driver’s side air bags are cause for a national recall. Takata disagrees. That could mean civil fines and a court date for Takata. Regulators can go to court to force Takata to do a recall, but they have to hold a public hearing first. Q: What’s next? A: Other automakers are deciding whether to join Honda in a national driver’s side recall. And the investigation will continue into passenger side problems. Takata could wind up being fined and face court action for defying the government’s demands. Takata said it has tested 1,057 inflators taken from locations outside the high-humidity zone, and none of them ruptured. Wednesday’s hearing was the second in Congress regarding Takata air bags. Earlier this year, Congress held a series of highly publicized hear- ings into General Motors’ handling of a recall of cars with defective ignition switches that are now linked to 36 deaths. “I’m sorry to say that it has been a bad year for auto safety,” Rep. Fred Upton, R-Michigan, said at the opening of the hearing. Iran launches airstrikes in Iraq against IS By Ken Dilanian and Vivian Salama Associated Press WASHINGTON — Iranian jets have carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq in recent days, Pentagon officials and independent analysts say, underscoring the strange alliances generated by the war against the extremist group that has beheaded Americans and killed and terrorized Iraqi civilians. Washington and Tehran are locked in tough negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. But the two adversaries have been fighting parallel campaigns on the same side in Iraq to defend the Shiite-dominated government — and the region’s Kurds — from IS militants who seized a large section of the country. It has long been known that Iranian troops and advisers have been fighting alongside Iraqi forces, but until this week there had been no confirmation of Iranian air activity. The timing and nature of the strikes are not clear, but a senior U.S. official said they occurred in Diyala province, which extends from northeast Baghdad to the Iranian border. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose that information. The Qatari-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera filmed a jet flying over Iraq on Nov. 30 that was identified by Jane’s Defence Weekly as an American-made F-4 Phantom. The Phantom, a twin-engine fighter bomber that was sold to Iran’s U.S.-backed shah in the 1970s, was last produced by McDonnell Aircraft Corp. in 1981. Iran in the 1980s fought a brutal, ultimately stalemated war with Iraq when that country was led by Saddam Hussein and his Sunni-controlled Baath Party. But the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam left an Iraqi government closely aligned with Iran. A majority of Iraqis are Shiite, as are most Iranians. The Islamic State group, which also controls parts of Syria, is led by Sunni extremists and has attracted many Sunnis who felt disenfranchised by Baghdad. In public, U.S. officials have walked a careful line over the strikes, while Iranian officials have flatly denied them. Neither side has an interest in appearing to cooperate with the other. America’s Arab allies in the fight against the Islamic State, including Sunni-led Saudi Arabia and Qatar, would not want to be seen as fighting alongside Shiite Iran against a group of Sunni militants. �E ditorial 4 Thursday, December 4, 2014 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW U.S. economy under foreign cyberattack The remake of the musical “Annie” premiered Sunday on the unlawful file-sharing site, the Pirate Bay, nearly three weeks before the Sony Pictures Entertainment film was scheduled to open in theaters nationwide. There are suspicions that the brazen act of piracy, which included not only “Annie,” but at least four other films, is related to the cyberattack Hollywood’s biggest studio suffered last week, which compromised Sony’s computer system and apparently left its films vulnerable to online leaks. Sony declared the piracy “a criminal matter.” And the studio has enlisted the assistance of the FBI to track down the culprits. Meanwhile, this latest cyberattack upon a major U.S. company can only further undermine public confidence in computer transactions they make in the wake of similar such attacks the past year and a half on a plethora of companies across a number of industries. Kmart disclosed in October that its payment system had been compromised by malware, exposing customer credit card and debit card numbers. Then came Staples’ announcement, also in October, that, like Kmart, its payments had an “issue involving credit card data.” In September, hackers stole the credit card numbers of 56 million Home Depot customers. And, in July, the phone numbers and email addresses of 83 million JP Morgan Chase account holders were exposed to hackers. On an episode that aired Sunday on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” the CEO of the cybersecurity firm FireEye estimated that 97 percent of all large companies “are getting breached.” Companies “can’t spend money or hire enough people to solve the problem,” said Dave DeWalt. The omnipresent threat of cyberattacks upon major U.S. firms may not equal economic terrorism, but it is in the neighborhood. As such, threat assessments of such attacks, which often originate in Russia, China and, possibly in the case of Sony, North Korea, ought to rank just below that of an attack upon the nation’s transportation network. Indeed, Mr. DeWalt told “60 Minutes” that his firm tracks assaults on its client corporations with a real-time map showing the cyberattacks originate and their targets. “It’s an eerie throwback,” he said, “to Cold War illustrations of what a nuclear missile attack might look like, but with cyber attacks.” The analogy is apt. America’s enemies today do not attack with missiles or armies. Most choose, instead, to use computer bugs to attack the pillars of the U.S. economy. Reprinted from the Orange County (Calif.) Register. The Daily Sentinel Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. Have story ideas or suggestions? Call us at: 740.992.2155 THEIR VIEW Trying to avoid rabid dogs in the path ity is kicked aside in favor The great feeling of of financial matters or the gloom and defeat that has spoils of miniature war — followed the midterm elecusually private entertaintion is accompanied less by ment or public braggadocio the residue of defeat than by made recognizable in the a feeling of entrapment on a form of a limousine, a barbwire fence of bad will. Stanley private jet or a home big One can easily see it on enough to show different the faces of so many comCrouch KingFeatures time zones at work (parodymentators and their mildly columnist ing his own personal wealth, gloating guests, which is Stepin Fetchit bragged not surprising, because that when it was noon in Americans — in the newest one room, it was three o’clock in chapter of nationalized narcissism — have as much trouble with another!) Hip-hop began as minstrelsy victory as with loss in any grand with a backbeat, then suddenly struggle. turned into poetry and so-called The scuffle for the soul of this nation is far from grand, because a reports from the streets. So this was a way to revive ethnic insults grand struggle is the result of two opponents possessed of something almost beaten into water by finetuned criticism. Exploitation is close to nobility. It’s an almost always inventive. Nothing can stop gorgeous design that rises about it for long. the common, the petty or those The American and global marignoble types so bloated and drunk kets love different versions of with own power that even their pornography and will not allow enemies cannot accurately see, pornography to be challenged in hear or understand what they are the name of some kind of love. facing. Worse is the fact that their faith- Self-love is plenty good enough. It is described as a form of asserful followers have no grasp of the tion. In fact, the members of the leaders and their intentions, as hip-hop mob would have been well as how many things they are willing to sacrifice, from the inani- stopped by “mighty whitey” — the rabid dog keeping women in their mate to the misled human beings place, or feeling excited when who go along as if salivating to be they stepped away from the highat an athletic event. fashion world, putting on black But as Albert Murray once lipstick, black nail polish and all of pointed out, the substance of an the other things that make them athletic event is to show that vicsome kind of “wild” women, as tory can be achieved and defeat they once were called. endured with a mutual version So our country loves to rebel of nobility or grace. However, things go quite wrong when nobil- — even against our better, braver selves. The great tennis player Arthur Ashe put whippings on many throughout his career, but he died from AIDS, one of the first to prove that the disease could be passed on through blood transfusion. He often was praised for keeping his cool in a world that would not allow “revolutionary liberation” — sounding and acting like a rapper, corroborating every stereotype imposed on black men at large. The exact opposite worked for the GOP. Redneck hostility toward President Barack Obama was quite based on a new version of racism disguised as a strong version of conservatism. The trouble is, of course, that there are many black hustlers who will use — and have used — that word in a way that allows race to be inserted in many discussions. Take, for example, Rush Limbaugh, who was always mad but seemed to get even madder because the black athletes wanted to be traded away if Big Rush took over part of an NFL franchise. Then there is Sen. Mitch McConnell, who let the bridges and roads of Kentucky fall apart instead of working with the president and bettering his state. His basic policy was “Rebel! Rebel! Rebel!” Now that the GOP has taken the Hill, the Democrats need to learn how to fight with weapons made from the truth. That might actually shock the whole country. Stanley Crouch can be reached by email at crouch.stanley@gmail.com. TODAY IN HISTORY... Today is Thursday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2014. There are 27 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 4, 1984, a five-day hijack drama began as four armed men seized a Kuwaiti airliner en route to Pakistan and forced it to land in Tehran, where the hijackers killed American passenger Charles Hegna. (A second American, William Stanford, also was killed during the siege before Iranian security seized control of the plane.) On this date: In 1214, Alexander II became King of Scots at age 16 upon the death of his father, William the Lion. In 1619, a group of settlers from Bristol, England, arrived at Berkeley Hundred in present-day Charles City County, Va., where they held a service thanking God for their safe arrival. In 1783, Gen. George Washington bade farewell to his Continental Army officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York. In 1816, James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson left Washington on a trip to France to attend the Versailles Peace Conference. In 1945, the Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations by a vote of 65-7. In 1954, the first Burger King stand was opened in Miami by James McLamore and David Edgerton. In 1965, the United States launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman and Navy Cmdr. James A. Lovell aboard. In 1978, San Francisco got its first female mayor as City Supervisor Dianne Feinstein was named to replace the assassinated George Moscone. Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Ronnie Corbett (TV: “The Two Ronnies”) is 84. Game show host Wink Martindale is 81. Pop singer Freddy Cannon is 78. Actor-producer Max Baer Jr. is 77. Actress Gemma Jones is 72. Rock musician Bob Mosley (Moby Grape) is 72. Singermusician Chris Hillman is 70. Musician Terry Woods (The Pogues) is 67. Rock singer South- side Johnny Lyon is 66. Actor Jeff Bridges is 65. Rock musician Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd; the Rossington Collins Band) is 63. Actress Patricia Wettig is 63. Actor Tony Todd is 60. Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson is 59. Country musician Brian Prout (Diamond Rio) is 59. Rock musician Bob Griffin (The BoDeans) is 55. Rock singer Vinnie Dombroski (Sponge) is 52. Actress Marisa Tomei is 50. Actress Chelsea Noble is 50. Actorcomedian Fred Armisen is 48. Rapper Jay-Z is 45. Actor Kevin Sussman is 44. Actress-model Tyra Banks is 41. Country singer Lila McCann is 33. Actress Lindsay Felton is 30. Actor Orlando Brown is 27. �LOCAL Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 4, 2014 5 Winner of American Legion Auxiliary quilt announced Winner, donates quilt back to group in honor of her Veteran father Staff report POMEROY — The winner of the Pomeroy Drew Webster Post and Unit 39 American Legion Auxiliary quilt raffle has been announced. The winner, whose name was drawn Nov. 30 by Santa Claus at the Pomeroy Christmas Parade, is Karen Walker. She donated the quilt back for the group to reraffle it again in honor of her father, Charles Ed Humphrey, of Reedsville, who is a World War II veteran and former prisoner of war. The larger fruit bowl winner is Bob Caruthers, with the bowl donated by the Post 39 Men. They are now taking orders at $15 each and will be prepared Dec. 20 for deliveries. Call Steve Van Meter at 992-2875 or check with any of the Post 39 men to place orders. The group will re-raffle the quilt again starting immediately, and all the proceeds will allow the group to add additional veterans events at the local nursing homes all year. The group said it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of many area organizations, businesses and individuals. For any questions, call JoAnne Newson at 992-3382. Pictured, from left, are Barb Fry, JoAnne Newsome, Auxiliary president, and Karen Walker (quilt winner). Donations to food pantry Powell arrives at Pleasant Valley Hospital medical staff of the area’s leading health care provider. Caring for POINT PLEASANT — Dr. Bretpeople in the community where I was ton L. Powell is the new physician of raised just seems right,” Powell said. internal medicine at Pleasant Valley “I am excited to be a part of PVH’s Hospital. new partnership with Cabell HuntingDr. Powell has joined the Pleasant ton Hospital and Marshall Health.” Valley Medical Group and is providing Powell Powell practices a wide range of care at Pleasant Valley Hospital with medicine, from preventative health Dr. Robert G. Tayengco. He specializes care with a special interest in men’s health to in internal medicine and provides medical care inpatient critical care. He provides treatment for those 18 and older, with access to highlyfor medical conditions like atrial fibrillation, skilled specialists at PVH, Cabell Huntington COPD, coronary artery disease, depresHospital and Marshall Health. sion, diabetes, heart failure, hypertension, Powell completed residency training in pneumonia, renal failure, sepsis, and upper internal medicine at Riverside Methodist respiratory tract infections, as well as other Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He earned his medical conditions. medical doctorate from the Joan C. Edwards Powell is now accepting new patients at School of Medicine at Marshall University in the PVH Medical Office Center at 2414 JefHuntington, W.Va. ferson Ave. in Point Pleasant. “It is truly humbling to have this opportunity For more information or to schedule an to come back to my hometown and join the appointment, call 304-675-4200. 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For the best local weather coverage, visit www.mydailysentinel.com �Sports Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 4, 2014 s Page 6 QB Joe Burrow 2014 AP Mr. Football Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Athens quarterback Joe Burrow drops back to pass during a 2013 game against Gallia Academy at Memorial Field. Burrow was named the 28th AP Ohio Mr. Football on Wednesday. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Burrow has thrown 301 passes this season. Yet he’s troubled by the only one that was intercepted. “I’m very upset with that one,” said the Athens quarterback, who was announced Wednesday night as the 28th annual winner of the Ohio Associated Press Mr. Football award. A 6-foot-4, 210-pounder headed for Ohio State, Burrow has completed 223 of 301 passes (a 74 percent accuracy rate) for 3,967 yards and 57 touchdowns — and that one, lonely interception. Now Burrow will come to his new hometown for the Division III state championship game on Thursday night against Toledo Central Catholic — sort of his debut at Ohio Stadium. Burrow was selected in balloting by a statewide panel of sports writers. His coach, Ryan Adams, has difficulty naming all the attributes that separate Burrow from other high school quarterbacks. But eventually, it all comes down to one thing. “One of the things that is always kind of in the back of your head as a football coach when you’re thinking about Joe Burrow is that you’re just glad he’s on your sideline,” Adams said. “You do not want him on the other sideline. Because you know he’s going to find a way to beat you. That’s what really makes him special.” He comes from a football family. His father, Jimmy, is the assistant head coach/ defensive coordinator/safeties coach at Ohio University and has been on staff for the past 12 years. His mother, Robin, is an elementary-school teacher and older brothers Jamie and Dan, like their father, played at Nebraska. The family came to Athens in 2005 so Jimmy could work under Frank Solich. See BURROW | 7 Blue Angels baffle Portsmouth By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Now that’s how to close out a win on the road. The Gallia Academy girls basketball team marked 20 points in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s Southeastern Ohio Athletic League opener, en rout to a 60-50 victory over host Portsmouth. The teams were knotted at 13 after the first eight minutes of play, but the Blue Angels (2-0, 1-0 SEOAL) jumped out to a 24-21 at halftime. GAHS held a narrow 40-38 advantage headed into the fourth period, but the Lady Trojans stormed to a four point advantage halfway through the finale. Gallia Academy answered the call and surged back to claim a 60-50 victory. Gallia Academy was led by senior Micah Curfman with 21 points, 18 of which came after halftime. Kendra Barnes added 15 points for the Blue and White, while Makenzie Barr marked nine and Jordan Walker finished with seven. Grace Martin and Jalea Caldwell both posted four points to round out the GAHS scoring. The Blue Angels shot 23-of-59 (39 percent) from the field including 2-of-10 (20 percent) from the three-point range. GAHS was 12-of-28 (42.9 percent) from the free throw stripe, including 8-of-16 (50 percent) in the fourth quarter. As a team Gallia Academy posted 31 rebounds, 17 steals, 10 assists, one block and 17 turnovers. Walker led GAHS with 10 rebounds, followed by Barnes and Curfman with five apiece. Martin pulled down four rebounds and marked the lone Blue Angel rejection. Curfman led the Gallia Academy defense with seven steals, followed by Caldwell and Barnes with three each. Curfman also led the Blue Angels with four assists, followed Barnes with three. Peighton Williams led Portsmouth with 20 points, followed by Jade Jenkins with 12. The Blue Angels will have a chance to sweep PHS when the Lady Trojans visit Gallia County on January 17. GAHS returns to action on Friday when the Blue Angels host Warren in an SEOAL tilt. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, Dec. 4 Girls Basketball Federal Hocking at South Gallia, 7:30 Winfield at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Hannan at Miller, 6 p.m. Wahama at Trimble, 7:30 Waterford at Southern, 7:30 Belpre at Eastern, 7:30 Friday, Dec. 5 Boys Basketball River Valley at Eastern, 7:30 Warren at Meigs, 7:30 Ohio Valley Christian at Calvary Baptist, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball Warren at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Ohio Valley Christian at Calvary Baptist, 6 p.m. Wrestling Point Pleasant at Chief Duals, TBA Saturday, Dec. 6 Boys Basketball Gallia Academy at Portsmouth, 7:30 Green at South Gallia, 7:30 Girls Basketball River Valley vs. Tolsia at URG, 4 p.m. South Gallia vs. Symmes Valley at URG, 1 p.m. Wrestling Gallia Academy at Fairland, 10 a.m. Point Pleasant at Chief Duals, TBA River Valley at Meigs, 10 a.m. Swimming River Valley at Athens, 4:30 Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Gallia Academy senior Dylan Saunders (9) knocks in a first half field goal, while Kole Carter holds the ball during the Blue Devils victory over Chesapeake at Memorial Field. Area lands 5 on D-4 All-Ohio team By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com COLUMBUS, Ohio — Five players from the Ohio Valley Publishing area were selected to the Associated Press Division IV All-Ohio football team, as voted on by a panel of AP sports writers throughout the Buckeye State. Two local programs — Meigs and Gallia Academy — competed at the D-4 level this past fall, and neither team ultimately finished with a winning record. The Marauders finished the gridiron campaign with a 5-5 mark, while the Blue Devils went 4-6 in their first year under head coach Josh Riffe. Four of the five players selected to the All-Ohio squad were special mention choices, with the lone exception being MHS senior Michael Davis. Davis — who accounted for over 2,500 total yards and 33 touchdowns for head coach Mike Bartrum — was a second team choice as a running back. Davis ran 100-or-more yards in six of his 10 outings this past fall, with the expceptions coming against Logan, Nelsonville-York, Athens and Ironton. All four of those games resulted in Marauder losses and three of those teams eventually made the playoffs. Davis — who set a school record with nine touchdowns, 531 allpurpose yards and 352 rushing yards against Fairland in Week 2 — completed the season with 205 carries for 1,591 yards and 22 touchdowns on the ground. Davis hauled in 27 catches for 524 yards and nine scores while also completing 4-of-9 passes for 36 yards and a TD. The 5-foot-9, 175-pound senior also had 26 kick returns for 463 yards and a score. Davis was joined on the All-Ohio Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Meigs senior runningback Michael Davis, left, breaks away from Wellston defender Rodney Brown (70) during a second quarter run Friday night in a Week 9 TVC Ohio matchup at Farmers Bank Stadium in Rocksprings, Ohio. squad by Marauder classmates Ty Phelps and Daylen Neece. Phelps — a linebacker — recorded 55 tackles, two forced fumbles and a sack, while Neece was the primary catalyst for the Meigs’ offensive line. GAHS was represented by senior Dylan Saunders and junior Anthony Sipple. Sipple was the main offensive lineman for the Blue Devils, while Saunders converted 3-of-4 field goals, 20-of-24 extra point kicks and averaged 30.6 yards on 45 punts. Dusty Hayes of Kettering Alter and Parker Carmichael of Wooster Triway were named the D-4 offensive players of the year, while Kraig Howe of Kettering Alter and Jerome Baker of Cleveland Benedictine were the defensive player of the year choices. Scott Hinton of Amanda-Clearcreek, Andrew Connor of Wintersville Indian Creek, Joe Schaefer of Cleveland Benedictine and Beau Carmon of Port Clinton were the coaches of the year in Division IV. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 4, 2014 7 Lady Defenders win season opener, 52-4 By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — A good start to a new season. The Ohio Valley Christian girls basketball jumped out to a 27-0 halftime lead and never looked back Tuesday night following a 52-4 triumph over visiting Covenant in the season opener for both programs in Gallia County. The host Lady Defenders (1-0) led 14-0 after eight minutes of play and followed with a 13-0 surge in the second canto, with all of those points coming from either Bekah Sargent or Rachel Sargent. Bekah, a senior, had 15 markers at the break. OVCS made an 8-2 run in the third for a 35-2 edge, then closed regulation with a 17-2 charge to wrap up the 48-point triumph. The hosts had six different players score in the contest, with Bekah Sargent leading the way with a game-high 25 points — as well as 13 rebounds, eight steals and six blocks. Rachel Sargent was next with 18 points, nine caroms and seven assists, while Emily Carman contributed three points. Ashley Childers, Emily Childers and Morgan Jenkins rounded out the winning tally with two points apiece. Teah Elliott also had eight steals for the Lady Defenders, who were 1-of-2 at the free throw line for 50 percent. Covenant — which did not attempt a single free throw — received two points apiece from Kelsey Belstein and Adrienne Williams during the setback. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2101. Mourners gather for athlete’s funeral Lady COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Days before Ohio State plays in the Big Ten championship game, team buses carried players and coaches to a cathedral where they paid their final respects to a teammate who apparently shot himself in the head after sending a message to his parents saying concussions had addled his mind. Family members, athletes and coaches visibly grieved as they pulled their coats up tight to their collars to fight off the cold as they left the private funeral of Kosta Karageorge, some with tears in their eyes. The Buckeyes’ leading rusher, Ezekiel Elliott, was distraught as he remembered the walk-on nose tackle whose casket he carried from the church. Karageorge would always say, “‘Yeah, baby! Yeah, baby!’ just before coming out on the field to practice every day,” Elliott said before his voice broke with emotion and he walked away. Karageorge, 22, was found dead in a trash bin on Sunday. Four days earlier he had disappeared after sending his parents a text message: “I am sorry if I am an embarrassment but these concussions have my head all f——- up.” Dr. Anahi Ortiz, the Franklin County coroner, had not ruled on the manner of his death but said Karageorge had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. A handgun was found in the large steel container with him, police said, just a couple of hundred yards from his apartment near campus. Karageorge’s mother told police he’d had several concussions and a few spells of extreme confusion. The coroner said a special examination will be done of Karageorge’s brain to look for any traumatic injury. Fellow football players have described the 6-foot-3, 273-pound Karageorge as a hard-working and enthusiastic athlete who often stayed for extra practice. His position coach, defensive line coach Larry Johnson, Tornadoes fend off Fed Hock By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com Jay LaPrete | AP Mourners enter The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral for the funeral of Ohio State football player Kosta Karageorge on Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio. Karageorge, who had been missing for several days, was found dead Sunday. was among the first off the bus with dozens of members of the Buckeyes football team. Nearly all of Karageorge’s teammates departed Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Columbus without speaking. Earlier in the week, offensive tackle Taylor Decker fought his emotions as he talked about his teammate. He smiled as he recalled Karageorge’s enjoyment of practice, something not shared by every player. “I know the D-line guys were saying he would always scream, ‘Yeah, baby!’ before he would go out,” Decker said. Decker said he and the rest of the Buckeyes began to expect the worst after Karageorge, who went to high school in the Columbus suburb of Worthington, missed practice on Wednesday and then again Thursday of last week. “It’s not like every day a big guy like him, with a lot going for him, just goes missing,” he said. “Obviously, you worry about what could be. I think that was in the back of people’s minds — if we’d never see him again. It just hurts. It sucks losing somebody.” Karageorge was a Buckeyes wrestler for three years and joined the football team in August. The senior hadn’t played any games and was a member of the “scout team,” taking on the role of an opposing team member during the regular starters’ weekday practices. His body was found by a woman searching trash bins near her neighborhood for scrap metal to sell. Karageorge’s family planned a private burial in Athens County. Ohio State’s football team will wear a helmet sticker with Karageorge’s No. 53 during Saturday’s Big Ten championship game against Wisconsin in Indianapolis. A moment of remembrance before the kickoff is also being planned. STEWART, Ohio — The Southern girls basketball team survived a late run by TriValley Conference Hocking Division host Federal Hocking, Monday night, to claim a 58-53 victory in Athens County. The Lady Tornadoes (1-1, 1-0 TVC Hocking) led 18-11 after the opening quarter, but the Lady Lancers (0-2, 0-1) cut the deficit 32-27 at the half. Southern extended their lead to 44-36 with a 12-to-9 run in the third quarter, but FHHS rallied with 17 fourth quarter points. SHS scored 14 in the finale and claimed a 58-53 victory. Southern’s scoring output was led by sophomore Faith Teaford with 21 points, followed by senior Cierra Turley with 16. Ali Deem marked eight points, Jansen Wolfe added five, Macie Michael finished with four, while Haley Hill and Brooke Reynolds both finished with two markers. As a team Southern shot 22-of-55 (40 percent) from the field and 14-of-22 (63.6 percent) from the free throw line. The Lady Tornadoes marked 26 rebounds, led by Wolfe with nine, and 13 assists, led by Deem with five. The SHS defense posted 16 steals, four each by Deem and Hill, while the Purple and Gold committed 28 turnovers. Federal Hocking was led by Megan Thompson with 18 points and Carley Tabler with 17. Destiny Tabler added eight points, Brittnie Jackson chipped in with five, Kaylli McPherson contributed four, while Tish Glass marked two and Jordan Gillian posted one to round out the FHHS total. The Lady Tornadoes will return to action on Thursday when they host Waterford in a TVC Hocking tilt. SHS will look to sweep Federal Hocking on January 5, when the Lady Lancers invade Racine. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. THURSDAY EVENING Burrow BROADCAST 3 (WSAZ) From Page 6 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) Last week Joe completed 32 of 44 passes for 322 yards and four touchdowns — the last with 1:51 left in the fourth quarter — to provide the decisive points in a 34-31 victory over Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary in the state semifinals. Not that he wasn’t already, but Burrows is particularly popular this week in Athens — even among those kids who don’t follow the football team. “Well, we’re getting out of school early on Thursday and then we’re getting a late start on Friday, so I think that shows how important this is to the community,” Burrow said. “(The students at the high school) are very proud of us for getting them out of school so they can go have some fun.” Athens is currently just 14 points away from breaking the state record for scoring in a season (Clarksville Clinton-Massie, 802 points in 15 games in 2012). “He sees so many pieces of the puzzle that have to be put into place when you’re a signal-caller of an offense like this,” said Adams. “We’ve got a lot of different things going on, a lot of different checkdowns and a lot of different reads. He’s so far beyond a typical high school quarterback in terms of knowing how to manage the offense. It all comes from having such a high football IQ and being such a student of the game.” Burrow is the 28th annual winner of the AP Mr. Football award, the top individual prize for football players in the state. Past winners include former major college and NFL players Charles Woodson, Robert Smith, Marc Edwards, Andy Katzenmoyer and Bob Hoying. Burrow was selected in balloting by a statewide panel of sports writers. Also considered for the award were Hubbard running back L.J. 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Then, without skipping a beat, he added, “One thing you’ll notice I did not mention in there was a championship.” After going 6-7 as freshmen, and then missing out on the league title game due to NCAA probation, they were beaten by Michigan State 34-24 in last year’s Big Ten championship game. Now the Buckeyes (11-1, 8-0 Big Ten, No. 5 CFP) get a second chance at winning one when they take on No. 11 Wisconsin (10-2, 7-1, No. 13 CFP) on Saturday night in Indianapolis. Like having a resume with a gigantic hole in the middle, the Buckeyes know that all of their accomplishments don’t mean much without this one prize. “A lot of of guys in our class are like, ‘We haven’t won anything since we’ve been here,’” senior cornerback Doran Grant said. “We’ve won a couple Eastern Division championships, but we haven’t won a Big Ten title or anything bigger than that. That’s our main goal.” Two weeks ago Meyer said returning to Indianapolis was his team’s primary goal coming into the season. “That was everything,” he said. “Everything we did was to get another shot at the Big Ten championship. Everything, and that’s at the doorstep.” Wisconsin stands in the way. And the Badgers are almost the anti-Buckeyes when it comes to Big Ten titles. They’ve played in the championship three of its four years and are chasing their fourth Big Ten crown in five seasons after winning three in a row, 201012. Meanwhile, the Buckeyes — despite being national contenders the past three years — can’t even claim one ring. Ohio State defensive tackle Michael Bennett and some of his other senior classmates have talked with their younger teammates about how rare these opportunities come along — and how you have to make the best of them when they do arrive. “Nobody here has ever won a Big Ten championship or anything like that,” Bennett said. “So it would be very important as the leaders to rally a lot of these young players that have been contributing and then all the older players can come out on the top with a Big Ten championship. And maybe more.” The Buckeyes would also miss out on a shot at the playoffs if they lose to the Badgers. They’ve steadily climbed in the CFP rankings. But now that they’re so close to contending for one of those four precious berths, they’re coming off a win over rival Michigan in which they lost star quarterback J.T. 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With the worldwide reach of the Mormon church — many of them basketball fans — BYU almost always feels at least a little at home while on the road. “The support just seems to stretch to everywhere we go,” BYU coach Dave Rose said. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has more than 15 million members in nearly 30,000 congregations worldwide, including roughly 6.3 million in the United States. The church’s worldwide headquarters is in Salt Lake City, so the largest concentration of Mormons is in Utah (about 1.9 million members), but there are congregations and church members in every state. BYU is owned and operated by the Mormon church, so there’s an automatic connection between the school’s athletic teams and church members. Not all Mormon church members are BYU fans — there is a dividing line with University of Utah fans, for example — but the Cougars feel the love wherever they play, whether it’s a place with a large Mormon population like California or an East Coast city like Buffalo, New York. “A lot of times we draw from the crowd and it’s nice to know that wherever we go, we’re going to have some support, someone who’s going to be cheering us on, people who are going to the game because of the location of the game (is close),” BYU senior forward Nate Austin said. “We can feed off their energy and their support.” BYU always gets strong support in the states close to Utah and has a strong following in California, where the Cougars crowd will often outnumber the home teams’ in West Coast Conference games. The Cougars also have drawn lots of fans in Texas over the years, particularly when they were in the same conference as TCU. Sometimes, the support is unexpected. Last year, BYU played Texas and Wichita State in Kanas City and had entire sections filled with supporters. A game in Buffalo several years ago drew over 100 Cougars fans, too. BYU also has taken overseas trips the past few years and received strong support from LDS members in places like Italy, Croatia and Australia. At last week’s Maui Invitational, tickets were hard to come by because of the small venue size, but LDS members still found their way inside the Lahaina Civic Center to cheer for the Cougars. “That’s one of the unique parts of our travel, that wherever we go, we have a pretty good following,” Rose said. Occasionally, the Cougars will get to interact with their LDS fans on the road. The football team has more time for events with members of the church because they’re usually in town longer, but the basketball team still finds ways to meet even with its time constraints. Rose said he has spoken to church members on the road and there have been times when the team has met with LDS Eugene Tanner | AP BYU fans show their spirit while watching their team play Purdue in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Nov. 26. Brigham Young’s basketball team has a built-in home crowd advantage nearly every place it goes as local members of Latter Day Saints congregations show up to cheer. members after games, typically in venues away from the arena. The Cougars didn’t have time for any events with Mormon leaders in Maui, but did attend a local church the Sunday before the tournament started. “We have fans all over and it means a lot to us that our fans are here because of the church, so we try to meet and talk with them whenever we can,” Austin said. Support for the Cougars reached a pinnacle between 2007 and 2011, when All-American guard Jimmer Fredette was at the height of his popularity. Jimmermania spread from Provo to every place BYU played, drawing fans of all backgrounds to come see the dynamic guard who scored in bunches. LDS fans showed up to road games in droves to see Fredette play and the school often set up functions so fans could meet him. “When Jimmer was here and we had Jimmermania, we tried to facilitate that as much as possible so people could interact with him and he loved it,” Rose said. “It was a fun time.” It still is at most road games, thanks to the support the Cougars get from church members. Bad call might mean TCU jumps FSU into 3rd in rankings replaying final minute By Ralph D. Russo between them and the Horned Frogs at fifth. TCU finishes its regular season The top four in the College Foot- at home Saturday against Iowa ball Playoff rankings going into the State, which is winless in the Big final weekend of the regular season 12. Baylor hosts Kansas State, is as follows: Alabama, Oregon, which is ninth in the latest rankTCU and Florida State. ings. The question is: Short of a loss Baylor is currently working with by one of those teams, is there any- a public relations firm to provide thing a team on the outside can do “additional support in telling the to get in on Sunday when the final Bears’ story over the last few rankings are announced and the weeks of the football season,” said field for the first playoff is set? Nick Joos, executive athletic direc“We’re at the point, we’re waiting tor for external affairs. for results now,” selection commitThe PR firm is sending notes tee chairman and Arkansas athletic and statistics about Baylor to director Jeff Long said Tuesday media members, not committee night. “We’re waiting for teams members. to complete their body of work. The Bears and Horned Frogs will Again, we don’t project out. We’ve end the season having played 10 all seen games that have different common opponents. The biggest outcomes than we expect. difference is TCU played Min“We focus on what has been nesota and Baylor played Buffalo. accomplished to this point, and That combined with Baylor’s loss with that regard, the top four to West Virginia (7-5) is working in teams to this point are ranked the Horned Frogs’ favor and keepwhere the committee believes they ing the head-to-head matchup from should be.” being the deciding factor. TCU (10-1) moved up to No. “As we pointed out before, TCU 3, becoming the latest team with has five wins over teams with wina loss to jump past undefeated ning records or .500 records and Florida State, and further distancabove, and Baylor has three, if you ing itself from Big 12 rival Baylor include Texas at 6-6,” Long said. “I (10-1). The Bears, who beat TCU can’t say it’s one thing. It’s a num61-58 in Waco, Texas, in October, ber of things we look at, and we are sixth and Ohio State sits in Associated Press By Cliff Brunt AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY — It was the final minute of the state quarterfinal when Douglass High School appeared to score the winning touchdown on a fourthdown play. But the jubilation was short-lived as players watched the score get wiped out when officials improperly enforced a penalty. Tiny Locust Grove won 20-19, and now everyone from state lawmakers to legendary former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer is calling for an extraordinary remedy: replaying the final minute of the game. The fate of both teams rests on a decision to be made Wednesday in a board room where athletic officials will review the case, which pits a powerhouse Oklahoma City athletic program against a small town of 1,400 and touches on issues of race and class. The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association will also confront the difficulty of righting a wrong in a high-stakes sporting events, even when almost everybody agrees that major mistakes were made. Adding to the controversy is the nature of the penalty — an infraction involving a coach and a ball boy running down the sideline that did not involve any of the players on the field. “Those kids made a lot of sacrifice to work toward this goal,” Switzer said. “They spent months, hours of training, conditioning on both sides. Let the play on the field determine who won the ballgame. That’s the tragedy of the whole thing.” The story began last Friday when Douglass took the lead with 1:04 remaining in the Class 3A playoff game. A flag was thrown, but the penalty was improperly enforced, taking the potential game-winning touchdown off the board. The penalty, the second sideline infraction against the Trojans, should have been enforced on the extra point or the kickoff instead of wiping out the long touchdown pass and marking off the penalty yardage from the previous spot. The activities association punished the officials involved, calling the error “inexcusable at this level” and acknowledging that the results were “extremely unfortunate for the players, coaches, and fans involved.” The mistake was “compounded by the fact that it occurred in a playoff-elimination game,” Mike Whaley, the agency’s director of officials, said in a news release. The crew will be reprimanded and has been removed from consideration for further playoff games. But the activities association rejected Douglass’ initial request to replay the last part of the game because it does not allow protests based on decisions made by officials. Wednesday’s special meeting will consider Douglass’ appeal of that ruling. Switzer said the situation is unfair to all parties except the officials. Still, he does not expect the board to allow the replay. “I’ve never heard of anything like that,” he said. Meanwhile, Locust Grove is busy preparing for a state semifinal game Friday against Heritage Hall, but Douglass believes it deserves a chance to take Locust Grove’s spot. And Douglass, a large city school that regularly produces top college players, continues to practice in hopes that the Trojans’ season will be resurrected. believe TCU is better and deserving of that No. 3 rank over Baylor.” Further complicating matters, the Horned Frogs and Bears would be co-champions of the Big 12 if both win out. The conference has said it will not designate a champion via a tiebreaker. The committee’s selection protocol requires conference championships be taken into the consideration when judging teams with similar resumes. “Well, first we will not determine a champion for the Big 12,” Long said. “We’ve discussed to this point, and then we will wait for the results, and then we will evaluate those teams, and that’s when the conference championship comes into effect. “We have not had the discussions about what if there’s a co-champion.” The Seminoles are fourth, still in good shape to reach the playoff if it can win Saturday’s Atlantic Coast Conference championship game against No. 11 Georgia Tech. Alabama and Oregon are Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, for the third straight week. The Crimson Tide plays 16th-ranked Missouri in the Southeastern Conference championship game, and Oregon faces Arizona in the Pac-12 title game. Brian Hoyer hangs on to starting job BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Brian Hoyer held off Johnny Manziel again. The Browns are still his team for the moment. Cleveland’s struggling veteran quarterback kept his job and will start Sunday against Indianapolis after first-year coach Mike Pettine decided he would be a better choice to lead down the stretch than Manziel, the superhyped rookie who gave the team a spark last week in a loss at Buffalo. Hoyer has played poorly for a month, but the Browns (7-5) will stick with him as they try to make the playoffs for the first time since 2002. “It’s back to business as usual,” said Hoyer, adding the past 48 hours have been difficult. “They weren’t the easiest days of my life. I’ve been through a lot. It’s just one more thing to handle some adversity and it only makes you stronger.” Pettine described the decision as “close” and “difficult” because of Hoyer’s recent issues, but in the end the Browns coaching staff put more value on his experience and success this season. “It wasn’t perfect and he’s made his share of mistakes, but he’s gotten the lion’s share of reps in practice and virtually all of them in games and has us in the thick of a playoff hunt,” Pettine said. “That, to me, was probably the biggest determining factor.” Pettine said the decision was reached on Tuesday morning. There was some “lively” discussion with his coaching staff, which finally agreed that staying with Hoyer gave the Browns the best chance to win against the Colts. Pettine said Hoyer will not be on a “short leash” and he’s confident the five-year veteran — and Cleveland’s entire offense — can bounce back after a rough stretch of games. “We need to play better across the board in order for us to get to where we want to be,” he said. Hoyer was benched in the fourth quarter last week for Manziel after throwing two interceptions against the Bills. He has just one touchdown pass and six interceptions in his past three games and Hoyer’s decisionmaking — one of his strengths earlier this season — has been questionable. Manziel was impressive in his most significant playing time last week, leading the Browns on an 80-yard touchdown drive in his first series. The former Heisman Trophy winner, who will turn 22 on Saturday, was selected to be Cleveland’s future QB. Manziel wasn’t sure which way the decision would go, and he wishes it had gone differently. “Just being competitive, there’s a little bit of disappointment,” he said. “But at the same time I completely trust Coach Pettine with this team and I believe he’s put us in the right situation going forward consistently and in his mind that’s what he did this week. I trust coach Pettine and I’m back to doing my job the way I’ve been doing it the past 14 weeks.” � 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 12. December Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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